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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 6Attachment
- 1Adolescents
- 1Adult Attachment Interview
- 1Affordance
- 1Age-Friendly Home Renovation
- 1Age-in-Place
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Fall 2017
Former foster youth often experience an array of serious challenges during their young adult years. Problems such as homelessness, school drop-out, and mental health and drug problems have been attributed to the requirement that foster youth lose their supports from child welfare as they approach...
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Spring 2012
Burnout is a chronic syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced efficacy that has long-term ill effects for individuals, organizations, families, and health-care systems. Job engagement is considered to be the positive opposite of the burnout experience, and it is...
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Spring 2018
Although the desire is strong among Canadaâs rapidly aging population to age-in-place, research reveals few have adequately prepared their current homes to support them later in life. While environmental gerontologists and occupational therapists have studied the meaning of home and the impact...
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Fall 2017
This community-based research employed mixed methods to explore how the Parent-Child Mother Goose (PCMG) program strengthens positive parent-child relationships. The research focused on exploring parent-child relationships through attachment theory and selected determinants of parenting (parent...
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The levels of self-criticism and forms of dependency: their relation to attachment, the working alliance, and outcome
DownloadFall 2009
This study examined the relationships between attachment style and the levels of self-criticism (comparative and introjective) and forms of dependency (neediness and connectedness) and the working alliance and outcome variables over the course of psychotherapy. Sixty-five adult clients receiving...
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The Trauma and Attachment Group (TAG) program: An ethnographic exploration of an intensive dyad-based group intervention for traumatized youth
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The notion that positive relationships between primary caregivers and children may mitigate the behavioural effects of early developmental trauma has been well detailed in the literature. More specifically, it has been suggested that for a child managing the adverse effects of early developmental...