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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
- 1Benny, Claire
- 1Benoit, James RA
- 1Chan, Eric Christopher
- 1Cooper, Madison E
- 1Cray, Danielle J
- 1Curtin, Kimberley D
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“Feeling your emotions is an act of rebellion:” Exploring the emotional and psychological wellbeing of children and young people in the climate crisis
DownloadFall 2024
Exposure to climate change is increasingly impacting the emotional and psychological wellbeing of children and young people. The disruption to ecosystems, built environments, economic systems, food systems, social support networks, culture and place-based identity is resulting in experiences of...
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“We could just be what we wanted to be”: The role of leisure and recreation in supporting women's mental health during COVID-19
DownloadFall 2022
Women’s mental health has been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 (C19) pandemic. Women have experienced higher rates of unemployment, domestic violence, caregiving responsibilities, and reduced access to social supports due to public health measures related to C19. It is well...
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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship between Neighbourhood Income Inequality and Maternal Mental Health in Calgary, Alberta
DownloadFall 2021
Background – Emerging evidence has identified income inequality as a potential risk factor for adverse mental health outcomes. Previous research into the relationship between income inequality and mental health has been largely cross-sectional, with mixed results. Very few of these studies have...
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Fall 2019
Adolescence is a time of profound change and development for girls. Canadian girls may face a number of complex issues as they transition through childhood into adolescence, including sharp declines in physical and mental health, high rates of violence at home and at school, and mounting...
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Computational psychiatry: machine learning for clinical decision support in the treatment of major depression
DownloadFall 2019
The goal of this thesis is to contribute to the fields of data-driven medicine and computational psychiatry by attempting to demonstrate the viability of machine learning for use in psychiatry, specifically in predicting treatment outcomes for major depression. This is attempted in four ways: ...
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Executive Functioning and Service Use Among Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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In this manuscript-based thesis, I investigated the development of executive functioning (EF) in individuals with FASD, the types and intensity of services individuals with FASD and their caregivers access, and the associations between early EF, adaptive functioning, mental health, and later...
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Fall 2023
Background: Sleep deprivation is a substantial public health concern with 30% of Canadian adolescents not getting the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep. In addition to individual level risk factors for teen sleep deprivation such as increased use of electronic devices and greater sedentary...
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Exploring the prevalence of serious mental illness among Albertans living with peripheral arterial disease who have undergone a lower limb amputation
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a chronic disease that may lead to severe consequences including loss of lower limb. With a known relationship between chronic disease and mental illness, it is paramount to establish the prevalence of mental illness to guide the development of strategies that...
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INVESTIGATING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCOME INEQUALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AND DEATHS OF DESPAIR IN CANADIAN YOUTH
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Rationale: Over the past two decades, both income inequality and adverse mental health in youth have increased in Canada. Income inequality is defined as the gaps between highest earners and lowest earners within a given group or area. Some research indicates that income inequality is associated...
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Know Your Place for Mental Health on the Prairies: Tacting a Topography of Learning from Alberta for Curricula and Educational Studies
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How might we understand the role of place within mental health? Already exposed as a teacher to a harmful curriculum of place in Alberta, I posed this question based on the opinion that place relations mattered for making sense of mental health here. Local educators and many beyond, may need to...