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Spring 2019
Low math competence has been linked to negative outcomes in a number of areas of life. Adults with poorer math skills are more likely to report lower wages and rates of employment and more frequent health concerns and legal woes than those with higher math proficiency. As children’s early math...
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Understanding the Experiences and Characteristics of Teen Families Involved in a Supportive Housing Program
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This dissertation consists of three papers that describe research using a systems perspective, a strength-based approach, and that capitalize on the existing capacities of teen families. All three papers draw on research from a larger research study that was conducted through a partnership...
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Spring 2019
Automated essay scoring (AES) is a developing technology that is increasingly recognized as a potential strategy for managing the challenges associated with testing and scoring written assessments. The importance of using open-ended writing assessments to facilitate higher-level thinking,...
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Fall 2019
More than 40% of working-age Canadians live with low literacy skills. Furthermore, there is no foreseeable decline in this striking percentage, with nearly 20% of Canadians ages 16-19 demonstrating low literacy skills. To address this literacy deficit, numerous interventions are available that...
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Fall 2020
Assertiveness can be taboo for women. This is highlighted by recent social movements (i.e., #METOO) where women describe considerable self-doubt about their right to stand up to abuse. The onus for abusive behaviour lies with perpetrators. Assertiveness, though, is shown to mitigate the extent of...
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Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interactions and Childhood Internalizing: Examining a Transactional Relationship Across Early Childhood
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To support children in achieving healthy outcomes, it is essential to understand the child's early environment, including the caregiver-child dyad. There is a well-established relationship between parenting stress and childhood internalizing (symptoms of depression and anxiety) in the...
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Spring 2020
Although Planning, Attention, Simultaneous and Successive (PASS) processing theory of intelligence has been argued to offer an alternative look at intelligence and PASS processes – operationalized with the Cognitive Assessment System – have been used in several studies, it remains unclear how...
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Identifying the Relationship between Personality Traits, Unique App, Unique Strategy, and Mobile Task Performance of Undergraduate Learners
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This study investigated personality and mobile use of undergraduate student learners at an undergraduate university in Western Canada. The study included 262 participants enrolled in first- and second-year psychology and business courses. Participants were administered a mobile experience...
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Sport-Related Concussion and the Relationship of Psychological Functioning on Prolonged Recoveries
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The purpose of this study is to explore potential risk factors of psychological functioning that contribute to the recovery of sport-related concussions (SRC) in professional and collegiate athletes. The current study used prospective reporting from athletes prior to and within 48 hours of...
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Achivement Motivation and Intervention Impacts in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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This dissertation consists of three separate papers that contribute to an increased understanding of achievement motivation and discuss how it can guide interventions for adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The first paper is a concept review of important topics in this...