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Fall 2020

Howard, Kathleen, E.

Background: Many students with autism are gifted mathematicians, while others seem to perform poorly relative to the general population. In typical student populations, math performance is reliably predicted by indicators of cognitive ability and language; however, these relationships have not...

Spring 2020

Cruikshank, Emily

This study is a replication and expansion on the study completed by Mullen, Morris, and Lord in 2017 which aimed to determine how experience and reflection on ethical dilemmas impacts burnout amongst counselors. One hundred, sixty-four counselors completed an in-person survey that measured...

Fall 2020

Wagner, Richelle

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between subjective mood symptoms on the four SCAT3 mood symptom items and more comprehensive mental health screening measures during baseline testing. Seven hundred and seventy-three male athlete participants consented and underwent...

Fall 2020

Hankey, Jeffrey R.

This dissertation explores innovative and nuanced conceptions of resilience useful to understanding this construct, process, and outcome in a diverse population of street-involved and homeless sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults. These young persons deal with significant adversity and...

Fall 2020

Joly, Vannesa J

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) describes a range of cognitive, behavioural, and social difficulties that can occur due to prenatal alcohol exposure. It is estimated that 1% to 4% of Canadians are affected by FASD. Individuals with FASD frequently demonstrate difficulties in their...

Fall 2020

Oslie, Vanessa

Many evidence-based programs have been established to foster and support the development of quality early education for children, however methods to transfer these programs to community practice have not been well established. Recently, coaching has emerged as an alternative to traditional...

Spring 2021

Le, Lily

Researchers have documented many reasons why young people participate in sexting and a range of positive and negative outcomes associated with the activity. However, almost no research links outcomes with specific reasons, and the few instances where they are linked (e.g., Drouin et al., 2015;...

Fall 2021

Johnson, Adrian

Research has found that perfectionism is associated with intense rumination about making mistakes, constant self-doubt, harsh self-criticism, as well as unreasonably high expectations (Rice, Richardson, & Clark, 2012), and these tend to significantly increase over time if treatment is not...

Fall 2021

Joseph, Jessica Jean

Young people with social anxiety are vulnerable to deficits in social connectedness and appraisals of their subjective wellbeing. Computer mediated communication (CMC) tools (e.g., text messaging, social networking sites) encourage interacting with friends, are ubiquitous in the lives of young...

Fall 2021

Dueck, Bryce

The National Institute of Mental Health reports that public speaking anxiety affects approximately 73% of the population (2016). Individuals with a fear of public speaking worry about being judged in social situations by other people (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This is a problem if...