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The levels of self-criticism and forms of dependency: their relation to attachment, the working alliance, and outcome
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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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Fall 2011
This dissertation is comprised of three articles that use neuropsychological research and technologies to consider the issues of organized flexibility, the self, and pain versus suffering. The first study outlines a theoretical model based on the contention that the human mind emerges in part...
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Spring 2013
Self-injury as defined in this study is the deliberate infliction of harm to ones’ body (often cutting or burning) without suicidal intent. The increase in self-injurious behaviour in North American society is puzzling to understand and difficult to treat. In several explanatory models,...
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Dialectical Constructivism: The Integration of Emotion, Autobiographical Memory, and Narrative Identity in Anorexia Nervosa
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The main purpose of this research project was to use the Dialectical Constructivist Theory as a guiding framework for investigating development difficulties in the construction of self in Anorexia Nervosa (AN). The Dialectical Constructivist Theory suggests that humans construct views of the...
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Older Adults and Generativity: Developmental, Experimental, and Clinical Advances in Terror Management Theory
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Terror Management Theory (TMT) (Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986) offers an empirical framework to explore how human beings function despite their fear of death. TMT studies have shown that in order to buffer death anxiety, people strive to meet the standards of their cultural worldview. ...
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Fall 2013
Psychology students are introduced to several major schools of modern psychology, including Albert Ellis’ rational emotive therapy (RET), and Aaron Beck’s cognitive therapy (CT). Both of these theories are based on analyzing and changing the way clients think. However, introductory psychology...
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Spring 2015
Modern, systematic approaches to case study research have been established. These approaches introduce methodological rigor while retaining the useful aspects of the original psychoanalytic research approach (McLeod, 2010). The primary goal of the current study was to examine emotion-focused...
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Fall 2015
Binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are psychological disorders with devastating effects. Many individuals with these disorders either do not seek treatment or fail to improve with standard treatments. Over the past decade, Yoga has increasingly been incorporated into the...
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Spring 2016
The quality of the healthcare system partly depends on the health and wellness of its individual members. Physicians play a critical role in any healthcare system and make up one of its largest memberships. Physician wellness has been linked to a high quality of patient care, empathy, and lower...
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Spring 2019
Self-critical individuals are at a greater risk of developing psychopathology than those who are self-compassionate and have the ability to self-reassure. Indeed, excessive self-criticism as a personality trait has been shown to be a stable and relatively intractable vulnerability factor to...