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“It is far safer to be feared than loved”: Why do some individuals become bullies and others bully-victims?
DownloadSpring 2012
Although a wide range of theories have been applied to the study of bullying and victimization, the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1993, 2002), has not as of yet been applied to the study of bullying behaviour. The present study employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to assess a...
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Understanding the Parenting Experience: Assessing the Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Parental Self-Efficacy, and Parental Emotion Socialization in a Community Sample of Parents
DownloadFall 2022
The current dissertation is comprised of three related studies that examine several aspects of parenting, with the overarching goal of generating knowledge that will advance parenting research and support parents in their parenting role. Collectively, the three studies aimed to investigate...
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The Relationship Between Pornographic Media and the Peer Context with the Perpetration of Sexual Cyber Dating Aggression Among Emerging Adults
DownloadFall 2021
Objectives: The objectives of my study were threefold. The first study objective was to examine the relationship between the consumption of pornographic media, including content non-specific (i.e., overall/general) pornography and different types of pornographic content (i.e., violent and...
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The Influence of Parental and Peer Relationship Factors on Adolescent Internalizing Behaviour
DownloadFall 2013
The present research investigated the ability of parental psychological control, as well as peer overt and relational bullying victimization, to predict adolescent internalizing problems. Specifically, it was examined whether these three variables could individually, as well as interactively,...
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Social and Emotional Functioning and Academic Skills in Preschool: Attention Problems, Anxiety and Adaptability
DownloadFall 2016
Children’s social and emotional functioning is increasingly viewed as a crucial factor necessary for children’s learning, academic success, and overall well-being. The role of children’s social and emotional functioning in preschool is fundamental to children’s school readiness, as preschool is...
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Fall 2015
Digital communication and social networking sites (e.g., Facebook) have become an integral part of adolescent and young adults’ daily life. The increasing presence of an online context raises concerns as to how digital communication influences our interpersonal relationships. The social...
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Parenting and Peer Bullying: Parents’ and Adolescents’ Beliefs, Communication, Behavior and Strategies
DownloadSpring 2012
Bullying by peers is a serious problem facing Canadian adolescents today. A key social support for adolescents is the support of their parents. While there is considerable information from the parenting literature to indicate that healthy parent-child communication and authoritative-type...
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Parenting Styles and Early Childhood Behavioural Functioning: A Comparison Between Self-Reported and Observed Parenting Styles
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The current study investigated mothers’ and fathers’ self-reported and observed parenting styles, and determined how self-report and observation measures each predicted the social and emotional behaviours of toddlers. Thirty-one families participated in the study (18 boys and 13 girls between 29-...
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Parental use of psychological and behavioural control and the relationship to children's eating habits
DownloadFall 2010
This correlational study examined parent-feeding practices, children’s negative affect towards food, and parental psychological and behavioural control, and parenting styles relating to parental behavioural and psychological control. Parents and their children aged 9-13 years completed...