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Spring 2021
Background: Prostate cancer treatments often lead to side effects including sexual and urinary dysfunction as well as fatigue and poor quality of life. As a means of avoiding these side effects, active surveillance has been introduced as a strategy to manage men with low- to moderate-grade...
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Fall 2020
Background: A standard treatment option for locally advanced rectal cancer includes 5-6 weeks of neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NACRT) followed by surgery about 6-8 weeks later. NACRT improves outcomes for rectal cancer patients but also causes acute toxicities which may impede quality of life...
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Exploring Competitiveness of Nature-based Tourism Destinations Using Social Media Analytics: A Case Study of Jasper National Park
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The aim of this dissertation was to explore competitiveness of Jasper National Park as a nature-based tourism destination through an examination of social media conversations and consideration of macro and microenvironment factors introduced in the Tourism Destination Competitiveness model,...
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Fall 2021
The overall purpose of this dissertation was to explore flourishing among Canadian university student-athletes and coaches. This was addressed via three studies. The purpose of the first study was to investigate mental health protective and risk factors among flourishing Canadian university...
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Spring 2020
Recently, sport psychology consulting has transitioned from a focus on mental skills training to helping athletes develop holistically by developing themselves as people in addition to sportspeople (Bond, 2002; Miller & Kerr, 2002; Friesen & Orlick, 2010). While this pursuit is well-intentioned,...
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Exploring Psychiatrists’ Perceptions of the Utility of Physical Activity and/or Exercise as Treatment for Depression
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There is extensive evidence in support of physical activity and/or exercise having therapeutic benefits on the prevention and management of depression, also known as major depressive disorder (MDD). Physical activity and/or exercise prescriptions, also known as “green prescriptions,” have been...
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Exploring the ‘Intangible Player Characteristics’ that Junior Hockey Scouts Consider when Evaluating Draft-Eligible Prospects
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The overarching purpose of this study was to systematically explore and identify the ‘intangible player characteristics’ (beyond physical, technical, and tactical abilities) that scouts consider when determining the draft-suitability of eligible ‘minor hockey’ players in a Canadian major junior...
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Exploring the Impact of Visual and Haptic Feedback on Eye-Hand Coordination and Embodiment in Virtual Reality
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Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as a powerful tool for investigating human perception, cognition, and behavior. The ability to create immersive and interactive environments provides researchers with the opportunity to study human behavior in controlled and repeatable conditions. In recent years,...
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Exploring the Relative Contributions of Training Patterns and Training Contexts to Burnout and Dropout in Swimming
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Millions of children participate in youth sport, which has been associated with both potential benefits and harms. The promotion of positive, beneficial experiences in youth sport and the reduction of harmful, negative experiences requires discerning those factors which could be decisive in a...
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Fall 2018
Abstract Despite the commonness for coaching courses, manuals and websites to heavily emphasize conventional sport science concepts (such as physiology, biomechanics and sport psychology), sport scholars have suggested that coaches could benefit from learning about, and utilizing, social...