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Fall 2019

Brotto,Andrew R

Previous work suggests that endurance-trained athletes have superior pulmonary vasculature function as compared to untrained individuals, which may contribute to their greater maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O2max). Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) improves pulmonary vascular compliance at rest in healthy...

Spring 2019

Wohlers, Brendan Richard

Physical literacy is assumed to be important for the development of youth physical activity. In essence, those who are physically literate should lead active lives. For this reason, it is being incorporated into Canadian physical activity reports and policies. One area that physical literacy is...

Fall 2018

Konoval, Timothy

With so many truths about what effective endurance running coaching is and what it is not, it can be increasingly difficult for coach developers to navigate through these multiple interpretations to discern what is truly effective coaching. Recently, a group of Foucauldian coaching researchers...

Fall 2018

Yun, Lira

The purpose of this thesis was to expand the evaluation of community-wide health promotion interventions aimed at individuals by first reviewing previous evaluation research of the effectiveness of community-wide interventions and then incorporating new approaches in implementation and outcome...

Fall 2018

Meyer, Angela M.

When it comes to issues of sexual diversity specifically within Canada, Alberta’s history demonstrates a track record of extreme social conservativism and intense policy battles over sexual minority rights. Prior to 2015, the Alberta government consistently “resisted the inclusion of GLBT people...

Spring 2018

Marsh, Rebecca T

Adapted physical activity (APA) has historically used disability-related Community Service Learning (CSL) or practicum placements in undergraduate education (Connolly, 1994; Hodge, Tannehill, & Kluge, 2003). CSL is a tool used to benefit students through enhanced academic learning, increased...

Fall 2018

Lizmore, Michael R.

The purposes of this dissertation were to (a) examine relationships between multidimensional perfectionism and athletes’ cognitive responses to failure in competition, (b) examine relationships between multidimensional perfectionism and athletes’ performance levels in competition, and (c)...

Fall 2018

Sawalha, Jeffrey

Surprisingly, pigeons have been shown to sacrifice food rewards to get information about the upcoming outcome when making choices in a delay decision task. For instance, when choosing between an option which offers a reward 100% of the time after a delay (e.g. 10 s), versus an option that gives...

Fall 2018

Zheng,Ran

In many activities, we need to predict the arrival of an occluded object. This action is called prediction motion or motion extrapolation. Previous researchers have found that both eye tracking and the internal clocking models are involved in the prediction motion task. Also, it is reported that...

Fall 2018

Cormier, Danielle L

Grit—defined by Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly (2007) as “perseverance and passion for long-term goals” (p. 1087)—has been studied extensively in a variety of achievement settings. Despite the interest that grit has received from researchers over the last decade, a critical conceptual...