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“It is far safer to be feared than loved”: Why do some individuals become bullies and others bully-victims?
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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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Developing and Testing a Theoretical Model to Determine Children’s Adherence to Oral Health Behaviours
DownloadFall 2020
Background: Adherence to health care advice is a complex health concern especially when it involves children. Dental caries has been identified as the most common chronic childhood disease that occurs in a continuum. At the same time, it can be prevented by adherence to proper oral health...
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Fall 2011
Despite advances in heart failure (HF), mortality rates remain high and the affected population continues to grow. Improvement in symptomology, and quality of life is noted when exercise is included in the treatment plan. Despite this, exercise adherence is a challenge for people with HF. To...
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Farm Animal Welfare in Canada: Role of Values, Attitudes and Knowledge on the Consumer Choice of Farm Animal Welfare Labelled Meat
DownloadFall 2017
Consumers in developed countries are increasingly considering process attributes including Farm Animal Welfare (FAW) in their purchasing decisions. However, there have been few studies on Canadian consumers’ concern for FAW and the choice of FAW labelled meat as a process attribute in meat...
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Finding an Appetite for Reducing Food Waste: Determinants of Commercial Food Waste Management and Diversion in Alberta
DownloadFall 2022
Considerable quantities of food waste have been observed globally and minimizing it has the potential to generate significant reductions in the environmental burden of the agri-food sector. The commercial food sector contributes substantially to food waste generation, so understanding the...
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Intentions of Canadian healthcare professionals to prescribe exercise to people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
DownloadFall 2015
Lack of effective treatment options exist for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A relatively inexpensive treatment option for people with ALS (PALS) is exercise. However, it is unclear whether healthcare professionals (HCP’s), working in ALS clinics across Canada, currently...
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Predicting Concussion Reporting using the Theory of Planned Behaviour and a Stress-Response Framework among Junior University Athletes
DownloadFall 2018
Concussion in sports has become one of the main concerns for the health of athletes (McCrory et al., 2017). In response, preventative initiatives have been put in place to educate the public about concussion management (Mrazik, Dennison, Brooks, Yeates, Babul, & Naidu, 2015). Despite attempts to...
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Spring 2016
The aim of this dissertation was to predict people’s pro-environmental behaviour during outdoor recreation activities, specifically front-country camping. Based on the literature of social psychology, environmental psychology, and leisure studies, major predictors of human behaviour were...