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Fall 2018
The field of organizational communication currently lacks a communication theory to inform practice in system change initiatives (SCIs; Bryson, Crosby, & Stone, 2015). The context of the present study is a SCI in Alberta, Canada, that was established to build capacity across the province for...
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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship between Neighbourhood Income Inequality and Maternal Mental Health in Calgary, Alberta
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Background – Emerging evidence has identified income inequality as a potential risk factor for adverse mental health outcomes. Previous research into the relationship between income inequality and mental health has been largely cross-sectional, with mixed results. Very few of these studies have...
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A multi-methods exploration of shared decision-making, lived experience, and opioid use disorder among emerging adults with anxiety and depression
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Background Anxiety/depression are common in emerging adults and may lead to poor coping strategies such as substance use. Shared decision-making (SDM) occurs when clinicians and patients make health decisions together informed by the best available evidence inclusive of the patient’s...
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Spring 2020
My thesis examines how digital community heritage projects use care practices based in community participation and co-creation to build a care-based collection model. These grassroots initiatives aim to gather and document community history by engaging community members in the collection building...
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Spring 2020
This study explores the connections between the writer’s workshop approach and high school students’ perceptions of their own resilience. The research includes multiple-case studies of student participants being taught in a high school writer’s workshop, as well as one teacher participant. The...
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Fall 2023
Background: Sleep deprivation is a substantial public health concern with 30% of Canadian adolescents not getting the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep. In addition to individual level risk factors for teen sleep deprivation such as increased use of electronic devices and greater sedentary...
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Heterogeneity of Depressive and Anxious Symptoms in Early Childhood: Influence by Self-Regulation and Classroom Climate
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Depressive and anxious symptoms can emerge as early as preschool, though heterogeneity in these early symptoms is unclear. Examination of whether variation in the patterns of change in depressive symptoms diverge from those of anxious symptoms can help to better identify concerning symptom...
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INVESTIGATING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCOME INEQUALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AND DEATHS OF DESPAIR IN CANADIAN YOUTH
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Rationale: Over the past two decades, both income inequality and adverse mental health in youth have increased in Canada. Income inequality is defined as the gaps between highest earners and lowest earners within a given group or area. Some research indicates that income inequality is associated...
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Implementing and Evaluating Virtual Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), which include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Individuals living with IBD suffer from chronic symptoms of fatigue and malnutrition and unpredictable flares of acute symptoms including abdominal pain,...
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Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Treat Adolescent Anxiety: An Exploration of Intervention Designs and the User Experience
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BACKGROUND: Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) is a complex, ‘persuasive system’ as its design combines therapeutic content, technological features, and interactions between the user and the program. The design and delivery of iCBT differs across programs. While iCBT is...