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Diet composition and prey selectivity of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan
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Plains bison (Bison bison bison) were nearly driven to extinction in the late 19th century due to overhunting and habitat loss, and populations occurring within their historic range and co-existing with natural predators are exceedingly rare. Studies examining gray wolf (Canis lupus) predation on...
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How Women Varsity Athletes High in Self-Compassion Experience Unexpected Stressors Surrounding Competition
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Athletes appraise unexpected stressors as more threatening than expected stressors (Dugdale et al., 2002) and women varsity athletes have reported experiencing a high proportion of unexpected competition-related stressors (Holt et al., 2007). Self-compassion appears to promote adaptive appraisals...
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Personal and Environmental Factors that Contribute to Experiences of Stress in Physical Education for Children at Risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder
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Psychological stress is as an experience that arises from a mismatch between a person’s perception of a situation and his or her resources to cope with environmental demands (Aldwin, 2007). Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is more than just a motor problem and is thought to cause many...
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Psychological antecedents and outcomes of leisure time physical activity for mainland Chinese international students in Canada
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The purpose of this research was to examine the physical activity of mainland Chinese international students in Canada. Particularly, the relationships between physical activity, social cognitive variables (i.e., self-efficacy, social support, intention, access), mental health (i.e., stress,...
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Fall 2019
Sport involvement can be both a stressor and protective factor for athletes’ well-being (Arnold & Fletcher, 2012; Sarkar & Fletcher, 2014; Secades et al., 2016). With potentially fewer performance stressors, recreational athletes might be best positioned to experience the positive aspects of...
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2021-05-01
Arnhold, Anja, Elfner, Emily, Compton, Richard
These supplementary materials present detailed results of statistical modelling described in the following book chapter: Arnhold, A., Elfner, E., & Compton, R. (to appear). Inuktitut and the concept of word-level prominence. In K. Bogomolets & H. van der Hulst (Eds.), Word prominence in...
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Fall 2020
Understanding the causes behind population cycles is a fundamental issue in ecology, and has been the focus of research for decades. One of the most prominent examples of cyclical species is the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), a primary prey species in the North American boreal forest that...
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Spring 2018
Animal behaviour varies across hierarchical levels made up of behaviours, personality traits, and behavioural types/syndromes. Stress coping style and anxiety are examples of behavioural types, or covariance of personality traits within individuals, and can be influenced by prior stress exposure....