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Counsellor response modes, counsellor intentions, and client reactions at four levels of counsellor experience and training
(1994)This study examined counsellor verbal responses, intentions, and client reactions for counsellors of four levels of experience and training. Five students at the first year Master level, five students at the second year ... -
Critical evaluation of the long-term validity of the risk/need assessment and its young offender typology
(1999)Risk and need assessments have become an essential part of managing juvenile offenders by determining each individual’s likelihood to recidivate. At the present time, juvenile delinquents in Ontario are assessed by the ... -
Critical evaluation of the validity of the risk/need assessment with aboriginal young offenders in Northwestern Ontario
(1996)A probation risk and need assessment instrument. Ministry's Risk/Need Assessment Form, was implemented in the province of Ontario and has been recognized by the Ministry of Community and Social Services as part of their ... -
Cross-cultural comparison of the development of self-concept in Indian and white children / by Ford R. Cranwell. --
(1985)The present research was designed to investigate the differences between Indian and white children on; (A) the dimensions and attributes comprising self-concept; and (B) the developmental changes in self-concept. in ... -
Cross-sectional examination of sex differences in depressed youth : ruminative response theory, pubertal status, and hormones / by Jennifer L. Welsh.
(2007)"Prevalence estimates indicate that during adolescence a shift in the sex ratio of depression occurs that results in twice as many females reporting symptoms as males. The purpose of the current study was to investigate ... -
Culture specific MMPI norms for a sample of Northern Ontario Indians
(1989)The most recent controversy to arise in the area of ethnic exceptions to normative data in the use of the MMPI centers on the establishment of minority norms. Significant general profile and specific scale elevations ... -
Dating preferences in later life
(2004)Proponents of evolutionary theory assert that mate selection preferences are affected by the biology of reproduction, and that sex differences in mate preferences reflect biological differences regarding reproduction. ... -
Density dependent extinction : phase II
(1993)In two separate experiments, an 8 rat 8 station operant arena was used to study resistance to extinction to test learning and optimal foraging theories of behaviour. The learning theory, called the generalized decrement ... -
Depression and anxiety in cancer patients seeking psychosocial therapy
(2002)The prevalence of mental disorders (particularly depression and anxiety) in a sample of Canadian cancer patients who were referred to a psychosocial oncology program was investigated. Thirty-one cancer patients filled ... -
Depression and cognitions of significant life events
(1987)The present study examined a number of relevant underlying cognitions of depression, within the context of learned helplessness theory, and more specifically, reformulated learned helplessness theory. Previous research ... -
Depression, quantity of social interaction, reciprocal self-disclosure, and perspective-taking in the elderly
(1985)The present research was designed to investigate the relationships among; a) depression, b) the quantity of social interaction and, c) the quality of social interaction in the elderly. Twenty-three residents aged 72 ... -
Detecting depression and malingering using response times on the Personality Assessment Inventory
(2000)The detection of individuals who are malingering psychological dysfunction has proven to be a difficult task (Rogers, 1997). This study was conducted to investigate whether response times on the Personality Assessment ... -
Determinants of incidents in a forensic psychiatric program
(2002)Nursing staff in forensic psychiatric contexts are significantly more likely to be the victims of assault-related incidents than patients. Evidence in the scientific literature warrants the consideration of interpersonal ... -
Development of a scale to assess individual differences in children's trust-value basis of friendship / Cathy J. Morgan.
(1992)Rotenberg (1986, 1991) has shown that children acquire a "trustvalue" basis of friendship, whereby friendship is a function of how much a child believes a peer will keep secrets, promises and tell the truth. The purpose ... -
The development of hypothesis testing behaviour in children
(1973)This experiment investigated whether six, eight, and ten year-old children are capable of simultaneously using more than one hypothesis at a time, or whether children can test only one at a time in a discrimination learning ... -
Development of restrictive disclosure in children's communication with peers
(1986)Research supports the conclusion that adults show a pattern of restrictive disclosure in which they choose to disclose intimate information to friends rather than nonfriends. From a developmental perspective, however, ... -
Dietary restraint : the role of causal attributions
(1995)Previous studies have indicated that restrained and unrestrained eaters exhibit dififerent eating patterns in response to preloading or no preloading. After a preload, restrained eaters tend to exhibit counterregulatory ... -
Dieting practices, influences, beliefs and self-concept of female high school students
(1991)There has been a recent explosion of interest in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. There are many social influences which are thought to encourage women to strive for unrealistic thinness. The suggestion that with early ... -
Differences between elderly and young drivers : driving vigilance in two tasks
(2007)According to statistics for 2003, 9 in 100,000 people in Canada died from driving accidents. A high percentage (30-40%) of these took place due to sleepiness on monotonous road conditions. Therefore, driver vigilance must ... -
Differences between the Francophone and Anglophone ethno-linguistic groups in the home care setting of Ontario
(2009)Although Francophones in Ontario represent the largest population of French-Canadians outside Quebec, little is known about this population, and especially about the older members of this ethno-linguistic group. The scarce ...