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Examining adverse childhood experiences in a First Nations treatment-seeking population
(2021)Experiencing adversity during childhood can disrupt typical developmental pathways and consequently affect health outcomes throughout the lifespan (Norman et al., 2012), particularly for Indigenous populations in Canada ... -
Examining barriers and facilitators in using teachers’ journals for critical space
(2017)Among the varying ways to reflect on practice, learning journals capture the stories and lived experiences of teachers and help the writer to learn from experience about an event, an idea, or emotions. What does critical ... -
Examining how early attachment contributes to later romantic relationship quality: the role of emotion regulation and conflict management strategies
(2023)Individuals with insecure styles of attachment often have difficulties with emotion regulation and conflict management and may utilize strategies to manage their emotions or navigate conflict that are maladaptive and ... -
Examining the effects of trial order and conditioning on the covert orienting of visual attention task (COVAT)
(2009)It has recently been reported by Deller (2006) that the mechanisms of early facilitation followed by late inhibition of return (IOR) attenuated upon ANS activation, manipulated through head-down neck flexion (HDNF). The ... -
Examining the efficacy of a cognitive behavioural intervention in reducing anxiety sensitivity and functional impairment in chronic pain patients
(2015)Comorbid psychological factors affect the experience and prognosis of chronic pain, as comorbidity is associated with poor treatment outcomes and greater levels of disability (Burns, Johnson, Mahoney, Devine, & Pawl, 1998; ... -
Examining the impact of a short-term mindfulness intervention on resilience and symptoms of psychological distress in a first-year university classroom
(2019)Background: The high prevalence of poor mental health has become a serious concern in today’s global society. One adverse form of mental health is psychological distress which involves anxiety, depression, and/or stress ... -
Examining the relationship between balance confidence and the physical and psychosocial adaptation to transtibial amputation on physical activity participation and avoidance habits
(2022)Transtibial amputation (TTA) is the removal of the lower leg at the tibia and often results in pain, mental health issues, and reduced quality of life. Many of these symptoms are created or exacerbated by a sedentary ... -
Examining the relationship between sport-based perfectionism and perceptions of parenting styles among male youth hockey players
(2014-12-12)In the past, most studies investigating parenting in youth sport have failed to include the athlete’s perspective and the possible influence his/her individual personality traits might have on those perceptions. This ... -
Examining the Role of Ascorbic Acid in Prevention of Heterotopic Ossification
(2016)Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a condition in which mature bone forms in a non-osseous tissue following extreme trauma such as injury or surgery (1]. It is thought that a particular cell type known as mesenchymal ... -
Examining the shear strength of the glue lines in glued laminated timber
(2017)With a soaring global population and continuous depletion of resources, wood and engineered wood products will change the way we carry out conventional construction. Conventional building materials such as concrete and ... -
Examining the transfer of academic knowledge to business practitioners: doctoral program graduates as intermediaries
(2014-01-22)The relevance of academic research to practice has been a widespread topic for academics to debate. This study investigated whether practitioners who hold a business-related Ph.D. degree may act as intermediaries in the ... -
Examining the “sadder but wiser” paradox: are those high in dispositional self-reflection likely to journal, and do they benefit?
(2020)Self-reflection is the tendency to reflect on one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It has a strong foundation in psychology for conferring self-knowledge and self-awareness. Journaling is an example of an activity ... -
Exciton operators : commutation relations and dynamics
(1997)The electron-hole pair operator commutation relations for a semiconductor are explicitly derived showing that the pairs are quasi-bosons with statistics intermediate between bosons and fermions. These pair operators are ... -
Exercise and anxiety sensitivity: an examination of dose response, credibility, expectancy, and perceived effort
(2015-01-13)Despite ongoing research examining exercise and its anxiolytic effects (Petruzello, Landers, Hatfield, Kubitz, & Salazar, 1991), our understanding of this relationship is limited. The present study evaluated the effects ... -
Exercise and body image disturbance
(1994)The relationship between body image disturbance and exercise behaviour was examined. One hundred and fifty five women from Introductory Psychology completed an exercise inventory, four measures of body image disturbance, ... -
Existence and distribution of serotonin and its 5-HT2-like binding site in the brain : pituitary axis of juvenile and sexually recrudescing female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(1999)In the first phase of this study, mammalian serotonin2-like (5-HT2-like) binding sites in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hypothalamus, were examined by radioligand binding assay using the tritiated analog ... -
Existential elements in the poetry of Theodore Roethke
(1992)This study is an attempt to illustrate, through a chronological reading of The Collected Poems, the existential elements in the poetry of Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963). Though he was by no means a rigorous philosopher, ... -
Expansion of the applicability of the Truce-Smiles rearrangement
(2022)The Truce-Smiles rearrangement is a synthetically useful and easily performed reaction which can be used to condense multiple steps of a synthesis. The nucleophilic aromatic substitution in this reaction produces a chiral ... -
Expectations for tourist development: examining the roles of capacity building and empowerment
(2012-11-10)Rural communities often view small-scale, community-based tourism development as a viable opportunity for economic and community development (Timothy, 2002; Beeton, 2006; Reid, 2003). Unfortunately, the process of developing ... -
Experience and influence : student and parent perspectives of an alternative school
(2010)Traditionally, education and schooling have been developed by and implemented through the adult perspective. An increasing number of educators and researchers focus on alternatives to mainstream education and this study ...