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So you think you've got problems : interpersonal influence on women with low appearance self-esteem within the context of self-affirmation
(2011)The influences of interpersonal interactions on psychological constructs have been studied extensively in the research literature. However, due to the inherent complexities involved in such interactions, a comprehensive ... -
Social anxiety and alcohol use: examining the relationships among social anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, and alcohol-related variables
(2015)Socially anxious undergraduates tend to report more alcohol-related problems despite consuming less alcohol than non-anxious counterparts. The present study aimed to clarify this paradox by examining the roles of anxiety ... -
Social capital and the incidence of falls
(2007)Study participants : Seniors from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. -
Social comparison to thin and plus size media images : impact on candy consumption, affect, and body image in binge eaters
(2014-01-22)Binge eating has long been a prevalent issue for young women. Though the development of binge eating is multifactorial, much attention has focused on the etiological mechanisms underlying binge behaviour. Affect regulation ... -
Social construction of the middle class : class identification and class images of young Canadians
(1999)There is a contradiction between some of the theoretical issues regarding class and the results of subjective class identification research in the United States and in Canada. Arguments concerning the decline of the ... -
Social determinants of health & community engagement : developing a framework for public health
(2008)Discussion includes Canada and Northeastern Ontario. -
Social dimensions of forestry road management : a study of Wawa district residents
(2010)This study explores the social dimension of forestry road access management in the Ontario Ministry ofNatural Resource's Wawa District (northern Ontario). Road access restrictions in the District are often implemented ... -
A social ecological exploration of community adult playground use among seniors in Northern Ontario
(2018)Modifications to the built environment have recently gained momentum as an important method of supporting community wellbeing and physical activity. Outdoor adult playgrounds (OAPs) are one example of a physical activity ... -
The social experiences of depression among Lakehead University students
(2021)While depression is known to be prevalent among university students (Ibrahim et al. 2013), there has been little research on how students deal with this in day-to-day life. Drawing on 21 semistructured interviews with ... -
Social facilitation of extinction in rats
(1991)Theories of resistance to extinction such as the generalized decrement theory (GDT) have been largely based on research involving isolated individuals. In the natural environment however, extinction, like acquisition ... -
Social justice and equity : exploring the perspectives of senior administrators on whiteness and racism in postsecondary education
(2015-08-05)This study explored senior administrators‘ perspectives on Whiteness and racism in postsecondary education. The study focused on Canadian senior administrators at postsecondary institutions located in 2 provinces and in 2 ... -
Social modeling of eating and the mirror neuron system: the role of neurophysiological mechanisms in predicting susceptibility to modeling
(2017)The social modeling of eating effect refers to the consistently demonstrated phenomenon that individuals tend to match the quantity of their food intake to their eating companion. The current study aimed to explore the ... -
Social network analysis of lake sturgeon in the Namakan River and Reservoir, Fort Frances District, Ontario
(2017)Social network analysis is the study of individuals or units and the relationship between them at a given time. It allows insight about evolution, maintenance of social relationships, and behavioural characteristics. These ... -
Social-ecological resurgence through farmers’ traditional knowledge and agroecology in Pakistan
(2024)There is an urgent need to transform global food systems. Basic food supply chains have been disrupted due to the structural vulnerabilities within the dominant food system. Scholars, ecologists, smallholder farmers, ... -
Sociological investigation of "The Simpsons" with respect to the institution of education
(1997)Operating from the premise that episodic television comedy The Simpsons is perceived more as a living culture than as a symbolic artifact, this thesis uses a qualitative approach to examine the program's education system ... -
Sociotropy and perception of own and close friend's dieting behaviours and body image
(2012)A woman’s physical appearance has been strongly associated with her sense of self-worth and success. Moreover, through family, media and one’s friends, messages of an unrealistically thin ideal body have been perpetuated, ... -
Soft path approach as a water management strategy: a case study in Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2014)The purpose of this research is to examine the criteria for a soft path approach as it may apply to municipal water management in the City of Thunder Bay. A categorization of Thunder Bay's water management practices was ... -
Soil characteristics of the deciduous forests in Central Ontario and their relationships with site indicies of sugar maple, American beech and red oak
(2004)Tolerant hardwood forests occupy a broad geographic range in Ontario and they are important for their ecological and economical values. Although sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), American beech (Fagus grandifolia ... -
Soil respiration following alternative site preparation treatments in a boreal mixedwood forest
(1996)The effects of experimental site preparation on CO2 evolution and on planted black spruce {Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) seedling growth were studied one year after the site preparation treatment, during the 1994 growing ... -
Soil-site relations for jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) in Northeastern Ontario
(1994)Site index of jack pine {Pinus banksiana Lamb) measured on 76 plots in northeastern Ontario was related to features of soil and topography using multiple regression. Site index at breast height age 50 years (SIBHSO) was ...