The purpose of the research was to examine the relation between loneliness and behavioural disclosure, gender differences in the relation, as well as the potential mediators of that relation (i.e., norm violation, trust, ...

This thesis examines the social conditions and factors that influenced a group of women caregivers to accept or decline support in the provision of care to terminally-ill family members or relatives. I discuss the ...

This study describes the relationship between shared response and the comprehension and re-interpretation of picture books with four members of a response group of students in a grade 7/8 class during the implementation ...

Interpersonal rigidity is defined as the extremeness of an individual’s behaviour and the narrowness of the behavioural repertoire measured according to the Interpersonal Circumplex (Kiesler, 1983). While acknowledged ...

The purpose of this study was to assess the use of a structured multi-sensory handwriting program with grade one students. This study utilized a multiple-group time series design and included a pre-test. A standardized ...

The kimberlites studied from the Lac de Gras area are composed o f two broad textural types: hypabyssal kimberlite and volcaniclastic kimberlite. Hypabyssal kimberlite is present within small isolated dyke segments and ...

This oral history report documents the recollected experiences of seven Native"students" who attended Shingwauk Residential School between 1929 and 1964. From qualitative analyses of transcripts three general themes emerged: ...

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured comprehensive therapeutic procedure that appears to desensitize the distressing emotions related to past disturbing and traumatic events, while ...

Evidence of sociocultural influences on the development and maintenance of body image comes from shifting media trends and cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of eating disorders. Further, previous research has ...

Research has consistently demonstrated that parents of children with developmental disabilities experience more stress than parents of non-disabled children (Beckman, 1991; Dyson, 1991). In order to face the challenges ...