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The role of students' strengths in the experience and effects of bullying on peer relationships, academic achievement, and behavioural and emotional functioning
(2012-11-10)
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of strengths in youth as they are related to psychosocial outcomes, particularly in the context of bullying experiences. An understanding of the roles of both overall ...
Attentional and psychophysiological responses to seasonal and eating stimuli in seasonal depression and disordered eating
(2012-11-10)
Research indicates similarities in clinical presentation between seasonal depression and bulimia nervosa with respect to disordered eating symptoms such as overeating, carbohydrate craving, weight gain and seasonal pattern ...
Age trends in expert chess: is aging kinder to the initially more able?
(2012-11-10)
The “aging is kinder to the more initially able” hypothesis has received varied support across different domains of expertise, but within the chess domain is largely accepted. Some suggest that tournament participation has ...
The role of personality in predicting unsafe driver behaviour in young and older adults
(2012-11-10)
Traffic-related collisions represent a considerable social and economic burden on our society. In Canada, drivers aged 16 to 19 years and 70 years or older are consistently overrepresented in victim statistics. Identified ...
Relationships between self-management skills, worry, and generalized anxiety disorder symptoms
(2012-11-10)
Self-management skills allow people to change maladaptive behaviour patterns, and consist of three interdependent facets: self-monitoring, self-evaluating, and self-reinforcing. One type of maladaptive behaviour is ...
The Moderating role of depression in the relationship between coping strategies and significant others' reactions with the experience of chronic pain
(2012-11-10)
Research shows a strong co-morbidity between pain and depression (Schatzberg, 2004). Individuals suffering with both chronic pain and depression exhibit greater pain intensity, greater interference due to pain and more ...
Cortical response to a chocolate craving induction among restrained and unrestrained eaters
(2012-11-10)
Interest in the cortical response to food craving in restrained eaters is a relatively unexplored area. Typically when presented with images of highly appetizing food, healthy individuals will show greater left than right ...
The effects of exogenous and endogenous gonadal hormones and hormonal sensitivity on eating disorder symptoms
(2012-11-10)
A previous study found that a history of oral contraceptive (OC) side effects was associated with greater body dissatisfaction and eating dysfunction (Bird & Oinonen, 2011). This finding contributes to the growing body of ...
Associations of referral and discharge services with trajectory of health in Ontario's complex continuing care facilities : a multilevel approach
(2012-11-10)
Over time, patients from acute care showed greater declines in symptoms, frailty, and resource utilization than other groups. Individuals discharged to LTCH were rated highest in queried symptoms (activities of daily living, ...
Past reproductive events and finger digit ratio as predictors of symptom severity, psychological distress, and medical treatment-seeking during the perimenopausal period
(2012-11-10)
Researchers have found that reproductive events in which levels of estrogen increase or decrease can influence the emergence of psychological distress in some women, and it has been propsed that some women may be more ...