• Awareness of neurobehavioral deceits and emotional adjustment in acute- and post-acute rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury 

  Sawchyn, James Matthew (2018-09-21)

  This dissertation examined injury-based and emotional adjustment factors that may influence an individual's self-awareness of neurobehavioral deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Two studies were completed to ...
• The development of a standardized measure of social competence in middle childhood: beginning to bridge the gap between empirical knowledge and clinical practice 

  Saltzman, Jennifer Lesley (2018-09-14)

  Our understanding of children's social competence has increased tremendously over the past two decades. There is increasing evidence to suggest that social and emotional impairments are not restricted to children with ...
• Child custody and access: the views and practices of psychologists and lawyers 

  Jameson, Barbara J. (2018-09-14)

  This study examined the views and professional practices of 52 psychologists, 26 from Alberta and 26 from British Columbia, and 53 family lawyers, 21 from Alberta and 32 from British Columbia, who have current or past ...
• Rehabilitation of attention deficits in traumatic brain injury 

  Penkman, Louise Carol (2018-09-14)

  In the current study, I investigated the question of whether there is a specific effect for the administration of attention retraining above and beyond a supportive, adjustment-oriented approach in improving attentional ...
• The immigrant sibling: an exploration of acculturation and enculturation profiles 

  Quan, Cindy (2018-09-11)

  Acculturation and enculturation processes and sibling relationship quality are important constructs for understanding the psychosocial wellbeing of immigrant adolescents. In this thesis, I used a mixed-method approach to ...
• Do sub-concussive impacts from soccer heading in practice cause changes in brain structure and function? 

  Kenny, Rebecca (2018-09-11)

  Background: Heading is an important part of soccer, yet recent research has indicated that cumulative effects of repetitive heading may cause sub-concussive injury (Koerte et al., 2015). Objective: The current study aimed ...
• The role of metarepresentation in preschoolers’ theory of mind development 

  Quistberg, Kirsten A. (2018-09-05)

  The role of metarepresentation in theory of mind development has been hotly debated. On one side of the debate, researchers suggest that theory of mind develops through a domain general change in representational processing ...
• Learning without feedback: detection, quantification and implications of implicit learning 

  Luehr, Stephen J.C. (2018-09-04)

  Mounting evidence has suggested that structures such as the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and other areas within the medial-frontal cortex are part of a reinforcement learning system responsible for the optimization of ...
• Motor expectancy: the modulation of the reward positivity in a reinforcement learning motor task 

  Trska, Robert (2018-08-30)

  An adage posits that we learn from our mistakes; however, this is not entirely true. According to reinforcement learning theory, we learn when the expectation of our actions differs from outcomes. Here, we examined whether ...
• Predictors of hostile attributions during the transition to parenthood 

  Song, Pauline (2018-08-20)

  The transition to parenthood is arguably one of the most stressful developmental periods in the lifespan, with couples often experiencing increased levels of conflict and relationship distress. It is possible that deteriorating ...
• Longitudinal effects of congruence and incongruence between ideal and actual functioning on Chinese immigrants’ psychological adjustment 

  Miao, Sheena Wen-Hsun (2018-08-20)

  The adjustment of immigrants has been an important area of research over the past few decades. The current literature on immigrants’ psychological adjustment typically focuses on identifying specific contextual, interpersonal, ...
• On diagnosing Alzheimer's disease: assessing abstract thinking and reasoning 

  Goranson, Tamara Elaine (2018-08-16)

  A series of abstract thinking and reasoning tasks was administered to patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a sample of nondemented older adults matched on age, education, and gender variables. The performance of the ...
• Chronic fatigue syndrome: intraindividual variability in cognitive functioning 

  Fuentes, Karina Yolanda (2018-08-16)

  Studies of cognitive performance among persons with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have yielded largely inconsistent results. The present study sought to contribute to findings in this area by examining intraindividual ...
• Understanding physical overactivity in ADHD: utilization behavior 

  Archibald, Sarah Jane (2018-08-16)

  The primary purpose of this study was to provide a better understanding of the typology and etiology of physical overactivity (hyperactivity) in ADHD. ADHD is uniquely characterized by inappropriate/excessive motor activity, ...
• The detection of biased responding on the Wechsler Memory Scale- III and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale- III 

  Brulot, Magali Marie-Pierre (2018-08-16)

  Growing demand on the limited resources available to head-injured individuals, emphasizes the need for accurate diagnosis and proper allocation of funds. Consequently, neuropsychologists are increasingly asked to render ...
• Self-transcendence and self-determination: possibilities of why and when nature is beneficial 

  Lee, Elliott (2018-08-15)

  Nature’s salutary effects are well-established. A psychological connection to nature and exposure to nature are both associated with a variety of well-being indicators. Attempts to explain why these benefits occur are often ...
• How do women survivors of childhood sexual abuse experience 'good sex' later in life? A mixed-methods investigation 

  Rosen, Lianne (2018-08-03)

  There is a significant volume of research evidence documenting the sexual problems experienced by women survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Accordingly, existing treatment paradigms for sexual problems in this ...
• Factors that influence priming in young children 

  Gonzales, Valerie Anne (2018-08-02)

  An empirical exploration of factors that facilitate priming in young children was undertaken utilizing sequentially degraded pictures (fragpix) developed by Snodgrass and her colleagues. The identification of fragmented ...
• The influence of post event misinformation on children's reports of a unique event versus an instance of a repeated event 

  Connolly, Deborah Ann (2018-08-01)

  Much of what is known about the influence of postevent misinformation on children's event reports is based on studies in which children were exposed to the target event once. Nelson and her colleagues (e.g., 1986) have ...
• Microstructural changes in white matter in prodromal and clinical Parkinson’s disease 

  Ohlhauser, Lisa (2018-07-31)

  Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes distinct motor impairments (i.e., resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, postural instability) and affects approximately one percent of the ...

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