School of Kinesiology & Health Studies Graduate Theses
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Assessing individual response to exercise training: Statistical considerations, analytical approaches, and moderators of response
A growing body of research has classified “responders” or “non-responders” to exercise training and has assessed whether individuals respond differently to exercise training. In recent years, biostatisticians have raised ... -
Lone girls: Exploring the experiences of girls on boys' sports teams
Existing literature informing our understanding of youth sport experiences has largely involved investigations of populations that are similar to each other (e.g., same age, sex). There are, however, instances in sport ... -
Exploring the measurement of quality participation over time in exercise for persons with physical disabilities
Previous research into fostering full and effective participation for persons with disabilities has primarily focused on the quantity, or amount of involvement, in a given activity. However, this way of thinking about ... -
The Neighbourhood Physical Environment and the 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Composition Among Children
INTRODUCTION: The combination of time spent in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep within a day is known as the 24-hour movement behaviour composition. Recent research using compositional data analysis (CoDA), ... -
Compositional Associations of Time Spent in Sleep, Screen Time, and Physical Activity with Polysubstance Use in Adolescents
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the movement behavior composition (time spent in sleep, screen time, and physical activity) and polysubstance use in adolescents. Methods: This ... -
“It Was a Combination of Feeling Super Badass and...Super Inept”: Exploring Girls’ Experiences Playing on Boys’ Tackle Football Teams
This study explores girls’ experiences playing tackle football on boys’ teams to understand how girls experience a highly masculine sport space. Tackle football is largely a space reserved for men and boys. Girls’ opportunities ... -
Understanding the Complexity and Nuance of Social Identity in Youth Sport Using a Novel Ecological Momentary Assessment Method
The social environments in sport play an important role in determining whether participants realize the various individual and group outcomes associated with sport participation (Eys et al., 2019). Indeed, sport researchers ... -
Onboarding support systems into elite sport organizations
Onboarding is a term used to describe the process of socialization for new members into an established group or organization. Across an extensive body of literature from organizational settings, and more recently sport ... -
Exploring Irish Women's Experiences of Social Climate Around Abortion After the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment
This study explores abortion activists’ experience of the shift in social climate around abortion in the context of the campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, which previously prohibited abortion in Ireland. Abortion was ... -
Towards a postneoliberal health promotion: A journey of reifying, resisting, and reimagining health promotion in and through sport
At its core, this dissertation is about confronting, and working toward dismantling the ideology of healthism as a key technology of neoliberalism, and specifically in how it manifests in and through behavioural forms of ... -
CLASSIFICATION IN PARA SPORT: EXPLORING ATHLETES’ AND CLASSIFIERS’ EXPERIENCES WITH AND UNDERSTANDING OF CLASSIFICATION
Classification is a defining feature of Para sport; however, little empirical evidence describes the experience of classification and how it can be improved. To date, the primary focus of research related to classification ... -
Impact of Chest Wall Restriction on Cardiac Output and Exercising Muscle Oxygenation
Restrictive pulmonary diseases (RPD) encompass diseases whereby the lungs are prevented from being able to fully expand. One way that these diseases can manifest is through increased chest wall stiffness. A common symptom ... -
“NÃO ÀS REMOÇÕES: PELO DIREITO À MORADIA”: EXAMINING THE FANTASMA(S) DE REMOÇÃO/GHOSTS OF EVICTION AND THE INSURGENCE OF NETWORKED FAVELA HOUSING ACTIVISM IN RIO DE JANEIRO
Since the turn of the 21st century, favela communities have faced new and unprecedented challenges in the light of renewed eviction threats and displacement connected to real estate development and speculation. The right ... -
Examining the Impact of the Transformational Coaching Workshop on Factors that Influence Behaviour Change
Coach development programs (CDPs) provide an avenue for coaches to learn about the valuable knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate positive athlete outcomes through their behaviours. However, existing evidence-informed, ... -
THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUAL TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE EFFECTS OF HEAD SUPPORTED MASS
Rotary-wing aircrew in Canada and abroad experience a myriad of occupational risk factors that contribute to neck pain. Most functional assessment approaches relevant to evaluating aircrew neck pain are too reliant on ... -
Why Are We Settling? Indigenous Cultural Safety Education for Counsellors in Ontario
Indigenous cultural safety education is crucial to achieving greater health equity for Indigenous Peoples (Browne et al., 2016) by helping counsellors recognize the social, historical, political, and economic context of ... -
THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMS IN ONTARIO
School garden programs offer students opportunities to experience and participate in the processes of nature and agriculture through hands-on learning in a wide variety of outdoor settings. Although the value of school ... -
Exploring First-Year University Students’ Barriers and Facilitators to Meeting the Recommendations of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adult
The majority of university students do not meet the recommended amounts of physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and sleep, which can impact academic success. The forthcoming Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines ... -
Prison and its Afterlives: Haunting and the Emotional Geographies of Formerly Incarcerated People’s Reintegration Experiences in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Kingston is undeniably a prison town. As the venue for Canada’s first prison and current home to nearly twenty percent of the nation’s federally incarcerated people in seven penitentiaries around the city, prisons undoubtedly ... -
Parenting in Adversity and Individual Perceptions of (In)Access to Health and Social Support Services: A Sensemaker® Study
Having access to services for health and social support has been shown to greatly affect the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and society globally. However, great disparities in accessing services exist ...
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