Browsing Department of Psychology Graduate Theses by Title
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The Dark Personality and Job Success in the United States Army: Use of Interpersonal Manipulation in the Workplace
(2016-07-18)This dissertation relates job desires and outcomes to the Dark Personality (Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Low Agreeableness, Low Honesty-Humility) in the United States Army. It purports that individuals high ... -
The Dark Triad and Faking Ability on Self-Report Personality Inventories and Autobiographical Accounts
(2008-10-21)Three studies were undertaken to examine the relationship between the Dark Triad (i.e., psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) and faking ability. Study 1 examined the relationship between psychopathy and the ability ... -
Deconstructing Attitude Strength: Understanding the Cognitive Structures and Subjective Beliefs Related to Attitudes
(2010-08-24)The effects of various antecedents to cognitive elaboration on the structural properties and subjective beliefs related to attitude strength were examined in 2 experiments. Participants read vaccine-related information ... -
Demand-Withdraw in the Marital Context of Depression
(2007-10-12)Consistently researchers have demonstrated that marital interactions of couples with and without a depressed partner differ. Given the high comorbidity of depression and marital distress, it is unclear whether observed ... -
Developing an Implicit Measure of Habit Strength: The Habit IAT
Habits are defined as a form of automatic, spontaneous behaviours that are initiated following exposure to contextual cues. Although habits have been a focus of research for health, social, and consumer psychologists for ... -
Development and Feasibility Trial of a Cognitive Behavioural Self-Management Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic illness marked by inflammation of the digestive system that is associated with physical and psychosocial symptoms. Psychotherapy interventions for IBD have yielded inconsistent ... -
The Development of Peer Victimization in Adolescence
(2014-09-18)Guided by a developmental framework, this thesis investigated the prevalence, continuity, and consequences of different forms of victimization across adolescence. From Grade 5 through Grade 12, over 3,000 youth completed ... -
A Developmental Perspective on Children and Adolescents who Bully and are Victimized by Peers
(2007-10-11)The present study examined developmental changes in the prevalence, stability, and developmental pathways associated with Bully/Victim status in order to increase our understanding of this high-risk group. In addition, ... -
Dialectical thinking and meaning-making in negative experiences
Three studies were conducted to examine how dialectical thinking may contribute to meaning-making in negative experiences (MINE) tendencies and subsequently to people’s coping styles as they confront stressful situations. ... -
Differential Pharmacological Profiles of Operant Acquisition, Operant Expression, and Decision-Making Performance As Tested By Antipsychotics and Other Dopaminergic Drugs
(2013-03-15)Operant acquisition, operant expression, and decision-making differentially rely on brain areas that are differentially affected by antipsychotic and other dopaminergic drugs. The purpose of this thesis was to test if the ... -
The dimensionality and construct valid measurement of life meaning
(2007-08-28)This research sought to clarify the construct of life meaning by creating a new, multidimensional measure of life meaning. In an initial study, 392 university undergraduates (317 women, 75 men) completed several existing ... -
Dimensions of perfectionism and life stress: predicting symptoms of psychopathology
(2007-10-25)Research has consistently shown an association between the personality trait of perfectionism and a variety of emotional, psychological, and interpersonal difficulties. Using a longitudinal design, the present investigation ... -
The direct and moderating effect of bullying on adolescent health
(2007-07-19)In the last two decades, research has established a negative association between involvement in bullying and emotional health difficulties. Few studies, in comparison, explore the relationship between bullying and ... -
Distinguishing impairments in speed of information processing between traumatic brain injury and chronic pain
(2014-12-17)Speed of information processing deficits are hallmark symptoms of, and a primary consideration, in the differential diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Chronic pain is a common comorbid symptom following ... -
Do High Standards, Sensitivity to Failure, and Lack of Perseverance Interact to Predict All-or-Nothing Behaviour?
(2008-01-17)Why do some people tend to begin new goals or activities with a high level of commitment and determination, only to drop substantially in their involvement within a short time? The purpose of the present research was to ... -
Do Relationships Matter? An Examination of a School-Based Intergenerational Mentoring Program
(2014-01-02)Although relationships are central to psychological health throughout the lifespan, not all children have caring adults in their lives that can provide nurturing and stable relationships. Mentoring was established as a ... -
Early Social Behaviour in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2012-09-28)The current studies addressed two questions regarding early social behaviour in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) that have not yet been directly explored. In Study 1 we examined the hypothesis that impaired ... -
The Effect of Adaptive Perfectionism, Maladaptive Perfectionism, and Feedback on Procrastination Behaviour
(2011-09-27)The goal of the current research was to improve on previous studies by more directly examining the relationship between perfectionism and actual procrastination behaviour. In Study 1, participants (N = 167) were given ... -
Effect of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3-β on the Acquisition & Expression of Intra-Accumbal Amphetamine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in Rats
(2014-01-03)Dopamine (DA) drives incentive learning: learning which is elicited through rewarding stimuli. Irregularities in DA activity are associated with various psychological disorders. Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β), a ... -
Effect of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Inhibition on the Acquisition and Expression of Cocaine-Cue Conditioned Activity and Spontaneous Locomotion in Rodents
(2014-10-09)Pairing environmental stimuli with pro-dopaminergic drugs can produce conditioned effects on locomotor behaviour in rodents, an effect that is used to model incentive learning and drug craving in laboratory animals. One ...