Psychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology)
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Psychological Well-Being and Health-Related Quality of Life Following Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation, A Prospective Study
(2019-07-02)Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a debilitating and potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmia. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are first-line therapy for treatment of VT. However, ICD shocks can have a profound ... -
Investigating Spatial Memory and Navigation in Developmental Amnesia: Evidence from a Google Street View Paradigm, Mental Navigation Tasks, and Route Descriptions
(2019-07-02)This dissertation examined the integrity of spatial representations of extensively travelled environments in developmental amnesia, thereby elucidating the role of the hippocampus in forming and retrieving spatial memories ... -
Understanding the Relation Between Boredom and Achievement in Post-Secondary Students
(2019-03-05)Pekruns (2006) control-value theory offers a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the causes and consequences of boredom in a learning context. One important aspect of this model is the relationship between ... -
Emotional Change Processes in Resolving Self-Critical Subtypes of Depression During Experiential Treatment
(2019-03-05)This mixed-methods study explored emotional processing that predicts long-term outcomes within subtypes of self-critical depression during experiential psychotherapy. First, I validated Kagans (2003) qualitative analysis ... -
Ambivalence as a Moderator of Treatment Outcomes in Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(2019-03-05)Although there is a robust finding documenting the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in treating anxiety, a significant proportion of clients fail to respond optimally to treatment. A major focus of psychotherapy ... -
Self-Compassion as a Protective Factor Against Mental Illness Self-Stigma
(2019-03-05)Self-stigma, the internalization of public stigma, is a significant hindrance to help-seeking and treatment adherence for mental illness. Stigma reduction strategies have thus far focused on mitigating the negative impact ... -
Being in the Therapeutic Encounter: A Descriptive Phenomenological Investigation of Novice Therapist Presence
(2019-03-05)This study investigated the phenomenon of therapeuticpresencefrom the vantage point ofnovicetherapistsearly in their clinical training.Although existential-humanistic philosophy and various approaches to psychotherapyhave ... -
Cognitive Mechanisms of Wise Reasoning Across the Adult Lifespan
(2018-11-21)Investigations have begun to unpack the cognitive architecture of wisdom, yet, controversies remain, including disparate notions of the role of memory. There is no agreed upon definition of wisdom; however, there is consensus ... -
An Agile Development Cycle of a Web-Based Memory Intervention Program for Healthy Older Adults
(2018-11-21)The Memory and Aging Program is an in-person psychoeducation intervention for healthy older adults provided at Baycrest Health Sciences. The program has been shown to significantly increase participants' memory knowledge, ... -
Self-Critical or Lacking in Self-Compassion? Distinct Constructs with Unique Predictions for Subjective Well-Being Over Time
(2018-11-21)Self-compassion has been found to play an important role in mental health and well-being. In contrast, self-criticism is related to negative personality traits and various psychopathologies. There are well-known and valid ... -
The Effects of Prior Knowledge on Mnemonic Discrimination in Young and Other Adults, and in Hippocampal Amnesia
(2018-11-21)The hippocampus is critical to discriminating between newly learned, highly similar stimuli; less clear is its role in discriminating representations based on prior knowledge. In this study, young adults, older adults ... -
The Impact of Client Motivational Language on the Therapeutic Alliance in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
(2018-11-21)Building on past research demonstrating a link between client motivation and the alliance, this study examined whether motivational interviewing (MI) can alter the impact of motivation on the alliance. Using data from a ... -
The Predictive Capacity of Self-Reported Motivation vs. Observed Motivational Language in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(2018-11-21)Client change motivation is considered a key factor in psychotherapy. Existing research on motivation has largely relied on self-report, which is prone to response bias and inconsistently related to treatment outcome. In ... -
Accuracy of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Detecting Cognitive Impairment Following Stroke
(2018-11-21)Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) post stroke is frequent, but may go undetected, which highlights the need to better screen cognitive functioning post stroke. We sought to examine the diagnostic accuracy of the Montreal ... -
An Experimental Investigation of the Factors that Lead to Fat Talk
(2018-11-21)Fat talk describes self-disparaging remarks made about ones weight or shape. Despite the fact that fat talk has been associated with a number of negative outcomes including eating pathology, fat talk has become a social ... -
The Evaluation of Yoga Interventions for Individuals With Limited Mobility: Pain, Psychological Variables, and Mindfulness
(2018-11-21)Objective: The aim of this dissertation was to evaluate specialized yoga interventions for populations with complex chronic health conditions involving chronic pain and limited mobility. Method: Three research trials ... -
Protection from Dangerous Emotions: Interruption of Emotional Experience in Psychotherapy
(2018-08-27)Objective: To identify the central elements in depressed clients process of self-interruption of emotion (SIE) in an experiential therapy session. Research Design: A two-study, multi-method research design was used to ... -
Understanding and Reducing Implicit Mental Illness Stigma: A Contemporary Prejudice Perspective
(2018-05-28)The stigma of mental illness is a serious social issue that exists across nations and cultures. Over the years, numerous anti-stigma campaigns have been developed to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. However, ... -
Predictors of Community Outcome in Schizophrenia: The Factor Structure of Cognition and Functional Capacity
(2018-05-28)Cognition is considered a key predictor of community outcome in schizophrenia and is the target of an increasingly large number of pharmacological and behavioural interventions. The proliferation of functional capacity ... -
Comparing Narrative and Emotion Processing in Two Versions of Emotion-Focused Therapy for Trauma: Imaginal Confrontation vs. Empathic Exploration
(2018-05-28)A goal of Emotion-Focused Therapy for Trauma (EFTT) is narrative and emotion integration for trauma recovery (Paivio & Pascual-Leone, 2010). EFTT employs two re-experiencing interventions. Clients in Imaginal Confrontation ...
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