Browsing Psychology (Functional Area: Clinical Psychology) by Title
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A Mobile-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Chronic Pain
(2018-03-01)Very little is known about effective interventions for chronic pain in young adults. Available treatments are often inaccessible and unaffordable. The present study tested the effects of a newly developed 12-minute ... -
A Narrative Care Intervention to Support the Post-Cancer Treatment Transition from Primary to Follow-up Care: Analysis of Outcomes and Content
(2021-07-06)The needs and ways of supporting individuals during the transitional phase after completion of treatment for primary cancer are less well-studied compared to other phases of the cancer journey. It is important to better ... -
A Pilot Feasibility Study of an Online Lifestyle Group Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors: The Healthy Lifestyle Modification After Breast Cancer (HLM-ABC) Program
(2020-11-13)Overweight is a common concern for many breast cancer survivors (BCSs), which coincides with serious comorbidities and/or health risks, including diminished quality of life, poorer cancer prognosis and/or increased mortality. ... -
A Qualitative Analysis of Expressed Needs Early in Experiential Treatment for Depression
(2018-03-01)A thematic analysis of early expressed needs of 10 (five good and five poor long-term outcome) clients in experiential therapy for depression. The study sought to: (1) establish a need theme structure from the current data ... -
A Task Analysis of Therapeutic Engagement in a Professionally Facilitated Online Intervention for Young Couples Affected By Breast Cancer
(2015-12-16)Engagement in online intervention, defined as the extent to which participants are involved in and attentive to the contents of the intervention, has been shown to predict treatment outcome. Because professional facilitation ... -
A Three-Factor Model of Personality Predicts Changes in Depression and Subjective Well-Being Following Positive Psychology Interventions
(2018-03-01)These studies investigated a new model of personality and its relationship to positive psychology interventions. Previous theoretical models and research into the structure of personality has seen disagreement concerning ... -
Abnormal Structural Connectivity Patterns in Large-Scale Brain Networks in Schizophrenia
(2020-05-11)Background: While cognitive impairment is a core feature of schizophrenia, a minority of patients demonstrate average to superior ability on many standard cognitive measures with no attenuation of the psychotic disease ... -
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 ... -
Acts of kindness in close relationships reduce depression
(2016-06-23)This study investigated the benefits of performing kind acts within close relationships. Practicing kindness has been shown to strengthen relationships and increase social support. It was expected to be particularly relevant ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
An Empirical Phenomenological-Psychological Investigation of Urinary Urgency in Incontinent Women
(2015-08-28)Many barriers to help seeking for urinary incontinence (UI) have been reported in the literature. In the past decade, studies of Overactive Bladder Syndrome (OABS), a condition characterized by symptoms of urinary urgency ... -
An Examination of the Interrelation of Narrative and Emotion Processes in Emotion-Focused Therapy for Trauma
(2017-07-27)According to narrative-informed approaches to psychotherapy, self-narratives that no longer align with lived experience, and thereby impede coherent meaning-making, often bring individuals into treatment. Exposure to trauma ... -
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 ... -
An Experimental Investigation of Ways to Negate the Harmful Effects of Fat Talk
(2015-12-16)Fat talk refers to self-disparaging remarks made about one’s weight or shape and has been associated with a number of negative outcomes. Two experimental studies investigated the ability of different conversational responses ... -
An Exploration of Spatial Memory Through Eye Movements and Navigation in Virtual Reality
(2020-11-13)Finding ones way in different environments is a common everyday experience. As experiences navigating an environment accumulate over time, spatial representations of visuoperceptual identities of landmarks and geometric ... -
An Imagery Rescripting Intervention for Internalized Weight Stigma in Women with Elevated Weight Concerns
(2021-11-15)Weight stigma, or negative attitudes directed toward individuals based on larger body size, is associated with decreased physical and psychological wellbeing, particularly when these attitudes are internalized and directed ... -
Assessing the Relationship Between Presurgical Somatization and Chronic Postsurgical Pain Six Month After Cardiothoracic Surgery
(2020-11-13)Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is difficult to treat and affects thousands of Canadians following cardiothoracic surgery. This study prospectively explored presurgical somatization as a risk factor for CPSP following ... -
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 ... -
Blinded by Boredom: Examining the Effect of Boredom on the Ability to Anticipate Meaningful Experience
(2018-03-01)Boredom is a common human experience that can have surprisingly deleterious consequences. In a world brimming with opportunities for satisfying engagement, it seems unlikely that anyone would be able to remain bored for ...