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An Examining of Economic Stress and its Impact on Financial Risk-taking Through Perceptions of Control
(2018-05-28)
The current project consists of two studies that explore the theoretical framework linking economic stress and financial risk-taking, with a focus on the importance of perceived control. Specifically, it was hypothesized ...
Retaliatory Aggressive Driving: A Justice Perspective
(2015-01-26)
Aggressive driving behaviours such as rude hand gestures, horn honking, tailgating, or causing damage to another vehicle continue to be a threat to motorist well-being. Based on the General Aggression Model and the ...
The Effects of Power and Assurance of No Future Transgressions on Post-Transgression Responses
(2015-01-26)
The primary aim of this Dissertation was to investigate the effect of power on victims’ decision to seek revenge against, or hold a grudge against, or forgive the transgressor following a transgression. The secondary aim ...
Racial Stereotypes, Identity, and Identity Denial among East Asian Canadians
(2015-01-26)
The model minority stereotype ascribes East Asian minorities with positive characteristics such as intelligent and hardworking, and at the same time, with negative traits like socially-awkward and emotionally-reserved. ...
Familial Abuse of South Asian Immigrant Women: Analysis of the Narratives of Victims
(2015-12-16)
This qualitative study examines the familial violence experiences of South Asian immigrant women in Toronto. An important focus of the investigation was the contribution of honour ideology toward these experiences. Ten ...
Are Bicultures More Than the Sum of Their Parts? Exploring Context Sensitivity in Relation to Cultural Frame Switching and Well-Being
(2016-09-20)
Identifying with multiple cultures is increasingly common. In negotiating their two cultures, biculturals engage different cognitive systems depending on contextual cues a phenomenon called cultural frame switching. ...
The Effects of Ostracism on Self-Regulation for Sociotropic and Autonomous Individuals
(2014-07-09)
The present study investigated individual differences in the relation between ostracism and self-regulation. Previous research shows that being excluded leads to reduced performance on tasks that require self-regulation. ...
Space Invaders: Examining the Effects of Portable Music Players on Perceived Crowding
(2014-07-09)
An invasion of personal space occurs when levels of contact with others exceed desired levels of contact and can lead to feelings of crowding, anxiety and stress. The current study investigated whether the use of portable ...
The Effects of Post-Trangression Responses on Apology
(2015-08-28)
Individuals struggle with offering an apology following a transgression. The present research examined how victims’ post-transgression response (PTR; forgiveness, grudge, revenge) interacts with PTR expression (direct and ...
Attitudes Towards Children of Divorce Among European Canadian and South Asian Canadian Young Adults: The Role of Divorce Norms and Cultural Identification
(2018-03-01)
Since the latter half of the 20th century, divorce has become relatively common in individualist cultures (e.g., European countries), while it is still rather uncommon in collectivist cultures (e.g., South Asian countries). ...