Psychology (Functional Area: Clinical-Developmental)
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Engaging Caregivers in the Service of Their Child's Mental Health: An Examination of Emotion-Focused Family Therapy and the Adult Attachment Interview
(2019-07-02)This study examined the effectiveness of brief Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), a transdiagnostic intervention that combines psycho-education and experiential exercises to empower parents to support their childs ... -
Parenting Styles in Immigrant, Multigenerational Chinese Canadian Families
(2019-03-05)Chinese Canadian (CC) families are increasingly living in multi-generational households, often with grandparents who assist in child caregiving. CC families experience multiple changes both prior to and after resettlement ... -
Revisiting the Concept of Adaptive Familial Roles and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA): Forty Years Later
(2019-03-05)The term adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) refers to adults who have grown up in a home with at least one alcoholic parent. ACOAs have often been studied as a homogenous group without examining type of family dysfunction. ... -
The Influence of Emotion Regulation on Well-Being, Internalizing Symptoms, and Disordered Eating Among Emerging Adults
(2019-03-05)Emerging adulthood is a key period for the development of ER, which may set individuals on lifelong trajectories of mental health. Therefore, it is important to understand what components of ER are associated with adaptive ... -
Perceptions of Mock and Intentional Dating Aggression in Adolescent Males and Females
(2019-03-05)Self-reports of adolescent physical dating aggression indicate that females perpetrate at equal to or higher rates than males. Before assuming females are more aggressive in their dating relationships, it is necessary to ... -
Understanding Attention and Intermodal Processing Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2019-03-05)Problems with social orienting, attention, and intermodal processing (IMP) involving social events are considered to be important deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study aimed to better ... -
The Experience of Mindfulness for Children with Autism: An Examination of Self-Report and Electrodermal Response
(2018-11-21)Little is known about how children with autism respond to mindfulness activities within cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). As many children with autism also struggle to report their emotional experience, this study ... -
Disordered Eating and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Emotion Dysregulation and Psychological Risk and Protective Factors
(2018-11-21)Emotion dysregulation contributes to the development of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and disordered eating (DE) behaviours. Despite the high levels of comorbid NSSI and DE, it is unclear whether specific types of emotion ... -
Diagnostic Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis
(2018-11-21)To date, there are no known biological markers to diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Thus, diagnosis generally relies on behavioural assessment and considerable clinical judgement. Currently, very little is known ... -
Reasons for Romantic Breakups in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Developmentally Informed Examination
(2018-11-21)Objectives: Using a developmentally informed perspective, two studies were conducted towards systematic investigation of breakup reasons, their associated processes and outcomes in adolescence and emerging adulthood. In ... -
Associations Between Early Childhood Attachment and Maternal Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(2018-11-21)The current study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze concurrent and longitudinal associations between maternal depression and anxiety symptoms and mother-child attachment during early childhood (aged 2 to 7 ... -
Therapeutic Alliance in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children with Autism
(2018-11-21)This study aimed to determine child pre-treatment variables, therapist behaviours and treatment outcomes associated with early and late therapeutic alliance in cognitive behaviour therapy for children with autism. Data ... -
Academic Outcome in Pediatric Stroke: A Multifaceted Approach to Exploring Challenges and Achievements
(2018-11-21)An important cause of acquired brain injury in children, pediatric stroke causes sequelae across a wide range of cognitive domains, including expressive language, attention, memory, and processing speed. As a result, ... -
Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in a National Birth Cohort
(2018-11-21)Background: The potential neurotoxicity of exposure to fluoride, which has sparked controversy about community water fluoridation, is poorly understood. Objective: To test the association between prenatal fluoride exposure ... -
Exploring the Service Experiences of Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Mixed-Methods Study
(2018-08-27)Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have complex service needs across the lifespan. The specific experiences of women with ASD, however, remain largely unknown. This concurrent mixed-methods dissertation ... -
The Experience of South Asian Immigrant and Canadian Mothers of Children with a Developmental Disability: A Mixed Methods Study
(2018-08-27)Purpose: To explore the similarities and differences between the experiences of South Asian immigrant and Canadian mothers raising a child with developmental disabilities using the Perry (2004) model. Research questions: ... -
The Importance of Examining Positive Relationships in Risk Assessment for Children with Antisocial Behaviour
(2018-05-28)When researchers and clinicians assess a childs risk for future antisocial behaviour, they often take a risk-focussed approach and fail to acknowledge the importance of protective factors, such as positive relationships. ... -
Visual Scanning and Its Relationship to Facial Emotion Recognition in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries
(2018-05-28)Objective: Mounting research evidences a relationship between decreased social integration and reduced facial emotion perception (FEP) after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A relationship between visual scanning and the ... -
Developmental Aspects Of Errorless Learning and the Generation Effect
(2018-05-28)Purpose: This study examined the role of the developmental decrease in interference and increase in semantic knowledge/fluency on the effectiveness of Errorless (EL) versus Errorful (EF) learning in children. The first ... -
Understanding Romantic Relationships and Resilience Among Street-Involved Youth: A Quantitative and Qualitative Exploration
(2018-05-28)Aims: This study examined romantic relationships among street-involved youth through the perspectives of resilience and developmental relationship theory. The main goal was to determine if romantic relationships were related ...
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