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The Development of Self in Relationships: Youths' Narratives of Change Through a Residential, Wilderness and Family Therapy Intervention
(2015-08-28)
One exceptional intervention for youth struggling with addictive behaviour and mental health concerns is Pine River Institute (PRI), a program for youth that combines four distinct types of services: wilderness therapy, ...
Long-Term Neuropsychological Effects in Survivors of Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas
(2017-07-27)
Statement of the problem: Survival rates of low-grade gliomas (diagnosed and treated during childhood) have improved resulting in a population of long-term survivors, albeit with limited knowledge of their neurocognitive ...
The Role of Alexithymia in Trauma Therapy Outcome: Examining Improvements in PTSD, Dissociation, and Interpersonal Problems
(2018-03-01)
Alexithymia is a personality trait that reflects deficits in the cognitive processing and regulation of emotion (Taylor & Bagby, 2012). It has been closely linked to childhood trauma and reported by individuals presenting ...
Using a Resilience Framework to Understand Aboriginal Parenting Practices in an Urban Aboriginal Community
(2015-01-26)
Aboriginal communities in Canada have been portrayed as showing maladaptive parenting practices. Urban Aboriginal women now make up the majority of Aboriginal women in Canada, and research shows that they may face additional ...
Temporal Discounting Preferences as an Index of Rational Thinking
(2015-08-28)
Temporal discounting refers to a preference for smaller sooner rewards over larger delayed rewards. We explored temporal discounting as a construct of rational thinking in emerging adults. In Study One, we examined individual ...
Exploring the Social Participation of Children & Adolescents with Severe Developmental Disabilities
(2015-12-16)
The goal of this study was to examine the social participation of children and adolescents with severe Developmental Disabilities (DD). Those with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were ...
Toward a Strength-Based Approach to Risk Assessments: An Examination of the Measurement and Clinical Use of Information about Youth Strengths
(2015-01-26)
This dissertation consists of three studies concerning the measurement and clinical use of youth strengths in assessments of adolescents’ risk to reoffend. The first chapter provides a review of the theoretical frameworks ...
Sport Involvement for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities
(2019-11-22)
Little is known about sport participation in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The current research is the first to systematically examine correlates and outcomes associated with sport involvement in youth with ...