Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Ego identity status in stably and unstably married couples
(1990)The present study examined the association between ego identity status and the maintenance and success of long-term, intimate, heterosexual relationships. This was guided in part by Erik Erikson*s (1959, 1968) notion ... -
Development of a scale to assess individual differences in children's trust-value basis of friendship / Cathy J. Morgan.
(1992)Rotenberg (1986, 1991) has shown that children acquire a "trustvalue" basis of friendship, whereby friendship is a function of how much a child believes a peer will keep secrets, promises and tell the truth. The purpose ... -
Water and crop biomass dynamics in a Cassia siamea Lam. and Zea mays L. alley cropping system
(1994)Alley cropping is a crop production system in which food crops are grown in the alleys created by hedgerows of selected tree species, preferably legumes. The objective of this study was to model a Cassia /maize alley ... -
Effects of post-budset fertilization on second-crop black spruce container stock
(1992)Second crop black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) container stock is often treated with finisher fertilizer after the induction of budset. The objective of this experiment was to study the effect of three components ... -
Childrens' application of a verbal-nonverbal consistency principle to infer truth and lying
(1987)Research supports the conclusion that adults/adolescents employ a verbal-nonverbal consistency principle to determine whether others are telling the truth as opposed to lying (Friedman, 1978; DePaulo & Rosenthal, 1979). ... -
Loneliness and disclosure to peers by early adolescents
(1992)The present research was designed to investigate the differences between lonely and non-lonely early adolescents in: (a) their disclosures to familiar peers and, (b) their perceptions of their relations with familiar ... -
Effects of forest fires on timber harvest levels
(1994)Traditional approaches to timber management planning do not address the realities of catastrophic wildfire. The model FORMAN is one of the operational wood supply models used in Ontario for forest regulation. The FORTRAN ... -
Reciprocity of self-disclosure in school aged children
(1988)Researchers (i.e., Altman & Taylor, 1973) have found that a principle of reciprocity guides self-disclosures in adults. The present study explored the question of whether, and if so, at what age the principle of reciprocity ... -
Dietary restraint : the role of causal attributions
(1995)Previous studies have indicated that restrained and unrestrained eaters exhibit dififerent eating patterns in response to preloading or no preloading. After a preload, restrained eaters tend to exhibit counterregulatory ... -
Examination of actualization and its degree of relationship to death concern
(1984)The Threat Index (Tl) is purported to tap the cognitive dimensions of an individuals personal meaning of death. Viewed by many researchers as the best validated measurement of death orientation in the literature today, ... -
Multidimensional measurement of self concept : a preliminary study
(1987)The purpose of this research was to develop a preliminary multidimensional measurement of self concept, within the framework of phenomenological theory and acknowledging previous work in the field. Twelve preliminary ... -
Measurement of defense against death anxiety : construction and partial validation of an objective instrument
(1987)This study involved the construction and partial validation of two scales (Ultimate Rescuer, UR and Specialness, SP) that Yalom (1960) suggests measure the beliefs one utilizes as a defense against death anxiety. Evidence ... -
Cross-cultural comparison of the development of self-concept in Indian and white children / by Ford R. Cranwell. --
(1985)The present research was designed to investigate the differences between Indian and white children on; (A) the dimensions and attributes comprising self-concept; and (B) the developmental changes in self-concept. in ... -
Anger, hostility and aggression : the psychometric capabilities of a revised Buss-Durkee inventory
(1984)It would appear that the emotion 'anger* together with hostile attitudes and aggressive behaviors is receiving more attention in the clinical literature. Within clinics, themselves, more programs are being developed ... -
Loneliness and disclosure processes in early adolescence
(1988)Research has shown that, in comparison to nonlonely adults, lonely adults show problems in self-^^disclosure intimacy with peers and the current study was designed to assess whether lonely adolescents exhibit these ... -
Interpersonal trust between native and non native children / by Carrie Lee Cerda.
(1993)The thesis concerns the interpersonal trust between Native and Non-Native cultures/races as potentially manifested in their children. Four groups of children were tested: 35 Native children from segregated Native schools, ... -
Depression, quantity of social interaction, reciprocal self-disclosure, and perspective-taking in the elderly
(1985)The present research was designed to investigate the relationships among; a) depression, b) the quantity of social interaction and, c) the quality of social interaction in the elderly. Twenty-three residents aged 72 ... -
Behavioural effects of benzodiazepines following metrazol-induced seizures
(1986)Previous research indicates that seizures cause transient and in some cases, long lasting increases in the density of benzodiazepine receptors in the brain. The present research sought to discover the behavioural effects ... -
Effect of prenatal cadmium exposure on development and behavior of selectively bred genetic lines of rat
(1988)PELLETIER, M. R. (1988). Effect of prenatal cadmium exposure on development and behavior of selectively bred genetic lines of rat: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of cadmium exposure as related ... -
Ethanol-morphine interactions : a study of the effects of prenatal exposure on the development and behavior of the rat
(1989)Ethanol-Morphine interactions: a study of the effects of prenatal exposure on the development and behavior of the rat. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of ethanol, morphine and ethanol-morphine ...
