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TRENTU.CA / Psychology / Graduate Programs / Master of Science in Psychology / Masters Thesis List

Masters Thesis List

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Degree Date

Student Name

Supervisor(s)

Thesis Title

2021

Coady Babin

Terry Humphreys

The First Time...A Second Time: Experiences of Second Virginity Loss in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals      

2021

Kelsey Bowie

Laura Summerfeldt

Thinking High When Feeling Shy: Exploring the Contribution of Psychological Variables to Social Anxiety and Substance Use Relationships

2021 Lianne Brandt Neil Fournier and Hugo Lehmann Retrograde  Amnesia of Fear  Memories  Following Pentylenetetrazol  Kindling
2021 Roya Ghahremani Kateryna Keefer

Unbridled Potential: The Use of Equine Assisted Learning as a Resiliency Intervention 

2021 Simon Godin Neil Fournier Endocannabinoid Treatment for the Behavioural and Histopathological Alterations of Epilepsy
2021 Marisa Leuzzi Alba Agostino and Nancie Im-Bolter The Relations Between Identity Developmental Processes, Study Habits, and Academic Performance
2021 Brianne Lisinski Brenda Smith-Chant

Calming Chaos in the Classroom: The Effect of Self-Regulation Professional Training on Teachers' Perceptions of the Classroom Environment and Student Behavior 

2021

Paige Pascoe

Nancie Im-Bolter

Peers, Props & Play: Complexity of Pretend Play and Early Academic Skills       

2021 Kassidy Roberts Hugo Lehmann The Interaction Between Dual Memory Stores for Long-Term Context Fear Memory in the Rat
2021

Ashley Robertshaw

Nancie Im-Bolter

Drink my beer, smoke my weed, my good friends are all I need: Attachment representations and substance use in a university sample    
2021

Emily Storey-Hurtubise

James Parker

Developing Social-Emotional Competencies in Youth: Validation of the Short Form for the Emotional Quotient Inventory Youth Version (EQ-i:YV-S)      

2020

Grishma Dahal

Liana Brown

An Exploration of Attachment Influences on Rape Attitudes        

2020

Laura de la Roche

Nancie Im-Bolter

Developing social skills: A pilot study of a parent-mediated intervention for children with ASD       

2020

Liam Doyle

Geoffrey Navara

Anti-Social Cognition: Exploring the Relationships Between the Dark Triad, Empathy, and Theory of Mind       

2020

Jocelyn Enright

Elaine Scharfe

Mindful or Mind Full? Exploring the Associations between Attachment Representations, Mindfulness, and Stress       

2020

Patrick Fox

Nancie Im-Bolter

Exploring Characteristics of those Utilizing Different Modalities of Treatment for Substance Use Disorders        

2020

Frederick Alexander Hooke-Wood

Elizabeth Nisbet

A Comparison of Nature Activities: Citizen Science, Environmental Education, and Mere Nature Exposure       

2020

Danielle Lachance

Elizabeth Nisbet

What Nature is Best? Testing the Effects of Green and Blue Space on Mood and Environmental Concern       

2020

Krystal Lebreton

Fergal O'Hagan

Women's Lived Experience of Risk in Pregnancy        

2020

Leisha Ann Lustic

Liana Brown

The Effect of Aging and Movement Variability on Motor Adaptation       

2020

Jillian Mead

Nancie Im-Bolter

Problem-Solving and Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adolescents and Young Adults       

2020

Adriana Paoletti

Liana Brown

The Influence of Action Potentiation on the Perception of Objects Presented Near Hand       

2020

Daisy Pyman

Brenda Smith-Chant

Academic Procrastination, Self-Regulation, Anxiety and Personality (ASAP): 'Some' Day is not a Day of the Week       

2020

Brady Reive

Neil Fournier

Use Of Rapid Amygdala Kindling With Corticosterone Supplementation As A Model Of Epilepsy-Depression Comorbidity      

2020

Jackie Robinson

Fergal O'Hagan and Hugo Lehmann An Emergent Model of the Return to Learn Process for Adolescents with Prolonged Concussion  

2020

Rachel Thompson

Nancie Im-Bolter

Facilitating Self-Regulation through Physical Activity        

2020

Linnea Veloce

Teresa Decicco

It's All in Your Head: Comparing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and The Storytelling Method (TSM) of Dream       

2019

Cassandra Aked

Nancie Im-Bolter

Executive Function, Emotion Regulation, and Social        

2019

Katherine Boyle

Michael Chan-Reynolds and Laura Summerfeldt

Balance is Key: Perceptual Fluency as a Link Between Trait Incompleteness and Symmetry Preferences       

2019

Erik Bridle

Terry Humphreys

Sexting and Satisfaction: Was it Good for You?        

2019

Ghinwa El-Ariss

Elaine Scharfe

Perceive Me, Perceive You: The Mediating Role of Attributional Biases Between Attachment and Relational Aggression      

2019

Tasha Falconer

Terry Humphreys

To Sext or Not to Sext: The Risks and Benefits of Sexting in Intimate Relationships       

2019

Natalie Ford

Michael Chan-Reynolds

Is semantics activated automatically? Evidence from the PRP paradigm       

2019

Travis Francis

Neil Fournier

Impaired Contextual Fear Discrimination Learning after Long-Term Amygdala Kindling       

2019

Michelle Hisson

Terry Humphreys

Sextual Consent: Examining the Relationships  Between Sexting, Perceptions of Sexual Consent, and Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences      

2019

Alena Kalinina

Neil Fournier

Altered Hippocampal Regulation of Immediate Early Genes After Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Seizures       

2019

Dayton Kelly

Liana Brown

A Comparison of Dehydration Techniques for Acute Weight Management in Rowing       

2019

Swarsattie Kishun

Hugo Lehmann

Context Fear Memory: Escaping the Hippocampus        

2019

Alaina Kunder

Brenda Smith-Chant

What's the trouble with women? Fostering female engagement in substance abuse programming: Lessons from the Community Activator Model       

2019

Jasmine Livermore

Liana Brown and Hugo Lehmann

Assessing the Clinical Usefulness of Three Tablet-Based Visuomotor Tasks to Evaluate       

2019

Anastasia Nepotiuk

Liana Brown

Using a Real-World Chopping Task to Study Motor Learning and Memory       

2019

Nicole Oattes

James Parker

Assessing Emotion Processing Deficits in Youth: Validation of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale Adolescent Version      

2019

Tina Slaunwhite

Jennifer Eastabrook

Cognitive Inefficiencies in Adolescents with Eating Disorders: An Evaluation of Cognitive Remediation Therapy       

2019

Catherine Walmsley

Laura Summerfeldt

Social Anxiety and Emotional Competence: A 15 Year Follow up Study       

2019

Alicja Zaniewska

Laura Summerfeldt

Emotional competencies in mothers and children and their relationship with health care utilization, somatization and health anxiety      

2018

Aminah Chambers

Elaine Scharfe

Who Cares? Examining Associations between Caregiving Sensitivity and Parent-Peer Attachment       

2018

Bradley Daniels

Rory Coughlan

Money for Nothing: Perceptions of a Basic Income and Health Outcomes in Canada       

2018

Erin Laverty

Terry Humphreys

Scripted Sexual Beliefs and Behaviours: From First to Recent Sexual Encounters

2018

Pake Newell

Geoffrey Navara

Role of Media in Shaping Perceptions of HIV and Affecting Engagement in HIV Care       

2018

Lisa Tejpar

Elizabeth Nisbet

Gratitude is in our Nature: How mindful appreciation of nature affects well-being       

2017

Laura Bouchard

Terry Humphreys

Asserting Sexual (Dis)Interest: How do Women's Capabilities Differ?       

2017

Alexandra Ha

James Parker

Emotional Intelligence and Bullying Victimization: An Exploration of Gender, Age, and Sub-Types of Bullying Activities      

2017

Sarah Healy

Nancie Im-Bolter

Executive Function as a Predictor of Emotional, Behavioural, and Social Competence Problems in Children with Epilepsy       

2017

Michael Jorgensen

Fergal O'Hagan and Hugo Lehmann

How Do We Let the Players Play and Keep Them Safe? The Issue of Problematic Beliefs in the Prevention of Concussion Injury      

2017

Neha Khullar

Rory Coughlan

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Critical Analysis of the  Perceptions and Lived Experiences of Mental Health and  Illness in Kuwait  

2017

Jessica Pasinetti

Elizabeth Nisbet

Sweat it Out: Attitudes and Decision Making Surrounding Ethical Garments       

2017

Jessica Reid

Elaine Scharfe

Jail Time: Effects of Attachment, Gender, and Contact on the Associations Between Parental Incarceration, Offspring Symptoms and Deliquency      

2017

Ripdaman Savinder Singh

Fergal O'Hagan and Deborah Kennett

Thinking Ahead: Stakeholder Perspectives on Transitioning Media Change for Communication between Health Care Providers and Employers During Return to Work      

2017

Emily Stiner

Beth Visser and Ben Bauer

Are we all on the spectrum? Assessing autistic traits in the Hexaco personality framework       

2016

Christopher Bedore

Liana Brown and Hugo Lehmann

Comparing Two Tablet-Based Visuomotor Tasks to Standard Laboratory Versions

2016

Susan Coltman

Liana Brown

Practicing and Rewarding Task-Relevant Motor Variability to Optimize Motor Performance       

2016

Jessica Curran

Geoffrey Navara

Respresentations of Aboriginal Health in the Media

2016

Laura Kennedy

Laura Summerfeldt

Childhood Precursors of Adult Train Incompleteness

2016

Janet Lobban-Shymko

Nancie Im-Bolter

Social Communicative Factors as Predictors of Symptom Severity in Autism Spectrum Disorder

2016

Dougal Nolan

Brenda Smith-Chant

The Fathering Experience of the Transition into Parenthood

2016

Amy Peverley

Brenda Smith-Chant

"I Like Big Books": Students' Preferences for Text and Academic Characteristics at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario

2016

Patricia Smith

Deborah Kennett

Why not give up? A study on the role of resourcefulness in goal pursuit

2016

Gregory Tracey

Liana Brown

Tool-Use and Near-Tool Effects: Exploring the Influence of Training Demands

2015

Karolina Beben

Liana Brown

Testing the Role of Bimodal Cells in Near-Hand Effects: An rTMS Study

2015

Carly Bumbacco

Elaine Scharfe

Help Wanted: Attachment, Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Help-Seeking Behaviour Among University Students

2015

Sean Carlin

Liana Brown

Near-Hand Effects and Recruitment of Visual-Tactile Bimodal Cells       

2015

Chelsea Kilimnik

Terry Humphreys

Sexual Consent: The Role of Nonconsensual Sexual  Experiences, Identification, and Affective Sexuality

2015

Veronica Lai

Elaine Scharfe

Kiss and tell: Exploring the associations between attachment representations and the sexual encounter      

2015

Rebecca Martin

Deborah Kennett

To Be Kind Or Not To Be Kind: The Role Of Self-Compassion in the Academic Self-Control Model

2015

Korri McCourt

Rory Coughlan

Youth Justice in Canada: Just Ice?        

2015

Raymond McKie

Terry Humphreys

"Just say Yes": Sexual Consent and Boundary Setting on-and Offline: An International Perspective of Men of Varying Sexual Orientations     

2015

Kristen Morrison

Elaine Scharfe

CTRL + ALT + DEL: A Dark & Interpersonal Perspective of Cyber-Bullying

2015

Danielle Sage

Geoffrey Navara

Marital Satisfaction throughout the Journey of Weight-Loss Surgery

2015

Elizabeth Shepherd

Hugo Lehmann

Non-Hippocampal Memory Systems Contributing to Reinstated Context Memory       

2015

Ashley Toohey

Nancie Im-Bolter

Cognitive and affective theory of mind in children and young adolescents

2015

Clarissa Williams

Terry Humphreys

The Relationship Between Virginity Scripts and Precoital Sexual Behaviour

2014

Joshua Black

Teresa Decicco

Examining Dreams, Dream Content, and Meaning of Dreams in Bereavement  

2014

Caitlin Higginson

Kevin Peters

The Role of Multiple Nights of Sleep in the Consolidation of an Engaging and Complex Motor Learning Task       

2014

Kyle Kenniphaas

Leslie Kerr

Neonatal Environment Influences Behavioural and Physiological Reactivity to Stressors, and Mammary Gland Development in BALB/c Mice: Implications for Breast Cancer Risk     

2014

Nicolle Miller

Teresa Decicco

Assessing the Effects of Brief Interventions on Mood and Dream Imagery in Recovering Alcohol and Drug Addicts       

2014

Christopher Quinn-Nilas

Deborah Kennett

Application of the Sexual Self-Control Model and the Two-Dimensional Sexual Double Standard Scale to Heterosexual Undergraduate Men and Women      

2014

Gillian Tibbetts

Elaine Scharfe

War and Peace: Attachment, Conflict, and Collaboration in Adult Sibling Relationships 

2013

Muniq Anam

Nancie Im-Bolter

Parent-Child Synchrony and Child Psychopathology

2013

Katharine Bailey

Nancie Im-Bolter

Talking it out: Social Problem Solving and Language in  Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence  

2013

Karen Gillis

Laura Summerfeldt

Emotional Competency and Trait Motivations for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder       

2013

Kyle Morrissey

Mowei Liu

Finger-Counting Habits and Number Processing in Canadian and Chinese University Students       

2013

Jesiqua Rapley

Brenda Smith-Chant

First Nation Community Perceptions of Positive Behaviour Changes Identified in Youth Associated with Participation in a Community Recreation Program: A Grounded Theory Approach

2012

Willow Burns

Elaine Scharfe

Insecure, hostile, angry, and unhealthy: The mediating role of Type A in the association between attachment insecurity and health

2012

Hilary Fast

Deborah Kennett

Learned Resourcefulness and Exercise Behaviour: The Development and Validation of the Exercise Resourcefulness Inventory  

2012

Kristen Withers

Michael Chan-Reynolds

Pre-Attentive Guidance Contributes to the Search for Changes: Evidence from Eye Movements

 

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