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Browsing Honours Theses by Thesis (Discipline) "Psychology"

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Coping, personality, and resilience in emerging adults

Patterson, Victoria C. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)

The research on resilience is largely focused on its development in children, workers in high-stress jobs, and ill or injured persons. However, relatively little is known about its relationship with coping mechanisms and ...
The effects of familiarity and first impressions on eyewitness testimony in a target-absent line-up

Brown, Adena L. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)

Eyewitness identification is often the leading factor contributing to convictions, however, eyewitness misidentifications are the leading cause of the incarceration of innocent persons. Even more troubling is that eyewitness ...
Examining predictive factors of relationship behaviors

Hussein, Mohamed El-Mahdi Al-Tayeb (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-06-07)

The current study examined the effects of relationship behaviors and dating-age on codependency. Specifically, associations between codependency scores and the initial age of dating, or whether or not participants dated ...
Gender differences in the link between self-esteem and social self-efficacy in emerging adulthood

Alaffe, Rebecca Leanne (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

The current study examined gender differences in self-perceptions in emerging adulthood. Specifically, associations between social self-efficacy and two indices of self-esteem (self-perceived appearance and global self-worth) ...
Hope in the face of climate change, existential meaning, and social connectedness

Guenette, Jeannine (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

This study approaches responses to the threat of climate change through a focus on hope concerning climate change as it relates to existential meaning, identification with environmental activism, and social connectedness. ...
Replication of Kipnis' "Does power corrupt?"

MacLellan, Matthew Gregoire (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)

In 1972, David Kipnis conducted an experimental study where participants (28 MBA students) acted as supervisors for a simulated task. Half of the participants were told they had a number of institutional powers to employ ...
Source expertise as a factor of social influence : examining judgment conformity, decision confidence, and source trust

van der Valk, Alexandra (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

The growth of social media and screen-to-screen interaction has prompted investigation into how social influence can persuade decision-makers without face-to-face interaction. Our research explores whether the reputation ...
Using ex-gaussian analysis of reaction time in a psychomotor vigilance test to assess the effects of napping following sleep restriction

Yehayes, Bruke (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

The psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) is frequently used to measure the negative effects of sleep deprivation on vigilant attention. Although reaction times (RT’s) follow an ex-Gaussian distribution and sleep deprivation ...