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An Examination of the Interrelation of Narrative and Emotion Processes in Emotion-Focused Therapy for Trauma
(2017-07-27)
According to narrative-informed approaches to psychotherapy, self-narratives that no longer align with lived experience, and thereby impede coherent meaning-making, often bring individuals into treatment. Exposure to trauma ...
Of Becoming
(2014-07-28)
This thesis will outline my material processes, ideas and concepts during my studies at York University’s MFA in Visual Arts. I briefly discuss weaving and women in mythology and history, and connect my work to that of ...
Confess the Gay Away? Media, Religion, and the Political Economy of Ex-Gay Therapy
(2015-08-28)
The “ex-gay” movement does not encourage people to pray the gay away but confess it away. As a loose organization of mostly Christian ministries and psychotherapy practices offering “freedom from homosexuality,” the movement ...
Health Coaching Patients with Type 2 Diabetes With and Without Smartphone Support in a Lower Socioeconomic Strata Community
(2016-09-20)
Background: Although the adoption of self-management behaviors is crucial for maintaining good health after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, many individuals with T2DM fail to meet target blood glucose levels. Adherence to ...
Are Bicultures More Than the Sum of Their Parts? Exploring Context Sensitivity in Relation to Cultural Frame Switching and Well-Being
(2016-09-20)
Identifying with multiple cultures is increasingly common. In negotiating their two cultures, biculturals engage different cognitive systems depending on contextual cues a phenomenon called cultural frame switching. ...
Prolegomenon for a Body-Oriented Research Method in Psychology
(2019-03-05)
Mainstream psychology adheres to a reductionist perspective on the body which is founded on a biomedical framework. In this view, the bodys functioning is investigated as merely physiological correlates of mental processes. ...
Collective Will: Shakespeare's The Tragedie of Julius Caesar
(2016-09-20)
This project situates William Shakespeares The Tragedie of Julius Caesar as a secular Passion Play, whose central themes of collective violence and sacrifice will underpin a directorial approach that seeks to actively ...
Validation of the Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale (SPTS) in a Clinical Sample of Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients With Persistent Pain
(2016-09-20)
The present study aimed to validate the psychometric properties of the Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale (SPTS), which measures the propensity to develop anxiety-related somatic, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral ...
Mattering, Anti-Mattering, and Self-Stigma of Seeking Help For Mental Health Concerns in High School Students
(2016-09-20)
Despite the availability of effective means for dealing with mental health issues, the majority of high school youth do not seek needed treatment. Research has shown that one reason for this is the internalization of ...
Effect Sizes for Single Case Experimental Designs and Their Utility for a Meta-Analysis: A Simulation Study
(2016-09-20)
There has been a lack of consensus as to the optimal effect size for use in meta-analyses involving Single Case Experimental Designs (SCEDs). SCEDs are a set of experimental designs which produce data akin to short interrupted ...