Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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    Emotional Competencies in Mothers and Children and their Relationship with Health Care Utilization, Somatization and Health Anxiety.

    Year: 2019, 2019
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Zaniewska, Alicja, Thesis advisor (ths): Summerfeldt, Laura J, Degree committee member (dgc): Parker, James D, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Young children learn their emotion regulation skills by modeling and internalizing their caregivers' emotional competencies. Inadequate or problematic emotional competencies in parents can result in insufficient development of these competencies in children, which can</p><p>have severe consequences on multiple domains of their lives, including physical wellbeing. This… more

    Balance is key: Perceptual fluency as a link between trait incompleteness and symmetry preferences

    Year: 2019, 2019
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Boyle, Katherine, Thesis advisor (ths): Summerfeldt, Laura J, Thesis advisor (ths): Reynolds, Michael G, Degree committee member (dgc): Bauer, Ben, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>While preferences for symmetry are seemingly universal, they can be seen at their most extreme among individuals high in trait incompleteness. As yet, it is unclear why incompleteness yields heightened symmetry preferences. Summerfeldt et al. (2015) speculated that individuals high in incompleteness may develop heightened preferences for symmetry due to its greater perceptual fluency.… more