Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Baxter, Sean Andrew, Thesis advisor (ths): Hurley, Richard, Degree committee member (dgc): Srivastava, Brian, Degree committee member (dgc): McConnell, Sabine, Degree committee member (dgc): Pazzi, Richard, Degree committee member (dgc): Parker, James, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Video games have always been intrinsically linked with the technology available for the progress of the medium. With improvements in technology correlating directly to improvements in video games, this has recently not been the case. One recent technology video games have not fully leveraged is Cloud technology. This Thesis investigates a potential solution for video games to leverage… more Full Text: AN INVESTIGATION OF A HYBRID COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM FOR CLOUD GAMING A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Shamess, Dean Skinner, Thesis advisor (ths): Cater, Bruce, Degree committee member (dgc): Lew, Byron, Degree committee member (dgc): Parker, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Pollanen, Marco, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Universities produce a significant and increasing share of basic research that is later commercialized by firms. We argue that the university's prominence as a producer of basic research is the result of a differential efficiency in research production that cannot be replicated by firms or individual agents - teaching. By using research accomplishments to signal knowledge and… more Full Text: Academic Efficiency: The University-Firm Innovation Market, Intellectual Property Rights and Teaching A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Ghahremani, Roya S, Thesis advisor (ths): Keefer, Kateryan, Degree committee member (dgc): Parker, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Nisbet, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Fournier, Neil, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Recently, equine assisted learning (EAL) has emerged as a novel approach to building resiliency competencies in at-risk youth. This mixed-methods study presents evaluation results for an 8-week community-based EAL program with 83 young women (age 13-18 years) with a history of interpersonal trauma. Analyses examined changes in self-reported mental health symptoms (posttraumatic,… more Full Text: UNBRIDLED POTENTIAL: THE USE OF EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AS A RESILIENCY INTERVENTION By Roya Sarah Ghahremani A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Psychology Trent University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI) plays an important role in the health and wellness of children and adolescents. Not surprisingly, the literature on TEI and youth has expanded dramatically. Although the quality of this work continues to be uneven due to the continued proliferation of TEI-related measures with questionable psychometric features. One over-looked TEI measure in the field… more Full Text: i DEVELOPING SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES IN YOUTH: VALIDATION OF THE SHORT FORM FOR THE EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT INVENTORY YOUTH VERSION (EQ-i:YV-S) A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Depression during the transition into adulthood is a growing mental health concern, with overwhelming evidence linking the developmental risk for depressive symptoms with maternal depression. In addition, there is a lack of research on the protective role of socioemotional competencies in this context. This study examines independent and joint effects of maternal depression and trait… more Full Text: i MODELLING DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD: INTERGENERATIONAL RISK AND THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (c) Copyright by Samantha Wynne Snetsinger 2020 Applied Modelling and …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>It is well-established that alexithymia in adulthood is a critical risk factor for numerous negative mental health and well-being outcomes. Although this area of research has begun to receive interest in earlier developmental stages, significant methodological limitations have been noted with current measures of alexithymia for adolescence. As such, the aim of the current thesis was to… more Full Text: ASSESSING EMOTION PROCESSING DEFICITS IN YOUTH: VALIDATION OF THE TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE ADOLESCENT VERSION A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …
Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Previous research has suggested that childhood sensory sensitivity may predict adult obsessive compulsive (OC) behaviours. To date, however, research has not addressed how the separate dimensions – harm avoidance and incompleteness - may influence this relationship or why it exists. The current study used a retrospective design to test a) if sensory sensitivity in childhood predicts… more Full Text: CHILDHOOD PRECURSORS OF ADULT TRAIT INCOMPLETENESS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of the Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, …
Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Since British colonization of North America and the beginning of Anglo-speaking Euro-Canada and the United States, myth-making or representations of the forests have witnessed degradation and loss of old-growth forest ecosystems or intact sylvan landscapes. Canadian and American versions of the story of the North American Forests shared the same trajectory: forests as 'wasted-land… more Full Text: MYTHOPOEIA SYLVATICA: A CRITICAL TOPOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATION OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE FORESTS OF NORTH AMERICA THROUGH SIX WITNESS TREES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …