Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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    Challenging Ageism and Supporting Age-Based Equity through an Intergenerational University Classroom: Proposing a Revised Model of Age-Consciousness

    Year: 2026, 2026
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Wells, Tabytha, Thesis advisor (ths): Russell, Elizabeth, Degree committee member (dgc): Skinner, Mark W, Degree committee member (dgc): O'Hagan, Fergal, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Ageism is pervasive and harmful, creating an urgent need to understand how ageist attitudes can be improved. Building on the novel age-conscious student concept, this thesis explored the outcomes of a pilot intergenerational classroom, aimed at reducing ageism, that integrated 13 older community participants into a university-based psychology of aging course alongside 60 younger students… more

    Vulnerability and resilience: A longitudinal examination of minority stress and coping processes in a sample of LGBTQ+ individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Year: 2023, 2023
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): O'Handley, Bre, Thesis advisor (ths): Blair, Karen L, Degree committee member (dgc): Russell, Elizabeth, Degree committee member (dgc): Maroney, Meredith, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>The Minority Stress Model proposes that LGBTQ+ people experience stressors unique to their identity that negatively impact their mental well-being. The model also outlines that, in the case of the LGBTQ+ community, two minority coping resources - social support and connection to the LGBTQ+ community – may act as potential minority stress buffers; however, research has been unable to… more
    Full Text: VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE: A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION OF MINORITY STRESS AND COPING PROCESSES IN A SAMPLE OF LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the …

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

    Year: 2019, 2019
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): El-Ariss, Ghinwa, Thesis advisor (ths): Scharfe, Elaine, Degree committee member (dgc): Navara, Geoff, Degree committee member (dgc): Russell, Elizabeth, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>The use of threats to feelings of intimacy and belonging, also known as</p><p>relational aggression, has been previously explained using attachment representations</p><p>and attributions in childhood. However, the combined role of attachment</p><p>representations and attributions in explaining relational aggression in adult peer and</p><p>… more
    Full Text: PERCEIVE ME, PERCEIVE YOU: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ATTRIBUTIONAL BIASES BETWEEN ATTACHMENT AND RELATIONAL AGGRESSION A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in …