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: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Academic procrastination is analogous to a common cold: pervasive and with no established cure. Students experience repercussions that are not inclusive to academic performance, but rather, are experienced across mental, physical, social and emotional domains as well. While this necessitates treatment, much of the behaviour has yet to be explained. In the current study, a state approach… more Full Text: ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION, SELF-REGULATION, ANXIETY AND PERSONALITY (ASAP): ‘SOME’ DAY IS NOT A DAY OF THE WEEK A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Distributing contextual fear episodes makes the memory become HPC-independent, meaning increasingly reliant on non-HPC memory structures. It is unclear, however, whether distribution of the conditioning episodes alone is sufficient or whether a combination of distribution and high conditioning saliency is necessary to make the memory become HPC-independent. To resolve this issue, rats… more Full Text: i CONTEXT FEAR MEMORY: ESCAPING THE HIPPOCAMPUS 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 Peterborough, …
