Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Social scientists have debated whether religious involvement is associated with differences in deviant behaviours for over a century. Religious practices and beliefs are often associated with less deviant behaviours in young adults, such as less frequent drug use and law-breaking. Empirical results on these associations, though, have been mixed, possibly due to heterogenous measures.… more Full Text: THOU GOD SEEST ME: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN DEVIANT BEHAVIOURS IN YOUTH 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: 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: 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 …