Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The purpose of this thesis was to explore the role of attachment in university students' help-seeking process using both a cross-sectional and mixed methods study. In the cross-sectional study, I explored whether help-seeking attitudes mediated the relationship between attachment and help-seeking behaviour. As expected, the relationship between secure and preoccupied attachment and… more Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>A mixed-methods' approach was designed to explore the marital impacts </p><p>following weight-loss surgery (WLS). In Phase 1, ten individual interviews with spouses </p><p>of five couples were conducted; two of the couples had the wives preparing for WLS, two </p><p>of the couples consisted of wives who had WLS, and one couple had both received… more Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The present study examined the understanding and behaviours relating to sexual consent on, and offline among men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual men internationally using a convergent parallel mixed-methods approach. Men of both sexual orientation groups presented challenges with negotiating sexual consent, and this was especially true if they scored higher on aggressive… more Year: 2015, 2015
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Abstract: <p>Strategies to reduce youth crime have been extensively researched and custody is not found to be effective. In the past, custody was a frequently used sentence, and while under the YOA the number of youth in custody was four times higher than that of adults in Canada. The use of custody sentences in Ontario has decreased in recent years, however; it remains above the Canadian average.… more
