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Cultural and Islamic influences on perceptions of mental health services among middle-aged Muslim adults
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2022-04-22)Background: Several factors contribute to rejection attitudes towards professional mental health services within the Muslim community. The Muslims’ Perceptions and Attitudes to Mental Health (M-PAMH; Ali et al., 2021) ... -
The effectiveness of a brief internet-delivered behaviour change intervention among health middle-aged adults: a randomized controlled trial
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2022-04-22)The midlife is a time of opportunity for maintaining and improving one’s health. Health-promoting behaviours developed during the midlife have a large influence on health outcomes experienced in older adulthood. This study ... -
Supplemental Tables and References for, “The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Study: Protocol for a Prospective Investigation of Mental Health Risk and Resilience Factors”
(Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice, 2022-04-11)The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), like all public safety personnel (PSP), are frequently exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events that contribute to posttraumatic stress injuries (PTSIs). Addressing ... -
Multilingualism associated with less lateralization on free-viewing tasks than bilingualism and monolingualism
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-08)A number of studies have shown decreased lateralization of linguistic as well as non-linguistic functions in multilingual and bilingual individuals compared to monolingual individuals. However, most of these studies used ... -
Experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals with mental health services in rural Saskatchewan
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021)There has been limited empirical documentation analyzing whether the experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals with mental health services in rural Saskatchewan have been positive or negative, and what needs to be improved. ... -
The influence of social support, resilience, and adversity on health: a cross-sectional study of community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04-30)Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and related psychosocial processes have been widely linked to unfavorable health outcomes among children, adolescents, and younger adults. Research examining these relationships among ... -
The influence of childhood adversity, resiliency, and attachment on dark triad traits
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04-18)Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s) such as abuse and neglect have been closely linked to poor outcomes in adulthood. Research has identified that attachment styles and resilience can act as a protective ... -
The effect of postmenopausal hormone therapy on the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2020-04)Background/Rationale: The risk of musculoskeletal pain conditions increases in women following the transition to menopause. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the efficacy of postmenopausal hormone ... -
Health anxiety and associated constructs in children and adolescents who have undergone a heart transplant
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04)Congenital heart disease (CHD) refers to a diverse number of diseases present at birth characterized by a structural heart defect. Children with significant structural heart defects often require surgery and, in some cases, ... -
Examining the perceived harm of digital dating abuse: a university sample
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04)Background: Digital dating abuse (DDA) is a form of intimate partner violence facilitated through technology that has high prevalence rates, especially among young adults. Purpose: The current study sought to examine: (1) ... -
Transdiagnostic internet-delivered therapy among post-secondary students: are booster lessons beneficial?
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2020-04-19)Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT) has been found to be effective among post-secondary students. Booster lessons have been proposed as a strategy for maintaining and improving outcomes but have yet to ... -
Finding heroes: uniting flow, self-determination theory, and the five-factor model
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04)Heroes have captured our collective unconscious for centuries. The present study sought to integrate modern knowledge on flow, self-determined motivation, and the five-factor model of personality into the ancient phenomena ... -
Social supports influence on the life satisfaction of Canadians with disabilities
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04-22)Disabilities are prevalent in Canada and have a significant impact on one’s satisfaction with life. Previous studies have provided evidence that social supports influence changes in satisfaction with life caused by ... -
The effects of oral contraceptive composition on cognitive functioning and emotion processing
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04)Oral contraceptives are a widely used form of contraception that have two main active ingredients: ethinylestradiol (EE) and progestin. The relative dose of EE and the specific progestin used varies across formulations. ... -
The perceived usefulness of psychological techniques for infertility-related distress
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04)Background: Infertility affects up to 16% of reproductive aged-Canadians. The prevalence of clinically significant distress, depression, and anxiety is exceedingly high among individuals with infertility, particularly ... -
Effects of perceptual similarity and target frequency in multiple target visual search
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021)In visual search tasks, people are more likely to miss additional targets once one target has been found in the search display, producing an apparent disadvantage for multiple target visual search. The perceptual set ... -
The five factor model in online education
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04)The following study explored the influence of Five-Factor model personality type on academic performance and class delivery preferences. The study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time involving an international ... -
Arithmetic concepts and their relationship to executive function in grade 1-3 students
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04)Researchers have proposed that children’s understanding of arithmetic concepts is related to executive function (working memory, inhibition, switching, and updating) but this relation has been rarely investigated (Bull et ... -
Can attention really be captured in the absence of awareness?
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021-04-22)In attentional capture, a target is identified poorly when presented 200-500 ms after a previously attended distractor. Oriet et al. (2017) have argued that awareness of the distractor is not necessary for it to capture ... -
Potential differential attention to different classifications of animate entities
(Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2021)The animate monitoring hypothesis posits that humans attend to animate entities more robustly compared to inanimate entities. However, previous research on animate monitoring has largely used mammals as animate stimuli, ...
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