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Beyond prosocial motivations to empathize
(2018-11-01)
This study aimed to re-evaluate the lay assumption that empathic concern is entirely guided by prosocial motivations. To this end, the Empathic Concern Motivations Scale was created to measure the magnitude of one’s prosocial ...
Sensitizing the general public: experiential processing alters perceptions of confession evidence and minimization
(2019-06-27)
False confessions are a leading cause of wrongful convictions in Canada, suggesting a lack of protection against false confessions. Moreover, minimization tactics can increase the chance of false confessions. Current ...
Risk and resilience: the impact of community programs on LGBTQ youth
(2016-04-01)
There is a considerable amount of research suggesting that the challenges faced by LGBTQ youth can severely impact their lives, mental health, and general well-being.
However, there still is a gap in the literature that ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans - a battle for benefits: a matter of social justice
(2016-04-01)
The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on military Veterans as they reintegrate back into a civilian role can be quite dramatic. In this thesis I discuss how society treats Veterans with PTSD upon their return ...
‘I was there’ and ‘It happened to me’: an exploratory study of the social organization of killing by military police officers and combat soldiers, 1976-1987
(2016-03-01)
Various theoretical frameworks have been applied in an attempt to understand the phenomenon of killing. However, while previous studies have examined killing as an outcome-oriented measure, few have explored killing as a ...
Reporting unwanted sexual behavior at a post-secondary institution: an examination of campus policy
(2017-08-01)
The Ontario government has made recommendations and proposed legislation to mandate all universities and colleges in Ontario, Canada to create a sexual assault policy that involves student input. Using a small commuter ...
Perceptions of criminalization towards sex education among a generational sample of Canadian Pakistani Muslims
(2018-04-01)
Of late, the Liberal government and the Ontario Ministry of Education implemented
revisions to the provincial sex education curriculum, such as gender expression and
same-sex relationship dialogue. These revisions led to ...
Rights or wrong? Perceptions of trans people among undergraduate students
(2017-07-01)
Transgender people are still facing discrimination and misconceptions regarding their lives and lived experience (Abraham, 2016; Clements-Nolle, Katz & Marx, 2006; Finkenauer et. al, 2012; Maclean, 2016; Pyne, 2011; Roussy, ...
Effect of an emotional situation on decision recipients' and decision makers' justice appraisals.
(2013-09-01)
Previous procedural and distributive justice theories have not accounted for the vivid and emotionally compelling situations in which people often make justice judgments. In this
study I investigated whether previous theory ...
Indo-Caribbean immigrants perceptions of dating abuse
(2016-04-01)
Diverse cultures as well as social and political conditions work in various ways to alter the experiences of dating abuse among divergent populations. Utilizing an Intersectionality paradigm, I have attempted to understand ...