Browsing Theses by Subject "peers"
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Emotion Dynamics Among Pre-Adolescents Getting to Know Each Other: Dyadic Associations with Shyness
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-13)Background. Shy children have difficulty forming new friendships. Central to friendship initiation are emotion exchanges between new social partners. Past research based on trait and global measures of emotion suggest that ... -
Life After Harm: Exploring the Impact of a Restorative Justice Peer Support Group for People Who Have Sexually Offended
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)In recent decades, restorative justice approaches such as victim-offender conferences and circle processes have emerged as a response to people who have caused sexual harm. The traditional legal responses to sexual offending ... -
Pressuring Others: Examining the Motivations Behind Deviant Instigation and the Strategies That Accompany Them
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-30)Research on the motivations behind peer pressure and deviance has been close to non-existent. This dissertation presents a mixed methods study that was conducted exploring the motivations and strategies behind deviant ... -
What do you think? Associations between social anxiety, mentalizing, and social competence in middle childhood.
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-21)Every individual brings a unique perspective and understanding to the social world that they inhabit. This is particularly true of socially anxious children, who view their social environments as a place of potential ...