Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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Sexual Self-Schemas and Sexual Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-02)The aim of the present research was to investigate the association between how individuals in romantic relationships conceptualize themselves sexually, and levels of reported sexual satisfaction for both themselves and ... -
Shakespeare Adaptations in a Canadian Context and the Question of Canadian Identity.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)The doctoral thesis, Shakespeare Adaptations in a Canadian Context and the Question of Canadian Identity examines the representation, production and interpretation of Canadian identity through Shakespeare’s plays at two ... -
Shakespeare, Youth, and Comic Books
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)This thesis examines how Shakespearean play-texts are adapted into comic books in order to appeal to young readers. By analyzing four different adaptations including two comic book series and two manga series, it seeks to ... -
Sharia and Constraint: Practices, Policies, and Responses to Faith-based Arbitration in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-13)In the fall of 2003 Syed Mumtaz Ali, leader of the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice located in Toronto Ontario announced in a media interview that his institute was in a new position to offer faith based arbitration ... -
Sharing Matters of the Heart: The Importance of Emotional Disclosure for Cardiac Patients and their Spouses
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-16)Previous research has suggested that emotional expression is important for psychological adjustment to disease (e.g., Stanton et al., 2000). Indeed, experimentally prescribed emotional disclosure (traditionally, expressive ... -
Shifts of Power: Gender(de)konstruktion und -inszenierung in Türkisch für Anfänger
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Between 2006 and 2008 the German television series “Türkisch für Anfänger“ (Turkish for Beginners) about the life of a multiculturally blended family in Berlin was aired on the television network ARD. This thesis analyzes ... -
Short Rate Models with Nonlinear Drift and Jumps
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-27)Many financial contracts can be regarded as derivative securities where the underlying state variable is one or more rates of interest. A partial list of such contracts would include zero-coupon bonds, coupon paying bonds, ... -
should one react against the laziness of railway tracks between the passage of two trains
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)should one react against the laziness of railway tracks between the passage of two trains investigates the everyday as experienced in the post-industrial landscape. Through the activities of walking and mapping, fieldwork ... -
Show me the numbers: a quantitative portrait of the attitudes, experiences, and values of philosophers of science regarding broadly engaged work
(Springer, 2019-09-23)Philosophers of science are increasingly arguing for the importance of doing scientifically- and socially-engaged work, suggesting that we need to reduce barriers to extra-disciplinary engagement and broaden our impact. ... -
A Show of One's Own: The History of Television and the Single Girl in America from 1960
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-19)This thesis analyzes the image of the single girl in American history from 1960. The changes made to her lifestyle through technology, politics, education and the workforce are discussed, as is the impact made by the ... -
shrimpychip YouTube
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-22)shrimpychip YouTube is a series of YouTube videos that explore the ways in which digital intimacy and capitalism intersect. The performances, designed for YouTube, strategically exploit emotional responses to the body, the ... -
Shy children's understanding of irony: Better comprehension does not always mean better socioemotional functioning
(Wiley, 2019-04-12)Childhood shyness is a risk factor for negative socioemotional outcomes including loneliness and depression. Childhood shyness has also been found to relate to various aspects of pragmatic language. For instance, shyer ... -
Shy individuals’ interpretations of counterfactual verbal irony
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-10-31)Counterfactual verbal irony, an evaluative form of figurative language wherein a speaker’s intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning of his or her words, is used to serve many social goals. Despite recent calls ... -
Shyness, Verbal Irony Comprehension, and Socio-Emotional Functioning in Middle Childhood
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-17)Shy children simultaneously desire to engage in social interactions with their peers and to avoid social situations (particularly novel ones) due to feelings of anxiety and self-consciousness. Although not in itself ... -
SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILY DYNAMICS IN FAMILIES WITH A CHILD WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This study investigated the association between the severity of Tourette Syndrome (TS) and comorbid tendencies (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and rage), maternal ... -
The Sidney Effect: Competitive Youth Hockey and Fantasy Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)This thesis explores how a group of 17 male youth athletes, and their families, experience competitive hockey. Many of the youths seem to forge fantasy relationships with hockey celebrities, heroes, and stars -- e.g. ... -
Sift
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-01)Sift is a suite of drawings that serves as a personal record of a long hike in Iceland. Through an exploration of sediment as a metaphor, and the use of sedimentation as a drawing process, I am sifting through matter and ... -
SIGCHI Games: The Scope of Games and Play Research at CHI
(ACM, 2016-05-07)The games research community at CHI has become an ever-growing significant part of the conference, demonstrated by the SIGCHI-sponsored CHI PLAY conference and the inclusion of a games subcommittee at CHI 2016. Given the ... -
Signature Event C*ntext
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)This thesis examines how context in Derridean signature theory is taboo and underutilized, and calls signature theory to embrace the contaminating mark of context. Signature theory, as proposed by Jacques Derrida and Peggy ... -
The Significance of Place in the Contemporary Theological Discourse of Heaven
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-07)This study will offer a critical assessment of the hearings of heaven in contemporary theological discourse. After engaging with various eschatological perspectives that pertain to the contemporary discussion of heaven, I ...