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Accounting Conservatism and the Consequences of Covenant Violations
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-20)Recent studies document that covenant violations intensify the conflicts of interest between lenders and borrowers, and lead to greater restrictions on borrowing firms’ financing and investment activities (Chava and Roberts, ... -
Active and Marginal Religious Affiliates in Canada: Describing the Difference and the Difference it Makes
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-19)In 2002, Reginald Bibby surprisingly asserted that a renaissance of religion is, or soon will be taking place in Canada. However, the assertion clashes with the dominant belief based largely on Bibby’s accumulated data ... -
Active Navigation in Virtual Environments Benefits Spatial Memory in Older Adults
(MDPI, 2019-03)We investigated age differences in memory for spatial routes that were either actively or passively encoded. A series of virtual environments were created and presented to 20 younger (Mean age = 19.71) and 20 older (Mean ... -
Actor-Partner Effects and the Differential Roles of Depression and Anxiety in Intimate Relationships: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis.
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-01)Past studies examining the role of psychopathology in intimate relationships have largely focused on the construct of depression, both as a cause and consequence of relationship distress. In contrast, far less attention ... -
Adapting to Change: The Role of Priors, Surprise and Brain Damage on Mental Model Updating
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-24)To make sense of the world, humans build mental models that guide actions and expectations. These mental models need to be receptive to change and updated when they no longer accurately predict observations from an ... -
Adaptive and Maladaptive Maximizing: Identifying the Correlates, Processes, and Outcomes of Maximizing in Decision-Making
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-04)Research on the affective outcomes of maximizing has been mixed, with some research indicating that people who seek the “best” option across decisions report lower happiness and life satisfaction, and greater depression ... -
Adaptive Memory: Investigating the Survival Processing of Faces
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-01)It has been consistently found that words exhibit a mnemonic benefit when processed according to their relevance to a survival scenario (Nairne, Thompson, & Pandeirada, 2007). However, when Savine, Scullin, and Roediger ... -
Addressing Basic Psychological Needs Fulfillment, Autonomous Motivation, and Working Alliance in Psychotherapy
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-25)According to many sources (e.g., Horvath & Symonds, 1991; Martin, Garske, & Davis, 2000; Safran & Muran, 2006; Wampold et al., 1997; Zuroff & Blatt, 2006), common factors found in all psychological treatments are more ... -
Adolescent Social Functioning: The Role of Parental Reflective Functioning and Adolescent Mentalizing in Predicting Adolescent Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)Adolescence is a critical developmental period in which social relationships become especially influential, with social functioning producing a number of important downstream effects for adolescent’s psychological and ... -
L'Adultère e(s)t la souffrance : analyse thématique et exemplifiée de l'œuvre fictive de Guy de Maupassant
(University of Waterloo, 1991-01-07)Partant de la suggestion d'André Vial, ''l'un des critiques les plus importants" de l'œuvre de Guy de Maupassant, que l'infidélité conjugale est un des thèmes parcourant son œuvre, cette étude visera à développer la pensée ... -
Advice Giving Helps Advisors Reason More Wisely about Life Challenges and Interpersonal Conflicts
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-02)Does advice giving impact the advisor? While many studies have examined why it is helpful to receive advice, much less is known about what advisors gain when they give advice. Drawing on theories from adult development and ... -
Affective Identity Predicts Entrepreneurial Intent with Two Forms of Self-Entrepreneur Congruence
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Vocational psychologists have theorized that the congruence between self and occupations is the key to find fulfilling careers for individuals (Vondracek & Porfeli, 2011). However, the typical use of vocational interests ... -
After October: An Analysis of John F. Kennedy's Foreign Policy after the Cuban Missile Crisis
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-04)This thesis analyzes President John F. Kennedy’s articulation of foreign policy after the near nuclear confrontation in October 1962. This thesis finds that the Cuban Missile Crisis had a very profound effect on the ... -
Against the Grain: Globalization and Agricultural Subsidies in Canada and the United States
(University of Waterloo, 2003)This thesis investigates whether developments associated with globalization and regional integration have caused the levels of government support provided to agricultural producers in Canada and the United States to converge ... -
Age-related changes in the neural and cognitive processes relating to memory retrieval under conditions of full and divided attention.
(University of Waterloo, 2006)We examined the neural and cognitive processes engaged during auditory verbal recognition performance under full attention (FA) and divided attention (DA) conditions in younger and older adults. Recognition was disrupted ... -
Agency and Autonomy: A New Direction for Animal Ethics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-21)The main problem addressed in animal ethics is on what grounds and to what extent we owe animals moral consideration. I argue that many animals deserve direct moral consideration in virtue of their agency, selfhood and ... -
Agency Through Adaptation: Explaining The Rockefeller and Gates Foundation’s Influence in the Governance of Global Health and Agricultural Development
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-28)The central argument that I advance in this dissertation is that the influence of the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in the governance of global health and agricultural ... -
Agreeableness and Close Relationships: Is it Trust That Really Matters?
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-28)Three correlational studies and 2 experiments examined the influence of agreeable people’s trust on their close relationships. Studies 1-3 employed correlational methods to examine the association between agreeableness and ... -
Aigre douceur de l'abandon des problématiques minoritaires chez Marc Prescott
(Department of French: Dalhousie University, 2011)Auteur de plusieurs pièces de théâtre depuis le début des années 1990, Marc Prescott est un acteur de premier plan de la dramaturgie franco-manitobaine dont il contribue au profond renouvellement et au dynamisme. Après des ... -
Al-Wala wa-l-Bara and the Western Foreign Fighters of the Islamic State
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)Addressing the question of the Islamic State’s foreign fighters not only necessitates a thorough understanding of their state of mind or psychology, but also the firm ideological beliefs in their hearts and minds. There ...