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Scared of compassion: Fear of compassion in anxiety, mood, and non-clinical groups
(British Psychological Society, 2020-05-04)Objectives. Fear of receiving compassion from others, expressing compassion to others, and being compassionate towards oneself have been identified as potentially important factors in the persistence of depression, stress ... -
The science of navigation: An analysis of behavioural differences between good and poor wayfinders
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-15)Everyday experience suggests that certain people can find their way to a destination easily, while others have considerable difficulty. This dissertation focused on gaining a greater understanding of navigational strategies ... -
Searching for a perceived gaze direction using eye tracking
(Association for Research in Visison and Ophthalmology, 2011-02-01)The purpose of the current study was to use eye tracking to better understand the “stare-in-the-crowd effect”—the notion that direct gaze is more easily detected than averted gaze in a crowd of opposite-gaze distractors. ... -
Seeking Safety: The Perceived Function and Consequences of Safety Behaviour Use in Social Anxiety
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)This study was designed to examine the perceived self-protective function and consequences of safety behaviour use in social anxiety. The research explores how individuals’ selection and use of different types of safety ... -
Seeking Structure in Social Organization: Compensatory Control and the Psychological Advantages of Hierarchy
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-23)Hierarchies are a ubiquitous form of human social organization. I hypothesized that one reason for hierarchies’ prevalence might be that core motivational needs for order and control make hierarchies psychologically ... -
Self-regulating the effortful “social dos”.
(American Psychological Association, 2014)In the current research, we explored differences in the self-regulation of the personal dos (i.e., engaging in active and effortful behaviors that benefit the self) and in the self-regulation of the social dos (engaging ... -
Self-regulation in romantic relationships: The moderating effect of agreeableness on self-esteem and risk regulation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-22)This study investigates the effects of agreeableness and self-esteem on people’s accommodation tendencies within the framework of risk regulation theory. Accommodation refers to one’s tendency to inhibit destructive responses ... -
A self-regulatory approach to understanding boredom proneness
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-11-16)We investigated the relationship between self-regulation and two types of boredom proneness (perceived lack of internal stimulation, perceived lack of external stimulation) using a variety of measures of self-regulation. ... -
Self-regulatory Processes: Relationships between executive function, emotion regulation, the experience of emotions and psychological distress
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)Although executive function (EF) and emotion regulation (ER) are both self-regulatory abilities which share common neural substrates and have been linked to common mental health outcomes, few research studies have looked ... -
SENSORY BELIEFS ABOUT “LIGHT” AND “LOW TAR” CIGARETTES INFLUENCE THE BELIEF THAT “LIGHT” AND “LOW TAR” CIGARETTES ARE LESS HARMFUL: EVIDENCE FROM CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)“Light” and “low tar” cigarettes have been designed by the tobacco industry to allay smokers’ concerns about the health risks of smoking. Few studies have examined which factors lead smokers to believe that “light” cigarettes ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Single-Session Imagery Rescripting for Social Anxiety Disorder: Efficacy and Mechanisms.
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-25)Cognitive theories of social anxiety propose that negative mental imagery plays a central role in the maintenance of the disorder. Research has indicated that the content of such mental imagery represents negative core ... -
Situation or Disposition? Wise Reasoning in Powerlessness: Power Divides and Rejection Sensitivity in Social Conflict
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-01)Interpersonal conflict is full of uncertainty. How does one manage this uncertainty adaptively? Wisdom scholars propose wise reasoning is crucial to the successful management of uncertainty, but little work has actually ... -
Slow and Steady Improves Accuracy in Attention Tasks: Implications for Evaluating Attention Training
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)There have been increased efforts to develop methods for improving attention across a range of tasks including those assessing sustained attention. Using a variety of techniques, researchers have reported modest reductions ... -
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND SELF-ESTEEM: TUNING THE SOCIOMETER TO INTERPERSONAL VALUE
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-14)The author drew on sociometer theory to propose that self-esteem is attuned to traits that garner others’ acceptance, and the traits that garner acceptance depend on one’s social role. Attunement of self-esteem refers to ...