M.A. Child and Youth Studies
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Caregiver Stress: An Exploration of Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Young Carers
Young carers (YCs) are children and youth who take on extra responsibilities within their home due to a family member having a physical disability, chronic illness, mental health issues, addiction issues, or parental absence ... -
Experiences of Parents Advocating for the “Complicated Child”: A Phenomenologically Oriented Descriptive Exploration
This paper is a phenomenologically oriented descriptive study that analyzed the experiences of parents advocating for a complex child within the special education sector. More specifically the research examined parental ... -
The Sex Chronicles: Young Women’s Recollections of Learning About Sex
There is a pervasive social fear surrounding girls’ sexuality. In 2015, Ontario public schools mandated a new version of sex education. There was, and still is, public outcry by many parents over the new curriculum. The ... -
Transnational Labour Migration: Experiences of Mid-to-Highly Skilled African Migrant Workers in Doha, Qatar
This study sought to augment the dearth of research on African labour migration to the GCC and Qatar. The study focuses on younger mid-to-highly skilled Africans (from Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South ... -
Addressing the Summer Learning Gap Among Children with Reading Difficulties
This study explored literacy change and development in children with reading difficulties over the summer months. More specifically, a summer literacy program called S.L.A.M., offered by the Learning Disabilities Association ... -
Identifying Antisocial Youth Through Broad and Specific Measures of Personality
Although antisocial and psychopathic traits have been linked to predatory and violent types of juvenile offending, much of what is known about these traits stems from adult-centered research. Identifying antisocial youth ... -
Rhythm Detection and Production: Relations with Phonological Awareness Skill at School-Entry
The present study examines the connection between phonological awareness and rhythm perception and processing in early school aged children who score low on tests for phonological awareness for the purpose of providing ... -
Becoming and Remaining an Activist: A Qualitative Study of Animal and Disability Rights Activism among Older Youth
Drawing on past research findings, this qualitative research study explored seven early childhood (i.e., distal) and current (i.e., proximal) factors self-reported by older youth as being important in shaping their personal ... -
The Adaptiveness of Antisocial Personality Traits: Obtaining Reputation, Resources, and Reproduction Through Bullying
Adolescents may compete with each other for access to adaptive outcomes (e.g., social, material, and sexual resources) that have reliably led to survival and reproduction in the ancestral past. However, adolescents may ... -
The Power of 'Slut': The Construction of 'Slut' and 'Slut-Shaming' in Contemporary Youth Culture
My thesis employs a feminist poststructural framework to understand the meaning and use of the term ‘slut’ and its connection to ‘slut-shaming’ in contemporary youth culture, specifically in relation to the Niagara region. ... -
Exploring Life History Strategies in Adolescence; Attachment, Personality, and Bullying
The purpose of the present study was to apply a component of Evolutionary Theory, termed Life History Strategy (LHS), to the study of bullying. The current study aimed to highlight the relationship between environmental ... -
Cyberbullying, Social Media & Fitness Selfies: An Evolutionary Perspective
The general goal of the current research was to explore how social media influences a variety of aspects of young adults’ lives, including motivation to be physically fit, and bullying behaviors. The specific objectives ... -
The Influence of Personality and Children’s Facial Cues on Parenting Behaviours
Children’s facial cues, such as cuteness, health, happiness, and resemblance to parent, influence caregiving perceptions and behaviours. This thesis investigated whether parents’ personality traits increase/decrease ... -
Learning Management System Adoption in the University: Exploring the Experiences of Canadian and International Students
Using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model, this paper seeks to explore student’s experiences in using Sakai, a learning management system at Brock University. Adopting a mixed methods ... -
Southern Ontario Principals' Perspectives on Recess in Low-Income Neighbourhoods
Elementary school recess is now generally understood to be a necessary part of a child’s school day. Therefore, it is important to move beyond research regarding the need for recess and capture the logistics and experiences ... -
The Paradox of Reading Disabilities: Assessing Creative Potential in Children at-risk for Reading Disabilities
This study explores the profiles of children who are at-risk for reading disabilities on both traditional reading-based tasks and measures of creativity. Twenty-six (26) children referred to the Learning Disabilities ... -
Fluid Identity And Cultural Sensitivity in Youth
This is a study on fluid identity and cultural sensitivity in youth. It is important to demonstrate how an individual’s fluid identity can help the individual understand who they are. The need for individuals today to ... -
Youth Engagement in Custodial Programming: Why it matters and why we should care
There has been a tremendous amount of research that has been done into the characteristics of programming that reduce the chances of recidivism. However, there has been limited research into how youth experience that ... -
The Role of Canada’s Child and Youth Advocates: A Social Constructionist Approach
In the absence of a federal Children’s Commissioner in Canada, the mandates of the provincial and territorial Child and Youth Advocates have evolved primarily to protect and promote children’s rights. Although research ... -
Age-Related Changes in Visual Spatial Working Memory Cognits: Frontal-Parietal EEG Coherence During Delay
(Brock University, 2015-01-12)This study explored changes in scalp electrophysiology across two Working Memory (WM) tasks and two age groups. Continuous electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded from 18 healthy adults (18-34 years) and 12 healthy ...
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