Browsing Brock Theses by Title
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Investigating a Potential Function of Belief in a Just World: Providing Purpose in Life as a Pathway to Subjective Well-Being
According to justice motive theory, individuals have a fundamental need to believe that the world is a just place where people get what they deserve, or to have belief in a just world (BJW; Lerner, 1977, 1980). There are ... -
Investigating Changes in Parent Knowledge about Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour Following Group Function-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Children with High Functioning Autism
(Brock University, 2013-05-07)This study investigated improvements in parent knowledge of effective intervention strategies following participation in a group function-based CBT treatment (GFbCBT) package for children with comorbid OCD and ASD. Nineteen ... -
Investigating Formative Assessment: Exploring the Impact on the Self-Efficacy and Motivation of Mathematics Students
This is a study of the implementation and impact of formative assessment strategies on the motivation and self-efficacy of secondary school mathematics students. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was implemented ... -
Investigating Gender Differences in the Reading Motivation Profiles of a Population of Low-Literate Adult Learners
There is a known gender gap in literacy achievement with females consistently outperforming males on literacy tasks. Research has shown that this gender gap is present among all age groups ranging from school-aged children ... -
Investigating Microbial Trace-fossils and Abiotic Alteration in Hydrovolcanic Tuffs of the Fort Rock Volcanic Field, Oregon
Microbial ichnofossils in volcanic rocks provide a significant record of subsurface microbes and potentially extraterrestrial biosignatures. Here, the textures, mineralogy, and geochemistry of two continental basaltic ... -
Investigating Multiple-Choice Assessment: Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions and Practices
(Brock University, 2013-04-18)Multiple-choice assessment is used within nearly all levels of education and is often heavily relied upon within both secondary and postsecondary institutions in determining a student’s present and future success. Understanding ... -
Investigating opposing aftereffects in 8-year-olds and adults
(Brock University, 2009-01-28)Previous studies have shown that adults and 8-year-olds process faces using norm-based coding and that prolonged exposure to one kind of facial distortion (e.g., compressed features) temporarily shifts the prototype, a ... -
Investigating Player Salaries and Performance in the National Hockey League
(Brock University, 2012-04-27)This thesis examines salary structure types (hierarchical or compressed) as predictors of team performance in the National Hockey League (NHL). Additionally, an analysis of goalie statistics is completed in order to determine ... -
Investigating the association between motor proficiency and body satisfaction in grade 5 children
(Brock University, 2009-01-28)The inverse relationships between motor proficiency and overweight, and between overweight and body satisfaction have been well documented. However, the association between motor proficiency and body satisfaction has been ... -
Investigating the Biological Effects of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) Extract on Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake
(Brock University, 2014-09-10)Skeletal muscle (SKM) is the most important tissue in maintaining glucose homeostasis and impairments in this tissue leads to insulin resistance (IR). Activation of 5’ AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) is viewed as a targeted ... -
Investigating the bone-muscle interaction during growth and development in children
The purpose of this dissertation was to assess functional changes in the muscle-bone unit during normal growth and maturation in peri-pubertal children, and determine if changes in muscle strength are directly related to ... -
Investigating the Contribution of Personality and Neurological Disruption to Postinjury Outcome in Athletes with Mild Head Injury
Despite the increase in research regarding mild head injury (MHI), relatively little has investigated whether, or the extent to which, premorbid factors (i.e., personality traits) influence, or otherwise account for, ... -
Investigating the effects of arousal state on cognitive performance in individuals with and without mild head injury
(Brock University, 2010-02-01)We examined the cognitive and emotional sequelae following mild head injury (MHI; e.g., concussion) in high-functioning individuals and whether persons with MHI pre~ent, both physiologically and via self-report, in a ... -
Investigating the Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Baroreflex Sensitivity
Cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity (cvBRS) is known to be influenced by endurance exercise. In fact, endurance exercisers typically display a greater cvBRS compared to sedentary controls. Despite the merits of endurance ... -
Investigating the potential of thecamoebians (testate amoebae) as bio-indicators of impact of oil sands mining operations on freshwater environments in Northeastern Alberta, Canada
(Brock University, 2010-03-09)Thecamoebian (testate amoeba) species diversity and assemblages in reclamation wetlands and lakes in northeastern Alberta respond to chemical and physical parameters associated with oil sands extraction. Ecosystems more ... -
Investigating the Relationship between Teaching Games for Understanding and High School Physical Education Students’ Enjoyment, Self-Efficacy, and Intentions to Enroll
Physical education (PE) is a useful course which provides a variety of physical, cognitive, and affective benefits to students; however, rates of student enrollment in Canadian PE classes are in decline (Lodewyk & Pybus, ... -
Investigating the Relationship between the Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and Physical and Psychological Threat Potential
Individuals with large facial width-to-height ratios (FWHR) are judged as threatening and engage in threat-related behaviours. The aim of this thesis was to identify the specific components of threat potential related to ... -
Investigating the Relationships Between Teacher Identity Norms and Collaboration
The purpose of this study was to investigate how teacher identity norms relate to teacher collaboration among the practices of elementary teachers in Ontario. Using quantitative research methods, the data indicated two ... -
Investigating the role of apoptosis regulator EndoG on exogenous DNA uptake, stability, replication and recombination
(Brock University, 2013-11-05)Endonuclease G (EndoG) is a well conserved mitochondrial nuclease with dual lethal and vital roles in the cell. It non-specifically cleaves endogenous DNA following apoptosis induction, but is also active in non-apoptotic ... -
Investigating the role of retinoic acid in the vertebrate and invertebrate nervous system
(2012-12-13)Although abundant in the developing central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates, the precise roll of all-trans retinoic acid (RA) is neuronal development and regeneration is undetermined. This study suggests that all-trans ...