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Rehabilitative Input and Support Received by Older Adults following a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury event.
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2014)
Introduction: Older adults have been shown to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). However, limited research exists that examines the information and support received by older ...
Measuring social and emotion information processing in early childhood : a pilot-test of a revised and expanded storybook interview.
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2015)
Social information processing (SIP) models of social cognition are increasingly being applied to children and adolescents with most studies focusing on differences between aggressive and nonaggressive children in the coding ...
The effect of Facebook use, self-discipline and parenting styles on the academic achievement of high school and university students
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2014)
While Facebook is primarily used as a means to communicate with friends, it may serve as a distractor from study. Laptops and tablets with Internet access are almost ubiquitous among primary, secondary and tertiary students ...
Investigating Differences of Parental Involvement in Secondary Education across Child Gender, Ethnicity, and Year Level
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2012)
Parental involvement is widely considered to be an important part of the educational process throughout the years of schooling. However, few studies have discussed parental involvement at the secondary level, which is the ...
Helping, caring and learning: strengths in new entrants settling into and learning in primary school in post-earthquake Christchurch
(University of Canterbury. School of Health Sciences, 2013)
Christchurch has experienced a series of over 13,500 earthquakes between September 2010 and January 2012. Some children who have been exposed to earthquakes may experience post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) ...
Parkinson's Disease, Cognitive Status and Caregiver Outcomes.
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2013)
Cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) can impact negatively on caregivers and is associated with carer distress and feelings of burden. To investigate this relationship we examined level of burden, coping ...
The Sociocultural Model of Eating Disorders in New Zealand Women: Family Food-Related Experiences and Self-Compassion as Moderators.
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2012)
Eating disorders are debilitating psychiatric conditions which often result in severe impairment in many life domains. The sociocultural model specifies mechanisms through which sociocultural pressure leads to eating ...
Risk Factors for Predicting Recidivism in Youth: Do We Need Separate Models for Males and Females.
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2009)
Do the same risk factors predict recidivism in both male and female youth? The current research obtained historical data about a sample of 936 young people who received a Youth Justice (YJ) Intake to Child, Youth and Family ...
Effects of feeding method on infant sleep consolidation across 12 months
(University of Canterbury. Department of Psychology, 2014)
The aims of this research were to examine the effects of infant feeding method on sleep development across the first twelve months of life, and to determine whether there are differences in sleep development between infants ...
Cool, calm and collected : the buffering effect of head cooling on stress.
(University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2012)
Most people would like to be less stressed. With our increasingly fast paced
and busy lives it appears that stress related issues are increasing, with the addition of
issues such as terrorist attacks, stress at times can ...
