• Homesickness : a literature review and the effect of narrative therapy 

  Thorp, Jane Victoria (2004)

  Homesickness is a relatively common experience, yet there has been little exploration or acknowledgement of the topic within the contemporary literature. Motivated by the longstanding oversight of the phenomenon the first ...

• Application of in vitro selection technique towards improvement for cold stress resistance in field peas. 

  Janardhanan, Gowtham (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  Leguminous plants like pea (Pisum sativum L.) are prone to drastic environmental fluctuations and disturbances. Multiple environmental stresses can have adverse effects on plant growth and productivity. Especially, temperature ...

• Human preference in a concurrent-chains procedure with variable delays to reinforcement 

  Wilson, Nicholas John (2004)

  Human subjects' preferences were observed in a concurrent-chains procedure in which two variable delays were arranged in each terminal link. Experiments 1 and 2 arranged the terminal link delays in the first condition such ...

• Embarrassment associated with somatic symptoms of anxiety in people with, and without, panic attacks 

  Keegan, Nolene Claire (2004)

  A number of studies have found an association between embarrassment/social-evaluative concerns and increased levels of agoraphobia. However, previous research has revealed inconsistent findings with regard to an association ...

• Development of the children's emotion regulation scale 

  Austin, Sarah Leigh (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  This thesis describes the construction of a new children's self-report scale for 8 -12 year olds, measuring emotion regulation in middle childhood. Emotion Regulation represents an individual's attempts to modulate their ...

• Finding the balance : the attitudes of mental health profes[s]ionals toward borderline personality disorder 

  Whitehead, Kathryn Anne (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  Mental health professionals may have less positive attitudes toward clients with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in comparison to clients with other psychiatric diagnoses. Organisational variables such ...

• Improving users' emotional relationships with consumer electronics through enhanced interface design 

  Harrison, Chandra Marree (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  While eager adopters of technology embrace its rapidly changing nature, many others are hesitant or actively resist using any innovative equipment unless they can see a direct benefit. All users can experience negative ...

• The association between perceived inequity and psychological distress, relationship satisfaction and emotions among couples facing chronic illnesses 

  Liew, Cheng-Hee (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  The present study examined the issue of equity for couples where one partner was diagnosed with a chronic illness in a New Zealand sample. Forty couples with different illnesses (i.e. arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis ...

• Psychology applied : a fusion of abduction and ergonomics 

  Roosen, Christopher Scott (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  The world has an increasing number of problems, many of which involve a human­ technological component, the solution of which requires strong methods. To explore problem solving methods, I proposed the development of an ...

• Unsafe sex, substance use and dangerous driving : predicting adolescents' risk-taking 

  Pillay, Kirsty Jane (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  Adolescence involves heightened experimentation in risk-taking behaviours that are potentially health damaging. To prevent the negative consequences of increased engagement in risk-taking behaviours, it is necessary to ...

• Emotion and cognitive-behaviour therapy : the role of higher-order cognitive processes 

  Gauthern, Dean (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  The clinical cognitive model has significant problems. It employs lay conceptions of cognition and emotion. Moreover, its core assumptions have significant flaws. CBT, more generally, has failed to bridge the gap between ...

• Intuitive biology : an evolutionary approach to everyday biological reasoning 

  Miles, Brad Hamish (University of Canterbury, 2003)

  Recent evidence has shown that humans have a domain-specific competence for reasoning about the biological world - an intuitive biology. It is suggested that such an ability can be explained in terms of evolved psychological ...

• Alarm signalling between rats : a potential model for conservation of endangered species? 

  van Nobelen, Marion (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  In this study male and female rats were exposed to mildly aversive stimuli, namely, an open-field and 5, 90-dB noise bursts. The rats were exposed alone and in pairs. When pairs were used, some of the partners were pre-treated ...

• Direct extraction of tau information for use in ego-motion 

  Gaukrodger, Stephen James (University of Canterbury, 2004)

  Avoidance collisions with obstacles is a critical function of any autonomous vehicle. This thesis considers the problem of utilising information about time to contact available in the ambient optic array. Motion-from-smear ...

• Emotion regulation and coping of young witnesses 

  Hood, Kelly Marie (University of Canterbury, 2003)

  This study examined coping strategies in potential and previous young court witnesses in an attempt to address the present lack of attention to child witnesses within the coping literature, despite the consensus of opinion ...

• The relationship between leadership behaviors and subordinates' job stress in Taiwan 

  Chu, Che-Min (University of Canterbury, 2003)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and subordinates' job stress in Taiwan. It was predicted that less supportive, less approachable, less communicative, more controlling ...

• The effects of ambient illumination change on the detection and relative intensity perception of acid tastes 

  Wilson, Glenn Daniel (University of Canterbury, 1965)

• Home role and the work behaviour of married women 

  Leeming, Robyn Janet (University of Canterbury, 1970)

• Mental abnormality and crime - a comparison of remand patients and prisoners 

  Hornblow, Andrew Reed (University of Canterbury, 1970)

  The aim of this study was to compare remand patients and priso­ners, thereby attempting to answer a question which may be stated as follows:“What are the characteristics which mark certain offenders off from others to the ...

• Psychology, science and statistical significance testing 

  Collett, Paul David (University of Canterbury, 1989)

  The statistical significance test is the dominant data-testing methodology in psychology, yet has many limitations which cast doubt on the suitability of the test for this position. The aim of this thesis is to outline why ...

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