Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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To be kind or not to be kind: The role of self-compassion in the academic self-control model

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Martin, Rebecca Danielle, Thesis advisor (ths): Kennett, Deborah, Degree committee member (dgc): Coughlan, Rory, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Past research suggests that students who are more academically resourceful tend to attain higher grades and feel more socially and academically adjusted at university. These same studies also show that students' general resourcefulness and academic self-efficacy are strong, positive and direct predictors of their academic resourcefulness. My thesis expands upon this line of research… more

The Relationship between Virginity Scripts and Precoital Sexual Behaviour

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Williams, Clarissa, Thesis advisor (ths): Humphreys, Terry, Degree committee member (dgc): Kennett, Deborah, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Past research has examined the influence of cultural scripts on our first coital experience, but the impact of virginity scripts on precoital sexual behaviour remains unknown. The purpose of this study sought to examine the link between Carpenter's (2001) cognitive frameworks of virginity and precoital sexual behaviour. Two hundred and forty eight participants (32 men, 215 women,… more