Past Research Projects

Student Researchers

Larissa Predy

Projects: Expressed Achievement Goals of Private and Public Elementary School Teachers: Revision of Expressed Goals Inventory.

Larissa is currently at UBC completing her M.A. in School Psychology.

Tara Semple

Projects: Fostering Resilience Through Prenatal Education Programs in the City of Nanaimo: A Needs Assessment for Teen Mothers (proposal).

Tara is currently at U of Calgary completing her MSc. in Applied Child Psychology and she has received a SSHRC research award.

Tania Smethurst

Projects: Cultivating Resilience: An Evaluation of a Youth Wilderness Program.

Tania is currently at U.Vic completing her M.S.C.in Psychology and is the recipient of NAMHR and CIHR research awards.

Colleen Stinson

Projects: A Needs Assessment of Perinatal Programs for Adolescent Mothers in the City of Nanaimo, BC. (Completed) Research Poster

Colleen is currently at U of Calgary completing her MSc. in School and Applied Child Psychology and has received a SSHRC research award.

Jackie Moffatt

Projects: Jackie was involved as a research assistant with the International Resilience Project.

Jackie is current completing her M.A. in psychology at the Alder School of Psychology.

Darby Eakins

Projects: Risk & Resilience in Youth Living with Diabetes: A Community Study (proposal).

Darby is currently completing her M.A. in Disability Management at UNBC.

Marilyn Woodruff

Projects: Marilyn was involved as a research assistant with the International Resilience Project.

Marilyn is currently completing her M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology at UVic.

 

Research Projects Summary

A Needs Assessment of Perinatal Programs for Adolescent Mothers in the City of Nanaimo, British Columbia

Principle Investigator: Colleen Stinson

This research examined the effectiveness of existing perinatal programs for adolescent mothers. Nanaimo has a high adolescent pregnancy rate compared to the rest of the province. Community members were interviewed to establish the availability and delivery of social programs. Challenges and gaps were identified (e.g. transportation, housing); however, almost all programs did encourage protective factors to help support adolescent mothers.

Expressed Goals and Theories of Intelligence in Private and Public School Settings.

Principle Investigator: Larissa Predy

This research examined the causal effect of learning theories and goal-orientations (Grant & Dweck, 2003) on attitudes and motivations in public and private elementary school teachers.

Imposed Intelligence Beliefs and Subsequent Learning Motivation in College Students: An Examination of Longitudinal Effects.

Principle Investigaor: Tara Semple

It has been proposed that how susceptible a person is to helpless versus mastery-oriented behaviour, in the face of failure, depends on which theory of intelligence that person holds (Dweck & Legget, 1988). This study aims to determine the long-term effects of informational exposure (incremental or entity theory) on intelligence beliefs in college students.