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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS"”.
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Investigating Experienced Female USPORT Coaches’ Process of Creating Positive Team Culture
… in team success and athlete development, little research has focused on how female coaches approach this process. Through a coach-centered lens, this research addresses a significant gap in the literature by highlighting the strategies, values, and leadership philosophies used by women coaches to …
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Sports Analytics: Exploring Data and Technology in Women’s University Hockey in Canada
… that come from incorporating analytics into areas such as coaching and performance analysis; and 3) challenges that remain for athletes and coaches in effectively incorporating analytics into practice. Based on these findings, three key implications emerged from the research: first, the …
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Exploring The Feasibility of Introducing Immersive Virtual Reality for Recreation in Long-Term Care: A Qualitative Study
… mobility and/or pain. However, limited research exists regarding the feasibility of introducing recreational VR-based programming in publicly funded LTC homes, without external assistance. This research aimed to explore the feasibility of Rendever VR programming in Niagara Region (NR) …
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A Queer Departure: The Role of Queer Studies and Thanatology in Narrative Videogames Focused on Grief
This Masters thesis studies representations of young people in videogames through a transdisciplinary approach within the academic fields of Queer Studies and Death Studies, and their fused counterpart known as Queer Death Studies (QDS). Through the methodology of Fairclough’s (1995) Critical …
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The Heterogeneity of Adolescent Factors: Investigating Individual, Interpersonal, and Contextual Factors
… of analysis. These findings suggest that future research should be undertaken with this heterogeneity in mind, to help inform and promote healthy relationships in adolescence.
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Cognitive Engagement Across Academic and Extracurricular Activities
As young people move from middle childhood through adolescence, school disengagement tends to increase, placing some adolescents at risk of drop out (Archambault et al., 2022; Widlund et al., 2021). Youth engagement involves active participation both inside and outside of school settings, including …
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The CrISIS of Ludic Terrorism: Videogaming Exploited as a Means of Islamists’ Radicalization, Recruitment and Propaganda
… vulnerable individuals. I conduct this interdisciplinary game study, incorporating the psychology of behavior, geopolitical examination of the contexts (Islamic, ethnic clashes and the US’s invasion of the Middle East) in discourse analysis, and semiotics of the embedded ideological and …
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“An equal opportunity to watch, read about, meet and hear from”: An Analysis of CBC’s Gender Balance in Sport Programming Commitment
… gender balance. This primarily qualitative research study was based in a feminist approach and all data were analyzed utilizing Braun and Clarke’s (2006) Reflexive Thematic Analysis. To collect data about CBC’s process, two semi-structured interviews were conducted with a CBC Sports’ senior …
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Exploring Contemporary Risk-Taking in Canadian Adolescents
This thesis explored contemporary risk-taking within the Canadian adolescent population. It involved two quantitative studies and one qualitative study. Quantitatively, it involved a psychometric analysis to develop and validate new adolescent risk-taking scales focused on engagement in …
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