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\n Completed Theses\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Full text of Ph.D. and M.A. theses available at <\/strong>curve.carleton.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. (2011). A nature relatedness intervention to promote happiness and environmental concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruci, L. (2011). Pro-social personality traits and helping motivations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whelan, D. (2013). Extraversion and counter-dispositional behaviour: Exploring consequences and the impact of situation-behaviour congruence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howell, G. (2015). Self-reference elicits slower recall for personality congruent adjectives: An item-specific processing effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dopko, R. (2017). Effects of nature exposure and nature relatedness on goals: Implications for materialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blouin-Hudon, E. M. C. (2019). I daydream therefore I am: Investigating associative and narrative processes in daydreaming and self-concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sobocko, K. (2019). Being alone with others: A unique form of social contact and its impact on momentary positive affect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capaldi, C. A. (2020). From mother to mother nature: The role of interpersonal attachment in human-nature relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desrochers, J. D. (2023). \u201cEven in the middle of the city, I notice nature around me\u201d: Is nature relatedness associated with noticing more nature in urban environments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.A.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sullivan, R. (2004). Looking on the bright side: Smoking cessation, stages of change, and message framing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisbet, E. (2005). The human-nature connection: Nature relatedness, environmental concern, and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruci, L. (2005). How far should you go out of your way? Variations in self-offering and positive affect in helping behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenkins, D. (2005). Examining the relationships between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs at work, job satisfaction and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whelan, D. (2008). The impact of positive moods on situational preferences and feeling sociable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besner, C. (2009). The role of personality and current mood in predicting behaviour and self-reported affective forecasts for imagined social events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santoro, M. (2009). Ego depletion: A potential cost associated with acting counter dispositionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dopko, R. (2012). Effects of nature on cooperation in a commons dilemma: Implications for sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sobocko, K. (2012). The relationship between ego-depletion and sensory processing sensitivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capaldi, C. (2014). Helping nature: The impact of exposure to nature on prosociality and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pineau, S. (2014). Attempting to foster biophilia through caring for a common plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

van Allen, Z. (2016). An exploratory manipulation of openness to experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

van Ginkel, S. (2020). Happy planet, happy people? The impact of pro-environmental behaviour on psychological well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lutz, P. (2022). Eco-anxiety in daily life: Relationships with well-being and pro-environmental behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tingley, J. (2023). Exploring a momentary eco-anxiety induction technique using a mixed-methods approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woodward, I. (2025). The natural connection to happiness: Links among pro-environmental behaviours, climate anxiety, nature relatedness, and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.A. Honours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yarkoni, T. (2003). Two constructs are better than one: An empirical investigation and theoretical remodeling of alexithymia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrow, J. (2003). How implicit and explicit achievement motivation combine to influence well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murphy, S. (2004). Parental personality and behavioural activation in children: Exploring the effects of parenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mazpolis, A. (2004). The influence of mood and personality on cognitive processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thake, J. (2004). The relationship between delay of gratification and subjective well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legault, M. (2005). Persuasion and individual differences in environmental behaviour: A new perspective on the issue of involvement in message framing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoretic, M. (2005). Responsible environmental behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williams, C. (2006). An investigation of the self-regulatory costs associated with manipulating state extraversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whelan, D. (2006). The emotional implications of acting extraverted: Does it depend on disposition?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abunassar, J. (2007). Am I easily affected? An examination of neuroticism and reactivity to negative mood inductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adamyk, J. (2007). \u201cLet\u2019s take a walk:\u201d An analysis of the effects of the natural environment on happiness, nature relatedness, and environmental concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boros, Z. (2007). Concordance of implicit and explicit needs and their relation to well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santoro, M. (2007). Why acting extraverted may not be as good as being extraverted: An investigation into a potential cost of behaving in a counter-dispositional manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wynn, J. (2007) Errors in affective forecasting: Are they influenced by state extraversion and disposition?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaw, C. (2008). Being there: The effects of mindfulness and thought suppression in the regulation of negative emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rouse, J. (2008). The relationship between nature and well-being on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gillen, N. (2010). The effects of acting counter dispositionally on cognition and mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hill, R. (2010). Winter wonderland: The effects of winter nature on mood and cognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham, M. E. (2011). \u201cGo fish!\u201d: The benefits of walking in nature on individual and group cooperation in N-person commons dilemma games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grandpierre-Nagy, Z. (2011). Mindfulness as a moderating agent on time spent in nature: Deepening human-nature connection and enhancing associated benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nealis, L. J. (2011). Dimensions of restoration: The effect of valence and arousal of positive emotion on the restoration of depleted mental energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan, J. E. (2011). Do moods cause differences in social behaviour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Neill, D. (2012). Do nice guys finish last? The costs and benefits of acting agreeably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vandervalk, S. (2012). Intraindividual variability across social roles: Relationships with well-being and authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gonzalez, A. (2013). An investigation of social responses to extraverted behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habets, N. (2013). Examining the effects of exposure to natural environments as moderated by depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones, S. (2013). A trait specific self-reference effect in memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smallenbroek, O. (2013). The role of value priorities and affect on judgments of state authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streiner, T. (2014). Examining the effects of enacted extraversion on well-being in naturalistic and longitudinal timeframes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

van Allen, Z. (2014). Is enacted extraversion a viable positive psychology intervention?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davydenko, M. (2015). Is extraversion contagious? Effects of acting extraverted on mood contagion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walker, D. (2015). Why are we happier when we act extraverted? Examining social connectedness in well-being interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levine, S. (2016). The unique effects of awe and nature on prosociality and interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiseman, O. (2016). Does visual disorder reduce charitable behaviour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holmstrom, S. (2018). Personality differences in predicting emotions in social situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richards, O. (2018). The impact of nature on interpersonal conflict resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babb, N. (2019). Environmental context and prosocial behaviour: How virtual nature exposure influences cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McLeod, J. (2019). Nature, affect, and pro-environmental behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beaudin, K. (2020). Shyness and socioemotional outcomes among university students: Potential moderating roles of extracurricular participation and gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bossom, I. R. L. (2020). Do beliefs about our traits matter? How beliefs about extraversion impact authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanlon, M. (2020). The effects of spending time in nature on cooperation and pro-environmental behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Villeneuve, M. (2020). The influence of feeling authentic on perceived feelings of being connected to nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph, I. (2021). Replication project of dynamic norms\u2019 impact on reducing meat consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Willis, S. (2021). Are we more than our traits? Exploring the extraversion deficit beliefs, social identity, and the well-being of introverts and extraverts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marshall, T. (2022). What is nature? Beliefs of naturalness of landscape images and the role of nature connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips, S. (2022). The role of education in increasing nature connection and decreasing biophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharpe, M. (2022). Personality, mood, and subjective experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wadlow, M. (2022). Is nature grand or connected? Examining nature-self size in relation to connection to nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhardwaj, K. (2023). How does culture impact human-nature connection? Exploring differences between India and Canada on the predictors and consequences of nature relatedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debelle, L. (2023). Examining the relationship between integrative emotion regulation, personality, and state authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abass, A. (2025). From walks to acts of kindness: Exploring the connection between nature relatedness and prosocial behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El-Kayali, S. (2025). The influence of positive and negative awe on prosocial behaviour, pro-environmental behavior, and wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobson, J. (2026). Light and dark triad personality as potential moderators of the relationship between nature
relatedness and attitudes towards violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peebles, G. (2026). Vulture culture: The role of death and decay within nature relatedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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