The following Undergraduate Honours Theses have been undertaken by KUC 4th year Psychology Honours students under the supervision of Dr. Cathy Chovaz. All of this research is related to mental health and deafness:
Mackenzie Spoelstra
Language and Love: A Thematic Analysis of the Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) Intervention in Hearing Parents of Deaf Children
Petra Aisenpreis
Challenges Faced and Strategies Employed during COVID-19 by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Faculty and the Impact on Well-being.
Justin Mulder
Validation and Results of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Youth Self-Report in American Sign Language
Tori Paquette
Secondary Traumatic Stress: The Effects on Deaf Sign Language Interpreters
Hilary Dagg
Depression and anxiety in Deaf adults
Taylor Seers
Well-being of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth
Jasmine Draper
Canadian Sign Language Interpreters’ Well-being Research
Dominica Choristecki
The Validity of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) with Deaf Individuals
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/74
Chris Plimmer
Translating the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire into American Sign Language: A pilot study
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/75
Link to SDQ website: https://www.dqinfo.org
Jesslyn Taylor
Translating the Mini-Mental State Exam into American Sign Language
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/65
Hilary Husted
The Relationship Between Psychological Well-Being and Successfully Transitioning to University
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/54
Brad Daly
Vicarious Trauma: Effects on Visual Language Interpreters Professional Quality of Life
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/35
Link to published work: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/763920/pdf
Julia Kirkpatrick
The Effects of Empathy on Vicarious Trauma in the Visual Language Interpreter
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/37
Marissa Hall
The Effects of Vicarious Trauma on Life Satisfaction in Visual Language Interpreters
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/43
Katie Hart
A Clinical Trial of an Electronic Monitoring System with a Deaf Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/22
Ben Dantzer
An exploration of maternal sensitivity and mind-mindedness in mothers of deaf children
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/13
Jessica Sommers
The mental health status of deaf and hard of hearing children in the mainstream education system
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/psychK_uht/5
Andreia Cota
The Monitoring of Environmental Stimuli and Undesired Behaviours of a Deaf Individual with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Meghan Gardner
Deaf children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder engaging in undesired behaviours
Irene McDowell
Stimming Behaviours Observed in a Deaf Adolescent with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Zachary Templeman
Social Dominance in Deaf and Hearing Populations
Monique Rexer
Prevalence of Emotional and Behavioural Problems of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children in Ontario