Research Interests:
Generally speaking, my area of concentration is in child and adolescent development in a technologically progressive world. My Master’s thesis examined Internet socializing and its relationship to adolescent self-concept. From this work I was able to demonstrate that adolescent self-conceptions vary according to the online venue they are participating in, who they are participating with, the importance they place on that participation, and motivations for using that online medium.
My doctoral dissertation, Social Responsibility on the Internet: A Socio-Ecological approach to online aggression, consisted of a series of three studies which assessed the interplay among individual, peer, parental, and school factors associated with internet aggression, or cyberbullying. Overall, this work has demonstrated that although there are some similarities to traditional bullying, online aggression is a unique construct and should be examined as such. Findings from this work highlight some important implications for prevention and intervention programs as well as parenting behaviours.
Completed Master's Thesis Title:
Participation in Online Environments: Its Relationship to Adolescent Self-Concept
Completed Dissertation Title:
Social Responsibility on the Internet: A socio-ecological approach to online aggression
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I am interested in how context influences the development and adaptation of children and adolescents. I am particularly dedicated to investigating the immigration experiences of young people. My MA thesis investigated the school belonging of new young Canadians and the ways in which it was impacted by school and social factors. One of the main findings from my thesis was that adolescents who recently immigrated to Canada reported a higher sense of belonging at school than adolescents who were not new. For my doctoral research, I would like to empirically explain what personal and contextual factors underlie the successful transitions of new young Canadians.
Completed Master's Thesis Title:
The Impact of Social Contexts in Schools: Adolescents who are New to Canada and their Sense of Belonging
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I provide analytical and methodological support to the variety of research projects ongoing in the DCTech lab. I have a keen interest in the development and administration of psychological measures (i.e. surveys) for use on the Internet, and in how technology in general can shape human development. As part of my Masters thesis, I proposed a set of guidelines for improving the measurement quality of social scientific surveys by correctly choosing the number of response options that should accompany survey questions. Additionally, I have done work on techniques for simulating the Classical True Score Model, latent variable modeling, survey development and evaluation, and other areas of research methodology and statistics.
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My research interests lie in the intersection of three fields: development, learning, and longitudinal data analysis. Specifically, I am interested in examining the educational and psychosocial needs of adolescents’ and young adults’ to enhance their learning and social-emotional well-being over time.
In my graduate paper I researched body image disorders and body dysmorphic disorders in college women.
As a clinical counsellor I am interested in studying change and its impact on all those connected to it. Among many other factors, the use of technology, specifically the Internet can bring change to adolescents’ and young adults’ lives. I am interested in how the use of Internet can have a positive impact on adolescents’ and young adults’ learning and well-being. Thus, for my dissertation research, I would like to focus on cyber-counselling and its
impact on the adolescents’ and young adults’ lives.
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My broad interests lie in the area of typical and atypical early development (birth to three years), especially contextual and parent-child relationship factors that impact upon childhood and life-long development. My research will focus on ways in which digital and/or media technology directly or indirectly affects the nature of play as a primary and crucial context for early development across multiple domains. My professional background is as a clinical supervisor and practitioner in an early intervention home visiting service for child birth to three years and their families. Additionally, I have worked as an instructor of ECE practitioners, and as a community trainer in early developmental screening and assessment.
Completed Master's Thesis Title: Playing with Technology: Mother-Toddler Interaction and Toys with Batteries
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My research interests focus on teachers and their well-being, development and performance, and on the use of computers and technologies. For my current research, my goals are threefold: (1) to extend theory and research on teacher well-being, development and performance, (2) to inform policy and practice by providing empirical data that can be used to improve teacher well-being, development and performance, and (3) to provide research and inform theory on the use of online and offline research methods and interventions for teacher well-being.
Completed Master's Thesis Title: Social-Emotional Learning and School Climate: Predictors of Teacher Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Sense of Efficacy
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My research interests focus on understanding how to best support learning and educational delivery in an Aboriginal context, ultimately to improve health outcomes. Working under a Participatory Action Research framework, my master's thesis focuses on identifying sustainability issues that promote and inhibit health education delivery through Community Learning Centres. By understanding these issues, I hope to develop a framework for future health education delivery initiatives that can accelerate the provision of community-based resources, and potentially be applied to other cultural groups and geographic locations. My professional background is as a researcher within UBC's eHealth Strategy Office. In this position, I've been involved in several projects in the areas of community engagement and technology-enabled health education.
Title of Master's Thesis in Progress: Health Education Delivery in a Remote Aboriginal Context: The Development of a Sustainability Framework
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My research interests are in how we can better understand the way that contextual factors intersect with parallels of oppression to affect the development of youth, and primarily disadvantaged youth. It is my hope that a better understanding of this phenomena could inform emancipatory pedagogical approaches that help alleviate the strains of oppression that inhibit the full life and academic potential of youth. I have been a strong advocate of youth and currently am the Math & Science Co-ordinator of the joint UBC/Musqueam Band Bridge Through Sport Program. In terms of technology, I am interested in it's immense potential in emancipatory pedagogy and how it affects youth empowerment and development within formal and informal learning spaces. Currently, I work with the Access To Media Education Society(AMES) in their YouthMade initiative, which has utilized technology to give voice to youth who would otherwise remain voiceless by being relegated to invisibility or by being grossly misrepresented by dominant society. I have already seen the amazing work this initiative can produce by empowering these youth to use technological tools to empower other youth in courageous conversations and interactive anti-oppresion workshops. The future is bright!
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Rubab G Arim, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
E-mail: rarim@ohri.ca
José Domene, PhD
Associate Professor
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Email: jfdomene@unb.ca
Tomas Lin, MA
E-mail: tomaslin@interchange.ubc.ca
Sarah Wehr, MA
E-mail: swehr@interchange.ubc.ca
Joyce Boedianto, MA
E-mail: joyce_mb@yahoo.com
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