Browse by Department (theses only)

July 2024

Frazier, Carrie Emma (2024) ‘My hope is that he doesn’t forget that he’s loved.’: understanding relationship quality between spousal caregivers and their partners with dementia. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

March 2024

Murray-Lichtman, Andrea (2024) Against the grain: examining the experiences of white healthcare providers involved in racial justice work. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

December 2023

Fürj Kuhn, Julie (2023) Understanding how people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) experience social support in evangelical congregations. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2023

Anderen, Thalia (2023) The rise of wildfires in academia: a descriptive phenomenological analysis of student-initiated confrontation as experienced by social work educators. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

September 2023

Elkassem, Siham (2023) Muslim youth experiences in a visceral islamophobia and anti-muslim racism context. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

August 2023

Ferguson, Marva J. (2023) “Strangers in the new homeland”: the personal stories of Jamaican Canadian adults who migrated to Canada as children. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfounland.

July 2023

Fujiwara, Kamira (Camila) (2023) “How do you run away from racism?”: a critical race analysis of accessing mental health counselling in St John’s, NL. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

January 2023

Fuseini, Sulemana (2023) Between the rock and hard places: how child welfare workers in St. John’s Newfoundland navigate competing demands at work. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2022

Andersen, Fred (2022) Indigenizing social work education: pedagogical implications for Bachelor of Social Work programs in Atlantic Canada. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2020

Hunt, Sarah Louise (2020) Exploring colonization and mental health from the perspective of a First Nations community in Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

March 2019

Clarke, Lorraine Frances (2019) Managing tensions: understanding experiences of climate change in Atlantic Canada through a somatic artist-researcher practice. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2018

Dutta, Debashis (2018) "It's the same rain": using interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore parenting experiences of Bengali speaking immigrants to Canada. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

September 2018

Lanteigne, Isabel (2018) The international field placement experience: a continuous process with learning moments and outcomes. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2018

Minka, Eric (2018) A voice was heard in Ramah: the uncontrollable and uncomfortable tears of Black parents as they navigate complex parenting rules and processes in Toronto. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2017

Fleming, Christiana Kate MacDougall (2017) A social work exploration of distress in childbirth. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

23 July 2017

Calder, Meghan A. (2017) Self-care patterns and burnout in a sample of social workers in Eastern Newfoundland with an organizational context. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2017

Parsons, Ruth Mary (2017) Identifying therapeutic change processes in the treatment of complex trauma: the case of play therapist's perspectives. A qualitative study. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Sheppard, Kelly A. (2017) Sibling placement in foster care: exploring the context and possibility of sibling separation. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Soper-Thistle, Lynsey (2017) Effectiveness of admission criteria in predicting student academic performance in a bachelor of social work program. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

July 2016

Barry, Lynn (2016) Social workers' knowledge of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD): implications for assessment practices with mothers. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2016

Barker, Jaspen J. (2016) Exploring individuals' experiences of time-sensitive practice in rural Newfoundland and Labrador: a qualitative study. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Younis, Corrine L. (2016) Solution-focused practices in child welfare supervision. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

July 2015

Roe, Elizabeth Patterson (2015) Exploring the influence of international social work practicums on career choices and practice approaches. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2015

Chechak, Derek (2015) Professional dissonance as a predictor of job dissatisfaction and psychological distress among social work professionals: a cumulative risk model. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

McConnell, Sheri M (2015) What happens after children tell? a qualitative analysis of narratives of women who as children disclosed intra-familial sexual abuse. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

December 2014

Church, Mary-Jo (2014) Falling through the cracks: an exploratory study regarding the perceived barriers to mental health services for rural and urban Cape Breton youth. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2014

Harrington, Christina (2014) Living with the loss of Canada’s fallen soldiers: a qualitative study of family members' experiences following deaths in combat. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

July 2014

Legge, Rhonda J. (2014) A qualitative evaluation of the home share St. John's pilot program. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

June 2014

Griffin-Fillier, Lorna (2014) The storied self: the effects of spinal cord injury on identity narratives. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2013

Fehr, Linda L. (2013) The meaning of social justice to social work students. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Mayer, Carole R. (2013) Younger women's experiences with distress at time of breast biopsy and diagnosis. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Simons, BriAnna Justine (2013) Is ignorance really bliss?: child welfare workers speak out about their understanding of best practice when working with children exposed to domestic violence. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2011

Neckoway, Raymond (2011) The role of culture in parenting: some Ojibway parents' perspectives. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2011

Duggan, Melinda Mary (2011) Vision rehabilitation services in Newfoundland and Labrador: Identifying the needs, barriers, and pathways. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Hillock, Susan (2011) Conceptualizing oppression : resistance narratives for social work. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2010

Wideman, Gail (2010) Strengthening rural social work practice with older persons - the relevance of intermediate resources in one Newfoundland community. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2009

Ostrander, John Francis (2009) Self-determination meanings in concurrent disorders treatment and recovery experiences: a qualitative study. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Zuk, Gail (2009) Honoring the subjective: an exploration of the self-reflexive portfolio in social work education. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2008

Brown, Marion Isabel (2008) She hits like a girl: contexts and constructs of femininity, use of violence and living in group homes. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Gallagher, Bernadette (2008) Adjusting the lens : parents create change in Ontario's child protection system. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Kielley, Henry Gerard (2008) The impact of admission and transfer policies on long term care clients and their families. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

McKenzie-Mohr, Suzanne (2008) Out from and beyond trauma: women's experiences of the process from rape to living well. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Milliken, Eveline Jean. (2008) Toward cultural safety: an exploration of the concept for social work education with Canadian aboriginal peoples. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Pollett, Karen Gladys (2008) Social work knowledge, values, and skills: improving services to parental caregivers of persons with developmental disabilities. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2007

Robinson, Patricia A. (2007) Mental health research: a path to personal, interpersonal, and political change for participant researchers? Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Scheyett, Anna M. (2007) Clinician impact on consumer decisions regarding psychiatric advance directives. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2006

Devine, Michael C. (2006) Social worker participation in organizational change: input, impacts, and commitment. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

MacDonald, Judy E. (2006) Untold stories: women, in the helping professions, as sufferers of chronic pain (re)storying (dis)ability. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2005

Tobin, Sean W. (2005) Social work and child protection: Is anti-oppressive social work practice relevant and applied in child protection work? Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Tranter, David (2005) Different than dad: a phenomenological exploration of masculine gender role strain. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

February 2003

Armstrong, Mary I. (2003) An empirical study: a model of the pathways between social support, family well being, parenting quality, and child resilience. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2003

Campbell, Carolyn (2003) Struggling for congruency: principles and practices of anti-oppressive social work pedagogy. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

McCarthy, Mary L. (2003) The relationship between supervision and casework retention in county-based child welfare systems. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Olivier, Claude A. (2003) Relationships between income level and work, service use, and informal relations among people living with HIV/AIDS. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Williams-Carawan, Lena (2003) Listening to the voices of the fishing people: how fishers make sense of their lives in today's world. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2002

Dunlop, Judith M. (2002) Managerial perceptions of local collaboration : the Ontario Healthy Babies/Healthy Children example. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Schmidt, Glen G. (2002) How long are you staying?: retention of social workers in northern child welfare practice. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Turner, Linda (2002) Dimensions of creativity in generalist social work practice : constructions and retiring practitioners. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2000

Altpeter, Mary A. (2000) Breast cancer, cultural beliefs and rural women - racial and age differences in intentions to seek care. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Clews, Rosemary A. (2000) Enriching anti-racist social work curriculum: sensitizing concepts from New Brunswick. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1999

Fitzpatrick, Janet M. (1999) Patient-based outcomes : older adults' perceptions of hospital and recovery experiences. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1993

Melendy, Michelle Lynn (1993) The victims' - survivors' perceptions of participating in the Hughes inquiry. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Smith, B. Wayne(Bronson Wayne) (1993) Impaired driving programs : a review of the Canadian experience: what makes for an effective intervention? Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1992

Bennett, Bert J. (1992) Communication, commitment, intimacy, and dyadic perception in lasting marriages: implications for social work assessment and couple therapy. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

28 February 1991

Dunne, Gordon (1991) Stress in child welfare: a study of perceived causes and levels of stress among child welfare workers in Newfoundland and Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

November 1990

Robbins, Dorothy B. (1990) Babies and work: a study of employed parents of infants. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

March 1990

Crawford, Elizabeth A. (1990) Children in care: victims of the system. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1990

Antle, Beverley J. (1990) Guilt, food, and control: three women's experience with eating disorders. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Bolger, Donna M. (1990) Female and male voices in social work revisited: a systematic critique of Liane Davis. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Fagan, Carol(Carol Patricia) (1990) Issues of elderly caregiving: an exploratory study of the caregivers. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Hancock, Doris M. (1990) The procedural analysis of child custody assessment models in cases of marital dissolution. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1989

Barbour, Roy E. (1989) A study of client perceptions of the St. John's Work Activity Project and the perceived benefits of program participation. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Griffin, Dianne (1989) Adolescent pregnancy and changes in family functioning: the views of pregnant adolescents living at home and their mothers. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Skinner, George William Newman (1989) Public perceptions of alcohol problems, treatment policies and treatment services: a Newfoundland perspective. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Smyth, Mary A. (1989) Psychiatrists' and social workers' disclosure practices with regards to the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1988

Foster, Catherine Walsh (1988) The design of an evaluation model for an outpatient alcohol and drug abuse treatment program. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Morris, Richard Joseph (1988) "Confidentiality in social work", the professional secret or the profession's secret?: a study of social workers' knowledge of and attitudes toward confidentiality. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Richler, Sheila M. (1988) Unmarried adolescent motherhood in St. John's,Newfoundland - an assessment profile. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1987

Cameron, Carmen (1987) Social work periodical literature on battered women, 1970-1984: a content analysis. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

French, Geraldine (1987) Rural social work in Canada and the United States : concerns and curricula. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Hurley, Audrey Land (1987) The use of an extended axial model for examining social work core knowledge about early attachment. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Savoury, George Robert (1987) A study of the appeal process for social assistance recipients in Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1986

McCormack, Marilyn Howell (1986) A study of the effectiveness of group counselling as a treatment modality for adolescent female incest victims. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1985

Leland, Caroline Cadwalader (1985) Program evaluation of two residential care group homes in the province of Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Simms, Madonna Dean (1985) An investigation of the school social worker's role as perceived by high school principals in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1984

Carlson, Terry Maxwell (1984) An assessment of factors related to recidivism among adult ex-offenders residing in a community-based residential centre in St. John's, Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Fulcher, Connie E. (1984) Social service organization policies on confidentiality in St. John's, Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

McConnell, Susan Manning (1984) The problem of autonomy : informed consent in social work. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1983

O'Flaherty, Frances O'Neill (1983) A follow-up study of Bachelor of Social Work graduates at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1982

Lawlor, Denise E. (1982) Yalom's 60 item Q-sort of curative factors in group therapy applied to parent training groups. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Nugent, Roxanne Power (1982) A study of victimized daughters' perceptions of mother-daughter dyads in incestuous families. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Vincent, Beverly Ann (1982) A study of outcome in a parent training group in St. John's, Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1981

Browne, Maureen E. (1981) Application of an empirical model of social work practice in a family service agency. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Ma, Connie (1981) Content analysis of periodical literature on social work supervision, 1970-1979. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

August 1980

Pujara, Hardevi Harsha Chanrakant (1980) An examination of familial correlates of child psychiatric disorders. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1980

Johnson, Ruth Jerrett (1980) A study of the need for social workers in the schools in Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Payne, Wayne Howard (1980) A study of some selected family variables and their relationship to the satisfaction of parenthood. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Sheppard, George Mancel (1980) A study of the generational factor in child abuse. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Tucker, Bonita Ann (1980) Enhancing interviewing skills: a structural approach to the initial field placement in social work. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1979

Krishnamoni, Devaki (1979) An investigation into the motives of women seeking therapeutic abortion in Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

August 1978

Newlands, Elizabeth Anne (1978) A study of self concept in women as heads of one-parent families. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1978

Dawe, Clarinda Mary Sharpe (1978) A comparison of the use of support and control in the child-rearing practices of foster parents. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Eddy, Irene Mary (1978) An assessment of foster parents with respect to their adequacy and satisfaction. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Gabriel, Reginald (1978) An examination of authoritarianism in child-rearing attitudes as manifested by foster parents. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Handrigan, Helen Marie (1978) The effects of parenthood status on kinship relations. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Purcell, Bryan Edward (1978) A study of social adjustment among children of one parent families. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.