Lynn Jones : biographical notes

Item is a one page summary of Lynn's life and achievements, prepared for her run in the 1993 Canadian Federal Election

IMPACT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION ON EMPLOYEE INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN RURAL TEXAS COMMUNITIES

Labor and Human Capital,

A Review of Black Psychology Courses across United States’ Colleges and Universities: An Update of Hicks and Ridley (1979)

More than 40 years ago, Hicks and Ridley (1979) asserted the need for Black Studies in psychology across American colleges and universities. Their study is one of few, if not the only, that has examined the frequency and types of course offerings in Black Psychology. Thus, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the current state of Black Psychology course offerings and course types in United States’ colleges and universities. Participants were recruited from 121 United States’ four-year colleges and universities, which included 63 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and 58 U.S. News 2023 Best Psychology schools. Participants included 52 undergraduate teachers of record (i.e., instructors or professors) or their direct university supervisors (including department heads or chairs) who reported on course offerings in Black Psychology for the fall 2022 semester or the past two academic years. Overall, 15 respondents (28% of respondents, from 12% of the departments recruited) reported that their institution offers a course in Black Psychology. A total of 14 respondents (93%) held faculty positions at HBCUs, whereas only 1 respondent (6%) held a faculty position at a predominantly white Institution. Findings suggest that Black Psychology courses are more likely to be offered at HBCUs than other institution types, and much work continues to be necessary for research to help transcend the message of the importance of Black Psychology courses across higher education institution types

The research, design and concept development of a new chair to meet the needs of breastfeeding women and their infants

It has long been recognised that breastfeeding rates in the UK are substantially below an optimal level to promote the health of mothers and infants. While there are many variables which affect a mother's decision to breastfeed a significant factor in the discontinuation of breastfeeding is infant distress, maternal distress and maternal pain and discomfort brought about through poor positioning. Poor positioning is often the result of the wholly unsuitable type of furniture that mothers use to aid breastfeeding whether making use of furniture supplied in hospitals, GP waiting areas and clinics, or making use of the domestic furniture to be found in the family home. However, despite this it remains true that to date, despite a perceived need to design a breastfeeding chair, there has been no published research which has tested furniture designed to assist breastfeeding and there is no furniture currently in production which supports the needs of breastfeeding women. It has been the purpose of this thesis to specifically examine and address these observations and to explore the feasibility of a breastfeeding chair suited to the needs of breastfeeding women. In order to do this the thesis reviews furniture which has been improvised and appropriated for breastfeeding and through a series of case studies, analyses examples of breastfeeding posture in order to generate relevant and unique ergonomic data. Through further allied research, related cultural and medical issues are also identified and discussed in order that an appropriate design brief for a breastfeeding chair might be defined and its specification detailed. Finally, in order to explicate the design process, the thesis traces the development of the chair through prototyping and into its eventual commercial production. The thesis concludes with a critique of that process and recommendations for further research

Time as a shared resource : the effects of depression and behavior verifiability on perceptions of temporal investment

People have a tendency to view themselves in a more favorable light than they do others, a phenomenon termed the egocentric bias (Messick, Bloom, Boldizar, & Samuelson, 1985). Past research has shown that people are more likely to display the bias in situations that are nonverifiable , meaning that there is no way to accurately measure the dimension on which judgments are made (Allison, Messick, & Goethals, 1989). Two experiments tested the hypothesis that only nondepressed individuals in a nonverifiable situation would show the egocentric bias, whereas non depressed subjects in the verifiable condition and depressed subjects in both conditions would not show the bias. In the first experiment, forty-seven introductory psychology students performed a timed task in the laboratory and then made estimations as to how much time they and a partner consumed to complete the task. Analyses revealed that non depressed subjects in the verifiable and non verifiable conditions demonstrated the egocentric bias, and that depressives in both conditions did not show the bias. In the second experiment, fifty apartment residents reported how much time they and their apartmentmates consumed weekly in performing household tasks. The results showed that the egocentric bias emerged in all conditions. These and other findings are discussed in conjunction with previous theoretical work on social and temporal judgments.

Barriers to Mental Healthcare Across Age and Education Level

This study examined the relationship between age and education and perceived barriers to mental health care as measured by the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE-III). Age ranged from 18-92 and ages were divided into three groups (25 and younger, 26-55, 56 and older). Education ranged from no high school diploma (or its equivalent) to doctoral degrees. A moderation analysis was conducted using each BACE-III factor as well as the BACE-III total. A qualitative analysis was also performed. The results indicated little or no relationship existed between age and education level and perceived barriers to mental health care. The qualitative analysis revealed 78% of respondents in the present study would seek care should they need it. A possible explanation for the lack of significant results could be there are not barriers that prevented the sample from seeking care. A more diverse sample might provide different results. Other implications of the findings from the present study are discussed such as a need for further education regarding mental health care and a need for reduction of cost or a change in the perception of cost of care