Doug Symons, Acadia University

Research

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Latest papers

Students Who Raise a Virtual Child Develop a “Relationship” With the Child Related to Their Own Adult Attachment Style: A Case Study of Methodology to Examine Parenting in Cyberspace
2018 · first author
Mathematical language exposed online
2017 · first author
Attachment theory and developmental psychology: Canadian contributions and introduction to the special issue.
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement · 2016 · senior author

All 57 publications

57 publications.

01

Students Who Raise a Virtual Child Develop a “Relationship” With the Child Related to Their Own Adult Attachment Style: A Case Study of Methodology to Examine Parenting in Cyberspace

Douglas K. Symons

2018First author

DOI: 10.4135/9781526429094

02

Mathematical language exposed online

Douglas K. Symons, Robert Scott Pierce

2017First author

03

Attachment theory and developmental psychology: Canadian contributions and introduction to the special issue.

George M. Tarabulsy, Douglas K. Symons

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement20162 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000041

04

“My pet has passed”: Relations of adult attachment styles and current feelings of grief and trauma after the event

Olivia Brown, Douglas K. Symons

Death Studies201525 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2015.1128499 PMID: 26678396

05

Adult attachment style and caregiver attitudes after raising a virtual child

Douglas K. Symons, Stephanie E Adams, Kathleen H. Smith

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships201513 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/0265407515616710

06

Evidence of Psychological Engagement when Raising a Virtual Child

Douglas K. Symons, Kathleen H. Smith

Psychology Learning & Teaching20146 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.2304/plat.2014.13.1.52

07

Development of an attachment‐informed measure of sexual behavior in late adolescence

Alicia L. Szielasko, Douglas K. Symons, E. Lisa Price

Journal of Adolescence201318 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.12.008 PMID: 23414943

08

Sexual Relationship Measure

Alicia L. Szielasko, Douglas K. Symons, E. Lisa Price

PsycTESTS Dataset2013

DOI: 10.1037/t28644-000

09

Commentary: The h-index, graduate student applicants, and comparing rankings: A critique of Carleton et al. (2010).

Douglas K. Symons

Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne20113 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1037/a0022050

10

Sexual Relationships

Douglas K. Symons, Alicia L. Szielasko

20111 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_2625

Frequent collaborators

Sharon Clark

Department of Community Health and Epidemiology

5 shared papers, latest 2009

George Tarabulsy

Sciences sociales

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Symons, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Students Who Raise a Virtual Child Develop a “Relationship” With the Child Related to Their Own Adult Attachment Style: A Case Study of Methodology to Examine Parenting in Cyberspace" (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Doug Symons