Myron D Friesen
Biographic Data
| ID | 191839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Myron D Friesen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Myron D |
| FAMILY NAME | Friesen |
| SIGNATURE | FRIESEN M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0683-0307 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘Owning up’, ‘distracting myself’, ‘accepting it and getting on with life’
This study examines how young people in Aotearoa New Zealand identify and respond to stressors in their everyday lives, with a focus on strategies perceived as helpful or unhelpful. Using open-ended survey responses, 475 participants aged 16–21 identified a recent stressor and described the most and least helpful ways they coped. Inductive content analysis identified seven categories of stressors, including relational challenges, performance pres…
Predictors of young children’s problematic screen media use in Aotearoa New Zealand
The Interactional Theory of Childhood Problematic Media Use (IT-CPU) outlines distal, proximal, and maintaining factors that can directly and indirectly influence children’s development of problematic media use (PMU). However, our understanding of the interplay across these factors remains limited due to the scarcity of studies explicitly testing the full IT-CPU. To address this gap, we employed hierarchical linear regression to explore the relat…
A national New Zealand study of childhood non-offending contact with police and later offending in adolescence
This study examined the prevalence and nature of children’s contact with police, and how data collected by police during these events may predict children’s later offending behaviour as an adolescent. We employed national data (1999 – 2015) from Aotearoa New Zealand to examine the range of events in which children encounter police during their investigation of an incident or alleged offense, children’s roles during these events, and their sociode…
The psychological salience of religiosity and spirituality among Christian young people in New Zealand
This mixed-methods exploratory study examined the psychological salience of religiosity and \nspirituality in a sample of young people (ages 16–21, M age = 18.9 years; SD = 1.36) from \nNew Zealand. Participants completed a cross-sectional online questionnaire with both \nqualitative and quantitative questions that assessed subjective perceptions of religion and \nspirituality and theoretically linked social and cognitive (motivation and identity…
Teachers as first responders in tragedy
Intergenerational changes in the context of early motherhood
Population level shifts in the timing of parenting onset and family composition have been well documented. However, the impacts of these changes on the life course experiences of high risk, teen and younger mothers remain poorly understood To address this issue, this paper examined intergenerational changes in the family formation and parenting experiences of teen and younger mothers who gave birth in the 1970s and the 2000s (G2, N = 108). The st…
Intergenerational Changes in the Context of Early Motherhood
Population level shifts in the timing of parenting onset and family composition have been well documented. However, the impacts of these changes on the life course experiences of high risk, teen and younger mothers remain poorly understood. To address this issue, this paper examined intergenerational changes in the family formation and parenting experiences of teen and younger mothers who gave birth in the 1970s and the 2000s (G2, N = 108). The s…
Teacher identity development in the first year of teacher education
Quality of Parent–Child Relations in Adolescence and Later Adult Parenting Outcomes
Data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a 30‐year prospective longitudinal study, were used to examine the associations between the quality of parent–child relations in adolescence and adult parenting behaviour 15 years later. At ages 14 and 15 years, cohort members were interviewed about the quality of their relationship with their parents. At age 30, those who had become parents underwent a parenting assessment using self‐repor…
Exploring the lay representation of forgiveness
Four studies employing a prototype approach tested the convergent and discriminant validity of a lay forgiveness representation. In Study 1, participants nominated a wide range of forgiveness features. In Study 2, participants rated the centrality of forgiveness features, which created a reliable graded structure from central to peripheral features. Study 3 tested the convergent validity of this lay forgiveness representation while controlling fo…
A dyadic assessment of forgiveness in intimate relationships
This study investigated forgiveness by examining couples’ recollections and perceptions of specific incidents of transgressions in their relationships. The results replicated previous research but also produced some novel findings. Results showed that more positive attributions and relationship quality independently predicted higher internal forgiveness, whereas expressed forgiveness was related only to relationship quality. Overall, the sample w…
Mapping the Intimate Relationship Mind
This study compared three models of how attachment working models might be cognitively represented. Model 1 posits that attachment representations consist of a single global working model summarizing attachment across specific relationships and domains. Model 2 proposes three independent working models for the relationship domains of family, platonic friendships, and romantic partners. Model 3 postulates that specific relationship models are nest…
Teacher identity development in the first year of teacher education
Teachers as first responders in tragedy
Quality of Parent–Child Relations in Adolescence and Later Adult Parenting Outcomes
Data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a 30‐year prospective longitudinal study, were used to examine the associations between the quality of parent–child relations in adolescence and adult parenting behaviour 15 years later. At ages 14 and 15 years, cohort members were interviewed about the quality of their relationship with their parents. At age 30, those who had become parents underwent a parenting assessment using self‐repor…
Mapping the Intimate Relationship Mind
This study compared three models of how attachment working models might be cognitively represented. Model 1 posits that attachment representations consist of a single global working model summarizing attachment across specific relationships and domains. Model 2 proposes three independent working models for the relationship domains of family, platonic friendships, and romantic partners. Model 3 postulates that specific relationship models are nest…
A dyadic assessment of forgiveness in intimate relationships
This study investigated forgiveness by examining couples’ recollections and perceptions of specific incidents of transgressions in their relationships. The results replicated previous research but also produced some novel findings. Results showed that more positive attributions and relationship quality independently predicted higher internal forgiveness, whereas expressed forgiveness was related only to relationship quality. Overall, the sample w…
Exploring the lay representation of forgiveness
Four studies employing a prototype approach tested the convergent and discriminant validity of a lay forgiveness representation. In Study 1, participants nominated a wide range of forgiveness features. In Study 2, participants rated the centrality of forgiveness features, which created a reliable graded structure from central to peripheral features. Study 3 tested the convergent validity of this lay forgiveness representation while controlling fo…
Quality of Parent–Child Relations in Adolescence and Later Adult Parenting Outcomes
Data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a 30‐year prospective longitudinal study, were used to examine the associations between the quality of parent–child relations in adolescence and adult parenting behaviour 15 years later. At ages 14 and 15 years, cohort members were interviewed about the quality of their relationship with their parents. At age 30, those who had become parents underwent a parenting assessment using self‐repor…
Intergenerational changes in the context of early motherhood
Population level shifts in the timing of parenting onset and family composition have been well documented. However, the impacts of these changes on the life course experiences of high risk, teen and younger mothers remain poorly understood To address this issue, this paper examined intergenerational changes in the family formation and parenting experiences of teen and younger mothers who gave birth in the 1970s and the 2000s (G2, N = 108). The st…
Intergenerational Changes in the Context of Early Motherhood
Population level shifts in the timing of parenting onset and family composition have been well documented. However, the impacts of these changes on the life course experiences of high risk, teen and younger mothers remain poorly understood. To address this issue, this paper examined intergenerational changes in the family formation and parenting experiences of teen and younger mothers who gave birth in the 1970s and the 2000s (G2, N = 108). The s…
Teacher identity development in the first year of teacher education
Teachers as first responders in tragedy
The psychological salience of religiosity and spirituality among Christian young people in New Zealand
This mixed-methods exploratory study examined the psychological salience of religiosity and \nspirituality in a sample of young people (ages 16–21, M age = 18.9 years; SD = 1.36) from \nNew Zealand. Participants completed a cross-sectional online questionnaire with both \nqualitative and quantitative questions that assessed subjective perceptions of religion and \nspirituality and theoretically linked social and cognitive (motivation and identity…
A national New Zealand study of childhood non-offending contact with police and later offending in adolescence
This study examined the prevalence and nature of children’s contact with police, and how data collected by police during these events may predict children’s later offending behaviour as an adolescent. We employed national data (1999 – 2015) from Aotearoa New Zealand to examine the range of events in which children encounter police during their investigation of an incident or alleged offense, children’s roles during these events, and their sociode…
‘Owning up’, ‘distracting myself’, ‘accepting it and getting on with life’
This study examines how young people in Aotearoa New Zealand identify and respond to stressors in their everyday lives, with a focus on strategies perceived as helpful or unhelpful. Using open-ended survey responses, 475 participants aged 16–21 identified a recent stressor and described the most and least helpful ways they coped. Inductive content analysis identified seven categories of stressors, including relational challenges, performance pres…
Predictors of young children’s problematic screen media use in Aotearoa New Zealand
The Interactional Theory of Childhood Problematic Media Use (IT-CPU) outlines distal, proximal, and maintaining factors that can directly and indirectly influence children’s development of problematic media use (PMU). However, our understanding of the interplay across these factors remains limited due to the scarcity of studies explicitly testing the full IT-CPU. To address this gap, we employed hierarchical linear regression to explore the relat…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aotearoa (2 works) · Categorization (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)