People with low self-esteem are more likely stay in unhappy relationships, suggests new research from the University of Waterloo.
Sufferers of low self-esteem tend not to voice relationship complaints with their partner because they fear rejection.
A Nobel laureate whose most recent book is being lauded as the best business book of the year is giving a public lecture about grassroots innovation at the University of Waterloo.
Edmund S. Phelps, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2006, will speak on Thursday, March 5 at the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre.
Sufferers of low self-esteem tend not to voice relationship complaints with their partner because they fear rejection.
“There is a perception that people with low self-esteem tend to be more negative and complain a lot more,” says Megan McCarthy the study’s author and a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology. “While that may be the case in some social situations, our study suggests that in romantic relationships, the partner with low self-esteem resists addressing problems.”
Building a quantum computer can be accomplished by following three simple rules — yet it’s viewed by many as the pinnacle of scientific endeavour.
Estimates suggest that up to 12 per cent of Canadians under the age of 25 are young carers.
The new study surveyed 58 adult and children’s community services in the Waterloo region about the support they offer young carers. The findings revealed that 24 per cent of agencies routinely ask if there is a young person in the household with a client they serve, and less than a quarter of those ask what responsibilities this young person has within the household. More than 58 per cent of the agencies surveyed do not provide any support to their clients' young carers.
Kartik Talwar wanted something more out of the University of Waterloo when he arrived as a student in 2010: information, and lots of it.
It wasn’t that it didn’t exist; it was just in scattered digital nooks and crannies. Talwar, who graduates this year in math and physics, sought a single source from which to shape his student life, a giant repository of data about programs, courses, timetables and services.
So he built one, invited others to contribute and collaborate, and thus added his weight behind the University’s advance into the world of open data.
The annual event this year features the Warriors men's and women's basketball teams playing Western University.
The airplane toss will happen during halftime of the men's game. Members of the public will be able to purchase the paper airplanes, with all proceeds going to KidSport KW. They launch their planes at prizes on and around the court. The plane that lands closest to a prize wins it. Prizes include a wireless speaker system, camping package, weekend getaway and more.
Three Waterloo academics are named among Canada’s Top Natural Sciences and Engineering Researchers for 2015 by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) today.
The work of these researchers is advancing human brain research using computer models, decreasing the environmental impacts of mining and increasing our understanding of invasive species.
The Waterloo Pump was invented in 1978 by University of Waterloo professors Alan Plumtree and Alfred Rudin at the request of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IRDC). The goal was to invent an inexpensive pump that could be manufactured in developing countries with local materials that could be easily repaired by villagers using readily available materials.
Parents of shy babies worry their inhibited children will grow up to be anxious teens and research has shown there is a link between shy children and an increased risk of anxiety problems later in life.
But new research suggests parents can proactively reduce the risk of future anxiety disorders by ensuring they develop a warm and consistently responsive relationship with their shy baby.