Psychology (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Exploring the association between emotion-driven impulsivity, motives to drink, mindfulness and alcohol misuse
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Trait impulsivity is a reliable, robust predictor of alcohol misuse, although evidence increasingly supports a multifaceted model of impulsivity, whereby unique dimensions interact with emotional states, motives to drink, ... -
Predictive and explanatory models of cigarette smoking: Computational approaches to understanding nicotine addiction
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, causing 6 million deaths every year (WHO, 2011). Most people try smoking for the first time in adolescence (O?Loughlin et al., 2014), making this a critical ... -
An analysis platform and tools to understand the dynamics of neuronal encoding in rodents
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)The principal goal of the proposed project is to develop a data analysis framework that incorporates analytical methods for the study of cognitive map represented by neurons in vivo recorded from chronically implanted ... -
Factors Associated with Decision Making Capacity in Older Adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Abstract: Making our own decisions goes to the heart of our autonomy. Increasingly decision making capacity (DMC) of older adults is questioned. The aim of this study was to explore DMC in older people and examine for ... -
Enhancing Self-determination in Children with Autism via Behavioural Interventions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are thought to experience a much lower quality of life (QoL) than the general population across the lifespan. Emotional well-being (i.e., happiness) is considered one of the ... -
The effects of crime on Irish victims : psychological and organisational perspectives
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)"The Effects of Crime on Irish Victims: Psychological and Organisational Perspectives" is, as its name suggests, an investigation of the impact of criminal victimisation in Ireland from both a psychological and a victim ... -
Online treatments for depression : a radomised controlled trial on an adult student population
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)Background: Depression is a serious and growing mental health concern with associated economic, social and personal costs. Depression can be effectively treated, however, only a small percentage of those who suffer, receive ... -
Contributing factors to the experience of Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) before and after treatment with chemotherapy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Cancer and cancer treatment can have substantial and long-lasting physical, psychological and social repercussions that can significantly diminish quality of life (QOL). This thesis focussed on cancer-related fatigue (CRF), ... -
Body, self and world : the embodied experience of chronic illness and medical technology
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)Illness and medical treatment profoundly alter how we experience the body and relate to our worlds. The aim of this thesis is to carry out a conceptual and empirical analysis of the role of the body in the experience of ... -
A novel intervention devised to address the needs of high-functioning children with autism, based on the principles of Drama in Education Cognitive and Behavioural theories
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)This study is an action research project which sets out to introduce, develop and evaluate an intervention model specifically designed to meet the needs of high functioning children with autism, integrating principles from ... -
Children's & mothers' experiences of parenting & parent-child relationships in lone-mother households
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)This qualitative study of children's and mothers' experiences of living in a one-parent household set out to investigate how parenting practices and family relationships are negotiated, understood and experienced by children ... -
Mother-infant interaction : the case of infant siblings of children with ASD at 9, 12 and 18 months
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)This dissertation is a longitudinal, observational study of the interactive behaviours of mother-infant dyads where the infant is more likely to receive an autism diagnosis (SibsA), as they have an older sibling who has ... -
Processes and patterns in the development and maintenance of stepparent-stepchild relationships
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)This thesis is an investigation of the processes underlying the development and maintenance of stepparent-stepchild relationships and the patterns that characterize these relationships. Underlying the conceptual focus on ... -
Caregivers’ perspectives of their relative’s admission
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)Caregivers often act as invisible pillars of support to both the service user and their adjoined mental health service. Caregiving can have a profound positive and negative effect on the caregiver’s health and relationship ... -
A neuroimaging study of impulsivity in risky and safe drivers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)Males and individuals under the age of 25 are injured or killed while driving more than other demographic groups. While this overrepresentation is said to be the result of a greater number of aberrant driving behaviours ... -
Emotion expression in post-MI/PCI patients : the effects of two types of social sharing on psychological and physiological outcomes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is currently the world’s major cause of death, killing 17 million people a year (World Health Organisation; WHO, 2011). In Ireland 10,000 people die each year from CVD (33% of all deaths), half ... -
Dual Process Interventions for Diagnostic Reasoning Among Medical Students and Junior Doctors
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2018)The aim of this thesis was to examine cognitive interventions to enhance diagnostic accuracy based on the dual process model of analytical and non-analytical reasoning. The work sought to use the model as an organising ... -
An investigation of the effects of coordinatio training on cognitive function in older adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2018)The world?s population is ageing. It is well known that the ageing process causes progressive loss of various cognitive functions and physical capacities. Modern neuroimaging techniques have shown that these changes are ... -
Assessing the efficacy of a culturally adapted cognitive-behavioural internet-delivered treatment for depression
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2018)Background: Depressive disorders are the principal cause of disability in the world, with an upward trend in prevalence in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Depression can be effectively treated, however, several ... -
How do community health committees build capacity for community health systems strenghtening? A realist evaluation in Uganda
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2018)Background: Community-based interventions are widely accepted as an integral component of decentralisation strategies aimed at reducing inequity in health and achieving Primary Health Care for All within less resourced ...
