Psychology (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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An investigation of error awareness in healthy ageing and a non-invasive approach to its amelioration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)Population ageing has become a global phenomenon. This demographic change flags the remarkable developments made by humanity in recent history, but it also constitutes one of the most challenging problems for contemporary ... -
Parental anxiety, child anxiety and father-child interactons : a longitudinal, multi-method investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)Childhood anxiety represents a serious mental health concern, and there is a great need to identify risk factors influencing both its development and maintenance in order to design effective therapeutic interventions. ... -
The role of persistent primitive reflexes in learning difficulties : an evaluation of a new causal theory of dyslexia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)In a recent study in Belfast by McPhillips, Hepper and Mulhern (2000) the persistence of an early motor reflex, the asymmetric tonic neck reflex (ATNR) was linked to dyslexia. A 100% prevalence of the ATNR was reported in ... -
An investigation into the role of visual and auditory information in evaluations of attractiveness
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)Attraction is the initial basis on which the vast majorities of our friendships and relationships are formed. Information forjudging attractiveness can be derived from any sensory input however the greater part of the ... -
Qualitative research with children : the perspectives of elite researchers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2011)This quantative study investigates the ways in which leading children’s researchers position themselves in their research relationships with children in qualitative research within psychology and the broader ‘childhood ... -
Executive functioning of cognition and emotion in chronic MDMA (ecstasy) users
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)Drugs of abuse produce widespread effects on the structure and function of neurons throughout the brain's reward circuitry, and these changes are believed to underlie the long-lasting phenotypes that characterize addiction. ... -
An exploration of how potential early school leavers and teachers in disadvantaged post primary schools perceive their relationships
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)This research unfolds in disadvantaged secondary school settings and it explores how students at risk for early school leaving and teachers experience their relationships. A model of investigation capable to reach a ... -
Furthering inclusive practices for students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Irish Primary Schools
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)Inclusion of students with autism spectrum disorder has been the focus of the research. Absent from previous research is the focus on how programmes written and designed for the U. S. school system can succeed in Ireland. ... -
Negative body image evaluations in young adolescent boys and girls : assessing an integrative aetiological model
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)The present study provides a unique and timely contribution to Irish and international research focusing on one of the key concerns recently highlighted by young people in this country, that of body image. Recent prevalence ... -
The cognitive psychology of moral reasoning
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)In this thesis, the results of eight experiments are presented investigating he cognitive processes involved in moral reasoning. Two major themes were explored, involving important contemporary debates in moral psychological ... -
The development of the Trinity Early Screening Test for Dyslexia (TEST-D)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2012)The project to develop the Trinity Early Screening Test for Dyslexia (TEST-D) extends over 3 phases. This thesis describes the processes involved in Phase 1. A large battery of prototypical tests in the phonological, ... -
Environmental philosophy, threat and well-being
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2002)This thesis represents a comprehensive attempt to address the dearth of research on relationships between environment and mental health. The aim is to present a novel theoretical and empirical investigation of the links ... -
Alternative therapies in the treatment of development dyslexia in preliterate children: an evaluation of retained reflex replication, vestibular system stimulation and related claims regarding early indicators
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)This study is concerned with the remediation, prediction and causal theories of developmental dyslexia and adopted a longitudinal, multi-factorial design in order to explore three principal claims. Exclusive methods of ... -
Characterisation of executive deficits in attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder and avenues for their remediation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that affects both children and adults and is associated with a range of behavioural and cognitive difficulties. This thesis aims to ... -
The role of cognitive and reward processes in substance use : a cognitive neuroscience approach to understanding drugs of addiction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)Drugs of addiction are widely considered to induce a pathological state which involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behaviour, the decreased and slowed ability to respond to naturally ... -
Reasoning with insight problems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)This thesis reports the results of seven experiments that explore insight problem-solving. Insight problems are characterised as ill-defined problems that present difficulty to most people even though they possess the ... -
Parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders : information, education and family empowerment
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)There is little doubt that the diagnosis of a child with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) may have both negative and positive implications for the family’s wellbeing and way of life. Certainly, many families can have ... -
Against theoretical eclecticism and in support of a unified conceptual framework for autism intervention research
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)This thesis aims to highlight and address two key issues in autism intervention research: (1) the role of theory in autism intervention research; and (2) the practice of theoretical eclecticism in autism intervention and ... -
Human factors competence in aircraft maintenance
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)The research summarised in this thesis sought to better understand the issue of human factors competence as it relates to the work, performed by technicians in the aircraft maintenance industry. An ethnographic study of ... -
Attachment at the transition to adolescence : concordance with concurrent maternal attachment and child's own attachment in infancy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)The study investigated three main sets of research questions derived from attachment theory developed by John Bowlby (1969/1982b, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1988) and Mary Ainsworth (1967, 1982; Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, & Wall, ...
