Psychology (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Identifying Context Specific Risk Among Trauma-exposed PSNI Personnel
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2021)Background: The risks associated with police work can have a significant impact on the mental health of police officers and staff. The extant literature primarily highlights the impacts of organisational and operational ... -
MEASURING PERFORMANCE AMONG COMMUNITY MIDWIVES IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY IN SUDAN
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2021)Sudan faces remarkable health workforce challenges including shortages and skewed geographical distribution. The complexity of the health workforce landscape, the country’s volatile geopolitical climate, and an ... -
The Relationship Between Problematic Appearance Comparisons on Social Media, Self-Compassion and Body Dissatisfaction
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2021)Body dissatisfaction is a prevalent and problematic issue among young adults and adolescents and can be heightened with social media use. However, little is known about precisely how social media influences the appearance ... -
The Impact of Natural Aging on Perceptual Decision Making
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)The transformation of incoming sensory information into an appropriate motor response is known as perceptual decision making, and constitutes a key computation within the human brain. Mathematical models have proved extremely ... -
Towards the Successful Implementation of Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions: Implementing Problem Management Plus for Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Despite available evidence on effective psychological interventions, in low and middle income countries most forcibly displaced persons with mental health problems do not receive any type of mental health care. The last ... -
Father-Child Conversation and the Development of Executive Function during the Preschool Period
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)The present thesis sought to add to the body of research demonstrating the importance of the early father-child interactive environment for child executive function (EF) development. In particular, this thesis focussed on ... -
Putting touch into context: investigating tactile perception in body-based and object-based contexts
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)The present thesis consists of two themes. The first theme aims to expand our understanding of how the visual body context influences visuo-tactile interactions for nonspatial perception and the potential role of body ... -
Behavioural and Electrophysiological Aspects of Error Processing in Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Ageing
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)An inherent aspect of healthy, non-pathological ageing is a marked decline in cognitive ability across a distributed network of functions. One feature of this reduced cognitive capacity is a diminution in the ability to ... -
Investigating Polyvictimisation in Child Abuse Cases: A multi-method study within a Danish Child Protection Context
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Background: Child maltreatment is a universal problem with serious impacts on mental and physical health. The extant literature suggests that different forms of childhood harms tend to co-occur and that exposure to multiple ... -
Negotiating life with laughter. A grounded theory
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Using a classic Glaserian grounded theory methodology, the phenomenon of laughter was initially investigated in a broad sense. Grounded theory does not require, or recommend the commencement of investigative work which ... -
Viral Hepatitis C Associated Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Ireland in the Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) Era
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Background & Aims: Neurocognitive dysfunction is common in the setting of cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy in individuals infected with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). However, neurocognitive dysfunction has also been ... -
Investigating the Shared and Distinct Mechanisms Underpinning Perceptual Decision-Making and Metacognition
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)In order to successfully adjust to changes and learn in the sensory environment, humans must be able to detect whether or not decisions are based on reliable sources of information. Because we cannot always depend on the ... -
An exploration of caregivers' and peers' support-giving responses to adolescents showing signs of depression.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Background: Adolescent depression is linked to significant impairment, recurrence in adulthood, heightened risk of suicide, and increased all-cause mortality (Schubert, Clark, Van, Collinson, & Baune, 2017; Shore, Toumbourou, ... -
Managerial Practices to Ensure the Well-being of Humanitarian Volunteers: A Realist Evaluation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Background: Humanitarian aid workers are at an increased risk of adverse mental health outcomes due to the nature of their work. Research on the mental health outcomes of volunteer humanitarian workers, who constitute the ... -
A National Evaluation of the Counselling in Primary Care Service (CIPC)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Until this study, there were no national data for the effectiveness of counselling or psychotherapy provided in the primary care context in the Republic of Ireland. The government policy document Vision for Change states ... -
Under pressure? Stress and coping in adolescents during preparation for the Leaving Certificate
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Introduction: This study explores the concepts and experiences of stress and coping for adolescents who are preparing to sit the Irish Leaving Certificate examinations. Methodology: An Inductive Thematic Analysis approach ... -
A qualitative study of dropout from an internet-delivered CBT intervention for adults with depression and anxiety
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Despite the efficacy and widespread use of online-delivered psychological interventions, treatment dropout remains a problem that for the most part is poorly understood. This qualitative study investigated the subjective ... -
The neurocognitive correlates of compulsivity
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)The shortcomings of classic psychiatric nosology, such as the vast similarity across and heterogeneity within disorder categories, have limited progress in psychiatric research. In this thesis, we outline three neurocognitive ... -
The Psychological Basis of Aesthetic Preferences: Insights from Facial Attractiveness and Architectural Appreciation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Aesthetic experience is personal and yet universal. It has long been an intriguing subject of interest for philosophers and psychologists alike. Though even without consciously contemplating beauty, our aesthetic preferences ...
