School of Psychology: Recent submissions
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The experience of guided online therapy: A longitudinal, qualitative analysis of client feedback in a naturalistic RCT
(ACM, 2020)Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) is an effective treatment for depression and anxiety disorders. However longitudinal qualitative research into the client’s subjective experience of this form of ... -
A Socio-Technical Exploration for Reducing & Mitigating the Risk of Retained Foreign Objects
(2018)A Retained Foreign Object (RFO) is a fairly infrequent but serious adverse event. An accurate rate of RFOs is difficult to establish due to underreporting but it has been estimated that incidences range between 1/1000 and ... -
Ethical Issues in the New Digital Era: The Case of Assisting Driving
(Intechopen, 2020)Mobility is associated with driving a vehicle. Age-related declines in the abilities of older persons present certain obstacles to safe driving. The negative effects of driving cessation on older adults’ physical, mental, ... -
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 ... -
Theoretically informed qualitative psychotherapy research: A primer
(2020)This paper presents an introduction to theoretically informed qualitative psychotherapy research (QPR). Although QPR researchers have traditionally remained silent on theory, we suggest this has resulted in an implicit and ... -
A randomised control trial of a culturally adapted cognitive behavioural internet-delivered treatment for depressive symptoms
(2020)Background: Internet-delivered treatments for depressive symptoms have proved to be successful in high-income Western countries. There may be potential for implementing such treatments in low- and middle-income countries ... -
Learning emotion-focused therapy: Certified emotion-focused therapists perspectives.
(2020)Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is an increasingly popular form of humanistic therapy that is spreading internationally through standard training curricula. The empirical investigations of training in EFT has, however, ... -
Emotion-focused therapy for anxiety and depression in women with breast cancer
(2019)Emerging evidence supports the efficacy of transdiagnostic approaches in the treatment of comorbid conditions. Given that both depression and anxiety disorders have been consistently noted as the most common psychological ... -
Efficacy of a Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioural Internet-delivered Treatment for Depression
(2020)Background: Internet-delivered treatments for depressive symptoms have proved to be successful in high-income Western countries. There may be potential for implementing such treatments in low- and middle-income countries ... -
Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Prequel to Face-To-Face Therapy for Depression and Anxiety: A Naturalistic Observation
(2020)Background: The UK’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) program is a stepped-care model treating individuals with depression and anxiety disorders. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) is ... -
The effect of Medial Septum Stimulation on Hippocampal Electrophysiology and Behaviour of Freely Moving Rats
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)This study focuses on the interaction between the medial septum and hippocampus in freely moving animals. To investigate this circuit, we used electrophysiological techniques combined with behavioural tasks. The medial ... -
Taking Stock of Descriptive-Interpretative Qualitative Psychotherapy Research: Issues and Observations from the Front Line. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research.
(2019)The paper offers a perspective on some of the methodological issues present in current qualitative psychotherapy research (QPR). The authors are involved in this type of research (for 20 and 40 years, respectively) as ... -
Cherishing all the Children Equally? Ireland 100 Years on from the Easter Rising
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Health care utilisation by bullying victims: a cross-sectional study of a 9-year-old cohort in Ireland
(2018)Children frequently refrain from disclosing being bullied. Early identification of bullying by healthcare professionals in children may prevent adverse health consequences. The aim of our study was to determine whether ... -
Supported Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Programs for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in University Students: Open, Non-Randomised Trial of Acceptability, Effectiveness, and Satisfaction.
(2018)Background: Many university campuses have limited mental health services that cannot cope with the high demand. One alternative is to use internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) as a way of tackling barriers ... -
The Mental Health Impact of Aphasia: Risk Factors and Moderating Factors
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Previous studies have found associations between aphasia and reduced mood and quality of life outcomes. This study aimed to examine the effects of aphasia type and severity on mood and anxiety levels, and assess the impact ... -
Sam Cromie, Hannah Quinn-Gates, Paul Fagan, Mengistie Rebsso
(2017)Tearfund has implemented a programme of establishing and facilitating a network self-help groups (SHG) comprising the poorest people in Ethiopian Society since 2002. The SHGs follow a carefully defined philosophy based ...
