Browsing Psychology (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Developing emotion focused therapy for CAD in women with breast cancer : an analysis of six case studies
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)Aims: The aim of the current study is to develop a variant of Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for Comorbid Anxiety and Depression (CAD) in women with breast cancer by presenting a series of case studies followed by a cross ... -
Development and validation of objective measures of brain maintenance and cognitive reserve
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2021)Age-related cognitive decline is an increasingly important societal issue, given projected increases in the proportion of older adults in the coming decades. Early identification of cognitive decline will enable earlier ... -
The development of brain markers for conscious awareness in infancy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)One of the great frontiers of consciousness science is understanding how early consciousness arises in the development of the human infant. Although each of us was once a baby, infant consciousness remains mysterious, not ... -
Development of the RISKRES: Screening for risk factors and resilience contributing towards suicidality in adolescents and young people
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Youth suicide is a societal issue which warrants attention. The purpose of this study was to develop a psychometrically sound method to measure both risk factors and resilience as potential predictors of suicidality for ... -
A Developmental Systems Investigation of Language Development in the Context of Preterm Birth
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)Preterm birth (< 37 weeks gestation) affects approximately 10% of births worldwide and is a public health concern given the developmental risks that it poses (World Health Organisation, 2023). While preterm birth is ... -
Discourse and difference : 'New Irish' in the media
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)This thesis presents a discourse analytic study of Irish newspaper talk about those described as refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. The analysis looks at newspaper talk from two leading Irish newspapers. The Irish ... -
Dissemination of evidence-based practice to frontline staff working in the field of intellectual disability: An evaluation of training protocols, intervention compliance, and generalisation.
Individuals with intellectual disabilities have the right to the highest standard of service provision. However, reports indicate that the practice of hiring personnel without suitable professional qualifications, is a ... -
Dual information processing of cardiovascular disease risk perception : an examination of the Extended Parallel Process Model
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2017)The overall objective of this thesis was to examine dual information processing of CVD risk communications through empirical manipulations of both information processing modes (cognitive and affective), and to examine the ... -
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 ... -
Early Parenting Practices, Child School Readiness and Early Academic Performance
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)School readiness and early academic achievement are fundamental to children¿s long-term academic performance, as well as social, physical, and mental health later in life. Thus, one salient goal for educators, researchers ... -
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 ... -
An Electrophysiological Investigation into Temporal Factors in Human Perceptual Decision-Making
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)At any given moment, the human brain receives a barrage of noisy sensory signals that convey important information about events taking place in the surrounding world. In order to function optimally in our environment we ... -
Elucidating multisensory interactions in synaesthesia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)This work examines synaesthesia; a neurodevelopmental phenomenon widely believed to be the result of aberrant cross-talk from one cortical area to another. A number of behavioural measures were used to assess the nature ... -
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 ... -
Endogenous and Exogenous Factors Shaping Visual Development in Early Infancy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2023)The human mind is capable of forming elaborate concepts and models of the world and manipulating them so that it can adapt to complex, rapidly changing environments. In contrast with that, machine learning methods and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of movement programmes in the treatment of dyslexia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)Developmental dyslexia, or specific learning difficulty, is a prevalent condition, affecting up to 10% of the population, which can be severely disabling without early diagnosis and persistent and intensive remediation. ... -
An evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of a group based cognitive behavioural treatment for individuals with social anxiety disorder and an exploration of the moderators & mediators that influence treatment outcomes
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Relatively few studies on social anxiety disorder have addressed the issue of moderators and mediators of treatment outcome. This thesis had several aims. The first was to evaluate the effectiveness of an Irish community-based ... -
Evaluation of the wireless dry EEG Cumulus platform to conduct neurocognitive research
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2023)The identification and validation of reliable brain biomarkers to characterize neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders can be laborious and generally relies on time-consuming brain imaging methods. Brain activity ...