Browsing Psychology (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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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 ... -
Unlocking the Campus Mind: Unveiling the Relationship between Childhood Experiences & College Students' Mental Health via Mixed-Methods Inquiry.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)Background: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are a universal problem with serious impacts on mental and physical health. The current literature suggests that ACEs have a detrimental impact on college student's mental ... -
Using neurofeedback and machine learning to investigate the role of Beta oscillations in response inhibition
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2022)Response inhibition is the ability to flexibly suppress unwanted or inappropriate actions, and it is a core component of healthy executive control. Impaired response inhibition is characteristic of a wide range of psychiatric ... -
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 ... -
What is psychosis? Exploring the Nature and Correlates of Psychotic Symptoms in the General Population and Former Residents of Institutional Care Facilities
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2022)Background: The extant literature indicates that the distinction between affective and non-affective psychotic symptoms is arbitrary. Emerging evidence indicates that psychosis may be best represented as a multidimensional ... -
Who does iCBT work for and why: predicting and understanding treatment outcomes in depression
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)At any given moment, depression directly affects 5% of the population, and indirectly impacts many more others. Effectively tackling this condition has remained at the forefront of psychiatry research. In the challenging ... -
Why it happened and how it could have been different : a comparison of causal and counterfactual thinking
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)The aim of this thesis was to compare two pervasive forms of human thinking : causal thinking about why an outcome happened (e.g., "I failed because I didn’t try") and counterfactual thinking about how an outcome could ...