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The introduction of a legal framework for Advance Directives in Irish mental health care
(2014-06-03)
Advance directives (ADs) are legal statements or documents, which allow a person to outline treatment preferences and other life choices prior to a mental health crisis. This thesis examines the issues arising in relation ...
Reproducing stigma: Narratives of single women's pregnancy and motherhood in Ireland 1990-2010
(2014-06-06)
This is a study of single women¿s reproduction in Ireland, the investigation of a contemporary phenomenon in its real life context. The study is interested in the temporal nature of experience over an extended time period ...
Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland - Material Culture, Practices, Landscape Setting and Social Context
(2014-02-20)
This thesis develops a new perspective on Late Bronze Age (LBA) Ireland by identifying and analysing patterns of ritual practice in the archaeological record, as well as determining how distinct ritual practices relate to ...
Masquerade, self-invention and the nation: uncovering the fiction of Katherine Cecil Thurston
(2014-03-07)
This dissertation explores the life and works of Cork-born novelist, Katherine Cecil Thurston (1875-1911). Thurston occupies a liminal place in the Irish literary canon in spite of achieving significant transatlantic success ...
'Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin' / 'There's no place like home' A mixed methods exploratory study of ageing in place
(2014-06-06)
Background
Ageing in place refers to the practice of older adults continuing to live in their own homes. Existing research has highlighted both the importance and complexity of ageing in place for older people, however ...
The development and validation of a measure assessing gender role conflict in male adolescents
(2014-01-08)
The purpose of these studies was to develop a psychometrically sound questionnaire that addresses outstanding empirical issues in adolescent gender role conflict and, in so doing, enhance understanding of the negative ...
Children and parents' participation: socio-ecological perspectives on health promotion in schools
(2014-10-31)
Schools are a key setting for health promotion. The development of Health Promoting Schools (HPS) draws on the settings-based approach to health promotion and includes child participation as one of its basic values. The ...
Society, Power and Climate Change: A social critique of public climate change receptivity in Ireland
(2014-09-10)
This project examines public receptivity to climate change in Ireland and how this receptivity is connected to the structure of Irish society and the translation of 'climate change' into that society. It provides a ...
Progressing counter-hegemonies of women's human rights in Ireland: Feminist activists' vernacularisation practices
(2014-10-07)
The realisation of second-wave feminist activists' vision to progress women's rights through their framing as human rights has been limited in Ireland due to constitutive, systemic and movement factors. These factors ...