Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Psychology"
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The adaptive functions of music listening: structure, correlates, and consequences
(2017-01-31)The current thesis involves three studies employing qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods to examine the relationship between music listening and wellbeing. Study 1 used the collective intelligence methodology, ... -
Adolescet self-regulatory and psychological capacities: A 12 month longitudinal study of the impact on positive youth development
(2014-09-29)Positive youth development (PYD) refers to a focus on the developmental characteristics that lead to positive outcomes and behaviours among young people (Benson, 2003). The Five Cs Model of PYD (Lerner et al., 2005) is the ... -
Assessing and training analogical reasoning in young children using relational frame theory
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-23)Analogical responding is pervasive in everyday language and cognition and is a key component in learning. However, despite this, there is as yet relatively little behavioural research on 1) the age of emergence and 2) ... -
Assessing and training early emergent derived relational responding in children with autism
(2015-09-30)Many children with autism fail to develop generative language despite intensive teaching; their language can be described as “rote”. Research in the area of derived stimulus relations, in particular Relational Frame Theory ... -
Assessing and training temporal relational responding in children
(NUI Galway, 2023-12-19)Time is a fundamentally important dimension of human experience and responding adaptively in terms of this dimension is critical to human personal and societal functioning. However, there is an important distinction ... -
Building the evidence base for the development and implementation of an Irish national digital Type 2 Diabetes prevention programme
(NUI Galway, 2022-12-09)Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) represents a major public health concern. Over one million annual deaths worldwide are attributed to the disease, making it the ninth leading cause of mortality. In Ireland, the ... -
Cognition in two languages: bilingualism and second language competency as determinants of cognitive performance
(NUI Galway, 2019-07-15)Introduction. This project emphasises the importance of two aspects in research on bilingualism: (i) the inclusion of multiple language sets to reach generalisable results, which ensures that differences originate in changes ... -
Cognitive functioning in schizophrenia: Characterising the effects of common genetic variation, brain structure, inflammation, and early life adversity
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-08)Schizophrenia is a complex, highly polygenic neuropsychiatric disorder. Individuals with schizophrenia experience neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits that can impact their ability to work, live independently, ... -
Cognitive load and working memory capacity; within and between modality
(NUI Galway, 2018-10)Perceptual load and cognitive load have been assessed in the same method. However, it is proposed they have self-regulating and contradictory effects on the use of attentional resources. The difficulty of distinguishing ... -
Cognitive remediation and social recovery in early psychosis (THE CReSt-R STUDY)
(NUI Galway, 2023-05-11)Background Psychosis, even in its early stages, is associated with significant disability, causing it to be ranked ahead of paraplegia and blindness in those aged 18–35 in terms of years lived with disability. Current ... -
Comorbidity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
(2016-10-21)Comorbidity is defined as the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in the same person (Matson & Nebel-Schwalm, 2007). Comorbidity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a topic that has infrequently been addressed in the ... -
A Comparison of the effects of Sensory-Integration Therapy and Behavioural Intervention on Challenging Behaviour and Academic Performance with Children with Autism
(2012-11)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder and presents as a complex and often puzzling category of conditions. Parents of children with ASD face a dilemma when selecting the most efficient and ... -
Conceptualising and modelling hierarchical classification from a behavioural perspective
(2013-10-03)This thesis involved conceptualising and modelling hierarchical classification from a behavioural perspective. Classification refers to grouping stimuli according to their physical or functional similarity (Barnes-Holmes, ... -
Conscientiousness and cardiovascular reactivity to recurrent acute psychological stress
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-27)Introduction. Conscientiousness is a personality construct encompassing the trait of being careful, vigilant, dutiful, and concerned about the implications of one’s actions. It is a core trait within the five-factor ... -
Cross-cultural judgments of personality and decision-making in job interviews
(NUI Galway, 2023-01-24)Introduction. Humans express their personality through their every-day behaviour. In this way, they provide other humans with cues for detecting personality with a certain degree of accuracy. Accurately judging a ... -
The dark side of humanity: psychopathy, psychiatry and human nature
(2017-10-11)Psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder is generally conceived as a neurophysiological disorder undermining moral reasoning or sentiment, leading to behaviour which contravenes social and moral norms. This psychiatric ... -
Developing a behavior change intervention for physical activity during pregnancy
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-20)Background: Although the benefits of physical activity during pregnancy are well documented in the literature, women’s activity levels often reduce or cease during pregnancy. Moreover, adherence to physical activity ... -
Developing the evidence base for a digital intervention to enhance adherence to medication in people with hypertension
(NUI Galway, 2018-07-17)Background. Hypertension is a chronic condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure. It is a major modifiable risk factor for both cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Hypertension is estimated ... -
Developing the evidence base for preschool social circles: An intervention to support social inclusion for children with autism spectrum disorder
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Background Successful social inclusion in early childhood education is associated with positive outcomes for all children in later life, irrespective of disabilities or complexity of needs. Many children with additional ... -
Development and evaluation of an online hypnosis programme for the treatment of migraine
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-17)This study examined the development and evaluation of an online hypnosis programme for the treatment of migraine. 43 participants who suffered with two or more migraines a month and who satisfied other study criteria ...