Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Psychology"
Now showing items 41-60 of 76
-
Exploring the effectiveness and implementation of goal-setting techniques in diabetes self-management interventions and structured education programme
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)Background. The treatment of diabetes consists of ongoing medical care and continuous self-management. Sub-optimal levels of diabetic control are commonly detected in people with diabetes. Therefore, Healthcare Professionals ... -
First-year student well-being and persistence: Building the evidence base and including the student perspective
(NUI Galway, 2022-02)Student persistence is essential to student education attainment and is linked with student motivation to continue with their studies, even when they face challenges. Student persistence during first year of college is ... -
Hooking up as a sexual script: How is consent to sexual activity communicated in an emerging adult university population when mediated by gender and alcohol in the context of societal and cultural norms?
(NUI Galway, 2022-04-25)This thesis presents a mixed-methods study to examine how consent to sexual activity is understood and communicated by Irish college men and women. Additionally, it seeks to examine how injunctive and descriptive norms ... -
An immersive virtual reality behaviour change intervention to support retired and non-working adults to reduce prolonged bouts of sedentary activity
(NUI Galway, 2024-01-25)Background. It is currently understood that prolonged daily sedentary behaviour is independently associated with multiple morbidities and mortality across the adult lifespan. Epidemiological evidence suggests that older ... -
The impact of alcohol consumption on brain networks: Investigating differential effects in bipolar disorder
(NUI Galway, 2022-03-30)Background: Widespread alterations to cortical regions particularly in areas related to reward processes have been described following non-dependent alcohol use and independently in bipolar disorder (BD). Additionally, ... -
The impact of the 2008 Great Recession on the well-being, young adult development, and masculine identity of emerging adult Irish men
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-25)This thesis presents three studies that aim to better understand how the 2008 Great Recession impacted the well-being, masculine identity, and young adult development of young Irish men. Exposure to limited opportunities ... -
The Impact of threat appeals on risky driving behaviours
(2014-03-26)A threat appeal is a form of persuasive communication that aims to change behaviour through the presentation of threatening material. Despite their widespread use in road safety campaigns, the empirical research exploring ... -
Individual differences in the impact of attentional bias training on cardiovascular responses to stress
(2013-03-28)Introduction. The present research examines the effect of threat-related attentional bias - the tendency to direct attention towards information in the environment that is threatening or negative -on anxiety responses to ... -
Interviews with children: An experimental comparison of methods
(2013-02-19)Child-adult interviews are a prominent mode of research and practice in psychology. There is a considerable knowledge-base in forensic interviewing but less is known about interviews in other settings. The aim of the present ... -
Investigating the temporal and phase relations of oscillatory mechanisms involved in auditory binding
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-11)Abstract Introduction: Auditory binding refers to the integration of the components of a sound to form a wholistic percept. The present research explores similarities within visual and auditory binding mechanisms by testing ... -
Investigating the use of the Relational Evaluation Procedure (REP) in children
(2017-03-27)The core aim of this thesis was to explore the use of the Relational Evaluation Procedure (REP) in children, both typically developing, as well as developmentally delayed. The REP (e.g., Stewart, Barnes-Holmes & Roche, ... -
An investigation into public stigma towards depression: measuring, predicting and reducing negative responses among adolescents
(2016-05-13)The current research focuses on how adolescents stigmatise their peers with depression and explores this theme in a series of three interrelated studies. Study 1 tests an empirical model of public stigma towards depression ... -
An investigation into weight mediated conditions as risk factors for the development of autism spectrum disorder in offspring and the application of applied behavior analysis to pre-pregnancy weight behavior
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-03)Obesity (OB) has been identified as one of the greatest health concerns of the present time, due to the universally increasing rates (WHO, 2016). It has been found that a large proportion of the rise of OB is among women ... -
An investigation of a precision teaching intervention programme as a tier 2 intervention targeting foundational reading skills with at risk readers
(2015-02-06)This thesis describes the first application of a Tier 2 intervention programme targeting fluency in foundational reading skills with at risk Senior Infant readers (n=36). The PT intervention programme combined: (a) fluency ... -
An investigation of reading abilities and the impact of programmed instruction on reading outcomes in children with autism specrtum disorder
(NUI Galway, 2018-05-11)This thesis investigates reading abilities and programmed instruction, i.e., instruction that is scripted and sequenced, with explicit learning goals, based on the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis, in children with ... -
Medication adherence among people living with multimorbidity: prevalence, predictors and intervention options
(NUI Galway, 2023-01-10)Background. Multimorbidity refers to the presence of multiple chronic conditions in an individual person. The prevalence of multimorbidity is increasing globally, presenting a significant challenge for healthcare systems ... -
Medication adherence in resistant hypertension: An investigation of prevalence, psychological predictors and patient perspectives
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)Background: Resistant hypertension is a chronic condition in which the arterial blood pressure remains persistently above goal despite concurrent treatment with three or more antihypertensive agents of different classes. ... -
Mindfulness and critical thinking: structural relations, short-term state effects, and long-term intervention effects
(2016-12-14)Background - In recent years, many claims have been made regarding the application of mindfulness practice to the improvement of everyday thinking skills. Everyday thinking skills are best measured using assessments ... -
Modelling social support in the laboratory: Effects on cardiovascular function.
(2013-02-20)Introduction. The present research examines the utility and validity of social support - that aspect of social relationships involving the provision and receipt of emotional or tangible assistance - as a buffer of ... -
Neurocognitive effects of risk factors for psychosis: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies of immune-related genetic and environmental factors
(NUI Galway, 2020-04-16)Schizophrenia (SZ) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that afflicts approximately 1% of people worldwide. It is often characterized by hallucinations, sometimes by emotional blunting, and in a majority of cases by a ...