Browsing by Subject "Developmental psychology"
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Effects of physical exercise on recall of concrete and abstract words in pre-adolescents
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aims of the current study were to; establish the effect of physical exercise in the recall of concrete and abstract words and to explore whether recall of words would vary across genders. 35 participants; 14 females ... -
Environmental attitudes, connection to nature, and conscientiousness of primary school participants in a green-school programme
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Research focused on the effects of participation in a green-school programme, connection to nature, conscientiousness and parental environmental attitudes on the pro-environmental attitudes of primary school children. Study ... -
An evaluative study outlining the experiences and consequences of four people from residential care - from theory to practice
(Dublin Business School, 2001)This study explores the impact of Residential Care on forming relationships in life. The research was designed to determine what kind of relationship difficulties are experienced by individuals who had been raised in ... -
Examining the relationship between : English as a second language on self-esteem; self-efficacy; confidence; stress and anxiety
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The study conducted is to show the relationship of language speaking and its effects on self-esteem, self-efficacy, anxiety, confidence and stress within secondary language speakers. The achievement of the study was done ... -
An exploration of factors that affect life satisfaction and self-esteem on young adults in Ireland
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The purpose of this study is to explore, analyse and report on some of the factors that may or may not impact on the levels of life satisfaction and self-esteem on a population of young adults between the ages of 25 to 45 ... -
An Exploration of the Unconscious through the writing of a Play
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The Study of Creativity and the Unconscious has its roots in many disciplines, from Education, Spirituality, to Psychology. 'Imagination is now recognised as an indispensible resource in human life' (Shorr, 1983). Jung ... -
An exploratory study looking at attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the role that schools play in helping children with ADHD
(Dublin Business School, 2004)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is believed to have a prevalence rate of between three and six per cent of school going children (APA, 1994). This would make it the most prevalent of childhood behavioural ... -
Exploring the difference in the brains executive control between monolingual and bilingual adolescents
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of this study is to investigate the link between executive control and the number of languages an individual speaks. The study utilised a between subjects, correlational quasi experimental design. The independent ... -
Facebook use and its relationship with personality traits, self-esteem, and internet self-efficacy among college students
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Social networking sites like Facebook are used by thousands of people every day. This study explores Facebook intensity and its relationship with personality traits, self-esteem, and internet self-efficacy. Data was used ... -
Factors Influencing Sexist Attitudes
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The study aim was to investigate whether greater exposure to pornographic materials would be associated with more traditional attitudes about women in relation to mixed-sex versus single-sex school type attendence, ... -
Gender and SES effects on multidimensional self-concept development during adolescence
(Dublin Institute of Technology, 2013)The present study constitutes an integral part of the Dublin Child Development Study, a longitudinal study which began in 1986 and which has had eight waves of data collection since its inception. Using data collected ... -
Green schools action on energy. Can children’s knowledge and attitudes influence their parents to help the environment?
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Global warming, overpopulation, overflowing landfills, ozone depletion, acid rain, loss of green space, water pollution and species extinction are all problems that are primarily, if not exclusively, caused by human ... -
The importance of positive parenting as the resource for parentally bereaved children and its use as the foundation for a family bereavement program
(Dublin Business School, 2012)This study set out to identify the parental experience and the social support that was offered for a distinct group of parentally bereaved adolescents aged 12-17 in the 1980s working in Ireland. The study will then compare ... -
Investigating the effect religiosity and age has on death anxiety
(Dublin Business School, 2007)This study aims to examine the relationship between religiosity and death anxiety, namely to test the hypoFinal Year Project that higher rates of religiosity will decrease the level of death anxiety. The second hypoFinal ... -
Investigating the effects birth order has on personality, self-esteem, satisfaction with life and age
(Dublin Business School, 2014)This study aims to investigate the controversial concept of birth order and its effects on personality, self-esteem and satisfaction with life between 18-40 years of age and over 40 years of age. Participants (n=200) ... -
An investigation into a psychological model on young people’s help-seeking behaviours
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The purpose of this study was to investigate a psychological model on young people’s help-seeking behaviours. A quantitative cross sectional design was utilised. A sample of 185 adolescents (M=93, F=92) from one secondary ... -
An investigation into the psychological model on young people's help-seeking behaviours
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate a psychological model on young people’s help-seeking behaviours. A quantitative cross sectional design was used with a sample of 185 adolescents (M=93, F=92) from one secondary ... -
An investigation into the relationship between birth-order and levels of self-efficacy and motivation in emerging adulthood
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between birth-order and levels of self-efficacy and motivation in emerging adulthood, and to discover whether gender differences exist between these variables. ... -
An investigation of how parents' and their adult children's views of each other converge or diverge
(Dublin Business School, 2007)A person's perception of self and how it is formed, maintained, modified and evaluated has great significance and implications in every area of a person's life. Theorists believe in early childhood parental perception and ... -
An investigation to study if psychotherapists are more securely attached than the general population
(Dublin Business School, 2012)Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1988) holds that the relationship between the child and the primary caregiver strongly influenced the development of the child’s internal working models. As the child develops through adolescence ...