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Coping and anxiety: an examination of different drinking patterns in an Irish population
(Dublin Business School, 2004)The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different drinking patterns in an Irish population on ability to cope with stress. Coping ability comprised approach coping responses, avoidance coping responses ... -
Dual diagnosis and the homeless population of Dublin
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The aims of this study are twofold, firstly the study acts as a prevalence estimate for the number of dually diagnosed homeless people, and secondly, the study aims to test the hypothesis that those homeless persons with ... -
Effects on students opinions, attitudes and behaviour, in relation to smoking, drinking and drug use, based on school policy to test or not
(Dublin Business School, 2004)This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of school's policy of prevention based on their policy to test for alcohol and drugs The experimental hypotheses were; that students from schools with a policy to test, ... -
An examination of the effectiveness of a drug education programme
(Dublin Business School, 2003)The primary aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a drug education programme in a Local Drug Task Force Area, through an outcome evaluation. Specifically, the study examined the effectiveness of a drug ... -
Examining addiction on the measures of personality and Alexithymia : a pilot study
(Dublin Business School, 2006)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality and addiction, using the Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ-R), and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). The use of these instruments ... -
An exploratory study of grief in the workplace : what do employers need to know?
(Dublin Business School, 2010)Despite the inevitability of death and the high probability that most, if not all of us, will experience a loss through the death of a close blood relation, spouse, partner, friend, neighbour or work colleague, a person‟s ... -
Individuals with diagnosed mental illness and an examination of satisfaction with services provided
(Dublin Business School, 2007)Objective: This research project set out to evaluate the prevalence of substance abuse disorders in individuals seeking support for mental illness. It also aimed to evaluate the satisfaction of those individuals in relation ... -
An investigation into harm reduction measures that may be used in homeless emergency shelters
(Dublin Business School, 2009)Research has shown that homeless drug users engage in more sharing of injecting equipment than non-homeless drug users and are, therefore, at greater risk of infection form a blood borne virus (Donoghoe et aI, 1992). It ... -
An investigation into secondary school students' views on the national substance abuse prevention programme
(Dublin Business School, 2010)Substance addiction continues to be a widespread and pervasive aspect of modem Irish society. The primary prevention effort directed at adolescents consists of the secondary school substance abuse prevention programme, 'On ... -
An investigation into the alcohol and substance use habits and experiences of ABI survivors
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The aim of the current study was to examine the function alcohol and substances serve for the ABI/TBI individual, to explore the ABI/TBI individuals' experiences with alcohol and substance use before and after their injury. ... -
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 ... -
A qualitative study on the benefits of counselling with long term injured amateur footballers
(Dublin Business School, 2012)This study looks at understanding the perception of mental health in amateur sport focussing on long term injured athletes. The views of athletes were sought to gain a personal account of experience and the views of ... -
A study of motivations amongst contemporary trainee counsellors for pursuing a career in psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The aim of this study is to discover what the motivations are of trainee counsellors and psychotherapists for wanting a career in psychotherapy. The research was carried out in the form of an 8 question survey which was ...