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Airbrushing disclaimer effects on female student's self-esteem, body satisfaction, and internalisation of the thin-ideal.
(Dublin Business School, 2013)A mixed experimental design examines how adding disclaimers to digitally enhanced media images depicting the thin-ideal effects female college students’ self-esteem, body dissatisfaction and thin-ideal internalisation; ... -
A comprehensive investigation of the relationship between anxiety, alcohol misuse and alcohol expectancies
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Anxiety, alcohol misuse and alcohol expectancies have been shown to all be positively linked to one another. In the current study participants (N=101) alcohol expectancies were expected to be influenced by the nature of ... -
A conservation study of the causal relationship between social impact and social status
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Motivated by the idea that a heuristic use of the law of conservation of energy may inform an observer's cognitive construct of social hierarchies, this experiment examined the relationship between the observation of social ... -
Differences between regular and non-regular video games players’ attention levels in regards to change blindness
(Dublin Business School, 2014)This study aims to contribute further research regarding video game playing and attention levels. An experiment was conducted, involving several attention tasks such as; a Flicker task, a Change Blindness task, and a Change ... -
Ethics and the greater good
(Dublin Business School, 2013)A short essay on ethical guidelines in psychology, their moral roots and current ethical controversies. Author keywords: Psychology, ethics, morality, Kant, deontology, Mill, utilitarianism, Rawls, Omelas, code, conduct, ... -
Impulsivity and self-esteem as predictors of alcohol use among Irish adults
(Dublin Business School, 2013)This study investigates the relationship between alcohol use, impulsivity and self esteem among a population of Irish adults. Previous research (e.g. Department of Health, 2012, Hope, 2008) has highlighted the negative ... -
An investigatory study into habitual emotion regulation strategies and their differential consequences for affect states and cognition
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the use of habitual emotion regulation strategies and their differential consequences for affects states and cognition. The moderator variables of interest ... -
Maladaptive perfectionism, self-efficacy and social comparison: predictors for body dissatisfaction and subsequent disordered eating in females
(Dublin Business School, 2014)This study aimed to investigate the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism, self-efficacy and social comparison and the extent to which these variables predict body dissatisfaction among females. A sample of females ... -
Nicotine replacement versus acute nicotine : differences in cognitive tasks, social anxiety, stress and cravings
(Dublin Business School, 2014)This study investigated the effects of nicotine levels on cigarette smoking and nicotine replacement on attention, memory and cravings in smokers. Another aim of the study is to examine if smokers or non-smokers exhibit ... -
Procrastination and relating components of cognition and perceived stress
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between procrastination, perceived stress and cognitive components of motivation and learning strategies. Participants included 81 undergraduate students in Dublin ... -
Superstitious ritual in sport and the competitive anxiety response in elite and non-elite athletes
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The current research addresses the prevalence of pre-competition superstitious rituals among elite (n-63) and non-elite (n-96) athletes. The nature of these rituals and their presence or lack thereof of on subsequent ... -
Unhealthy snacking : an exploration of the theory of planned behaviour, impulsivity, reward sensitivity and BMI.
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Given the recent rise in obesity and high prevalence of unhealthy snacking this study aimed to explore the efficacy of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model in predicting intentions to reduce unhealthy snacking. ...