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Obsessional neurosis: the personal is not political... the personal is military
(Dublin Business School, 1998)This paper arose out of my listening to a talking book of Margaret Atwood's novel ‘The Robber Bride’. As I listened I began to wonder if one of the characters, Tony, was suffering from obsessional neurosis and this paper ... -
The obsessionality of obsessional following: a survey reviewing the potential usefulness of classifying stalking as an addictive disorder
(Dublin Business School, 2000)Stalking - or Obsessional Following - is one of the least researched and most misunderstood phenomenon in contemporary society. It is often primarily related to domestic violence, celebrity harassment or sexual predation. ... -
Occupational stress and job satisfaction differences between nurses in residential hospitals for the elderly
(Dublin Business School, 2006)Ample research has been conducted into stress and its ensuing health consequences. However, there is a dearth in research into stress amongst geriatric nurses. The current Mixed Design research examines stress and its ... -
Occupational stress, coping and general health : a comparison between psychiatric and general nurses
(Dublin Business School, 2007)This study examines occupational stress, coping and general health differences between psychiatric and general nurses, using a between subjects design. The study was prompted by a lack of research in this area. The Perceived ... -
Oedipal guilt, punishment and criminal behaviour
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The successful negotiation of the Oedipus complex is vital for our psychical development as it provides us with the means to form relationships and integrate into society. Resolution of the Oedipus complex requires the ... -
Of bacon and cabbage, wealth and the desire of the analyst
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On Child-Analysis
(Dublin Business School, 2006)The dictionary defines a child as a young human being between birth and the beginning of puberty with an emphasis on his development based on a temporality that is linear and chronological. Child psychology, also focusing ... -
On the sidelines : a study of crowd behaviour
(Dublin Business School, 1998)This study aims to look at contemporary crowd behaviour, in particular that of the football crowd. The ideas of Elias Canetti Crowds and power (1960) will be used as a theoretical framework, critiquing his proposition of ... -
Once a twin, always a twin
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Being born a twin provides a ‘soul-mate’ a constant ‘felt-sense’ companion, a mirror and a potential battle for individuation. From before birth two emerging humans have a non-cognitive awareness of one another, a somatic ... -
One does not need religion to lead a good life
(Dublin Business School, 2010)How life is lived is infinitely varied. We are all different. How we look at life is the same. We have many questions about life and ourselves and how we fit in. Questions about why we are here, do our lives have meaning. ... -
Online Infidelity; Gender, narcissism and extraversion as predictors of behaviour and jealousy responses
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The present study aimed to look at predictors of sexual infidelity online (SIO) and emotional infidelity online (EIO) and also at predictors of jealousy responses towards such behaviours. Gender, narcissism and extraversion ... -
Online social networking & wellbeing in adolescents
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The Internet and online behavior has become such a prevalent aspect of modern society. Questions being asked are (a) does use and size of the social network Facebook in adolescents have a relationship to social anxiety, ... -
Openness to experience and resilience as antecedents to employees’ capacity for organisational change
(Dublin Business School, 2016)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the personal resource of resilience and the personality trait of openness to experience with Irish employees attitudes towards, and capacity for, handling ... -
Optimism, Self-esteem, and Life Satisfaction as Predictors of Problematic Internet Use.
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The number of internet users has rapidly increased in the past decade both nationally and internationally. An Irish study was carried out to examine the effects of when the internet is over used by individuals. 98 participants ... -
The organic outsider
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The concept of the image is a simple complex idea. I wanted to outline how organic creatures we are but being mechanicalised by a modern technoloical society. Furthermore with a changing society I find there is a damaging ... -
The origins of the psychological 'interior' - evidence from imperial roman literacy practices and related issues
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008)The pervasiveness in psychological literature of the assumption that mental events and psychology in general occur within the person – henceforth the psychological interior‘ – is introduced and the received view of its ... -
Oscar gets Wilder
(Dublin Business School, 2012)This is the combination of real and inanimate. I have combined a statue with a person to make it look like a more realistic statue. Author keywords: Abstract, combination, imagination -
An outcome study on the effectiveness of the HSE Parenting Skills Programme
(Dublin Business School, 2007)Parent training intervention is based on the assumption that deficits in parenting skills lead to conduct problems and increased parental stress. By positively modifying parent-child interactions, the rate of conduct ... -
Outness, self-esteem, stigma, psychological health and mobile dating application use in gay and bisexual men
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Background; Outness consists of Disclosure and Concealment, the sliding scale of each relates to the pattern of people’s openness regarding their sexual orientation. Contemporary psychological research continuous to conflate ... -
Palestinian identity in exile
(Dublin Business School, 2016)The aim of this Thesis is to explore the modernized Palestinian identity in exile. The exploration should depict how the identity of Palestinians is affected by ‘Orientalism’ in mass media as well as exploring how social ...