Browsing Bachelors Final Year Projects by Subject "Applied psychology"
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Acculturative stress and self-reported English fluency in international students in Ireland : a quantitative study
(Dublin Business School, 2015)International education is estimated to be a €1 billion sector for the Irish economy (IHE, 2012). Global mobility has given the opportunity for cultural exchanges, but has also caused cultural adjustment problems such as ... -
Achievement goals and their relation to social comparison and stress in the Irish classroom
(Dublin Business School, 2009)The effects of achievement goals and social comparison are diffuse and potentially damaging to students'. The present study investigated the role of social comparison in achievement goals and their relation to stress. The ... -
Achievement motivation, proactivity and locus of control as indicators of entrepreneurial orientation among immigrants and native Irish
(Dublin Business School, 2004)The present study suggests that a high need for achievement, a proactive personality and an internal locus of control are indicators of an entrepreneurial orientation. The term entrepreneurial orientation is used to refer ... -
Adaptive memory : measuring the effect of encoding strategies on word recall
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Recently, adaptive memory has gained much attention as it grants the possibility of insights into the ultimate causes of human memory. However, we first need to identify the proximate mechanisms. The aim of the current ... -
Adolescents, stress and the peer group: a study of relationships between peer group size, stress and extraversion scores in adolescents
(Dublin Business School, 2006)The present study aimed to address the effect of the peer group on stress levels in adolescents. Previous literature has shown that the peer group is very important as a socialization context, a learning context and as a ... -
Adult attachment styles and mental well-being in relation to romantic relationship satisfaction
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between anxiety and avoidant attachment styles, mental well-being and romantic relationship satisfaction. A betweensubjects cross-sectional correlational design ... -
Adult attachment styles and personality traits : their influence on group cohesion within amateur sports teams
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect that personality type and attachment style have on group cohesion within amateur sports teams. Pen and paper questionnaires consisting of four published questionnaires ... -
Affairs of the heart: gender, personality, religiosity and parental relationship history as predictors of infidelity
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Using a correlational design, the study aimed to identify predictors of infidelity and whether religiosity could inhibit infidelity. A convenience sample of 110 part-time DBS students (57 male, 53 female) with a mean age ... -
Age comparison of attitudes towards the LGBTQ community in Dublin
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of this research study is to compare and contrast the age groups when attitudes towards LGBTQI are compared, while likewise comparing the differences of opinion on this topic. Further study yielded information on ... -
The air accident investigator - often the hidden victim?
(Dublin Business School, 2004)A total of 50 Air Accident Investigators (heretofore referred to as AAIs) comprising of 48 males and 2 females from international countries took part in this study. All respondents were self selecting. The aim of this ... -
Alcohol consumption and expectancies of reward : a cross-cultural comparison
(Dublin Business School, 2007)The purpose of this study is to investigate expectation (anticipatory belief or desire) with regard to the use of alcohol cross-culturally. Essentially, the objective of the study is to determine the gender and cultural ... -
Alcohol use among college students : a study of peer influence and overestimation of social norm
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The aim of this dissertation is to find the relationship between level of alcohol use such as excessive alcohol use and peer influence. Alcohol use is a widely discussed topic. Alcohol use will be presented in a general ... -
An analysis of the effect of social conformity on compulsive shopping amongst students
(Dublin Business School, 2007)The current research investigates compulsive shopping in relation to social conformity. It was hypothesized that, people who exhibit high levels of social conformity will show higher levels of compulsive shopping behaviour. ... -
Are empathy, religion and guilt good predictors of prosocial behaviour? a correlational study
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The aim of the current study was to investigate prosocial behaviour and the predictor variables religion, empathy and guilt, and identify any gender and age differences that may be evident. To conduct the study questionnaires ... -
Associations of aggression, resiliency & socio-demographic factors among an early school leaver & secondary school group
(Dublin Business School, 2009)This research aimed to analyse differences in levels of resilience, aggression and socio-demographic factors which were related to an early school leaver group and a Secondary group. The study involved a total of 82 ... -
Attachment style and bereavement reaction: coping with the stress
(Dublin Business School, 2008)Most people at some stage in their life must confront bereavement but people deal with it in different ways, with of course different consequences. There are many factors that influence this for example attachment to the ... -
Attachment style and optimism : a study to assess the relationship between optimism and attachment style and the subsequent effects on biopsychosocial health
(Dublin Business School, 2007)The current study investigated the relationship between attachment style and optimism. The relationship between optimism and general health, physical functioning and emotional wellbeing were also measured. Participants ... -
Attitudes towards online dating and the perceived threat it poses to the future of long term relationships
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Online dating has become a massive industry and it is estimated that there is over 5,000 dating websites worldwide and close to 25 sites with over 1 million subscribers (onlinedatingmagazine.com, 2012). It is estimated ... -
Autism as a factor affecting family systems : a comparative study of stress, self-efficacy and self-perception
(Dublin Business School, 2012)Many factors combine to affect the interactive and interdependent nature of family systems, stress associated with long term care of children with autism has psychological and physiological consequences. The purpose of the ... -
Awareness of binge drinking : an investigation of the levels of awareness of teenagers and young adults in relation to binge drinking
(Dublin Business School, 2009)This research project investigates the level of awareness that the younger generation have towards binge drinking. The research was carried out using qualitativ methods, and the use of thematic analysis. Semi structured ...