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The use of mental imagery techniques to improve free kick accuracy in GAA footballers
(The Irish Psychologist, 2011)Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether mental imagery would improve free-kick accuracy among a sample of GAA football players. The study also investigated the impact of performance on player’s self-efficacy ... -
Affairs of the heart : gender, personality, religiosity and parental relationship history as predictors of infidelity
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The aim of the study was to identify predictors of infidelity, and whether ‘Religiosity’ would inhibit such behaviour. A convenience sample of 110 part-time DBS students (57 male, 53 female) with a mean age of 30.86 years ... -
Investigating mediating effects of organisation-based self-esteem on the relationship between work stressors and stress
(The Irish Psychologist, 2011)Objective: Organisation-based self-esteem (OBSE) has attracted a great deal of recent research attention. However, such research from an Irish perspective has been neglected to date. The aim of this study was to extend ... -
Coping with on and offline bullying : the psychological effects
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Recent research in the field of traditional and cyber bullying has explored the coping strategies employed by victims of bullying (Machmutow et al., 2012) in response to hypothetical scenarios. The focus of the current ... -
The dark triad of personality : predictors of on and off line bullying
(Dublin Business School, 2014)In recent years, research has focused on the understanding of cyber bullying and its connections to traditional bullying. Previous research has examined the traditional approach to assessing personality in relation to ... -
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 ... -
The effect of jigsaw intervention on help-seeking, attitudes to mental health, and social distance
(Dublin Business School, 2014)As the focus on mental health in schools has increased so too has the number of agencies providing services, talks and activities to support mental health promotion. While there is evidence to suggest that supporting ... -
The meanings attached to the phrase Mental Illness amongst those who experience it
(Dublin Business School, 2017)Objectives: To explore the range of meanings attached to the term ‘mental illness’ for those who have direct personal experience of mental health difficulties. Although mental health researchers and professionals struggle ...