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Browsing Higher Diploma Final Year Projects by Title
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Can an individual get lost in a group? An exploration of group theory and its application in the context of wider society
(Dublin Business School, 2018)The purpose of this research was to investigate group dynamics that may arise at a Travistock-style group relations conference. An attempt has been made to explore the experiences of the individual member and interpersonal ... -
Can arousing cognitive dissonance help turn the tide on plastic pollution?
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Much research has pointed to the effectiveness of cognitive dissonance treatments in promoting pro-environmental behaviour and suggested that information-based treatments may have limited effectiveness. The current study ... -
Causality orientations as mediators between smartphone addiction and daytime sleepiness in adults with intellectual disabilities
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Extant research highlights the prevalence of smartphone addiction (SA) and associated psychopathologies, including daytime sleepiness, undergraduate or school-aged students, and how self-determination predicts these ... -
Cervical cancer prevention: Theory of planned behaviour and associated factors influencing women’s screening intentions
(Dublin Business School, 2019)Cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer in the world leading to 93 deaths every year in Ireland. Cervical Cancer can be prevented through routine screening, which involves taking a smear test from an ... -
Change blindness: effects of fatigue & music presence on reaction time
(Dublin Business School, 2018)The abilities of visual perception are often misunderstood, with errors occurring more frequently than is often realised. The aim of the research was to investigate the visual error phenomenon of change blindness. An ... -
Child animal phobia : explorations of what Freud and Lacan have to offer in explaining the origin, possible treatment and the positive aspect of child animal phobia in helping the child navigate the Oedipus complex
(Dublin Business School, 2011)Child animal phobia is explored in terms of psychoanalysis. Freud’s case history of Little Hans is used to illustrate the origin and treatment of child animal phobia. Freud’s theories of infant sexuality, castration fear ... -
Choir participation and levels of resilience, positive emotion and belonging in healthcare employees
(Dublin Business School, 2017)In a healthcare environment, key attributes such as resilience, positive emotion and belonging can help individuals to embrace and recover from daily challenges. Choral singing is a complex, multifaceted activity with a ... -
Comic relief: examining the protective effects of coping humour on workplace stressors in human services
(Dublin Business School, 2018)The use of coping humour in high-stress occupations has been identified as key in the avoidance of burnout (Figley, 2002, p. 139). This study used a mixed method approach to examine how human services professionals, e.g. ... -
Compelling plights: An exploration of the use of narrative therapy in supporting individuals’ development of self-concept following acquired brain injury.
(Dublin Business School, 2019)There is increasing recognition of the emotional and psychological needs of acquired brain injury survivors, and for psychotherapeutic interventions which support such needs, to be integrated in brain injury rehabilitation. ... -
Complexities of mandated psychotherapeutic treatment with specific focus on drug treatment and prison rehabilitation
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Desk based research paper examining some of the complexities mandated therapy provokes. Significant research suggests mandated psychotherapy is effective in bringing positive change to clients as long as treatment is ... -
Complicated grief as a psychological disorder and implications to psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The main concept of this thesis is complicated grief as a disorder. Complicated grief is a pathological grieving process that needs attention. The research focuses on the high risk group of family carers who are involved ... -
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 ... -
The correlation between selfie-sharing frequency and narcissism, contingent self-worth and guilt and shame proneness
(Dublin Business School, 2020)The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between selfie-sharing frequency and the Narcissism Personal Inventory scale, Contingent Self-Worth scale and Proneness to Guilt and Shame scale ... -
Correlation between stress, self-efficacy, coping and stages of Crohn’s disease in male and female patients
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Crohn’s disease activity and three psychological variables: perceived stress, coping strategies and self-efficacy. The sample consisted of 102 volunteers ... -
Cultivating cognitive-coping behaviours: an evaluation of a CBT-based positive health intervention’s impact on pupil resiliency
(Dublin Business School, 2018)The aim of this mixed method enquiry is to examine the key-learnings of a positive Health CBT-based school intervention from pupils’ perspectives and to assess the effectiveness of the intervention on pupil’s resiliency ... -
Customer churn – Irish electricty / gas market
(Dublin Business School, 2020)According to Little (2020) the liberalisation of the European Electricity market has resulted in higher competition which can be seen in the Irish market. The marketplace is evolving at a rapid pace requiring companies to ... -
Cyber bullying and its relationship with self esteem and quality of friendships amongst adolescent females in Ireland
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Research has indicated there is a relationship between bullying and levels of self esteem (O’Moore and Kirkham 2001) and quality of friendship (Flanagan et al 2008). O’Moore and Minton (2009) detailed the ... -
Cyclist/Driver : differences in conflict blame and road entitlement. Relationship to social-identity and personal entitlement
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This study aimed to increase understanding of cyclist-driver conflict. Cyclists, (n=183), and car drivers, (n= 197), took part in 2 separate online surveys which measures social identity (Lois et al., 2014), personal ... -
Digital objects of contemporary culture and their impact on the earliest social bond
(Dublin Business School, 2020)The mother-child bond is the earliest and most important relationship for the developing infant. In this critical phase of development, the interactions between the child and its environment, particularly with the mother, ... -
Dissociation and the traumatic experience from a psychotherapeutic perspective
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This study sets out to examine dissociation as a marker of trauma in the psychotherapeutic environment. It offers some definitions of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociation. It examines the neuroscience ...