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Browsing Higher Diploma Final Year Projects by Title
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The effect of alcohol expectancies on coping, mental health and help seeking
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Alcohol abuse is a major risk factor for suicide and mental health and coping difficulties. It is estimated that less than half of those experiencing mental health problems seek professional help. This study examined the ... -
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 effect of mindfulness-based techniques in Irish primary schools
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The aim of this research was to study the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on levels of perceived stress and mindfulness in teachers, and on social anxiety levels, and behavioural and emotional control in children. ... -
The effect of success/failure priming on financial risk tolerance
(Dublin Business School, 2012)Previous research has demonstrated the effects of unconscious priming on conscious thoughts, behaviours and decisions. The present study was designed to examine the effects of priming individuals with the concepts of ... -
The effect of yoga-based practices on emotion regulation, perceived-stress and life-satisfaction in adulthood
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The purpose of this study is to examine the relations of yoga-based practices on life-satisfaction, emotion regulation and perceived-stress. One hundred and sixty one participants (69 males and 92 females) from a sample ... -
The effects of age, gender and violence catharsis on gaming and mental health
(Dublin Business School, 2018)The aim of the current study was to explore the relationship between mental health, while factoring for age, gender and violence catharsis. A correlational design with a cross-sectional quantitative survey was utilised. ... -
The effects of frequency of Fortnite-exposure on self-esteem, empathy and friendships in pre-adolescent boys
(Dublin Business School, 2019)Previous research has identified that younger children prefer to play violent video games over ordinary video games. The effects of exposure to violent video games have been widely researched and contradictory findings ... -
The effects of gender role orientation, self esteem and self efficacy on help seeking behaviours and wellbeing
(Dublin Business School, 2017)The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between gender role orientation with attitudes toward seeking psychological and wellbeing, and the relationship between self esteem and self efficacy with ... -
The effects of grit, conscientiousness and question order of unsolvable problems on subsequent performance
(Dublin Business School, 2013)This experiment looks at the effects of uncontrollable repeated failure, task order, grit conscientiousness on problem solving performance in terms of accuracy or time spent. The online test compared two randomly assigned ... -
Effects of regular engagement in autonomous sensory meridian response videos on general health and happiness
(Dublin Business School, 2020)This correlational study explores the association between regular engagement in ASMR videos and the general health, happiness and social connectedness of an individual. The aim was to begin a discussion of ASMR as a possible ... -
The effects of sleep quality and coping strategies on the cognitive reappraisal ability amongst residential social care workers
(Dublin Business School, 2016)The purpose of this study is to investigate the interactions and effects of sleep quality, cognitive coping strategies on cognitive reappraisal ability among Residential Social Care Workers in a statutory agency. It is an ... -
The effects of touch in the psychotherapeutic relationship. Should physical contact be used in therapy?
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Touch can be used as a form of communication. Especially in an intense situation such as therapy, touch can have a profound effect on the course of treatment. The significance of touch will differ depending on each individual. ... -
The efficacy of interpersonal therapy as a psychotherapeutic intervention in the treatment of postpartum depression
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Postpartum Depression (PPD) is a serious depressive disorder that negatively affects some women, challenging their sense of identity in their newly altered reality, leaving them distraught and anxious, while they care ... -
Empathy in infancy: Factors affecting empathy in pre-school children
(Dublin Business School, 2020)This experiment examined the association between empathy and pre-school children. The aim of this study was to highlight the child factors of age, gender, sibling status and educator perceptions with regards to emotional ... -
Engagement with gender atypical peers : an investigation of tolerance, gender attitudes and school ethos
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Friendship is a crucial element to the healthy psychosocial development of children. Research has illustrated the negative attitudes and stressors gender atypical children can encounter due to displaying gender non-normative ... -
Environmental attitudes, connection to nature, and conscientiousness of primary school participants in a green-school programme
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Research focused on the effects of participation in a green-school programme, connection to nature, conscientiousness and parental environmental attitudes on the pro-environmental attitudes of primary school children. Study ... -
ESP between isolated pairs during forced choice trials utilising self-report and EEG/GSR measures
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The academic pursuit within the area of parapsychology has been developed since the turn of the twentieth century. Despite this there remains ongoing dispute as to whether such abilities as psi, loosely defined as the ... -
The ethical dilemma that is psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Psychotherapy as a practice consists of a multitude of ethical dilemmas. These dilemmas stem from the concept of psychological treatment as a whole and from the therapeutic relationship that is held between therapist and ... -
Evaluating differences in attitudes to mental illness, self-efficacy and stress, post transition-year intervention programme
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of school-based intervention programmes on attitudes to mental health, self-efficacy and stress in adolescents. Sixty, 15-17 year olds, who completed the Positive ... -
Evaluating the benefits of the Aistear curriculum on the social interactions of junior infant children
(Dublin Business School, 2016)The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits of the Aistear Curriculum, a play-based learning curriculum, on the social interactions of Junior Infant children. The study utilised a quasi-experimental, repeated measures ...