PhD Theses

Exploration of identity construction and reconstruction during drug using careers, and the factors that influence identity transformation

O'Donnell, Siobain (Trinity College Dublin, 2015)

Problematic drug and alcohol users generally construct a drug using identity in order to justify and continue drug using, and to minimise the consequences of it. When drug users make the decision to stop they need to ...
Gender and SES effects on multidimensional self-concept development during adolescence

Orr, Patricia Meredith (Dublin Institute of Technology, 2013)

The present study constitutes an integral part of the Dublin Child Development Study, a longitudinal study which began in 1986 and which has had eight waves of data collection since its inception. Using data collected ...
Using behavioural analysis to reduce domestic fuel consumption in Northern Ireland : feedback and goal-setting interventions to conserve electricity

Frazer, Patricia (University of Ulster, 2010)

Two established techniques from the field of Behavioural Analysis (performance feedback and goal-setting) were tested as interventions to reduce domestic electricity consumption. Reductions of up to 33% were achieved by ...