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Item type:Item, An Examination of Remote Working and Psychological Well-Being The PERMA Model in an Irish Context(Dublin Business School, 2026.06.22)Following the Covid-19 pandemic, a "new normal" emerged in Ireland and rapidly transformed how employees engaged with their work, whether remotely, onsite, or through a combination of both. The present study sought to investigate the influence of remote working on psychological well-being, and whether it is moderated by gender, age, or frequency of remote working. Utilising a cross-sectional quantitative design, 95 participants completed an online survey providing demographic information, and information pertaining to the PERMA model, operationalised through the PERMA profiler. A series of one-way ANOVAs and independent samples t-tests found no statistically significant differences in psychological well-being across frequency of remote working, gender, and age groups. Results suggest that remote working does not influence an employee's psychological well-being across frequency of remote working, gender, and age groups. Future research should consider the influence of environmental and situational variables to further our understanding of psychological well-being in remote work settings.Item type:Item, Exploring Loneliness and Self-Efficacy in Relation to Problematic Pornography Use in Adults: A Quantitative Study(Dublin Business School, 2026.06.22)The study investigated demographic variables (gender, age, relationship status) and psychological variables (loneliness and perceived self-efficacy) in relation to problematic pornography use. The study employed a quantitative cross-sectional design using correlational and between groups analyses. The online survey included demographic questions and standardised psychometric scales, including the Problematic Pornography Use Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale. A total of (N = 69 participants, 34 males, 31 females, 3 non-binary and 1 prefer not to say; aged 18-66) were recruited online through social media platforms. Age and self-efficacy significantly predicted problematic pornography use (PPU); and a moderate positive association was found between loneliness and PPU. No significant gender differences were found on levels of PPU; however, men reported greater frequency of pornography use. The findings suggest that loneliness, self-efficacy, and age may have important roles in PPU, and could inform future interventions.Item type:Item, The Influence of Message Framing and Personality Traits on Susceptibility to Persuasive Messages(Dublin Business School, 2026.06.22)study examined whether emotional message framing influences perceived persuasiveness and whether individual personality traits moderate responses to persuasive messages. Fear-based and hope-based messages have produced mixed findings in previous research, and it remains unclear under what conditions each is most effective. The present study addressed this by examining fear-framed, hope-framed, and neutral messages alongside need for cognition, affectivity, and authoritarianism as individual difference variables. A total of 67 participants completed an online survey, rating the perceived persuasiveness of one of three messages and completing validated personality measures. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, multiple regression, and interaction analyses. Message framing did not significantly influence perceived persuasiveness, F(2, 64) = 0.283, p = .755. However, Need for Cognition was a significant positive predictor (B = 0.843, p = .017). These findings suggest that individual cognitive traits may play a more important role in shaping persuasive message evaluation than emotional framing alone.Item type:Item, Semantic Dilution of Mental Health Terminology: Associations with Compassion, Empathy, Perceived Seriousness and Legitimacy(Dublin Business School, 2026.06.22)Mental-health terminology has become increasingly normalised in everyday discourse, particularly on social media, where terms are often used casually or outside their original context. This study examined whether exposure to semantically diluted mental-health terminology was associated with empathy, compassion, and perceived seriousness and legitimacy. A quantitative cross-sectional correlational design was used with 116 adults recruited from the general population. Participants completed measures of exposure to semantically diluted terminology, empathy, compassion, perceived seriousness and legitimacy, social media use, and demographic variables. Data were analysed using Pearson correlations, multiple regression, and ANCOVA. Exposure was significantly positively associated with empathy, but was not significantly associated with compassion or perceived seriousness and legitimacy. After controlling for social media use, gender, education, occupation, and upbringing location, exposure remained a significant positive predictor of empathy, although the overall regression model was not significant. No significant generational differences were found in perceived seriousness and legitimacy.Item type:Item, Burning Out Before Beginning? Volunteering Frequency, Career- Related Motivation, and Burnout Among Irish Psychology Students and Recent Graduates(Dublin Business School, 2026.06.22)This study examined whether volunteering frequency and career-related motivation for volunteering were associated with burnout among psychology students and recent graduates intending to pursue professional psychology training. The study was situated within the Irish competitive postgraduate training context in which volunteering may function as both relevant experience and an additional demand. A quantitative cross-sectional correlational design was used. Fifty eligible participants completed an anonymous online self-report survey including the Burnout Assessment Tool-Student Version, a single-item measure of volunteering frequency, and the career subscale of the Volunteer Functions Inventory. Multiple regression analyses indicated that neither career-related motivation nor volunteering frequency significantly predicted burnout, and the overall model was not statistically significant. These findings suggest that burnout in this population may not be adequately explained by volunteering-related variables alone. However, interpretation is limited by the small sample size and restricted model, highlighting the need for larger and more contextually comprehensive future research.
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