Browsing School of Psychology by Subject "Education"
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Evaluating pre-learner driver road safety programmes for Transition Year students in the Republic of Ireland
(School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, 2013)Road traffic crashes (RTCs) impose a considerable burden on society and the risk of crashing is highest among young inexperienced learner and novice drivers, especially males. Research suggests that driving-related knowledge, ... -
An exploratory study of the effects of Mindfulness on perceived levels of stress among school-children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
(2014)Children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are at increased risk of experiencing stress and associated social-emotional difficulties and behavioural problems, which can undermine academic performance and lead to school ... -
A focus on adolescent peer violence and bullying in Europe, central Asia and Canada
(World Health Organization, 2024)The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are used at national/regional and ... -
The Impact of Self Help Groups on the Psychosocial Well-Being of Female Members in Ethiopia
(2021)Tearfund self-help groups are a variety of self-help group (SHG) aimed at poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite a number of positive evaluations of SHGs, there have been no direct studies of impact on psychosocial ... -
International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.
(Sage, 2021)This paper presents a preliminary concept for a ‘Mobile Phone App’ providing training in mindful hand hygiene integrated with the WHO hand hygiene protocol. A range of human factors action research methods were used to ... -
Ireland Case Study: Promoting integrated delivery of early childhood education and care services
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Teaching behaviour change skills to undergraduate medical students
(2013)This study investigates the effects of a three-week student project where students selected a healthbehaviour and implemented a self-management program to increase or decrease that behavior. Behaviours were (1) smoking ... -
Under pressure? Stress and coping in adolescents during preparation for the Leaving Certificate
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Introduction: This study explores the concepts and experiences of stress and coping for adolescents who are preparing to sit the Irish Leaving Certificate examinations. Methodology: An Inductive Thematic Analysis approach ...