Browsing Psychology by Author "Quigley, Jean"
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A cross-linguistic and cross-cultural investigation of Irish and Czech children's accounts of socially-constructed emotions
Houdková, Petra (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)The application of a discursive approach to the subject of this study can be seen as an attempt to create a link between psychology and linguistics, where grammatical structures and language itself constitute the basis for ... -
Against theoretical eclecticism and in support of a unified conceptual framework for autism intervention research
McNally, Sinéad (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)This thesis aims to highlight and address two key issues in autism intervention research: (1) the role of theory in autism intervention research; and (2) the practice of theoretical eclecticism in autism intervention and ... -
Body, self and world : the embodied experience of chronic illness and medical technology
Ní Mháille, Gráinne (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)Illness and medical treatment profoundly alter how we experience the body and relate to our worlds. The aim of this thesis is to carry out a conceptual and empirical analysis of the role of the body in the experience of ... -
A Developmental Systems Investigation of Language Development in the Context of Preterm Birth
Coughlan, Sarah (Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)Preterm birth (< 37 weeks gestation) affects approximately 10% of births worldwide and is a public health concern given the developmental risks that it poses (World Health Organisation, 2023). While preterm birth is ... -
Father-Child Conversation and the Development of Executive Function during the Preschool Period
KELLY, LINDA MARIE (Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)The present thesis sought to add to the body of research demonstrating the importance of the early father-child interactive environment for child executive function (EF) development. In particular, this thesis focussed on ... -
Investigating recognition and preferences for self-voice on speech generating devices in autism
Ni Chuileann, Susan (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)A substantial number of children with autism cannot communicate by voice (Eigsti, de Marchena, Schuh, & Kelley, 2011; Kjelgaard & Tager-Flusberg, 2001). Voice enabled Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, ... -
Mother-infant interaction : the case of infant siblings of children with ASD at 9, 12 and 18 months
Hughes, Catherine (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)This dissertation is a longitudinal, observational study of the interactive behaviours of mother-infant dyads where the infant is more likely to receive an autism diagnosis (SibsA), as they have an older sibling who has ...