Neonatal Encephalopathy (NE) is a clinical condition characterised by disturbed neurological functioning in newborn infants and is associated with unfavourable outcomes including developmental delay. It is estimated that ...

There is little doubt that the diagnosis of a child with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) may have both negative and positive implications for the family’s wellbeing and way of life. Certainly, many families can have ...

The ability to maintain psychological well-being in the face of exposure to stressors is a crucial capacity that has implications for human health. How a person responds to adverse conditions is contingent on a multitude ...

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, causing 6 million deaths every year (WHO, 2011). Most people try smoking for the first time in adolescence (O?Loughlin et al., 2014), making this a critical ...

Abstract M?adhbh B. Brosnan Prefrontal contributions to attention in ageing and stroke: implications for cognitive reserve. Global life expectancy is increasing dramatically with a corresponding rise in the prevalence ...

This thesis is an investigation of the processes underlying the development and maintenance of stepparent-stepchild relationships and the patterns that characterize these relationships. Underlying the conceptual focus on ...

This quantative study investigates the ways in which leading children’s researchers position themselves in their research relationships with children in qualitative research within psychology and the broader ‘childhood ...

The primary aim of this thesis is to investigate reasoning from counterfactual conditionals (e.g., if Rosanna had been in Dublin then Anthony would have been in Roscommon) and to test predictions derived from the mental ...