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The development of the Trinity Early Screening Test for Dyslexia (TEST-D)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2012)
The project to develop the Trinity Early Screening Test for Dyslexia (TEST-D) extends over 3 phases. This thesis describes the processes involved in Phase 1. A large battery of prototypical tests in the phonological, ...
An exploratory study into secondary school teacher motivation, occupational attitudes and job performance in Uganda in the context of HIV/AIDS
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)
The current study aimed at exploring how teachers' perception of the HIV/AIDS context
impacts their motivation and occupational attitudes and how these in turn affect their job performance. Data was collected in two phases: ...
Application of Emotion-focused Therapy as a treatment of Generalised Anxiety Disorder : analysis of eight case studies
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)
The aim of the current study is to develop an effective variant of Emotion- focused Therapy (EFT) for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), which can be delivered within the same time-frame as currently accepted, empirically ...
Executive functioning of cognition and emotion in chronic MDMA (ecstasy) users
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)
Drugs of abuse produce widespread effects on the structure and function of neurons throughout the brain's reward circuitry, and these changes are believed to underlie the long-lasting phenotypes that characterize addiction. ...
Evaluation of movement programmes in the treatment of dyslexia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)
Developmental dyslexia, or specific learning difficulty, is a prevalent condition, affecting up to 10% of the population, which can be severely disabling without early diagnosis and persistent and intensive remediation. ...
A study of the acculturation and health of the Irish in Britain
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)
Ireland has had a relatively high rate of emigration for centuries. This has been traditionally out-migration from the island although with an uptum in the economy, in the 1970s, and also in the 1990s, - the latter due ...
Neural mechanisms underlying visuomotor learning : interacting cortical systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)
Introduction: We are the products of our experiences. Every sight, sound and smell, every event, encounter and exchange, all leave their indelible mark on the way we act, think and feel. The things we learn from our ...
Children's perceptions of closeness and security in relationships with parents following parental separation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)
Much has been researched and written on the effects of parental separation on children's
relationships with their parents. Notably absent from previous research is a focus on close emotional
ties and feelings of security ...
An investigation of implicit theories and factors implicated in sex offending theory in a non-offending population
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2012)
This thesis set out to explore a number of constructs implicated in the sex offending literature
within a sample of non-offending men. This particular sample was chosen in order to
investigate the 'nonnal' presentation of ...