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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"C800 - Psychology"”.
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Emotional Intelligence and Graduate Employability
This thesis explores the role played by emotional intelligence (EI) in graduate employability. It also investigates whether or not it is possible to teach EI within a Higher Education (HE) environment in order to develop these abilities in undergraduate students and enhance their employability …
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The role of affect and cognitive schemata in the assessment of psychopathy
This thesis examined psychopathy, cognitive schemata and affect in forensic and community populations. This was to identify whether cognitive schemata and affect would assist in the assessment of psychopathy. Study one was conducted on 38 male high secure hospital patients and 38 male prisoners. It …
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Investigating sex differences in, and predictors of, violent and nonviolent offending behaviour
This thesis investigated the generalist or specialist theories of offending by examining the overlap of, sex differences in, and predictors of intimate partner violence (IPV), general violence and nonviolent offending. IPV is typically studied separately from other types of crime as it is perceived …
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Motivations, experiences and outcomes of playing videogames
The current research examined gaming within a leisure context to examine the motivational and experiential value of the activity, to better understand the range of outcomes of playing videogames. Flow theory was used as a theoretical framework for examining positive gaming experiences, and how …
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The effect of ecstasy/polydrug use on prospective memory and executive processes
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the range of prospective memory and executive function deficits in ecstasy/polydrug users and the role of these processes in accounting for the observed prospective memory performance deficits. Using a variety of laboratory and self-report measures of …
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Adjustment to University: Predictors, Outcomes and Trajectories
The transition to university presents students with considerable academic, social and emotional challenges. This thesis explored adjustment to university life in a UK post-1992 institution. Predictors of adjustment, patterns of adjustment over time and the effects of adjustment on student success …
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The Role of Deliberate Practice in Developing Adolescent Golfing Excellence
… which recognised the important role that psychology may play post 16 years of age. The forth study aimed to discover if the introduction of a golf specific deliberate practice intervention would improve putting performance and influence future practice behaviours of five aspiring elite …
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Components of Intergroup Hostility
A two-phase project investigated expressions of inter-group hostility across a real-world context identified as displaying prior and on-going manifestations of conflict. The views of white-British community members were accessed to explore how issues around problematic relations with a juxtaposed …
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Redefining contra-sexual influence in the human psyche and its implications for heterosexual relations
This PhD by Published Works reflects the original contribution made to understanding how the presence of contra-sexual influences in the human psyche may impact on intra-psychic process, as well as interpersonal relationships, between men and women. The thesis also sets out implications for …
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Judging by a Different Standard? Examining the Role of Rationality in Assessments of Mental Capacity
Decision-making capacity is an increasingly important medico-legal concept. The recent Mental Capacity Act employs a cognitive, process-based test of capacity, but in many psychiatric conditions pathological beliefs and values impair capacity even when the decision-making process is logically …
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Attractiveness and self-esteem: A test of sociometer theory
Sociometer theory (Leary & Baumeister, 2000) proposes that self-esteem is an evolutionary adaptation which functions to monitor the quality and quantity of people’s interpersonal relationships together with their eligibility for these, and to motivate adaptive behaviour in response to these …
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An investigation into the causes, characteristics and consequences of anger in the workplace
The main aim of this research is to investigate the causes, characteristics and consequences of workplace anger and in particular to identify the factors associated with expression and suppression of anger. The research was conducted in two stages. Stage one of this exploratory study involved …
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Predicting the response to ventriculoperitoneal shunt in patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Objective: The diagnosis and management of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) remains controversial. The aim of this prospective study was to assess the usefulness of clinical and radiological criteria together with supplemental neuropsychological and gait tests, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …
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Reading comprehension and listening comprehension in children: An individual differences investigation
Little research has explored listening comprehension in children whereas reading comprehension has been extensively investigated. One of the reasons for this is that listening comprehension and reading comprehension are highly correlated and it is generally assumed that they draw on the same …
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Bullying amongst prisoners
The present research addresses bullying behaviours among adult men and women prisoners in relation to personal/descriptive and prison-related behavioural characteristics (e.g. behaviours indicative of non-compliance with the regime), differences in social problem-solving, social self-esteem and …
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An evaluation of the cerebellar deficit hypothesis of developmental dyslexia
The phonological processing deficit (PPD) hypothesis is the most influential theory proposed to explain the underlying cause of developmental dyslexia. However, alternative hypotheses have proposed that phonological deficits are just one manifestation of a more general learning disorder affecting …
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The influence of self-efficacy on motor performance
Self-efficacy is thought to be causally related to motor performance (Bandura, 1997;Moritz, Feltz, Fahrback, & Mack, 2000) however, the only clear evidence for this comes from a small number of studies that have found effort-based motor performance (e. g. weightlifting, leg extension) varies as a …
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A 'person-situation' interactive account of acquaintance rape
Past research has found that both individual differences in personality characteristics, and situational variables, are related to males' rape proclivity. However, there is a lack of research investigating the inter-relationships between the two, and the combined predictive validity of a …
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The impact of interoceptive abilities on emotional intensity and susceptibility to distraction
Interoception, defined as the ability to sense change in visceral organs and internal states within the body, is thought to influence a wide range of psychological processes and behaviours. Evidence garnered from previous research suggests that individual differences in interoceptive ability …
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