Dissertations on Psychology

Psychology is the study of human behaviour and the mind, taking into account external factors, experiences, social influences and other factors. Psychologists set out to understand the mind of humans, exploring how different factors can contribute to behaviour, thoughts, and feelings.

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Mental Health Impact of Sports Injuries

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This study will look at the mental health impacts on long term injuries of sportsmen aged between 18 and 25 who compete in amateur team sports....

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The Internalization of the Strong Black Woman Schema and the Decision to Seek Psychological Help

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The problem being addressed in this proposed dissertation study is to determine if and to what extent a relationship exists between the Strong Black Woman Schema and help seeking attitudes....

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Gambling Disorder: Comorbidity, Stigma, Family Impact, and Treatment

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This review describes what addiction is and the debate of it being a brain disease or a choice....

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Effect of Premature Birth on Psycho-biological Processes of Adults

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This study uses a standardized, widely used and well-researched laboratory test for inducing moderate psychobiological stress responses called the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)....

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Association Between Prenatal Stress and the Development of ADHD in Children

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This review primarily investigates prenatal stress as a modifiable environmental factor to prevent the development of ADHD symptoms among children....

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Evolving fashionable body shape ideals through social representation in the fashion industry

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Body shape ideals have and will forever be evolving through the centuries. The following exhibition catalogue will explore some of these body shape ‘ideals’ and explore the social representation that they hold/held....

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Injury Experiences and Psychological Responses of Athletes as a result of Sports Injuries

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The aim of this study was to further explore the phenomenon of sports injuries, five university students were interviewed regarding their injury experiences, in particular the psychological responses they had when their injury had occurred....

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Effectiveness of Integrative Complexity Interventions: A Dehumanization Scale

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This dissertation proposes the introduction of a new tool to supplement current assessments of the effectiveness of IC interventions: a ‘Dehumanization scale’....

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Task Difficulty, Mortality and Player Retention in Video Games

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This project will investigate the effectiveness of these difficulty systems with regards to gameplay, user progress, mortality and perceived frustration to the player....

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Exploring Undergraduate Attitudes towards Alcohol

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In view of the well documented adverse effects of alcohol on health, a study was conducted to examine the attitudes of undergraduate students at a university in the South West of England towards alcohol and its consumption....

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An Investigative Study into the Factors That Influence Food Choice and Weight Loss

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This research project was written to investigate the key factors that influence food choice and weight loss. The study focused on adults over the age of 18....

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Impact of Chronic Illness on the Social Functioning and Emotional Wellbeing of Children

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This dissertation aims to identify how chronic illness impacts on the child and their healthy siblings’ social and emotional wellbeing....

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The Lived Experience of Loneliness Among Single Men Who Use Dating Apps

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This study aims to understand how gay and heterosexually identified men, between the ages of 20 and 30, who are single but dating experience the many dimensions of loneliness....

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The Effect of a Mindset Intervention on Middle School Student Academic Achievement

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The literature review has presented a number of topic areas, namely incremental theory of intelligence, or mindset theory, and its historical background through current research and interventions....

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Role of Socio-psychological Factors of Satisfaction with Education in Quality Assessment of University

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The aim of the research was to evaluate role of socio-psychological factors of satisfaction with university education. Study was conducted in 2 stages....

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Social Connectedness as a Predictor of Sexual Behaviour

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This chapter describes the systematic literature review that was conducted to examine the existing quantitative evidence of social connectedness as a predictor of sexual behaviour among Asian adolescents globally....

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Virtual Reality in Treatment of Non-suicidal Self-Injury

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VR has several unique affordances that make it useful in mental health contexts. This paper will explore each of these affordances within the context of non-suicidal self-injury....

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The Interplay between Brain Maturation and Cognitive Development

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All major developmental psychology theories have tried to explain how people grow and change over the course of a lifetime. These theories have different implications for how their findings may be applied to our everyday lives....

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The Effects of Bullying in Society

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In an attempt to decrease suicide and violence rates amongst teens, it is crucially important for students, and their families to understand the anti-bullying resources and programs available to them....

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Non-attendance at School and School Refusal Behaviour (SRB)

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School refusal behaviour from the perspective of mainstream secondary school Special Educational Need Coordinator (SENCOs)....

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Is There a Correlation Between Music and Cognitive Development in Children?

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Cognitive development during early childhood (from birth to 5 years of age) is key to acquiring skills, including reading, language, vocabulary building, and numeracy....

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Do Drinking Motives and Emotional Dysregulation Predict Binge Drinking in University Students?

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The aim of this review is to assess if drinking motives and emotional dysregulation can be used to predict alcohol consumption/binge drinking in university students....

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents that Resonates into Adulthood

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I chose the topic of Post-traumatic stress disorder because it is important to help acknowledge that children and adolescents need help too....

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Adding Pleasurable Activities as an Effective Behavioral Intervention to Increase Positive Mood

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The present study examines the effectiveness of behavioral interventions on increasing positive mood in a doctoral level graduate student....

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Flight Anxiety Modality Questionnaire (FAM): How Do I Express My Fear?

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Within the DSM-V diagnostic criteria, Specific Phobia (SP) is a ‘marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation’, with fear of flying (FF) and acrophobia specified under the ‘situational’ subcategory and fear of death (FD) within ‘other’....

Last modified: 25th Feb 2022