Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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What Works for me? The Impact of the Combination Between 'Personal Style' and Therapeutic Orientation on a Client's Experience of Therapy
(2012-01-10)Recent research on psychotherapeutic outcome has highlighted cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as the preferred psychotherapeutic approach for most psychological problems. There is however considerable evidence supporting ... -
When the Bells Go Down: Resilience and Vulnerability in Firefighters
(2016-04-14)Firefighters respond to a wide range of critical incidents in which they face exposure to multiple stressors. Previous studies have reported prevalence rates of various symptomatology and identified some risk factors for ... -
WiGlove : A Passive Dynamic Orthosis for Home-based Post-stroke Rehabilitation of Hand and Wrist
(2023-09-11)Stroke survivors often experience varying levels of motor function deficits in their hands affecting their ability to perform activities of daily life. Recovering their hand functions through neurorehabilitation is a ... -
Wigner-Current in One-Dimensional Bound-State Systems
(2019-03-27)The behaviour of classical systems is characterised by their phase portraits; the collections of their trajectories. In quantum mechanics phase portraits are still considered impossible to compute due to the complexity of ... -
Wind Shielding Analysis for Cold Regions Using Experimental and Numerical Techniques
(2016-08-16)The thesis presents a systematic experimental and numerical study on the interactions among porous fence, airflow, and windblown snowdrifts, a knowledge that will contribute to optimize the performance of porous wind ... -
Wintertime Stable Boundary-Layer Processes in Alpine Valleys
(2018-02-01)Alpine valleys are rarely closed systems, implying that the atmospheric boundary layer of a particular valley section is influenced by the surrounding terrain and large-scale flows. A detailed characterisation and ... -
Wireless Sensor Networks in Support of E-Health Applications
(2016-08-04)Nowadays, with the smart device developing and life quality improving, people’s requirement of real-time, fast, accurate and smart health service has been increased. As the technology advances, E-Health Care concept has ... -
Within-Person Variation in Personality and Psychological Well-Being
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-07-18)Personality is one of the most broad and complex areas in psychology. This has led to many researchers attempting to reduce this complexity by focusing solely on how habitual personality differs between each individual ... -
Women Only Networks: Help or Hindrance? A Case Study of a UK Police Constabulary
(2018-11-09)My case study provides a unique discussion on the experiences and perceptions of members of a UK constabulary women’s formal in-house network, which includes an exploration of the organisational and occupational cultures ... -
Women's Experiences of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychosis in Adulthood
(2008-08-28)Objective: To date there have been few if any qualitative studies of adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse (CSA) followed by psychotic experiences later in life. This study aimed to explore how a sample of ... -
Women's Experiences of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychosis in Adulthood
(2010-06-30)Objective: To date there have been few if any qualitative studies of adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse (CSA) followed by psychotic experiences later in life. This study aimed to explore how a sample of ... -
Women's Experiences, Beliefs and Knowledge of Urinary Symptoms in the Postpartum Period and the Perceptions of Health Professionals
(2010-05-25)The study was developed after research with older women suffering urinary symptoms showed that many had tolerated social, psychological and hygiene effects on their lives for some time. There is evidence that some symptoms ... -
Women's Narratives of Miscarriage and their Role in Identity Construction
(2021-10-22)Rationale and Aims: Literature surrounding miscarriage is broad in scope, yet existing research into women’s narrative identity constructions following miscarriage is significantly under-explored. Few studies have utilised ... -
Women's Views on Partnership Working with Midwives During Pregnancy and Childbirth
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-05-22)United Kingdom (UK) health policy over the past thirty years has been predicated on a partnership model focusing on empowering service users to be fully involved in their care. Within maternity care partnership relationships ... -
The Work of Phase I Ethics Committees: Expert and Lay Membership
(2013-04-04)Previous research has noted that members of research ethics committees are unclear about the extent of their roles. In this study, research amongst members of independent ethics committees (IECs) about how the ‘expert’ ... -
WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT: A CASE STUDY OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI BANKS
(2015-06-12)Despite a plethora of empirical evidence on the work-family interface in ‗the West‘, very little research has been carried out on the experiences of women in the context of Pakistan. Gender inequalities persist in the ... -
Work-Family Conflict: a Case Study of Women in Pakistani Banks
(2015-08-25)Despite a plethora of empirical evidence on the work-family interface in 'the West‘, very little research has been carried out on the experiences of women in the context of Pakistan. Gender inequalities persist in the ... -
Workforce Race Equality in UK Higher Education: an Exploration of the Differential Outcomes for Black Staff
(2022-02-10)For more than a decade consistent attention has been drawn to the under-representation of ethnic minority staff in UK higher education. This attention has focused on the failure of institutions to represent their increasingly ... -
Working Class Women's Agency in the Labour Movement in East London, 1840 – 1914
(2021-08-12)This research reveals a hidden history of working-class women’s lives and agency in industrial East London, 1840 to 1914. “Sweated” industrial women were integral to East London’s industrial labour geographies, as demonstrated ... -
Workplace industrial relations in the context of a failing school
(University of Hertfordshire, 2000)Over the last two decades the UK public sector has seen the introduction of 'new managerialism' - the devolvement to the local level of management initiatives and techniques more traditionally associated with the private ...