Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Coping with Hearing Voices: a Repertory Grid Study
(2011-12-21)Hearing voices is a well researched experience, found in both schizophrenia and the general population. Previous research investigating the unusual experience has reinforced cognitive psychology concepts such as beliefs, ... -
Correlates of Anxiety, Depression and the Paternal-Fetal Attachment in Expectant Fathers
(2018-10-04)The transition of men into fatherhood is a period of adjustment and uncertainty. Research into expectant fathers is neglected in comparison to pregnant mothers. The aim of this study was to analyse the correlates of ... -
Cosmological Simulations with AGN Feedback
(2016-02-22)We implement a model for, and study the effects of, AGN feedback in cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. In our model, black holes form high-density, primordial gas, to imitate the likely channels of black hole formation ... -
Cost Efficiency in the UK Life Insurance Industry in the Post-Global Financial Crisis Period
(2019-10-04)The aim of this research project is to adopt a two-stage approach for empirically measuring and determining the level of cost efficiency in the UK Life Insurance industry during and after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). ... -
Countering Communist and Nasserite Propaganda: the Foreign Office Information Research Department in the Middle East and Africa, 1954-1963
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-07-16)This thesis considers the role of the Information Research Department (IRD) in countering Arab nationalist and Communist propaganda directed at British interests in the Middle East and Africa between 1954 and 1963. It ... -
The Course of Psychological Distress and Determinants of Adjustment Following Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2012-09-28)Chronic physical illnesses, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), that are painful and disabling not only impact on a person’s ability to complete normal daily activities (e.g. dressing, bathing, walking etc.) but may also ... -
Creating Stories From Parents' Premature Birth Experiences to Engender Empathy in Nursing Students
(2020-01-30)Introduction: In healthcare, stories are an evocative way to educate nurses about the emotional experiences of patients. Little is known however, about the impact of storytelling in neonatal nursing practice and education. ... -
The Creation of Transformative Learning Cultures in Higher Education
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-05-08)This research claims that transformative as opposed to informative learning cultures in higher education are capable of promoting student identity development alongside subject development. It makes a significant pedagogical, ... -
Criminalisation for Sexual Transmission of HIV: Emerging Issues and the Impact Upon Clinical Psychology Practice in the UK
(2011-05-31)Objective: Criminal liability for the sexual-transmission of HIV raises complex questions for both clinicians and service-users regarding their responsibilities and legal obligations to disclose information to others. This ... -
A Critical Discourse Analysis into the Policy and Debate Relating to “Adults at Risk” detained within Immigration Removal Centres in the UK
(2023-10-31)This research uses a critical discourse analysis to explore the discourses in a UK parliamentary debate and a policy document about “adults at risk” in immigration detention. Immigration detention centres in the UK are ... -
A Critical Realist Study of Epiphanic Experiences
(2023-03-25)The purpose of this enquiry was to contribute to the much under-developed field of psychology that pertains to change that is sudden, positive, and profound. In particular, this research sought to conceptualise and ... -
A cross sectional survey to determine the age of emergence of permanent teeth of Caucasian children of the Colchester area of the UK
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)There is a general assumption that permanent teeth in children are emerging into the oral cavity earlier than the dates given in published scientific studies conducted many years ago. In the course of this research a ... -
The Cult Value of Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Complex Social Processes of Working With Targets
(2008-04-29)There has been an ongoing debate on quality and what constitutes quality improvement in healthcare for several decades. Several authors identify that defining quality is an important part of that debate, yet recognise that ... -
Cultivating Computer Programming Self-Efficacy Through Supportive Social and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies for First Year Students in Higher Education
(2020-11-17)This research is centred on first year computer programming students enrolled on a BSc in Information Technology, within a private higher education institution in Dublin, Ireland. There are known challenges in learning ... -
Cultural Influences on Psychiatrists' Constructions of Mental Health Problems: a Repertory Grid Study
(2018-11-08)Background: The literature suggests that people from different cultures make sense of their experiences in different ways, including how they understand mental health problems. Much of this research focused on how clients ... -
Cultural Variables Affecting Client/Therapist Consonance: the Perception of Efficacy in Arts Therapies Group Treatment
(2008-04-01)This thesis addresses the hypothesis “ Intragroup cultural differences between client and therapist will adversely affect client – therapist consonance in their perception of arts therapies group treatment” The ... -
Culture, Change and the Management of London's Taxi Drivers
(2017-01-16)This research has been based on my experiences of London taxi drivers, both before I entered the London Taxi Industry, whilst studying to be a London taxi driver and during the thirty years I spent within the industry in ... -
Culture-related Depression in Taiwanese Women and the Application of The BodyMind Approach TM
(2016-09-28)This research explores the connection between modernisation and depression in women in Taiwan from two perspectives, those of modernisation and individualisation, and the duality between body and mind. Many researches ... -
Curricular Processes as Practice: The Emergence of Excellence in a Medical School
(2008-03-28)This thesis deals with two related questions. The first relates to a critical inquiry into the processes of curriculum creation and formation within a medical school which has undergone a significant curriculum revision. ... -
Cytokine Gene and Protein Expression in BCG Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Mycobacterium bovis Infected cattle
(2009-07-01)The persistent increase of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) over the past twenty years has put a substantial strain on both the British economy and the welfare of livestock. However, the development of an effective bTB vaccine ...