Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Ward-Based Care of Patients Following Discharge from Critical Care: a Mixed Methods Study
(2021-04-14)Background Historically, critical care research and policy focused on survival to intensive care unit (ICU) discharge. However, as critical care innovation has progressed, emphasis has shifted to the quality of survival ... -
"We were in One Place and the Ethics Committee in Another": Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Experiences of Research Ethics Processes
(2012-11-01)Aim: Whilst there is a wide range of research that explores ethics guidance and committee perspectives of research ethics processes, there is a lack of research into trainee experiences. The aim of this study was to explore ... -
Weight Stigma in Clinical Psychology: a Critical Discursive Psychology Analysis with Trainees
(2023-10-04)Background Weight stigma is defined as negative attitudes towards and beliefs about others because of their weight (Andreyeva, Puhl, & Brownell, 2008). Biased views of fat individuals by professionals in physical healthcare ... -
What are actions?
(2016-07-11)The thesis is a defence of an original position in the philosophy of action. It argues for a pluralist view of actions dubbed Strong Pluralism. One of the key questions of philosophy of action since the early 20th century ... -
What Goes Unheard When Struggling Mothers Speak? A Qualitative Study Using the Adult Attachment Interview
(2017-01-17)Studies of attachment in the community suggest that most people have secure attachment styles, but as many as 40% may have an insecure attachment style (Bakermans-Kranenburg & van Ijzendoorn 2009). Frightening parental ... -
What Happens at the Brand Interface? A Narrative Inquiry into the Brand Management Practices of Small Firms in Hertfordshire, UK
(2021-04-29)The focus of the inquiry reported in this thesis was to explore the brand management practices put into practice by small firms (defined here as those having between 10 and 49 employees) from the perspective of an ... -
What is the Role of the Art Teacher in State-Funded Secondary Schools in England?
(2018-06-29)For many years, and particularly since the 1980s, the state has taken an interest in the curriculum of state-funded secondary schools. This interest has focused largely on utilitarian imperatives for employment and economic ... -
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 ...