Department of Psychology: Recent submissions
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Does time spent watching television in early childhood affect socio-emotional development?
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Counterfactual ‘only if ’ conditionals
(Cognitive Science Society, 2003)People understand a conditional, 'if A then B', such as 'if Peg went swimming then she felt well' by keeping in mind only true possibilities, e.g., A and B, not-A and not-B, not-A and B (Johnson-Laird & Byrne, 2002). ... -
The use of a distal-to-tactile sensory substitution interface does not lead to extension of body image
(EDP Sciences, 2011)A range of studies in the past decade and a half indicate significant impacts of tool use on body image. In cases of intentional action, contractions of near space or experienced extensions of limbs have been shown when ... -
Are Irish passport applicants in Britain becoming ‘more Irish’?
(The Irish Times, 2018) -
We must guarantee a genuine Irish welcome for our returning diaspora (Pre-published version)
(The Irish Times, 2012) -
Measuring time perspective in adolescents: Can you get the right answer by asking the wrong questions? (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)Time perspective continues to evolve as a psychological construct. The extant literature suggests that higher future orientation and lower present orientation are associated with better developmental outcomes. However, the ... -
Development and validation of the compliant and principled sportspersonship scale (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2014)Purpose: A new measure of sportspersonship, which differentiates between compliance and principled approaches, was developed and initially validated in 3 studies. Method: Study 1 developed items, assessed content validity, ... -
Mentally tough athletes are more aware of unsupportive coaching behaviours: Perceptions of coach behavior, motivational climate, and mental toughness among athletes (Pre-published version)
(Sage, 2016)In this study, we tested an a priori model that included coach behaviour, motivational climate, and mental toughness among 290 athletes. Structural equation modelling demonstrated that supportive coach behaviours were ... -
Mental toughness in education: exploring relationships with attainment, attendance, behaviour and peer relationships (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2014)Mental toughness has frequently been associated with successful performance in sport; however, recent research suggests that it may also be related to academic performance in Higher Education. In a series of three exploratory ... -
Mental toughness in higher education: Relationships with achievement and profession in first-year university sports students (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2014)Research into mental toughness has largely been confined to elite sport but should theoretically be important across other performance domains. We examined mental toughness in 161 first year sport students at a UK University ... -
Mental toughness and transitions to high school and to undergraduate study (Pre-published version)
(Routledge, 2016)Mental toughness can be conceptualised as a set of attributes that allow people to deal effectively with challenges, stressors, and pressure. Recent work has suggested that it may be a valuable construct to consider within ... -
Relationships between mental toughness and psychological wellbeing in undergraduate students (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)This study examined relationships between mental toughness (MT) and psychological wellbeing (PWB) in undergraduate students. Following previous research that identified significant and positive relations between MT and ... -
Emotional maturity, dispositional coping, and coping effectiveness among adolescent athletes (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)Objectives: Although some scholars have suggested that coping is constrained by emotional maturity, little is known about the relationship between these constructs. In this paper we assessed a model that included emotional ... -
Coach perceptions of performance enhancement in adolescence: The sport drug control model for adolescent athletes (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)Aim: We qualitatively explored the Sport Drug Control Model (SDCM; Donovan, Eggar, Kapernick, & Mendoza, 2002), in order to examine coaches’ perceptions of adolescent athletes’ attitudes and susceptibility towards ... -
Assessing model fit: Caveats and recommendations for confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling
(Routledge, 2015)Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is commonly used to assess measurement models in sport and exercise psychology. Frequently used as a yardstick for their adequacy, are specific cutoff values proposed by Hu and Bentler ... -
An examination of adolescent mental and physical well-being in Scottish school children: A cross-sectional study
(Open Access Text (OAT), 2017)Recent research has suggested that Scottish girls are more at risk of higher levels of psychosomatic symptomatology and lower levels of mental well-being that their male peers. We report the results of a cross-sectional ... -
The factorial validity and reliability of three versions of the aggression questionnaire using confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modelling (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2016)The Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) measures aggression in four domains: Anger, Hostility, Physical Aggression and Verbal Aggression. Moreover, a number of shorter versions of the AQ have emerged. The present study used a ... -
The applicability of self-regulation theories in sport: Goal adjustment capacities, stress appraisals, coping, and well-being among athletes (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2016)Objectives: We examined a model, informed by self-regulation theories from the health psychology literature, which included goal adjustment capacities, appraisals of challenge and threat, coping, and well-being. Design: ... -
Evidence for the reliability and validity, and some support for the practical utility of the two-factor consideration of future consequences scale-14 (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2016)Researchers have proposed 1-factor, 2-factor, and bifactor solutions to the 12-item Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFCS-12). In order to overcome some measurement problems and to create a robust and conceptually ... -
Committed relationships and enhanced threat levels: Perceptions of coach behavior, the coach-athlete relationship, stress appraisals, and coping among athletes (Pre-published version)
(Sage, 2016)How a coach is perceived to behave by the athlete may have far reaching implications in terms of performance and well being.The purpose of this study was to assess an a priori model that included perceptions of coach ...