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Perceptions of coach–athlete relationship are more important to coaches than athletes in predicting dyadic coping and stress appraisals: an actor–partner independence mediation model
(Frontiers, 2016)Most attempts to manage stress involve at least one other person, yet coping studies in sport tend to report an athlete’s individual coping strategies. There is a limited understanding of coping involving other people, ... -
The perceptions of Irish school personnel of critical incident training and critical incident response from school psychological services and other services: an appreciative inquiry
(2023-10-23)Background: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) defines a Critical Incident (CI) as: “any incident or sequence of events which overwhelms the normal coping mechanisms of the school” (Department of Educational ... -
Perceptual modalities: modes of presentation or modes of interaction?
(Imprint Academic, 2010)Perceptual modalities have been traditionally considered the product of dedicated biological systems producing information for higher cognitive processing. Psychological and neuropsychological evidence is offered which ... -
Performing the fractured puppet self : employing auto-ethnopuppetry to portray and challenge cultural and personal constructions of the disabled body
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2018)This research project examines personal and cultural constructs of the disabled body, with the creation of the puppet play Pupa as its practical culmination. The testimonials of six participants (including my own), all ... -
A personal response to the consultation paper on: education about religions and beliefs (ERB) and ethics in the primary school
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A personalised exercise programme for individuals with lower limb amputation reduces falls and improves gait biomechanics: A block randomised controlled trial (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2018)Background: Lower limb amputees (LLAs) are at increased risk of falling due to the inherent asymmetry resulting from their limb loss, muscle weakness and other neuro-musculoskeletal limitations. Research question: The aim ... -
Perspectives of applied collaborative sport science research within professional team sports (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2018)The purpose of the study was to examine the perspectives of both academics and practitioners in relation to forming applied collaborative sport science research within team sports. Ninety-three participants who had previously ... -
Phenomenology in laboratory-based tasks: exploring methodologies that integrate experiential reports with behavioural measures in psychological research
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2016)Disparate research traditions in the study of experience have led to contentious arguments over the use of first-person methods in psychological research (Dennett, 2001; Schwitzgebel, 2003). Some believe that researchers ... -
The Philistines as scapegoats: narratives and myths in the invention of ancient Israel and modern critical theory
(Edinburgh University Press, 2004)The Philistines have, for centuries, suffered under the weight of their relentlessly negative portrayal in the book of the Old Testament.From Goliath to Delilah, they have personified the intrinsically evil other in the ... -
A philosophical investigation into coercive psychiatric practices(Volume 1 & 2)
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)This dissertation seeks to examine the validity of the justification commonly offered for a coercive1 psychiatric intervention, namely that the intervention was in the ‘best interests’ of the subject and/or that the ... -
Physical activity promotion strategies for adolescent girls: exploring experiences, co-design and intervention development
(2020-01-22)Globally, over 80% of adolescent girls aged 11-17 fail to reach the recommended physical activity (PA) guidelines (Sallis et al. 2016). Interventions aiming to increase girls’ PA levels have only demonstrated modest effects ... -
Physical activity, ageing and health
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The Picard group of a coarse moduli space of vector bundles in positive characteristic (Pre-published version)
(Versita, co-published with Springer Verlag., 2012)Let C be a smooth projective curve over an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. Let Mss r,L denote the projective coarse moduli scheme of semistable rank r vector bundles over C with fixed determinant ... -
A picture is worth a thousand words: Insights into graphicacy skills of primary prospective preservice teachers
(St. Patrick's College, Dublin, 2009)Graphs are an integral component of primary and secondary level mathematical experiences as a part of the probability and statistics strand. A review of curriculum implementation in primary mathematics revealed that, ... -
Pirates of the Mediterranean : Moroccan music video and technology
(Liverpool University Press, 2009)Technologies for the consumption and production of global media have brought ‘foreign bodies’ into the domestic spaces of millions of Moroccans. Such unprecedented access to cultural materials is, however, negotiated at a ... -
The Place of Writing: Place, Poetry, Politics in the Writing of Seamus Heaney
(Hermathena,Trinity College Dublin, 1998)This chapter examines Heaney’s use of classical imagery as a literary device through which he can address issues of political and cultural identity in Northern Ireland. It looks at heaney’s prose, early poetry and some ... -
Planktonic foraminiferal response to the Last Glacial Termination and their application to Holocene biostratigraphy in the western Mediterranean sea
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2011)This research presents the planktonic foraminiferal assemblage variation of four western Mediterranean Sea cores since the Last Glacial Termination. The Holocene epoch represents the current interglacial since the Last ... -
Planning for bicycles in the Irish city: a brief history (Pre published)
(Irish Planning Institute, 2020)In this short article I will summarise recent research on cycling in urban Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. I will briefly comment on how cycling was discussed by Irish town planners in the past, and how it was discussed ...