| Students from the final year part-time and
full-time BA (Hons) Psychology classes were asked to come forward and
submit an abstract for the Annual Congress of Psychology Students in
Ireland which is held annually. This represents the first step on the
professional ladder within the field of psychology. DBS was delighted
that several students (mentioned below) submitted abstracts in this,
it’s 32nd year. The conference itself is all-Ireland and represents each
of the third level institutions in Ireland. It is sponsored by the
Psychological Society of Ireland and the Northern Ireland branch of the
British Psychological Society. The students that participate are also a
credit to their respective institutions as it is also near exam time
that the conference is held thus a weekend away from valuable study-exam
preparation.
Within the profession of psychology-research is an
integral and important area; it may not be on students minds when they
start off on their course in psychology but over their undergraduate
degree they get exposed to the essential nature and orientation of
research within the discipline and the summation of a final year
research project under the guidance of a supervisor from the DBS
Psychology lecturing team. Each of the students were required to
prepare own Powerpoint presentation based on their final year project.
This involved condensing down a 10,000 word report into 15 slides which
were presented orally at the conference in front of peers and other
academic psychologist. The students were also graded on their
performance and presentation skills and prizes were allocated to top
presenters. One of the DBS students, Carol Opdebeeck (who also sits on
the PSI student affairs group) received a Recommendation for her study
and presentation. Dr Chris McLaughlin, DBS Psychology lecturer also
represented DBS at the conference. Listed below are the names of the students who participated, the title of their published abstract and their supervisor: Afolabi Abidem Asiata ‘Impact
of personality, well-being and religious copying style on general
stress: Does gender matter?' Supervisor: Margaret Quinn Walsh Majella Birchall
‘The relationship between locus of control, homework habits and academic achievement in primary school children’ Supervisor: Patricia Orr Daniel Boduszek
‘Underlying psychological factors of criminal attitudes within ex-offender populations’
Supervisor: Dr Chris McLaughlin Lukas Cap ‘Attitudes towards victim/bully and their variation between genders examined through vignettes’ Supervisor: Pauline Cummins Niall Crowley
‘Get over it?’ The clinical and health effect of work placing bullying’
Supervisor: Dr Garry Prentice Helen McCabe ‘Predicting
difficulties in statistics courses: An application of the Theory of
Planned Behavior’ Supervisor: Dr Chris McLaughlin Luke Maguire
‘A
study of self-compassion, self-esteem and positive mental health in adolescence’ Supervisor:
Margaret Quinn Walsh Carol Opdebeeck
‘Attitudes toward gay men and lesbians in a sample of 16 to 30 year old males’
Supervisor: Dr Chris McLaughlin |