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staff and graduates of DBS attended and delivered poster and oral
presentations at the 40th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society
of Ireland in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone, Thursday to Sunday 14th
November 2010. This year’s conference marked the 40th Anniversary of
the society, with 400 delegates attending the conference.
This
year’s student poster award was awarded to DBS graduates Nicklas Larsson
and Caroline Connor for their paper entitled “The majority and minority
of a stigmatized group: A study of people living with HIV in Ireland.”
Furthermore,
Dr Ciarán Mc Mahon paper on “Facebook and Psychology: A critical review
of the research to date” received much media attention in the form of
print and radio. DBS Papers Niamh McCabe (DBS) and Dr Chris
Gibbons (QUB): To what extent do Personal, Occupational and Biographical
Factors predict Psychological Well-being in Irish Teachers? Dr Ciarán Mc Mahon (DBS): Facebook and psychology: A critical review of the research to date. Dr
Garry Prentice (DBS), Jian Kang (DBS) and Dr Conor Mc Guckin (TCD): The
inter-relationships between acculturative stress, perfectionism and
depression levels among international students living in Ireland. Phil
Maguire (NUIM), Rebecca Maguire (DBS), and Karen O’Reardon (NUIM &
UCD): Are word meanings and concepts equivalent? An investigation of
semantic property activation.
Caroline Connor (DBS) and Nicklas
Larsson (DBS): Child Implicit Attitudes Test (IAT): Measuring Implicit
Race Attitudes in Children 3-8 years. Nicklas Larsson (DBS) and
Caroline Connor (DBS): The majority and minority of a stigmatized group:
A study of people living with HIV in Ireland. Tiernan Williams
(DBS): Why are the Irish reluctant to react in the face of austerity?
Aggression, Dominance and Negative Emotional States, an Irish
Perspective. Daniel Boduszek (DBS) and Dr Chris Mc Laughlin
(DBS): The role of antisocial peers, recidivism and personality in
development of criminal attitudes of ex-offenders.
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