S. Caldwell, F. Colin Wilson, Judith McBrinn, S. Carton, M. Delargy, John P. McCann, J. Walsh, Brian E. McGuire
{"title":"Self-awareness following acquired brain injury: measurement and relationship to executive functioning","authors":"S. Caldwell, F. Colin Wilson, Judith McBrinn, S. Carton, M. Delargy, John P. McCann, J. Walsh, Brian E. McGuire","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2014.921228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2014.921228","url":null,"abstract":"Impaired self-awareness (ISA) is common following acquired brain injury (ABI) and is related to functional outcome variables. This study examines two questionnaires currently used in clinical and research settings, which measure ISA by comparing patient reports with those of clinicians and significant others. This study also attempts to identify sensitive neuropsychological tests which may be used to predict ISA. A multivariate cross-sectional design is employed, including regression analyses and correlations. Fifty-four participants with ABI completed the Awareness Questionnaire (AQ), the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) and a battery of neuropsychological tests. Clinicians and significant others of each participant completed the AQ and the DEX. Findings support convergent validity of the two questionnaires; however, there were differences in the response patterns on each questionnaire. Regression analyses indicated that estimated IQ and in particular verbal IQ scores accounted for a greater amount of th...","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"14 1","pages":"53-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2014.921228","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceived social support and neuroticism interact in predicting depression level among depressed university students","authors":"A. Dwyer, M. Murphy, D. O’Sullivan, Z. Blasi","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2014.921229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2014.921229","url":null,"abstract":"Although perceived social support (PSS) is associated with lower depression in younger people, it is unclear whether the relationship is moderated by other factors. The objective of this study was to examine the interaction of neuroticism and PSS in predicting depression levels. A cross-sectional survey design was employed. Data from 362 students of University College Cork, all in emerging adulthood (18–25), were included in the analysis. Correlational analyses identified a positive relationship between neuroticism and depression scores and a negative relationship between PSS and depression scores. In those respondents who were classified as depressed, and controlling for age and sex, neuroticism and PSS were unique predictors of depression score, and a PSS × neuroticism interaction emerged such that PSS was particularly beneficial in those with high neuroticism. The finding suggests that PSS is an important protection against severe depression in depressed younger people, especially in those with high ne...","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"35 1","pages":"69-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2014.921229","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulation of the psychology profession in Ireland: context, history and personal reflections","authors":"R. Swain","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2014.895955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2014.895955","url":null,"abstract":"This paper offers the perspective of a member for many years of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) who is a former Chair of its Board of Professional Conduct. First, the nature of professions is reviewed, and the general evolution of professional regulation is described. The movement towards regulation in Ireland is traced, based on PSI official publications; and the development of the Board and the PSI's Code of Professional Ethics is outlined. A section of personal recollections and views about the Board follows. Finally, there is a discussion of some of the challenges for PSI as statutory regulation of psychologists is introduced in Ireland.","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"35 1","pages":"7-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2014.895955","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educational psychology in Ireland and its Psychological Society of Ireland division – a history","authors":"D. Swan","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2014.905220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2014.905220","url":null,"abstract":"This article considers the context in which the Division of Educational Psychology (DEP) of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and the profession of educational psychologist emerged in Ireland. Education itself provided the stimulus and locus for many important events in the history of psychology as a science and profession, and each discipline owes much to the other. Educational issues concerned PSI from the very beginning, and a committee or special interest group emerged in the 1970s. The article outlines three discourses that led to the growth of special needs education in Ireland in the latter half of the twentieth century, and these, influenced strongly by developments in other countries and by litigation against the state, led to radical change in government policy-making here. Ground-breaking legislation embodying a changed notion of what school education is, and marking a new relationship between the school and the individual pupil followed. Educational psychologists would be central to t...","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"35 1","pages":"25-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2014.905220","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The beginnings of PSI","authors":"J. McLoone","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2014.896271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2014.896271","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of psychology in Ireland – both as an academic discipline employing scientific methodology and as an area of professional application – is briefly outlined. The challenges involved in pioneering the new discipline in the 1960s highlighted the need for a representative body to provide professional support and to advance the interests of psychology and psychologists in the country. Against that background the founders set out to promote a positive professional identity by establishing a single organisation representing all psychologists in the country but catering for specialisations in its sub-groups. The main stages in consultation and planning that led to the founding of The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) in May 1970 are described.","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"127 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2014.896271","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diasporic religion: The Irish and Northern Irish in England","authors":"E. Binks, N. Ferguson","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2013.852123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2013.852123","url":null,"abstract":"The current research assesses the religious orientations of Irish and Northern Irish Catholic and Protestant migrants in England related to the suggestion that immigration to a comparatively irreligious society increases religious awareness. Participants were 391 opportunity- and snowball-sampled individuals, where 171 were members of the Northern Irish Diaspora, 54 were members of the Republic of Ireland Diaspora and 166 were members of the English Control Group. Findings suggest that the Irish and Northern Irish migrant groups showed significantly higher levels of religious commitment than their English counterparts, although these diasporic groups did not differ from each other in terms of their levels of commitment. Findings are discussed with reference to the impact of religion on migration, Catholic and Protestant religious practices, and the impact of church activities on religious commitment.","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"35 1","pages":"33-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2013.852123","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Different measures of Behavioural Activation System (BAS) sensitivity uniquely predict problem drinking among college students","authors":"P. Murphy, Lisa Murphy, H. Garavan","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2013.853201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2013.853201","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the predictive value of two alternative and most widely used measures of Behavioural Activation System (BAS) sensitivity on problematic alcohol use. Participants were 84 college students who completed a measure of alcohol problem severity (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, AUDIT) and two different measures of BAS sensitivity [the BAS and Sensitivity to Reward (SR) scales]. They were divided into 42 problem drinkers and 42 non-problem drinkers based on the AUDIT scores. In a logistic regression controlling for gender and age, BAS and SR scale scores uniquely predicted problem from non-problem drinking. Similarly, multiple regression of the entire sample revealed that, after gender and age had been controlled, BAS and SR scale scores predicted unique variance in AUDIT scores. Moreover, both regressions showed that the SR scale was superior in terms of predictive power. The findings indicate the advantage of including both scales when predicting problematic drinking, but that...","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"35 1","pages":"44-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2013.853201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allison Connolly, Dermot O'Callaghan, Owen O'Brien, John Broderick, Catherine Long, Ian O'Grady
{"title":"The development of counselling psychology in Ireland.","authors":"Allison Connolly, Dermot O'Callaghan, Owen O'Brien, John Broderick, Catherine Long, Ian O'Grady","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2014.896270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2014.896270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper discusses the distinctive nature of the specialism of counselling psychology and outlines the development of the discipline in Ireland in the context of international developments and its recognition as a professional branch of applied psychology. Today, counselling psychologists are employed in varied clinical and non-clinical settings including health and mental health services (statutory, private and voluntary sector) along with education, forensic, justice, industry and private practices. Counselling psychologist is the primary professional identity of many practising psychologists in Ireland and the Psychological Society of Ireland's Division of Counselling Psychology is the main affiliation of at least 179 members. With its focus on facilitating personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span and its emphasis on the therapeutic process, the specialism continues to bridge the disciplines of psychology, counselling and psychotherapy. In this article, some of the challenges still faced by counselling psychology are explored as it navigates its way through the changing landscape of further development and evolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"35 1","pages":"16-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2014.896270","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34179342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health psychology in Ireland: a healthy prognosis","authors":"D. Hevey, A. Hickey","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2013.861760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2013.861760","url":null,"abstract":"Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioural processes in health, illness and health care. Health psychology emerged in Ireland with the establishment of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Health Psychology Special Interest Group in the mid-1980s, which in 2003 became the Division of Health Psychology (DHP). The DHP has grown quickly and has established itself as an active and engaged PSI Division. This paper outlines the history of health psychology in Ireland. Current opportunities and challenges for both the discipline and profession of Health Psychology are considered, and future directions are highlighted.","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"34 1","pages":"147-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2013.861760","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexual Diversity and Gender Issues Special Interest Group","authors":"G. Moane","doi":"10.1080/03033910.2013.861762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.2013.861762","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an overview of the Sexual Diversity and Gender Issues Special Interest Group (SDGISIG) of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). The Special Interest Group (SIG) was founded in 2007, following decades of social change that included decriminalisation of homosexuality, equality legislation, secularisation and increasing diversity in the Irish society. This article describes the founding of the SIG and critically evaluates its contributions in research, education, training and policy. It sets this in the context of developments in the field of psychology in Ireland and internationally. Currently, there is a considerable amount of research highlighting the stresses experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and on the basis of gender, especially related to the current economic policies of austerity. Thus, the relevance of the SIG – and of related groups in the PSI such as the Working Group on Equality and Inclusive Practice and the Cultural and Ethnic Diversit...","PeriodicalId":91174,"journal":{"name":"The Irish journal of psychology","volume":"59 22 1","pages":"163-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03033910.2013.861762","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59315108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}