Browse Projects (45 total)

The nature of social and community development work leaves the workers at the risk of experiencing burnout and emotional difficulties. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between burnout and empathy, emotional dissonance,…

Identifying as a feminist and demonstrating a commitment to feminist activism has suggested an increased likelihood of engaging in bystander interventions in sexist situations in women university students (Brinkman et al., 2015), and awareness about…

Positive carer adaptation to childhood epilepsy is essential as poor adaptation can be detrimental to child behaviour outcomes. Fulfilment of carer psycho social and informational need is important to facilitate successful adaptation to childhood…

An experiment consisting of 40 participants sampled from both Lancaster University and the Sefton area investigated the validity of using video game modifications (Mods) to construct more reliable testing methods for video game research. Mods are…

Since 21st century, with the development of global and China’s economy, an increasing number of Chinese students preferred study abroad. Chinese oversea students are very special group. They were influenced by the traditional Chinese culture and…

Objectives: This study investigated the relationship between retrospective reports of bullying (primary school, secondary school and general experiences of bullying) with social anxiety (SAD), generalised anxiety (GAD) and grit (perseverance).…

Successful listening comprehension involves making accurate inferences to interpret the meaning of a story. We assessed inference making in listening comprehension of children in special education in years 4, 5, and 6 (n=12). Children listened to…

This study aimed to explore in depth about the cortex hyperexcitability. In order to do so, the study will use the pattern glare task and three questionnaires. These three questionnaires include the Cortex Hyperexcitability Index II, Cardiff…

Challenging behaviour (CB) displayed by individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) is consistently identified as a stressor on the relationship that they have with their typically developing (TD) sibling. Given the potentially damaging effects…

Research consistently shows that accents are powerful social cues used in our
everyday interactions as well as in advertisements; they can change how we perceive
others and potentially also associated products or brands. Recent studies…