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We have 73 Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
We have 73 Developmental Psychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-based interventions for depression: An evaluation of AWARE’s ‘Mood Matters’ and ‘Live Life to the Full’ programmes.
Research Group:
Psychology
The extent to which the citizens of Northern Ireland experience challenges with mental ill-health has been well documented. Read more
Understanding primary-secondary and childhood-adolescence transitions: the Wellbeing in Northern Ireland Schools (WiNIS) study.
Research Group:
Psychology
This PhD will continue WiNIS, a longitudinal study of school-aged children living in Northern Ireland (NI) (previous data sweeps have been collected at age 8-9 and 10-11 years). Read more
How Children Think About the Minds of Others
Research Group:
Psychology
Understanding the minds of others is hugely important for us to be able to navigate our social worlds. For example, think about how your behavior is shaped by the knowledge of another person’s emotions (e.g., angry vs. Read more
Challenging Health Outcomes - Integrated Community Environments (CHOICE): social prescribing for people living with severe mental illness
Research Group:
Psychology
Severe mental illness (SMI) is an umbrella term commonly describing conditions such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, bipolar disorder. Read more
Move to the Beat – Rock Drumming as a movement and cognitive intervention for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments.
Research Group:
Psychology
In the UK, an estimated 1 million people are thought to be living with dementia, but this figure is projected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. Read more
Keep it simple? Eye-tracking the learning of numbers in early childhood.
Research Group:
Psychology
Achievement gaps in numeracy start early, with children with low mathematical skills displaying a lower growth rate in mathematical achievement over time (Cahoon et al., 2021; Duncan et al., 2007). Read more
An exploration of psychosocial related quality of life in Cystic Fibrosis (CF), and the impact of mental health outcomes
Research Group:
Psychology
There is a research gap in understanding the mental health of individuals with the long term health condition Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Read more
Modelling The Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences and the Association with Mental Health for Adults in Northern Ireland.#1681
Research Group:
Psychology
Research suggests that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) account for a substantial proportion of mental health problem in adulthood. Read more
Transdiagnostic mental health mechanisms: The role of negative self-referential processing
Research Group:
Psychology
Mental health problems are traditionally classified as discrete disorders characterised by specific symptoms. Read more
Physical activity as a method to ameliorate the effects of early life stress on allostatic load in adulthood (Deakin University)
This is an opportunity to study a fully-funded PhD in both Australia and the UK, and to work with internationally recognised researchers in child health and neurodevelopment. Read more
The emotional experiences of parents and young people affected by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety: Cross cultural pathways to enhanced mental health support (Aston University)
This is an opportunity to study a fully-funded PhD in both Australia and the UK, and to work with internationally recognised researchers in child health and neurodevelopment. Read more
Rupture and resilience in post-pandemic education: rebuilding and reframing positive experiences of learning through the home education of neurodivergent children
The Leverhulme PhD Programme for Interdisciplinary Resilience Studies is administered by the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences. Read more
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Scent of Emotion: Investigating cross-modal associations between smell, sound, and vision and their impact on emotional processing across the lifespan
Multisensory experiences are an intrinsic part of how we perceive the world around us, with smells having a particularly strong ability to trigger emotions and vivid memories. Smells are deeply connected to memory and emotion, often eliciting feelings that appear instantly and unconsciously. Read more
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Brain mechanisms of atypical attention in autism and the broader autistic phenotype
The perceptual saliency of distracting non-target information presents a major challenge for attention selection processes, which are required to bias selection away from distracting, non-target items. Read more
Funded PhD opportunities - ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP)
Fund your social sciences research with an ESRC SCDTP bursary. Read more