Psychological distress in Chinese lung cancer patients: prediction, psychosocial mechanisms, and intervention 

Tian, Xu (Date of defense: 2023-04-14)

Aquesta tesi té com a objectiu desenvolupar una eina predictiva vàlida per identificar pacients amb càncer de pulmó amb alt risc de patiment psicològic, explorar possibles mecanismes psicosocials de malestar psicològic en ...

Psychological effects of “Gossip girl”, “Game of thrones” and “Breaking bad” on the lebanese audience 

Abi-Khalil, Tamara Noelle Alicia (Date of defense: 2019-10-30)

This research investigates the psychological effects of American television series on the Lebanese audience. The research was split into two studies: the first study was a quantitative analysis of the theories of identification ...

Psychological wellbeing, social support and social capital of unaccompanied migrant youths and young asylum seekers: the role of mentoring programmes with foreign youths in Catalonia 

Alarcón Galindo, Xavier (Date of defense: 2022-03-25)

Over the last decade the number of unaccompanied immigrant youths and asylum seekers has increased worldwide. The arrival of minors from Northwestern Africa and asylum seekers, mainly from Latin America and the Middle East, ...

Psychometric methods for controlling social desirability response bias in aggression questionnaires 

Anguiano Carrasco, Cristina (Date of defense: 2013-01-18)

Faking is understood as a respondent’s active effort to distort his/her answers to create a positive image. Although the extensive existing literature, several questions are still unsolved. On one hand, virtually no attention ...

PsychoMSS Study: Stress and Psychosocial Factors in Multiple Sclerosis 

Briones Buixassa, Laia (Date of defense: 2017-02-03)

The stress effect on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has yielded disparate results. One reason may be the heterogeneity in the stress measure and the presence of potential moderators/mediators. Aims: to analyse the stress effect ...

Psychopathy in childhood, validation of the child problematic traits inventory and relationship with other clinical entities 

Barrau Alonso, Víctor (Date of defense: 2023-03-20)

Els Problemes de Comportament (PC) - que inclouen problemes d'agressivitat, negativisme i impulsivitat-, constitueixen la psicopatologia més prevalent en nens i adolescents, podent ser precursors d'altres trastorns ...

Psychosocial factors in the implementation of biosecurity measures on dairy cattle farms in Spain 

Moya Durán, Sebastián Jesús (Date of defense: 2021-04-07)

L'objectiu general d'aquesta tesi doctoral va ser conèixer els factors psicosocials que influeixen en l'aplicació de les mesures de bioseguretat en les granges de bovins de llet de Galícia i Catalunya a Espanya. En el ...

Psychosocial support for young cancer survivors 

Galán Ortega, Santiago J (Date of defense: 2017-12-19)

El nombre de supervivents de càncer està creixent. Tanmateix, els efectes secundaris i a llarg plaç causats pel mateix càncer o pel seu tractament poden crear necessitats addicionals. Identificar quines són aquestes ...

Psychotic symptoms in genetic-at-risk and bipolar disorder samples: prevalence and related variables 

Mendez, Iria (Date of defense: 2021-12-20)

[eng] If there is a continuum from isolated Psychotic-Like Experiences (PLE) in the general population to full psychotic disorders, both phenomena should share similar risk factors. In addition, one would expect them to ...

Psychotic-like experiences and psychometric schizotypy: their relationships with depressive symptoms and theory of mind in adolescents from the general population 

Barragán Farfán, Janis Marcela (Date of defense: 2013-11-18)

Las personas que experimentan síntomas seudopsicóticos (SSP) presentan un riesgo elevado de sufrir trastornos psicóticos. Sin embargo, asociaciones encontradas entre SSP y trastornos no psicóticos sugieren que la relevancia ...

Pubarquia precoz idiopática: Relación con el síndrome metabólico y con el desarrollo de hiperandrogenismo ovárico 

Jaramillo Villegas, Adriana María (Date of defense: 2008-07-18)

INTRODUCCIÓN: La pubarquia precoz idiopática en niñas (aparición de vello púbico antes de los 8 años) se ha asociado a manifestaciones de síndrome metabólico en edad prepuberal (hiperinsulinismo, obesidad central y ...

Public and scientific opinion on climate policy, economic growth and the environment 

Drews, Stefan (Date of defense: 2016-07-08)

El objetivo principal de esta tesis es investigar la opinión pública y científica sobre políticas climáticas, crecimiento económico y medio ambiente. Esto se desarrolla en cuatro estudios originales. Un primer estudio tiene ...

Public education spending: efficiency, productivity and politics 

Azar Dufrechou, Paola (Date of defense: 2017-07-07)

Existe un amplio consenso, tanto entre académicos como entre decisores políticos, sobre el cúmulo de beneficios derivados de la educación. Mejorar el nivel educativo de la población se ha identificado como un factor clave ...

Public Policy for Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Trade-offs and Impacts in Managed and Entrepreneurial Economies 

Murdock, Karen A. (Date of defense: 2009-09-20)

Esta tesis se centra en el estudio de las políticas públicas de algunos países de la Unión Europea en relación con el emprendimiento i la innovación. Se basa en la idea de que existe una divergencia entre algunas de las ...

Public service motivation and ethics: from theory building to theory testing 

Ripoll Pascual, Guillem (Date of defense: 2019-06-26)

Aquesta tesi realitzada per compilació d'articles revisa la relació entre la motivació pel servei públic (PSM) i l’ètica. La PSM, o la motivació per servir a la societat, i l'ètica, o l'estudi del que moralment és correcte ...

Public space design for flooding: Facing the challenges presented by climate change adaptation 

Matos Silva Cabral, Maria (Date of defense: 2016-12-07)

The urban phenomenon of floods is recurrent and is expected to be aggravated in the near and distant future, not only in light of climate change projections, but also if flood management approaches continue the path of ...

Public visualization displays of citizen data: design, impact and implications 

Valkanova, Nina (Date of defense: 2014-12-17)

The constant development of ubiquitous computing has enabled the pervasive integration of sensing and display technologies in everyday public settings. Urban digital screens are increasingly dominating the visual cityscape, ...

Public water policies: the ultimate weapons of social control 

Porter, Charles (Date of defense: 2016-12-15)

Public-Private Partnerships in Roads: Economic and Policy Analyses 

Bel-Piñana, Paula (Date of defense: 2018-07-10)

In recent decades, public-private partnerships has converted in an alternative way of providing transport infrastructures that has been traditional delivered by public sector. Between 1990 and 2017, governments all over ...

Publicidad comercial y libertad de expresión 

Rubí i Puig, Antoni (Date of defense: 2008-02-08)

La tesi doctoral Publicidad comercial y libertad de expresión analitza les conseqüències jurídiques de la protecció de la publicitat i d'altres formes de comunicació comercial mitjançant la llibertat d'informació i d'expressió ...