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  • Attributes and applications of heroes: a brief history of lay and academic perspectives 
    Kinsella, Elaine Louise; Ritchie, Timothy D.; Igou, Eric Raymond (Routledge, 2017)
    Research on heroism typically seems fascinating to people in everyday life: they ask insightful and interesting questions about the research, offer their personal reflections on heroes, and sometimes share details of ...
  • Early career attitudes and satifaction during recession. 
    O'Shea, Deirdre; Monaghan, Sinéad M.; Ritchie, Timothy D. (Emerald, 2014)
    Purpose – To examine the role of protean and boundaryless career attitudes in early career employees during a time of economic recession in Ireland, specifically regarding their relationship to work characteristics, job ...
  • Heroism and the pursuit of a meaningful life 
    Kinsella, Elaine Louise; Igou, Eric Raymond; Ritchie, Timothy D. (SAGE Publications, 2017)
    Individuals and groups of individuals are motivated to find meaning in their activities and in life, generally. That is, when events or affective states threaten or reduce a person s sense of meaning, psychological processes ...
  • Is that my memory? Effects of interpersonal relationships on shared memory 
    Condon, Candice E. (University of Limerick, 2014)
    This thesis documents the results of a research project investigating the relationship between interpersonal relationship factors and shared memory. Although shared memory and the factors that influence it have been ...
  • Lay perspectives on the social and psychological functions of heroes 
    Kinsella, Elaine Louise; Ritchie, Timothy D.; Igou, Eric Raymond (Frontiers, 2015)
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  • On boredom and perceptions of heroes: a meaning-regulation approach to heroism 
    Coughlan, Gillian; Igou, Eric Raymond; van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.; Kinsella, Elaine Louise; Ritchie, Timothy D. (Sage Publications, 2017)
    We propose that boredom, a state associated with a sense of meaninglessness, leads to a psychological search for meaning in life, which in turn elevates affirmation of heroes. This hypothesis builds on the notion that ...
  • A psychological perspective on the features and functions of heroes 
    Kinsella, Elaine Louise (University of Limerick, 2012)
    This thesis documents a PhD research project, conducted over three years, that investigates the important features and functions associated with heroes. This programme of research was designed to add to the scant literature ...
  • Zeroing in on heroes: a prototype analysis of hero features. 
    Kinsella, Elaine Louise; Ritchie, Timothy D.; Igou, Eric Raymond (American Psychological Association, 2015)
    Heroes are ubiquitous in literature and popular discourse, yet little is known about cognitive representations of heroes. We examined lay conceptions of heroes using a prototype approach, compared heroes with other ...

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