The School of Psychology has a thriving research community actively investigating both basic and applied research problems across a diverse range of topics within psychology.
Below is our list of current research outputs:
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| Alan Carr |
Carr, A. (2025). Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology: A Contextual Approach (4th ed.). Routledge. O’Dwyer, C., Davis, B.Á., O’Connor, M., Keating, A., Sharry, J., Looney, K., McDarby, F., Doran, A., Murphy, E., & Carr, A. (2025). A cluster randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Parents Plus group-based parenting program to promote healthy lifestyles among children and their families. Archives Public Health, 83, 111. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01555-x Carr, A. (2025). Processi creativi associati a un modello integrativo di terapia sistemica. [Creative processes associated with an integrative model of systemic therapy.] In M. Mariotti, C. Loriedo, G. Saba, C. Sluzki, & P. Stratton (Eds.), La terapia sistemica che funziona: creatività e manualizzazione nella prevenzione, nella terapia e nell'insegnamento. [Systemic therapy that works: Creativity and manualization in prevention, therapy and teaching.] Franco Angeli. |
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| Louise McHugh |
Cox, G., Stapleton, A., Russell, T., McHugh, L., & Kavalidou, K. (2025). Probable Suicide Among Men in Farming and Agricultural-Related Occupations in the Republic of Ireland: Exploring Coronial Data. Journal of Agromedicine, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2025.2498339 |
| Louise McHugh |
Lespine, L.-F., Rueda-Delgado, L. M., Vahey, N., Ruddy, K. L., Kiiski, H., Enz, N., Boyle, R., Rai, L., Pragulbickaite, G., Bricker, J. B., McHugh, L., & Whelan, R. (2025). Changes in inhibition-related brain function and psychological flexibility during smoking abstinence: A machine-learning prediction of time to relapse. European Addiction Research. Advance online publication.(opens in a new window) https://doi.org/10.1159/000546112 |
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| Glen Jankowski |
Jankowski, G S. “Decolonizing Research: Recommendations from a Migrant Home Photovoice Study.” Qualitative Research in Psychology 0, no. 0 (n.d.): 1–23. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2025.2485941. |
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| Alan Carr Kathy Looney |
O’Dwyer, C., Davis, B.Á., O’Connor, M., Keating, A., Sharry, J., Looney, K., McDarby, F., Doran, A., Murphy, E., & Carr, A. (2025). A cluster randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Parents Plus group-based parenting program to promote healthy lifestyles among children and their families. Archives Public Health, 83, 111. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01555-x Carr, A., Kieran, A., Sherbersky, H., Shepherd, M., Galbraith, M., Whittinger, N., Pomini, V., Kunsang Yang Yang Nearchou, N., & Stratton, P. (2025). Development and preliminary validation of the C-SCORE: A brief scale for use in systemic couple therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 47, e12485. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12485 Carr, A., & Helps, A. (2025). Alan Carr Q&A about 2 review papers. Context, 197, 53-54. |
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| Jessica Bramham Méadhbh Brosnan |
Stein, C., O’Keefe, F., Brosnan, M., Flynn, C., McGuigan, C., Bramham, J. (2025). Cognitive reserve in multiple sclerosis: The role of depression and fatigue. doi: 10.1177/13524585251338757
Pearce, D. J.*, Loughnane, G. M*., Chong, T. T.-J., Demeyere, N., Mattingley, J. B., Moore, M. J., New, P. W., O’Connell, R. G., O’Neill, M. H., Rangelov, D., Stolwyk, R. J., Webb, S. S., Zhou, S.-H. Brosnan, M. B†., Bellgrove, M. A†. (2025)Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying post-stroke deficits in contralesional perceptual processing. Journal of Neuroscience (in press) * joint first authorship; †joint senior authorship; (opens in a new window)click here for the preprint Research Grant: Ad Astra Lab-Based Research Funds €25,565 |
| Christine Linehan |
Appointed Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. |
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| Alan Carr |
Sheehan, D., Nelson, J., & Carr, A. (2025). Investigation into the positive and negative outcomes for clinicians working with child survivors of sexual abuse. Child Abuse Review, 34(1), e70015. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70015 Davis, B. Á., O’Dwyer, C., Keating, A., Sharry, J., Murphy, E., Doran, A., Nearchou, F., & Carr, A. (2025). The Healthy Habits Questionnaire (HHQ): Validation of a measure designed to assess problematic influential behaviours amongst families of children living with obesity or a risk of developing obesity. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40(1),157-174. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045241286223 |
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| Louise McHugh |
Cyniak-Cieciura, M., Popiel, A., Zawadzki, B., Cremeans-Smith, J. K., Alessandri, G., Bielak, P., McHugh, L.,… Topanova, G. T. (2025). Development of a Culture-Common Formal Characteristics of Behavior - Temperament Markers Inventory (FCB-TMI-CC). Journal of Personality Assessment, 107(1), 73–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2024.2363967 |
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| Jude Bek |
New publications: Bek, J., Jehu, D.A., Morris, M.E., Hackney, M.E. (2025). Digital dance programs for Parkinson's disease: Challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Psychology. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1496146 Jehu, D.A., Bek, J., Bennett, C., Hackney, M.E. (2025). Group and partnered dance for people living with dementia: An overview of intervention design and measurement considerations. Frontiers in Psychology. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1500688 |
| Áine Ní Choisdealbha |
Attaheri, A., Ní Choisdealbha, Á., Rocha, S., Brusini, P., Di Liberto, G. M., Mead, N., ... & Goswami, U. (2024). Infant low-frequency EEG cortical power, cortical tracking and phase-amplitude coupling predicts language a year later. PloS one, 19(12), e0313274. |
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0313274 |
| Alan Carr |
Carr, A. (2025) Couple therapy and systemic interventions for Carr, A. (2025) Family therapy and systemic interventions for child-focussed problems: The evidence base. Journal of Family Therapy, 47, e12476. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12476 |
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| Jude Bek |
New publications: Bek, J., O’Farrell, R., Cooney, S.M. (2025). Experience in sports and music influences motor imagery: Insights from implicit and explicit measures. Acta Psychologica.(opens in a new window) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104650 Bek, J., Jehu, D.A., Morris, M.E., Hackney, M.E. (in press). Digital dance programs for Parkinson's disease: Challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Psychology. Jehu, D.A., Bek, J., Bennett, C., Hackney, M.E. (in press). Group and partnered dance for people living with dementia: An overview of intervention design and measurement considerations. Frontiers in Psychology. |
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| Sonya Deschenes |
New grant: From Research to Community: Developing Informative Tools for Diabetes and Depression Comorbidity. 17k EUR. HRB Knowledge Translation Award (2024-2025); Deschenes, Gottfried, & Gajewska. |
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| Méadhbh Brosnan |
Small grant from Enterprise Ireland for Proposal Support for Project RESILIENT CONNECTIVITY (15K EUR). |
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| Niki Nearchou |
New publications Flinn, C., & Nearchou, F. (2024). Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology & health, 1–29. Advance online publication. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2434483 Davis BÁ,...Nearchou, F. & Carr., A (2025). The healthy habits questionnaire (HHQ): Validation of a measure designed to assess problematic influential behaviours amongst families of children living with obesity or a risk of developing obesity. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 30(1):157-174. doi:10.1177/13591045241286223 New Grant: Bitten by a Dog in the Republic of Ireland: A Human and Animal Problem, Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (248,000). Locksley Messam (PI, UCD Veterinary Science), Niki Nearchou, Aine Caroll & McGrath Guy (co PIs). |
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| Glen Jankowski |
Jankowski, G. S. (in press). Androgenetic Alopecia Care Requires Greater Evidence‐based Guidance, International Journal of Trichology. Launch of 8 videos to bust myths about men’s baldness: (opens in a new window)https://thebaldingbuddy.wordpress.com/videos/ (Designed with Dirk Kranz, Josip Razum & Sakshat Joshi). |
| Alan Carr |
Carr, A. (2024) Family therapy and systemic interventions for child-focused problems: The evidence base. Journal of Family Therapy, (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12476 Carr, A., O’Dwyer, C., Davis, B., O’Connor, M., Twomey, C., Sharry, J., Keating, A,. Looney, K., Brosnan, E., Doran, A., & Murphy, E. (2024). New Parents Plus evidence: 2024 meta-analysis and PP healthy families research. Keynote address to the Parents Plus Innovations in Practice Conference, online, 13 November 2024. Mckenna, S., Grennan, S., O’Dowd, A. Murphy, E., Nearchou, N., O’Connor, M., Connaughton, L., & Carr, A. (2024). Validating a new state wellbeing measure & evaluating the A Lust for Life Schools Programme. Presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Sheraton Athlone Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath, 13th-15th November 2024. |
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| Jessica Bramham |
Post-doctoral funding for Christina Seery from HSE Women’s Health Fund
2. How can we support women with ADHD in the postpartum period €35,963.13 |
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| Louise McHugh |
McHugh, L.,Farrell, L., & Moran, O. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Enhancement Fund 2024. ‘Talk EDI to Me: Promoting Engagement in Affirming Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion’ Conversations among Higher Education Staff. €71,662.00. |
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| Méadhbh Brosnan |
Plini, E. R. G., Robertson, I. H., Brosnan, M. B., Dockree, P. M. (2024) Locus Coeruleus is associated with higher openness to experience and IQ: implications for the noradrenergic system for novelty seeking in daily life, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-24 |
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| Monika Pilch |
CO-DECIDE: Digital space for collaborative future care decision-making, Enterprise Ireland, Commercialisation Fund Feasibility Grant, €14,920 Irish Hospice Foundation, Mapping the Landscape of Advance Care Planning in Ireland, €9000 Keesom, E., Lidström-Holmqvist, K., Ortiz-Catalan, M., Pilch, M., Lendaro, E., Hermansson, L., & Van Der Sluis, C. K. (2024). Reducing phantom limb pain using phantom motor execution enabled by augmented and virtual reality: participants’ perspectives on an innovative treatment. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-10. Pilch, M., Hayes, C., Harney, O., Doyle, F., Thomas, S., Lunt, V., Hogan, M. Using Collective Intelligence to Develop Design Requirements for a Complex Intervention for Advance Care Planning in the Community. (2024, in press) Journal of Clinical Nursing. |
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| Glen Jankowski |
Jankowski, G. S. (2024). Alopecia areata’s psychosocial challenges: Complex but not irreparable, Dermatological Nursing. Jankowski, G. S., Kranz, D., & Razum, J. (2024). Men’s baldness stigma: A mixed methods international survey. Journal of Health Psychology. |
| Katie Gilligan-Lee |
Papers Accepted in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology “Exploring relative strengths in people with Down syndrome: Spatial thinking and its role in mathematics” and Early Years “ Dividing times: the views of early adopters of a new assessment framework on mathematics in England”. |
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| Barbara Dooley |
BD with Prof Peter Jones (Cambridge University) Section 1 leads for the Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Youth Mental Health. Commissioning editor Prof Pat McGorry. This commission draws on the best evidence in youth mental health globally, with authors drawn from all over the world. |
(opens in a new window)https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/youth-mental-health |
| Christine |
Awarded fellowship of IASSIDD International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at world congress in Chicago. |
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| Niki |
1. IRC Postgraduate Scholarship 2024-2027 PHD student Christina Koretsidou: “Gender-based violence and sexual harassment in Higher Education among high-risk groups and people who identify with multiple minority identities” 2. Appointed on the Board of Trustees - Pieta |
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| Sonya |
Congratulations to PhD Scholar Samantha Trevaskis (Supervisor: Deschenes) on the IRC Postgraduate Scholarship titled “Psychosocial and health predictors of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder symptom severity in Ireland”. |