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PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
ANNUAL REPORT
1 AUGUST 2007 - 31 JULY 2008

PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ANNUAL REPORT
1 August 2007 – 31 July 2008
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PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ANNUAL REPORT
(1 AUGUST 2007 - 31 JULY 2008)
CONTENTS Page No
1. Foreword from the Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) 2
2. Foreword from the Director of the Research Institute 4
3. Research Institute Members 5-6
4. Research Students 7-8
5. Research Students who graduated between
1 August 2007 and 31 July 2008 9
6. Research Publications 10-19
7. Research Funding 20-21
8. Conference Attendance 22-29
9. Indicators of Esteem 30-35
10. Contacts 36

1. FOREwORd bY THE PRO VICE CHANCELLOR
(RESEARCh ANd INNOvATION)
It is the responsibility of any institution which conducts
academic research to do so in a way that makes a significant
contribution both to the social, political and cultural fabric
of the community which it serves in particular and to
society and the economy in general. In reading the annual
reports from University of Ulster Research Institutes I
am confident that you will find the research undertaken
at Ulster to have more than fulfilled expectations over
the past year.
The University’s growing reputation for high quality research has enabled us
to continue to attract additional high-calibre research staff who have assisted
colleagues in attracting external research and other income and in completing
work that has led to highly prestigious papers, books and other key performance
outputs.
In particular, the University has had a successful year in terms of research grant
income with £11.5M of externally funded grants. The number of major external
awards, the value of which exceeds £200k, rose to eight with income totalling
£3M attracted from prestigious Research Councils.
In addition to the annual allocation of DEL postgraduate of £3.38M, this year,
the University received just over £300k in support of 34 new DEL funded PhD
studentships to be held in research areas that have specific relevance to the
Northern Ireland economy; thus allowing further development of R&D talent
essential for innovation in business and the public sector. This funding enables
Ulster to support 244 full-time research students with a further 161 supported
from a range of other sources of funding.
Research staff have made a significant contribution to Northern Ireland’s largest
every strategic review under the MATRIX programme. A number of colleagues
contributed significantly as members on the main panel with many other colleagues
on Horizon panels across all five sectors, ie: Advanced Engineering (Transport),
Advanced Materials, Agrifood, ICT and Life & Health Sciences. The MATRIX
recommendations are implemented under the leadership of DETI and Minister
Arlene Foster and the University will play a significant role in implementing its
recommendations and model.
In November 2007 Ulster made its largest submission to the national Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE2008). Almost 500 staff in 25 Units of Research
Assessment participated in the exercise and a number of Ulster staff participated
in RAE Sub-Panels with two members of staff being asked to act as Chair (Professor
Hugh McKenna – Nursing and Midwifery and Professor Seamus MacMathuna –
Celtic Studies).
The RAE2008 outcomes will inform the future research strategy of the University
and the University’s research strategy document (SUPPORTIVe: Strategy and Action
Plan for Research, Research Training and Innovation 2006-2009) is to be revised
during 2008/09.
There continues to be a very strong flow of research findings coming out of our
research activities this year, many as new disclosures, adding to our intellectual
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property portfolio. We continue to exploit this asset through knowledge and
technology transfer activities managed through our Office of Innovation.
I trust that you will enjoy reading the Report and commend it to you as evidence
that University of Ulster research ranks highly amongst UK institutions.
Professor ND Black
Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation)
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2. FOREwORd bY THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dIRECTOR
Psychology Success in RAE 2008
Researchers in Psychology are celebrating their success
in RAE 2008 which indicated that the unit had moved
upward once again in the RAE rankings. Commenting on
the successful outcome Professor Stringer claimed the
RAE 2008 results revealed a significant shift in the regional
balance of research power:
“I am delighted that Psychology at Ulster has performed
so strongly in RAE 2008 outperforming our regional
competitor Queens in terms of research power.”
In terms of research power, Psychology was ranked 34th out of 76 institutions
entered beating traditional universities such as Warwick, Newcastle, Stirling,
Leicester and Queens.
Research
Rank FTE 4 3 2 1 U Power
34 University of Ulster 27 5 20 45 30 0 54
35 University of Dundee 22 5 30 50 15 0 50
36 University of Newcastle upon Tyne 21 10 30 45 15 0 50
37 University of Leicester 26 5 10 50 35 0 48
38 University of Warwick 18 5 60 30 5 0 48
39 University of Stirling 24.2 5 10 55 30 0 46
40 University of Hull 20.7 5 30 45 20 0 46
41 Queen’s University Belfast 19.5 5 25 50 20 0 42
Psychology entered 27 staff in the exercise an increase of 50% from RAE 2001
making Ulster the largest grouping of research psychologists on the island of
Ireland.
Professor Stringer highlighted the important team effort that contributed to this
success:
“The result is a tribute to the hard work of research staff on both our Magee and
Coleraine campuses and to the excellent research environment created by our
postgraduate students and support staff.”
“These outstanding results clearly show the School is punching its weight in
terms of internationally relevant academic study with 70% of our research staff
being judged to be carrying out work which is internationally recognized”.
We are pleased with the psychology panel report which commented positively
on our strong postgraduate numbers and healthy range of research funding
from a range of sources. The panel also commended Psychology for its good
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and the strong applied work in
our submission.
Professor Maurice Stringer
Director of Psychology Research Institute
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3. RESEARCH INSTITUTE MEMbERS: 1 AUGUST 2007 – 31 JULY 2008
Surname Forename Title Position
Adamson Gary Dr Senior Lecturer in Psychology
bones Robert Dr Lecturer in Psychology
bunting Brendan Prof Professor of Psychology
Cairns Ed Prof Professor of Psychology
Campbell Andrea Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Cassidy Tony Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Coyle Kieran Dr Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology
dickson David Dr Senior Lecturer of Communication
Ennis Edel Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Giles Melanie Dr Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Gordon Michael Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Hargie Owen Prof Professor of Communication
Harrison Simon Prof Professor of Social Anthropology
Keenan Michael Dr Senior Lecturer
Kim Eun-Mee Dr Lecturer in Neurobiology
Leslie Julian Prof Professor of Psychology
Lewis Christopher Dr Reader in Psychology
Liddell Christine Prof Professor of Psychology
Lynn Richard Prof Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Mallett John Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McCann Siobhan Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McClenahan Carol Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McConville Christopher Dr Senior Lecturer in Psychology
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Surname Forename Title Position
McKinney Adele Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McLaughlin Marian Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Millar Robert Dr Lecturer in Careers Guidance
Murphy Sam Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Rae Gordon Prof Professor of Psychology
Robinson Gillian Prof Director of ARK
Shaw David Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Shevlin Mark Dr Reader in Psychology
Simpson Liz Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Smyth Sinead Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Stringer Maurice Prof Director of Research Institute
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4. RESEARCH STUdENTS wHO REGISTEREd bETwEEN
1 AUGUST 2007 – 31 JULY 2008
Name Cherie Armour
Title of Project Early environmental influences on psychosis and substance abuse
Grant Source DEL
Country of Origin Northern Ireland
Name dagmar Corry
Title of Project Creativity and Spirituality in Mental Health Promotion: Creative Coping Options within
Communities
Grant Source DEL
Country of Origin Northern Ireland
Name Paul deCock
Title of Project Early environmental influences on psychosis and substance abuse
Grant Source DEL
Country of Origin Northern Ireland
Name Paul Gilbert
Title of Project Policing change, changing police? An exploration and critical assessment of Patton
Report
Grant Source Self funded
Country of Origin Northern Ireland
Name Alex Igundunasse
Title of Project Ethnic prejudice in Northern Ireland
Grant Source VCRS
Country of Origin Nigeria
Name Torunn Lian
Title of Project Time dimensions in stimulus equivalence
Grant Source Self funded
Country of Origin Norway
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Name Mitzi Anne Purdy
Title of Project Exploring the predictors of body mass
Grant Source DEL
Country of Origin Northern Ireland
Name Margaret Quinn walsh
Title of Project Childhood Bullying: Elucidating and readdressing key issues
Grant Source Self funded
Country of Origin Ireland
Name Anja Schumann
Title of Project Identifying effective components of ABA programmes used in environmental
consumption behaviour and energy conservation
Grant Source DEL
Country of Origin Germany
Name Laura Toye
Title of Project Patient perception of acute hospital in patient care in Ireland
Grant Source Health Research Board Scholars
Country of Origin Ireland
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5. RESEARCH STUdENTS wHO GRAdUATEd wITH PHd’S bETwEEN
1 AUGUST 2007 – 31 JULY 2008
(SUPERvISORS ARE STATEd)
Michael duffy
(Manktelow/ Lewis)
The application of cognitive therapy for post traumatic stress disorder arising from civil conflict and related violence in
Northern Ireland
Kevin Leonard
(Shevlin/Murphy)
Traumas and common neurotic disorders
Caroline Loughlin
(Adamson/Shevlin)
An evaluation of the psychometric properties of data capture formats in the assessment of health related quality of life
Kareena McAloney
(Stringer/Mallett/McLernon)
The influence of long-term segregated environments on self-esteem and mental health
Karen McGuigan
(Shevlin/Millar)
The long-term effects of Bloody Sunday on the families of those killed and wounded on the day
Mary Mullan
(Lewis/Stringer)
Socio-psychological influences on the moral attitudes of young people in Northern Ireland
Jamie Murphy
(Shevlin/Lewis)
Psychiatric morbidity in the UK: An analysis using structural equation modelling
Katherine O’Grady-Reilly
(Leslie)
Ageing, disability and quality of life
bernadette Quinn
(Lewis/Cairns)
An examination of self-objectification among Northern Irish adolescents’
Christopher Shields
(O’Hora/Bones)
The application of precision teaching to sport and exercise
Sandra williams
(Shevlin/Adamson)
Pathways to psychological illness and well-being
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6. RESEARCH PUbLICATIONS: 1 AUGUST 2007 – 31 JULY 2008
AdAmSON
Shevlin, M., Adamson, G., Vollebergh, W., de Graaf, R. & van Os J. (2007). An application of item response mixture
modelling to psychosis indicators in two large community samples. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology,
42, 771-779.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2007). Strengthening the utility of cross-sectional data to
examine the factors that influence the course of alcohol problems in a general population. Australian Journal of
Psychology, 59, 309.
Shevlin, M., Dorahy, M., Adamson, G. & Murphy, J. (2007). Subtypes of borderline personality disorder, associated
clinical disorders and stressful life-events: A latent class analysis based on the British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46, 273-281.
McAleavy, G.J., Adamson, G., Hazlett, D.E., Donegan, H.A., & Livesey, G.E. (2008). Modelling determinants of the vocal
health of teachers in Northern Ireland: Implications for educational policy and practice. Public Health, 122, 691-699
Houston, J.E., Murphy, J., Adamson, G., Stringer, M. & Shevlin, M. (2008). Childhood sexual abuse, early cannabis use,
and psychosis: Testing an interaction model based on the national comorbidity survey. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 34,
580-585
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. P., & McCann, S. (2008). Assessing the general health of diagnostic orphans
using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2): a latent variable modeling approach. Alcohol and Alcoholism,
doi:10.1093/alcalc/agn083.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). Characteristics of DSM-IV alcohol diagnostic
orphans: drinking patterns, physical illness, and negative life events. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, doi:10.1016/j.
drugalcdep.2008.08.008.
Shevlin, M., Houston, J.E., Dorahy, M.J. & Adamson G. (2008). Cumulative traumas and psychosis: an analysis of the
National Comorbidity Survey and the British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 34 193-199.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). Diagnostic orphans: Comparing self-report
lifetime course to groups with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence. Addictive Behaviors. doi:10.1016/j.
addbeh.2008.07.019
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). DSM-IV diagnostic orphans: alcohol consumption
patterns, physical health, and adverse social consequences associated with drinking. Alcoholism: Clinical and
Experimental Research, 32, 316.
Carragher, N., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. & McCann, S. (2008). Subtypes of depression in a nationally representative
sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. 113, 88-99. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2008.05.015 - online 21 July 2008.
BONES
Lambe, J.& Bones, R. (2008) The impact of a special school placement on student teacher beliefs about inclusive
education in Northern Ireland, British Journal of Special Needs, Vol.35, No.2, pp.108-117
Lambe, J & Bones, R. (2007) The effect of school-based practice on student teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive
education in Northern Ireland, Journal of Education for Teaching; International Research and Pedagogy, Vol. 33, No.1,
pp. 99-113.
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BUNTING
Maurice J O’Kane, Brendan Bunting, Margaret Copeland, Vivien E Coates (2008) on behalf of the ESMON study
group. Efficacy of self monitoring of blood glucose in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (ESMON
study): randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal; 336: 1174-1177.
Devine, S., Bunting, B., McCann, S., & Murphy, S. (2008). Mixture Modelling of DSM-IV-TR Paranoid Personality
Disorder Criteria in a General Population Sample. Advances in Methodology and Statistics (Metodološki zvezki),
Vol. 5, No. 1, 2008
Gordon, M.S., Shevlin, M., Tierney, K.J., Bunting, B.P., & Trimble, T. (2007). Correspondence between Self- Ratings and
Key-Workers Ratings of Depression in a Mild Learning Disabled Sample. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46,
4, 491-495.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2007). Strengthening the utility of cross-sectional data in order
to examine the factors that influence the course of alcohol problems in a general population. Australian Journal of
Psychology, 59 (suppl), p309.
O’Kane MJ, Innes J, McMenamin M, Moore A, Bunting BP, Coates VE (2007) The relationship between
socioeconomic deprivation, educational attainment and clinical outcomes in Type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine 24:
27-28 Suppl.
Innes JH, McMenamin MT, Coates VE, O’Kane MJ, Bunting BP, Moore AJ (2007) Effects of income, educational level
and social deprivation group on mastery, integration and adjustment to Type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine 24: 100-
100 Suppl.
Innes JH, Bunting BP, Coates VE. (2007) Adaptation to childhood diabetes - an analysis of the structure and
characteristics of parental social networks. Diabetic Medicine 24: 105-105 Suppl.
Carragher N, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann S. (2008). Subtypes of depression in a nationally representative
sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2008 Jul 19.
Ferry, F., Bolton, D., Bunting, B., Devine, B., McCann, S. & Murphy, S. (2008). Trauma, Health and Conflict in Northern
Ireland. ISBN 978-1-85923-228-6.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). Diagnostic orphans: Comparing self-report
lifetime course to groups with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence. Addictive Behaviors. doi:10.1016/j.
addbeh.2008.07.019
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). DSM-IV diagnostic orphans: alcohol consumption
patterns, physical health, and adverse social consequences associated with drinking. Alcoholism: Clinical and
Experimental Research, 32, 316.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. P., & McCann, S. (2008). Assessing the general health of diagnostic orphans
using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2): a latent variable modeling approach. Alcohol and Alcoholism,
doi:10.1093/alcalc/agn083.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). Characteristics of DSM-IV alcohol diagnostic
orphans: drinking patterns, physical illness, and negative life events. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, doi:10.1016/j.
drugalcdep.2008.08.008.
CAIRNS
Schmid, K., Tausch, N., Hewstone, M., Hughes, J. & Cairns, E. (2008). The effects of living in segregated vs. mixed
areas in Northern Ireland: A simultaneous analysis of contact and threat effects in the context of micro-level
neighbours. Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2, 1, 56-71
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Tam, T., Hewstone, M., Kenworthy, J. B., Cairns, E., Marinetti, C., Geddes, L., & Parkinson, B. (2008). Postconflict
reconciliation: Intergroup forgiveness and implicit biases in Northern Ireland. Journal of Social Issues, 64, 303-320.
Hewstone, Miles; Kenworthy, Jared B; Cairns, Ed; Tausch, Nicole; Hughes, Joanne; Tam, Tania; Voci, Alberto; von
Hecker, Ulrich; Pinder, Catherine. (2008). Stepping stones to reconciliation in Northern Ireland: Intergroup contact,
forgiveness, and trust. [References]. [Book; Edited Book] Nadler, Arie (Ed); Malloy, Thomas E (Ed); Fisher, Jeffrey
D (Ed). The social psychology of intergroup reconciliation. (pp. 199-226). xiv, 497 pp. New York, NY, US: Oxford
University Press.
Paolini, Stefania; Hewstone, Miles; Cairns, Ed. (2007) Direct and indirect intergroup friendship effects: Testing
the moderating role of the affective-cognitive bases of prejudice. [References]. [Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal]
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Vol 33(10) Oct, 1406-1420.
Tausch, Nicole; Tam, Tania; Hewstone, Miles; Kenworthy, Jared; Cairns, Ed. (2007) Individual-level and group-level
mediators of contact effects in Northern Ireland: The moderating role of social identification. [References]. [Journal;
Peer Reviewed Journal] British Journal of Social Psychology. Vol 46(3) Sep, 541-556.
CAmPBELL
Hughes, J., Campbell, A., Hewstone, M., & Cairns, E. (2007). Segregation in Northern Ireland: Implications for
community relations. Journal of Policy Studies 28, 1, 35-53.
CASSIdY
Cassidy, T. (2008). Bullying and victimisation in school children: The role of social identity, problem-solving style, and
family and school context. Social Psychology of Education. DOI 10.1007/s11218-008-9066-y
Cassidy, T. & Sintrovani, P. (2008) Motives for parenthood, psychosocial factors and health in women undergoing IVF.
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 26(1). 4-17.
Cassidy, T. & Wright, L. (2008). Graduate employment status and health: A longitudinal analysis of the transition from
student. Social Psychology of Education DOI 10.1007/s11218-007-9043-x
Ohl, M., Mitchell, K., Cassidy, T. & Fox, P. (2008) The Pyramid Club Primary School-Based Intervention: Evaluating
the Impact on Children’s Social-Emotional Health. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. doi:10.1111/j.1475-
3588.2007.00476.x
Early, L., Cushway, D. & Cassidy, T. (2007) Children’s perceptions and experiences of care giving: A focus group study
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 20(1). 69-80.
GILES
Liddell, C., Giles, M. & Rae, G. (2008). The culture of condoms: Culturally grounded variables and their association
with attitudes to condoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 496-504.
Giles M., Connor S., McClenahan C., Mallett J., Stewart-Knox B. & Wright M. (2008) Changing attitudes to
breastfeeding: Designing an intervention for school children. Psychology & Health, 23 (supplement 1), 130.
Giles, M., Connor, S., McClenahan, C. Mallett, J., Stewart-Knox, B. and Wright, M. (2007). Promoting Positive Attitudes
to Breastfeeding. The Irish Scientist Year Book, No. 15 (Nov).
Connor, S., Giles, M., McClenahan, C., Mallett, J., Stewart-Knox, B. & Wright, M. (2007) A cross-sectional survey of
young people’s attitudes to breastfeeding. Psychology & Health, 22 (supplement 1).
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GORdON
Gordon, M.S., Shevlin, M., Tierney, K.J., Bunting, B.B., & Trimble, T. (2007). Correspondence between Self-
Ratings and Key-Workers Ratings of Depression in a Mild Learning Disabled Sample. British Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 46, 4, 491-495.
Ferguson, N. & Gordon, M. (2007). Intergroup Variability among Northern Irish Catholics and Protestants.
Journal of Social Psychology, 147, 3, 317-320.
hARGIE
Dickson, D., Hargie, O. & Wilson, N. (2008) Communication, relationships, and religious difference in the Northern
Ireland workplace: A study of private and public sector organizations, Journal of Applied Communication
Research, 36, 128-160.
Dickson, D., Hargie, O., O’Donnell, A. & McMullan, C. (2008) Learning to Deal with Difference in the Workplace.
University of Ulster, Jordanstown. A Report on Research funded by the Community Relations Council through
the European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of
Ireland (Peace II Measure 2.1). Jordanstown: University of Ulster.
O’Donnell, A., McMullan, C., Hargie, O. & Dickson, D. (2008) Breaking Down Barriers: Sectarianism,
Unemployment, and the Exclusion of Disadvantaged Young People from Northern Ireland Society, in a Sustainable
Peace? Research as a Contribution to Peace-building in Northern Ireland. Community Relations Council, Belfast.
Hargie, O. (2007) Confrontation in the Real World: The Case of Northern Ireland. In A. Ivey and M. Ivey (eds)
Intentional Interviewing and Counseling, 6th Ed. Pacific Grove: Ca: Thomson/Brooks/Cole.
Hargie, O. (2007) Managing Your Communications: A Key Determinant of Organisational Success. In R. Karlsdottir
(ed.) Læring, Kommunikasjon og Lederutvikling, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, Trondheim, Norway.
Hargie, O. & Dickson, D. (2007) Are Important Corporate Policies Understood by Employees? A Tracking Study of
Organizational Information, Journal of Communication Management, 11(1), 9-28.
Hargie, O. and McCoy, M. (2007) The importance of context: How a problem like the evaluation of
communication can be solved, Communication Director, 2, 80-83.
McCoy, M. and Hargie, O. (2007) Effects of personalization and envelope color on response rate, speed and quality
among a business population, Industrial Marketing Management, 36, 799–809.
O’Kane, P. and Hargie, O. (2007) Intentional and unintentional consequences of substituting face-to-face
interaction with e-mail: An employee-based perspective, Interacting with Computers, 19, 20-31.
O’Kane, P., Palmer, M. and Hargie, O. (2007) Workplace interactions and the polymorphic role of e-mail,
Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 28, 308-324.
hARRISON
Harrison, S. (2008) Skulls and scientific collecting in the Victorian military: keeping the enemy dead in British
frontier warfare. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 50(1): 285-303.
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KIm
Poling, A., Morgan, K.P., Panos, J.J., Kim, E-M., O’Hare, E., Cleary, J.P., Lesne, S., Ashe, K.H., Porritt, M. and Baker,
L. (2008). Oligomers of the amyloid-beta protein disrupt working memory: confirmation with two behavioural
procedures. Behavioural Brain Research, 193, 230-234.
Reid, R.E., Kim, E-M., Page, D. and O’Hare, E. (2007). Effects of thyroxine replacement on spatial learning and
memory in an animal model of congenital hypothyroidism. Physiology and Behavior, 91, 299-303.
KIRBY
Kirby, K., Dunwoody, L., Millar, R. (2008). What type of service provision do patients with chronic pain want from
primary care providers? Disability & Rehabilitation. Manuscript ID: 364083 for online access.
LESLIE
Leslie, J.C., Sharp, K., Quigley, L., Carson, A., McGovern, S. & Shaw, D. (2007). Effects of chlordiazepoxide on
extinction of operant behaviour in mice vary with time of administration and rate of extinction. European Journal
of Behaviour Analysis, 8, 257-266.
Shaw, D, Norwood, K., Sharp, K., Quigley, L., McGovern, S.F.J. &. Leslie, J.C. (2008). Facilitation of extinction of
operant behaviour in mice by D-Cycloserine. Psychopharmacology. DOI 10.1007/s00213-008-1312-7.
LEwIS
Lewis, C.A., Breslin, M.J. & Dein, S. (Eds.) (2008). Prayer and mental health [Special Issue]. Mental Health, Religion
and Culture, volume 11, edition 1. (ISSN 1367-4676) 161 pages
Lewis, C.A., Turton, D., & Francis, L.J. (Eds.) (2007). Clergy work related psychological health, stress, and burnout
[Special Issue]. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, volume 10, edition 1. (ISSN 1367-4676). 88 pages
Lewis, C.A., Cruise, S.M., & McGuckin, C. (2007). Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward
Christianity short-form: Test-retest data over one week. In T.C. Lomand, Social science research: A cross section of
journal articles for discussion and evaluation (5th edn.) (pp. 173-175). Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing. (ISBN
1-884585-74-4)
Lewis, C.A., Cruise, S.M., & McGuckin, C. (2007). Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward
Christianity short-form: Test-retest data over one week. In A.K. Milinki, A cross section of psychological research:
Journal articles for discussion and evaluation (2nd edn.) (pp. 151-153). Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing. (ISBN
1-884585-69-8)
Cruise, S.M., & Lewis, C.A. (2008). Importance of ratings in self-estimated intelligence: A means of validation?
International Journal of Psychology, 43, 501-502. (ISSN 0020-7594)
Lewis, C.A., Adamovová, L., & Cruise, S.M. (2008). The psychometric properties of the Depression-Happiness Scale
short-form and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire short-form among Slovak students. International Journal of
Psychology, 43, 501. (ISSN 0020-7594)
Lewis, C.A., Adamovová, L., & Francis, L.J. (2008). Assessing the Francis Sale of Attitude toward Christianity among
Slovak students. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 463. (ISSN 0020-7594)
Breslin, M.J., Lewis, C.A., & Shevlin, M. (2008). A psychometric evaluation of a measure of different prayer types
among Irish adults. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 445. (ISSN 0020-7594)
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Noor, M., Brown, R. Gonzalez, R., Manzi, J., & Lewis, C.A. (2008). On positive psychological outcomes; what helps
groups with a history of conflict to forgive and reconcile with each other? Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 34, 819-832. (ISSN 0146-1672).
Mc Guckin, C. & Lewis, C.A. (2008). Management of bullying in Northern Ireland schools: A pre-legislative survey.
Educational Research, 50, 9-23. (ISSN 0013-1881)
Williams, L., O’Connor, R.C., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M., Johnston, D.W., Hay, J.L., O’Connor, D.B., Lewis, C.A.,
Ferguson, E., Sheehy, N.P., Grealy, M.A., & O’Carroll, R.E. (2008). Type D Personality mechanisms of effect: The role
of health-related behaviour and social support. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 63-69. (ISSN 0033-3174).
Maltby, J., Lewis, C.A., & Day, L. (2008). Prayer and subjective well-being: The application of cognitive-behavioural
framework. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 11, 119-130. (ISSN 1367-4676).
Francis, L.J., Robbins, M., Lewis, C.A., &. Barnes, L.P. (2008). Prayer and psychological health: A study among sixthform
pupils attending Catholic and Protestant schools in Northern Ireland. Mental Health, Religion and Culture,
11, 85-92. (ISSN 1367-4676).
Breslin, M.J. & Lewis, C.A. (2008). Theoretical models of the nature of prayer and health: A review. Mental Health,
Religion and Culture, 11, 9-21. (ISSN 1367-4676).
Lewis, C.A., Breslin, M.J., & Dein, S. (2008). Prayer and mental health: An introduction to this special issue of the
Mental Health, Religion and Culture. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 11, 1-7. (ISSN 1367-4676).
Francis, L.J., Robbins, M., Lewis, C.A., & Barnes, L.P. (2007). Attitude toward Christianity among secondary school
pupils in Northern Ireland: Shifts in denominational differences. Educational Research, 49, 431-436. (ISSN 0013-
1881).
Francis, L.J., Robbins, M., ap Siôn, T., Lewis, C.A., & Barnes, L.P. (2007). Psychological health and attitude toward
Christianity among Protestant and Catholic sixth form pupils in Northern Ireland. Pastoral Psychology, 56, 157-
164. (ISSN 0031-2789).
Mullan, M. & Lewis C.A. (2007). The psychometric properties of the Religious Status Inventory - Being Ethical
subscale among Northern Irish adolescents. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 28, 209-215. (ISSN 1361-7672).
Rogers, M.B., Loewenthal, K.M., Lewis, C.A., Amlot, R., Cinnirella, M., & Ansari, H. (2007). The role of religious
fundamentalism in terrorist violence: A social-psychological analysis. International Review of Psychiatry, 19, 253-
262. (ISSN 0954-0261).
Ferguson, N., Binks, E., Roe, M.D., Brown, J.N., Adams, T., Cruise, S.M., & Lewis, C.A. (2007). The IRA apology of
2002 and forgiveness in Northern Ireland’s Troubles: A cross-national study of printed media. Journal of Peace
Psychology, 13, 93-113. (ISSN 1078-1919).
Lewis, C.A., Cruise, S.M., & Lattimar, R. (2007). Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward
Christianity short-form among 10- to 12-year-old English children: Test-retest data over 15 weeks. Archive für
Religionspsychologie, 29, 259-267. (ISSN 0335-5985).
Dorahy, M.J., Lewis, C.A., & Wolfe, F.A.M. (2007). Psychological distress associated with domestic violence in
Northern Ireland. Current Psychology, 25, 295-305. (ISSN 0737-8262).
Lewis, C.A., Turton, D., & Francis, L.J. (2007). Clergy work related psychological health, stress and burnout: An
introduction to this special issue of the Mental Health, Religion and Culture. Mental Health, Religion and Culture,
10, 1-8. (ISSN 1367-4676).
Lewis, C.A. (2007). Review of ‘Religion, education and adolescence: International and empirical perspectives’, by
Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins, & Jeff Astley. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 28, 352-354. (ISSN 1361-7672)
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Breslin, M.J. & Lewis, C.A. (2007). Review of ‘Psychological perspectives on prayer’, by Leslie J. Francis & Jeff Astley.
Pastoral Psychology, 55, 527-531. (ISSN 0031-2789)
LIddELL
Liddell, C., Giles, M., & Rae, G. (2008) The culture of condoms: culturally grounded variables and their association
with attitudes to condoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, pp. 496-504,
Liddell, C. (2008). The impact of fuel poverty on children. Belfast: Save the Children.
Liddell, C. (2008). Targeting the Right Households in the Implementation of a Fuel Poverty Strategy. Report
commissioned by the Department of Social Development Northern Ireland. Coleraine: University of Ulster.
Liddell, C. (2008). A cost-benefit analysis of the Northern Ireland Fuel Poverty Strategy 2000-2008. Report
commissioned by the Department of Social Development Northern Ireland. Coleraine: University of Ulster.
mALLETT
McClenahan, C., Giles, M. & Mallett, J. (2007). The importance of context-specificity in work stress research: a test
of the demand-control-support model in academics. Work and Stress, 20, 1, 85-95.
mcCANN
Carragher N, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann S (2008) Subtypes of depression in a nationally representative
sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. Online 21st Jul 2008.
Mitchell EA, Ryan A, Carson O, McCann S (2007) An exploratory study of web-enhanced learning in
undergraduate nurse education: Implications for practice? Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16, 2287-2296.
McBride O, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann S (2007) Strengthening the utility of cross-sectional data in order to
examine the factors that influence the course of alcohol problems in a general population. Australian Journal of
Psychology, 59 (suppl), p309.
mcCLENAhAN
Giles, M., Connor, S., McClenahan, C., Mallet, J., Stewart-Knox, B. & Wright, M. (2007). Promoting positive attitudes
to breastfeeding. The Irish Scientist, 15, 11, 74.
Connor, S., Giles, M., McClenahan, C., Mallett, J., Stewart-Knox, B. & Wright, M. (2007) A cross-sectional survey of
young people’s attitudes to breastfeeding. Psychology & Health, 22 (Supp. 1).
mcCONvILLE
Williams E., Stewart-Knox BJ., McConville C., Bradbury I., Armstrong NC., and McNulty H. (2007). Folate status
and mood: is there a relationship? Public Health Nutrition 11(2), 118-123.
Simpson E.E.A., McConville C., Rae G., O’Connor J.M., Stewart-Knox B.J., Coudray C., and Strain J.J. (2008).
Salivary cortisol, stress and mood in healthy older adults: the Zenith Study. Biol Psychol 78, 1-9.
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mcdOwELL
McDowell, C., Duffy, K., & Kerr, K., P. (2007). Increasing Food Acceptance and reducing challenging behaviour in a
four-year-old girl with autism. European Journal of Behavior Analysis. Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 267-276.
mcLAUGhLIN
McLaughlin, M., Thompson, K., Parahoo, K., Hume, A. & Armstrong, J. (2007). Inequalities in the provision of sexual
health information for young people. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 33(2), 99-105.
mILLAR
Millar, R. & Shevlin, M. (2007). The Development and Factor Structure of a Career Locus of Control Scale for Use
with School Pupils. Journal of Career Development, 33, 224-249.
Esters, I.G., Tracey, A., & Millar, R. (2008). An application of the Things I Worry About Scale to a sample of at-risk
American adolescents: An examination of psychometric properties. Adolescence, 42, 699-721.
RAE
Stewart-Knox, B. J., Simpson, E.E.A., Parr, H., Rae, G., Polito, A., Intorre, F., et al. (2008) Taste acuity in response to
zinc supplementation in older Europeans. British Journal of Nutrition, 99, pp. 129-136.
Simpson, E.E.A., McConville, C., Rae, G., O’Connor, J.M., Stewart-Knox, B.J., Coudray, C., et al. (2008) Salivary
cortisol, stress and mood in healthy older adults: The Zenith study. Biological Psychology, 78, pp. 1-9.
Liddell, C., Giles, M., & Rae, G. (2008) The culture of condoms: culturally grounded variables and their association
with attitudes to condoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, pp. 496-504.
ROBINSON
Robinson, G, Foley, F and Owens, G. (2008) Politicians and Community Relations. In Community Relations Council
A Sustainable Peace? Research as a contribution to peace-building in Northern Ireland. Community Relations
Council, Belfast.
O’Connor, JS and Robinson, G.(2008) Liberalism, Citizenship and the Welfare State, in W van Oorschot , M Opielka,
and B Pfau-Effinger (eds.) Culture and Welfare State: Values and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective, Edward
Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA.
Lloyd, K and Robinson, G (2008) Intimate Mixing: Bridging the Gap? Catholic-Protestant relationships in Northern
Ireland. ARK Research Update No 54 www.ark.ac.uk/publications
Lewis, H, Dowds, l, McGivern, Y, Hamber, B and Robinson, G (2008) Communities in Transition: an exploration
of attitudinal barriers to the development of intercommunity relationships in a post-conflict society. INCORE
Research Report, University of Ulster.
ShAw
Leslie, J.C., Sharp, K., Quigley, L., Carson, A., McGovern, S. & Shaw, D. (2007). Effects of chlordiazepoxide on
extinction of operant behaviour in mice vary with time of administration and rate of extinction. European Journal
of Behavior Analysis. 8, 257-266.
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Shaw, D, Norwood, K., Sharp, K., Quigley, L., McGovern, S.F.J. &. Leslie, J.C. (2008). Facilitation of extinction of
operant behaviour in mice by D-Cycloserine. Psychopharmacology. DOI 10.1007/s00213-008-1312-7.
ShEvLIN
Hanna, D., Shevlin, M., & Dempster, M. (2008). The structure of the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale: A confirmatory
factor analysis using UK psychology students. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 68-74.
Banerjee, I., Shevlin, M., Taranissi, M., Thornhill, A., Abdalla, H., Ozturk, O., Barnes, J., & Sutcliffe, A. (2008). Health of
children conceived after Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - a preliminary outcome study. RBM Online, 16, 376-
381.
Houston, J.E., Murphy, J., Adamson, G., Stringer, M., & Shevlin, M. (2008). Childhood Sexual Abuse, Early Cannabis
Use, and Psychosis: Testing an Interaction Model Based on the National Comorbidity Survey. Schizophrenia
Bulletin, 34, 580-585.
Shevlin, M. Houston, J.E., Dorahy, M.J. & Adamson, G. (2008) Cumulative Traumas and Psychosis: an Analysis of the
National Comorbidity Survey and the British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Schizophrenia Research, 89, 101-109.
SImPSON
Simpson E.E.A., McConville C., Rae G., O’Connor J.M., Stewart-Knox B.J., Coudray C., and Strain J.J. (2008).
Salivary cortisol, stress and mood in healthy older adults: the Zenith Study. Biological Psychology, 78, 1-9.
Stewart-Knox BJ, Simpson EEA, Parr H, Rae G, Polito A, Intorre F, Andriollo-Sanchez M, Meunier N, O’Connor JM,
Maiani G, Coudray C and Strain JJ (2008). Taste Acuity in Response to Zinc Supplementation in Older Europeans.
British Journal of Nutrition 99, 129-136.
SmYTh
Smyth S., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Barnes-Holmes, Y (2008). Acquired equivalence in human discrimination learning:
Mediated generalization and verbal processes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34,
167-177.
STRINGER
Stringer, M. & Hunter J. (2008) Countering Political Violence and Terrorism in Young People through Intergroup
Contacts. Chapter in M. Demet (ed.) Political Violence, Organised Crimes, Terrorism and Youth. NATO Science for
Peace and security Series. IOS Press. Amsterdam.
Hunter, J. Stringer M et al. (2007) Threats to public collective self esteem and increases in domain specific selfesteem
and intergroup discrimination amongst artificial and real groups. In Frank Columbus (ed) The Concept of
Self in Psychology. Nova Publishers.
Hunter, J., O’Brien, K. & Stringer, M. (2007) Threats to Identity, Self esteem and Intergroup Discrimination. Social
Behaviour and Personality, 35, 7, 937-942.
Houston, J., Murphy, J., Adamson, G., Stringer, M. & Shevlin. M. (2008) Childhood Sexual Abuse, Early Cannabis Use,
and Psychosis: Testing an Interaction Model Based on the National Comorbidity Survey. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 34,
3, 580-585.
Hargie, O., Dickson, D., Mallett, J. & Stringer, M. (2008) Communicating Social Identity: A study of Catholics and
Protestants in Northern Ireland. Communication Research, 35, 792-821.
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TRACEY
Esters, I., Tracey, A. and Millar, R. (2007). The application of the Things I Worry About Scale to a sample of at-risk
American adolescents: An examination of psychometric properties. Adolescence, Vol 42, 699-721.
McElearney, A., Adamson, G., Shevlin, M, Tracey, A., Muldoon, B. & Roosmale-Cocq, S. (2007). Independent Schools
Counselling – Profiling the NSPCC Service Experience. Childcare in Practice, Vol 13, No2, 95-115.
Millar, R. and Tracey, A. (2008). ‘The Interview Approach’ in O. Hargie (Ed.) Handbook of Communication Audits
in Organisations (8th ed.) London: Routledge.
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7. RESEARCH FUNdING: 1 AUGUST 2007 – 31 JULY 2008
Staff T itle of Award Funding body Value
bunting Diabetes Education for Adolescents Diabetes UK £204,435
The continuous evaluation of patient perception Health Res Board £130,448
of acute hospital in-patient care in Ireland using
the dashboard and map integration techniques
at Beaumont Hospital
Health Research Centre Health Res Board £41,379
Individual and family differences in mental health: R&D Office £700
an epidemiological study
Cairns Children and political violence in Northern National Institute of
Ireland Health USA £20,781
Giles Research and development activities relating to Health Res Board £8,866
peer-tutored, health promotion activities for
youth and young adults
Kirby The Psychological impact and adjustment, before Western Trust £6,000
and after, the diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Lewis European Values Survey Foundation European Values €50,000
Survey: Ireland
Liddell Hard to Treat Homes - an evaluation of a fuel N.I.E. Energy £15,455
poverty intervention scheme
Taskforce on Fuel Poverty Report Department for £5,500
Social Development,
Northern Ireland
A cost-benefit analysis of Northern Ireland’s fuel Department for Social £5,000
poverty strategy 2000-2008 Development,
Northern Ireland
The implementation of a Warm Zones Investing for Health £5,000
programme in Northern Ireland
The implementation of a fuel payment awareness National Energy Action £12,500
campaign in Northern Ireland
The evaluation of a hard-to-treat homes Northern Ireland £21,500
programme in Northern Ireland Electricity
The formulation of an All Ireland fuel poverty Institute for Public £1,500
mortality database Health in Ireland
An evaluation of Strabane’s Air Quality Strabane District £3,000
programme Council
N Ireland Community Energy Project (NICE) Energy Savings Trust via £2,700
Ballymena Borough Council
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Staff T itle of Award Funding body Value
Mallett Evaluation/Research into community and N.H.S.S.B. £19,500
health-services obesity prevention and
intervention programmes
McCann The continuous evaluation of patient perception Health Res Board £130,448
of acute hospital in-patient care in Ireland using
the dashboard and map integration techniques
at Beaumont Hospital
Robinson Journeys Out ll CRC Peace lll £477,786
Journeys Out: From Conflict to Participation CFNI Peace ll extension £216,492
NILT survey on Ageism Atlantic Philanthropies £214,594
Irish Bilateral: Religion in Ireland North and South –
The exceptional hypothesis revisited ESRC £54,481
Journeys Out Extension CFNI £27,832
Analysing Political Violence and Terror ESRC £14,139
Communities in Transition Intercomm £7,000
INCORE Summer School 2008 Bursaries CRC £6,320
Slippage for DiA CRC £5,080
INCORE Film Festival British Council £2,000
Book Launch British Council £500
Tracey Teaching ‘keeping safe’ messages in the primary NSPCC £9107
school curriculum in Northern Ireland: consulting
with key stakeholders
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8. CONFERENCE ATTENdANCE
AdAmSON
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2007, November). A comparison of the course of diagnostic
orphans to individuals with DSM-IV alcohol use disorders: results from the NESARC. Paper presented at the Annual
Symposium of the Society for the Study of Addiction, York, UK.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2007, September). Strengthening the utility of cross-sectional
data to examine the factors that influence the course of alcohol problems in a general population. Paper presented
at the 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Carragher, N., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. & McCann, S. (December, 2007). Testing measurement invariance of the
SF-12 heath questionnaire: findings from a nationally representative sample. Poster presented at the British
Psychological Society, Division of clinical Psychology Annual Conference, London.
Carragher N, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann S. (April, 2008). Measurement invariance of the SF-12 Health Survey:
findings from the National Epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions. Poster presented at the British
Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (May, 2008). Using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2) to
explore the general health functioning of diagnostic orphans in a nationally representative sample. Paper presented
at the Northern Ireland British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Carlingford, Ireland.
Carragher N, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann B. (May, 2008). Determining the presence of differential item
functioning in the SF-12 using confirmatory factor analysis with covariates. Northern Ireland Branch of the British
Psychological Society Annual Conference, Carlingford.
Carragher N, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann S. (March, 2008). Differential item functioning in the SF-12:
results from a nationally representative sample. Paper presented at the Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine
Conference, Londonderry.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (June, 2008). DSM-IV diagnostic orphans: alcohol consumption
patterns, physical health, and adverse social consequences associated with drinking. Poster presented at the Joint
Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism and the International Society for Biomedical Research on
Alcoholism, Washington DC, USA.
BUNTING
Todaro-Luck, F., Bunting, B., & Murphy, S. (2008). The impact of affective disorders on perceptions of social support.
Presented at the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society annual conference, Carlingford.
Corry, C., Bunting, B. McCann, S. & Murphy, S. (2008). A comparison of epidemiological survey data assessing suicidal
ideation, behavior and intent to die. Presented at the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society
annual conference, Carlingford.
Devine, S., Bunting, B., McCann, S. & Murphy, S. (2008). The internal structure of DSM-IV cluster A personality
disorders. Presented at the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society annual conference,
Carlingford.
Alderdice, D., Bunting, B., McCann, S. & Murphy, S. (2008). The structure of post traumatic stress disorder within
a community sample. Presented at the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society annual
conference, Carlingford.
Graham, M., Keane, N., Dunne, H., McCann, S., Murphy, S., Bunting, B. & McDonough, S. (2008). The development of
an instrument to assess patient satisfaction with services: findings from factor analysis. Presented at the Northern
Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society annual conference, Carlingford.
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Carragher, N., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. & McCann, S. (2008). Determining the presence of differential item
functioning in the SF-12 using confirmatory factor analysis model with covariates. Presented at the Northern
Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society annual conference, Carlingford.
McBride, O, Adamson, G., Bunting, B. & McCann, S. (2008). Using the short form health survey (SF-12v2) to explore
the general health of diagnostic orphans in a nationally representative sample. Presented at the Northern Ireland
Branch of the British Psychological Society annual conference, Carlingford.
McCann, S., MacAuley, D., Bunting, B., Bradley, B., Jeffers, L. & Morrison, L. (2008). Understanding family
communication in genetic colorectal cancer: a qualitative study. Presented at the Northern Ireland Branch of the
British Psychological Society annual conference, Carlingford.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2007 – September) Strengthening the utility of cross-sectional
data in order to examine the factors that influence the course of alcohol problems in a general population. Paper
presented at the 42nd Australian Psychological Society (APS) Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Devine, S., Bunting, B., McCann, S. (2007). Application of Mixture Modelling to Personality Disorder Criteria in a
General Population Sample. Presented at the Slovenian Statistical Association, Bled.
McBride, O; Adamson, G; Bunting, B, et al (2008) DSM-IV diagnostic orphans: Alcohol consumption patterns,
physical health, and adverse social consequences associated with drinking. Joint Scientific Meeting of the Research-
Society-on-Alcoholism and the International-Society-for-Biomedical-Research-on-Alcoholism, Washington DC
Doherty, S., Bunting, B., McCann, S. (2007). “Effects of Childhood Abuses and Parental Alcohol Problems on
Adult Alcohol Addictions A Latent Class Approach”. Presented at the Northern Ireland Branch of the British
Psychological Society annual conference, Carlingford.
Devine, S., Bunting, B., McCann, S. (2007). Comparing Classifications of Paranoid Personality Disorder. Presented at
the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society annual conference, Carlingford.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2007). Strengthening the utility of cross-sectional data in order
to examine the factors that influence the course of alcohol problems in a general population. Paper presented at
the 42nd Australian Psychological Society (APS) Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, September 2007.
CASSIdY
Cassidy, T & Fotiadou, M (2008) Impact of caring as a function of communication, information, and relationship to
carer. BPS DHP / EHPS Annual Conference.
Cassidy, T. & Giles, M. (2008) Individual differences in higher education: The role of achievement motivation and
problem-solving style. BPS Annual Conference.
Cassidy, T. & Wright, L. (2008) Graduate employment status and health: A longitudinal analysis of the transition from
student. BPS Annual Conference.
Cassidy, T & Fotiadou, M. (2008) Coping with caring: Factors that impact on cancer carers, Psychology, Health and
Medicine Conference.
Cassidy, T. & Giles, M. (2008) Family background, self-determination, problem-solving self efficacy and educational
attainment. NIBPS Conference.
Cassidy, T, Earley, L & Cushway, D. (2008) Perceptions of caring among young carers: Implications for psychological
adjustment. NIBPS Conference.
Cassidy, T & Fotiadou, M. (2008) The impact of communication, information, and relationship in coping with caring
for a relative with cancer. NIBPS Conference.
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Cassidy, T. & Giles, M. (2007) Individual differences and student performance: The maturity-stability hypothesis. PSI
Annual Conference.
Burns, M., Burrell, A., Cadogan, S., Dennehy, D., Connolly, K., Harrison, G., Healy, L., Horgan, H., Jay, S., Killowry, E.,
Lawlor, N., Manning, R., Molloy, L., McGarry, C., McNamara, E., O’Connor, A., O’Dea, A., O’Keefe, A., O’Sullivan, G.,
Timmons, C., Ward, T., Young, C., & Cassidy, T. (2007). Child Play and Adult Health Behaviour. Poster presented to the
Psychology Society of Ireland, Annual Conference. 2007
Cassidy, T. & Allen, M. (2007) Family background and environment, psychological distress, and juvenile delinquency.
BPS Annual Conference.
Cassidy, T., Hartland, J., & Murray, J. (2007) Adult Judgements of Children’s Deception: The role of parenthood and
interpersonal sensitivity. BPS NI Branch Annual Conference.
Cassidy, T. & Sintrovani, P. (2007) Motives for parenthood, psychosocial factors and health in women undergoing IVF.
PSI DHP Annual Conference.
GILES
Cassidy, A. & Giles, M. (2008). Individual differences in higher education: The role of achievement motivation and
problem-solving style. Paper presented at the BPS Annual Conference.
Cassidy, A. & Giles, M. (2008). Family background, self-determination, problem-solving self efficacy and educational
attainment. Paper presented at the Northern Ireland British Psychological Society, Annual Conference, Four
Seasons Hotel, Carlingford.
Cassidy, A. & Giles, M. (2007). Individual differences and student performance: The maturity-stability hypothesis.
Paper presented at the PSI Annual Conference.
McClenahan, C. & Giles, M. (2008). Stress and Coping in Academics. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual
Conference of the European Health Psychology Society and the 11th Annual Conference of the BPS Division of
Health Psychology at the University of Bath.
Giles M., Connor S., McClenahan C., Mallett J., Stewart-Knox B. & Wright M. (2008). Changing attitudes to
breastfeeding: Designing an intervention for school children. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of
the European Health Psychology Society and the 11th Annual Conference of the BPS Division of Health Psychology
at the University of Bath.
McLaughlin, M., Giles, M. & Parahoo, K. (2008). Factors influencing safer sex practices among teenage mothers:
An application of the theory of planned behaviour. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the British
Psychological Society at the RDS.
Mallett, J., Giles, M. & McClenahan, C. (2008). Use of a three-form efficiency design for a survey instrument
containing theory of planned behaviour questionnaire items. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the
Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology, at the City Hotel, Derry.
McClenahan, C. & Giles, M. (2008). Workplace demands and control and their impact on job strain: The moderating
effects of general self efficacy and coping. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the Psychological
Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology, at the City Hotel, Derry.
GORdON
Gordon, M.S. & McDermott, C. (2008). The Relationship between Parenting Styles and Defensive Coping Strategies
on Alcohol Misuse. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society, Northern Ireland Branch Annual
Conference, Carlingford. BPS Conference Abstracts.
McConnell, B., Trimble, T., & Gordon, M.S. (2008). Breast is Best – Effect of Breastfeeding on Cognitive Outcomes.
Paper presented at the British Psychological Society, Northern Ireland Branch Annual Conference, Carlingford. BPS
Conference Abstracts.
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KIm
Kim, E-M., Elliott, J.J. and O’Hare, E. (2008). Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Treatment Arrests Cognitive
Deterioration Following Intrahippocampal Parkinson’s Related NAC61-95 Injections in the Rat. 8th International
Conference of Cognitive Science. 472-476. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kim, E-M., Gannon, J., Norwood, K., Scopes, D., Treherne, J.M. and O’Hare, E. (2008). SEN1269 Arrests Behavioural
Deterioration Induced Following ICV 7PA2 Injections in the Rat. 18th Alzheimer Europe Conference.56. Oslo,
Norway.
Kim, E-M. and O’Hare, E. (2007). Feeding induced through mild stress in the rat. Tenth Jubilee Multidisciplinary
International Conference of Biological Psychiatry, 56. St. Petersburg, Russia.
KIRBY
Kirby, K., Bunting, B., Shevlin, M. (2007). Review and proposed study of the role of psychosocial and behavioural
factors in preventing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. BPS conference, Health Psychology. 11 May.
Toye, L., and Kirby, K. (2007).Title: Gender Differences in body esteem and personality, and its relationship to
excessive exercise. BPS conference, Health Psychology. 11 May.
Kirby, K (2007) Psychological issues in the Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic patient. GP Medical Conference,
Coleraine, 11 May.
Kirby, K & Toye, L (2008). Title: How effective is a psycho-educational group programme for patient’s newly
diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A controlled study. The Psychology Health and Medicine conference 19
March 2008 City Hotel Derry.
Kirby, K., Dunwoody, L & Millar, R. (2008). The joint British Psychological Society and the Psychological Society of
Ireland conference, April. Title: Assessing chronic pain patients needs and treatment preferences in primary care.
Kirby, K (2008). The joint BPS and PSI Counselling Psychology conference. Title: The Psychological impact and
adjustment, before and after, a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Is it the ‘end’ or can Psychological Counselling
offer a ‘beginning’?
LEwIS
Cruise, S.M., & Lewis, C.A. (2008). Predictors of success in academic performance in Higher Education: The
applicability of individual difference variables. The British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Royal Dublin
Society, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 2-4th April 2008. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published
online: http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
Cruise, S. M., & Lewis, C.A. (2007). Identification of indicator and predictor variables in the academic arena. The
British Psychological Society (Northern Ireland Branch) Conference, The Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co
Louth, Republic of Ireland, 11-13th May 2007. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published online:
http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
Lewis, C.A. & Cruise, S.M. (2008). Ethnic identity among contemporary Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland. XVII
Ulster-American Heritage Symposium ‘Changing perspectives, 1607-2007’, Centre for Migration Studies at the
Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, 25-28th June, 2008.
Breslin, M.J., Lewis, C.A., & Shevlin, M. (2008). A psychometric evaluation of a measure of different prayer types
among Irish adults. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20-25th July 2008.
Lewis, C.A., Adamovova, L., & Cruise, S.M. (2008). Religion and happiness among Slovak university students. XXIX
International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20-25 July 2008.
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Lewis, C.A., Adamovova, L., & Francis, L.J. (2008). Assessing the Francis Sale of Attitude Toward Christianity among
Slovak students. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20-25th July 2008.
Cruise, S.M. & Lewis, C.A. (2008). Importance of ratings in self-estimated intelligence: A means of validation? XXIX
International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, 20-25th July 2008.
Doran, J. & Lewis, C.A. (2008). Self-esteem, shame and executive functioning in eating disordered attitudes/
behaviours in a general population and an eating disordered population. The British Psychological Society Annual
Conference, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 2-4th April 2008. Proceedings of the British
Psychological Society (published online: http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
Lewis, C.A., Adamovova, L., & Cruise, S.M. (2008). Religion and happiness among Slovak university students. The
British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 2-4th April 2008.
Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published online: http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
Cruise, S.M. & Lewis, C.A. (2008). The salience of individual difference variables in understanding academic
performance in higher education. The British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Royal Dublin Society,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 2-4th April 2008. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published online:
http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
Doran, J. & Lewis, C.A. (2008). Interoceptive deficits, media pressure for thinness and body image avoidance in
females with an eating disorder. Psychology, Health and Medicine. Division of Health Psychology, The Psychological
Society of Ireland. The City Hotel, Derry, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 19th March 2008. Abstracts not
published.
Lewis, C.A. (2008). Religion and positive psychology: The case of happiness. Psychology, Health and Medicine.
Division of Health Psychology, The Psychological Society of Ireland. The City Hotel, Derry, Co. Londonderry,
Northern Ireland, 19th March 2008. Abstracts not published.
Mullan, M. & Lewis, C.A. (2007). The relationship between religious practice and moral attitudes among 15-16 year
olds in Northern Ireland. The 2007 Symposium of the Institute of Education, University of Warwick. St Deinol’s
Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, 20-22nd November 2007. Abstracts not published.
Lewis, C.A. (2007). The sacred and the human: Obsessions, compulsions and religion. The 2007 Symposium of the
Institute of Education, University of Warwick. St Deinol’s Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, 20-22nd November
2007. Abstracts not published.
Doran, J. & Lewis, C.A. (2007). Is narcissism implicated in eating disorders? The Psychological Society of Ireland
Annual Conference, The Malton, Killarney, Co. Kerry. Republic of Ireland, 15-18th November 2007. Irish
Psychologist, (ISSN 0790 - 4789).
Lewis, C.A. & Cruise, S.M. (2007). A brief history of the Irish Journal of Psychology. The Psychological Society of
Ireland Annual Conference, The Malton, Killarney, Co. Kerry. Republic of Ireland, 15-18th November 2007. Irish
Psychologist, X-X(ISSN 0790 - 4789).
Cruise, S.M. & Lewis, C.A. (2007). The significance of importance as a predictor of self-estimated intelligence. The
Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, The Malton, Killarney, Co. Kerry. Republic of Ireland, 15-18th
November 2007. Irish Psychologist, (ISSN 0790 - 4789).
Lewis, C.A. (2007). The religious personality?: Obsessions, compulsions and religion. Conference ‘Personality and
Religion’, Institute of Psychology and the Institute of Education of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw,
Warsaw, Poland, 24-26th October 2007
Lewis, C.A., Adamovova, L., & Francis, L.J. (2007). Assessing the Francis Sale of Attitude Toward Christianity among
Slovak students. International Conference on Spirituality, Prague, Czech Republic, 21–23rd September 2007.
Lewis, C.A., Adamovova, L., & Cruise, S.M. (2007). Religion and happiness among Slovak university students: No
association. International Conference on Spirituality, Prague, Czech Republic, 21–23rd September 2007.
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Lewis, C.A., Cruise, S.M., Adams, T., Brown, J.N., Roe, M.D., Binks, E., & Ferguson, N. (2007). The IRA apology of 2002
and forgiveness in Northern Ireland’s Troubles: A cross-national study of printed media. Xth European Congress of
Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-6th July 2007.
Lewis, C.A., Maltby, J., & Day, L. (2007). Prayer and subjective well-being: The importance of prayer meditation,
frequency and experience. Xth European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-6th July 2007.
Lewis, C.A. & Cruise, S.M. (2007). A brief history of the Irish Journal of Psychology. Xth European Congress of
Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-6th July 2007.
Lewis, C.A., Mullan, M., & Quigley, C.F. (2007). Martyrdom, terrorism and September 11th: beliefs in Northern
Ireland. The British Psychological Society (Northern Ireland Branch) Conference, The Four Seasons Hotel,
Carlingford, Co Louth, Republic of Ireland, 11-13th May 2007. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society
(published online: http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings)
Quinn, B. & Lewis, C.A. (2007). Gender differences in self-objectification among Northern Irish adolescents. The
British Psychological Society (Northern Ireland Branch) Conference, The Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co
Louth, Republic of Ireland, 11-13th May 2007. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published online:
http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
McGuckin, C., Lewis, C.A., Cruise, S.M., Gallagher, E., & Kelly, M. (2007). “Down memory lane and behind the bike
sheds”: retrospective accounts of school bullying among Irish and northern Irish students. The British Psychological
Society (Northern Ireland Branch) Conference, The Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co Louth, Republic of Ireland,
11-13th May 2007. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published online: http://www.bps.org.uk/
publications/proceedings).
McGuckin, C., Lewis, C.A., & Cummins, P. (2007). Experiences of school bullying in Northern Ireland: Data from
the Northern Ireland Life and Times Surveys (1998, 2004, and 2005). The British Psychological Society (Northern
Ireland Branch) Conference, The Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co Louth, Republic of Ireland, 11-13th May 2007.
Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published online: http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
Lewis, C.A. & Feeney, L. (2007). Is fame fleeting? Temporal stability of the Celebrity Worship Scale over four weeks.
The British Psychological Society (Northern Ireland Branch) Conference, The Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co
Louth, Republic of Ireland, 11-13th May 2007. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society (published online:
http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
Cruise, S. M., Lewis, C.A., & McGuckin, C. (2007). Predictors of self-estimated intelligence: The relative contributions
of sex, personality, and well-being variables. The British Psychological Society (Northern Ireland Branch)
Conference, The Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co Louth, Republic of Ireland, 11-13th May 2007. Proceedings of
the British Psychological Society (published online: http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/proceedings).
mcCLENAhAN
McGilligan, C., McCann, S., Adamson, G., McClenahan, C. & Murphy, S. (2008). Knowledge of testicular cancer and
its association with testicular self-examinations among college students. Northern Ireland BPS Annual Conference,
Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, 11-13 May.
McGilligan, C., McCann, S., Adamson, G., McClenahan, C. & Murphy, S. (2008). A snapshot of the attitudes towards
testicular cancer and prevalence of testicular self-examination among college students. 5th Annual Conference of
the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology (with Northern Ireland BPS), City Hotel, Derry,
19 March.
Mallett, J., Giles, M. & McClenahan, C. (2008). Use of a three-form efficiency design for a survey instrument
containing theory of planned behaviour questionnaire items. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the
Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology (with Northern Ireland BPS), City Hotel, Derry, 19
March.
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McClenahan, C. & Giles, M. (2008). Workplace demands and control and their impact on job strain: The moderating
effects of general self efficacy and coping. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the Psychological
Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology (with Northern Ireland BPS, City Hotel, Derry, 19 March.
Giles, M., Connor, S., McClenahan, C., Mallett, J., Stewart-Knox, B. & Wright, M. (2007). Attitudes to breastfeeding: a
cross-sectional survey of schoolchildren. Poster presented at R&D Office Conference, W5, Belfast.
mcCONvILLE
McClelland N., Simpson EA., McConville C., O’Connor JM., (2008) Dietary Supplementation with Fish Oils.
Comparing attitudes of supplement consumers and non-consumers. NIBPS Conference.
mcdOwELL
Duffy, K. & McDowell, C. (2007) Effective treatment of feeding problems in children with autism. The Red Door
ABA and Autism Conference, Dublin. (Invited Speaker)
McDowell, C., & Duffy, K. (2007). Fluency based programmes for children with Autism. The Red Door ABA and
Autism Conference. Dublin. (Invited Speaker)
Irwin, S. & McDowell, C. (2008). Increasing Fluency in Letter Recognition in Visually Impaired Children. The
European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Madrid.
Hughes, C., McDowell, C. & Beverley, M. (2008). Introduction to Precision Teaching and Standard Celeration
Charting. The European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Madrid.
mcLAUGhLIN
McLaughlin, M., Giles, M.L., & Parahoo, K. (2007). Condom use among teenage mothers: An investigation into the
determinants of safer sex behaviour. Paper presented as part of a symposium at The British Psychological Society
Northern Ireland Branch Annual Conference. The Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford.
McLaughlin, M., Giles, M.L., & Parahoo, K. (2008). Factors influencing safer sex practices among teenage mothers:
An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Paper presented at the BPS Annual Conference. Royal Dublin
Society, Dublin.
Kernohan, G., Hasson, F., McLaughlin, M., McLaughlin, D., Chambers, H. & Cochrane, B. (2008). Palliative care
in Parkinson’s disease: Informal carers’ needs. Paper presented at the RCN International Nursing Research
Conference. RCN, Liverpool.
ShAw
Shaw, D (2008). Animal behavioural models for autism. Poster presented at the 4th Conference of the European
Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid, Spain.
Norwood, K; Begley, M; Kennedy, P; Shaw, D & Leslie, J (2008). Facilitation of operant extinction by D-Cycloserine.
Paper presented at the 4th Conference of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid, Spain.
McGovern, S; Kennedy, P; Shaw, D & Leslie, J (2008). Effects of Chlordiazepoxide on extinction of positively
reinforced runway behaviour in mice. Paper presented at the 4th Conference of the European Association for
Behaviour Analysis, Madrid, Spain.
Leslie, J; Norwood, K; Begley, M; Kennedy, P & Shaw, D (2008). Effects of short or long intervals between sessions
on facilitation of operant extinction by Chlordiazepoxide or D-cycloserine. Paper presented at the 4th Conference
of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid, Spain.
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SmYTh
Organised and chaired an international symposium (comprising contributions from colleagues in the Republic
of Ireland and Spain) at the Annual Convention of the Association of Behaviour Analysis in Chicago, May 2008:
Exploring Anxiety: Avoidance and Expectancy Bias
Smyth, S. & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2008) Using Self-reported Expectancy Functions to Test for Derived Relational
Responding: Modeling Expectancy Bias in Irrational Fear. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the
Association of Behaviour Analysis in Chicago.
STRINGER
Madden, E & Stringer, M. (2007) Longitudinal analysis of retrospective accounts of victimisation and perceived longterm
consequences. Abstract Paper given at the Annual Conference of the Northern Irish Branch of the British
Psychological Society.
McAloney, K, Stringer M. & Mallet, J. (2007) From segregation to integration: Implications for well-being. Abstract
Paper given at the Annual Conference of the Northern Irish Branch of the British Psychological Society.
Doherty, S, Mallett, J & Stringer, M (2007) The reliability and validity of the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ-CF87)
in Northern Irish children. Abstract Paper given at the Annual Conference of the Northern Irish Branch of the
British Psychological Society.
Stringer, M. (2007) Invited Keynote Address: Countering terrorism and violence through intergroup contacts.
NATO International workshop on Political Violence, Organised Crime, Terrorism and Youth. Ankara, Turkey.
Stringer, M & Hunter, J (2008) Countering political violence and terrorism in young people through intergroup
contacts. Abstract Paper given at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. Dublin.
Stringer, M. (2008) Psychological Aspects of Intergroup Conflict: The Northern Ireland Experience. Paper given at
the APA convention in Boston MA.
TRACEY
Tracey, A. (2008) ‘Perpetual Loss and Pervasive Grief’: An exploration of the experiences of daughters bereaved of
their mother in early life. Poster Presentation at BPS Annual Conference in association with Psychological Society of
Ireland & NIBPS. Royal Dublin Society.
Tracey, A. (2008) Early maternal loss: Daughters in Ireland come ‘out of the wilderness’. Paper presented at
Psychological Society of Ireland, When Endings are Beginnings conference in Trinity College, Dublin.
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9. INdICATORS OF ESTEEM
CAIRNS
• Invited speaker, in the 2007-2008 Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar Lecture Series: Power-Sharing in
Deeply Divided Places, sponsored by The Penn Program on Ethnic Conflict and the University of
Pennsylvania, September 2007.
• Invited Speaker, Conference on Mental Health Services and Essential Health Care in Post War Iraq, Abu
Dhabi (UAE) 18-22 Feb 2008
• Visiting Scholar, Psychology of Peace and Violence Concentration, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
April, 2008
• Invited Speaker, Interdisciplinary Seminar on Conflict and Violence, co-sponsored by the Psychology of
Peace and Violence Concentration (UMass Psychology) and the Violence and Trauma Studies certificate
program (Umass Anthropology), April 2008.
• 2008 Invited Speaker, Programme for Global Paediatric Research (PGPR), at the Annual Pediatric Academic
Societies’ (PAS) Meeting (which includes the American Pediatric Society, American Academy of Pediatrics,
Society for Pediatric Research and the Ambulatory Pediatric Association) Honolulu, May 2008.
•
• Invited Speaker, conference Youth and Political Violence (sponsored by the Center for the International
Study of Youth and Political Violence at the University of Tennessee, USA) Cape Town, South Africa,
October 2007.
• Invited Speaker, Cátedra Colombiana De Psicología, Mercedes Rodrigo 2007 III Versión: Violencia,
Convivencia y Reconciliación (Mercedes Rodrigo Colombian Master Lecture Series in Psychology 2007:
Violence, Peace Education & Reconciliation).
CASSIdY
• Chartered Health Psychologist
• Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist
• Chartered Scientist UK Science Council
• Chair DHP-NI
• Fellow of the RSA
• Past Chair of BPS CPD Committee
• Grant Reviewer: British Academy; ESRC; Leverhulme
• Grant Rapporter: ESRC
• Invited Speaker: School of Psychology, NUI, Galway, 2008
• Referee for: Psychology, Crime and Law; Journal of Oncology; Journal of Infant and Reproductive
Psychology; Basic and Applied Social Psychology; Applied Cognitive Psychology; British Journal of Health
Psychology; Psycho-Oncology.
GILES
• Member of the Management Committee of the Child Health and Welfare RRG, R&D Office Belfast
• Chartered Health Psychologist
• Fellow Higher Education Academy
• Chair of the Organising Committee for NIBPS/Psychological Society of Ireland, Psychology, Health and
Medicine Conference, 2008
• Secretary of the Division of Health Psychology of the British Psychological Society, Northern Ireland Branch
• Referee for AIDS Care, British Journal of Psychology, Health Education Research, Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, Irish Journal of Psychology
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GORdON
• Chartered Clinical Psychologist of the British Psychological Society.
• Member of the Curriculum Panel Subgroup (Psychodynamically Informed Psychotherapeutic Approaches)
for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Queen’s University Belfast).
• Full Member of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Group.
• Associate Member of the Irish Psycho-Analytical Association.
• Associate Member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations.
• Provide psychological services as a Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist in an NHS Adult Psychological
Therapies Service (Northern Health & Social Care Trust).
• Invited speaker on an IBEC accredited training programme in the Letterkenny Institute of Technology, in
which I presented an interactive training programme on ‘Drug and Alcohol Awareness in the workplace’.
hARGIE
• Editorial Board member of Journal of Communication Management, and Communication Journal of
New Zealand
• Peer reviewer for a range of Journals including Management Communication Quarterly, Patient Education
and Counseling, Medical Education, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Corporate Communications, British Journal
of Guidance and Counselling, and Social Science and Medicine.
• Associate Professor, University of Chester.
• Appointed Vice-Chair of the new ‘Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction Section’ of the
European Communication Research and Education Association.
• Member of organising committee for the European Communication and Education Research Association
Conference, Barcelona, November, 2008.
• Manuscript reviewer for a range of book publishers including: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Palgrave/
MacMillan, Churchill Livingstone, Gower, Manchester University Press, and Methuen.
• Reviewer on research proposals for a range of funding bodies including Leverhulme, AHRC, Wolfson,
Nuffield and the ESRC.
• Paper on ‘Communication between Nurses and Patients at Cancer Clinics in Norway: An Analysis of
Goals and Meaning’ presented to the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual
Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, July 2008.
• Invited speaker on ‘Recent Trends in Organisational Communication’, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, November 2007.
• Invited speaker on ‘Communication and Leadership’, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University,
June 2008.
hARRISON
• Returning effects of the battlefield dead: war mementos and the souls of missing soldiers. Seminar, Institute
of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University, October 2007
• The collection and use of human trophy skulls by twentieth century military personnel. Seminar,
Department of Social Anthropology, Edinburgh University, January 2008.
• Returning effects of the wartime dead. Seminar, Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University,
April 2008.
KEENAN
• Recipient of the Public Service to Behavior Analysis award from the Society for the Advancement of
Behavior Analysis (SABA) at their Annual Conference in Chicago, 2008.
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KIm
• Member of Alzheimer’s Research Trust, Northern Ireland.
• Member of Neuroscience Research Group at Queens University Belfast
• Member of Society for Neuroscience, USA
• Research Associate Minnesota Obesity Center, USA
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy
KIRBY
• Chartered Counselling Psychologist with BPS.
• Registered Psychologist with PSI
• Registered Adult Nurse with NMC
• Member of Diabetes Research Group, Altnagelvin Research Centre.
• Committee member of NIBPS.
• Consultancy work acting as a Specialist Psychologist for Diabetes/Chronic illness for Altnagelvin Area
Hospital, Clinical Health Psychology Department, up to Oct 2008.
• External Supervisor for trainee Counselling Psychologists with the City of London University.
• Co-ordinator of training of Counselling Psychologists with BPS- Independent route.
• Act as Research Liaison contact for Psychology staff in Western Trust.
• Research collaborator with the Chronic Disease Management Team, Western Trust.
LESLIE
• Editorial board member, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, European Journal of Behaviour Analysis,
International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy
• Referee for papers submitted to:
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior,
Research in Developmental Disabilities, Life Sciences, Psychopharmacology, Learning & Behavior, Irish
Journal of Psychology
• Secretary, Division of Behaviour Analysis, Psychological Society of Ireland
• Chair, Undergraduate Accreditation Committee, Psychological Society of Ireland
• Grant reviewer - BBSRC
• Grant reviewer - Wellcome
• Project grants awarded by Wellcome Foundation, EPSRC, BBSRC
• PhD examining: University of Southampton, University College London, University of Wales Bangor,
National University of Ireland Maynooth, Queens University Belfast, University of Nottingham
LEwIS
• Editor “Irish Journal of Psychology”
• Co-Editor “Mental Health, Religion and Culture”
• Consulting Editor of the “Journal of Social Psychology”
• Editorial Board “Journal of Belief and Values”
• Editorial Board “International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction”
• General Assembly Member (PSI representative) European Federation of Professional Psychologists
Associations (EFPA)
• General Assembly Member (PSI representative) of the International Union of Psychological Science
(IUPsyS).
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• Membership Secretary PSI
• Council Member PSI
• Secretary of the Division of Teachers and Researchers PSI
• Member of Standing Conference Committee of PSI
• Member of Standing Conference Committee of BPS
• Reviewer ESRC
• Reviewer AHB
• External examiner for PhD (Liverpool Hope University, University of Plymouth, Masaryk University, Brno,
Czech Republic)
• External examiner for MA Psychology of Religion (Heythrop College, University of London)
• Fellow Higher Education Academy
• Journal Reviewer
• Visiting Professor, University of Trnava, Slovakia
• Research Associate, UNESCO Centre, University of Ulster
• Research Associate, INCORE, University of Ulster
• Chartered Scientist
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy
LIddELL
• Keynote speaker at conferences including:
- British Psychological Society Annual Conference
- National Energy Action Annual Conference
- Institute of Public Health in Ireland Conference
- Newtownabbey Borough Council Annual Strategic Planning Conference
- Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations Annual Conference
• Consultancies for clients including:
- Department For Social Development, Northern Ireland
- Investing for Health
- National Energy Action
- Save the Children
• Committee member, Ministerial Taskforce on Fuel Poverty
• Reviewer - Social Science and Medicine
• Reviewer - AIDS Care
• Grant reviewer - ESRC
• Editorial Board - Irish Journal of Psychology
mALLETT
• Peer reviewer for Social Science & Medicine.
• Peer reviewer for and a member of an expert panel of the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR )
Health Technology Assessment programme, specialising in statistics, health economics and methods of
modelling.
• Guest reviewer, Irish Journal of Psychology special issue on the use of current research methods in
psychology.
• Guest reviewer, Irish Journal of Psychology special issue entitled - Predictors of success in academic
performance in educational settings
• Associate member of the Child Health & Welfare R&D Office RRG group
• Chartered Health Psychologist
mcCLENAhAN
• Chartered Psychologist / Chartered Scientist.
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• Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Reviewer: Psychology and Health; Cancer Detection and Protection
s Associate member Child Health and Welfare RRG, R&D Office, Belfast.
• Member of organising committee for Psychological Society of Ireland, Division of Health Psychology (with
Northern Ireland BPS) 5th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, City Hotel, Derry, 19
March, 2008
mcCONvILLE
• Journal reviewer
• External examiner for PhD student
mcLAUGhLIN
• Peer reviewer for Health Education Research.
• Associate member of the Child Health & Welfare R&D Office RRG Group.
• Member of the British Psychological Society and the Division of Health Psychology.
• Member of the Royal College of Nursing Parkinson’s Disease Network.
• Member of the Northern Ireland Hospice Multidisciplinary Research Group.
• Research collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Nursing Research, The Northern Ireland
Hospice and The Parkinson’s Disease Society.
• Invited Speaker at the Health Promotion Agency’s Sexual Health Information Exchange Group Seminar: The
sexual health needs of young people at risk of social exclusion (2007). Lagan Valley Island Centre, Lisburn.
mILLAR
RAE
• Member of the National Guidance Research Forum (UK) – Strategic Group
• Externally examined PhDs at Hull and Manchester Metropolitan Universities
• Referee for British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
ROBINSON
• Eisenhower Fellow
• British Council Northern Ireland Advisory Group
• International Editorial Board member for new peer reviewed African Journal Peace Studies and Practice
• Invited to advise on establishment of new International Catalan Institute for Peace by government of
Catalonia.
• Member ESRC Research Resources Board Directors Group (2007 to date)
• Member ESDS Advisory Group (2007 to date)
• Member NCRM Advisory Group (2007 to date)
• Member ESRC Commissioning Panel for Survey Resources Network (2007)
ShEvLIN
• Honorary Professor in Research Methods and Statistics, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
• Statistical editor of the British Journal of Health Psychology
• MRC Fellowship reviewer
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• Guest editor, Irish Journal of Psychology special issue on the use of current research methods in
psychology.
• Research collaboration established with Professor Jim Van Os from the Department of Psychiatry and
Neuropsychology at Maastricht University.
• Statistical consultant and associate researcher for Clinical Psychology programme at University College
Dublin. I work collaboratively with the Director of the Doctoral Clinical Psychology programme and
provide statistical training to their postgraduate research students and staff
• External Examiner for the MSc in Psychological Research Methods at Nottingham Trent University and MSc
Applied Psychology Trinity College Dublin.
SImPSON
• Chartered Health Psychologist
• Peer reviewer for Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
• Peer reviewer for Psychology, Health and Medicine
• Member of the organising committee for NIBPS/ Psychological Society of Ireland, Psychology, Health and
Medicine conference 2008.
• Member of the BPS, Division of Health Psychology’s training committee.
• Member of the BPS, Division of Health Psychology’s Northern Ireland Branch committee
• Member of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, Northern Ireland
• Member of the Neuroscience and mental health RRG, R&D Office, Belfast.
SmYTh
• Guest reviewer: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
• Collaboration with colleagues at Royal Holloway, University of London and Birkbeck College, University of
London
STRINGER
• 2007 - Chair of Northern Ireland Branch and Regional Office of the British Psychological Society
• 2007 - Invited Keynote speaker NATO International workshop on Political Violence Organized Crimes
Terrorism and Youth, Ankara, Turkey.
• 2007 - Invited Visiting Professor, Dept of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand.
• 2007 - Invited Keynote Speaker, Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education Conference Antrim.
TRACEY
• Chartered occupational psychologist with British Psychological Society.
• Registered and accredited counselling psychologist with Psychological Society of Ireland.
• External examiner for Psychology degree and psychology modules at Waterford Institute of Technology.
• Radio U105 - interview: A psychological perspective on why research shows that millions of employees in
UK detest their co-workers
• Long-standing volunteer member of Cruse Bereavement Care (Foyle Branch) (Clients Service Committee,
Supervision of practicing counsellors)
• Invited to speak at conference: ‘Why We Need to Provide Good Support for Bereaved Children’. Leeds
Bereavement Forum, Oxford Place Centre, Leeds. May 21st 2009.
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10. CONTACTS
Professor Maurice Stringer
Director of Psychology Research Institute
Professor brendan bunting
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: Health Psychology
Professor Ed Cairns
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: Peace and Conflict
Professor Julian Leslie
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: behavioural Neuroscience
Professor Gordon Rae
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: Measurement and Statistical Modelling
dr Mark Shevlin
Postgraduate Tutor and Research Student Opportunities
Mrs Fiona Harkin
Research Institute Secretary
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