Our Research
Details below on a selection of our publications for 2020 and 2021
Selection of 2021 publications
Shier AJ, Keogh T, Costello A, O'Riordan A, & Gallagher S. Eveningness, depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress: a mediation model. Physiology & Behavior. 2021; 240. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113550
Griffin SM, & Howard S. Instructed reappraisal and cardiovascular adaption to recurrent stress. Psychophysiology. 2021;58(5). doi: 10.1111/psyp.13783
McMahon G, Creaven AM, & Gallagher S. Cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress: Attachment styles and invisible stranger support. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2021;164. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.005
Gallagher S, Sumner R, Creaven AM, O'Súilleabháin PS, & Howard S. Allostatic load and mental health during COVID-19: The
moderating role of neuroticism. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity-Health. 2021;16. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100311
Keogh TM, Howard S, O'Riordan A, & Gallagher S. Motivational orientation mediates the association between depression and cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress. Psychophysiology. 2021;58(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13732
Gallagher S, Ó'Súilleabháin PS, & Smith MA. The cardiovascular response to acute psychological stress is related to subjectively giving and receiving social support. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2021;164. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.004
Tyra AT, Griffin SM, Fergus TA, & Ginty AT. Individual differences in emotion regulation prospectively predict early COVID-19 related acute stress. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2021;81. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102411
Habenicht AE, Gallagher S, O'Keeffe MC, & Creaven AM. Making the leap and finding your feet: A qualitative study of disclosure and social support in university students with type 1 diabetes. Journal of health psychology. 2021; 26(2). doi: 10.1177/1359105318810875
Bradshaw D, Creaven AM, & Muldoon OT. Parental incarceration affects children’s emotional and behavioral outcomes: A longitudinal cohort study of children aged 9 to 13 years. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 2021. doi: 10.1177/0165025421995918
Selection of 2020 publications
O'Riordan A, Howard S, Gallagher S. Type D personality and life event stress: the mediating effects of social support and negative social relationships. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2020;33(4):452-465. doi:10.1080/10615806.2020.1746284
Andrews KL, Gallagher S, Herring MP. The effects of exercise interventions on health and fitness of firefighters: A meta-analysis. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2019;29(6):780-790. doi:10.1111/sms.13411
Griffin SM, Howard S. Establishing the validity of a novel passive stress task [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 28]. Psychophysiology. 2020;e13555. doi:10.1111/psyp.13555
Gallagher S, Solano AC, Liporace MF. State, but not trait gratitude is associated with cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress. Physiol Behav. 2020;221:112896. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112896
Gallagher S, O'Sullivan L, Hughes Z, O'Connell BH. Building Resources in Caregivers: Feasibility of a Brief Writing Intervention to Increase Benefit Finding in Caregivers [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 5]. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2020;10.1111/aphw.12195. doi:10.1111/aphw.12195
Leader G, Murray M, O'Súilleabháin PS, et al. Relationship between parent-reported gastrointestinal symptoms, sleep problems, autism spectrum disorder symptoms, and behavior problems in children and adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 28]. Res Dev Disabil. 2020;104:103698. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103698
O'Súilleabháin PS, Sutin AR, Gerstorf D. Body mass index, waist circumference, and mortality risks over 27 years of follow-up in old age. Ann Epidemiol. 2020;46:20-23. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.04.008
McMahon G, Creaven AM, Gallagher S. Stressful life events and adolescent well-being: The role of parent and peer relationships [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jan 9]. Stress Health. 2020;10.1002/smi.2923. doi:10.1002/smi.2923
Coyle DKT, Howard S, Bibbey A, Gallagher S, Whittaker AC, Creaven AM. Personality, cardiovascular, and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Int J Psychophysiol. 2020;148:67-74. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.11.014
Sumner RC, Bennett R, Creaven AM, Gallagher S. Unemployment, employment precarity, and inflammation. Brain Behav Immun. 2020;83:303-308. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2019.10.013
McMahon G, Creaven AM, Gallagher S. Stressful life events and adolescent well-being: The role of parent and peer relationships [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jan 9]. Stress Health. 2020;10.1002/smi.2923. doi:10.1002/smi.2923
Bradshaw D, Hannigan A, Creaven AM, Muldoon OT. Longitudinal associations between parental incarceration and children's emotional and behavioural development: Results from a population cohort study. Child Care Health Dev. 2020;46(2):195-202. doi:10.1111/cch.12732