

Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress
A research paper on personality, social relationships and cardiovascular reactivity to stress by Adam O’ Riordan, Dr Eoin Brown, Prof. Stephen Gallagher and Dr Siobhán Howard was published in the Journal of Psychophysiology (August 2020). This paper was supported by funding from the Irish Research Council and the John and Pauline Ryan PhD Scholarship. O’Riordan, A., Howard, S., Brown, E., & Gallagher, S. (2020). Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress


Depression, motivation and stress interact to influence cardiovascular health
A research paper on depression, motivation, and stress reactivity by Tracey M. Keogh, Dr Siobhán Howard, Adam O’Riordan and Prof. Stephen Gallagher was published in Psychophysiology (November 2020). Cardiovascular stress responses (i.e., cardiovascular reactivity; CVR) and depression have been linked to subsequent onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet the mechanistic association is poorly understood. Recent developments suggest the relationship between depression and blu