Type D Personality, Social Relationships and Stress
A research paper on personality, social relationships and stress by Adam O’ Riordan, Prof. Stephen Gallagher and Dr Siobhán Howard was published in the Journal of Anxiety, Stress and Coping (April 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., & Gallagher, S. (2020). Type D personality and life event stress: the mediating effects of social support and negative social relations
Independent Learning Module: The Biological Basis of Cardiovascular Reactivity
A focal point of psychosomatic research has examined the pathogenic influence of psychological stress on physical health. In particular, augmented cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress has received considerable attention due to its association with prospective adverse cardiovascular outcomes. However, the precise mechanism by which psychological stress perturbs the cardiovascular system is often poorly understood. As a PhD student researching in the field of
LONELINESS AND ACUTE STRESS REACTIVITY
A review paper on loneliness by Eoin Brown, Dr. Stephen Gallagher and Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven features in the latest issue of Psychophysiology (May 2018). This paper was supported by funding from the Irish Research Council. Brown, E. G., Gallagher, S., & Creaven, A.M. (2018). Loneliness and acute stress reactivity: A systematic review of psychophysiological studies. Psychophysiology, 55(5) https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13031 Loneliness has a negative impact on health, but exactl
#HOTOFFTHEPRESS #LOVEIRISHRESEARCH
Dr. Stephen Gallagher has published a paper titled; “Unemployment as a chronic stressor: A systematic review of cortisol studies” with Rachel Sumner. The paper was published in the Psychology and Health journal and supported by funding from the Irish Research Council.. Sumner, R.C., & Gallagher, S. (2016). Unemployment as a chronic stressor: A systematic review of cortisol studies, Psychology & Health, 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2016.1247841 As most of you reading will know,
SASHLab on Tour!
STAR Conference During the summer SASHLab members Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven, Stephen Gallagher attended the 37th STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) conference, which was held in Zagreb, Croatia between July 6th and 8th 2016. The STAR conference was hosted by the Psychology Department in the University of Zagreb. Both Ann-Marie and Stephen, with help and funding from the Health Research Board, organised and presented at a symposium: Psychosomatic Influences on Health. Pres
SASHLab on Tour!
L-R: Dr Siobhán Howard (MIC), Prof Brian Hughes (NUIG), Dr Rachel Sumner (UL), Dr Stephen Gallagher (UL), Páraic Ó Súilleabháin (NUIG) SASHLab members Stephen, Rachel, and Páraic presented at the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR) conference hosted by Tel Aviv University this week. Stephen and Rachel each presented posters, one on the preliminary data from the UL Spit Study, and a review on cortisol in unemployment. Páraic did an excellent presentation on his PhD rese
