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"I am delighted with the outstanding results for this Unit of Assessment. Our world-leading or internationally excellent research environment illustrates a vibrant research culture enriched by exceptional early career researchers, post-docs and PhD researchers.
I am especially pleased to see that our research makes a real and tangible impact on society. These exceptional results were only possible through the vital contributions of our talented and dedicated academic, research, technical and business support staff – a real team effort!"
How we did
Overall
An impressive 74% of our research has been judged as world-leading or internationally excellent.
Research Impact
100% of our impact case studies have been judged as having outstanding or very considerable impacts in terms of their reach and significance.
We are delighted with the endorsement of our research impact, our researchers are committed and motivated to make significant societal change in mental health and wellbeing.
Environment
100% of our research environment has been judged as being conducive to producing research of world-leading or internationally excellent quality and enabling outstanding impact, in terms of its vitality and sustainability
Since REF2014 we have made substantial investments in our researchers, physical infrastructure and our research culture. We are proud of our collaborative approach to research within the School that fosters innovation and creativity
Research Directors
Unit of Assessment Coordinators
Our Team
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Adamson, G Professor | Professor of Psychology |
| Barnes-Holmes, D Professor | Professor of Psychology |
| Brick, N Dr | Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology |
| Bunting, B Professor | Professor of Psychology |
| Campbell, C Dr | Lecturer in Social Psychology |
| Cassidy, T Professor | Professor of Child and Family Health Psychology |
| Craig, C Professor | Professor of Psychology |
| Davison, J Dr | Lecturer in Psychology (Social Psychology) |
| Dunwoody, L Dr | Lecturer in Health Psychology |
| Ennis, E Dr | Lecturer in Psychology |
| Ferry, F Miss | Research Fellow |
| Gallagher, S Dr | Senior Lecturer |
| Giles, M Professor | Head of School of Psychology |
| Houston, J Dr | Associate Head of School of Psychology |
| Keenan, M Professor | Professor of Behaviour Analysis |
| Kennedy, N Dr | Lecturer in Psychology |
| Kim, EM Dr | Lecturer in Neurobiology |
| Kirby, K Dr | Senior Lecturer |
| Lagdon, S Dr | Lecturer in Psychology (Mental Health) |
| Leavey, G Professor | Director of the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing |
| Leslie, J Professor | Professor of Psychology |
| Mallett, J Dr | Senior Lecturer |
| McBride, O Dr | Reader |
| McConville, C Dr | Senior Lecturer |
| McDowell, C Dr | Lecturer in Applied Behaviour Analysis |
| McLaughlin, M Dr | Senior Lecturer |
| McSherry, D Dr | Reader in Psychology |
| Murphy, J Professor | Professor |
| Norwood, K Dr | Lecturer in Psychology |
| O'Neill, S Professor | Professor of Mental Health Sciences |
| Rosato, M Dr | Senior Research Fellow (Epidemiology and Public Health) |
| Shevlin, M Professor | Professor of Psychology |
| Simms, V Professor | Professor |
| Simpson, L Dr | Senior Lecturer |
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"We are delighted with our REF2021 results that endorse Ulster’s vibrant psychology research community, our committed researchers and their tangible impact on society.
Our research environment was rated 100% world-leading or internationally excellent (3/4*), and 100% of our impact was rated as outstanding or very considerable (3/4*).
These outstanding results celebrate the efforts of our hard-working colleagues engaged in research that improves the lives of people both locally and worldwide."
Impact Case Studies and Environment Statement
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- A goalkeeper’s performance in stopping free kicks reduces when the defensive wall blocks their initial view of the ball
- A latent class analysis of trauma based on a nationally representative sample of US adolescents
- A preclinical screen to evaluate pharmacotherapies for the treatment of agitation in dementia
- A qualitative exploration of patient and healthcare professionals’ views and experiences of palliative rehabilitation during advanced lung cancer treatment
- A validation study of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess post-traumatic stress disorder in treatment-seeking veterans
- Affective and perceptual responses during reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training (REHIT)
- Anticipated Task Difficulty Provokes Pace Conservation and Slower Running Performance
- Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Are volunteering and caregiving associated with suicide risk? A Census-based longitudinal study
- Association of Mental Disorders With Subsequent Chronic Physical Conditions
- Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent self-reported diagnosis of cancer
- Auditory cueing in Parkinson's patients with freezing of gait. What matters most: action-relevance or cue-continuity?
- Auditory observation of stepping actions can cue both spatial and temporal components of gait in Parkinson's disease patients
- Characteristics of deaths by suicide in Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2011 and use of health services prior to death
- Clinical effectiveness of a staff training intervention in mental health inpatient rehabilitation units designed to increase patients' engagement in activities (the Rehabilitation Effectiveness for Activities for Life [REAL] study): single-blind, cluster-randomised controlled trial
- Comparing long-term placements for young children in care: Does placement type really matter?
- Death by suicide at the Ward level in Northern Ireland
- Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress symptoms: Support for a hybrid Anhedonia and Externalizing Behaviors model
- Distress, Impairment and the Extended Psychosis Phenotype: A Network Analysis of Psychotic Experiences in an US General Population Sample
- Does requiring trauma exposure affect rates of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD? Implications for DSM-5
- Effect of continued folic acid supplementation beyond the first trimester of pregnancy on cognitive performance in the child: a follow-up study from a randomized controlled trial (FASSTT Offspring trial)
- Effects of linalool on extinction of mouse operant behaviour
- Effects of thyroxine treatment on histology and behavior using the methimazole model of congenital hypothyroidism in the rat
- Expert players accurately detect an opponent's movement intentions through sound alone
- Explaining the relationship between number line estimation and mathematical achievement: The role of visuomotor integration and visuospatial skills
- Exploring the impact of coherence (through the presence versus absence of feedback) and levels of derivation on persistent rule-following
- Exposure to Trauma and Mental Health Service Engagement Among Adults Who were Children of the Northern Ireland Troubles of 1968 to 1998
- Faking revisited : Exerting strategic control over performance on the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure
- Functional Strength Training and Movement Performance Therapy for Upper Limb Recovery Early Poststroke—Efficacy, Neural Correlates, Predictive Markers, and Cost-Effectiveness : FAST-INdiCATE Trial
- ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD in the United States: A population-based study
- Implicit Alcohol-Related Expectancies and the Effect of Context
- Improving mental health pathways and care for adolescents in transition to adult services (IMPACT): a retrospective case note review of social and clinical determinants of transition
- Individuals with current suicidal ideation demonstrate implicit "fearlessness of death"
- Informal Caregiving for a Person with Dementia: The Role of Social and Psychological Capital : Informal Caregiving for a Person with Dementia
- Lack of support for bexarotene as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease
- Lifetime and 12‐month treatment for mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among first year college students
- Mental health, behavioural problems and treatment seeking among students commencing university in Northern Ireland
- Modelling the co-occurrence of psychosis-like experiences and childhood sexual abuse
- Mood and cognition in healthy older European adults: the Zenith study
- Nature and origins of mathematics difficulties in very preterm children: a different etiology than developmental dyscalculia
- Negative self-evaluation and the genesis of internal threat: beyond a continuum of suicidal thought and behaviour
- Obesity, food restriction, and implicit attitudes to healthy and unhealthy foods : Lessons learned from the implicit relational assessment procedure
- On the symbolic generalization of likes and dislikes
- Patterns of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior in Northern Ireland and Associations with Conflict Related Trauma
- Polydrug use typologies and childhood maltreatment in a Nationally representative survey of Danish young adults
- Prescribed pain and mental health medication prior to suicide: A population based case control study
- Profile of refractive errors in European Caucasian children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder; increased prevalence and magnitude of astigmatism
- Psychological interventions for ICD-11 complex PTSD symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis
- Public perceptions of personalised nutrition through the lens of Social Cognitive Theory
- Rates of voluntary and compulsory psychiatric in-patient treatment in England: an ecological study investigating associations with deprivation and demographics
- Recognising autism: a latent transition analysis of parental reports of child autistic spectrum disorder ‘red flag’ traits before and after age 3
- Reconsidering the association between psychosis and suicide: a suicidal drive hypothesis
- Sensory substitution: Using a vibrotactile device to orient and walk to targets
- Severe role impairment associated with mental disorders: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project
- Severity of mental illness as a result of multiple childhood adversities: US National Epidemiologic Survey
- Subjective belonging and in-group favoritism
- Substance misuse in life and death in a 2-year cohort of suicides
- The associations of earlier trauma exposures and history of mental disorders with PTSD after subsequent traumas
- The co-occurrence of PTSD and dissociation: differentiating severe PTSD from dissociative-PTSD
- The Dark Triad, happiness and subjective well-being
- The effect of a randomized 12-week soy drink intervention on everyday mood in postmenopausal women
- The Effect of Before and After Instructions on the Speed of Sequential Responding
- The effects of facial expression and relaxation cues on movement economy, physiological, and perceptual responses during running
- The Extent of Stability and Relational Permanence Achieved for Young Children in Care in Northern Ireland
- The impact of staff training on special educational needs professionals’ attitudes toward and understanding of applied behavior analysis
- The Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance in the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Mental Health Outcomes Among University Students
- The Millennium child with autism: Early childhood trajectories for health, education and economic wellbeing
- The moderating impact of childhood adversity profiles and conflict on psychological health and suicidal behavior in the Northern Ireland population
- The prevalence of non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) using emergency department (ED) data: a Northern Ireland based study : Non-cardiac chest pain in the ED
- The Psychosis Continuum: Testing a Bifactor Model of Psychosis in a General Population Sample
- The role of locus of control and coping style in predicting longitudinal PTSD-trajectories after combat exposure
