top of page

Conference Contributions

Below is a sample of some of our recent conference publications

​

2024

​

​

Dockray, S. Student Wellbeing and Drug Use. Inaugural Student Mental Health Conference, Ireland.

​

O'Shea, J., Caruso, M., Nolan, Y., Dockray, S. Investigating Methods of Calculating Pubertal Timing and Pubertal Tempo: A Systematic Review. Lightning Talk presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology).

​

Cooney-Quane, J., Thomas, S.D., Nolan, Y., Dockray, S. Depression, Anxiety, Systemic Inflammation and Somatic Symptoms in Adolescence: Evidence from the ALSPAC Study. Talk presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Curcuruto, N., Marshall, A., Foley, S., Dempsey, M., Dockray, S. Giving Menopause a Make-over? An Analysis of Changes in Online Imagery of Menopause between 2012 and 2023. Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Marshall, A., Curcuruto, N., Dempsey, M., Foley, S., Dockray, S. Portraits of Puberty: A Content Analysis of the Online Imagery of Puberty. Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

 

Dempsey, L., Dockray, S., Cooney-Quane, J. Childhood Adversity, Timing of Puberty and Anxiety: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

 

Elrum, R., Dockray, S. The Relationship Between Self-regulation and Weight Status in Children and Adolescence. Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Whelan, E., Cooney-Quane, J., Hunt, E., Dockray, S. Daily Activities and Allostatic Load in Adolescence: Evidence from ALSPAC. Lightning Talk presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Muscolino, , I., Tomei, E., Dockray, S., Dempsey, M.. Body Image, Puberty and Emotions. A systematic review on the relationship between body dissatisfaction, emotion regulation and pubertal changes. Lightning Talk presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

 

McCarthy-Lidholm, J., Dockray, S. Meat Consumption and Climate Concern in College Students: Motivations, Barriers and Beliefs about Behaviour Change.  Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2024 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

 

2023

Dockray. S. Life story narratives of the pubertal transition and health-related behaviours. Oral presentation presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Ariu, A., Knirsch, J. P., Leuba, A., Rubo, M., Dockray, S., & Messerli-Bürgy, N. (2023). Are sleep problems related to cortisol awakening responses in preschool-aged children?. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 188, 118.

​

Kavanagh, B. & Dockray, S. A Time to Sleep? Investigating stability of sleep sufficiency and difficulty from late adolescence to emerging adulthood, and the associations with health-related behaviour.' Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Noonan, A. & Dockray, S. 'Effect of Government Nutritional Information on Public Perception of Dairy in the Diet' Oral presentation presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

 

Trearty, C., & Whelan, E. 'The Effect of Blue and Green Space Contact and Connectedness on Cardiometabolic Health in Late Adolescence; a Psychobiological Approach' Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Kennedy, A. & Dockray, S. Behaviour and attitudes to drug use during college – does membership in clubs or societies matter?  Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Kakar1, A., Heary, C., Shum, C., Dockray, S., McMahon, J. A protocol for assessing the relationship between emotional regulation, sleep duration and psychological well-being in adolescents across secondary school transition.Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Shum, C. Dockray, S. & McMahon, J. The Relationship Between Cognitive Reappraisal and Psychological Well-being During Early Adolescence: A Scoping Review. Poster presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Shum, C. Dockray, S. & McMahon, J. Teaching adolescents to connect thoughts and behaviours: A controlled longitudinal evaluation of the Motus Social Emotional Learning program across secondary school transition. Oral presentation presented at Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2023 (Psychology Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology) 

​

Ariu, A., Knirsch, J. P., Leuba, A., Rubo, M., Dockray, S., & Messerli-Bürgy, N. (2023). Are sleep problems related to cortisol awakening responses in preschool-aged children?. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 188, 118.

​

​

 

​

2022

​

Whelan, E, Cooney-Quane, J., Hunt, E., Dockray, S. Examining the relationship between daily activities, emotional experiences and allostatic load in a sample of adolescents from the ALSPAC Study.  Poster presented at European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Cooney-Quane, J., Whelan, E., Nolan, Y., & Dockray, S. Childhood Trauma, Systemic Inflammation and Anxiety in Emerging Adulthood: Evidence from the ALSPAC Study. Poster presented at European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Dockray, S. & Messerli-Burgy, N. Pubertal absence and psychological development during adolescence: a scoping review. Poster presented at European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Moore, M. & Dockray, S. The Influence of Student-Faculty Relationships on the Undergraduate Experience: The
Student Perspective. Oral Presentation at
European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Shum, C., Dockray, S., & McMahon, J. The relationship between cognitive reappraisal and psychological wellbeing during early adolescence: A scoping review.

Poster presented at European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Shum, C., Dockray, S., & McMahon, J. Teaching adolescents to connect thoughts and feelings: Does the MOTUS SEL Program support secondary school transition?  Poster presented at European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Hunt, E, Nolan, Y., & Dockray, S. Under construction – the development of a novel, evidence-based educational programme to support staff in higher education to apply a developmental perspective to learning, teaching and student support. Oral Presentation at European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Kenneally, L. & Dockray, S. Allostatic load in adolescence - the effects of pubertal timing, health behaviour and stress. Poster presented at European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Conference, Ireland.

​

Dair, Z. Dockray, S., O'Reilly, R. Variance in Classifying Affective State via Electrocardiogram and Photoplethysmography. Pre-print  44th International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Scotland. 

 

Rodriguez, A. & Dockray, S. Collecting Sensitive Data from Adolescents: A Delphi Study of Expert Consensus. International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Conference, Chicago, USA.

​

2021

​

O'Shea, J. & Dockray, S.  Assessing the stability of psychobiological stress reactivity during adolescence: mixed effect modelling of cortisol responses to laboratory stressors. 18th Annual PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Ireland.

 

Kenneally, L. & Dockray, S. The Association of Pubertal Timing and Allostatic Load: testing the mediating effects of health behaviour and life stress.   18th Annual PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Ireland.

​

Olavarría-Ramírez, L., McCafferty, C., Murphy, G., Cryan, Dockray, S. Gut microbiota depletion and effects on social behaviour and anxiety: Implications for translational research. A systematic review. 18th Annual PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Ireland.

 

O'Connor, M.  Dockray, S. Pubertal Timing, Self-Concept, and Anxiety in Adolescence.18th Annual PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Ireland.

 

Muscolino, I, Dockray, S. & Tomei, E. Body Dissatisfaction, Emotion Regulation and Puberty. A Systematic Review. 18th Annual PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Ireland.


Shum, C., Dockray, S., McMahon, J. A protocol for assessing the relationship between social emotional skills and cortisol awakening response across secondary school transition.18th Annual PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Ireland.

​

Shum, C., Dockray, S., McMahon, J., O’Rourke, J. & Hanratty, D. (2021) The Motus SEL Program: A service evaluation on a primary school social emotional learning program for Irish early adolescents. Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference, Limerick.

​

2020

​

Muscolino, I. & Dockray, S. (2020) Body and Emotions through generations. Phenomenological analysis of the adolescence social context. European Association for Research on Adolescence Biannual Conference, Porto, Portugal ( online).

​

Dockray, S. Getting hot-headed: Systemic inflammation and externalising behaviour in adolescence. European Association for Research on Adolescence Biannual Conference, Porto, Portugal (online).

​

Dockray, S. Whelan, E., Dick, S., Davoren, M., Heavin, C., Linehan, C., Byrne, M. (2020) Why stop here and now? University student's motivations to reduce their use of illicit substances: A scoping review. European Association for Research on Adolescence Biannual Conference, Porto, Portugal ( online).

​

Vasiliou, V.S., Dillon, B., Dick, S., Davoren, M, Dockray, S.,m Linehan, C., Heavin, C., Byrne, M. (2020) A new clinical algorithm embedded in a contextual behavior change intervention for higher education student drug use. ICIS SIGDSA Symposium

Vasiliou, V.S., Dockray, S. Dick, S., Fabritius, W., Linehan , C. Davoren, M., Heavin, C. Byrne, M.  (2020) Developing the MiUSE Digitally Delivered Intervention: Implementing the Behaviour Change Wheel to Identify Effective Harm-reduction Practices for Third-level Students Who Use Illicit Substances

​

2019

​

Murphy, L., Cadogan, E., & Dockray, S. (2019) The Consideration of Future Consequences Scale: Dimensionality and Domain Specificity. 20th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Portland, Oregon

 

2018

​

Murphy, L., Cadagan, E., & Dockray, S. (2018) Intertemporal Decision Making: Domain Specificity in the Consideration of Future Consequences. 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, USA

​

Organ, D., Dick, S., Hurley, C., Heavin, C., Linehan, C., Dockray, S., Davoren, M., Byrne, M. (2018) A Systematic Review of User-Centred Design Practices in Illicit Substance Use Interventions for Higher Education Students ECIS - Beyond Digitization – Facets of Socio-Technical Change

 

Murphy, L., & Dockray, S. (2018) The Consideration of Future Consequences and Health Behaviour: A Meta-Analysis.  32nd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society Conference, Galway, Ireland

 

 2017

​

Veale, A., Dockray, S. & Purkiss, E. (2017) Intergenerational transmission of trauma and resilience: Biological and sociocultural narratives. , Pathways to Resilience IV, Capetown, South Africa .

​

Linehan, C., Dockray, S., & Lee, L. (2017) “Anyone shout at European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, University College Dublin

​

Dockray, S. (2017) Obesity-mediated systemic inflammation and externalising behaviours in adolescence. , PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin . 

 

Dick, S;Davoren, M;Whelan, E;Heavin, C;Organ, D;Linehan, C;Dockray, S;Byrne, M (2018) The effectiveness and safety of digital interventions for substance use in third-level students. OXFORD

​

Dockray, S. (2017) Obesity-mediated systemic inflammation and externalising behaviours in adolescence. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin.

 

Jump, O. Dockray, S. (2017) Social interactions and heart rate variability: From the lab to the living room. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin.

 

Dockray, S. Murphy, L. (2017) Social Competence, Social Stress and Cortisol in Adolescence. PSI Psychology Health & Medicine, Dublin.

 

Ryan, K., Linehan, C., Dockray, S. (2017) Psychosocial coorelates of weight loss in an Ehealth intervention among those with Type 2 diabetes. PSI Psychology Health & Medicine, Dublin .

 

Jump., O., Dockray, S. (2017) A variant of the Trier Social Stress Test using Sing-a-Song and computer based tasks. PSI Psychology Health & Medicine, Dublin .

 

Linehan, C., Dockray, S. and Lee, L. (2017) Anyone shout at you today Mum?: Mapping the physiological and subjective impacts of emotional labour demands on pharmacy staff European Association for Work and Organisational Psychology

 

Muscolino, I., Dockray, S. (2017) A Biopsychosocial model of body dis-satisfaction in adolescence. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin .

 

Matvienko-Sikar, K. Dockray, S. (2017) Effects of a brief experimental gratitude intervention on self-report and psychophysiological measures of stress. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin

​

2016

Murphy, G., O’Leary, K & Dockray, S. (2016) Trier on Wheels? Cardiovascular reactivity in a simulated stressful driving scenario.

 

O’Brien, R., Creaven, A., Dockray, S. (2016) ‘…Love me, loves me not…’ The implications of ambivalent social relationships and psychophysiological wellbeing . Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

McGrath, N., O’Leary, K., & Dockray, S. (2016) Stability and predictors of wellbeing over time.  Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

Cadogan E., O Leary, K., Dockray, S. (2016) The effects of a gratitude intervention on physiological and self-report wellbeing. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

Muscolino, I. (2016) When the soul is silent, the body speaks: Alexithymia and body uneasiness in a non-clinical adolescent sample

 

Mangan, M, Veale., Dockray, S. (2016) Examining intergenerational transmission of experience using a qualitative psychobiological approach: A pilot study Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

Ni Shuilleabhain, N., Murphy, L., Dockray, S. (2016) Orthorexia or mismeasurement: Examination of the ORTO-15 .

 

Murphy, L, Dockray, S. Time to think about measurement? Temporal orientation and health behaviours. PSI Psychology, Health & PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, CorkMedicine Conference, Cork

 

O’Neill, S. Dockray, S. (2016) Self-perceived health versus objective health in adolescence. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

Concannon, L. Dockray, S. (2016) The Bariatric Journey PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

Matvienko-Sikar, K. Dockray, S. (2016)Putting the positive in pregnancy: The role of positive psychological factors in promoting prenatal mental health. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

Purkiss, E. Dockray, S. (2016) Examining the relationship between early life adversity and psychobiological stress responses in emerging adulthood. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

DeLea, S. Dockray, S. (2016) Examining the role of impulsivity in psychobiological stress reactivity in young adults in Ireland. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

Galvin. S., Dockray, S. (2016) Psychobiological stress reactivity: Cardiac responsivity and anger. PSI Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference, Cork

 

O’Neill, S. Dockray, S. (2016) Health, Sleep, and Psychobiological Wellbeing in Adolescence. PSI ECG Conference

​

Invited talks and conference papers earlier than 2015 are detailed in the personal pages of lab members here http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/.

bottom of page