Orla Muldoon

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Orla Muldoon
Academic background
Alma materQueen's University of Belfast
ThesisChildhood stress and coping : a psychosocial approach (1996)

Orla Therese Muldoon is an Irish social and political psychologist and founding professor of psychology at the University of Limerick. Her research concerns how groups memberships and social identities affect health and well-being.

Education and career[]

Muldoon attended Queen's University of Belfast where she received her bachelor's degree.[1] She earned her Ph.D. from Queen's University of Belfast in 1996.[2] During this time she also attended University of Michigan as a John F Kennedy Travel Scholar.[1] She was a faculty member at Ulster University and Queens University Belfast.[3] She moved to University of Limerick in 2007 to lead the development of a new department of psychology.[1][4]

Muldoon is editor-in-chief of the journal Political Psychology, a position she shares with James Liu.[5] She was formerly editor-in-chief of the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.[6]

Research[]

Muldoon's research concerns how groups memberships and social identities affect health and well-being. She has examined gender and nursing students,[7][8] the impact of the war in North Ireland on children,[9][10] how children view food and eating.[11] and social identity and post-traumatic stress disorder.[12][13] Muldoon has raised concern's about Ireland's response to the COVID-19 pandemic because of the lack of diversity on the panel making recommendations.[14] She has spoken with the media about the statistics of violence against women,[15][16] and is a regular opinion contributor to The Irish Times.[17]

Selected publications[]

  • Stevenson, Clifford; Doherty, Glenda; Barnett, Julie; Muldoon, Orla T.; Trew, Karen (2007-06-01). "Adolescents' views of food and eating: Identifying barriers to healthy eating". Journal of Adolescence. 30 (3): 417–434. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.04.005. ISSN 0140-1971. PMID 16730371.
  • McLaughlin, Katrina; Moutray, Marianne; Muldoon, Orla T. (2008). "The role of personality and self-efficacy in the selection and retention of successful nursing students: a longitudinal study". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 61 (2): 211–221. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04492.x. ISSN 1365-2648. PMID 18186912.
  • Muldoon, Orla T.; Reilly, Jacqueline (2003-06-11). "Career choice in nursing students: gendered constructs as psychological barriers". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 43 (1): 93–100. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02676.x. ISSN 0309-2402. PMID 12801400.
  • Muldoon, Orla T.; Trew, Karen; Todd, Jennifer; Rougier, Nathalie; McLaughlin, Katrina (2007). "Religious and National Identity after the Belfast Good Friday Agreement". Political Psychology. 28 (1): 89–103. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00553.x. hdl:10197/2429. ISSN 1467-9221.

Awards and honors[]

In 2020, Muldoon won the Nevitt Sanford Award for outstanding contributions to political psychology from the International Society of Political Psychology.[18] She received a Fulbright Award in 2020,[19] and was one of the first two women in Ireland[20] to receive a European Research Council Advanced Grant.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Prof. Orla Muldoon | UL - University of Limerick". www.ul.ie.
  2. ^ Muldoon, Orla T (1996). Childhood stress and coping: a psychosocial approach (Thesis). Queen's University of Belfast. OCLC 59598412.
  3. ^ Dekker, H. (2016-04-30). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology. Springer. pp. xvi. ISBN 978-1-137-29118-9.
  4. ^ "BBC - Northern Ireland - State of Minds - The Experts". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  5. ^ "Political Psychology". Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9221.
  6. ^ "Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  7. ^ Muldoon, Orla T.; Kremer, John M. D. (1995). "Career aspirations, job satisfaction and gender identity in female student nurses". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 21 (3): 544–550. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1995.tb02739.x. ISSN 1365-2648. PMID 7745210.
  8. ^ Muldoon, Orla T.; Reilly, Jacqueline (2003-06-11). "Career choice in nursing students: gendered constructs as psychological barriers". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 43 (1): 93–100. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02676.x. ISSN 0309-2402. PMID 12801400.
  9. ^ Muldoon, O. T.; Trew, K.; McWhirter, L. (1998-03-23). "Children's perceptions of negative events in Northern Ireland: A ten year study". European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 7 (1): 36–41. doi:10.1007/s007870050043. ISSN 1018-8827. PMID 9563812. S2CID 32060268.
  10. ^ Muldoon, Orla T.; Trew, Karen (2000). "Children's experience and adjustment to political conflict in Northern Ireland". Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. 6 (2): 157–176. doi:10.1207/S15327949PAC0602_4. ISSN 1532-7949.
  11. ^ Stevenson, Clifford; Doherty, Glenda; Barnett, Julie; Muldoon, Orla T.; Trew, Karen (2007-06-01). "Adolescents' views of food and eating: Identifying barriers to healthy eating". Journal of Adolescence. 30 (3): 417–434. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.04.005. ISSN 0140-1971. PMID 16730371.
  12. ^ Muldoon, Orla T.; Lowe, Robert D. (2012). "Social Identity, Groups, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder". Political Psychology. 33 (2): 259–273. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00874.x. ISSN 1467-9221.
  13. ^ Muldoon, Orla T.; Acharya, Khagendra; Jay, Sarah; Adhikari, Kamal; Pettigrew, Judith; Lowe, Robert D. (2017). "Community identity and collective efficacy: A social cure for traumatic stress in post-earthquake Nepal". European Journal of Social Psychology. 47 (7): 904–915. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2330. ISSN 1099-0992.
  14. ^ Horan, Niamh (April 4, 2021). "Male bias in Covid decision-making leads to 'mistakes'". independent. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Prime Time interview concerning violence against women sees mixed reaction from viewers". sundayworld. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  16. ^ Geraghty, Aoife (2018-09-20). "Running While Female - Orla Muldoon Starts the Conversation". RunIreland.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  17. ^ Muldoon, Orla. "More people are killed by drugs than cars". The Irish Times.
  18. ^ "Nevitt Sanford Award for Outstanding Professional Contributions to Political Psychology". ISPP. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  19. ^ "Record year for University of Limerick in Fulbright Scholarship scheme". www.ul.ie. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  20. ^ March 31st, Posted on; Category: 2020, 2020 |; Education, Higher (2020-03-31). "A First in Ireland for two female academics". Education Matters. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "Four Irish Winners of ERC Advanced Grant Awards – €10 Million Investment in Irish Research". Irish Research Council. Retrieved 2022-01-02.

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