Staff Profiles

Dr Jenny Groarke

BA., H.Dip. PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer - Contract Type B
School of Psychology
University of Galway
E: jenny.groarke@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Dr. Jenny Groarke is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology. Prior to this appointment she was a Lecturer in Health Psychology at Queen's University Belfast, where she maintains an Honorary Lecturer title. She is a Chartered Psychologist and full member of the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology.

Jenny graduated with a BA and HDip from NUIG, where she also completed her PhD in Psychology under the supervision of Dr Michael Hogan on the functions and effects of music listening. Jenny was a postdoctoral researcher with the mHealth research group working on an Irish Cancer Society funded project to design and evaluate a mobile health behaviour change intervention for cancer survivors with overweight/obesity.

Her research examines emotional experiences, such as loneliness, stress, and distress ¿ as well as designing and evaluating interventions to reduce negative emotions and improve wellbeing. The benefits of creative activities ¿ music, in particular -- is an important focus of her work. Jenny is the Northern Ireland Representative for the Arts Health Early Career Researcher Network, and sits on the research committee for the National Association of Social Prescribing Link Workers.

Research Interests

Research Areas:

Emotions and affective experiences (stress, distress, loneliness)
Creative activities, everyday music listening, group singing
Psycho-Oncology, cancer-related loneliness, post-traumatic growth
Mental Health and Wellbeing

Research Methods:

Qualitative methods
Experience Sampling
Creative methods and Participatory Action Research
Psychometrics/Scale development
Quantitative modelling
Experimental/RCT designs
Systematic reviews (qualitative evidence synthesis and mixed-methods)

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Factors influencing unrelated stem cell donation a mixed-methods integrated systematic review' Jessica Forbes, Paul Rice, Jenny Groarke, Emma Berry, Henrietta Graham, Lisa Graham-Wisener (2024) 'Factors influencing unrelated stem cell donation a mixed-methods integrated systematic review'. British Journal Of Health Psychology, [DOI] [Details]
	(2024)	'The Brief Scale of Existential Loneliness: Scale Development and Psychometric Evaluation. Current Psychology' McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Turner, R. N., Yang, K., & Groarke, J. M. (2024) 'The Brief Scale of Existential Loneliness: Scale Development and Psychometric Evaluation. Current Psychology'. Current Psychology, [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'¿It¿s a feeling of complete disconnection¿: Experiences of Existential Loneliness from Youth to Older Adulthood' McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Turner, R. N., Yang, K., & Groarke, J. M. (2023) '¿It¿s a feeling of complete disconnection¿: Experiences of Existential Loneliness from Youth to Older Adulthood'. Bmc Psychology, [Details]
	(2022)	'Music Listening Was an Emotional Resource and Social Surrogate for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study' Groarke, J. M., MacCormac, N., McKenna-Plumley, P. E., & Graham-Wisener, L. (2022) 'Music Listening Was an Emotional Resource and Social Surrogate for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study'. Behaviour Change, [Details]
	(2022)	'Psychometric validation of the Death Literacy Index and benchmarking of death literacy level in a representative UK population sample' Graham-Wisener, L., Toner, P., Leonard, R. & Groarke, J. M., (2022) 'Psychometric validation of the Death Literacy Index and benchmarking of death literacy level in a representative UK population sample'. BMC palliative care, [Details]
	(2021)	'Acceptability of a Mobile Health Behavior Change Intervention for Cancer Survivors With Obesity or Overweight: Nested Mixed Methods Study Within a Randomized Controlled Trial' Groarke, Jenny M and Janice Richmond and Jenny McSharry and AnnMarie Groarke and Harney, Owen M and Kelly, Mary Grace and Walsh, Jane C (2021) 'Acceptability of a Mobile Health Behavior Change Intervention for Cancer Survivors With Obesity or Overweight: Nested Mixed Methods Study Within a Randomized Controlled Trial'. Journal of Medical Internet Research mHealth and uHealth, 9 (2) [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Connection, constraint, and coping: A qualitative study of experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK' McKenna-Plumley, Phoebe E. and Lisa Graham-Wisener and Emma Berry and Groarke, Jenny M. and Giovanni Ottoboni (2021) 'Connection, constraint, and coping: A qualitative study of experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK'. PLoS One, 16 (10) [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Examining the Impact of an mHealth Behavior Change Intervention With a Brief In-Person Component for Cancer Survivors With Overweight or Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial' Walsh, Jane C and Janice Richmond and Jenny McSharry and AnnMarie Groarke and Liam Glynn and Kelly, Mary Grace and Owen Harney and Groarke, Jenny M (2021) 'Examining the Impact of an mHealth Behavior Change Intervention With a Brief In-Person Component for Cancer Survivors With Overweight or Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial'. Journal of Medical Internet Research mHealth and uHealth, 9 (7) [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Examining temporal interactions between loneliness and depressive symptoms and the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties among UK residents during the COVID-19 lockdown: Longitudinal results from the COVID-19 psychological wellbeing study' Groarke, Jenny M. and Emily McGlinchey and McKenna-Plumley, Phoebe E. and Emma Berry and Lisa Graham-Wisener and Cherie Armour (2021) 'Examining temporal interactions between loneliness and depressive symptoms and the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties among UK residents during the COVID-19 lockdown: Longitudinal results from the COVID-19 psychological wellbeing study'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 285 :1-9 [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'A group dynamics framework for 21st century collective intelligence facilitators' Hogan, Michael J. and Owen Harney and Mike Moroney and Michelle Hanlon and Su-Ming Khoo and Tony Hall and Monika Pilch and Bianca Pereira and Van Lente, Eric and Victoria Hogan and John O'Reilly and Jenny Groarke and Robert Razzante and Hannah Durand and Benjamin Broome (2020) 'A group dynamics framework for 21st century collective intelligence facilitators'. Systems Research and Behavioural Science, [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'The Eudaimonic Functions of Music Listening Scale: An Instrument to Measure Transcendence, Flow and Peak Experience in Music' Groarke, Jenny M. and Hogan, Michael J. (2020) 'The Eudaimonic Functions of Music Listening Scale: An Instrument to Measure Transcendence, Flow and Peak Experience in Music'. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Experiences of loneliness: a study protocol for a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature' Phoebe McKenna-Plumley and Groarke, Jenny M. and Turner, Rhiannon N. and Keming Yang (2020) 'Experiences of loneliness: a study protocol for a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature'. Systematic Reviews, 9 (3) [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Quality of life and adjustment in men with prostate cancer: Interplay of stress, threat and resilience' AnnMarie Groarke and Ruth Curtis and Jean Skelton and Groarke, Jenny M. (2020) 'Quality of life and adjustment in men with prostate cancer: Interplay of stress, threat and resilience'. PLoS One, 15 (9) [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study' Groarke, Jenny M. and Emma Berry and Lisa Graham-Wisener and Phoebe McKenna-Plumley and Emily McGlinchey and Cherie Armour (2020) 'Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study'. PLoS One, 15 (9) [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Personalised Goals to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in a Clinically Obese Population - A Pilot Trial' Jane Walsh and Jenny Groarke and Denise Dunne and Kevin Fletcher and Rachael Stapleton and Francis Finucane (2019) 'Personalised Goals to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in a Clinically Obese Population - A Pilot Trial'. National Institute of Health Sciences Research, 8 (2) [Details]
	(2019)	'Integrating Behavioral Science with Mobile (mHealth) Technology to Optimize Health Behaviour Change Interventions' Walsh, Jane C. and Groarke, Jenny M. (2019) 'Integrating Behavioral Science with Mobile (mHealth) Technology to Optimize Health Behaviour Change Interventions'. European Psychologist, 24 (1):38-48 [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Listening to self-chosen music regulates induced negative affect for both younger and older adults' Jenny Groarke and Hogan, Michael J. (2019) 'Listening to self-chosen music regulates induced negative affect for both younger and older adults'. PLoS One, 14 (6) [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'CN52: A pilot trial to investigate the impact of a personalised self-management lifestyle programme using mobile technology on the health and wellbeing of cancer survivors' Kelly, Mary Grace and Janice Richmond and Nina Singaroyan and Tommy Kerr and O Donnell, Aoife and Eimear Masterson and Charlene Haughey and Owen Harney and Jane Walsh and Jenny Groarke (2019) 'CN52: A pilot trial to investigate the impact of a personalised self-management lifestyle programme using mobile technology on the health and wellbeing of cancer survivors'. Annals of Oncology, 30 (5) [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Does listening to music regulate negative affect in a stressful situation? Examining the effects of self-selected and researcher-selected music using both silent and active controls' Groarke, Jenny M. and AnnMarie Groarke and Hogan, Michael J. and Laura Costello and Danielle Lynch (2019) 'Does listening to music regulate negative affect in a stressful situation? Examining the effects of self-selected and researcher-selected music using both silent and active controls'. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being' Genevieve Dingle and Stephen Clift and Saoirse Finn and Rebekah Gilbert and Jenny Groarke and Irons, J Yoon and Jones Bartoli, Alice and Alexandra Lamont and Jacques Launay and Eleanor Martin and Hillary Moss and Sanfilippo, Katie Rose and Matthew Shipton and Lauren Stewart and Samantha Talbot and Mark Tarrant and Liesbeth Tipp and Elyse Williams (2019) 'An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being'. Music & Science, 2 :1-15 [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Examining the Impact of a Personalized Self-Management Lifestyle Program Using Mobile Technology on the Health and Well-Being of Cancer Survivors: Protocol and Rationale for a Randomized Controlled Trial (The Moving On Study)' Jenny Groarke and Janice Richmond and Kelly, Mary Grace and Jenny McSharry and AnnMarie Groarke and Tommy Kerr and Nina Singaroyan and Owen Harney and Charlene Haughey and Liam Glynn and Eimear Masterson and O Donnell, Aoife and Karen Duffy and Jane Walsh (2019) 'Examining the Impact of a Personalized Self-Management Lifestyle Program Using Mobile Technology on the Health and Well-Being of Cancer Survivors: Protocol and Rationale for a Randomized Controlled Trial (The Moving On Study)'. JMIR Research Protocols, 8 (8) [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'The Importance of the Social Sciences in Reducing Tail Biting Prevalence in Pigs' Grace Carroll and Groarke, Jenny M. (2019) 'The Importance of the Social Sciences in Reducing Tail Biting Prevalence in Pigs'. Animals, 9 (9) [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Adaptive Functions of Music Listening Scale' Groarke, Jenny M. and Hogan, Michael J. (2018) 'Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Adaptive Functions of Music Listening Scale'. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Investigating components and causes of sabotage by academics using collective intelligence analysis' Elaine Wallace and Michael Hogan and Chris Noone and Jenny Groarke (2018) 'Investigating components and causes of sabotage by academics using collective intelligence analysis'. Studies in Higher Education, [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Post-traumatic growth in breast cancer: how and when do distress and stress contribute?' Groarke, Ann Marie and Ruth Curtis and Groarke, Jenny M. and Hogan, Michael J. and Andrea Gibbons and Michael Kerin (2017) 'Post-traumatic growth in breast cancer: how and when do distress and stress contribute?'. Psycho-oncology, 26 (7):967-974 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'The effect of mode of detection of breast cancer on stress and distress' Andrea Gibbons and AnnMarie Groarke and Ruth Curtis and Jenny Groarke (2017) 'The effect of mode of detection of breast cancer on stress and distress'. Psycho-oncology, 26 (6):787-792 [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	'Human-centred research approaches to improve animal welfare: survey design and stakeholder involvement' Carroll, G.; Graham-Wisener, L.; Groarke J. (2021) 'Human-centred research approaches to improve animal welfare: survey design and stakeholder involvement' In: Bridging Research Disciplines to Advance Animal Welfare Science. Oxfordshire: Cabi Publishing. [Details]
	(2021)	'Human behaviour change models for improving animal welfare' Carroll, G; Groarke, J. M; Graham-Wisener, L. (2021) 'Human behaviour change models for improving animal welfare' In: Bridging Research Disciplines to Advance Animal Welfare Science. Oxfordshire: Cabi Publishing. [Details]

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	Infrastructure Design: Accessing, understanding, and using the NILS data for research purposes and to guide policy, practice, and action. Hogan, M. J., Harney, O., Groarke, J. M., Pilch, M. (2019) Infrastructure Design: Accessing, understanding, and using the NILS data for research purposes and to guide policy, practice, and action. Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency, UK. [Details]
	(2023)	Review of Best Practice in Child and Youth Participation. Groarke, J. M. (2023) Review of Best Practice in Child and Youth Participation. Music Generation National Development Office, Ireland. [Details]
	(2023)	mHealth Strategy Report (Deliverable No. D6.2). PvSTATEM. HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-03, Grant Agreement No. 101057665. Groarke, J.M., Walsh, J., Harney, O., & Hogan, M (2023) mHealth Strategy Report (Deliverable No. D6.2). PvSTATEM. HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-03, Grant Agreement No. 101057665. CORDIS, EU. [Details]
	(2023)	Collective intelligence report (Deliverable No. D6.1). PvSTATEM. HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-03, Grant Agreement No. 101057665. Harney, O., Hogan, M., Walsh, J., Groarke, J.M., Mademtzoglou, D., Howes, R., Randrianarisoa, M., Harimanana, A., Emiru, T., & Tsega, T (2023) Collective intelligence report (Deliverable No. D6.1). PvSTATEM. HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-03, Grant Agreement No. 101057665. CORDIS, EU. [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 Evaluation and Policy Options. Latu, I., Blaylock, D., Burns, S., Cena, E., Groarke, J.M., & McKenna-Plumley, P. E. (2022) Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 Evaluation and Policy Options. Northern Ireland Department of Finance, UK. [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Editorial: An Update on Loneliness Theory and Practice for Health Professionals' Dingle, G., & Groarke, J. M. (2022) 'Editorial: An Update on Loneliness Theory and Practice for Health Professionals' Behaviour Change, 39 (3) :131-133. [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'Editorial: The Psychological and Physiological Benefits of the Arts' Karkou, V; Sainani, N; Orkibi, H; Groarke, J. M; Czamanski-Cohen, J; Panero, M. E; Drake, J; Jola, C; Baker, F. A. (2022) 'Editorial: The Psychological and Physiological Benefits of the Arts' Frontiers in Psychology, . [Details]
	(2019)	'Book review: Handbook of music, adolescents, and wellbeing' Groarke, J. M. (2019) 'Book review: Handbook of music, adolescents, and wellbeing' Music & Science, . [DOI] [Details]