Staff Profiles

Dr Mairéad Foody

PhD

Contact Details

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

Biography

Dr. Mairéad Foody is an Lecturer in Psychology at University of Galway. She has a PhD in Psychology and several years of international applied and research experience with young people. Dr Foody has published widely in the area of developmental psychology and is particularly interested in the impact of cyberbullying and bullying on psychological development. She holds several prestigious awards for her research such as the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, the James Flaherty Scholarship and the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie COFUND Research Fellowship.

Research Interests

Developmental Psychology, bullying, cyberbullying

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Happy or Unhappy? Mental health correlates of receiving sexts and unsolicited sexual images' Beatrice Sciacca, Angela Mazzone, Magnus Loftsson, James O'Higgins Norman, Mairéad Foody (2024) 'Happy or Unhappy? Mental health correlates of receiving sexts and unsolicited sexual images'. Youth & Society, [Details]
	(2023)	'Nonconsensual dissemination of sexual images among adolescents: Associations with depression and self-esteem' Beatrice Sciacca, Angela Mazzone, Magnus Loftsson, James O'Higgins Norman, Mairéad Foody (2023) 'Nonconsensual dissemination of sexual images among adolescents: Associations with depression and self-esteem'. Journal Of Interpersonal Violence, [Details]
	(2023)	'Sexting behaviour among adolescents: Do friendship quality and social competence matter?' Mairéad Foody, Seffetullah Kuldas, Aikaterini Sargioti, Angela Mazzone, James O'Higgins Norman (2023) 'Sexting behaviour among adolescents: Do friendship quality and social competence matter?'. Computers In Human Behavior, [Details]
	(2022)	'Editorial: A connected or isolated generation? The impact of positive and harmful online communications on children and adolescents¿ wellbeing' Mazzone, A., Wachs, S., Foody, M., & Blaya, C. (2022) 'Editorial: A connected or isolated generation? The impact of positive and harmful online communications on children and adolescents¿ wellbeing'. Frontiers in Education, [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'Dublin Anti-Bullying Self-Efficacy Models and Scales: Development and Validation' Sargioti, A., Kuldas, S, Foody, M., Viejo Otero, P., Kinahan, A., Canning, C., Heaney, D., & O¿Higgins Norman, J. (2022) 'Dublin Anti-Bullying Self-Efficacy Models and Scales: Development and Validation'. Journal Of Interpersonal Violence, [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'Scoping Bullying and Cyberbullying Victimization among Gifted Adolescents in Ireland' Laffan, D. A., Slonje, R., Ledwith, C., O¿Reilly, C., & Foody, M. (2022) 'Scoping Bullying and Cyberbullying Victimization among Gifted Adolescents in Ireland'. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Does ethnicity of victims and bullies really matter? Suggestions for further research on intra-ethnic bullying/victimisation' Kuldas, S., Foody, M., & O¿Higgins Norman, J. (2021) 'Does ethnicity of victims and bullies really matter? Suggestions for further research on intra-ethnic bullying/victimisation'. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, [Details]
	(2021)	'Sex differences in adolescent bullying. Psychosocial Intervention' Feijóo, S., O¿Higgins Norman, J., Foody, M., Pichel, R., Braña, T., Varela, J., & Rial, A. (2021) 'Sex differences in adolescent bullying. Psychosocial Intervention'. [Details]
	(2021)	'Sex differences in adolescent bullying' Feijóo, S., O¿Higgins Norman, J., Foody, M., Pichel, R., Braña, T., Varela, J., & Rial, A. (2021) 'Sex differences in adolescent bullying'. Psychosocial Intervention, [Details]
	(2018)	'The Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools in Ireland: What has been achieved and what needs to be done?' Foody, M., Challenor, L., Murphy, H., & O¿Higgins Norman, J. (2018) 'The Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools in Ireland: What has been achieved and what needs to be done?'. Bildung und Erziehung, [Details]
	(2018)	'Considering mindfulness techniques in school-based anti-bullying programmes' Foody, M., & Samara, M. (2018) 'Considering mindfulness techniques in school-based anti-bullying programmes'. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, [Details]
	(2018)	'Anti-Bullying Procedures for Schools in Ireland: Principals Responses and Perceptions' Foody, M., Murphy, H., Downes, P., & O¿Higgins Norman, J (2018) 'Anti-Bullying Procedures for Schools in Ireland: Principals Responses and Perceptions'. Journal of Pastoral Care in Education, [Details]
	(2018)	'An observation and analysis of profiles among adolescents on the Yellow application' Challenor, L., Foody, M., & O¿Higgins Norman, J. (2018) 'An observation and analysis of profiles among adolescents on the Yellow application'. Journal of Pastoral Care in Education, [Details]
	(2017)	'A Review of Cyberbullying Legislation in Qatar: Considerations for Policy Makers and Educators' Foody, M, Samara, M., El Asam, A., Morsi, H., & Azhar Khattab (2017) 'A Review of Cyberbullying Legislation in Qatar: Considerations for Policy Makers and Educators'. International Journal Of Law And Psychiatry, [Details]
	(2015)	'An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Self, Hierarchy, and Distinction in a Common Act Exercise' Foody, M., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Rai, L., & Luciano, C. (2015) 'An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Self, Hierarchy, and Distinction in a Common Act Exercise'. The Psychological Record, [Details]
	(2015)	'A Review of Cyberbullying and Suggestions for Online Psychological Therapy' Foody, M., Samara, M., & Carlbring, P. (2015) 'A Review of Cyberbullying and Suggestions for Online Psychological Therapy'. Internet Interventions, [Details]
	(2014)	'Facilitating Repertoires of Coordination, Opposition, Distinction, and Comparison in Young Children with Autism' Dunne, S., Foody, M., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Murphy, C. (2014) 'Facilitating Repertoires of Coordination, Opposition, Distinction, and Comparison in Young Children with Autism'. Behavioral Development Bulletin, [Details]
	(2014)	'Systematic Analysis of the Effects of Acceptance on Tolerance of Radiant Heat Pain' Kehoe, A., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Luciano, C., Bond, F., & Foody, M. (2014) 'Systematic Analysis of the Effects of Acceptance on Tolerance of Radiant Heat Pain'. The Psychological Record, [Details]
	(2014)	'RFT for Clinical Use: The Example of Metaphor' Foody, M., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Törneke, N., Luciano, C., Stewart, I. & McEnteggart, C. (2014) 'RFT for Clinical Use: The Example of Metaphor'. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, [Details]
	(2013)	'An empirical Investigation of Hierarchical versus Distinction Relations in a Self-based ACT Exercise' Foody, M., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2013) 'An empirical Investigation of Hierarchical versus Distinction Relations in a Self-based ACT Exercise'. International Journal Of Psychology And Psychological Therapy, [Details]
	(2012)	'Empirical Investigation of the Single-Sentence Paradigm as a Method of Stress Induction' Foody, M., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D (2012) 'Empirical Investigation of the Single-Sentence Paradigm as a Method of Stress Induction'. International Journal Of Psychology And Psychological Therapy, [Details]
	(2021)	'Cyberbullies, The cyberbullied, and Problematic Internet Use: Some reasonable Similarities' Feijóo, S., Foody, M., O¿Higgins Norman, Pchel, R., & Rial, A. (2021) 'Cyberbullies, The cyberbullied, and Problematic Internet Use: Some reasonable Similarities'. Psicothema, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Blame and Responsibility in the Context of Youth Produced Sexual Imagery: The Role of Teacher Empathy and Rape Myth Acceptance' Sciacca, B., Mazzone, A., O¿Higgins Norman, J., & Foody, M (2021) 'Blame and Responsibility in the Context of Youth Produced Sexual Imagery: The Role of Teacher Empathy and Rape Myth Acceptance'. Teaching And Teacher Education, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Neither Resiliency-Trait or Resilience-State: Transactional Resiliency/e' Kuldas, S., & Foody, M. (2021) 'Neither Resiliency-Trait or Resilience-State: Transactional Resiliency/e'. Youth & Society, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'¿It¿s not just sexy pics¿: An investigation into sexting behaviour and behavioural problems in adolescents' Foody, M., Mazzone, A., Laffan, D.A., Loftsson, M., & O¿Higgins Norman (2021). ¿It¿s not just sexy pics¿: An investigation into sexting behaviour and behavioural problems in adolescents (2021) '¿It¿s not just sexy pics¿: An investigation into sexting behaviour and behavioural problems in adolescents'. Computers In Human Behavior, [Details]
	(2021)	'Bullying, Cyberbullying and the Overlap: What does age have to do with it?' Pichel, R., Foody, M., O¿Higgins Norman, J., Feijóo, S., Varela, J., & Rial, A. (2021) 'Bullying, Cyberbullying and the Overlap: What does age have to do with it?'. Sustainability, [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Bullying by siblings and peers: Poly setting victimisation and the association with problem behaviours and depression' Foody, M., Samara, M., & O¿Higgins Norman, J. (2020) 'Bullying by siblings and peers: Poly setting victimisation and the association with problem behaviours and depression'. British Journal Of Educational Psychology, [Details]
	(2020)	'Do response options in the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) matter? A comparison of contextual relations versus relational coherent indicators' Maloney, E., Foody, M., & Murphy, C. (2020) 'Do response options in the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) matter? A comparison of contextual relations versus relational coherent indicators'. The Psychological Record, [Details]
	(2020)	'Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure to explore students¿ implicit age discrimination of toxic versus innocuous phrases' Curtis, A, Foody, M., Kelly, M., & Murphy, C. (2020) 'Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure to explore students¿ implicit age discrimination of toxic versus innocuous phrases'. International Journal Of Psychology And Psychological Therapy, [Details]
	(2020)	'Bullying and cyberbullying among students with cochlear implants' Feijóo, S., Foody, M., Pichel, R., Zamora, L., & Rial, A (2020) 'Bullying and cyberbullying among students with cochlear implants'. Journal Of Deaf Studies And Deaf Education, [Details]
	(2020)	'Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to examine implicit child gender stereotypes in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)' Fleming, K., Foody, M., & Murphy, C. (2020) 'Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to examine implicit child gender stereotypes in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)'. The Psychological Record, [Details]
	(2019)	'Friendship quality, gender and their role in cyberbullying involvement and psychological well-being' Foody, M., McGuire, L., Kuldas, S., & O¿Higgins Norman, J. (2019) 'Friendship quality, gender and their role in cyberbullying involvement and psychological well-being'. Frontiers in psychology, [Details]
	(2019)	'Do cross-national and ethnic group bullying comparisons represent reality? Testing instruments for structural equivalence and structural isomorphism' Samara, M., Foody, M., Göbel, K., Altawil, M., & Scheithauer, H. (2019) 'Do cross-national and ethnic group bullying comparisons represent reality? Testing instruments for structural equivalence and structural isomorphism'. Frontiers in psychology, [Details]
	(2019)	'Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to investigate attractiveness bias in the domain of employability' Was, M., Foody, M., & Murphy, C. (2019) 'Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to investigate attractiveness bias in the domain of employability'. International Journal Of Psychology And Psychological Therapy, [Details]
	(2017)	'Bullying and Cyerbullying: Its legality and use in mental health assessments' Samara M, Burbridge, V., El Asam, A., Foody, M., Smith, P. K., & Morsi, H. (2017) 'Bullying and Cyerbullying: Its legality and use in mental health assessments'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, [Details]
	(2017)	'A meta-analysis of bullying and cyberbullying studies on the island of Ireland' Foody, M., Samara, M., & O¿Higgins Norman, J. (2017) 'A meta-analysis of bullying and cyberbullying studies on the island of Ireland'. British Journal Of Educational Psychology, [Details]