Research Assistant
Room: 29.1.1.06

Tel: 028 9097 3566
E-mail: j.moriarty@qub.ac.uk
Twitter: John_ICCR

Biography

I am a Research Assistant working full time on the Grief Study, a population-based study of mental health outcomes following bereavement. I am particularly interested in the roles a person adopts and the importance of these roles and expectations for that person’s well-being. In this context, I am examining whether grief outcomes are peculiar among persons who provided the deceased with care within the home.

I received my BA in Psychology from NUI Galway in 2007 and my MSc in Applied Psychology from Trinity College Dublin in 2009. I recently submitted my research dissertation on behavioural influence on adolescents’ use of illicit drugs. I previously carried out research on occupational satisfaction among frontline healthcare workers and on cardiovascular reactivity at varying levels of cognitive task demand. I also worked as a Community Support Worker in a service for adults with intellectual disabilities from 2007 through 2009.

Publications

Moriarty, J., Hogan, M., & Stewart, I. (2011). Starting slow: The effects of response-switching frequency on patterns of cardiovascular reactivity. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 16(1), 12-18.

Moriarty, J., McVicar, D., & Higgins, K. (2012). Peer Effects in Adolescent Cannabis Use: It’s the Friends, Stupid. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 27/12.