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Ceri is a Research Fellow on the SUMIT (Substance Use and Mental Health Interventions using Digital Technology) programme at QCAP. Before joining QCAP, she worked as a Place-Based Research Associate with EPIC Futures NI (Economic and Social Partnering for Inclusive Innovation and Collaboration), part of the UK-wide Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (LPIPs). Within the Behavioural Insights workstream, she collaborated with community and voluntary sector partners and the Northern Ireland Civil Service to explore inclusive employment and the role of behavioural science in effective policymaking and practice.
Throughout her MSc in Clinical Health Psychology, her PhD in Psychology, and through several projects as a Research Assistant, Ceri’s research has focused on understanding individual differences in psychosocial wellbeing. Ceri is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research in Resilience and Cognition (InteRRaCt) Centre at QUB and served as Guest Editor for the Personality and Individual Differences special issue ‘Parent–Offspring Traits, Context and Outcomes’. Ceri is also an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Editorial to special issue “Parent-offspring traits, context and outcomes”
Papageorgiou, K. A., Truhan, T. E., Mastrotheodoros, S., Welsh, C. & Keller, P. S., Mar 2026, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 251, 113588.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Symphony of influence: dark tetrad traits and classical music preference as predictors of stress and cognitive performance
Welsh, C. A., Ferguson, L. M., Cotsarelis, S., Doyle, D., Doumas, M. & Papageorgiou, K. A., 06 Apr 2026, (Accepted) In: International Journal of Stress Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Agreement in parent-adolescent perceptions of parenting behavior: the influence of parental and adolescent narcissism and parents' remembered childhood adversity
Truhan, T. E., Welsh, C., Mastrotheodoros, S. & Papageorgiou, K. A., Apr 2025, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 237, 10 p., 113046.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parent-offspring traits, context and outcomes
Papageorgiou, K. A. (Editor), Mastrotheodoros, S. (Editor), Truhan, T. (Editor), Welsh, C. (Editor) & Keller, P. (Editor), 2025, In: Personality and Individual Differences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Self-informant convergence in dark tetrad traits: Examining relations with trait similarity, rateability, desirability and mental health
Welsh, C., 16 May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Prizes
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Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Welsh, C. (Recipient), 05 Jul 2024
Prize: Other distinction
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First Publication Achievement Award
Welsh, C. (Recipient), 30 Jan 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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School of Psychology Postgraduate Prize, Top MSc in Clinical Health Psychology
Welsh, C. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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School of Psychology Undergraduate Prize, Best Undergraduate Thesis Prize
Welsh, C. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Travel Award
Welsh, C. (Recipient), 16 Feb 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Come to the Dark Side (of Personality)
Welsh, C. (Speaker), McIlvenna, M. (Speaker), Truhan, T. (Speaker) & Ferguson, L. M. (Speaker)
23 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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School of Psychology Annual Postgraduate Research Conference 2023
Welsh, C. (Participant)
12 Oct 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Mapping the manipulative: Appraising the structure of dark personalities through psychometric network analysis (ISSID 2023)
Welsh, C. (Presenter), Gerlach, T. (Contributor), Truhan, T. (Contributor), Doumas, M. (Contributor) & Papageorgiou, K. (Contributor)
17 Jul 2023 → 21 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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School of Psychology Annual Postgraduate Research Conference 2022
Welsh, C. (Organiser), Canning, C. (Organiser), Rylander, R. (Organiser), Delaney, R. (Organiser), McGaughey, K. (Organiser), Briggs, N. (Organiser) & Oliver, M. (Organiser)
23 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Thesis
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Improving the assessment of dark personalities for the prediction of stress and cognitive performance
Welsh, C. A. (Author), Papageorgiou, K. (Supervisor), Doumas, M. (Supervisor), Gerlach, T. (Supervisor) & Truhan, T. (Assistant Supervisor), Jul 2025Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Thesis with Publications