My research interests span developmental and personality psychology, mental health, and applied work. In particular, I examine how parent and adolescent traits contribute to parenting behaviour in different home and family contexts and influence outcomes for young people, including behavioural and emotional adjustment and mental health. I am also interested in unpacking the influence of adversity (e.g., adverse childhood experiences, chronic illness) on risk and resilience, and development and adaptation of interventions to promote positive outcomes. Lastly, I am passionate about public engagement and incorporation of lived experience in research. 

Currently, I am a postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. Clare McKeaveney in the School of Nursing & Midwifery on the project: Using the ADAPT Guidance to Refine a Video Educational Series for Kidney Transplantation and living donation (funded by the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund). I am also a member of the Interdisciplinary Research in Resilience and Cognition (InteRRaCt; Dr. Kostas Papageorgiou) lab in the School of Psychology. My PhD project, Parents and Children Together (PaCT; completed March 2022), provided a comprehensive look at the broad picture of how parent and adolescent traits, parenting behaviours, and contextual factors (e.g., SES) impact adolescent behavioural strengths and difficulties. As part of this research, I utilized SEM, hierarchical regression models, and network analysis to examine associations within parent-adolescent dyads. 

I am interested in conducting research focused on the parent-offspring relationship, personality and emotion, adversity/stressful life experiences, and adaptation of interventions to new contexts. 

2022-2023     ESRC funded NINE DTP fellowship; Finding the Balance: A longitudinal exploration of the parent-adolescent relationship and variations in emotion regulation due to family conflict

2020-2021     Larmor University Studentship, Research Scholarship 

2019-2021     Sir Richard Stapley Educational Grant

2019     Emily Sarah Montgomery Travel Scholarship, Queen’s University Belfast