Dr. Brian Hughes
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Biography:
Brian Hughes is the Director of the Centre for Research on Occupational and Life Stress (CROLS) and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He holds Ph.D. and B.A. degrees in psychology from NUI Galway, and an Ed.M. degree in public science education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has previously held visiting academic appointments at the University of Missouri-Columbia (USA), Universiteit Leiden (Netherlands), the University of Birmingham (UK), King's College London (UK), and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He served as founding Head of the Psychology Department at Dublin Business School (1998-2001) and as President of the Psychological Society of Ireland (2004-2005). He sat on the Presidents Council of the European Federation of Psychology Associations (2004-2005) and was Founding Chair of the PSI's Division of Health Psychology (2003). |
Research Interests
| Brian Hughes's research and publications focus on psychological
stress (particularly its impact on cardiovascular psychophysiology, immunity,
and health) and on psychosocial moderators of stress processes, such as social
support, cognition, and personality. He also conducts research on the
psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as
they pertain to science, health, and medicine. His work has been supported by
several research grants (from bodies such as the Irish Heart Foundation, the
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the National
Suicide Review Group) and has appeared in a number of top international
journals (including Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Clinical
Psychology Review, and Behavioral and Brain Sciences).
He is a Principal Investigator in NUI Galway's applied social sciences
consortium who were recently awarded 5.8 million under Cycle 4 of the Irish
Government's Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions, and a Co-Investigator
on a major three-year study of sleep, psychosocial factors and blood pressure
funded by the Health Research Board. |
Research Projects
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Project: IRCHSS WORKAHOLISM BRIAN HUGHES ( RCS312) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 22-DEC-03 / 24-AUG-09 |
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Project: SOCIAL SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS BRIAN HUGHES IRCHSS ANN MARIE CREAVEN ( RCS1034) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 01-OCT-10 / 30-OCT-11 |
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Project: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH B HUGHES ( RNR217) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 12-SEP-02 / 31-DEC-99 |
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Project: MF2002 MF2 02 M BRIAN M HUGHES ( RM2202) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 11-OCT-02 / 29-NOV-04 |
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Project: IHF SOCIAL SUPPORT BRIAN HUGHES ( RHF505) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 01-OCT-03 / 31-DEC-20 |
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Project: MF 01 SELF ESTEEM AND STRESS ( RM1700) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 01-MAR-02 / 29-NOV-04 |
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Project: PRTLI4 KISS PROJECT 3 CROLS ( RH4304) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 01-OCT-07 / 30-SEP-13 |
Books
Hughes, B. M. (2012) Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology. Harlow, Essex: Prentice Hall (Pearson).  [Details] |
Edited Books
| Phillips, A. C., & Hughes, B. M (Ed.). (2011) Cardiovascular reactivity at a crossroads: Where are we now? [Special issue]. Biological Psychology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M., & Walsh, J. C (Ed.). (2005) Preventing ill health: Psychological risk factors and behavioural interventions [Special issue]. Irish Journal of Psychology. Dublin: Psychological Society of Ireland. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| James, J. E., Douglas Gregg, M. E., Matyas, T. A., Hughes, B. M., & Howard, S. (2012) 'Stress reactivity and the hemodynamic profile-compensation deficit (HP-CD) model of blood pressure regulation'. Biological Psychology, . [Details] |
| Kola, S., Walsh, J. C., Hughes, B. M., & Howard, S. (2012) 'Matching intra-procedural information with coping style reduces psychophysiological arousal in women undergoing colposcopy'. Journal Of Behavioral Medicine, . [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., & Hughes, B. M. (2012) 'Cardiovascular responses to mental activation of social support schemas'. International Journal Of Psychophysiology, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Kola, S., Walsh, J. C., Hughes, B. M., & Howard, S. (2012) 'Attention focus, trait anxiety, and pain perception in patients undergoing colposcopy'. European Journal Of Pain, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Higgins, N. M., & Hughes, B. M. (2012) 'Individual differences in the impact of attentional bias training on cardiovascular responses to stress in women'. Anxiety, Stress, And Coping, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Howard, S., & Hughes, B. M. (2012) 'Construct, concurrent, and discriminant validity of Type D personality in the general population: Associations with anxiety, depression, stress, and cardiac output'. Psychology And Health, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Howard, S., & Hughes, B. M. (2012) 'Benefit of social support for resilience-building is contingent on social context: Examining cardiovascular adaptation to recurrent stress in women'. Anxiety, Stress, And Coping, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Phillips, A. C., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) 'Cardiovascular reactivity at a crossroads-Where are we now?'. Biological Psychology, 86 :95-97. [DOI] [Details] |
| Healy, O., Hughes, B. M., Leader, G., & Devlin, S. (2011) 'Response re: Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of challenging behavior'. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders, 41 :1439-1441. [DOI] [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B. M., & James, J. E. (2011) 'Type D personality and hemodynamic reactivity to laboratory stress in women'. International Journal Of Psychophysiology, 80 :96-102. [DOI] [Details] |
| Kaptein, A. A., Zandstra, T., Scharloo, M., Vogel, J. J., Godefroy, P., Broadbent, E., Hughes, B. M., van der Mey, A. G. L. (2011) '“A time bomb ticking in my head”: Drawings of inner ears by patients with vestibular schwannoma'. Clinical Otolaryngology, 36 :183-184. [DOI] [Details] |
| Devlin, S., Healy, O., Leader, G., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) 'Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of challenging behavior'. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders, 41 :1303-1320. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M., Howard, S., James, J. E., & Higgins, N. M. (2011) 'Individual differences in adaptation of cardiovascular responses to stress'. Biological Psychology, 86 :129-136. [DOI] [Details] |
| Schallmayer, S., Hughes, B.M. (2010) 'Impact of oral contraception and neuroticism on cardiovascular stress reactivity across the menstrual cycle'. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, 15 :105-115. [DOI] [Details] |
| Kaptein, A.A., Hughes, B.M., Scharloo, M., Hondebrink, N.V., Langeveld, T.P.M. (2010) 'Psychological aspects of adductor spasmodic dysphonia: A prospective population controlled questionnaire study'. Clinical Otolaryngology, 35 :31-38. [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M., Slavich, G.M., Lynch, L., Cronin, M.T., O'Farrelly, C., Malone, K.M. (2010) 'Clinical anxiety, cortisol, and interleukin-6: Evidence for specificity in emotion-biology relationships'. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 24 :1074-1077. [DOI] [Details] |
| Conneely, S., Hughes, B.M. (2010) 'Test anxiety and sensitivity to social support among college students: Effects on salivary cortisol'. Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 14 :295-310. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Higgins, N.M. (2010) 'Habituation-sensitization of cardiovascular reactivity to repeated stress in smokers and non-smokers: An anthropometrically matched trial'. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 76 :34-39. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Howard, S. (2009) 'Social support reduces resting cardiovascular function in women'. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 22 :537-548. [DOI] [Details] |
| Kaptein, A.A., Hughes, B.M., Scharloo, M., Fischer, M.J., Snoei, L., Weinman, J., Creer, T.L., Rabe, K.F. (2009) 'Fifty years of psychological research on patients with COPD: Highway to heaven or road to ruin?'. Respiratory Medicine, 103 :3-11. [Details] |
| Ferguson, E., Williams, L., O'Connor, R., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M., Johnston, D.W., Allan, J.L., O'Connor, D.B., Lewis, C.A., Grealy, M.A., O'Carroll, R.E. (2009) 'A taxometric analysis of Type-D personality'. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71 :981-986. [DOI] [Details] |
| Williams, L., O'Connor, R.C., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M., Johnston, D.W., Hay, J.L., O'Connor, D.B., Lewis, C.A., Ferguson, E., Sheehy, N., Grealy, M.A., O'Carroll, R.E. (2008) 'Type-D personality mechanisms of effect: The role of health-related behaviour and social support'. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64 :63-69. [DOI] [Details] |
| Kaptein, A.A., Hughes, B.M., Scharloo, M., Fischer, M.J., Snoei, L., Weinman, J., Creer, T.L., Rabe, K.F. (2008) 'Illness perceptions about asthma are determinants of outcome'. Journal of Asthma, 45 :459-464. [DOI] [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2008) 'Factors that moderate the effects of social support on cardiovascular reactivity to stress'. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 8 :85-102. [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2008) 'Access to social support in life and in the laboratory: Combined impact on cardiovascular reactivity to stress and state anxiety'. Journal of Health Psychology, 13 :1147-1156. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2008) 'How should clinical psychologists approach complementary and alternative medicine? Empirical, epistemological, and ethical considerations'. Clinical Psychology Review, 28 :657-675. [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2008) 'Expectancies, not aroma, explain impact of lavender aromatherapy on psychophysiological indices of relaxation in young healthy women'. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13 :603-617. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) 'Social Support at University Scale: A brief index'. Psychological Reports, 100 :76-82. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) 'Social support in ordinary life and laboratory measures of cardiovascular reactivity: Gender differences in habituation-sensitization'. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34 :166-176. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) 'Individual differences in hostility and habituation of cardiovascular reactivity to stress'. Stress and Health, 23 :37-42. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Callinan, S. (2007) 'Trait dominance and cardiovascular reactivity to social and non-social stressors: Gender-specific implications'. Psychology and Health, 22 :457-472. [DOI] [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2007) 'Social support and loneliness in college students: Effects on pulse pressure reactivity to acute stress'. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 19 :523-528. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) 'Self-esteem, performance feedback, and cardiovascular stress reactivity'. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 20 :239-252. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Black, A. (2006) 'Body-esteem as a moderator of cardiovascular stress responses in anatomy students viewing cadaver dissections'. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61 :501-506. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) 'Regional patterns of religious affiliation and availability of complementary and alternative medicine'. Journal of Religion and Health, 45 :549-557. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) 'Natural selection and religiosity: Validity issues in the empirical examination of afterlife cognitions'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29 :477-478. [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2006) 'Your best interests at heart?'. The Psychologist, 19 :216-219. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Walsh, J.C. (2005) 'Introduction to Special Issue: The role of psychology in the prevention of ill health'. Irish Journal of Psychology, 26 :6-7. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Study, examinations, and stress: Blood pressure assessments in college students'. Educational Review, 57 :21-36. [DOI] [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M. (2005) 'Getting physical'. The Psychologist, 18 (2), 65, . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Support as intimidation: When social interaction elevates stress-related blood pressure'. Irish Journal of Psychology, 26 :75-86. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Birth order and locus of control revisited: Sex of siblings as a moderating factor'. Psychological Reports, 97 :419-422. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Academic study, college examinations, and stress: Issues in the interpretation of cardiovascular reactivity assessments with student participants'. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 9 :23-44. [Details] |
| Kennedy, D.K., Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'The optimism-neuroticism question: An evaluation based on cardiovascular reactivity in female college students'. Psychological Record, 54 :373-386. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) 'Self-esteem and changes in heart rate during laboratory-based stress'. Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 24 :79-91. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) 'Misremembering the appearance of common objects: Further cross-cultural confirmation'. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 95 :1255-1258. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) 'Research on psychometrically evaluated social support and cardiovascular reactivity to stress: Accumulated findings and implications'. Studia Psychologica, 44 :311-326. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) 'Communication ability as a buffer against cardiovascular reactions to stress'. Studia Psychologica, 43 :287-294. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) 'Just noticeable differences in 2d and 3d bar charts: A psychophysical analysis of chart readability'. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 92 :495-503. [Details] |
| Metekie, A.B., Hughes, B.M. (2001) 'A brief survey of khat use among juvenile delinquents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia'. Irish Journal of Psychology, 22 (2):51-58. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) 'Memory and arithmetic as laboratory stressors for analyses of cardiovascular reactivity: A cursory assessment'. Studia Psychologica, 43 :3-11. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) 'Psychology, hospitalisation, and some thoughts on medical training'. European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Health, 4 :7-26. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Howard, S., & Hughes, B. M. (2012) 'Psychophysiological mechanisms in psychosomatic disease: The case of the “Type D” personality in cardiovascular etiology' In: Psychosomatic disorders: Causes, diagnosis and treatment. New York: Nova Science. [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M. (2012) 'Blood pressure responses and reactivity' In: Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. New York: Springer. [Details] |
| Pal, S., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) 'A cross-cultural questionnaire survey of job stress, psychosocial work environment and work-family conflict as predictors of subjective well-being and physical health: Comparing Norwegian and Indian Nurses' In: Challenges of the twenty-first century: A trans-disciplinary perspective. Noida, India: Macmillan. [Details] |
| Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) 'Spirituality and schizotypy: How personality can influence beliefs and experience' In: Ireland’s new religious movements. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Creaven, A-M. (2009) 'Achieving greater theoretical sophistication in research on socially supportive interactions and health' In: Heatherton.A.T.; Walcott, V.A (eds). Handbook of social interactions in the 21st century. New York: Nova Science. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2009) 'Stress, social support, and blood pressure: Worktime-downtime distinctions' In: Antoniou, A.; Chrousos, G.; Cooper, C.L.; Eysenck, M.W.; Spielberger, C.D (eds). Handbook of occupational health psychology and medicine. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Details] |
| Howard, S., & Hughes, B. M. (2009) 'Does the Type D personality affect health through stress-related psychosomatic pathways?' In: K. A. Moore & P. Buchwald (eds). Stress and anxiety: Application to adolescence, job stress, and personality (pp. 139-144. Berlin: Logos Verlag. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2008) 'Evidence-based helping: Dispositional, situational, and temporal parameters of social support' In: Buchwald, P.; Ringeisen, T.; Eysenck, M.W (eds). Stress and anxiety: Application to lifespan development and health promotion. Berlin: Logos Verlag. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) 'Workaholism, the work environment, and occupational stress: A biopsychosocial perspective' In: Buchwald, P (eds). Stress and anxiety: Application to health, work place, community, and education. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) 'Alternative medicine as tradition in a changing world' In: Ó Héalaí, P.; Mugnaini, F.; Thompson, T (eds). The past in the present: A multidisciplinary approach. Catania, Italy: Edit Press. [Details] |
Reviews
| Hughes, B.M. (2010) Extraordinary people, ordinary evidence: New paradigms for parapsychology, same old problem [Review of the book Mysterious Minds: The Neurobiology of Psychics, Mediums, and Other Extraordinary People, by S. Krippner & H. L. Friedman (Eds.)]. PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology-APA Review of Books. Reviews [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2010) Counterpoint: Response to Friedman and Krippner. PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology-APA Review of Books. Reviews [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) To Err is Humane (sorry, Human): Enhancing health care and patient safety through ergonomics [Review of the book Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety, by P. Carayon (Ed.)]. PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology-APA Review of Books. Reviews [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) Lies, damn lies, and pseudoscience: The selling of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) [Review of the book Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: The Body/Mind Connection-How the Body Holds the Secrets of a Life, and How to Unlock Them, by M. Scarf]. PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology-APA Review of Books. Reviews [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) Trouble with a capital E: Evolutionary psychology and the descent of (straw) man [Review of the book Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature, by D. J. Buller]. PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology-APA Review of Books. Reviews [Details] |
Other Journals
| Hughes, B. M. (2012) 'Complementary medicine: Help or hindrance?' Modern Medicine . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) 'Should alternative medicine be integrated into the health system?' Irish Times . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) 'Alternative medicine in healthcare' Galway Advertiser . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) 'The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine: Myth or illusion?' Skeptical Times 4 (1) . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) 'Complementary therapists report flawed' Irish Medical News 22 (23) . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Eulogy for an ology [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :282-283. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Proposals for state registration of psychologists in Ireland: We're nearly there…' European Psychologist 10 :167-168. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Back to the old house? [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :247-248. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Bring on the physics revolution: Comment' The Psychologist 18 . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'In media res [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :216-217. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Stirring the melting pot [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :185-186. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) 'Behavioural medicine: Irish Times-style' Skeptical Times 3 (1) . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Decentralising psychology [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :33-44. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Conference call [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :95-96. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'A new beginning: Objectives for the year ahead [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 30 :260-262. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Historic holism: Contemporary quirk, or throwback to a therapeutic golden age?' Skeptical Times 2 (1) :2-4. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Presidential address: Life, death, and psychology' Irish Psychologist 31 :158-163. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Scepticism, science, and psychology [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 30 :290-291. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'The mythical provenance of holistic therapies' Irish Psychologist 30 :125-126. [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'The stress-buffering effects of social support on blood pressure and heart rate' Irish Psychologist 30 :216-220. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Marketing questionable therapies: Hhow quacks exploit the psychology of health' Skeptical Times 2 (2) :3-5. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Alternative medicine: A triumph of romance over reason' Irish Medical News 21 (43) :44-49. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Stress: Testing the limits [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :2-3. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Pop idols [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :64-65. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) 'Insert yuletide pun here [President's column]' Irish Psychologist 31 :150-151. [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) 'Careers section: Profile of Brian Hughes, lecturer in psychology, NUI Galway' Exam and Career Guide 24 (47) . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) 'Roy Keane's expulsion: An Irish solution to a common problem' Irish Times . [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) 'Features of abstract-writing among psychology students: A quantitative linguistic assessment of student congress abstracts' Irish Psychologist 28 :99-100. [Details] |
Abstract
| O'Donovan, A., Hoatam, G., Rush, G., Hughes, B.M., McCrohan, A., Cronin, M.T., O'Farrelly, C., Malone, K. M. (2010) Does suicidal ideation exacerbate depression-related inflammatory activity? . Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Suppl. 1. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Howard, S. (2008) Type D personality and haemodynamic responses to laboratory stress: Implicating Type D in cardiovascular pathogenesis. Psychology and Health, Suppl. 1. Abstract [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M., Lynch, L., Cronin, M.T., O'Farrelly, C., Malone, K.M. (2008) The association of social support with inflammatory markers in anxious and non-anxious healthy adults. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Suppl. 1. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2008) Social support in ordinary life and cardiovascular adaptation to laboratory stress: Gender differences in habituation-sensitization. Psychology and Health, Suppl. 1. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) The peculiar (and alarming) cardiovascular stress-response profiles of smokers. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Virtual social support and its impact on cardiovascular reactivity. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society. Abstract [Details] |
| Verrier, D., Hughes, B.M. (2005) The brief form of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire: Gender effects and factor analysis. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) Impact of work social support and workaholism on physical and mental well-being in university staff. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B., O'Donovan, A. (2005) Day-to-day support moderates the effects of availability of laboratory support on cardiovascular reactivity to stress. Psychology & Health, Suppl. 1. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Caska, B.A. (2005) The role of social support in stress prevention: Buffering effects or main effects?. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society. Abstract [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to a laboratory stressor. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Douglas Gregg, M., Hughes, B., James, J. (2005) A school-based parent education program to reduce youth suicide risk factors. Psychology & Health, Suppl. 1. Abstract [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Buffering cardiovascular stress: Is psychometrically assessed social support as effective as a laboratory analogue?. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Schallmayer, S. (2004) Oral contraception, personality, and blood pressure across the menstrual cycle: A prospective study. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Kennedy, D.K. (2004) The optimism-versus- neuroticism debate: A psychophysiological investigation. 25th Stress and Anxiety Research Society Conference: Book of Abstracts. Abstract [Details] |
| Caska, B.A., Hughes, B.M. (2004) Marital status, gender, and perceived stress in the Dublin commuter belt. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) Avoidant personality and cardiovascular reactivity. The (Non)Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) Social support at college predicts work-home and day-evening differences in cardiovascular activity in students. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Black, A. (2003) Cardiovascular indices of stress in anatomy students witnessing cadaver dissections. 24th International Conference on Stress and Anxiety. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) Psychology and healthcare: Quality and Fairness of the 2001 Health Strategy. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2002) The avoidant personality style: Does being in denial affect your cardiovascular stress response?. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) Does the feel-good factor exist? Manipulating self-esteem to influence stress responses. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) College students and stress: Study, examinations, and blood pressure. Irish Psychologist. Abstract [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) Psychology and medical diagnosis: X-ray interpretation in novices and experts. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society. Abstract [Details] |
Conference Paper
| O’Flanagan, S., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Social support experienced in ordinary life, self-efficacy and habituation to cardiovascular reactivity to stress. 8th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Individual differences in need for social support predict cardiovascular reactivity to support transactions. C-SPI 2011: 2nd Conference on Social Psychology in Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) Psychosocial moderators of mental health and immunity in familial caregiver Implications for family outcomes. C-SPI 2011: 2nd Conference on Social Psychology in Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Influence of trait neuroticism on cardiovascular reactivity to and recovery from social support interaction. Conference on “Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity: Antecedents and Consequences”. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Personality and perceived social support: Overlap in measurement and associations with resting cardiovascular function. STAR 2011: 32nd International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Higgins, N., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Biased attention to emotional stimuli and cardiovascular adaptation to stress: The role of individual differences. STAR 2011: 32nd International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Blood pressure responses to internal representations of support provision. 8th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Higgins, N. M., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Individual differences in psychophysiological tolerance of acute stress following attentional bias training in women. Conference on “Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity: Antecedents and Consequences”. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M., & Howard, S. (2011) Benefit of perceived social support for building resilience is contingent on social context of stress. STAR 2011: 32nd International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Lee, E. M., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Individual differences in neuroticism: Associations with daily cardiovascular flux. STAR 2011: 32nd International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Higgins, N. M., & Hughes, B. M. (2011) Emotional lability and biased attention to emotional stimuli: The influence of attentional bias training and individual differences on psychophysiological tolerance of acute stress in women. Fifth International Conference on the (Non-)Expression of Emotion in Health and Illness. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Lee, E. M., & Hughes, B, M. (2011) Physiological consequences of neuroticism: A self-monitoring study. Fifth International Conference on the (Non-)Expression of Emotion in Health and Illness. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M., James, J. E., & Howard, S. (2011) Individual differences in impact of sleep loss on cardiovascular adaptation to stress. 69th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M., & Howard, S. (2011) Repressive coping, Type D personality, and cardiovascular adaptation to recurrent stress. Fifth International Conference on the (Non-)Expression of Emotion in Health and Illness. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Pal, S., Hughes, B.M. (2010) A cross-cultural questionnaire survey of job stress, psychosocial work environment, and work-family conflict as predictors of subjective well-being and physical health. International Conference on Demography, Culture, and Marketing. Bhubaneswar, India: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Leader, G., Healy, O., Hughes, B.M., Finnerty, A., O'Shea, G. (2010) An exploration of factors associated with stress, anxiety and depression in mothers of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., Skowron, E.A., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Child maltreatment as a predictor of physiological congruence in mother-child interactions. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Pal, S., & Hughes, B. M. (2010) A cross-cultural questionnaire survey of job stress, psychosocial work environment, and work-family conflict as predictors of subjective well-being and physical health. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Skowron, E.A., Howard, S., Creaven, A-M. (2010) Elevated heart rate and reduced respiratory sinus arrhythmia in socio-economically disadvantaged mothers: Implications for stress processes and physical health. 7th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Connor, C., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Parental caregiving for a child with an intellectual disability: Impact of social support and life stress on secretory immunoglobin-A and self-reported physical symptoms. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., Skowron, E.A., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Patterns of physiological congruence between mothers and their pre-school children: Evidence for stress-contagion phenomena among maltreating parents. 7th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Howard, S. (2010) Repressive coping and cardiovascular response to stress: Short-term gain, but long-term loss. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Lee, E.M., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Influence of hostility on worktime-downtime variations in blood pressure. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hoatam, G., Rush, G., Hughes, B.M., McCrohan, A., Cronin, M.T., O'Farrelly, C., Malone, K. M. (2010) Does suicidal ideation exacerbate depression-related inflammatory activity? . 17th Annual Meeting of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Lee, E.M., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Temporal differences in cardiovascular functioning and depression: A self-monitoring study. 7th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M., James, J.E. (2010) Type D personality and hemodynamic reactivity to laboratory stress in women. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Creaven, A-M., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Schema activation of social support: Effects on cardiovascular response to stress for providers and recipients. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Higgins, N.M., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Individual differences in the impact of attentional bias interventions on psychophysiological tolerance of acute stress. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Kola, S., Walsh, J.C., Hughes, B.M., Howard, S. (2010) Attention focus, trait anxiety and pain perception in patients undergoing colposcopy. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Verrier, D.B., Hughes, B.M. (2010) Heart-rate behaviour under conditions of low-challenge stress: Parallels between schizophrenia and non-clinical schizotypy. STAR 2010: Thirty-first World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2009) Implicating a stress-related psychophysiological mechanism in the link between Type D personality and cardiovascular health. Thirtieth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Budapest: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Doyle, F., Howard, S., Conroy, R., McGee, H.M., Hughes, B.M., Delaney, M. (2009) Do the traits of negative affectivity and social inhibition (type D personality) have an 'order' across populations? A Mokken scaling approach. 6th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Verrier, D., Hughes, B.M. (2009) Spirituality and schizotypy: how personality can influence beliefs and experiences. Interdisciplinary conference: Alternative Spiritualities, the New Age and New Religious Movements in Ireland. Maynooth: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2009) Type D personality, gender, and habituation-sensitization of cardiovascular response to stress. DPGA 2nd Annual Spring School, The ABC of Stress: Biopsychological Assessment, Basics, and Consequences. Dresden, Germany: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2009) Type D personality, gender, and habituation-sensitization of cardiovascular response to stress. 6th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Health Psychology. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Phillips, A.C., Gallagher, S., Carroll, D. (2009) Impact of laboratory-based social support on cardiovascular reactivity to stress is contingent on recipients’ support in ordinary life. Thirtieth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Budapest: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M., Lynch, L., Cronin, M.T., O'Farrelly, C., Malone, K.M. (2008) Social support, affectivity, and heart disease pathogenesis: Network size is associated with reduced interleukin-6 in non-anxious, but not in anxious, healthy adults. Twenty-ninth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. London: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Howard, S. (2008) Type D personality and haemodynamic responses to laboratory stress: Implicating Type D in cardiovascular pathogenesis. Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. Bath, UK: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M., Lynch, L., Cronin, M.T., O'Farrelly, C., Malone, K.M. (2008) The association of social support with inflammatory markers in anxious and non-anxious healthy adults. Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. San Diego, United States: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2008) Social support in ordinary life and cardiovascular adaptation to laboratory stress: Gender differences in habituation-sensitization. Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society; Psychology and Health. Bath, UK: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2008) Type D personality and gender: Differences in habituation-sensitization of cardiovascular response to stress. 39th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Carlow: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2008) Type D personality, gender, and habituation-sensitization of cardiovascular response to stress. Twenty-ninth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. London: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., O'Donovan, A. (2008) Structural, dispositional, and ecological influences on social support and cardiovascular reactivity relationships. Twenty-ninth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. London: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M., Williams, L., O'Connor, R. C., O'Carroll, R.E. (2008) Type D personality and health-related behaviour in a Republic of Ireland sample: Possible mechanisms of effect and comparison with United Kingdom peers. Fifth Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Londonderry: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Repression, social interaction, and gender-specific cardiovascular responses to stress. Fourth International Conference on the (Non-)Expression of Emotion in Health and Illness. Tilburg, Netherlands: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M., Malone, K.M. (2007) Optimism, pessimism, and health in hospital staff. Fourth Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Maynooth: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Conneely, S.M., Hughes, B.M., Kaptein, A. (2007) Modern health worries: Fears about modernity predict use of alternative, but not orthodox, healthcare. Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the European Council of Skeptical Organizations: The Assault on Science-Constructing a Response. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) Hostility and habituation to cardiovascular stress: A new disease mechanism?. Third Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2006) Type D personality, blood pressure, and non-social stressors: The plot thickens. Third Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2006) The influence of repression and social support on cardiovascular reactivity to stress. Twenty-seventh International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Crete, Greece: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Conneely, S.M., Hughes, B.M., Kaptein, A. (2006) Modern health worries and gender as predictors of use of alternative, but not orthodox, healthcare. Third Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2006) Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stress: highlighting the role of the stressor. Twenty-seventh International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Crete, Greece: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Conneely, S.M., Hughes, B.M., Kaptein, A. (2006) Modern health worries, anxiety, and health-related behaviours in an Irish student sample. Twenty-seventh International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Crete, Greece: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) Individual differences in receptiveness to social support as indicated by cardiovascular reactivity to stress. Twenty-seventh International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Crete, Greece: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Verrier, D.B., Hughes, B.M. (2006) Factorial enhancement of the Brief Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ-B). Thirteenth European Conference on Personality. Athens, Greece: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2006) The peculiar (and alarming) cardiovascular stress-response profiles of smokers. Thirty-seventh Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Williams, L., O'Carroll, R.E., O'Connor, R.C., O' Connor, D.B., Ferguson, E., Grealy, M.A., Sheehy, N.P., Johnston, D.W., Hay, J., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2006) Prevalence of Type D personality in the UK: Associations with health related behaviour and social support. Ninth Annual Conference of the BPS Division of Health Psychology. Essex, UK: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2005) The repressive personality. Third Synergy Workshop: Emotional processes and health--The role of emotional disclosure. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Caska, B.A. (2005) The role of social support in stress prevention: Buffering effects or main effects?. Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Northern Ireland Branch. Co. Antrim: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Maloney, M., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Perceptions of fairness of group-based assessment: An application of the concepts of procedural and distributive justice. Eighth Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2005) It's mentioning help, not giving it, that counts: Availability of laboratory support and state anxiety. Second Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) Impact of work social support and workaholism on physical and mental well-being in university staff. Thirty-sixth Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Londonderry: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Does evaluation moderate the relationship between social support and cardiovascular reactivity?. Thirty-sixth Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Londonderry: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) Work social support and workaholism among university staff: Impact on physical and mental well-being. Twenty-sixth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Halle, Germany: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) Not all attempts at social support benefit the receiver: An example based on blood pressure responses to stress. Second Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Does evaluation moderate the relationship between social support and cardiovascular reactivity?. Irish Psychologist. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Verrier, D., Hughes, B.M. (2005) The brief form of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire: Gender effects and factor analysis. Thirty-sixth Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Londonderry: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Type D personality and cardiovascular reactivity to a laboratory stressor. Thirty-sixth Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Londonderry: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Howard, S., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Aromatherapeutic lavender and physiological recovery from stress: Directive instructions as placebo. Second Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Conneely, S.M., Hughes, B.M. (2005) Does environmental context affect blood pressure? An examination of the influence of various settings and a personality variable on cardiovascular reactivity. Second Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) What to do about alternative medicine: A psychologically informed research and policy agenda. First Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Black, A. (2004) The cardiovascular stress response in anatomy students witnessing cadaver dissections: Implications for medical training. First Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2004) Video-relayed social support and cardiovascular reactivity to a speech task: Influence of repressive personality. First Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2004) Virtual social support and its impact on cardiovascular reactivity. Seventh Annual Conference of the BPS Division of Health Psychology. Edinburgh: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2004) Buffering cardiovascular stress: Is psychometrically assessed social support as effective as a laboratory analogue?. Seventh Annual Conference of the BPS Division of Health Psychology. Edinburgh: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Donovan, A., Hughes, B.M. (2004) The relative effects of everyday social support and laboratory support availability on cardiovascular reactivity to a reading task. First Annual Conference of the PSI Division of Health Psychology: Psychology, Health and Medicine. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Kennedy, D.K. (2004) The optimism-versus- neuroticism debate: A psychophysiological investigation. Twenty-fifth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Amsterdam: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Caska, B.A., Hughes, B.M. (2004) Marital status, gender, and perceived stress in the Dublin commuter belt. Thirty-fifth Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Cork: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) Alternative medicine as tradition in a changing world. The Past in the Present: Conference of the Coimbra Group Culture Task Force. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Schallmayer, S. (2004) Oral contraception, personality, and blood pressure across the menstrual cycle: A prospective study. Thirty-fifth Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Cork: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M., Black, A. (2003) Cardiovascular indices of stress in anatomy students witnessing cadaver dissections. Twenty-fourth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Lisbon: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) Facing up to avoidance: Enhanced assessment of emotionally avoidant personality reveals a more complex relationship with health. Third International Conference on the (Non)Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease. Tilburg, Netherlands: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) Social support at college predicts work-home and day-evening differences in cardiovascular activity in students. Thirty-fourth Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Bunratty: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Quinn, T., Hughes, B.M. (2002) The avoidant personality style: Does being in denial affect your cardiovascular stress response?. Thirty-third Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Waterford: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) Does the feel-good factor exist? Manipulating self-esteem to influence stress responses. Thirty-third Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Waterford: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) Psychology and healthcare: Quality and Fairness of the 2001 Health Strategy. Thirty-third Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Waterford: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) Psychology and medical diagnosis: X-ray interpretation in novices and experts. Centenary Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. Glasgow: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) College students and stress: Study, examinations, and blood pressure. Thirty-second Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Westport: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Gavin, K.T., Hughes, B.M., McKenna, P., Daly, S., Keane, D. (2001) Evaluating patients’ perceptions of service quality in Dublin maternity hospitals: A collaborative approach. Sixth Annual Conference of the Irish Society for Quality in Healthcare. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
Invited papers
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) How does stress cause heart-disease? Evaluating the reactivity hypothesis. Research Seminar Programme, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, UK. Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) The science of misunderstanding: How our brains are programmed to make mistakes. Cork Skeptics Public Lecture Series, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork. Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) The Babel Fish dilemma: Talking science with non-scientists. Irish Skeptics Society Public Lecture Series, Dublin. Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) [Round-table participant] Caregivers’ health. C-SPI 2011: 2nd Conference on Social Psychology in Ireland, Limerick. Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2010) The war on science: Quacks, cranks, and conservatives, and their campaign against reason. Skeptics Society Public Lecture, NUI Galway. Galway: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2010) Psychosocial moderators of stress-related physical and mental ill-health in family caregivers. Public Seminar Series, Child & Family Research Centre, NUI Galway. Galway: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2010) Restoring personality and social factors to behavioural research on health. Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick. Limerick: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2009) Adapting to life's challenges: Individuals within communities within environments. Irish Social Sciences Platform Summer School. Galway: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2008) Social support, gender, and cardiovascular habituation-sensitization to stress. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London. London: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Social support and stroke: Implications and applications. Roger S. Williams Foundation Lecture, School of Health Professions, University of Missouri-Columbia. Columbia, MO, United States: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Stress, social support, and well-being in university students and teachers. Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal. Wuppertal, Germany: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Why we worry ourselves sick: Evolution and psychosomatics. Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital. Columbia, MO, United States: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Social support in ordinary life and cardiovascular reactivity in laboratories. Department of Psychology at Guy's, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. London: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Making sense of miracle cures: How psychology makes alternative medicine 'work'. Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London. London: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Social support in ordinary life and blood pressure in the laboratory: Gender differences in habituation-sensitization. Behavioural Medicine Group, School of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Birmingham. Birmingham, UK: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Complementary medicine as contemporary mysticism: Nouveau therapy and religiosity in Ireland. International Center, University of Missouri-Columbia. Columbia, MO, United States: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) On the Outside, On the Inside: Gender-specific effects of life social support on laboratory blood pressure. Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London. London: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2007) Individuality and receptiveness to social support: Epidemiological and clinical applications. Psychology Grand Rounds Lecture, Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium. Columbia, MO, United States: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) International collaborations in telehealth and telework. UMC European Union Center. Brussels, Belgium: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2005) Statistics and their analysis: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Department of Health Science & Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) Forensic psychology in the Republic of Ireland: Professional issues. Invited address, All-Ireland Conference on Forensic Psychology. Belfast: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) How to survive in statistical analysis without really trying. Department of Health Science & Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2004) Measurement and management of stress. Invited lecture, Eighth World Congress of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) Health psychology, health psychologists, and the health services. Heads of Psychology Services Ireland. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) Sense and nonsense in statistical analysis. Department of Health Science and Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2003) The placebo defect: How quacks exploit the psychology of health behaviour. Anniversary Public Lecture, Irish Skeptics Society Public Lecture Series. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) Uses and abuses of statistical analysis. Department of Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) The social psychology of the cardiovascular stress response. Department of Psychology, Dublin Business School, Dublin. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) Health psychology: A profession?. Department of Psychology, Dublin Business School. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2002) An tsíceolaíocht mar eolaíocht san ollscoil. Léacht speisialta, Cúrsa Rochtana na Gaeltachta, OÉ Gaillimh. Gaillimh: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) Statistical analysis: Fact and fiction. Department of Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) Enhancing healthcare delivery through effective patient management. Department of Health and Children/Registrars and Senior Registrars, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Dublin: Invited papers [Details] |
| Hughes, B.M. (2001) Stress in hospital patients and healthcare professionals: Issues for management. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical and Surgical Registrars study weekend. Co. Meath: Invited papers [Details] |
Non Published Reports
| Hughes, B., Adelaja, Y., Carroll-Phelan, B., Guerin, S., Kennedy, S., Martin, M., McGuckin, C., O'Donoghue, P., Reen, M., Stewart, I. (2005) Presidential Advisory Group on the Public Understanding of Psychology (PAGOTPUP): Report to the President, 3 November 2005. Dublin: Psychological Society of Ireland. Non Published Reports [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2003. Title: Registered Psychologist (Reg. Psychol. (Ps.S.I.)) |
| Year: 2003. Title: Associate Fellowship (A.F.Ps.S.I.) |
| Year: 2009. Title: President's Award for Teaching Excellence, NUI Galway |
| Year: 2010. Title: Ramadhar Singh Best Paper Award in the area of Culture and Cognition, International Conference on Demography, Culture & Marketing, Bhubaneshwar, India |
| Year: 2007. Title: Early Career Achievement Award, (International) Stress and Anxiety Research Society |
| Year: 2007. Title: Chartered Scientist (C.Sci.) |
Associations
| Association: Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology, Function/Role: Life Member (2009- ) |
| Association: British Psychological Society, Function/Role: Member (M.B.Ps.S.) (1997- ) |
| Association: Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR), Function/Role: Member; National Representative for Ireland (2003- ) |
| Association: Psychological Society of Ireland, Function/Role: Graduate Member (1994- ); President (2004-2005) |
| Association: American Psychosomatic Society, Function/Role: Member (2011- ) |
Conference Contributions
| Hughes, B. M. (2004) Presidential Address (Keynote Lecture). [Keynote Address], Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Cork , 18-NOV-04 - 21-NOV-04. |
| Hughes, B. M., & Weinman, J. (2004) Invited Session Co-chair. [Chaired Session], Eighth World Congress of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention, Dublin , 23-MAY-04 - 26-MAY-04. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2005) Keynote Lecture. [Keynote Address], Research and Graduate Studies Colloquium, National University of Ireland, Maynooth , 09-MAR-05 - 09-MAR-05. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2007) Award Keynote Lecture. [Keynote Address], Twenty-eighth International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic , 01-JUL-07 - 04-JUL-07. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2007) Keynote Lecture. [Keynote Address], Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the European Council of Skeptical Organizations: “The Assault on Science-Constructing a Response”, Dublin , 07-SEP-07 - 09-SEP-07. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2008) Invited Session Chair. [Chaired Session], Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Bath, UK , 09-SEP-08 - 12-SEP-08. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2010) Conference Chair. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], STAR 2010: 31st World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research, Galway , 04-AUG-10 - 06-AUG-10. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) Invited Session Chair. [Chaired Session], Fifth International Conference on the (Non-)Expression of Emotion in Health and Illness, Tilburg, Netherlands , 23-OCT-11 - 25-OCT-11. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) Scientific Committee Member. [Chaired Session], STAR 2011: 32nd Annual Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society, Muenster, Germany , 18-JUL-11 - 20-JUL-11. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2011) Keynote Lecture. [Keynote Address], Conference on “Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity: Antecedents and Consequences”, Birmingham, UK , 08-JUN-11 - 08-JUN-11. |
| Hughes, B. M. (2012) Abstract Reviewer. [Refereed Abstracts], 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Athens, Greece , 14-MAR-12 - 17-MAR-12. |
Committees
| Committee : Division of Teachers and Researchers in Psychology, Psychological Society of Ireland |
Education
| Year 2009 Institution: University at Buffalo, State University of New York Qualification: Master of Education Subject: Public Science Education |
| Year 1993 Institution: National University of Ireland Qualification: BACHELOR OF ARTS Subject: Psychology |
| Year 1998 Institution: National University of Ireland, Galway Qualification: Phd Subject: Psychology |
Recent Postgraduates
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Ann-Marie Creaven, Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) - Supervisor |
| Niamh Higgins, Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) - Supervisor |
| Eimear Lee, Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) - Supervisor |
Internal Collaborators
| Professor Pat Dolan, Child and Family Research Centre Dr Olive Healy, Irish Centre for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Research Professor Jack James, School of Psychology Dr Geraldine Leader, Irish Centre for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Research Dr Alma McCarthy, School of Business Dr Paul O'Connor, Institute for Social Sciences, Business, and Public Policy |
External Collaborators
| Professor Doug Carroll, University of Birmingham, UK Professor Carolyn Cutrona, Iowa State University, US Dr Stephen Gallagher, University of Limerick Professor Esther Greenglass, York University, Canada Dr Siobhan Howard, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick Dr Łukasz Kaczmarek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Professor Ad A. Kaptein, Leiden University, Netherlands Dr Susanna Kola, University of Huddersfield, UK Professor Lynn Myers, Brunel University, UK Dr Aoife O'Donovan, University of California, San Francisco, US Dr Suchitra Pal, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India Dr Anna Phillips, University of Birmingham, UK Professor Elizabeth Skowron, Penn State University, US Dr Diarmuid Verrier, Sheffield Hallam University, UK |