Department of Psychology: Research Students

DR. DIARMUID VERRIER

Office Room 215, Cois Abhainn
Telephone +353-91-495264
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Background

Diarmuid Verrier received both his BA and PhD from NUIG. His doctoral work involved an investigation into the personality trait schizotypy. As well as looking at the psychometric properties of the most widely used instruments used to measure schizotypy, he also studied some of its cognitive and psychophysiological correlates.

Diarmuid is currently working within the School of Psychology as a researcher on a Health Research Board funded project entitled “Experimental and cross-sectional analyses of sleep duration and negative mood on blood pressure reactivity and hemodynamic profile in young, working, and older adults”.

Research & Teaching

Diarmuid’s research interests include personality psychology and the intersection between normal personality and psychological disorders; psychometric validation of questionnaires and other such measures; cognitive psychology as it relates to schizophrenia and related constructs; and psychophysiological responses to stressors in various populations.

Diarmuid has had responsibility for various courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. His primary area of teaching expertise is in statistics and research methodologies, but he has also contributed to courses on social psychology, health psychology, and pseudoscience.

Publications

• Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (In press). Possible psychological factors in the rise of alternative spirituality in Ireland. In O. Cosgrove, L. Cox, C. Kuhling, P. Mulholland, & C. O’Connor (Eds.), New Religion in Ireland: Alternative spiritualities, migrant religions, the New Age and new religious movements.
• Hogan, M. J., Kelly, A. M. C., Verrier, D.B., Newell, J., Hasher, L., & Robertson, I. H. (2009). Optimal time-of-day and consolidation of learning in younger and older adults. Experimental Aging Research, 35, 107-128.
• Verrier, D. B. (2006). [Review of the book Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex]. The Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, 9.

Presentations

• Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (2009, October). Spirituality and schizotypy: How personality can influence beliefs and experiences. Paper presented at Alternative Spiritualities, New Religious Movements and the New Age in Ireland. Maynooth, Ireland.
• Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (2008, November). The effect of schizotypy on the ability to maintain context information. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland 39th Annual Conference. Carlow, Ireland.
• Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (2006, July). Factorial enhancement of the brief schizotypal personality questionnaire (SPQ-B). Paper presented at the 13th European Conference on Personality. Athens, Greece.
• Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (2006, April). Schizotypy, schizotypal personality disorder, and schizophrenia: The evolutionary necessity of schizotypal traits. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Congress of Psychology Students in Ireland. Maynooth, Ireland.
• Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (2006, April). The consequences of schizotypy and trait anxiety for health: Group differences in measures of autonomic arousal. Poster presented at the Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference. Galway, Ireland.
• Verrier, D. B., & Hughes, B. M. (2005, November). The brief form of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire: Gender effects and factor analysis. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland 36th Annual Conference. Derry, UK.

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