Sarah Foley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3655005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Foley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Foley |
| SIGNATURE | FOLEY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3450-148X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“The normal flow of time stopped with the normal flow of life”
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to daily life which impacted how people used and experienced time. This study employed a mixed-method, person-centered approach to investigate people's subjective experiences of time during the first year of the pandemic. Specifically, it aimed to investigate experiences of time as multifaceted, measuring the pandemic's impact on people's perceptions of routine changes, passage of time, and quan…
Reason Cp
Cerebral palsy, a common example of childhood-onset neurodisability (COND), is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition characterized by complexity and variability across individuals. Children, families, and clinicians must navigate a maze of potential interventions, a challenge compounded by inconsistent quality of systematic reviews and lack of evidence for certain sub-groups, resulting in clinical decision-making uncertainty. Existing fram…
What we chose to (Not) share
As Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers increasingly conduct studies involving populations with stigmatised identities, more researchers must focus on creating conversational spaces where participants feel comfortable discussing their experiences. This study unpacks how and why HCI researchers engage in self-disclosure to facilitate such spaces. We share eight autoethnographic personal stories of key moments when we disclosed or concealed…
The menopausal transition and women's workplace identity
Background The menopausal transition is a significant life stage characterised by complex biological, psychological, and social changes, often coinciding with a period of career consolidation or advancement. While research on menopause in the workplace is expanding, it focuses predominantly on symptoms and productivity. However, work is an important psychological and social space in which women construct and sustain professional identity. Emergin…
Lithic Techno-economics and OSL Chronology of the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane, Save River Valley, Mozambique
Nestled between East and Southern Africa, the Stone Age archaeology of Mozambique offers important insights into Later Stone Age (LSA) behavioral variability across a region pivotal to understanding human adaptations. Here, we present results from technological analysis, refitting and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the newly discovered site of Chessungalane (CHE) in south-central Mozambique. OSL dates indicate occupation spanni…
Tracking Changes in Maternal Mind‐Mindedness Across Children's Transition to Siblinghood in China
Research on mind‐mindedness is flourishing but remains limited both in geographical scope and by the scarcity of longitudinal designs. Framed within a larger study of the transition to siblinghood in China, we addressed these gaps by following 138 Chinese mothers (82% university educated) from late pregnancy for a second child (Time 1; M weeks = 32) to two months postpartum (Time 2; M interval = 3.40 months). At both time points mothers completed…
Sibling and pet relationships
Although children view pets (i.e. companion animals) as family members, child-pet relationships are rarely studied alongside other family relationships. In a socially diverse sample of 77 British families with pre-adolescent children (M age 12.14 years, SD 0.29 years), we examine how the quality of children's relationships with their pets and siblings vary in the context of adversity, and controlling for parent-child relationship quality, predict…
Keeping Fit & Staying Safe
You, me, and HPV
Cervical cancer screening has the potential to save lives, but it can also produce strong anxiety and self-stigma in those who are screened. Although there has been a recent turn towards women's health in design, the potential for design to ameliorate experiences of cervical screening remains underexplored. In this paper, we report on a design research study with 15 Irish women that qualitatively unpacked their attitudes towards screening, their …
Living With Endometriosis
Endometriosis is an incurable chronic condition associated with debilitating pain and subfertility, affecting 1 in 10 women. The current study aims to explore the perceptions and experiences of women with endometriosis regarding the diagnosis, support and treatment options available in Ireland. It will further determine whether additional supports or improvements are needed to care well and effectively for women with this disease in the Irish hea…
Parental sensitivity and family conversation
Parental verbal sensitivity is known to promote child language skills, but few studies have considered: (a) links between global (i.e., verbal, behavioral, and affective) measures of parental sensitivity and infant‐initiated conversations, an important precursor to language development; (b) whether maternal and paternal sensitivity show similar links with infant‐initiated conversation; or (c) the transactional role of infant conversation for late…
Grappling with tradition
Elective co-parenting families, meaning two (or more parents) who are not in a romantic relationship having a child together, are becoming more common amongst cisgender, heterosexual parents. The study of elective co-parenting families offers researchers a unique opportunity to decouple co-parenting relationships from romantic relationships, but little research to date has explored their experiences. This study explored two research questions: wh…
A longitudinal study of families formed through third-party assisted reproduction
The seventh phase of this longitudinal study investigated whether children born through third-party assisted reproduction experienced psychological problems, or difficulties in their relationship with their mothers, in early adulthood. The impact of disclosure of their biological origins, and quality of mother-child relationships from age 3 onward, were also examined. Sixty-five assisted reproduction families, including 22 surrogacy families, 17 …
Adoptive Gay Father Families
Findings are presented from the second phase of a UK longitudinal study of 33 gay father, 35 lesbian mother, and 43 heterosexual parent families when their adopted children reached early adolescence. Participants predominantly lived in urban/suburban areas and were mostly white and well-educated. Standardized interviews, observations, and questionnaires of parental mental health, parent–child relationships, and adolescent adjustment were administ…
Launch of the Ireland Network for Pluralism in Qualitative Research (INPQR) – University College Cork, 30 and 31 of January 2020
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd? Maternal and Paternal Talk About Their Infant Differs in Associations With Wellbeing, Couple Relationship Quality, and Caregiving Sensitivity
Problems of depression and anxiety are common in early parenthood and adversely affect parenting quality (1). Rumination is closely linked to poor wellbeing (2), suggesting that self-focus may be one mediator of the association between wellbeing and caregiving [e.g., (3)]. Framed within an international study of first-time mothers and fathers (4), the current study included 396 British mothers and fathers (in 198 heterosexual cohabiting couple re…
Am I lazy, a drama queen or depressed? A journey through a pluralistic approach to analysing accounts of depression
The application of Pluralism in Qualitative Research (PQR) allows for a multi-perspective approach to understanding the nuanced social and psychological phenomenon. The complexity of what it means to qualitatively analyse and respond to sensitive data from the reflexive position of the analyst, is the focus of this paper. We introduce previous work in pluralism, and data from ReachOut.com, an online resource for young people in need of mental hea…
Great expectations? Do mothers’ and fathers’ prenatal thoughts and feelings about the infant predict parent-infant interaction quality? A meta-analytic review
Family support and gains in school readiness
BACKGROUND: Traditional measures of school readiness are labour-intensive and do not assess family support. AIMS: The current study used the newly developed Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI: Hughes, Daly, Foley, White and Devine 2015) to examine 6-month longitudinal stability and change in teachers' ratings of young children's school readiness and investigate the role of family support as a predictor of school readiness. SAMPLE: = 3.98…
School readiness in children with special educational needs and disabilities
BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to accelerate the detection of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A recent brief questionnaire designed for teachers and nursery staff, the Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI), shows promising psychometric properties (Hughes, Daly, Foley, White, & Devine, . British Journal of Educational Psychology, 85(3), 332-356.), but has yet to be evaluated as a tool for detecting children who may h…
Measuring the foundations of school readiness
BACKGROUND: Early work on school readiness focused on academic skills. Recent research highlights the value of also including both children's social and behavioural competencies and family support. AIMS: Reflecting this broader approach, this study aimed to develop a new and brief questionnaire for teachers: The Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI). SAMPLE: The main sample, recruited from the north-west of England, included 1,456 children…
A longitudinal study of families formed through third-party assisted reproduction
The seventh phase of this longitudinal study investigated whether children born through third-party assisted reproduction experienced psychological problems, or difficulties in their relationship with their mothers, in early adulthood. The impact of disclosure of their biological origins, and quality of mother-child relationships from age 3 onward, were also examined. Sixty-five assisted reproduction families, including 22 surrogacy families, 17 …
Grappling with tradition
Elective co-parenting families, meaning two (or more parents) who are not in a romantic relationship having a child together, are becoming more common amongst cisgender, heterosexual parents. The study of elective co-parenting families offers researchers a unique opportunity to decouple co-parenting relationships from romantic relationships, but little research to date has explored their experiences. This study explored two research questions: wh…
Measuring the foundations of school readiness
BACKGROUND: Early work on school readiness focused on academic skills. Recent research highlights the value of also including both children's social and behavioural competencies and family support. AIMS: Reflecting this broader approach, this study aimed to develop a new and brief questionnaire for teachers: The Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI). SAMPLE: The main sample, recruited from the north-west of England, included 1,456 children…
Am I lazy, a drama queen or depressed? A journey through a pluralistic approach to analysing accounts of depression
The application of Pluralism in Qualitative Research (PQR) allows for a multi-perspective approach to understanding the nuanced social and psychological phenomenon. The complexity of what it means to qualitatively analyse and respond to sensitive data from the reflexive position of the analyst, is the focus of this paper. We introduce previous work in pluralism, and data from ReachOut.com, an online resource for young people in need of mental hea…
Measuring the foundations of school readiness
BACKGROUND: Early work on school readiness focused on academic skills. Recent research highlights the value of also including both children's social and behavioural competencies and family support. AIMS: Reflecting this broader approach, this study aimed to develop a new and brief questionnaire for teachers: The Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI). SAMPLE: The main sample, recruited from the north-west of England, included 1,456 children…
Great expectations? Do mothers’ and fathers’ prenatal thoughts and feelings about the infant predict parent-infant interaction quality? A meta-analytic review
Family support and gains in school readiness
BACKGROUND: Traditional measures of school readiness are labour-intensive and do not assess family support. AIMS: The current study used the newly developed Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI: Hughes, Daly, Foley, White and Devine 2015) to examine 6-month longitudinal stability and change in teachers' ratings of young children's school readiness and investigate the role of family support as a predictor of school readiness. SAMPLE: = 3.98…
School readiness in children with special educational needs and disabilities
BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to accelerate the detection of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A recent brief questionnaire designed for teachers and nursery staff, the Brief Early Skills and Support Index (BESSI), shows promising psychometric properties (Hughes, Daly, Foley, White, & Devine, . British Journal of Educational Psychology, 85(3), 332-356.), but has yet to be evaluated as a tool for detecting children who may h…
Am I lazy, a drama queen or depressed? A journey through a pluralistic approach to analysing accounts of depression
The application of Pluralism in Qualitative Research (PQR) allows for a multi-perspective approach to understanding the nuanced social and psychological phenomenon. The complexity of what it means to qualitatively analyse and respond to sensitive data from the reflexive position of the analyst, is the focus of this paper. We introduce previous work in pluralism, and data from ReachOut.com, an online resource for young people in need of mental hea…
Launch of the Ireland Network for Pluralism in Qualitative Research (INPQR) – University College Cork, 30 and 31 of January 2020
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd? Maternal and Paternal Talk About Their Infant Differs in Associations With Wellbeing, Couple Relationship Quality, and Caregiving Sensitivity
Problems of depression and anxiety are common in early parenthood and adversely affect parenting quality (1). Rumination is closely linked to poor wellbeing (2), suggesting that self-focus may be one mediator of the association between wellbeing and caregiving [e.g., (3)]. Framed within an international study of first-time mothers and fathers (4), the current study included 396 British mothers and fathers (in 198 heterosexual cohabiting couple re…
Adoptive Gay Father Families
Findings are presented from the second phase of a UK longitudinal study of 33 gay father, 35 lesbian mother, and 43 heterosexual parent families when their adopted children reached early adolescence. Participants predominantly lived in urban/suburban areas and were mostly white and well-educated. Standardized interviews, observations, and questionnaires of parental mental health, parent–child relationships, and adolescent adjustment were administ…
Grappling with tradition
Elective co-parenting families, meaning two (or more parents) who are not in a romantic relationship having a child together, are becoming more common amongst cisgender, heterosexual parents. The study of elective co-parenting families offers researchers a unique opportunity to decouple co-parenting relationships from romantic relationships, but little research to date has explored their experiences. This study explored two research questions: wh…
A longitudinal study of families formed through third-party assisted reproduction
The seventh phase of this longitudinal study investigated whether children born through third-party assisted reproduction experienced psychological problems, or difficulties in their relationship with their mothers, in early adulthood. The impact of disclosure of their biological origins, and quality of mother-child relationships from age 3 onward, were also examined. Sixty-five assisted reproduction families, including 22 surrogacy families, 17 …
Keeping Fit & Staying Safe
You, me, and HPV
Cervical cancer screening has the potential to save lives, but it can also produce strong anxiety and self-stigma in those who are screened. Although there has been a recent turn towards women's health in design, the potential for design to ameliorate experiences of cervical screening remains underexplored. In this paper, we report on a design research study with 15 Irish women that qualitatively unpacked their attitudes towards screening, their …
Living With Endometriosis
Endometriosis is an incurable chronic condition associated with debilitating pain and subfertility, affecting 1 in 10 women. The current study aims to explore the perceptions and experiences of women with endometriosis regarding the diagnosis, support and treatment options available in Ireland. It will further determine whether additional supports or improvements are needed to care well and effectively for women with this disease in the Irish hea…
Parental sensitivity and family conversation
Parental verbal sensitivity is known to promote child language skills, but few studies have considered: (a) links between global (i.e., verbal, behavioral, and affective) measures of parental sensitivity and infant‐initiated conversations, an important precursor to language development; (b) whether maternal and paternal sensitivity show similar links with infant‐initiated conversation; or (c) the transactional role of infant conversation for late…
Sibling and pet relationships
Although children view pets (i.e. companion animals) as family members, child-pet relationships are rarely studied alongside other family relationships. In a socially diverse sample of 77 British families with pre-adolescent children (M age 12.14 years, SD 0.29 years), we examine how the quality of children's relationships with their pets and siblings vary in the context of adversity, and controlling for parent-child relationship quality, predict…
“The normal flow of time stopped with the normal flow of life”
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to daily life which impacted how people used and experienced time. This study employed a mixed-method, person-centered approach to investigate people's subjective experiences of time during the first year of the pandemic. Specifically, it aimed to investigate experiences of time as multifaceted, measuring the pandemic's impact on people's perceptions of routine changes, passage of time, and quan…
Reason Cp
Cerebral palsy, a common example of childhood-onset neurodisability (COND), is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition characterized by complexity and variability across individuals. Children, families, and clinicians must navigate a maze of potential interventions, a challenge compounded by inconsistent quality of systematic reviews and lack of evidence for certain sub-groups, resulting in clinical decision-making uncertainty. Existing fram…
What we chose to (Not) share
As Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers increasingly conduct studies involving populations with stigmatised identities, more researchers must focus on creating conversational spaces where participants feel comfortable discussing their experiences. This study unpacks how and why HCI researchers engage in self-disclosure to facilitate such spaces. We share eight autoethnographic personal stories of key moments when we disclosed or concealed…
The menopausal transition and women's workplace identity
Background The menopausal transition is a significant life stage characterised by complex biological, psychological, and social changes, often coinciding with a period of career consolidation or advancement. While research on menopause in the workplace is expanding, it focuses predominantly on symptoms and productivity. However, work is an important psychological and social space in which women construct and sustain professional identity. Emergin…
Lithic Techno-economics and OSL Chronology of the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane, Save River Valley, Mozambique
Nestled between East and Southern Africa, the Stone Age archaeology of Mozambique offers important insights into Later Stone Age (LSA) behavioral variability across a region pivotal to understanding human adaptations. Here, we present results from technological analysis, refitting and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the newly discovered site of Chessungalane (CHE) in south-central Mozambique. OSL dates indicate occupation spanni…
Tracking Changes in Maternal Mind‐Mindedness Across Children's Transition to Siblinghood in China
Research on mind‐mindedness is flourishing but remains limited both in geographical scope and by the scarcity of longitudinal designs. Framed within a larger study of the transition to siblinghood in China, we addressed these gaps by following 138 Chinese mothers (82% university educated) from late pregnancy for a second child (Time 1; M weeks = 32) to two months postpartum (Time 2; M interval = 3.40 months). At both time points mothers completed…
Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Reflexivity (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Longitudinal study (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)