Rory C O’connor
Biographic Data
| ID | 2908612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rory C O’connor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rory C |
| FAMILY NAME | O’connor |
| SIGNATURE | O’CONNOR R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6473-0032 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evaluation of blood markers of stress in beef cows during exposure to virtual fence stimuli
Containing cattle with a virtual fence (VF) has gained considerable attention. VF technology uses auditory and electric stimuli to contain or exclude cattle from predetermined areas, which has raised concerns over cattle welfare. We evaluated blood markers associated with stress and inflammatory response when naive cattle were fitted with VF collars. We detected no major changes in blood markers. Cattle were able to quickly identify and adapt to …
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood
Childhood trauma has been found to have serious negative consequences for mental and physical health.However, the precise mechanisms through which trauma influences health outcomes are unclear.Childhood trauma-related disruptions to sleep in adulthood represent an important potential mechanism.Two 7-day multilevel studies investigated the effects of childhood trauma on daily sleep outcomes and stress-related variables and whether the effects of t…
Exploring Childhood Challenges and Male Suicide Risk
In this study, we address the limited understanding of the potential relationship between male suicide risk and challenges in childhood. To this end, 2660 men completed a global cross-sectional survey examining associations between suicidal history and measures of childhood traumas, parental styles, and bullying. Results from multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that higher levels of bullying, emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and…
A brief history of sagebrush management in the Great Basin
After years of overgrazing in the late 1800s and early 1900s with little to no management, range management efforts shifted to focus on eradication of sagebrush to promote forage production from World War II to the 1970s. • From the 1970s to present the paradigm shifted to an emphasis on leaving sagebrush intact for the benefit of sagebrush-obligate wildlife. • However, neither management paradigm has yielded an ideal outcome with approximately 3…
Psychosocial Factors Distinguishing Men Who Have Attempted Suicide From Men With Suicidal Ideation and Non-suicidal Men
This study addresses our limited understanding of male suicide risk psychology. 2763 men participated in a global survey examining associations between suicidal history and measures of emotions, psychological pain, feelings towards self, and interpersonal connections. Results from multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that higher levels of loneliness and mental health diagnosis increased the odds of being in the suicidal ideation gro…
Does refining an intervention based on participant feedback increase acceptability? An experimental approach
The null effects reported here imply that participants found both the original and modified versions of the intervention equally acceptable, and that our process of refining an intervention based on participant feedback did not impact on acceptability. Nevertheless, we have operationalised a robust approach for examining whether participant feedback impacts on the acceptability of an intervention. Further research is required to understand better…
Managing invasive annual grasses, annually
On the Ground • The continued expansion of invasive annual grasses is a complex ecosystem management problem requiring a shift in focus from a discrete, single treatment approach to one of adaptive management with sustained investment. • Four case studies shared at the 2020 Invasive Annual Grass workshop provide lessons learned and opportunities to advance future management efforts to inform the direction for new science. • Tackling the complex p…
Ratcheting up resilience in the northern Great Basin
The feasibility of using smartphone apps as treatment components for depressed suicidal outpatients
Mental health smartphone apps could increase the safety and self-management of patients at risk of suicide, but it is still unclear whether it is feasible to integrate such apps into routine mental healthcare. This study reports on the feasibility of using a safety planning app (BackUp) and a self-monitoring app (mEMA) as components of the routine treatment of depressed outpatients with suicidal ideation. Clinicians were trained in working with b…
A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences and Perceptions of Interpersonal Relationships Prior to Attempting Suicide in Young Adults
Suicide is a leading public health concern. Research studies have identified significant associations between loneliness and suicidal ideation/behaviour both cross-sectionally and prospectively. Despite this, research specifically focusing on identifying the nature of loneliness experienced prior to suicide, and the role it has in association with other preceding factors, has not been fully explored. The current study recruited ten participants w…
Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
The Male Experience of Suicide Attempts and Recovery
Suicidal behaviour is a complex phenomenon-its aetiology spans biological, psychological, environmental, social and cultural facets. Men's deaths by suicide outnumber women in every country in the world. This study explored the male experience of suicide attempts and recovery as well as factors which may be protective for men. Men (n = 12) participated in semi-structured face-to-face interviews which were subjected to Interpretative Phenomenologi…
A systematic review of suicidal behaviour in men
Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts
Ecological droughts are deficits in soil–water availability that induce threshold-like ecosystem responses, such as causing altered or degraded plant-community conditions, which can be exceedingly difficult to reverse. However, ‘ecological drought’ can be difficult to define, let alone to quantify, especially at spatial and temporal scales relevant to land managers. This is despite a growing need to integrate drought-related factors into manageme…
Suicide prevention is everyone's business
Suicide and suicide risk
Associations between experiences of disrupted attachments and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Exploring synergistic interactions and catalysts in complex interventions
The QuaSIC approach enabled us to develop and refine our definition of synergistic interactions and add the innovative concept of catalytic effects. This represents a novel approach to the evaluation of complex interventions. By exploring synergies and catalytic interactions related to a complex intervention or programme, we reveal the added value to planned activities and how they might be maximised
Developing social capital in implementing a complex intervention
Exploring the role of advisory groups and the meaning of participation for these participants revealed some key areas for best practice in implementation: careful planning of the composition of the advisory group to access target groups; the importance of establishing common goals; the importance of acknowledging and complementing existing experience and activity; and facilitating an equivalence of benefit from network participation
The Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior
First paragraph: The integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behavior (IMV; O'Connor, 2011) attempts to synthesize, distill, and extend our knowledge and understanding of why people die by suicide, with a particular focus on the psychology of the suicidal mind. Ever since the mid-1990s, when I embarked on my PhD research, I was driven by the desire to see the world through the eyes of those who are suicidal, to understand something o…
When is your head at? An exploration of the factors associated with the temporal focus of the wandering mind
A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality
OBJECTIVE: To test the dimensionality of Type-D personality, using taxometric procedures, to assess if Type-D personality is taxonic or dimensional. Type-D personality is treated as a categorical variable and caseness has been shown to be a risk factor for poor prognosis in coronary heart disease. However, at present, there is no direct evidence to support the assumption that Type D is categorical and able to differentiate true cases from noncase…
Factors Influencing Anticipated Decisions about Sunscreen Use
The present study examined influences on the decision-making processes relevant to sun-damage preventive behaviour, namely sunscreen use. Participants were randomly assigned to a positive, a negative or a control group and underwent two successive experimental manipulations: (1) information and (2) focus.They made pre-experimental, post-information and post-focus ratings of likelihood of using sunscreen and susceptibility to skin cancer.The resul…
The consequences of encoding information on the maintenance of internally generated images and thoughts
Suicide and gender
There has been an alarming increase in suicide, especially among the young. This study sought to profile suicide in Northern Ireland and investigate gender differences. It is argued that the identification of such differences is essential for more adequate intervention. Suicides ( n =142) drawn from catchment areas in Northern Ireland are described according to selected demographic, clinical and psychosocial factors. Females were significantly mo…
Suicide prevention is everyone's business
Associations between experiences of disrupted attachments and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Factors Influencing Anticipated Decisions about Sunscreen Use
The present study examined influences on the decision-making processes relevant to sun-damage preventive behaviour, namely sunscreen use. Participants were randomly assigned to a positive, a negative or a control group and underwent two successive experimental manipulations: (1) information and (2) focus.They made pre-experimental, post-information and post-focus ratings of likelihood of using sunscreen and susceptibility to skin cancer.The resul…
Agricultural Output in the Irish Free State Area before and after Independence
Agricultural Output in the Irish Free State Area before and after Independence
Suicide and gender
There has been an alarming increase in suicide, especially among the young. This study sought to profile suicide in Northern Ireland and investigate gender differences. It is argued that the identification of such differences is essential for more adequate intervention. Suicides ( n =142) drawn from catchment areas in Northern Ireland are described according to selected demographic, clinical and psychosocial factors. Females were significantly mo…
The consequences of encoding information on the maintenance of internally generated images and thoughts
Factors Influencing Anticipated Decisions about Sunscreen Use
The present study examined influences on the decision-making processes relevant to sun-damage preventive behaviour, namely sunscreen use. Participants were randomly assigned to a positive, a negative or a control group and underwent two successive experimental manipulations: (1) information and (2) focus.They made pre-experimental, post-information and post-focus ratings of likelihood of using sunscreen and susceptibility to skin cancer.The resul…
When is your head at? An exploration of the factors associated with the temporal focus of the wandering mind
A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality
OBJECTIVE: To test the dimensionality of Type-D personality, using taxometric procedures, to assess if Type-D personality is taxonic or dimensional. Type-D personality is treated as a categorical variable and caseness has been shown to be a risk factor for poor prognosis in coronary heart disease. However, at present, there is no direct evidence to support the assumption that Type D is categorical and able to differentiate true cases from noncase…
The Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior
First paragraph: The integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behavior (IMV; O'Connor, 2011) attempts to synthesize, distill, and extend our knowledge and understanding of why people die by suicide, with a particular focus on the psychology of the suicidal mind. Ever since the mid-1990s, when I embarked on my PhD research, I was driven by the desire to see the world through the eyes of those who are suicidal, to understand something o…
Developing social capital in implementing a complex intervention
Exploring the role of advisory groups and the meaning of participation for these participants revealed some key areas for best practice in implementation: careful planning of the composition of the advisory group to access target groups; the importance of establishing common goals; the importance of acknowledging and complementing existing experience and activity; and facilitating an equivalence of benefit from network participation
Exploring synergistic interactions and catalysts in complex interventions
The QuaSIC approach enabled us to develop and refine our definition of synergistic interactions and add the innovative concept of catalytic effects. This represents a novel approach to the evaluation of complex interventions. By exploring synergies and catalytic interactions related to a complex intervention or programme, we reveal the added value to planned activities and how they might be maximised
Suicide and suicide risk
Associations between experiences of disrupted attachments and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts
Ecological droughts are deficits in soil–water availability that induce threshold-like ecosystem responses, such as causing altered or degraded plant-community conditions, which can be exceedingly difficult to reverse. However, ‘ecological drought’ can be difficult to define, let alone to quantify, especially at spatial and temporal scales relevant to land managers. This is despite a growing need to integrate drought-related factors into manageme…
Suicide prevention is everyone's business
Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
The Male Experience of Suicide Attempts and Recovery
Suicidal behaviour is a complex phenomenon-its aetiology spans biological, psychological, environmental, social and cultural facets. Men's deaths by suicide outnumber women in every country in the world. This study explored the male experience of suicide attempts and recovery as well as factors which may be protective for men. Men (n = 12) participated in semi-structured face-to-face interviews which were subjected to Interpretative Phenomenologi…
A systematic review of suicidal behaviour in men
Managing invasive annual grasses, annually
On the Ground • The continued expansion of invasive annual grasses is a complex ecosystem management problem requiring a shift in focus from a discrete, single treatment approach to one of adaptive management with sustained investment. • Four case studies shared at the 2020 Invasive Annual Grass workshop provide lessons learned and opportunities to advance future management efforts to inform the direction for new science. • Tackling the complex p…
Ratcheting up resilience in the northern Great Basin
The feasibility of using smartphone apps as treatment components for depressed suicidal outpatients
Mental health smartphone apps could increase the safety and self-management of patients at risk of suicide, but it is still unclear whether it is feasible to integrate such apps into routine mental healthcare. This study reports on the feasibility of using a safety planning app (BackUp) and a self-monitoring app (mEMA) as components of the routine treatment of depressed outpatients with suicidal ideation. Clinicians were trained in working with b…
A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences and Perceptions of Interpersonal Relationships Prior to Attempting Suicide in Young Adults
Suicide is a leading public health concern. Research studies have identified significant associations between loneliness and suicidal ideation/behaviour both cross-sectionally and prospectively. Despite this, research specifically focusing on identifying the nature of loneliness experienced prior to suicide, and the role it has in association with other preceding factors, has not been fully explored. The current study recruited ten participants w…
Does refining an intervention based on participant feedback increase acceptability? An experimental approach
The null effects reported here imply that participants found both the original and modified versions of the intervention equally acceptable, and that our process of refining an intervention based on participant feedback did not impact on acceptability. Nevertheless, we have operationalised a robust approach for examining whether participant feedback impacts on the acceptability of an intervention. Further research is required to understand better…
A brief history of sagebrush management in the Great Basin
After years of overgrazing in the late 1800s and early 1900s with little to no management, range management efforts shifted to focus on eradication of sagebrush to promote forage production from World War II to the 1970s. • From the 1970s to present the paradigm shifted to an emphasis on leaving sagebrush intact for the benefit of sagebrush-obligate wildlife. • However, neither management paradigm has yielded an ideal outcome with approximately 3…
Psychosocial Factors Distinguishing Men Who Have Attempted Suicide From Men With Suicidal Ideation and Non-suicidal Men
This study addresses our limited understanding of male suicide risk psychology. 2763 men participated in a global survey examining associations between suicidal history and measures of emotions, psychological pain, feelings towards self, and interpersonal connections. Results from multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that higher levels of loneliness and mental health diagnosis increased the odds of being in the suicidal ideation gro…
Evaluation of blood markers of stress in beef cows during exposure to virtual fence stimuli
Containing cattle with a virtual fence (VF) has gained considerable attention. VF technology uses auditory and electric stimuli to contain or exclude cattle from predetermined areas, which has raised concerns over cattle welfare. We evaluated blood markers associated with stress and inflammatory response when naive cattle were fitted with VF collars. We detected no major changes in blood markers. Cattle were able to quickly identify and adapt to …
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood
Childhood trauma has been found to have serious negative consequences for mental and physical health.However, the precise mechanisms through which trauma influences health outcomes are unclear.Childhood trauma-related disruptions to sleep in adulthood represent an important potential mechanism.Two 7-day multilevel studies investigated the effects of childhood trauma on daily sleep outcomes and stress-related variables and whether the effects of t…
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (14 works) · Poison control (12 works) · Suicide prevention (10 works) · Medical emergency (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Geography (6 works)