Deirdre O’shea
Biographic Data
| ID | 352608 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deirdre O’shea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deirdre |
| FAMILY NAME | O’shea |
| SIGNATURE | O’SHEA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1408-5274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Does a Short Gratitude Intervention Impact Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress
Athletes’ Perceptions and Knowledge About Match Fixing: An Investigation in Six European Countries
Living in a 20-min neighborhood and brain health and resilience in older adults: The Healthy Brain Initiative
The 20-min neighborhood (20 MN) concept, aimed at fostering livable communities, has garnered increasing attention among urban planners and policy makers. 20 MNs provide most daily needs (e.g., grocery, parks) within a 20-min walk of home. Among 352 older adults in the Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI), we examined whether 20 MN measures were associated with resilience against future cognitive impairment/dementia measured via the Resilience Index (R…
Influencing a nation: How a leader’s interpersonal emotion regulation influences citizen compliance via trust and emotions during a global pandemic
During crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, it was necessary for political leaders to influence citizens to comply with public health measures and restrictions. These health measures (e.g., physical distancing, staying at home) had substantial negative effects on individuals' lives and thus were sometimes met with defensive, noncooperative responses. To influence citizens' compliance with public health guidance and nationally imposed restrictions, …
Implementation evaluation of an Irish secondary-level whole school programme: A qualitative inquiry
Whole-of-school programmes (WSPs) are recommended to promote physical activity for adolescents. The Active School Flag (ASF) programme for secondary-level schools is one such WSP. Due to the difficulties of incorporating WSPs into the complex school system, there is a risk of poor implementation. The monitoring of unanticipated influences can help to understand key implementation processes prior to scale-up. The aims of this study were to identif…
International differences in employee silence motives: Scale validation, prevalence, and relationships with culture characteristics across 33 countries
Employee silence, the withholding of work‐related ideas, questions, or concerns from someone who could effect change, has been proposed to hamper individual and collective learning as well as the detection of errors and unethical behaviors in many areas of the world. To facilitate cross‐cultural research, we validated an instrument measuring four employee silence motives (i.e., silence based on fear, resignation, prosocial, and selfish motives) i…
Victimization on the job: The influence of thefts and robberies on Irish and Italian employees and its relationship with psychological well-being
Although some similarities are evident in manifestations, etiology and coping, research suggests that cultural variations may explain different reactions to workplace violence. This study explores similarities and differences between Italian and Irish workers’ well-being in relation to robberies and theft exposure. A sample of Italian (N = 319) and Irish (N = 251) employees working in small businesses completed a self-report questionnaire examini…
Clinical findings on Body Mass Index in an Intellectual Disability Population and the effect of a healthy lifestyle intervention clinic
Background: Persons with intellectual disability (ID) are supposedly pre-disposed to weight gain and obesity. Factors such as medication, distress and metabolic diseases are blamed for their weight excess. Persons with ID may not be allowed to make independent decisions about their calorie intake and food choice. Data on weight status and weight loss interventions in persons with intellectual disability (ID) is scarce. We sought to ascertain the …
Obesity, food restriction, and implicit attitudes to healthy and unhealthy foods: Lessons learned from the implicit relational assessment procedure
The potential impact on obesity of a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Ireland, an effect assessment modelling study
This study suggests that a tax on SSBs in Ireland would have a small but meaningful effect on obesity. While such a tax would be perceived as affecting the whole population, from a health prospective the tax will predominantly affect younger adults who are the main consumers of SSBs
P2-387 Health professionals are not systematic in obesity detection and measurement
Healthcare providers (HCPs) should identify overweight and obesity for surveillance and intervention purposes. This study aimed (a) to assess the ability of HCPs to estimate body mass index (BMI) by visual inspection and (b) to determine how systematically BMI is measured in an outpatient setting. A mixed group of 219 HCPs and 33 medical students were asked to estimate the BMI of five photographed people with varying degrees of obesity. A systema…
BMI ≥ 50 kg/m 2 is associated with a younger age of onset of overweight and a high prevalence of adverse metabolic profiles
Objective To study the demographic and clinical parameters of three different categories of obesity, with particular focus on a cohort of individuals with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m 2 , the fastest growing category of obesity. Design Over 700 obese individuals were studied (186 with BMI = 30–39 kg/m 2 , 316 with BMI = 40–49 kg/m 2 and 290 with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m 2 ). Results Median BMI was 51 kg/m 2 for patients who reported onset of overweight before 15 years of …
International differences in employee silence motives: Scale validation, prevalence, and relationships with culture characteristics across 33 countries
Employee silence, the withholding of work‐related ideas, questions, or concerns from someone who could effect change, has been proposed to hamper individual and collective learning as well as the detection of errors and unethical behaviors in many areas of the world. To facilitate cross‐cultural research, we validated an instrument measuring four employee silence motives (i.e., silence based on fear, resignation, prosocial, and selfish motives) i…
Victimization on the job: The influence of thefts and robberies on Irish and Italian employees and its relationship with psychological well-being
Although some similarities are evident in manifestations, etiology and coping, research suggests that cultural variations may explain different reactions to workplace violence. This study explores similarities and differences between Italian and Irish workers’ well-being in relation to robberies and theft exposure. A sample of Italian (N = 319) and Irish (N = 251) employees working in small businesses completed a self-report questionnaire examini…
Obesity, food restriction, and implicit attitudes to healthy and unhealthy foods: Lessons learned from the implicit relational assessment procedure
BMI ≥ 50 kg/m 2 is associated with a younger age of onset of overweight and a high prevalence of adverse metabolic profiles
Objective To study the demographic and clinical parameters of three different categories of obesity, with particular focus on a cohort of individuals with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m 2 , the fastest growing category of obesity. Design Over 700 obese individuals were studied (186 with BMI = 30–39 kg/m 2 , 316 with BMI = 40–49 kg/m 2 and 290 with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m 2 ). Results Median BMI was 51 kg/m 2 for patients who reported onset of overweight before 15 years of …
P2-387 Health professionals are not systematic in obesity detection and measurement
Healthcare providers (HCPs) should identify overweight and obesity for surveillance and intervention purposes. This study aimed (a) to assess the ability of HCPs to estimate body mass index (BMI) by visual inspection and (b) to determine how systematically BMI is measured in an outpatient setting. A mixed group of 219 HCPs and 33 medical students were asked to estimate the BMI of five photographed people with varying degrees of obesity. A systema…
The potential impact on obesity of a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Ireland, an effect assessment modelling study
This study suggests that a tax on SSBs in Ireland would have a small but meaningful effect on obesity. While such a tax would be perceived as affecting the whole population, from a health prospective the tax will predominantly affect younger adults who are the main consumers of SSBs
Obesity, food restriction, and implicit attitudes to healthy and unhealthy foods: Lessons learned from the implicit relational assessment procedure
Clinical findings on Body Mass Index in an Intellectual Disability Population and the effect of a healthy lifestyle intervention clinic
Background: Persons with intellectual disability (ID) are supposedly pre-disposed to weight gain and obesity. Factors such as medication, distress and metabolic diseases are blamed for their weight excess. Persons with ID may not be allowed to make independent decisions about their calorie intake and food choice. Data on weight status and weight loss interventions in persons with intellectual disability (ID) is scarce. We sought to ascertain the …
Victimization on the job: The influence of thefts and robberies on Irish and Italian employees and its relationship with psychological well-being
Although some similarities are evident in manifestations, etiology and coping, research suggests that cultural variations may explain different reactions to workplace violence. This study explores similarities and differences between Italian and Irish workers’ well-being in relation to robberies and theft exposure. A sample of Italian (N = 319) and Irish (N = 251) employees working in small businesses completed a self-report questionnaire examini…
International differences in employee silence motives: Scale validation, prevalence, and relationships with culture characteristics across 33 countries
Employee silence, the withholding of work‐related ideas, questions, or concerns from someone who could effect change, has been proposed to hamper individual and collective learning as well as the detection of errors and unethical behaviors in many areas of the world. To facilitate cross‐cultural research, we validated an instrument measuring four employee silence motives (i.e., silence based on fear, resignation, prosocial, and selfish motives) i…
Implementation evaluation of an Irish secondary-level whole school programme: A qualitative inquiry
Whole-of-school programmes (WSPs) are recommended to promote physical activity for adolescents. The Active School Flag (ASF) programme for secondary-level schools is one such WSP. Due to the difficulties of incorporating WSPs into the complex school system, there is a risk of poor implementation. The monitoring of unanticipated influences can help to understand key implementation processes prior to scale-up. The aims of this study were to identif…
Influencing a nation: How a leader’s interpersonal emotion regulation influences citizen compliance via trust and emotions during a global pandemic
During crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, it was necessary for political leaders to influence citizens to comply with public health measures and restrictions. These health measures (e.g., physical distancing, staying at home) had substantial negative effects on individuals' lives and thus were sometimes met with defensive, noncooperative responses. To influence citizens' compliance with public health guidance and nationally imposed restrictions, …
Does a Short Gratitude Intervention Impact Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress
Athletes’ Perceptions and Knowledge About Match Fixing: An Investigation in Six European Countries
Living in a 20-min neighborhood and brain health and resilience in older adults: The Healthy Brain Initiative
The 20-min neighborhood (20 MN) concept, aimed at fostering livable communities, has garnered increasing attention among urban planners and policy makers. 20 MNs provide most daily needs (e.g., grocery, parks) within a 20-min walk of home. Among 352 older adults in the Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI), we examined whether 20 MN measures were associated with resilience against future cognitive impairment/dementia measured via the Resilience Index (R…
Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Obesity (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Body mass index (4 works) · Overweight (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (3 works)