Louise Mchugh
Biographic Data
| ID | 762191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise Mchugh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Mchugh |
| SIGNATURE | MCHUGH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2526-4649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 50 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 50 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond emotions
Understanding the drivers of COVID-19 vaccination intentions remains relevant as public health systems prepare for future pandemics. This study examined how emotional and social-cognitive factors influence COVID-19 vaccination intentions during two key phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: before (April-June 2020) and after (January-February 2021) vaccination rollout. A total of 586 adults completed an online survey assessing beliefs about COVID-19, s…
Development of a Culture-Common Formal Characteristics of Behavior – Temperament Markers Inventory (FCB-TMI-CC)
The goal was to create a brief temperament inventory grounded in the Regulative Theory of Temperament (FCB-TMI-CC), with a user-friendly, online applicability for studies in different cultures. As the regulative role of temperament is strongly revealed under meaningful stress, the study was planned within the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure high diversity in terms of culture, economic and environmental conditions, data from nine countrie…
Effectiveness of a process-based approach to farmer wellbeing
Among farmers, mental health and suicide are noted concerns in the literature. Practical barriers, stigma and shame may impede engagement with support. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy offers a means of providing support to those experiencing mental health concerns. An evaluation of a six-session, online, individually facilitated intervention with six Irish farmers (age 39-69 years) was completed using a randomized, concurrent, multiple-baseline…
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Remediating rigid rule-following in subclinical obsessive-compulsive disorder using a brief mindfulness task
A pioneering experiment by Hayes et al. (1986) demonstrated the influence of instructional control and rule-governed behaviour on sensitivity to alternating reinforcement schedules. Hassoulas et al. (2017) replicated the same experimental design in a sample of participants exhibiting obsessive-compulsive behavioural (OCB) traits, supporting the results reported by the original study but also providing further insights into the maintenance of rigi…
The impact of functional class and depressive symptomatology on rule-based insensitivity
Rule-governed behavior (RGB) is important for accounting for complex human behavior, as well as informing clinical practice. In line with Relational Frame Theory, RGB is divided into functional classes including pliance, which is rule-following under the control of apparent arbitrary social consequences, and tracking, which is rule-following under the control of apparent natural non-arbitrary consequences. In theory, pliance should produce lower …
Coping with emotional pain
Behavioral, cognitive and emotional determinants of getting vaccinated for Covid-19 and the mediating role of institutional trust among young adults in Cyprus
When tackling COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy, behavioural, cognitive, and emotional aspects should be considered. Stakeholders and policymakers are advised to implement targeted vaccination programs in young people while at the same time building trust and improving their capabilities and motivation towards getting vaccinated
Predictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Identifying common factors that affect public adherence to COVID-19 containment measures can directly inform the development of official public health communication strategies. The present international longitudinal study aimed to examine whether prosociality, together with other theoretically derived motivating factors (self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility and severity of COVID-19, perceived social support) predict the change in a…
Brief acceptance and commitment therapy for shame among adults with experience of mental health difficulties using a randomized multiple baseline, single case experimental design (SCED)
Assessing acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescent mental health
The understanding and managing adult ADHD programme
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a new and emerging area that may be helpful for adults with ADHD in promoting psychological well-being. The Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP) is an online intervention that combines psychoeducation with ACT. Forty-nine participants provided qualitative feedback on their experiences through open-ended questions in an online survey d…
Repetitive negative thinking mediates the relationship between experiential avoidance and emotional distress among South African university students
The psychological processes contributing to emotional distress among university students in South Africa have not been extensively researched. The current study sought to examine the mediating role of repetitive negative thinking on the relationship between experiential avoidance and student emotional distress. A convenience sample of 419 students from a large public university in South Africa participated in this study. The results indicated tha…
Chatbot-Delivered Cognitive Defusion versus Cognitive Restructuring for Negative Self-Referential Thoughts
Conversational agents or chatbots are a novel, highly accessible, and low-resource method of psychological intervention delivery. The present research aims to compare two brief chatbot interventions that delivered cognitive restructuring and defusion interventions, respectively. It was hypothesized that a defusion chatbot would lead to reduced cognitive fusion and decreased thought believability relative to cognitive restructuring and a nonactive…
Comparative Investigation of Adolescents’ Generalized Pliance and Psychological Inflexibility across Cultural Contexts
Exploring the natural language-Irap as a potential measure of adolescents’ perspective-taking
A randomised controlled trial of brief web-based acceptance and commitment Therapy on the general mental health, depression, anxiety and stress of college Students
The college years are frequently understood as being a carefree time in a young person's life, however, research suggests that these are formative and challenging times for many. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a brief internet intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for promoting general mental health among college students. As far as can be determined, the impact of an online guided self-help v…
Exploring the relationships between rule-governed behavior and adherence to guidelines aiming to reduce the spread of Covid-19
Coping with global uncertainty
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Newly Developed ACTive Values Wheel
Investigating cognitive fusion, mindfulness and experiential avoidance in relation to psychosis-like symptoms in the general population
Resilience mediates the cross-sectional relationship between mindfulness and positive mental health in early adolescence
Self-compassion buffers the effects of perfectionistic self-presentation on social media on wellbeing
Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research
Throughout its history the strategy and tactics of contextual behavioral science (CBS) research have had distinctive features as compared to traditional behavioral science approaches. Continued progress in CBS research can be facilitated by greater clarity about how its strategy and tactics can be brought to bear on current challenges. The present white paper is the result of a 2 1/2-year long process designed to foster consensus among representa…
Integrating storytelling into the theory and practice of contextual behavioral science
Coping with global uncertainty
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
Examining the effectiveness of brief interventions to strengthen a positive implicit relation between women and STEM across two timepoints
The current study assessed the impact of three brief interventions aimed at influencing implicit gender bias in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. The reduction of this bias is a key consideration as it remains a major barrier to gender equality in STEM. The interventions (psychoeducation, exposure to positive counter-stereotypical exemplars and perspective-taking) were compared to a control group at two timepoints. Gender-S…
Comparing thought suppression and mindfulness as coping techniques for spider fear
Modelling the direct and indirect effects of thought suppression on personal choice
Implicit measurement of positive and negative future thinking as a predictor of depressive symptoms and hopelessness
Mindfulness increases recall of self-threatening information
Evaluations of self-referential thoughts and their association with components of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Exploring attitudes towards gender and science
Perspective taking reduces the fundamental attribution error
Teaching perspective-taking skills to an adult with Down syndrome
Citation analysis of relational frame theory
Examining gender-STEM bias among STEM and non-STEM students using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (Irap)
Examination of sex-specific publication trends within the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science between 2012 and 2017
An investigation into the relationship between the three selves (Self-as-Content, Self-as-Process and Self-as-Context) and mental health in adolescents
Cognitive defusion versus experiential avoidance in the reduction of smoking behaviour
Background: Brief procedures that reduce smoking behaviour may be useful in reaching the many people that do not seek help for smoking addiction.Objectives: The current study aimed to determine if one component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), cognitive defusion, could be useful in reducing smoking behaviour in a sample of students.Methods: The study employed a between-subjects three-arm design. For one week, participants were asked to…
Investigating the psychometric properties of the Values Wheel with a clinical cohort
The development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Values Wheel
Patterns of relational responding and a healthy self in older adolescents
Exploring the relationship between implicit and explicit gender-STEM bias and behavior among STEM students using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure
Adolescent correlates of the Generalized Pliance Questionnaire – Children
Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on mental health
Background The COVID-19 pandemic triggered vast governmental lockdowns. The impact of these lockdowns on mental health is inadequately understood. On the one hand such drastic changes in daily routines could be detrimental to mental health. On the other hand, it might not be experienced negatively, especially because the entire population was affected. Methods The aim of this study was to determine mental health outcomes during pandemic induced l…
Examining the relationship between public speaking anxiety, distress tolerance and psychological flexibility
Measuring occurrences of self and other discriminations in relation to mental health in adolescent textual responses
Testing the relationship between health values consistent living and health-related behavior
Examining the effectiveness of brief interventions to strengthen a positive implicit relation between women and STEM across two timepoints
The current study assessed the impact of three brief interventions aimed at influencing implicit gender bias in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. The reduction of this bias is a key consideration as it remains a major barrier to gender equality in STEM. The interventions (psychoeducation, exposure to positive counter-stereotypical exemplars and perspective-taking) were compared to a control group at two timepoints. Gender-S…
Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Newly Developed ACTive Values Wheel
Investigating cognitive fusion, mindfulness and experiential avoidance in relation to psychosis-like symptoms in the general population
Psychology (47 works) · Social Psychology (31 works) · Clinical Psychology (27 works) · Social Psychology (27 works) · Developmental psychology (25 works) · Psychiatry (24 works) · Clinical Psychology (22 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (17 works) · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (17 works) · Psychotherapist (16 works)