Daryl B. O’Connor

ORCID: 0000-0003-4117-4093
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Research Areas
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Mental Health via Writing
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Sleep and related disorders

University of Leeds
2016-2025

University of Kentucky
2022-2023

Griffith University
2022-2023

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
2022-2023

Northwell Health
2022-2023

University of California, Los Angeles
2022-2023

University of California, Merced
2022-2023

University of Bremen
2023

University of Tasmania
2023

Public Health England
2020

Background The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the population's mental health and well-being are likely to be profound long lasting. Aims To investigate trajectory during first 6 weeks lockdown in adults UK. Method A quota survey design a sampling frame that permitted recruitment national sample was employed. Findings for waves 1 (31 March 9 April 2020), 2 (10 27 2020) 3 (28 11 May reported here. range factors assessed: pre-existing problems, suicide attempts self-harm,...

10.1192/bjp.2020.212 article EN cc-by The British Journal of Psychiatry 2020-10-21

This study investigated the daily hassles-eating behavior relationship and its moderators in a naturalistic setting.A multilevel diary design was used to examine day-to-day within-person effects of hassles on eating (N = 422), together with individual simultaneous influence potential moderating variables.Daily reports between-meal snacking, fruit vegetable consumption perceived variations food intake.The results showed were associated increased high fat/sugar snacks reduction main meals...

10.1037/0278-6133.27.1.s20 article EN Health Psychology 2008-01-01

This study examined the effects of message framing on intentions to obtain measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for one's child investigated whether Theory Planned Behaviour (TPB) perceived outcome efficacy variables mediate and/or moderate effects. One hundred forty women read either a loss-framed or gain-framed then completed measures assessing their MMR child, TPB variables. Exposure loss frame increased influenced perceptions efficacy. suggests that efficacy, but not other may within...

10.1080/13548500701235732 article EN Psychology Health & Medicine 2007-12-06

<h3>Background:</h3> Although there is evidence that vitamin D inadequacy may be linked to adverse cognitive outcomes, results from studies on this topic have been inconsistent. The aim of trial was examine the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin (25(OH)D) levels and performance in middle-aged older European men. <h3>Methods:</h3> This population-based cross-sectional study included 3,369 men aged 40–79 years eight centres enrolled Male Ageing Study. Cognitive function assessed using...

10.1136/jnnp.2008.165720 article EN Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2009-05-21

Objective: To test the dimensionality of Type-D personality, using taxometric procedures, to assess if personality is taxonic or dimensional. treated as a categorical variable and caseness has been shown be risk factor for poor prognosis in coronary heart disease. However, at present, there no direct evidence support assumption that Type D able differentiate true cases from noncases. Methods: In total, 1012 healthy young adults across United Kingdom Ireland completed DS14, standard index D,...

10.1097/psy.0b013e3181bd888b article EN Psychosomatic Medicine 2009-10-16

There seems to be a common belief that women are better in multi-tasking than men, but there is practically no scientific research on this topic. Here, we tested whether have skills men. In Experiment 1, compared performance of 120 and men computer-based task-switching paradigm. 2, different group 47 "paper-and-pencil" tests. both performed more slowly when two tasks were rapidly interleaved the separately. Importantly, slow down was significantly larger male participants (Cohen's d = 0.27)....

10.1186/2050-7283-1-18 article EN cc-by BMC Psychology 2013-10-24

The concept of stress has a long and perhaps foundational history in health psychology. However, it is also not without its detractors, who point out imprecise simplistic use the concept. Four challenges for research psychology delineate nuanced contextualised future. First, 'stress' can be located environment, appraisal or response (e.g., emotions physiology). Careful conceptualisation assessment differentiate among these locales, as well reveal interactions them. Second, coping refers to...

10.1080/08870446.2012.659516 article EN Psychology and Health 2012-02-01

This cohort study investigated the influence of psychological factors, including perception illness, anxiety and depression on recovery functional outcome after total knee replacement surgery. A 100 patients (55 male; 45 female) with a mean age 71 (42 to 92) who underwent primary for osteoarthritis were recruited into this study. In all 97 participants completed six week 87 one year follow-up questionnaires. Pre-operatively revised Illness Perception Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety...

10.1302/0301-620x.96b2.31136 article EN The Bone & Joint Journal 2014-02-01

Limited data are available exploring the associations between sex hormones, multiple domains of sexual functioning, and function-related distress in nonpatient samples Europe.The aim study was to investigate relationships serum testosterone (T), estradiol (E2), dihydrotestosterone (DHT) function a multicenter population-based aging men.Using stratified random sampling, 2838 men aged 40-79 yr completed European Male Ageing Study-Sexual Function Questionnaire provided blood sample for hormone...

10.1210/jc.2010-2216 article EN The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2011-08-17
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