Siobhán M. Griffin
About
Dr Siobhán Griffin is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Dept of Psychology at the University of Limerick. Her work involves research on the social identity model of trauma and identity change (SIMTIC).
Siobhán is particularly interested in how psychological factors can influence physical health. Much of her research has focused on how emotion regulation ability relates to psychological and physical health. In particular, she has shown how trait emotion regulation is associated with cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress. In other work she has demonstrated that instructed reappraisal does not aid cardiovascular reactivity to stress.
She is an advocate of open-science principles and of large-scale multi-site projects. Indeed, she has been involved in a number of such projects, for instance the International Collaboration on the Social & Moral Psychology of COVID-19 (ICSMP), the COVIDiStress 2 Global Consortium, Construal Level International Multilab Replication Project (CLIMR), Maths & Stats Anxiety project, and STRAEQ-2.
She is open to potential collaborations with other researchers.
Recent Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Limerick
Research on the social identity model of traumatic identity change (SIMTIC). Focusing on how social identity may influence trauma trajectories and subsequent psychological and physical health.
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick
Teaching:
Module Leader:
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Health Psychology (PS4138; UG)
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Advanced Analysis 1 (PS6051; PG)
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Advanced Analysis 2 (PS6032; PG)
Team-Teaching
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Theory and Method 1 (Biological Psychology; UG)
Supervison
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Sole supervision of 4 undergraduate dissertations and 6 Master-level dissertations (AY 2019/20).
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Co-supervision of 6 undergraduate and 4 Master-level dissertations (sole from; Sept 2020 - Feb 2021 then took new position).
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Twelve research interns
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Two paid RAs (one from external funding that I secured).
Education
2020
PhD in Psychology, University of Limerick
Title: Emotion Regulation Style and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Active and Passive Stress: Cross-sectional and Experimental Analyses
Supervisors: Dr Siobhán Howard & Dr Ann-Marie Creaven
2015
B.Ed in Education and Psychology
This was a dual degree from which I received a teaching qualification (primary/elementary school level) and a Psychological Society of Ireland accredited Psychology honors degree (1st Class Honors).