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60
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Daryl B. O'Connor is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields, primarily within psychology and medicine. The main areas of study include clinical psychology, general health professions, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work covers a broad range of topics, notably healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, COVID-19 and mental health, behavioral health and interventions, mental health research topics, suicide and self-harm studies, eating disorders and behaviors, and stress responses and cortisol.

Among frequently published venues for their research are Psychology and Health, PLoS ONE, Journal of Affective Disorders, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Frequent collaborators include Mark Conner, Judith Johnson, Sarah Wilding, Rory C. O'Connor, and Lucie Byrne-Davis.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study (2020), published in The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes (2020), published in Annual Review of Psychology
  • Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science (2020), published in British Journal of Psychology
  • Stress and eating behaviours in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021), published in Health Psychology Review
  • The association between worry and rumination with sleep in non-clinical populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020), published in Health Psychology Review

Daryl B. O'Connor has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Healthcare Staff Wellbeing, Burnout, and Patient Safety: A Systematic Review

    Louise Hall;Judith Johnson;Ian Scot Watt;Anastasia Tsipa;Anastasia Tsipa

  • Mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study.

    Rory C O’Connor;Karen Wetherall;Seonaid Cleare;Heather McClelland

  • Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes.

    Daryl B O'Connor;Julian F Thayer;Kavita Vedhara

  • Effects of Daily Hassles and Eating Style on Eating Behavior

    Daryl B. O'Connor;Fiona Jones;Mark Conner;Brian McMillan

  • Age-related changes in general and sexual health in middle-aged and older men: results from the European Male Ageing Study (EMAS).

    Giovanni Corona;David M. Lee;Gianni Forti;Daryl B. O'Connor

  • Sexual Health and Well-being Among Older Men and Women in England: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

    David M. Lee;James Nazroo;Daryl B. O’Connor;Margaret Blake

  • Daily hassles and eating behaviour: The role of cortisol reactivity status

    Emily Newman;Daryl B. O’Connor;Mark Conner

  • Type-D personality mechanisms of effect: the role of health-related behavior and social support.

    Lynn Williams;Rory C. O'Connor;Siobhán Howard;Brian M. Hughes

  • The role of message framing in promoting MMR vaccination: Evidence of a loss-frame advantage

    Purva Abhyankar;Daryl B O'Connor;Rebecca Lawton

  • Predicting hopelessness and psychological distress: the role of perfectionism and coping

    Rory C. O'Connor;Daryl B. O'Connor

  • Stress and eating behaviours in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Deborah C Hill;Mark Conner;Faye Clancy;Rachael H Moss

  • Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science.

    Daryl B. O'Connor;John P. Aggleton;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Cary L. Cooper

  • Stress and eating behaviors in children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Deborah C. Hill;Rachael H. Moss;Bianca Sykes-Muskett;Mark Conner

  • Measuring aggression: Self-reports, partner reports, and responses to provoking scenarios

    Daryl B. O’Connor;John Archer;Frederick W.C. Wu

  • Association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and cognitive performance in middle-aged and older European men

    David M Lee;Abdelouahid Tajar;Aslan Ulubaev;Neil Pendleton

  • Effects of Testosterone on Mood, Aggression, and Sexual Behavior in Young Men: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Study

    Daryl B. O’Connor;John Archer;Frederick C. W. Wu

  • Cortisol levels and suicidal behavior: a meta-analysis

    Daryl B. O’Connor;Eamonn Ferguson;Jessica A. Green;Ronan E. O’Carroll

  • Are women better than men at multi-tasking?

    Gijsbert Stoet;Daryl B O’Connor;Mark Conner;Keith R Laws

  • Activational effects of testosterone on cognitive function in men.

    Daryl B O'Connor;John Archer;W.Morton Hair;Frederick C.W Wu

  • Lower vitamin D levels are associated with depression among community-dwelling European men.

    David M Lee;Abdelouahid Tajar;Terence W O’Neill;Daryl B O’Connor

  • A taxometric analysis of type-D personality.

    Eamonn Ferguson;Lynn Williams;Rory C. O’Connor;Siobhán Howard

  • Exogenous testosterone, aggression, and mood in eugonadal and hypogonadal men.

    Daryl B O'Connor;John Archer;W.Morton Hair;Frederick C.W Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Conner
Mark Conner University of Leeds
Rory C. O'Connor
Rory C. O'Connor University of Glasgow
Eamonn Ferguson
Eamonn Ferguson University of Nottingham
Ronan E. O'Carroll
Ronan E. O'Carroll University of Stirling
Rebecca Lawton
Rebecca Lawton University of Leeds
Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Christopher J. Armitage
Christopher J. Armitage University of Manchester
Andrew Prestwich
Andrew Prestwich University of Leeds
John Archer
John Archer University of Central Lancashire
John Drury
John Drury University of Sussex

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