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Eamonn Ferguson is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and has a strong research presence primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main research topics covered by Ferguson include:

  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Ferguson has contributed to multiple academic publications, with a significant number appearing in journals such as Transfusion and Transfusion Medicine, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, and Scientific Reports. The focus on blood donation and transfusion is notably reflected in the frequent venue Transfusion, where Ferguson has published eight papers.

Recent papers by Ferguson and colleagues 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, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Entrapment and suicide risk: The development of the 4-item Entrapment Scale Short-Form (E-SF)," 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • "A typology of blood donor motivations," 2020, Transfusion
  • "Exploring predictors of Australian community members' blood donation intentions and blood donation-related behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Transfusion

The researcher frequently collaborates with others in their field. Frequent coauthors include David A. Walsh, Ronan E. O'Carroll, Daryl B. O'Connor, Rory C. O'Connor, and Barbara Masser. The collaborative nature of Ferguson's work spans clinical interventions, psychological factors of health behavior, and public health responses.

Best Publications

  • Factors associated with success in medical school: systematic review of the literature

    Eamonn Ferguson;David James;Laura Madeley

  • Exploratory Factor Analysis: A Users’Guide

    Eamonn Ferguson;Tom Cox

  • 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

  • Effects of Daily Hassles and Eating Style on Eating Behavior

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

  • Individual differences, stress and coping.

    Tom Cox;Eamonn Ferguson

  • Does gratitude enhance prosociality?: A meta-analytic review.

    Lawrence K. Ma;Richard J. Tunney;Eamonn Ferguson

  • Loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Heather McClelland;Jonathan J. Evans;Rebecca Nowland;Eamonn Ferguson

  • 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

  • Pilot study of the roles of personality, references, and personal statements in relation to performance over the five years of a medical degree

    Eamonn Ferguson;David James;Fiona O'Hehir;Andrea Sanders

  • Blood donation is an act of benevolence rather than altruism.

    Eamonn Ferguson;Kathleen Farrell;Claire Lawrence

  • An evaluation of the relationship between Gray’s revised RST and Eysenck’s PEN: Distinguishing BIS and FFFS in Carver and White’s BIS/BAS scales

    Nadja Heym;Eamonn Ferguson;Claire Lawrence

  • The Appraisal of Life Events (ALE) scale: Reliability and validity

    Eamonn Ferguson;Gerald Matthews;Tom Cox

  • Individual strategies for coping with stress at work: A review

    Philip Dewe;Tom Cox;Eamonn Ferguson

  • An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study

    Lee Shepherd;Lee Shepherd;Ronan E O’Carroll;Eamonn Ferguson

  • Psychological processes and repeat suicidal behavior: a four-year prospective study.

    Rory C. O'Connor;Roger Smyth;Eamonn Ferguson;Caoimhe Ryan

  • A taxometric analysis of health anxiety.

    E. Ferguson

  • Three Levels of Exercise Motivation

    David K. Ingledew;David Markland;Eamonn Ferguson

  • Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology

    Eamonn Ferguson

  • Predictors of future behaviour: A review of the psychological literature on blood donation

    Eamonn Ferguson

  • Improving blood donor recruitment and retention: integrating theoretical advances from social and behavioral science research agendas.

    Eamonn Ferguson;Charles Abraham;Blaine Ditto

  • A competency model for general practice: implications for selection, training, and development.

    Fiona Patterson;Eamonn Ferguson;Pat Lane;Kathleen Farrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronan E. O'Carroll
Ronan E. O'Carroll University of Stirling
Claire Lawrence
Claire Lawrence University of Nottingham
Rory C. O'Connor
Rory C. O'Connor University of Glasgow
Daryl B. O'Connor
Daryl B. O'Connor University of Leeds
Ana M. Valdes
Ana M. Valdes University of Nottingham
Alex M. Wood
Alex M. Wood London School of Economics and Political Science
Luke D. Smillie
Luke D. Smillie University of Melbourne
Martin S. Hagger
Martin S. Hagger University of California, Merced
Ellen Townsend
Ellen Townsend University of Nottingham
Laura E. Green
Laura E. Green University of Birmingham

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