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Orla T. Muldoon is affiliated with the University of Limerick in Ireland. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, sociology and political science, health, social psychology, and general health professions.

Their work addresses a range of topics including social and intergroup psychology, migration, health and trauma, resilience and mental health, child abuse and trauma, COVID-19 and mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and misinformation and its impacts.

Among recent publications are:

  • Behavioral change for the circular economy: A review with focus on electronic waste management in the EU (2020), published in Resources Conservation & Recycling X
  • Personal and Political: Post-Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics (2020), published in Political Psychology
  • Stigma of eating disorders and recovery-related outcomes: A systematic review (2020), published in European Eating Disorders Review
  • Failure Leads Protest Movements to Support More Radical Tactics (2021), published in Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations (2022), published in Scientific Reports

Orla T. Muldoon has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Grace McMahon, Siobhán M. Griffin, Aoife-Marie Foran, Daragh Bradshaw, and Aisling T. O'Donnell.

Their publications appear most often in venues such as the Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, Political Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and Research Square.

Orla has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, including The Social Psychology of Trauma (2024) published by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Adolescents’ views of food and eating: identifying barriers to healthy eating

    Clifford Stevenson;Glenda Doherty;Julie Barnett;Orla T. Muldoon

  • Social Dominance in Context and in Individuals: Contextual Moderation of Robust Effects of Social Dominance Orientation in 15 Languages and 20 Countries

    Felicia Pratto;Atilla Çidam;Andrew L. Stewart;Fouad Bou Zeineddine

  • Gender, gender roles and completion of nursing education: a longitudinal study.

    Katrina McLaughlin;Orla T. Muldoon;Marianne Moutray

  • The role of personality and self-efficacy in the selection and retention of successful nursing students: a longitudinal study

    Katrina McLaughlin;Marianne Moutray;Orla T Muldoon

  • Behavioral change for the circular economy: A review with focus on electronic waste management in the EU

    Keshav Parajuly;Keshav Parajuly;Colin Fitzpatrick;Orla T. Muldoon;Ruediger Kuehr

  • No War, No Peace: Northern Ireland after the Agreement

    Roger Mac Ginty;Orla T. Muldoon;Neil Ferguson

  • The social psychology of responses to trauma: social identity pathways associated with divergent traumatic responses

    Orla T. Muldoon;S. Alexander Haslam;Catherine Haslam;Tegan Cruwys

  • Career choice in nursing students: gendered constructs as psychological barriers

    Orla T. Muldoon;Jacqueline Reilly

  • Perceived Threat, Social Identification, and Psychological Well‐Being: The Effects of Political Conflict Exposure

    Katharina Schmid;Orla T. Muldoon

  • The influence of self-esteem and social support on the relationship between stigma and depressive symptomology in parents caring for children with intellectual disabilities

    J Cantwell;O Muldoon;S Gallagher

  • Religious and National Identity after the Belfast Good Friday Agreement

    Orla T. Muldoon;Karen Trew;Jennifer Todd;Nathalie Rougier

  • Children of the Troubles: The Impact of Political Violence in Northern Ireland

    Orla T. Muldoon

  • Social support and mastery influence the association between stress and poor physical health in parents caring for children with developmental disabilities.

    Joanne Cantwell;Orla T. Muldoon;Stephen Gallagher

  • Community identity as resource and context: A mixed method investigation of coping and collective action in a disadvantaged community

    Niamh McNamara;Clifford Stevenson;Orla T. Muldoon

  • Post-traumatic growth following acquired brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jenny J. Grace;Elaine Louise Kinsella;Orla T. Muldoon;Dónal G. Fortune

  • Economic inequality and the rise of far‐right populism: a social psychological analysis

    Sarah Jay;Anatolia Batruch;Anatolia Batruch;Jolanda Jetten;Craig McGarty

  • Community identity and collective efficacy: A social cure for traumatic stress in post-earthquake Nepal

    Orla T. Muldoon;Khagendra Acharya;Sarah Jay;Kamal Adhikari

  • Father Identity, Involvement and Work–Family Balance: An In-depth Interview Study

    Katrina McLaughlin;Orla T. Muldoon

  • Social Identity, Groups, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Orla T. Muldoon;Robert D. Lowe

  • An integrative review of social and occupational factors influencing health and wellbeing

    MaryBeth Gallagher;Orla T. Muldoon;Judith Pettigrew

  • Social identification and post-traumatic stress symptoms in post-conflict Northern Ireland.

    Orla T Muldoon;Ciara Downes

Frequent Co-Authors

Dónal G. Fortune
Dónal G. Fortune University of Limerick
Stephen Reicher
Stephen Reicher University of St Andrews
James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Felicia Pratto
Felicia Pratto University of Connecticut
Kevin Durrheim
Kevin Durrheim University of Johannesburg
Jolanda Jetten
Jolanda Jetten University of Queensland
Catherine Haslam
Catherine Haslam University of Queensland
Tegan Cruwys
Tegan Cruwys Australian National University
Stevan E. Hobfoll
Stevan E. Hobfoll Rush University Medical Center
Glynis M. Breakwell
Glynis M. Breakwell University of Bath

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