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Biographical Details:

Lauren Hamel (PhD - Michigan State University, 2009) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Dublin City University and is a part of the HRM group and a member of the Learning, Innovation and Knowledge (Link) Research Centre. Lauren has worked on several large-scale research projects funded by the United State¿s Department of Defense, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Lauren¿s expertise lies in the areas of health communication and interpersonal communication with a persuasion emphasis. She studies the cross section of these three areas by exploring what influences interpersonal relationships have on health attitudes, knowledge, behaviours, and outcomes. Her methodological training is heavily quantitative but it is supplemented with increasing experience in qualitative methodologies. Lauren held a previous post in the Department of Psychology at the University of Limerick.

Research Interests:

Lauren is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow funded through the Health Research Board. She is a member of a research team conducting an international comparison utilizing a systemic paradigm in considering the design and implementation of national policy for quality and safety in hospitals in both Ireland and Scotland. The focus of this investigation is on policy, organisational and managerial features, as well as clinical aspects of care with emphasis on the overarching system and organisational enablers and barriers to quality and safety. Broadly, Lauren¿s research interests focus on how communication can be used to motivate and influence the adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviours and the cessation of unhealthy behaviours. She is particularly interested in how communicative and psychological theoretical perspectives can be applied in practical settings such as healthcare, business, and familial settings in an effort to improve various types of health-related outcomes and output. Her specific individual research interests include studying the use of action tendency emotions as health persuasion tactics, the influence of social norms on various health-related perceptions and behaviours, how perceived benefits and barriers and social support influence the physical activity levels of preadolescents and adolescents, and the effectiveness of web and computer-based physical activity and diet interventions.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Hamel, L. M., & Robbins, L. B. (In press). Computer- and web-based interventions to promote healthy eating among preadolescents and adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
• Hamel, L.M., Robbins, L.B., & Wilbur, J. 2011. Computer- and web-based interventions to increase preadolescent and adolescent physical activity: A systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 67, 2, 251-268.
• Glazer, E. L., Smith, S. W., Atkin, C. K., & Hamel, L. M. 2010. Investigating differential effects of sensation seeking and alcohol consumption on perceptions of others¿ drinking and social norms message believability. Journal of Health Communication. 15, 8, 825-839.
• Levine, T. R., Kim, R. K., & Hamel, L. M. 2010. People lie for a reason: Three experiments documenting the principle of veracity. Communication Research Reports,. 27, 4, 271-285
• Smith, S.W. Hamel, L. M., Kotowski, M. R., Munday, S., LaPlante, C., Atkin, C. K., et al. 2010. Action tendency emotions evoked by memorable breast cancer messages and their association with prevention and detection behaviors. Health Communication. 25, 8, 737-746.
• Robbins, L. B., Sikorskii, A., Hamel, L. M., Wu, T. Y., & Wilbur, J. 2009. Gender comparisons of perceived benefits of and barriers to physical activity in middle school youth.Research in Nursing and Health. 32, 2, 163-176.
• Walther, J. B, Van Der Heide, B., Hamel, L. M., & Shulman, H. C. 2009. Self-generated vs. other-generated statements and impressions in computer-mediated communication: A test of warranting theory using Facebook. Communication Research. 36, 2, 229-253.
• Robbins, L. B., Sommel, M., & Hamel, L. M. 2008. Social support for physical activity of middle school students. Public Health Nursing. 25, 5, 451-460.

Selected Chapters

• Hamel, L. M. (In press). Emotional intelligence. In P. Flood and Y. Freeney (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Management 3rd Edition. West Susssex: Wiley.
• Smith, S. W., Hamel, L. M., & Glazer, E. L. (2009). Media depictions of relationships. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relations (pp. 1081-1083). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Smith, S. W., Hamel, L. M., & Glazer, E. L. (2009). Action tendencies associated with emotions in health messages. In R. Ma (Ed.), How much do you know about doctor-patient communication? (pp. 75-98). Hong Kong: KAI Education.
• Burgoon, J. K., & Hamel, L. M. 2008. Deceptive message production. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication (pp. 1177-1181). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

• Hamel, L. M., Flood, P.C., McDermott, A., & McKee, L. (September, 2012), Perceptions of hospital quality and safety climate and communicating adverse events and near misses , Abstract accepted to the Irish Academy of Management , 07-SEP-12 - 07-SEP-12, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
• Hamel, L. M., McDermott, A., McKee, L., & Flood, P.C. (September, 2012), Comparison of the influence strategies utilised by institutions responsible for supporting quality and safety in hospitals in Ireland and Scotland , Abstract accepted to the International Conference of the European Association for Communication , 05-SEP-12 - 05-SEP-12, St. Andrews University, Scotland, UK
• Hamel, L. M., McDermott, A., McKee, L., & Flood, P. (April, 2012), A review of Scottish and Irish healthcare policy: Understanding the development and enactment of the quality and safety agenda through international benchmarking, Paper presented to the Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare Conference, 16-APR-12 - 16-APR-12, Trinity College University, Dublin, Ireland
• Hamel, L. M., & Robbins, L. B. (April 2012), Computer- and web-based interventions to promote healthy eating among children and adolescents: A systematic review , Paper presented to the Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland , 04-APR-12 - 04-APR-12, Queen¿s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Hamel, L. M., McDermott, A., McKee, L., & Flood, P. (2012, March), The discourse of distributed leadership norms in national health policy implementation: A comparative analysis., Paper presented to the European regional meeting of the International Communication Association., 07-MAR-12 - 07-MAR-12, Roubaix, France.
• McDermott, A., Hamel, L. M., McKee, L., & Flood, P. (2011, December), A review of Scottish and Irish healthcare policy: Understanding the development and enactment of the quality and safety agenda., Paper presented to the Health Care Management & Policy Workshop of the Health Organisation Research network, , 01-DEC-11 - 01-DEC-11, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Hamel, L. M. (2011, November), Using action tendency emotions as persuasive tools for mothers¿ to encourage a healthy diet for their preadolescent daughters., Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, , 15-NOV-11 - 15-NOV-11, New Orelans, LA.
• Hamel, L. M. (2011, November), The Theory of Planned Behavior and predicting maternal intention and encouragement of a healthy diet for preadolescent daughters. , Paper presented to the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, , 01-NOV-11 - 02-NOV-11, New Orelans, LA.
• Hamel, L. M. (2011, April), Continuing the investigation of the emotion-behaviour link., Poster presented at the Annual Conference of Social Psychology in Ireland , 26-APR-11 - 26-APR-11, University of Limerick.
• Hamel, L. M. (2011, April), The influence of foresight on health behaviours, Poster presented at the Annual Psychology, Health, and Medicine Conference, 01-APR-11 - 03-APR-11, National University of Ireland, Galway.
• Hamel, L. M. (2010, December), Predicting maternal encouragement of healthy eating in a Theory of Planned Behaviour framework , Paper presented at the Irish Social Science Platform , 06-DEC-10 - 06-DEC-10, University of Limerick.
• Hamel, L. M. (2010, March), Action tendency emotions and maternal encouragement of healthy diets in preadolescent daughters, Poster presented at the Annual Psychology, Health, & Medicine Conference, 30-MAR-10 - 31-MAR-10, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin.
• Hamel, L. M., & Clark-Hitt, R. (2009, November), A content analysis of newspaper coverage of college drinking, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, 15-NOV-09 - 15-NOV-09, Chicago, IL.
• Silk, K. J., Neuberger, L., Hamel, L . M., & Bowman, N. (2009, November), The role of social norms in increasing blood donation behavior, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, 15-NOV-09 - 15-NOV-09, Chicago, IL.
• Hamel, L. M., & Smith, S. W. (2009, November), Using action tendency emotions as persuasive tools for mothers to encourage a healthy diet for their preadolescent daughters in a Theory of Planned Behavior Framework, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers, 01-NOV-09 - 01-NOV-09, San Francisco, CA.
• Smith, S. W., Hamel, L. M., Kotowski, M. R., Munday, S., LaPlante, C., Atkin, C. K., et al. (2009, May), Action tendency emotions evoked by memorable breast cancer messages and their association with prevention and detection behaviors, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, 15-MAY-09 - 15-MAY-09, Chicago, IL.
• Hamel, L. M., Neuberger, L., Silk, K. J., & Lee, C. (2009, April), Empathic concern as a predictor of blood donation intention and behavior, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, 15-APR-09 - 15-APR-09, Philadelphia, PA.
• Hamel, L. M., & Robbins, L. B. (2009, March), A review of computer- and web-based interventions to promote physical activity among preadolescents and adolescents, Poster presented at Pediatrics Research Day, 15-MAR-09 - 15-MAR-09, Detroit, MI.
• Glazer, E. L., Smith, S. W., Atkin, C. K., & Hamel, L. M. (2008, November), Investigating differential effects of sensation seeking and alcohol consumption on perceptions of others¿ drinking and social norms message believability, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, 15-NOV-08 - 15-NOV-08, San Diego, CA.
• Hamel, L. M. (2008, November), The effect of relevant and irrelevant cognitive effort on deception detection ability, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association , 15-NOV-08 - 15-NOV-08, San Diego, CA.
• Hamel, L. M., & Smith, S. W. (2008, November), Harnessing action tendency emotions to induce mothers to encourage healthy eating in their preadolescent daughters, Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers, 01-NOV-08 - 01-NOV-08, Birmingham, AL.
• Silk, K. J., Hamel, L. M., & Maloney, E. (2008, May), Testing the effectiveness of a service learning experience on student outcomes in a communication campaign class, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, 15-MAY-08 - 15-MAY-08, Montreal, Canada.
• Walther, J. B, Van Der Heide, B., Hamel, L. M., & Shulman, H. C. (2008, May), Self-generated vs. other-generated statements and impressions in computer-mediated communication: A Facebook test of warranting theory, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, 15-MAY-08 - 15-MAY-08, Montreal, Canada.
• Smith, S. W., Hamel, L. M., Kotowski, M., Munday, S., LaPlante, C., Atkin, C. K., et al. (2008, April), Action tendency emotions associated with memorable breast cancer messages and prevention and detection behaviors, Poster presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, 15-APR-08 - 16-APR-08, Lexington, KY.
• Robbins, L. B., Sommel, M., & Hamel, L. M. (2008, April), Social support for physical activity of middle school students, Paper presented at the Michigan Epidemiology Conference, 01-APR-08 - 01-APR-08, East Lansing, MI.
• Robbins, L. B., Sikorskii, A., & Hamel, L. M. (2008, March), A comparison of perceived benefits of and barriers to physical activity perceived by middle school students, Poster presented at Lansing Community Research Day, 15-MAR-08 - 15-MAR-08, Lansing, MI.
• Levine, T. R., Kim, R. K., & Hamel, L. M. (2007, November), People lie for a reason: An experimental test of the principle of veracity, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, 15-NOV-07 - 15-NOV-07, Chicago, IL.
• Hamel, L. M., Burgoon, J. K., Humphreys, S., & Moffit, K. (2007, November), The "when" of detecting interactional deception, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, 15-NOV-07 - 15-NOV-07, Chicago, IL.
• Atkin, C. K., Smith, S. W., Whitten, P. S., Silk, K. J., & Hamel, L. M. (2007, May), Unsafe environmental contaminants and breast cancer: Website advisories, media news coverage and women¿s risk perceptions, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, 15-MAY-07 - 15-MAY-07, San Francisco, CA.
• Burgoon, J. K., Bonito, J. A., & Hamel, L. M. (2006, November), Effects of communication modality on communication and decision quality: Does cognitive load matter?, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, 15-NOV-06 - 15-NOV-06, San Antonio, TX.
• Burgoon, J. K., Blair, J. P., & Hamel, L. M. (2006, June), Factors influencing deception detection: Impairment or facilitation?, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, 15-JUN-06 - 15-JUN-06, Dresden, Germany.
• Tamborini, R., Skalski, P., Weber, R., Westerman, D., Hamel, L. M., Boyan, A., et al. (2005, November), The appeal of interaction violence in computer/video games, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, 15-NOV-05 - 15-NOV-05, Boston, MA.