Sinead Smyth
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Dr Sinéad Smyth (BA Hons Psychology, PhD., PGCHEP) is a senior lecturer/associate professor in psychology at the newly established School of Psychology. She is School of Psychology Research Convenor and Programme Chair of the MSc in Psychology and Wellbeing.
Prior to the establishment of the of Psychology she was a lecturer in Psychology the School of Nursing and Human Sciences (SNHS), Dublin City University from 20011-2019. She was Research Convenor of the SNHS from In September 2017 - September 2018 and Deputy Head of the SNHS from January 2017- July 2019.
Prior to the establishment of the of Psychology she was a lecturer in Psychology the School of Nursing and Human Sciences (SNHS), Dublin City University from 20011-2019. She was Research Convenor of the SNHS from In September 2017 - September 2018 and Deputy Head of the SNHS from January 2017- July 2019.
Peer Reviewed Journal
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2022 | Bohan, C.;McDowell, C.;Smyth, S. (2022) 'Does the Immediacy of Feedback Matter in Game-Based Classroom Management? Analysis of the Caught Being Good Game With Adolescent Students'. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, . [Link] [DOI] | |
2021 | Forde, J.J.;Smyth, S. (2021) 'Avoidance Behavior in Adults with Developmental Coordination Disorder is Related to Quality of Life'. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, . [Link] [DOI] | |
2021 | Clare Bohan,., Sinéad Smyth, Claire McDowell, (2021) 'An Evaluation of the Caught Being Good Game With an Adolescent Student Population'. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 23 (1):42-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098300720928455 | |
2021 | Sinéad Smyth, Nadine Mc Laughlin, Cillian Egan, Cathal Gurrin, Katie Quinn, Maria McGarrell, Sarah Devlin (2021) 'Study protocol for autism specific transition resources (T-Res Study): developing a flexible resource package for dealing with the loosening and/or lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]'. HRB Open Research, 4 (12). https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13155.1 | |
2021 | Smyth, S;Mc Laughlin, N;Egan, C;Gurrin, C;Quinn, K;McGarrell, M;Devlin, S (2021) 'Study protocol for autism specific transition resources (T-Res Study): developing a flexible resource package for dealing with the loosening and/or lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions'. HRB Open Research, 4 . [DOI] | |
2020 | Leonard, NM;Smyth, S (2020) 'Does training matter? Exploring teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of children with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream education in Ireland'. International Journal of Inclusive Education, . [DOI] | |
2020 | Bohan, C;Smyth, S;McDowell, C (2020) 'An Evaluation of the Caught Being Good Game With an Adolescent Student Population'. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, . [DOI] | |
2019 | O’Neill S.;Smyth S.;Smeaton A.;O’Connor N. (2019) 'Assistive technology: Understanding the needs and experiences of individuals with autism spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disability in Ireland and the UK'. Assistive Technology, . [DOI] | |
2018 | Barron, R;Leslie, JC;Smyth, S (2018) 'Teaching Real-World Categories Using Touchscreen Equivalence-Based Instruction'. Psychological Record, 68 :89-101. [DOI] | |
2017 | Sean Hughes, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Sinead Smyth (2017) 'Implicit Cross-Community Biases Revisited: Evidence for Ingroup Favoritism in the Absence of Outgroup Derogation in Northern Ireland'. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD, 67 (1):97-107. [Link] [DOI] | |
2017 | Cantwell M;Walsh D;Furlong B;Moyna N;McCaffrey N;Boran L;Smyth S;Woods C; (2017) 'Healthcare professionals' knowledge and practice of physical activity promotion in cancer care: Challenges and solutions'. European Journal of Cancer Care, . [DOI] | |
2017 | Smyth S;Reading BE;McDowell C; (2017) 'The impact of staff training on special educational needs professionals' attitudes toward and understanding of applied behavior analysis'. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, . [DOI] | |
2017 | Costello, KM;Smyth, S (2017) 'Group Contingencies to Increase School and Project Attendance in At-Risk Adolescents: A Pilot Study'. Education and Treatment of Children, 40 :379-400. | |
2014 | Hyland J.;Smyth S.;O’Hora D.;Leslie J. (2014) 'The Effect of Before and After Instructions on the Speed of Sequential Responding'. Psychological Record, 64 (2):311-319. [DOI] | |
2012 | Hyland, J., O’Hora, D., Leslie, J. & Smyth S (2012) 'Sequential responding in accordance with temporal relational cues: A comparison of ‘Before’ and ‘After’ cues'. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD, 62 :463-484. | |
2011 | Brysbaert, M. & Smyth, S. (2011) 'Self-enhancement in scientific research: The self-citation bias'. PSYCHOLOGICAL BELGICA, 51 . | |
2009 | Derakshan, N., Smyth, S., & Eysenck, M.W. (2009) 'Effects of state anxiety on task-switching: An investigation of attentional control theory'. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 16 :1112-1117. | |
2008 | Smyth S., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Barnes-Holmes, Y. (2008) 'Acquired equivalence in human discrimination learning: Mediated generalization and verbal processes'. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34 :167-177. | |
2007 | O’Toole, C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Smyth, S. (2007) 'A derived transfer of functions and the implicit association test'. Journal of the experimental analysis of behaviour, 88 :263-283. | |
2006 | Smyth, S., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Forsyth, J. P. (2006) 'A Derived Transfer of Simple Discrimination and Self-reported anxiety functions in spider fearful and non-spider fearful participants'. Journal of the experimental analysis of behaviour, 85 :223-246. |
Conference Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Le T.;Ninh V.;Dang-Nguyen D.;Tran M.;Zhou L.;Redondo P.;Smyth S.;Gurrin C. (2019) LSC 2019 - Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Lifelog Search Challenge LifeSeeker - Interactive lifelog search engine at LSC 2019 [DOI] | |
2015 | Corrigan O.;Glynn M.;McKenna A.;Smeaton A.;Smyth S. (2015) Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL Student data: Data is knowledge: Putting the knowledge back in the students' hands | |
2015 | Corrigan O.;Smeaton A.;Glynn M.;Smyth S. (2015) Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Using educational analytics to improve test performance [DOI] | |
2015 | Corrigan, O;Glynn, M;McKenna, A;Smeaton, A;Smyth, S (2015) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON R-LEARNING (ECEL 2015) Student Data: Data is Knowledge: Putting the Knowledge Back in the Students' Hands |
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Research Interests
Sinéad's research interests are in the areas of behaviour change in health and educational contexts. Specific interests include sleep in clinical and non-clinical populations, game based classroom management, anxiety and autism. Current projects include: Factors influence sleep quality in adults; Autism Specific Transition Resources (T-Res; funded by a HRB COVID-19 Rapid Response Award); Using group contingencies for classroom management in primary and secondary settings (previously funded by a DCU Career Enhancement grant).
Teaching Interests
Sinéad teaches on the BSc in Psychology. Her modules include NS219 Personality Psychoology, NS229 Experimetnal Beahviour Analysis, NS336 ABA across the lifespan and NS4538 Programming for experimental Psychology. She is also coordinator of the Psychology INTRA placement modules.