Dr Emma Nicholson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology.
Emma’s research interests focus on health inequities for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioural and systems factors that influence parent’s health-seeking for their children, as well as inclusive research and participatory methods for children and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Prior to joining the School of Psychology in DCU, Emma was a Research Fellow in the UCD Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems (UCD IRIS Centre).
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2023 | Nicholson, E., McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., Dr Brun, A., Doherty, E., Collins, C., Bury, G., & McAuliffe, E. (2023) 'Factors that affect GP referral of a child with intellectual disability for a mild illness: A discrete choice experiment'. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, . [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Nicholson, E., McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., Dr Brún, A., Doherty, E., McAuliffe, E. (2023) 'Parent’s preferences for unscheduled paediatric healthcare: A Discrete Choice Experiment'. Health Expectations, . [DOI] | |
| 2023 | McDonnell, T., Nicholson, E., Bury, G., Collins, C., Conlon, C., De Brún, A., Doherty, E., & McAuliffe, E. (2023) 'The role of contextual factors in decision-making by General Practitioners on paediatric referral to the Emergency Department: A Discrete Choice Experiment'. Health Policy, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104813 | |
| 2022 | McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., McNicholas, F., Barrett, E., Barrett, M., Cummins, F., Hensey, C., McAuliffe, E., & Nicholson, E. (2022) 'Paediatric hospital admissions for psychiatric and psychosocial reasons during the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic'. International Review of Psychiatry, . [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Emma Nicholson, Ciara Conlon, Laurel Mimmo, Edel Doherty, Suzanne Guerin (2022) 'Unscheduled healthcare for children with intellectual disabilities: A systematic scoping review'. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, . [DOI] | |
| 2022 | E. Nicholson, E. Doherty, S. Guerin, J. Schreiber, M. Barrett & E. McAuliffe (2022) 'Healthcare utilisation and unmet health needs in children with intellectual disability: a propensity score matching approach using longitudinal cohort data'. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, . https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12927 | |
| 2022 | Thérèse McDonnell, Emma Nicholson, Gerard Bury, Claire Collins, Ciara Conlon, Kevin Denny, Michael O'Callaghan, Eilish McAuliffea (2022) 'Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years: The impact on daytime and out-of-hours general practice'. Social Science and Medicine, . [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Kate Coveney, Suja Somanadhan, Emma Nicholson, Simone Piga, Valentina Pizziconi, Giuliana D'Elpidio, Andrea Gazzelloni (2022) 'First year nursing students’ evaluation of Kahoot! to facilitate learning and testing knowledge. A pilot study in Ireland and Italy'. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, . [DOI] | |
| 2021 | T. McDonnell, M. Barrett, F. McNicholas, E. Barrett , C. Conlon, F. Cummins, C. Hensey, E. McAuliffe, E. Nicholson (2021) 'Increased mental health presentations by children aged 5-15 at emergency departments during the first 12 months of covid-19'. Irish Medical Journal, . | |
| 2021 | Suzanne Guerin, Emma Nicholson, Fiona Keogh, Philip Dodd (2021) 'Staff and family views of alternative respite services for adults with intellectual disabilities – aims, outcomes and experiences'. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, . [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Ciara Conlon, Emma Nicholson, Aoife De Brún, Therese McDonnell, Eilish McAuliffe (2021) 'Stuff you think you can handle as a parent and stuff you can’t’. Understanding parental health-seeking behaviour when accessing unscheduled care: A qualitative study'. Health Expectations, . [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Ciara Conlon, Thérèse McDonnell, Michael Barrett, Fergal Cummins, Conor Deasy, Conor Hensey, Eilish McAuliffe & Emma Nicholson (2021) 'The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child health and the provision of Care in Paediatric Emergency Departments: a qualitative study of frontline emergency care staff'. BMC Health Services Research, . [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Thérèse McDonnell, Emma Nicholson, Michael Barrett, Gerard Bury, Claire Collins, Fergal Cummins, Conor Deasy, Kevin Denny, Aoife De Brún, Conor Hensey, Eilish McAuliffe (2021) 'Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years: The impact on emergency department attendance'. Social Science and Medicine, . [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Róisín O'Donovan, Lisa Rogers, Zuneera Khurshid, Aoife De Brún, Emma Nicholson, Marie O'Shea, Marie Ward, Eilish McAuliffe (2021) 'A systematic review exploring the impact of focal leader behaviours on health care team performance'. Journal of Nursing Management, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Emma Nicholson, Thérèse McDonnell, Ciara Conlon, Michael Barrett, Fergal Cummins, Conor Hensey, Eilish McAuliffe (2020) 'Parental Hesitancy and Concerns around Accessing Paediatric Unscheduled Healthcare during COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Ciara Conlon, Emma Nicholson, Beatriz Rodríguez-Martin, Roisin O (2020) 'Factors influencing general practitioners decisions to refer Paediatric patients to the emergency department: a systematic review and narrative synthesis'. BMC Family Practice, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Felicity Hasson, Emma Nicholson, Deborah Muldrew, Olufikayo Bamidele, Sheila Payne, Sonja McIlfatrick (2020) 'International palliative care research priorities: A systematic review'. BMC Palliative Care, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | E Nicholson, T McDonnell, A De Brún, M Barrett, G Bury, C Collins, C Hensey, E McAuliffe (2020) 'Factors that influence family and parental preferences and decision making for unscheduled paediatric healthcare-systematic review'. BMC Health Services Research, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Áine Teahan, Attracta Lafferty, Eilish McAuliffe, Amanda Phelan, Liam O'Sullivan, Diarmuid O'Shea, Emma Nicholson, Gerard Fealy (2020) 'Psychosocial Interventions for Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis'. Journal of Aging and Health, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Thérèse McDonnell, Emma Nicholson, Ciara Conlon, Michael Barrett, Fergal Cummins, Conor Hensey, Eilish McAuliffe (2020) 'Assessing the impact of COVID-19 public health stages on paediatric emergency attendance'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Eilish McAuliffe, Moayed Hamza, Thérèse McDonnell, Emma Nicholson, Aoife De Brún, Michael Barrett, Christopher Brunsdon, Gerard Bury, Claire Collins, Conor Deasy, John Fitzsimons, Marie Galligan, Conor Hensey (2020) 'Children’s unscheduled primary and emergency care in Ireland: a multimethod approach to understanding decision making, trends, outcomes and parental perspectives (CUPID): project protocol'. BMJ Open, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Ní Shé É; Cassidy J; Davies C; De Brún A; Donnelly S; Dorris E; Dunne N; Egan K; Foley M; Galvin M; Harkin M; Killilea M; Kroll T; Lacey V; Lambert V; McLoughlin S; Mitchell D; Murphy E; Mwendwa P; Nicholson E; O'Donnell D; O'Philbin L; (2020) 'Minding the gap: identifying values to enable public and patient involvement at the pre-commencement stage of research projects'. Research Involvement and Engagement, 6 . [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Emma Nicholson, Tara Murphy, Philip Larkin, Charles Normand, Suzanne Guerin (2019) 'Findings From a Thematic Synthesis of Key Messages From a Palliative Care Research Network: The KINDLE Project'. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, . [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Mary Casey, Daniela Rohde, Anne-Marie Brady, Gerard Fealy, Josephine Hegarty, Catriona Kennedy, Martin McNamara, Emma Nicholson, Rhona O'Connell, Laserina O'Connor, Denise O'Leary, Pauline O'Reilly, Diarmuid Stokes (2019) 'Developing a new health-related policy analysis tool: An action research cooperative inquiry approach'. Journal of Nursing Management, . [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Catriona Kennedy, Pauline O'Reilly, Rhona O'Connell, Denise O'Leary, Gerard Fealy, Josephine-Mary Hegarty, Anne-Marie Brady, Emma Nicholson, Martin McNamara, Mary Casey (2019) 'Integrative review; identifying the evidence base for policymaking and analysis in health care'. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, . [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Gerard Fealy, Suzanne Donnelly, Gerardine Doyle, Maria Brenner, Mary Hughes, Elaine Mylotte, Emma Nicholson, Marina Zaki (2019) 'Clinical handover practices among healthcare practitioners in acute care services: A qualitative study'. Journal of Clinical Nursing, . [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Gerard Fealy, Josephine-Mary Hegarty, Martin McNamara, Mary Casey, Denise O'Leary, Catriona Kennedy, Pauline O'Reilly, Rhona O'Connell, Anne-Marie Brady, Emma Nicholson (2018) 'Discursive constructions of professional identity in policy and regulatory discourse'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, . [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Emma Nicholson, Suzanne Guerin,Fiona Keogh,Philip Dodd (2018) 'Comparing Traditional-Residential, Personalised Residential and Personalised Non-Residential respite services: Quality of life findings from an Irish population with mild–moderate intellectual disabilities'. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, . [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Mary Casey, Laserina O'Connor, Andrew Cashin, Rita Smith, Denise O'Brien, Emma Nicholson, Denise O'Leary, Gerard Fealy, Martin McNamara, Mary Ellen Glasgow, Diarmuid Stokes, Claire Egan (2017) 'An overview of the outcomes and impact of specialist and advanced nursing and midwifery practice, on quality of care, cost and access to services: A narrative review'. Nurse Education Today, . [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Mary Casey, Laserina O'Connor, Emma Nicholson, Rita Smith, Denise O'Brien, Denise O'Leary, Gerard M Fealy, Martin S Mcnamara, Diarmuid Stokes, Claire Egan (2017) 'The perceptions of key stakeholders of the roles of specialist and advanced nursing and midwifery practitioners'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, . [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Emma Nicholson, Tara Murphy, Philip Larkin, Charles Normand, Suzanne Guerin (2016) 'Protocol for a thematic synthesis to identify key themes and messages from a palliative care research network'. BMC Research Notes, . [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Timothy R.Ritzert, John P.Forsyth, Christopher R.Berghoff, DermotBarnes-Holmes, EmmaNicholson (2015) 'The impact of a cognitive defusion intervention on behavioral and psychological flexibility: An experimental evaluation in a spider fearful non-clinical sample'. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, . [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Nigel A Vahey, Emma Nicholson, Dermot Barnes-Holmes (2015) 'A meta-analysis of criterion effects for the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) in the clinical domain'. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, . [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Emma Nicholson, Kimberley Dempsey, Dermot Barnes-Holmes (2014) 'The role of responsibility and threat appraisals in contamination fear and obsessive-compulsive tendencies at the implicit level'. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, . [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Nicholson, E., Hopkins-Doyle, A., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, R.A.P. (2014) 'Psychopathology, Anxiety or Attentional Control: Determining the Variables Which Predict IRAP Performance'. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD, . [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Emma Nicholson. Angela McCourt, Dermot Barnes-Holmes (2013) 'The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of obsessive beliefs in relation to disgust'. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, . [DOI] | |
| 2012 | Emma Nicholson, Dermote Barnes-Holmes (2012) 'Developing an implicit measure of disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity: examining the role of implicit disgust propensity and sensitivity in obsessive-compulsive tendencies'. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, . [DOI] | |
| 2012 | Emma Nicholson, Dermot Barnes-Holmes (2012) 'The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of spider fear'. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD, . [DOI] |
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