Psychology Research Institute

  1. Background
  2. Publications
  3. Research Activity

Dr Sam Murphy

My research has primarily been in
- Mental health
- Pain during childhood
- Ergonomics

Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member British Psychological Society
- Member Ergonomics Society
- Associate member Neuroscience Mental Health RRG

Contact Information
Lecturer in Psychology
Room MB023B
Magee campus
Tel: +44 (0)28 71375416
sd.murphy@ulster.ac.uk

Publications

Number of items: 7.

Ferry, Finola, Bolton, D, Bunting, Brendan, O'Neill, Siobhan and Murphy, Sam (2010) The experience and psychological impact of 'Troubles' related trauma in Northern Ireland: a review.. Irish Journal of Psychology, 31. pp. 95-110.

Jalon, EGG, Lennon-Fraser, Sheila, Hanna, J, Murphy, Sam and Lowe-Strong, Andrea (2008) Energy Conservation for People with MS-related Fatigue: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Physiotherapy Research International, 13 (3). pp. 139-140.

Devine, S, Bunting, Brendan, McCann, Siobhan and Murphy, Sam (2008) Mixture modelling of DSM-IV-TR Paranoid Personality Disorder criteria in a general population sample. Advances in Methodology and Statistics, 5 (1). pp. 33-43.

Adamson, Gary, Murphy, Sam, Shevlin, M, Buckle, Peter and Stubbs, David (2007) Profiling schoolchildren in pain and associated demographic and behavioural factors: A latent class approach. PAIN, 129 (3). pp. 295-303.

Murphy, Sam, Buckle, P and Stubbs, D (2004) Classroom posture and self-reported back and neck pain in schoolchildren. Applied Ergonomics, 35. pp. 113-120.

Murphy, Sam, Buckle, P and Stubbs, D (2002) The use of the portable ergonic observation method (PEO) to monitor the sitting posture of schoolchildren in the classroom. Applied Ergonomics, 33. pp. 365-370.

Murphy, Sam, Buckle, P and Stubbs, D A cross-sectional study of self-reported back and neck pain among English schoolchildren and associated physical and psychological risk factors. Applied Ergonomics, 38 (6). pp. 797-804.

This list was generated on Tue May 22 19:07:42 2012 BST.

Research Activity / Grants

Current Research Projects
- Mental health in the general population
- Back pain in school children
- Ergonomics in schools and the workplace

Source Research programme Amount
Irish Society for Health Care Development of an improved patient satisfaction questionnaire £270,000
Western Health and Social Services Board Mental health in unemployed men £10,000
NICTT - Lottery Troubles-related trauma in Northern Ireland: extent of the problem, associated factors and effects. £91,200