Psychology Research Institute

  1. Background
  2. Publications
  3. Research Activity

Dr Marian McLaughlin

My research work has primarily been in

- Theory of planned behaviour applied to safer sex
- Teenage sexual health
- Health promotion
- Palliative care
- Parkinson’s disease
- Qualitative theory and methods

Community Resources
- User participation in primary care
- Young people’s awareness and utilisation of sexual health services in Northern Health and Social Care Trust
- Educational needs of post-registration nurses in the CAWT region : Western Health and Social Care Trust
- An evaluation of a smoking cessation clinic : Northern Health and Social Care Trust
- An evaluation of a benign prostate hyperplasia clinic : Western Health and Social Services Trust

Memberships
- Member British Psychological Society
- Member Northern Ireland Hospice Multidisciplinary Research Group
- Member Royal College of Nursing Parkinson’s Disease Network

Contact Information
Dr Marian McLaughlin
Lecturer in Psychology
Room H245
Coleraine campus
Tel: +44 (0)28 70324599
m.mclaughlin@ulster.ac.uk

Publications

Number of items: 4.

McLaughlin, Dorry, Hasson, Felicity, Kernohan, George, Waldron, Mary, McLaughlin, Marian, Cochrane, Barbara and Chambers, Helen (2010) Living and coping with Parkinson's disease: Perceptions of informal carers. Palliative Medicine, 25 (2). pp. 177-182.

Hasson, Felicity, Kernohan, George, McLaughlin, Marian, Waldron, Mary, McLaughlin, Dorry, Chambers, Helen and Cochrane, Barbara (2010) An exploration into the palliative and end-of-life experiences of carers of people with Parkinson’s disease. Palliative Medicine, 24 (7). pp. 731-736.

McLaughlin, Marian, Thompson, Kathryn, Parahoo, Kader, Armstrong, Janice and Hume, Allison (2007) Inequalities in the provision of sexual health information for young people.. The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 33 (2). pp. 99-105.

Parahoo, Kader, Thompson, Kathryn, Cooper, Marian, Stringer, Maurice, Ennis, Edel and McCollam, Paddy (2003) Stroke: awareness of the signs, symptoms and risk factors--a population-based survey.. Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 16 (2). pp. 134-40.

This list was generated on Tue May 22 19:15:30 2012 BST.

Research Activity / Grants

Current research projects
- Safer sex behaviour among teenage mothers
- Palliative care and Parkinson’s Disease

Research Collaborations
- Northern Ireland Hospice Care
- Parkinson’s Disease Society Northern Ireland

Source Research programme Amount
Department for Employment and Learning Factors motivating safe sex practices amongst teenage mothers. £36,000
Causeway Health and Social Services Trust Young people’s awareness and utilisation of sexual health services. £9, 730