Assistant Professor in Psychology

robert.fox@ncirl.ie

Key Responsibilities at NCI

• Module Leader – modules including Applied Statistics (part-time), Applied Research Methods (part-time), and Business Mathematics and Statistics (full-time)

Education

• PhD in Psychology – Maynooth University
• Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning - Maynooth University
• BA Hons (1.1) in Psychology – National College of Ireland

Academic Experience

• Lecturer in Psychology, National College of Ireland, Ireland (2021)
• Postdoctoral research fellow, University College Dublin (2020 – 2021)
• Associate Faculty, National College of Ireland (2017 – 2021)
• Final year project supervisor, Dublin Business School (2021)
• Tutor in Psychology, Maynooth University (2016 – 2020)
• Research assistant, Trinity College Dublin (2019 – 2020)

Research Interests

• Psychotraumatology
• Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Complex PTSD
• Loneliness
• Psychosis
• Psychiatric comorbidity
• Psychopathology
• Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) model
• Public health
• Health systems

Research Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Bentall, R. P., Butter, S., Hartman, T. K., Karatzias, T., Martinez, A. P., McBride, O., Murphy, J., & Fox, R. (2022) "State of Ireland's mental health: Findings from a nationally representative survey". Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31, e47, pp. 1-13. ISSN 2045-7979. (IF = 6.892)
• Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Ford, J. D., Fox, R., & Spinazzola, J.(2022) "The Latent Structure of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology and its Association with Different Forms of Trauma and Suicidality and Self-Harm". Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. ISSN 2730-7174. (IF = 3.837, Epub ahead of print)
• Fox, R., Mulcahy Symmons, S., De Brún, A., Joyce, D., Muldoon, E. G., McGinty, T., O’Reilly, K. M. A., O’Connor, E., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). "Mixed methods protocol to examine the acceptability and clinical characteristics of a remote monitoring programme for delivery of COVID-19 care, among healthcare staff and patients." BMJ Open, 11(9), e051408.
• McGinty, G., Fox, R., Ben-Ezra, M., Cloitre, M., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., & Hyland, P. (2021). "Sex and age differences in ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD: An analysis of four general population samples." European Psychiatry, 64(1), E66. 
• Anjara, S., Fox, R., Rogers, L., De Brún, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). "Teamworking in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10371.
• Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Daly, M., Butter, S., Bentall, R. P., Fox, R., Karatzias, T., MacLachlan, M., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Murphy, D., Spikol, E., & Shevlin, M. (2021). "Trajectories of change in internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal population-based study." Journal of Affective Disorders, 295, 1024–1031.
• Fox, R., Hyland, P., Coogan, A. N., Cloitre, M., & McHugh Power, J., (2021). Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), "Complex PTSD and Subtypes of Loneliness among Older Adults." Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Hyland, P., Rochford, S., Munnelly, A., Dodd, P., Fox, R., Vallières, F., McBride, O., Shevlin, M., Bentall, R. P., Butter, S., Karatzias, T., & Murphy, J. (2021). "Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID-19 pandemic." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
• Mulcahy Symmons, S., Fox, R., Mannion, M., Joyce, D., De Brún, A., Glynn, L., Ryan, D., Keane, N., & McAuliffe, E. (2021). "A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of COVID-19 Community Assessment Hubs." HRB Open Research, 4(16).
• Fox, R., McHugh Power, J., Coogan, A. N., Beekman, A. T. F., van Tilburg, T. G., & Hyland, P. (2021). "Posttraumatic stress disorder and loneliness are associated over time: A longitudinal study on PTSD symptoms and loneliness, among older adults." Psychiatry Research, 299, 113846.
• Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Murphy, J., McBride, O., Fox, R., Bondjers, K., Karatzias, T., Bentall, R. P., Martinez, A., & Vallières, F. (2021). "A longitudinal assessment of depression and anxiety in the Republic of Ireland before and during the COVID-19 pandemic." Psychiatry Research, 300, 113905.
• Fox, R., Hyland, P., McHugh Power, J., & Coogan, A. N. (2020). "Patterns of comorbidity associated with ICD-11 PTSD among older adults in the United States." Psychiatry Research, 290, 113171.
• Fox, R., Hyland, P., McHugh Power, J., & Coogan, A. N. (2020). "Posttraumatic stress disorder among older adults: A differential item functioning analysis of PTSD in ICD-11 and DSM-5." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• Drogomyretska, K., Fox, R., & Colbert, D. (2020). "Brief report: Stress and perceived social support in parents of children with ASD." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
• Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Cloitre, M., Karatzias, T., Vallières, F., McGinty, G., Fox, R., & McHugh Power, J. (2018). "Quality not quantity: loneliness subtypes, psychological trauma, and mental health in the US adult population." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54, 1089–1099.
• Hyland, P., Fox, R., Treacy, G., Maguire, P., Boduszek, D., & Vallières, F. (2017). "Assessing the factorial validity of the attitudes and belief scale 2-abbreviated version: A call for the development a gold standard method of measuring rational and irrational beliefs." Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 35(2), 111-124.

Conference Presentations

• Fox, R., Hyland, P., McHugh Power, J., & Coogan, A. N. (2019, June). Validating the structure of PTSD among older adults: Assessing the differential item functioning of ICD-11 PTSD and DSM-5 PTSD. 16th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• Fox, R., Hyland, P., McHugh Power, J., & Coogan, A. N. (2018, August). Childhood Maltreatment and Poorer Physical Health in Later Life: The Moderating Role of Social Isolation. 32nd European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) conference, Galway, Ireland.
• Fox, R., Hyland, P., McHugh Power, J., & Coogan, A. N. (2017, April). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Psychosis Symptomatology in Older Adults: The Mediating Effect of Loneliness and Social Isolation. Irish Gerontological Society’s Postgraduate Study Day, Dublin, Ireland.

Computer Software

• Fox, R. (2021). BF & cmP Calculator: A Web App for Calculating Bayes Factors and Approximate Correct Model Probability Values [Computer software].