David Hevey
Associate Professor
Psychology
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
After his undergraduate (B.A. [Hons] Psychology) and masters (M.A. Applied Psychology) in UCD, David Hevey completed his PhD in Trinity College Dublin in 2000. He subsequently worked as a Lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Psychology (RCSI) and research psychologist in the Department of Cardiology in Beaumont Hospital, before taking up his current post as Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. He has published on a wide variety of issues in health psychology and has represented health psychology on both national and international professional committees
Research Interest
Research Interests: Psychological aspects of Coronary Heart Disease, Health psychology, Quality of life assessment, Psychological models of health behaviour, Stress, Emotional expression and health.
Publications
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Pertl, M.M., Hevey, D., Boyle, N.T., Hughes, M.M., Collier, S., O Dwyer, A.M., Harkin, A., Kennedy, M.J., & Connor, T.J., C-reactive prtoein predicts fatigue independently of depression in breast cancer patients prior to chemotherapy, Brain Behaviour and Immunity, 34, 2013, p108 - 119
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Brogan, A. & Hevey, D., Eating styles in the morbidly obese: Restraint eating, but not emotional and external eating, predicts dietary behaviour, Psychology & Health, 28, (6), 2013, p714 - 725
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Leavy, C; O Shea, M; Hevey, D; M; Monahan, M; McBennett, P; Higgins, A., Pre and post-test outcome of four day facilitation training programme on participants knowledge, skills and confidence, The Fifth Symposium of the Irish Institute of Mental health Nursing: Recovery and clinical risk management: An oxymoron, Trinity College Dublin, 10th April 2014, 2014
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Hevey, D. & Dolan, M., Approach/avoidance motivation, message framing and skin cancer prevention: a test of the congruency hypothesis, Journal of Health Psychology, 2014
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Hevey, D. McGee, H.M., & Horgan, J.H. , Comparative optimism among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) is associated with fewer adverse clinical events 12 months later, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2014
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Hevey, D., & Wilczkiewicz, E., & Horgan ,J.H, Changes in lanuguage use mediate expressive writings obenefirs on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) following Myocardial Infarction, Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine, 2, (1), 2014, p1053 - 1066
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O Shea, M; Monahan, M; McBennett, P; Leavy. C; Hevey, D; Higgins, A , Impact of a four day facilitation training programme on participants knowledge, skills and confidence: qualitative findings, The Fifth Symposium of the Irish Institute of Mental health Nursing: Recovery and clinical risk management: An oxymoron, Trinity College Dublin, 10th April 2014, 2014
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Langbecker, Danette H., Diaz, Abbey, Chan, Raymond, Marquart, Louise, Hevey, D, & Hamilton, Janelle , Educational programmes for primary prevention of skin cancer (Protocol), The Cochrane Library, 4, 2014
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McIlroy, S. & Hevey, D. , Relationship between adverse early experiences, stressors, psychosocial resources and wellbeing, Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, (1), 2014, p65 - 75
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Pertl, M. M., Hevey, D., & Quigley, J., Im not complaining because Im alive: Barriers to the emergence of a discourse of cancer-related fatigue, Psychology & Health, 29, (2), 2014, p141 - 161
