Elizabeth Nixon
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Elizabeth Nixon is a Lecturer in Developmental Psychology based in the School of Psychology and a Senior Research Fellow at the Children's Research Centre. Elizabeth received a BA and MLitt Degree in Psychology from UCD and a PhD in Psychology and Post-graduate Diploma in Statistics from TCD. Her doctoral research explored how parenting practices and family relationships are negotiated and experienced by children and their mothers within lone-mother households and was carried out at the Children's Research Centre. Prior to taking up her lectureship in psychology in October 2006, Elizabeth worked as a Research Fellow at the Children's Research Centre where she was involved in the First National Study of Intercountry Adoption in Ireland, funded by the Adoption Board (published in 2007). Her research focuses onparenting and family as a context for children's development.
Research Interest
Developmental Psychology, Parenting, Parent-Child Relationships, Adoption, Irish childhoods, Children's experiences, Childhood Obesity
Publications
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Reulbach, U., Ladewig, E.L., Nixon, E., O Moore, M., Williams, J. & O Dowd, T.C., Weight, body image and bullying in 9-year-old children., Journal of Pediatrics & Child Health, 49, (4), 2013, pE288 - E293
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Family Policy in Ireland in, editor(s)Robila, M. , Handbook of Family Policies across the Globe, New York, Springer, 2013, pp125 - 136, [Fahey, T. & Nixon, E.]
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Nixon, E., Greene, S. & Hogan, D., Its whats normal for me. Irish childrens experiences of growing up in a continuously single parent household, Journal of Family Issues, 2013
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Fitzgerald, A., Heary, C., Kelly, C., Nixon, E. & Shevlin, M., Self-efficacy for healthy eating and peer support for unhealthy eating are associated with adolescents food intake patterns, Appetite, 63, 2013, p48 - 58
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Nixon, E., Swords, L., & Murray, A., Growing up in Ireland, National Longitudinal Study of Children: Parenting and Infant Development., Dublin, Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, 2013, p6 - 64
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Hadfield, K. & Nixon, E., Including those that exclude themselves: Comparisons of self-identifying and non self-identifying stepfamilies., Journal of Family Studies, 19, (2), 2013, p209 - 218
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Lydon, D.M., Nixon, E., Facial mimicry interference affects reaction time but not accuracy on an emotion recognition task in children, adolescents and adults, Irish Journal of Psychology, 35, (2-3), 2014, p106-120
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Byrne, S., Swords, L. & Nixon, E., Mental Health Literacy and Help-Giving Responses in Irish Adolescents, Journal of Adolescent Research, 30, (4), 2015, p477 - 500
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Nixon, E., Greene, S., Hogan, D., Its Whats Normal for Me: Children Experiences of Growing Up in a Continuously Single-Parent Household, Journal of Family Issues, 36, (8), 2015, p1043-1061
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Parenting and Childrens Development in Ireland: Lessons from Psychology in, editor(s)C. O Doherty & A. Jackson , Learning on the Job: Parenting in Modern Ireland, Cork, Oak Tress Press, 2015, pp119-134. - [Nixon, E.]
