Prof Michael Daly

    Psychology, ALL Institute, Human Health Institute

    Professor
    Senior Lecturer - On Leave

    John Hume Building
    3rd
    3.05
    (01) 474 7742

    Biography

    Dr. Michael Daly is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University. He previously held Fulbright and Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowships at Florida State University and the University of Aberdeen respectively and lecturer positions at the University of Manchester and University of Stirling. He has a longstanding research interest in the relationship between social circumstances, resilience, and population mental health and well-being. His research has been funded by several bodies including the EU Commission, the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the National Institute for Health Research (UK), Skills Development Scotland, and the Irish Research Council.

    He has published over 100 research articles and has held editor roles at the British Journal of Health Psychology, Cogent Psychology, and Collabra Psychology. He was the recipient of the 2023 Maynooth University Advanced Research Achievement Award for the Faculty of Science and Engineering. In 2023, he was included on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list.

    A list of his publications can be found here: Michael Daly‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

    Research Projects

    Title Role Description Start date End date Amount
    Understanding the psychological basis of obesity Co-applicant 01/10/2021 30/09/2023 346000
    Assessing and protecting the mental health of the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic Co-applicant 01/12/2020 01/05/2021 63350
    Childhood self-control, social conditions, and adult health Principal Investigator 01/03/2018 187866
    Changing behaviour to improve health: the key global challenge facing society Co-applicant 01/01/2017 01/01/2018 144183
    Fuelling health equity? The impact of the Winter Fuel Payment on the health of UK households Principal Investigator 01/01/2014 01/01/2016 185020
    Childhood self-control and adult health Principal Investigator 01/01/2014 01/01/2018 362263
    Well-being, decision-making and unemployment in Europe Co-applicant 01/01/2012 01/01/2014 73120
    Behavioural Science Seminar Series Principal Investigator 01/01/2013 01/01/2015 35679
    Well-being, decision-making, and the transition from education to work Principal Investigator 01/01/2013 01/01/2016 65560
    Socioeconomic status and obesity: testing the role of executive functioning Principal Investigator 01/01/2011 01/01/2013 239000
    Understanding the psychological basis of obesity PI The obesity epidemic is one of the largest public health crises of our time. Compared to normal weight individuals, individuals living with obesity experience a dramatically reduced quality of life, are at increased risk of ill health and die younger. Obesity has been traditionally characterised using an ‘organic’ or biological model of disease: obesity is persistent because homeostatic systems defend against weight loss and the reason people with obesity die young is attributable to the biological strain of excess body fat. Here we will test an alternative ‘psychological burden’ model of obesity. We propose that the widespread stigma attached to heavier body weight produces a psychological burden that is instrumental to understanding the persistence, progression and health consequences of obesity. We will first make use of longitudinal cohort studies to quantify the role that psychological factors collectively have in explaining (i) whether a person remains overweight or obese vs. returns to a healthier weight and ii) the development of severe obesity. Next, we will exploit data from large-scale prospective studies to examine how much of the obesity-related physical disease burden (impaired health, cognitive decline, early mortality) is explained by the psychological burden of heavier body weight. By adopting this approach, we will also be able to identify potentially modifiable psychological factors that protect against the development of obesity and the progression of obesity-related disease. Finally, we will collect new data to understand the key underlying processes that contribute to the psychological burden of obesity. Our proposed psychological burden model has potential to change the way that the medical and public health community understand the development of obesity and improve treatment approaches to reduce obesity and the obesity-related disease burden. 01/03/2022 28/02/2024 8036

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2021 Michael Daly (2021) 'Personality traits and social structure' In: Macropsychology – A population science for Sustainable Development Goals. Cham, Switzerland : Springer.
    2016 Egan, Mark and Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam (2016) 'Childhood psychological predictors of lifelong economic outcomes' In: Economic Psychology. Chicester : Wiley.
    2009 Daly, Michael, and Baumeister, Roy, F. (2009) 'Social support and mental health' In: Salem Health: Psychology & Mental ​Health. United States : Salem Press.
    2021 Daly, M. (2021) 'Personality traits and social structure' In: Macropsychology: A Population Science for Sustainable Development Goals. [Link] [DOI]

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2022 Daly M.; Costigan E. (2022) 'Trends in eating disorder risk among U.S. college students, 2013–2021'. Psychiatry Research, 317 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Hyland P; Vallières F; McBride O; Murphy J; Shevlin M; Bentall RP; Butter S; Hartman TK; Karatzias T; MacLachlan M; Maguire R; Power JM; Spikol E; Daly M; (2021) 'Mental health of adults in Ireland during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a nationally representative, longitudinal study'. Psychological Medicine, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M.; Robinson E. (2021) 'Acute and longer-term psychological distress associated with testing positive for COVID-19: Longitudinal evidence from a population-based study of US adults'. Psychological Medicine, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Daly M.; Robinson E. (2022) 'Psychological distress associated with the second COVID-19 wave: Prospective evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 310 :274-278. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Daly, M, & Robinson, E. (2022) 'Depression and anxiety during COVID-19'. Lancet, 399 (10324):187-188. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Lades L.K.; Barbett L.; Daly M.; Dombrowski S.U. (2022) 'Self-control, goal interference, and the binge-watching experience: An event reconstruction study'. Computers In Human Behavior Reports, 7 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Daly M. (2022) 'Prevalence of Psychological Distress Among Working-Age Adults in the United States, 1999-2018'. American Journal of Public Health, 112 (7):1045-1049. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Pelly D.; Daly M.; Delaney L.; Doyle O. (2022) 'Worker Stress, Burnout, and Wellbeing Before and During the COVID-19 Restrictions in the United Kingdom'. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Leech K.A.; McNally S.; Daly M.; Corriveau K.H. (2022) 'Unique effects of book-reading at 9-months on vocabulary development at 36-months: Insights from a nationally representative sample of Irish families'. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 58 :242-253. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Daly M. (2022) 'Cross-national and longitudinal evidence for a rapid decline in life satisfaction in adolescence'. Journal of Adolescence, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M; Robinson E; (2021) 'High-Risk Drinking in Midlife Before Versus During the COVID-19 Crisis: Longitudinal Evidence From the United Kingdom'. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 60 (2). [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M.; Robinson E. (2021) 'Anxiety reported by US adults in 2019 and during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: Population-based evidence from two nationally representative samples'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 286 :296-300. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M. (2021) 'Prevalence of Depression Among Adolescents in the U.S. From 2009 to 2019: Analysis of Trends by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Income'. Journal of Adolescent Health, . [DOI]
    2021 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. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M.; Robinson E. (2021) 'Willingness to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in the U.S.: Representative Longitudinal Evidence From April to October 2020'. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 60 (6):766-773. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M.; Robinson E. (2021) 'Longitudinal changes in psychological distress in the UK from 2019 to September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a large nationally representative study'. Psychiatry Research, 300 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2013 Daly, M (2013) 'Personality may explain the association between cannabis use and neuropsychological impairment'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (11). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1218571110 [Full-Text]
    2012 Daly, M. (2012) 'Importance of accurately measuring spatial abilities'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (10). [DOI]
    2012 Daly, M (2012) 'Are momentary measures of positive affect better predictors of mortality than recalled feelings?'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (18). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1201630109
    2021 MacLachlan, M and Murphy, R and Daly, M and Hyland, P (2021) 'Why it's time to stop saying mental illness: A commentary on the revision of the Irish Mental Health Act [peer review: 1 approved]'. Hrb Open Research, 4 (28). [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly, Michael and MacLachlan, Malcolm and Maguire, Rebecca and Power, Joanna McHugh and Nolan, Ann and Shevlin, Mark and Spikol, Eric and Valli\`eres, Fr\'ed\'erique and Hyland, Philip (2021) 'Changes in PTSD, depression, and generalized anxiety before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland'. . [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly, Michael and Jones, Andrew and Robinson, Eric (2021) 'Public Trust and Willingness to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in the US From October 14, 2020, to March 29, 2021'. JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Sutin A.R.; Robinson E.; Daly M.; Gerend M.A.; Stephan Y.; Luchetti M.; Aschwanden D.; Strickhouser J.E.; Lee J.H.; Sesker A.A.; Terracciano A. (2020) 'BMI, Weight Discrimination, and Psychological, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic'. Obesity, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M; Sutin AR; Robinson E; (2021) 'Depression reported by US adults in 2017-2018 and March and April 2020'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 278 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Sutin A.R.; Stephan Y.; Robinson E.; Daly M.; Terracciano A. (2020) 'Body-related discrimination and dieting and substance use behaviors in adolescence'. Appetite, 151 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Daly M; Sutin AR; Robinson E; (2020) 'Longitudinal changes in mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study'. Psychological Medicine, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M; Robinson E; (2021) 'Psychological distress and adaptation to the COVID-19 crisis in the United States'. Journal of Psychiatric Research, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Robinson E; Haynes A; Sutin A; Daly M; (2020) 'Self-perception of overweight and obesity: A review of mental and physical health outcomes'. Obesity Science & Practice, 6 (5). [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Lades L.K.; Laffan K.; Daly M.; Delaney L. (2020) 'Daily emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic'. British Journal of Health Psychology, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Daly, M; Robinson, E; Sutin, AR (2020) 'Perceived overweight and suicidality among US adolescents from 1999 to 2017'. International Journal of Obesity, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Daly M.; Obschonka M.; Stuetzer M.; Sutin A.R.; Shaw-Taylor L.; Satchell M.; Robinson E. (2021) 'Neuroticism mediates the relationship between industrial history and modern-day regional obesity levels'. Journal of Personality, 89 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Bridger E.; Daly M. (2020) 'Intergenerational social mobility predicts midlife well-being: Prospective evidence from two large British cohorts'. Social Science and Medicine, 261 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Robinson, E; Daly, M (2021) 'Explaining the rise and fall of psychological distress during the COVID-19 crisis in the United States: Longitudinal evidence from the Understanding America Study'. British Journal of Health Psychology, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Robinson E.; Daly M.; Sutin A. (2020) 'Association of parental identification of child overweight and mental health problems during childhood'. International Journal of Obesity, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Daly M.; Corcoran R. (2019) 'Kindergarten self-control mediates the gender reading achievement gap: A population-based cohort study'. Journal of Research in Personality, 83 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Mousteri V; Daly M; Delaney L; (2019) 'Underemployment and psychological distress: Propensity score and fixed effects estimates from two large UK samples'. Social Science and Medicine, 244 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Sutin, Angelina R and Stephan, Yannick and Robinson, Eric and Daly, Michael and Terracciano, Antonio (2019) 'Perceived weight discrimination and risk of incident dementia'. International Journal of Obesity, 43 :1030-1034. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Crowe, Eimear and Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam and Carroll, Susan and Malone, Kevin M (2019) 'The intra-day dynamics of affect, self-esteem, tiredness, and suicidality in Major Depression'. Psychiatry Research, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Bridger, Emma and Daly, Michael (2019) 'Cognitive ability as a moderator of the association between social disadvantage and psychological distress: evidence from a population-based sample'. Psychological Medicine, :1-10. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Daly, Michael and Hall, Peter A and Allan, Julia L (2019) 'Time Perspective and All-Cause Mortality: Evidence From the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing'. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53 :489-492. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Mousteri, Victoria and Daly, Michael, and Delaney, Liam, and Tynelius, Per, and Rasmussen, Finn (2019) 'Adolescent mental health and unemployment over the lifespan: population evidence from Sweden'. Social Science and Medicine, 222 :305-314. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Haynes, A., Kersbergen, I., Sutin, A., Daly, M., & Robinson, E. (2019) 'Does perceived overweight increase risk of depressive symptoms and suicidality beyond objective weight status? A systematic review and meta-analysis'. Clinical Psychology Review, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Daly, M., Sutin, A.R., & Robinson, E. (2019) 'Perceived weight discrimination mediates the prospective association between obesity and physiological dysregulation: evidence from a population-based cohort'. Psychological Science, 30 :1030-1039. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Sutin AR; Stephan Y; Gerend MA; Robinson E; Daly M; Terracciano A; (2019) 'Perceived weight discrimination and performance in five domains of cognitive function'. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2018 Daly, Michael (2018) 'Social-Media Use May Explain Little of the Recent Rise in Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent Girls'. 6 (3):295-295. [Full-Text]
    2018 Sutin AR, Robinson E, Daly M, Terracciano A. (2018) 'Perceived body discrimination and intentional self-harm and suicide behavior in adolescence'. Childhood Obesity, 14 . https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2018.0096
    2018 Haynes, Ashleigh and Kersbergen, Inge and Sutin, Angelina and Daly, Michael and Robinson, Eric (2018) 'A systematic review of the relationship between weight status perceptions and weight loss attempts, strategies, behaviours and outcomes'. Obesity Reviews, 19 (3):347-363. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2018 McCabe, Simon and Daly, Michael (2018) 'Work, love, and death-thought accessibility: A terror management investigation'. . [Full-Text]
    2018 Mousteri, Victoria and Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam (2018) 'The scarring effect of unemployment on psychological well-being across Europe'. 72 :146-169. [Full-Text]
    2018 Robinson, Eric and Sutin, Angelina R and Daly, Michael (2018) 'Self-perceived overweight, weight loss attempts, and weight gain: Evidence from two large, longitudinal cohorts'. Health Psychology, 37 (10). [Link] https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo2015143
    2017 Doyle, Orla and Delaney, Liam and O’Farrelly, Christine and Fitzpatrick, Nick and Daly, Michael (2017) 'Can Early Intervention Improve Maternal Well-Being? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial'. 12 (1).
    2017 Daly, Michael and Egan, Mark (2017) 'Childhood cognitive ability and smoking initiation, relapse and cessation throughout adulthood: evidence from two British cohort studies'. 112 (4):651-659.
    2017 Egan, Mark and Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam and Boyce, Christopher J and Wood, Alex M (2017) 'Adolescent conscientiousness predicts lower lifetime unemployment'. 102 (4).
    2017 Lades, Leonhard K and Egan, Mark and Delaney, Liam and Daly, Michael (2017) 'Childhood self-control and adult pension participation'. 161 :102-104. [Full-Text]
    2017 McMinn, David and Fergusson, Stuart J and Daly, Michael (2017) 'Does pride really come before a fall? Longitudinal analysis of older English adults'. 359 . [Full-Text]
    2017 Bridger, Emma and Daly, Michael (2017) 'Does cognitive ability buffer the link between childhood disadvantage and adult health?'. 36 (10).
    2017 Sutin, Angelina R and Rust, George and Robinson, Eric and Daly, Michael and Terracciano, Antonio (2017) 'Parental perception of child weight and inflammation: Perceived overweight is associated with higher child c-reactive protein'. 130 :50-53.
    2017 Robinson, Eric and Haynes, A and Sutin, AR and Daly, M (2017) 'Telling people they are overweight: helpful, harmful or beside the point?'. International Journal of Obesity, .
    2017 Daly, Michael and Robinson, Eric and Sutin, Angelina R (2017) 'Does knowing hurt? Perceiving oneself as overweight predicts future physical health and well-being'. 28 (7):872-881. [Full-Text]
    2017 Boyce, Christopher J and Daly, Michael and Hounkpatin, Hilda O and Wood, Alex M (2017) 'Money may buy happiness, but often so little that it doesn’t matter'. 28 (4):544-546.
    2017 Robinson, Eric and Sutin, Angelina and Daly, Michael (2017) 'Perceived weight discrimination mediates the prospective relation between obesity and depressive symptoms in US and UK adults'. 36 (2). [Full-Text]
    2016 Daly, Michael and Egan, Mark and Quigley, Jody and Delaney, Liam and Baumeister, Roy F (2016) 'Childhood self-control predicts smoking throughout life: Evidence from 21,000 cohort study participants'. 35 (11).
    2016 Sutin, Angelina R and Stephan, Yannick and Grzywacz, Joseph G and Robinson, Eric and Daly, Michael and Terracciano, Antonio (2016) 'Perceived weight discrimination, changes in health, and daily stressors'. 24 (10):2202-2209. [Full-Text]
    2016 Sutin, Angelina and Robinson, Eric and Daly, Michael and Terracciano, Antonio (2016) 'Weight discrimination and unhealthy eating-related behaviors'. 102 :83-89.
    2016 Allan, Julia L and McMinn, David and Daly, Michael (2016) 'A bidirectional relationship between executive function and health behavior: evidence, implications, and future directions'. 10 . [Full-Text]
    2016 Egan, Mark and Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam (2016) 'Adolescent psychological distress, unemployment, and the Great Recession: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997'. 156 :98-105. [Full-Text]
    2016 Sutin, Angelina R and Robinson, Eric and Daly, Michael and Terracciano, Antonio (2016) 'Parent-reported bullying and child weight gain between ages 6 and 15'. 12 (6):482-487.
    2015 Daly, Michael and Boyce, Christopher and Wood, Alex (2015) 'A social rank explanation of how money influences health'. 34 (3).
    2015 Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam and Baumeister, Roy F (2015) 'Self-control, future orientation, smoking, and the impact of Dutch tobacco control measures'. 1 :89-96.
    2015 Boyce, Christopher J and Wood, Alex M and Daly, Michael and Sedikides, Constantine (2015) 'Personality change following unemployment'. 100 (4). [Full-Text]
    2015 Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam and Egan, Mark and Baumeister, Roy F (2015) 'Childhood Self-Control and Unemployment Throughout the Life Span Evidence From Two British Cohort Studies'. 26 (6):709-723. [Full-Text]
    2015 Alquist, Jessica L and Ainsworth, Sarah E and Baumeister, Roy F and Daly, Michael and Stillman, Tyler F (2015) 'The Making of Might-Have-Beens Effects of Free Will Belief on Counterfactual Thinking'. 41 (2):268-283.
    2015 Robinson, E and Hunger, JM and Daly, M (2015) 'Perceived weight status and risk of weight gain across life in US and UK adults'. 39 (12):1721-1726. [Full-Text]
    2015 Egan, Mark and Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam (2015) 'Childhood psychological distress and youth unemployment: Evidence from two British cohort studies'. 124 :11-17.
    2015 Wetherall, Karen and Daly, Michael and Robb, Kathryn A and Wood, Alex M and O’Connor, Rory C (2015) 'Explaining the income and suicidality relationship: income rank is more strongly associated with suicidal thoughts and attempts than income'. 50 (6):929-937.
    2015 Daly, Michael and Egan, Mark and O'Reilly, Fionnuala (2015) 'Childhood general cognitive ability predicts leadership role occupancy across life: Evidence from 17,000 cohort study participants'. 26 (3):323-341.
    2015 Daly, Michael and McMinn, David and Allan, Julia L (2015) 'A bidirectional relationship between physical activity and executive function in older adults'. 8 .
    2014 Daly, M.,Baumeister, R. F.,Delany, L.,MacLachlan. M. (2014) 'Self-control and its relation to emotions and psychobiology: Evidence from a Day Reconstruction Method study'. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 37 (1):81-93. [Full-Text]
    2014 Tate, Kelly and Stewart, Andrew J and Daly, Michael (2014) 'Influencing green behaviour through environmental goal priming: The mediating role of automatic evaluation'. 38 :225-232.
    2014 Daly, Michael (2014) 'Association of ambient indoor temperature with body mass index in england'. 22 (3):626-629. [Full-Text]
    2013 O’Brien, Kerry and Forrest, Walter and Lynott, Dermot and Daly, Michael (2013) 'Racism, gun ownership and gun control: Biased attitudes in US whites may influence policy decisions'. 8 (10). [Full-Text]
    2013 McMinn, David and Allan, Julia and Daly, Michael (2013) 'Executive functioning affects health behaviour in older people too'. 347 .
    2013 Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam (2013) 'The scarring effect of unemployment throughout adulthood on psychological distress at age 50: Estimates controlling for early adulthood distress and childhood psychological factors'. 80 :19-23.
    2013 Daly, Michael (2013) 'The relationship of C-reactive protein to obesity-related depressive symptoms: A longitudinal study'. 21 (2):248-250.
    2013 McAuliffe, Eilish and Daly, Michael and Kamwendo, Francis and Masanja, Honorati and Sidat, Mohsin and de Pinho, Helen (2013) 'The Critical Role of Supervision in Retaining Staff in Obstetric Services: A Three Country Study'. 8 (3).
    2012 DALY, Michael (2012) 'Childhood trauma may combine synergistically with stimulant use rather than cannabis use to predict psychosis'. 42 (2):445-446.
    2012 Daly, Michael (2012) 'The midlife peak in distress amongst the disadvantaged and existing ideas about mental health inequalities over the lifespan'. 42 (01):215-216.
    2011 Daly, Michael and Hevey, David and Regan, Claire (2011) 'The role of perceived risk in general practitioners' decisions to inform partners of HIV-infected patients'. 16 (2):273-287.
    2011 Daly, Michael and MacLachlan, Malcolm (2011) 'Heredity links natural hazards and human health: Apolipoprotein E gene moderates the health of earthquake survivors'. 30 (2). [Full-Text]
    2011 Daly, M., Delaney L. Doran P. P.,MacLachlan M. (2011) 'The role of awakening cortisol and psychological distress in diurnal variations in affect: A day reconstruction study'. Emotion, 11 (3):524-532.
    2011 DALY, Michael (2011) 'Poor childhood mental health may explain linkages between trauma, cannabis use and later psychotic experiences'. 41 (9):2012-2014.
    2011 Daly, Michael (2011) 'Childhood psychotic symptoms: link between non-consensual sex and later psychosis'. 200 :251-252.
    2011 Daly, Michael (2011) 'Intelligence differences may explain the link between childhood psychological problems and adult socioeconomic status'. 108 (27):10927-10928.
    2011 Daly, M. (2011) 'Physical health differences may provide a general explanation for why happy people live longer: A Letter to the Editor regarding Wiest et al (2011)'. .
    2010 Kellaghan, Thomas and Daly, Michael (2010) 'OPINIONS OF THE IRISH PUBLIC ON THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOOLS'. :43-72.
    2010 Daly, Michael and Delaney, Liam and Doran, Peter P and Harmon, Colm and MacLachlan, Malcolm (2010) 'Naturalistic monitoring of the affect-heart rate relationship: A Day Reconstruction Study'. 29 (2):186-195.
    2009 Daly, Michael and Harmon, Colm P and Delaney, Liam (2009) 'Psychological and biological foundations of time preference'. 7 (2-3):659-669.
    2008 Johnson, Katherine A and Kelly, Simon P and Robertson, Ian H and Barry, Edwina and Mulligan, Aisling and Daly, Michael and Lambert, David and McDonnell, Caroline and Connor, Thomas J and Hawi, Ziarih and others (2008) 'Absence of the 7-repeat variant of the DRD4 VNTR is associated with drifting sustained attention in children with ADHD but not in controls'. 147 (6):927-937.
    2008 Johnson, Katherine A and Robertson, Ian H and Barry, Edwina and Mulligan, Aisling and Daibhis, Aoife and Daly, Michael and Watchorn, Amy and Gill, Michael and Bellgrove, Mark A (2008) 'Impaired conflict resolution and alerting in children with ADHD: evidence from the Attention Network Task (ANT)'. 49 (12):1339-1347.
    2008 Bellgrove, Mark A and Barry, Edwina and Johnson, Katherine A and Cox, Marie and D\'aibhis, Aoife and Daly, Michael and Hawi, Ziarih and Lambert, David and Fitzgerald, Michael and McNicholas, Fiona and others (2008) 'Spatial attentional bias as a marker of genetic risk, symptom severity, and stimulant response in ADHD'. 33 (10):2536-2545.
    2008 Johnson, Katherine A and Barry, Edwina and Bellgrove, Mark A and Cox, Marie and Kelly, Simon P and D\'aibhis, Aoife and Daly, Michael and Keavey, Michelle and Watchorn, Amy and Fitzgerald, Michael and others (2008) 'Dissociation in response to methylphenidate on response variability in a group of medication na\\ive children with ADHD'. 46 (5):1532-1541.
    2007 Bellgrove, MA and Chambers, CD and Johnson, KA and Daibhis, A and Daly, M and Hawi, Z and Lambert, D and Gill, M and Robertson, IH (2007) 'Dopaminergic genotype biases spatial attention in healthy children'. 12 (8):786-792.
    2007 Grey, Ian M and Bruton, Cora and Honan, Rita and McGuinness, Roisin and Daly, Michael (2007) 'Co-operative Learning for Children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Mainstream and Special Class Settings: An exploratory study'. 23 (4):317-327.
    2005 Grey, Ian M and Honan, Rita and McClean, Brian and Daly, Michael (2005) 'Evaluating the effectiveness of teacher training in Applied Behaviour Analysis'. 9 (3):209-227.
    2005 Kellaghan, Thomas and Daly, Michael (2005) 'Opinions of the irish public on the goals of primary education'. :91-115.
    2024 Macchia, L.; Delaney, L.; Daly, M. (2024) 'Global pain levels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic'. ECONOMICS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY, 52 . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Maletta, R.M.; Daly, M.; Goodwin, L.; Noonan, R.; Putra, I.G.N.E.; Robinson, E. (2023) 'Prevalence of perceived discrimination and associations with mental health inequalities in the UK during 2019–2020: A cross-sectional study'. Psychiatry Research, 322 . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2023 McNally, S.; Leech, K.A.; Corriveau, K.H.; Daly, M. (2023) 'Indirect Effects of Early Shared Reading and Access to Books on Reading Vocabulary in Middle Childhood'. Scientific Studies of Reading, . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Daly, M.; Macchia, L. (2023) 'Global trends in emotional distress'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Macchia, L.; Daly, M.; Delaney, L. (2023) 'The effect of adverse employment circumstances on physical pain: Evidence from Australian panel data'. Preventive Medicine, 173 . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Daly, M (2023) 'Reexamining Quality Assessment and Effect Size Reporting Among Studies Showing Major Changes in Depressive Symptoms'. JAMA Pediatrics, . [DOI]
    2023 Madigan, A.; Daly, M. (2023) 'Socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms and suicidality: The role of subjective social status'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 326 . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Putra, I.G.N.E.; Daly, M.; Sutin, A.; Steptoe, A.; Robinson, E. (2023) 'The psychological legacy of past obesity and early mortality: evidence from two longitudinal studies'. BMC Medicine, 21 . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Putra, I.G.N.E.; Daly, M.; Sutin, A.; Steptoe, A.; Robinson, E. (2023) 'Psychological pathways explaining the prospective association between obesity and physiological dysregulation'. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 42 . [Link] [DOI]

    Other Journal

    Year Publication
    2019 Angelini, V., Daly, M., Moro, M., Navarro Paniagua, M., Sidman, E., Walker, I., & Weldon, M. (2019) 'The effect of the Winter Fuel Payment on household temperature and health: a regression discontinuity design study' arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.08037, 7 (1) . [DOI]

    Editorial

    Year Publication
    2022 O’Connor D.B.; Abele A.E.; Baguley T.; Daly M.; Doherty N.; Grange J.A.; Leman P.J.; Pressman S.D.; Rossit S.; Simms V. (2022) Improving psychological science: further thoughts, reflections and ways forward. [Editorial] [DOI]

    Reviews

    Year Publication
    2022 Robinson E.; Sutin A.R.; Daly M.; Jones A. (2022) A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies comparing mental health before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. [Reviews] [DOI] [Full-Text]

    Letters

    Year Publication
    2022 Daly M. (2022) The Gap Between Anticipated and Current Life Satisfaction May Indicate Dissatisfaction Rather Than Hope. [Letters] [DOI]

    Other Publication

    Year Publication
    2023 Lok, V.; Sjöqvist, H.; Sidorchuk, A.; Flodin, P.; Osika, W.; Daly, M.; Hyland, P.; Andersen, L.H.; Fallesen, P.; Cabrera, M.C.; Knudsen, A.K.S.; Wetherall, K.; Widnall, E.; Groarke, J.M.; Armour, C.; Dalman, C.; Hollander, A.C.; Niemi, M. (2023) Changes in anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in the European population: A meta-analysis of changes and associations with restriction policies. [Link] [DOI]
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    Honors and Awards

    Date Title Awarding Body
    01/06/2023 MU Advanced Research Achievement Award (Faculty of Science & Engineering) Maynooth University
    01/01/2014 ESRC Future Leaders Award Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
    01/01/2012 UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Early Career Award UK Society for Behavioural Medicine
    01/01/2008 Fulbright Award (Social Sciences) Fulbright Ireland

    Committees

    Committee Function From / To
    Cogent Psychology Section Editor 01/01/2021 -
    British Journal of Health Psychology Associate Editor 01/09/2016 -

    Employment

    Employer Position From / To
    University College Dublin Visiting Associate Professor 01/01/2014 - 01/03/2018
    University of Stirling Senior Lecturer 01/09/2012 - 01/09/2018
    University of Manchester Lecturer 01/01/2011 - 01/09/2011
    University College Dublin / University of Aberdeen Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow 01/09/2011 - 01/09/2012

    Teaching Interests

    Modules currently responsible for:
    PS357: Independent Research Project
    PS652 (double-credit module): Statistical and Quantitative Approaches for Psychology
    PS655:     Advanced Research Methods for Psychology