Dr Conor Mc Guckin
Lecturer in Education
School of Education, Trinity College Dublin
Conor gained his Ph.D. in Psychology for his research exploring bully/victim problems among Northern Ireland's school pupils. This thesis explored the prevalence of bully/victim problems from a multiple indicator approach, explored differential psychometric measurement issues, and the association between involvement in bully/victim problems and various individual difference variables (e.g., psychological health, physical health, depression, happiness, self-esteem, religiosity, personality).
Conor is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) with The British Psychological Society), a Registered Psychologist (Reg. Psychol., Ps.S.I.) with The Psychological Society of Ireland, and a Chartered Scientist (CSci) with The Science Council). Conor is also a Fellow of the International Society for Research on Aggression (FISRA), and an Associate Fellow of both The British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) and The Psychological Society of Ireland (A.F.Ps.S.I.).
Based in the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin, Conor's research interests are in the area of psychology applied to educational policy and processes, educational psychology, bully/victim problems among children and adults, special educational needs, and the scientific study of religiosity. Conor has a long track record of involvement in, and management of, collaborative research projects. Conor is currently co-managing the Irish research teams involved in three EU funded research projects exploring issues such as cyber-bullying, democracy and violence in schools.
Recent publications
Mc Guckin, C., & Lewis, C. A. (2008). Management of bullying in Northern Ireland schools: a pre-legislative survey. Educational Research, 50, 9-23. (ISSN: 0013-1881).
Mc Guckin, C., Cummins, P. K., & Lewis, C. A. (2008). Bully/victim problems in Northern Ireland’s schools: Data from the 2000 Young Persons’ Behaviour and Attitude Survey. Individual Differences Research, 6, 280-288. (ISSN: 1541-745X).
Lewis, C. A., Cruise, S. M., Fearn, M., & Mc Guckin, C. (2009). The influence of parents on the religious socialisation. In H-G. Ziebertz, W.K. Kay, & U. Riegel (Eds.). Youth in Europe III: An international empirical study of religion for life orientation (pp. 87-103). Münster, Germany: LIT. (ISBN 978-3-8258-1579-0).
Lewis, C. A., Cruise, S. M., Fearn, M., & Mc Guckin, C. (2009). Religiosity of female and male adolescents. In H-G. Ziebertz, W.K. Kay, & U. Riegel (Eds.). Youth in Europe III: An international empirical study of religion for life orientation (pp. 59-86). Münster, Germany: LIT. (ISBN 978-3-8258-1579-0).
