Darragh McCashin
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Dr Darragh McCashin is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at DCU, and is Chair of The Observatory on Cyberbullying, Cyberhate & Online Harassment in the Anti-Bullying Centre (ABC). Darragh is broadly interested in digital mental health and wellbeing, and clinical/forensic applications of technology.
Previously, Darragh was a Marie Curie Fellow/PhD student at University College Dublin (UCD), examining technology-enabled youth mental health within the EU H2020-funded TEAM-ITN project, specifically the role of technology-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy for children using mixed methodologies. A second strand to Darragh’s research is that of forensic/criminal psychology. With an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology (University of York), Darragh has previously worked as an Associate Lecturer and Research Assistant in the Online-Protect research group at the University of Lincoln case formulation tools for those with convictions for internet sexual offences.
Darragh is currently the taskforce leader for Mental Health of Researchers within the Policy Working Group of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and co-founded the researcher mentoring programme Referent. Darragh also sits on two COST Actions: Working Group Chair for Researcher Mental Health Observatory (CA19117), and the European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet (CA16207; management committee member for Ireland).
Conference Publication
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2020 | Pretorius, C., McCashin, D., Kavanagh, N., & Coyle, D. (2020) Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13) Searching for mental health: a mixed-methods study of young people's online help-seeking | |
2022 | Vilaza, G.;Doherty, K.;Barry, M.;Bardram, J.;Coyle, D.;McCashin, D. (2022) DIS 2022 Papers and Pictorials A Scoping Review of Ethics Across SIGCHI [DOI] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
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2023 | Cillian McHugh, Siobhán M. Griffin, Melanie J. McGrath, Joshua J. Rhee, Paul J. Maher, Darragh McCashin, Jenny Roth (2023) 'Moral Identity Predicts Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Procedures Depending on Political Ideology: A Comparison Between the USA and New Zealand'. Political Psychology, 44 (2):337-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12838 | |
2021 | Nunes Vilaza, G., & McCashin, D. (2021) 'Is the Automation of Digital Mental Health Ethical? Applying an Ethical Framework to Chatbots for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy'. Frontiers In Public Health, . | |
2021 | McCashin, D., Coyle, D., & O'Reilly, G. (2021) 'Pesky gNATs for Children Experiencing Low Mood and Anxiety – A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of Technology-Assisted CBT in Primary Care'. Internet Interventions, . | |
2020 | Van Bavel, Jey J., Cichocka, Aleskandra, Capraro, Valerio, Sjåstad, Hallgeir, Nezlek, John B., Pavlović, Tomislav, Alfano, Mark, Gelfand, Michele J., Azevedo, Flavio, Birtel, Michele , Cislak, Aleksandra, Lockwood, Patricia L. and et, al (2020) 'National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic'. Nature Communications, . [DOI] | |
2020 | Laffan, D. & McCashin, D. (2020) 'The Psychosomatic Role of Nightmares and Nightmare Proneness in Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP) in Dreams: An Exploratory Study'. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, . | |
2020 | Merdian, H. L., Perkins, D., McCashin, D., & Stevanovic, J (2020) 'Integrating structured individual offending pathway analysis into group treatment for individuals who have accessed, shared, and/or distributed child sexual exploitation material: a feasibility study and preliminary outcome evaluation'. Psychology, Crime and Law, . | |
2020 | McCashin D;Coyle D;O'Reilly G; (2020) 'A qualitative evaluation of Pesky gNATs in primary care - The experiences of assistant psychologists providing computer-assisted CBT to children experiencing low mood and anxiety'. Internet Interventions, 22 . [DOI] | |
2019 | van der Meulen H, McCashin D, O'Reilly G, Coyle D (2019) 'Using computer games to support mental health interventions: naturalistic deployment study'. Journal of Medical Internet Research, JMIR Mental Health . [DOI] | |
2022 | King, C.;McCashin, D. (2022) 'Commenting and Connecting: A Thematic Analysis of Responses to YouTube Vlogs about Borderline Personality Disorder'. Internet Interventions, . | |
2022 | McCashin, D.;Murphy, C., (2022) 'Using TikTok for public and youth mental health – a systematic review and content analysis'. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, . | |
2022 | McHugh, C.;Griffin, S.;McGrath, M.;Rhee, J.;Maher, P.;McCashin, D. (2022) 'Moral Identity Predicts Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Procedures depending on Political Ideology: A Comparison between USA and New Zealand'. Political Psychology, . | |
2022 | Cooney, A;McCashin, D. (2022) 'Experiences and wellbeing of Samaritans crisis line volunteers in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study'. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, . [DOI] | |
2019 | McCashin D, Coyle D, O'Reilly G (2019) 'Qualitative synthesis of young people’s experiences with technology-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy: systematic review'. Journal of Medical Internet Research, . [DOI] | |
2019 | Merdian, H. L., Perkins, D. E., Webster, S. D., & McCashin, D. (2019) 'Transnational child sexual abuse: outcomes from a roundtable discussion'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020243 | |
2022 | Pretorius, C;McCashin, D;Coyle, D (2022) 'Mental health professionals as influencers on TikTok and Instagram: What role do they play in mental health literacy and help-seeking?'. INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH, 30 . [DOI] | |
2022 | Kismihok, Gabor;McCashin, Darragh;Mol, Stefan T.;Cahill, Brian (2022) 'The well-being and mental health of doctoral candidates'. European Journal of Education, 57 (3):410-423. [DOI] |
Abstract
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2021 | Gábor Kismihók, Brian Cahill, Stéphanie Gauttier, Janet Metcalfe, Stefan T. Mol, Darragh McCashin, Jana Lasser, Murat Günes, Mathias Schroijen, Martin Grund, Katia Levecque, Susan Guthrie, Katarzyna Wac, Jesper Ovesen Dahlgaard, Mohamad Nadim Adi, Christina Kling (2021) Researcher Mental Health and Well-being Manifesto. ABST [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5788557 |
Other Journal
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2022 | McHugh, C., Griffin, S. M., McGrath, M., Rhee, J. J., Maher, P. J., McCashin, D., & Roth, J. (2022) 'Moral Identity predicts Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Procedures depending on Political Ideology: A Comparison between USA and New Zealand' PsyArXiv, . [DOI] | |
2022 | AMIN, Azzam, Jasper Van Assche, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Darragh McCashin, Duaa Aladwan, and Youssef Hasan (2022) 'Can Identity Buffer Against the Detrimental Effects of Threat? The Case of the Qatar Blockade' Frontiers in Psychology, . [DOI] |
Published Report
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2022 | McCashin, D.;McGovern, O. (2022) “I would have been better off pushing a wheelbarrow or something…” : A Qualitative Study of Older Men’s Experiences with Digital Technology in Rural Ireland. Age Action Ireland, . | |
2021 | McCashin, D.;Boyd, C. (2021) A qualitative analysis of the 2020 StudentSurvey.ie dataset – what factors underpin student engagement in teaching and learning?. StudentSurvey.ie, . [Link] | |
2023 | Andreason, Maja;McCashin, Darragh (2023) Understanding Adult Experiences of Online Hate in Ireland – An Exploratory Survey. Anti-Bullying Centre, . [Link] |