Dr Erika Doyle
Research Fellow, Growing Up in Ireland
Erika is a Research Fellow with the National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland and is involved in both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the study including the development of parent and child questionnaires, direct child assessments, data analysis and report writing.
Erika has a BA (Hons) Psychology from the Open University and graduated from Trinity with a PhD. Her thesis entitled 'Evaluation of Movement Programmes in the Treatment of Dyslexia' was undertaken in the School of Psychology. Her research work also investigated early indicators of dyslexia in young children.
As a researcher with the Dyslexia Research Group, TCD, she was involved in two Enterprise Ireland Projects, DysVideo and LastActionReplay. See www.sigmedia.tv. This involved day to day feedback about digital video retrieval software performance, executing digital video management tasks, and assisting in the design and assessment of motion tracking/content management systems.
Erika lectures for the School of Education, TCD and undertakes dyslexia assessments for third level students. She is qualified in psychometric testing.
Research Interests
Child Development; Internet usage and adolescents' social interaction & identity formation; Dyslexia indicators in young children; Neurology of developmental dyslexia; Motor control in children; Use of digital video technology in assisting observational assessment in Psychology; Parenting skills and their effect on society.
Professional Bodies
- Registered Psychologist, Psychological Society of Ireland.
- Member, Educational Division, Psychological Society of Ireland.
Publications
Year |
Title |
Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Growing Up in Ireland: The Lives of nine-year olds. Dublin: The Stationery Office, pp164 Available for Download on www.growingup.ie | Williams, J., Greene, S., Doyle, E., Harris, E., Layte, R., McCoy, S., McCrory, C., Murray, A., Nixon, E., McDowd, T., O'Moore, M., Quail, A., Smyth, E., Swords, L. & Thornton, M. |
| 2009 | Understanding Parental Influence on Educational Outcomes Among 9 Year Olds in Ireland: The Mediating Role of Resources, Attitudes and Children’s Own Perspectives. Child Indicators Research, 2009. | Smyth, E., Whelan, C.T., McCoy, S., Quail A., and Doyle, E. |
| 2010 | Growing Up in Ireland, National Longitudinal Study of Children: Background and Conceptual Framework, Dublin, Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | Greene, S., Williams, J., Layte, R., Doyle, E., Harris, E., McCrory, C., Murray, A., O'Dowd, T., Quail, A., Swords, L., Thornton, M., & Whelan, C. |