Dr. Elizabeth Nixon
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 Master of Literature 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). Most recently, Elizabeth has received funding from the Office of the Minister for Children to conduct two research studies into parenting practices and styles of discipline in Ireland (co-investigator Ann Marie Halpenny, DIT). Elizabeth was also Principal Investigator of a qualitative study of fatherhood and sexual responsibility among young men, funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. Currently, Elizabeth is Principal Investigator of an IRCHSS-funded study of parenting of newborn infants among immigrants in Ireland.
Centre Publications
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Title |
Author |
| 2010 | Children’s Perspectives on Parenting Styles and Discipline: A Developmental Approach. Dublin: Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. (PDF 136 KB) | Nixon, E., Halpenny, A.M. |
| 2010 | Parenting Styles and Discipline: Parents’ and Children’s Perspectives. Summary Report. Dublin: Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. (PDF 653 KB) | Halpenny, A.M., Nixon, E., Watson, D. |
| 2010 | Parents’ Perspectives on Parenting Styles and Disciplining Children. Dublin: Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. (PDF 2.00 MB) | Halpenny, A.M., Nixon, E., Watson, D. |
| 2010 | Sexual Responsibility, Fatherhood and Discourses of Masculinity among Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Young Men in Ireland. Dublin: Crisis Pregnancy Agency. (PDF 1.30 MB) | Nixon, E., Whyte, P., Buggy, J., Greene, S. |
| 2007 | A Study of Intercountry Adoption Outcomes in Ireland - Summary Report. (PDF 472 KB) | Greene, S., Kelly, R., Nixon, E., Kelly, G., Borska, Z., Murphy, S., Daly, A., Whyte, J., Murphy, C. |
| 2007 | A Study of Intercountry Adoption Outcomes in Ireland. (PDF 1.04 MB) | Greene, S., Kelly, R., Nixon, E., Kelly, G., Borska, Z., Murphy, S., Daly, A., Whyte, J., Murphy, C. |
| 2006 | Research Briefing - Free Time and Leisure Needs of Young People Living in Disadvantaged Communities. (PDF 292 KB) | Byrne, T., Nixon, E., Mayock, P., Whyte, J. |
Other Publications
Date |
Title |
Author |
| 2011 | Negotiating relationships in single mother households: Perspectives of children and mothers. Family Relations. | Nixon, E., Greene, S. & Hogan, D. (in press) |
| 2010 | Body Dissatisfaction Among Adolescent Boys and Girls: The Effects of Body Mass, Peer Appearance Culture and Internalization of Appearance Ideals, Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2010 | Lawler, M. & Nixon, E. |
| 2010 | Factors influencing the food choices of Irish children and adolescents: A qualitative investigation, Health Promotion International, 2010 | Fitzgerald, A., Heary, C., Nixon, E. & Kelly, C. |
| 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. |
| 2008 | Children's recovery after early adversity: Lessons from intercountry adoption, Child Care in Practice, 14, 75-82. | Greene, S., Kelly, R., Nixon, E., Kelly, G., Borska, Z., Murphy, S., Daly, A. |
| 2007 | Psychological health and well-being among young Irish adults, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 24, (4), p139 - 144 | Cleary, A., Nixon, E., Fitzgerald, M. |
| 2006 | Concepts of family among children and young people in Ireland Irish Journal of Psychology, 27, 79-87 | Nixon, E., Greene, S., Hogan, D. |
| 2001 | The social competence of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A review of the literature, Child & Adolescent Mental Health [previously Child Psychology & Psychiatry Review], 6, (4), p172 - 180 | Nixon, E. |