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Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley
Researcher at Queen's University Belfast
Publications - 15
Citations - 690
Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley is an academic researcher from Queen's University Belfast. The author has contributed to research in topics: Loneliness & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 12 publications receiving 270 citations. Previous affiliations of Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley include University of Padua & National University of Ireland, Galway.
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Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study
Jenny M. Groarke,Emma Berry,Lisa Graham-Wisener,Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley,Emily McGlinchey,Cherie Armour +5 more
TL;DR: Supportive interventions to reduce loneliness should prioritise younger people and those with mental health symptoms, and improving emotion regulation and sleep quality, and increasing social support may be optimal initial targets to reduce the impact of COVID-19 regulations on mental health outcomes.
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Happiness and health across the lifespan in five major cities: The impact of place and government performance
Michael Hogan,Kevin M. Leyden,Ronan Conway,Abraham Goldberg,Deirdre Walsh,Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley +5 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that, in order to be all things to all people, cities should emphasize quality services, beauty and character, and provide easy access to transport amenities and cultural and recreational opportunities.
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Examining temporal interactions between loneliness and depressive symptoms and the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties among UK residents during the COVID-19 lockdown: Longitudinal results from the COVID-19 psychological wellbeing study.
Jenny M. Groarke,Emily McGlinchey,Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley,Emma Berry,Lisa Graham-Wisener,Cherie Armour +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the temporal association between mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak and found that the longitudinal association between depression and loneliness was reciprocal and depressive symptoms predicted higher loneliness one month later.
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Proprioceptive accuracy in Immersive Virtual Reality: A developmental perspective.
Irene Valori,Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley,Rena Bayramova,Claudio Zandonella Callegher,Gianmarco Altoè,Teresa Farroni +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that proprioceptive accuracy mostly develops during the first eight years of life and that it relies largely on vision, and that this proprioception accuracy can be disrupted by the use of an IVR headset.
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Connection, constraint, and coping: A qualitative study of experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK.
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study sought to understand how loneliness was experienced during physical distancing in the initial national UK COVID-19 lockdown, and found that the loss of in-person interaction contributed to feelings of loneliness and digital interaction was viewed as an insufficient alternative.