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Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
Researcher at National University of Ireland, Galway
Publications - 184
Citations - 5882
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn is an academic researcher from National University of Ireland, Galway. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health promotion & Irish. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 180 publications receiving 5370 citations. Previous affiliations of Saoirse Nic Gabhainn include RMIT University & National University of Ireland.
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Inequalities in young people's health: HBSC international report from the 2005/2006 Survey
Candace Currie,Saoirse Nic Gabhainn,Emmanuelle Godeau,Chris Roberts,Rebecca Smith,Dorothy Currie,William Pickett,Matthias Richter,Antony Morgan,Vivian Barnekow +9 more
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Socioeconomic Inequality in Exposure to Bullying During Adolescence: A Comparative, Cross-Sectional, Multilevel Study in 35 Countries
Pernille Due,Juan Merlo,Yossi Harel-Fisch,Mogens Trab Damsgaard,Bjørn Evald Holstein,Jørn Hetland,Candace Currie,Saoirse Nic Gabhainn,Margarida Gaspar de Matos,John Lynch +9 more
TL;DR: There is socioeconomic inequality in exposure to bullying among adolescents, leaving children of greater socioeconomic disadvantage at higher risk of victimization and adolescents who attend schools and live in countries where socioeconomic differences are larger are at higherrisk of being bullied.
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The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: WHO Collaborative Cross-National (HBSC) Study: origins, concept, history and development 1982-2008
TL;DR: Some of the key success factors and challenges for the HBSC study as it attempts to maximise its scientific output and channels the research findings into health improvement for young people are considered.
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Early Adolescent Sexual Initiation as a Problem Behavior: A Comparative Study of Five Nations
Aubrey Spriggs Madkour,Tilda Farhat,Carolyn Tucker Halpern,Emmanuelle Godeau,Saoirse Nic Gabhainn +4 more
TL;DR: Findings overall supported the fit of early adolescent sexual initiation as a risk behavior within a Problem Behavior Theory framework cross-nationally, suggesting that similar factors could be targeted to prevent early sexual initiation across some developed nations.
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A Cross-national Study of Violence-Related Behaviors in Adolescents
Eleanor Smith-Khuri,Ronaldo Iachan,Peter C. Scheidt,Mary D. Overpeck,Saoirse Nic Gabhainn,William Pickett,Yossi Harel +6 more
TL;DR: Adolescents in 5 countries behaved similarly in their expression of violence-related behaviors, and findings were consistent across countries, with little cross-national variation except for bullying rates.