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Professor Martin Dempster

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Dr Martin Dempster

Professor Martin Dempster

School Of Psychology

Dr Dempster’s research is focused on enhancing the psychological well-being / quality of life of people with chronic illness (cancer, diabetes and heart disease) and their families. More specifically:

  • Modelling the psychological predictors of health-related quality of life via reviews of current literature and primary research
  • Designing and evaluating interventions to enhance quality of life and modify illness and sick-role behaviours.
  • Developing and testing instruments to measure psychological constructs of importance in this area, eg. health-related quality of life.

Contact info

  • M.Dempster@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 5547

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications that aim to;

  • Modelling the psychological predictors of health-related quality of life via reviews of current literature and primary research
  • Designing and evaluating interventions to enhance quality of life and modify illness and sick-role behaviours.
  • Developing and testing instruments to measure psychological constructs of importance in this area, eg. health-related quality of life

 

Also open to applications that aim to enhance student learning of statistics.

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Research students

PhD area Development of an intervention to improve diabetes distress among people with Type 2 Diabetes
Name Emma Berry
Years of study 2014-2018
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD area Developing and testing a mindfulness intervention to improve staff wellbeing in palliative care
Name

Rebecca Hill

Years of study 2014-2018
Country Northern Ireland

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