B.A., M.Sc, PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer Below The Bar
E: CHRIS.NOONE@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher

Biography

Chris Noone is a graduate of NUI Galway and Leiden University. Chris has expertise in health, cognitive and LGBT+ psychology. Chris completed his PhD at NUI Galway under the supervision of Dr Michael Hogan. This focused on critically analysing claims regarding the effect of mindfulness on thinking skills. He has contributed to research on a wide range of topics broadly related to health, wellbeing and cognition. His postdoctoral work  involved a feasibility study of the CHARMS sexual counselling intervention in Irish cardiac rehab centres and applying network meta-analysis to the comparison of pharmacological and physical activity interventions for people with hypertension.

He works closely with the Health Behaviour Change Research group led by Prof. Molly Byrne, the MEDAL research group led by Dr Gerry Molloy and the CINSU led by Dr Michael Hogan. Chris is Chair of the Research and Policy Sub-Committee of the National LGBT Federation. He also contributed to the development of the first LGBT Staff Network at the NUI Galway, of which he is co-chair, and is a coordinator for Bi+ Ireland. He hopes to establish a research group focused on LGBT health and wellbeing in Ireland in the near future.

Research Interests

Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Self-regulation, Executive Function, Mindfulness, Policy-making, Collective Intelligence, Wellbeing, Behaviour change, Governance, Social Justice, LGBT+ Issues.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2016) 'Does Mindfulness Enhance Critical Thinking? Evidence for the Mediating Effects of Executive Functioning in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Critical Thinking'
Noone, Chris and Bunting, Brendan and Hogan, Michael J (2016) 'Does Mindfulness Enhance Critical Thinking? Evidence for the Mediating Effects of Executive Functioning in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Critical Thinking'. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2016) 'A protocol for a randomised active-controlled trial to evaluate the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on executive control, critical thinking and key thinking dispositions in a university student sample'
Noone, Chris and Hogan, Michael J (2016) 'A protocol for a randomised active-controlled trial to evaluate the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on executive control, critical thinking and key thinking dispositions in a university student sample'. BMC psychology, 4 (1) [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2016) 'The roles of financial threat, social support, work stress and mental distress in dairy farmers' expectations of injury'
Furey, Emilia M and O'Hora, Denis and McNamara, John and Kinsella, Stephen and Noone, Chris (2016) 'The roles of financial threat, social support, work stress and mental distress in dairy farmers' expectations of injury'. Frontiers In Public Health, 4 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) 'Consulting with citizens in the design of wellbeing measures and policies: Lessons from a systems science application'
Hogan, Michael J and Johnston, Helen and Broome, Benjamin and McMoreland, Claire and Walsh, Jane and Smale, Bryan and Duggan, Jim and Andriessen, Jerry and Leyden, Kevin M and Domegan, Christine and others (2015) 'Consulting with citizens in the design of wellbeing measures and policies: Lessons from a systems science application'. Social Indicators Research, 123 :857-877 [Details]
(2014) 'Mindfulness and Critical Thinking: Investigating Theoretical Links and the Role of Executive Functioning'
Noone, C and Hogan, MJ (2014) 'Mindfulness and Critical Thinking: Investigating Theoretical Links and the Role of Executive Functioning'. European Health Psychologist, 16 (S) [Details]
(2012) 'Cardiovascular reactivity of younger and older adults to positive-, negative-, and mixed-emotion cognitive challenge'
Hogan, Michael J and James, Jack E and McCabe, Tadhg R and Kilmartin, Liam and Howard, Siobhán and Noone, Chris (2012) 'Cardiovascular reactivity of younger and older adults to positive-, negative-, and mixed-emotion cognitive challenge'. Biological Psychology, 89 (3):553-561 [Details]
(2011) 'Counting The Cost Of Chronic Pain: An Analysis Of Intensive Service Users'
Gannon, B., Smith, E., Mcnally, G., Finn, D. P., Noone, C., O’Gorman, D., Ruane, N., McGuire, B (2011) 'Counting The Cost Of Chronic Pain: An Analysis Of Intensive Service Users'. Pain Medicine, [Details]

Teaching Interests

Research Methods, Statistics, Cognitive Psychology, Positive Psychology, Health Psychology

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2016-2017 Research Methods MG6105
2016-2017 Introduction to Positive Psychology PS342
2016-2017 Statistical Techniques for Business Analytics MS5105
2016-2017 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology PS405