A Social Identity Model of Trauma and Identity Change: A Novel Theory of Post-Traumatic Stress, Resilience and Growth

Project Information

SIMTIC

Grant agreement ID: 884927

DOI

10.3030/884927

EC signature date 1 October 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 493 707,50

EU contribution

€ 2 493 707,50

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
Ireland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Multiple Group Membership and Trust Protect Against Distress in the Context of Unwanted Sexual Experiences at a Youth Mass Gathering

Author(s): Aoife-Marie Foran, Tegan Cruwys, Joanne A. Rathbone, Laura J. Ferris, Jolanda Jetten, Grace McMahon, Efisio Manunta, Éadaoin Whelan, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2025, ISSN 0886-2605
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/08862605251318278

New group memberships formed after an acquired brain injury predicts post-traumatic growth: A prospective study.

Author(s): Griffin, S. M., Kinsella, E. L., Bradshaw, D., McMahon, G., Nightingale, A., Fortune, D. G., & Muldoon, O. T.
Published in: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1-23., 2021, ISSN 0960-2011
Publisher: Psychology Press
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.2021950

Child sexual abuse and social identity loss: A qualitative analysis of survivors' public accounts

Author(s): Orla T. Muldoon, Alastair Nightingale, Grace McMahon, Siobhan Griffin, Daragh Bradshaw, Robert D. Lowe, Katrina McLaughlin
Published in: British Journal of Social Psychology, 2024, ISSN 0144-6665
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12752

Identity Change and the Transition to University: Implications for Cortisol Awakening Response, Psychological Well-being, and Academic Performance

Author(s): Siobhán M Griffin, Alžběta Lebedová, Tegan Cruwys, Grace McMahon, Aoife-Marie Foran, Magdalena Skrodzka, stephen gallagher, Annie Ginty, Orla Muldoon
Published in: Applied Psychology, Issue 17, 1, 2025, Page(s) e12608, ISSN 1758-0854
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ma4xu

Multiple group membership, social network size, allostatic load and well-being: A mediation analysis.

Author(s): Gallagher Stephen; T. Muldoon Orla; M. Bennett Kate
Published in: Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0022-3999
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110636

Adoption and social identity loss: Insights from adults adopted through Ireland's mother and baby homes

Author(s): Dearbhla Moroney, Aisling O'Donnell, Mary O'Connor, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: British Journal of Social Psychology, Issue 64, 2025, ISSN 0144-6665
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12869

State level income inequality affects cardiovascular stress responses: Evidence from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study

Author(s): Ryan, M., Gallagher, S., Jetten, J & Muldoon, O.T.
Published in: Social Science & Medicine, Issue 311, 2022, Page(s) 115359, ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115359

Election results can decrease intergroup threat and through that positively affect intergroup relations

Author(s): Jenny Roth, Miriam Steinmann, Jack Loughnane, Paula Devine, Orla Muldoon, Catriona Shelly, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg, Melanie C. Steffens, Claire Campbell
Published in: Political Psychology, Issue 46, 2025, Page(s) 7-23, ISSN 0162-895X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12960

Running women or women runners: Does identity salience affect intention to exercise outside and feelings of safety?

Author(s): Lisa Skilton; Grace McMahon; Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) e2765, ISSN 1052-9284
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2765

Social group membership and biomarkers of health

Author(s): Grace McMahon, Siobhán Howard, Efisio Manunta, Siobhán Griffin, Daragh Bradshaw, Alastair Nightingale, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Issue 54, 2024, Page(s) 405-415, ISSN 0021-9029
Publisher: V.H. Winston and Sons, Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.13048

Religious engagement and antibody response to the COVID‐19 vaccine

Author(s): Grace McMahon, Renate Ysseldyk, Aoife Marie Foran, Magdalena Skrodzka, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: British Journal of Social Psychology, 2024, ISSN 0144-6665
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12759

PROTOCOL: Group-based interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of trauma type

Author(s): Siobhán M. Griffin, Alžběta Lebedová, Elayne Ahern, Grace McMahon, Daragh Bradshaw, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Campbell Systematic Reviews, Issue 19:2, 2023, Page(s) e1328, ISSN 1891-1803
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1328

Sexual violence and traumatic identity change: Evidence of collective post-traumatic growth

Author(s): Orla T. Muldoon, Alastair Nightingale, Robert Lowe, Siobhán M. Griffin, Grace McMahon, Daragh Bradshaw, Islam Borinca
Published in: European Journal of Social Psychology, 2023, ISSN 1099-0992
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2979

When saying sorry is not enough: The paradox of a political apology offered to Irish mother and baby home survivors

Author(s): Aoife‐Marie Foran, Aisling T. O'Donnell, Dearbhla Moroney, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Political Psychology, Issue 46, 2025, Page(s) 397-413, ISSN 0162-895X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pops.13012

New social identities in Ukrainian ‘refugees’: A social cure or social curse?

Author(s): Magdalena Skrodzka, Grace McMahon, Siobhán M. Griffin, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Social Science & Medicine, Issue 353, 2024, Page(s) 117048, ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117048

Personal and Political: Post-Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Social Identity, Power, and Politics

Author(s): Orla T. Muldoon,Robert D. Lowe,Jolanda Jetten,Tegan Cruwys,S. Alexander Haslam
Published in: Political Psychology, Issue 42:3, 2021, Page(s) 501-533, ISSN 1467-9221
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12709

Application of Western models of posttraumatic stress disorder in Nepal: Confirmatory factor analysis in earthquake survivors and in spinal cord injury patients

Author(s): Siobhán M. Griffin, Khagendra Acharya, Bikash Parajuli, Grace McMahon, Chérie Armour, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1834-4909
Publisher: Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/18344909241310095

Institutional status and identity dimensions to cardiovascular stress responses

Author(s): Grace McMahon, Tomás Walsh, Siobhán M. Griffin, Frank Houghton, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 2023, ISSN 1052-9284
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2712

Social Integration: Implications for the Association Between Childhood Trauma and Stress Responsivity

Author(s): Grace McMahon, Siobhán M. Griffin, Islam Borinca, Daragh Bradshaw, Megan Ryan, Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy., 2022, ISSN 1942-969X
Publisher: APA
DOI: 10.1037/tra0001372

When trauma is stigmatized: Disidentification and dissociation in people affected by adverse childhood experiences

Author(s): Anna‐Mariya Lashkay; Elaine L. Kinsella; Orla T. Muldoon
Published in: Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 1052-9284
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2702