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Andrew Moynihan

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20142026

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My research interests are in social, existential, hedonic, and personality psychology. In general, Im interested in how people engage in hedonic and interpersonal behaviours as a means to escape from threats to meaning in life and variables that promote or hinder these tendencies. Im also interested in research on social and gender identities.

Biography

I completed a BA in Applied Psychology at University College Cork and graduated in 2011. Following this, I came to the University of Limerick and completed an MSc in Psychological Science (Applied and; Social Psychology Stream), graduating in January 2013. Shortly afterwards, I began a PhD, supervised by Prof. Eric R. Igou (University of Limerick) and Dr. Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg (University of Essex). For my PhD, I investigated the effects of boredom and disbelief in free will on hedonic and interpersonal behaviours using existential psychological perspectives. I graduated in 2017. In January 2018, I began a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), a research centre funded by Science Foundation Ireland, the European Regional Development Fund, the Geological Survey of Ireland, and industry partners at University College Dublin. I worked on a project about the public s perception of geosciences and related activities, supervised by Dr. Geertje Schuitema (University College Dublin). In August 2018, I began a lecturing position in the University of Limerick. 

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  • Beyond WEIRD societies: Global social identifications across 45 countries and their socio-cultural and economic predictors

    Hamer, K., Penczek, M., Marcinkowska, K., Nowak, B., Branowska, K., Sparkman, D., Loy, L. S., Baran, M., Okvitawanli, A., Gkinopoulos, T., Hackett, J. D., Bertin, P., Carmona, M., Guerra, R., Wlodarczyk, A., Akello, G., Albarello, F., Ashraf, M., Bednarowicz, M. & Beixiang, L. & 53 others, Benningstad, N., Bierwiaczonek, K., Bornman, E., Bosak, J., Darkwah, E., Delouvée, S., Eder, S. J., Enea, V., Espinosa, A., Etchezahar, E., Ferris, L. J., Gudzovskaya, A. A., Guerch, K., Hofhuis, J., Hornsey, M. J., Igbokwe, D., Ibarra, M. L., Kamble, S. V., Kaniasty, K., Kengyel, G. J., Khanipour, H., Labor, P., Lima, A. V. V., Loshenko, O., Mazurowska, K., Mintz, K. K., Monzani, L., Moriizumi, S., Moynihan, A. B., Mubarique, M., Nagy, R. P., Nera, K., Nyúl, B., Osinde, J., Özsoy, E., Palacio, J., Pešout, O., Pirttilä-Backman, A. M., Pong, V., Rentería, E., Restrepo, D., Samekin, A., Segal-Klein, H., Selim, H. A., Sindic, D., Spence, A., Stöckli, S., Tam, K. P., Ungaretti, J., Urbańska, B., Wang, A., Yahiiaiev, I. & Yemelyanova, Y., Jun 2026, In: Political Psychology. 47, 3, e70134.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures

    Besta, T., Jurek, P., Olech, M., Włodarczyk, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Bender, M., Vandello, J. A., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbasß, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Ariyanto, A., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A. & Becker, M. & 139 others, Bertolli, C., Bërxulli, D., Best, D. L., Bi, C., Block, K., Boehnke, M., Bongiorno, R., Bosak, J., Casini, A., Chen, Q., Chi, P., Cubela Adoric, V., Daalmans, S., Dandy, J., de Lemus, S., Dhakal, S., Dvorianchikov, N., Egami, S., Etchezahar, E., Esteves, C. S., Froehlich, L., Garcia–Sanchez, E., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gomez, Á., Guizzo, F., Graf, S., Greijdanus, H., Grigoryan, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J., Guerch, K., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Hale, M. L., Hämer, H., Hirai, M., Hoang Duc, L., Hřebíčková, M., Hutchings, P. B., Høj Jensen, D., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Karabati, S., Kelmendi, K., Kengyel, G., Khachatryan, N., Ghazzawi, R., Kinahan, M., Kirby, T. A., Kovács, M., Kozlowski, D., Krivoshchekov, V., Kulich, C., Kurosawa, T., Lac An, N. T., Labarthe, J., Latu, I., Lauri, M. A., Mankowski, E., Musbau Lawal, A., Li, J., Lindner, J., Lindqvist, A., Makarova, E., Makashvili, A., Malayeri, S., Malik, S., Mancini, T., Manzi, C., Mari, S., Martiny, S. E., Mayer, C. H., Mihić, V., Milošević Đorđević, J., Moreno-Bella, E., Moscatelli, S., Moynihan, A. B., Muller, D., Narhetali, E., Neto, F., Noels, K. A., Nyúl, B., O’Connor, E. C., Ochoa, D. P., Ohno, S., Olanrewaju Adebayo, S., Osborne, R., Pacilli, M. G., Palacio, J., Patnaik, S., Pavlopoulos, V., Pérez de León, P., Piterová, I., Porto, J. B., Ferrara, A. P., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Rentería Pérez, E., Renström, E., Rousseaux, T., Ryan, M. K., Safdar, S., Sainz, M., Salvati, M., Samekin, A., Schindler, S., Seydi, M., Shepherd, D., Schmader, T., Simão, C., Sobhie, R., Sobiecki, J., De Souza, L., Sarter, E., Sulejmanović, D., Sullivan, K. E., Tatsumi, M., Tavitian-Elmadjian, L., Thakur, S. J., Thi Mong Chi, Q., Torre, B., Torres, A., Torres, C. V., Türkoğlu, B., Ungaretti, J., Valshtein, T., Van Laar, C., van der Noll, J., Vasiutynskyi, V., Vauclair, C. M., Venäläinen, S., Vohra, N., Walentynowicz, M., Ward, C., Yang, Y., Yzerbyt, V., Zanello, V., Zapata-Calvente, A. L., Zawisza, M., Žukauskienė, R. & Zadkowska, M., 2026, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 42, 3, p. 266-283 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Problematic pornography consumption as existential escape from boredom: A replication study

    Monks, M. & Moynihan, A. B., Apr 2026, In: Acta Psychologica. 264, 106456.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Boredom Proneness

    Van Tilburg, W. A. P., Chan, C. S., Moynihan, A. B. & Igou, E. R., 1 Jan 2024, The Routledge International Handbook of Boredom. Taylor and Francis, p. 191-210 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Overview of Current Directions in Boredom Research

    Bieleke, M., Wolff, W., Martarelli, C. S., Tonne Artak, C. E., Asani, N., Baillifard, A., Bertrams, A., Brielmann, A., Caldwell, L. L., Chan, C. S., Coppin, G., Danckert, J., Van Dang, D., Daniels, L., Dayan, P., Drody, A., Elpidorou, A., Erdemli, A., Fischer, U. & Goetz, T. & 24 others, Igou, E. R., Jost, N. S., Lench, H. C., Lipnevich, A. A., Marshall, C. A., Moynihan, A. B., O’dea, M. K., Parker, P., Pekrun, R., Pfattheicher, S., Radtke, V. C., Reed, N. T., Velasco, J. R., Stempfer, L., Tam, K. Y. Y., Tze, V., Van Hooff, M. L. M., Van Hooft, E. A. J., Van Tilburg, W. A. P., Weibel, D., Weich, C., Weybright, E., Wissmath, B. & Yakobi, O., 1 Jan 2024, The Routledge International Handbook of Boredom. Taylor and Francis, p. 382-391 10 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

    Open Access
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