Immaculata University

Recent papers from Immaculata University

1. Mothering, matrescence and the changing meanings of ceremonies of churching after childbirth in Ireland, c.1800–2000Women s History Review · 2026
2. The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Reducing Self‐Directed Violence and Suicidality in Usual Care Settings: A Meta‐AnalysisJournal of Clinical Psychology · 2026
3. Past, present and future: the shifting search for meaning in Ireland’s changing Catholic educational contextInternational Studies in Catholic Education · 2026
4. Musical participation and nonparticipation at the intercultural school: a study from IrelandBritish Journal of Music Education · 2026
5. Elementary teachers’ perceptions of the impact of book studies on their practice and literacy leadership skillsPDS Partners Bridging Research to Practice · 2026
6. Breaking the Silence: Using Therapeutic Assessment to Give Voice to Shame and Trauma. A Single-Case Repeated-Measures DesignJournal of Personality Assessment · 2026
7. Navigating Professional Musical Identities While Forcibly Displaced: A Narrative Inquiry with Ukrainian WomenJournal of Intercultural Studies · 2026
8. Methionine restriction provides sex-specific protection against high-fat diet-induced adiposity, peripheral insulin resistance, and neuroinflammation in FGF21-dependent and independent manners in micePLoS ONE · 2026
9. Pre-Reasoning Constitutional Gating for Embodied Intelligence2026
10. Cognitive Cartography: Mapping Truth in the Age of Synthetic Minds2026
11. Gamefied Learning Systems: At the Threshold of Possibility: Reflections on Intelligence, Constraint, and Emergence2026
12. Digitisation of historical specimens from the Hog Island Audubon Camp Natural History Collection, MaineBiodiversity Data Journal · 2026
13. Ireland’s ESD to 2030: second national strategy on education for sustainable development: enough to catalyse sociocultural transformation?Irish Educational Studies · 2025
14. The Mechanisms Through Which Fire Drives Population Change in Terrestrial Biota.2025
15. Ethics trumps resources in women’s and men’s evaluations of potential mates and competitorsScientific Reports · 2025
16. Dementia Care Partner Health Literacy as a Mediator Between Education and Burden at Hospital DischargeJournal of Applied Gerontology · 2025
17. Sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D finger length ratios in both sexes: an updated and expanded meta-analysisFrontiers in Psychology · 2025
18. Parents’ implicit theories of intelligence and children’s responses to academic challengeEarly Child Development and Care · 2025
19. The effects of educational digital escape games on achievement and motivation in Mathematics coursesJournal of Educational Technology and Online Learning · 2025
20. A meta-analysis of sex differences in neonatal rodent ultrasonic vocalizations and the implication for the preclinical maternal immune activation modelBiology of Sex Differences · 2025