Dorit Wiezorek-Deering
Dorit W. Deering
Lecturer in Psychology
Qualifications
Ph.D, Dublin University, Trinity College, Dublin. Determinants of infant-mother attachment at 18 months. Supervisor: Professor Sheila Greene
MSc in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Dublin University, Trinity College, Dublin
BA Single Honours Psychology. Dublin University, Trinity College, Dublin
Subject areas
Child Development, Psychological Adjustment during the Early Years, Abnormal Psychology, Counselling Skills, Research Methods
Membership of professional bodies
Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology (PSI), International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development , Irish Forum for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Associate member of Counselling Division (PSI)
Research Interests
Longitudinal research of child development, attachment, parenting, child and adolescent mental health, children as witnesses.
Recent publications
Wieczorek-Deering, D. & Halpenny, A. (2012). Theoretical Perspectives on Children’s Development during the Early Years. In Mhic Mhathúna, M. and Taylor, M. (Eds) (2012). Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Wieczorek-Deering, D. , Halpenny, A. & Deering , J. (2010). Irish Fathers’ Involvement with their Toddlers in Dual Earner Families: Antecedent and Concurrent Correlates. In Zukauskiene, R. (Ed.), Proceedings of the XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology ECDP. Vilnius, Lithuania, August 18-22, 2009 (pp.289-292). Pianoro: Medimond.
O'Doherty A., Wieczorek-Deering D. & Shannon G. (2002): 'Consulting Children: issues raised and questions asked'. in Proceedings of the OMEP conference, Ireland.
Quinn S.,Wieczorek-Deering D, Kennedy K. & Martin M. (2002): 'Teacher Reported Behavioural Difficulties in Junior and Senior Infant Classes in Irish Primary Schools'. in Proceedings of the OMEP conference, Ireland.
Gaffney M., Greene S. & Wieczorek-Deering D. (2001): 'The concordance between Mother-Infant Attachment at 18 months and Maternal Attachment 10 years later among Married and Single Mothers'. Special edition (2000) of the Journal of Irish Psychology.
Nugent K., Lester B., Greene S. & Wieczorek-Deering D. (1997): 'Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy: an acoustic cry analysis'. Child Development, 2000
Greene S., Wieczorek-Deering D. & Nugent K. (1995): 'Eighteen months old in Dublin' Children and Society, 1995, 9, 86-98
Recent Conference Presentations
Wieczorek-Deering, D. , Halpenny, A. & Deering , J. (2009). Irish Fathers’ Involvement with their Toddlers in Dual Earner Families: Antecedent and Concurrent Correlates. Poster presented at the XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology , Vilnius Lithuania, August 2009
Wieczorek-Deering, D. , Halpenny, A. & Deering , J. (2008). Infant Temperament, Infant Adjustment and Maternal Employment during the Transition to Day Care. Poster presented at the 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Wuerzburg, July 2008.
Halpenny, A. , Wieczorek-Deering, D. & Deering , J. (2008). Balancing Work and Family Commitments: Perspectives of First Time Mothers. Poster presented at the 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Wuerzburg, July 2008.
Wieczorek-Deering, D., Greene,S., Lonergan, E. & Orr,P. & Nugent,K. (2007). Early Patterns of Care, Infant-Mother Attachment Security and Emotional Closeness of Adolescent-Mother Dyads at 17 years of Age. Paper presented at the PSI Annual Conference, Killarney, Nov, 2007.
Wieczorek-Deering, D. & Halpenny, A. (2007). Shared Care: Maternal and Infant Adjustment to Full-Day Placement in Child Care. Paper presented at the PSI Annual Conference, Killarney, Nov , 2007
Socio-Contextual and Maternal Mental Health Risk Factors of Disorganised/Disoriented Infant Attachment. Poster at the Society for Research in Child Development, Biennial meeting, Boston, 29th March - 1st April 2007.
Halpenny, A. & Wieczorek-Deering, D. & Deering, J. (2007). The Transition from Maternity Leave to Returning to Work: Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Annual Conference, Killarney, November 2007.
Wieczorek-Deering, D. , Halpenny, A. & Deering, J. (2007). The transition to daycare during the first year of life: an exploratory study of first time mothers´ parenting experiences and adaptation in Ireland. Poster at the XIIIth ESDP European Conference on Developmental Psychology. University of Jena, Germany, 21.- 25. Aug 2007
Risk factors during infancy and child adjustment at 10 years of age: findings from the Dublin Child Development Study. Paper at the 37th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Nov 2006.
Emotional closeness of adolescent-mother dyads at 17 years of age: antecedent and concurrent correlates. Poster at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne, July 2006.
Correlates of disorganized/disoriented infant attachment in an Irish sample of predominantly working class background . Poster at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Ottawa, Canada, July 2002.
Infant temperament and infant-mother attachment: a socio-contextual analysis?. 29th Paper at the annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Symposium: Social contexts of parenting, Westport, 1998.
A Prospective Study of the link between Infant Neonatal Irritability and Infant-Mother Attachment Security. Poster at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. Bern, Switzerland, 1998.
Research funding
Faculty of Applied Arts: Research and Scholarship Development Fund, June 2006
An exploratory study of working parents - childrearing experiences of infants
Expert member
CDI Preschool Programme West Tallaght
Contacts
Tel.: 00-353-1-4024201
fax: 00-353-1-4024263
e: dorit.w.deering@dit.ie
