The UCD PATH Lab

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publications

Gottfried, J., Gajewska, K., Hernández, B., Kenny, R. A., Lloyd, C., Nouwen, A., O’Donnell, S., Rodrigues, R., Schmitz, N., & Deschênes, S. (2025). Prospective associations between diabetes and depressive symptoms across European regions: A secondary analysis of ELSA, TILDA, and SHARE datasets. European Journal of Public Health, ckaf132. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf132

Gottfried, J., Flynn, G., Gajewska, K., Kenny, R. A., Hernández, B., Lloyd, C., Nouwen, A., Power, S., & Deschênes, S. (2025). Associations between diabetes and depressive symptoms across European countries. European Journal of Public Health, 35(Suppl. 4), ckaf161.1229. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.1229

Finnegan, M., Patterson, E., Morrissey, E. C., Lowry, M., Griffin, T. P., Creaven, A. M., & Deschênes, S. S. (2025). Stigmatising language and its association with psychological outcomes among people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Journal of Health Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053251341796

Pouwer, F., Barnard‐Kelly, K., Cleal, B. R., Cooke, D., de Groot, M., Deschênes, S., Ehrmann, D., Fernandez, A., Frostholm, L., Hopkins, D., Hermanns, N., Holt, R. I. G., Iversen, M. M., Kubiak, T., Andersen, C. M., Mezuk, B., Nefs, G., Pedersen, S. S., … Schram, M. (2025). The missing piece: The clinical translation of precision diabetes medicine requires precision mental health care: A call to action from the international PsychoSocial Aspects of Diabetes PSAD Study Group. Diabetic Medicine, 42(5).

Deschênes, S. S., Nearchou, F., McInerney, A., Schmitz, N., Pouwer, F., & Nouwen, A. (2024). Childhood maltreatment and the risk of impaired glucose metabolism or type 2 diabetes in young adults: Findings from the Lifelines Cohort Study. Journal of Health Psychology, 30(5), 858–870.

Tibbs, M., Deschênes, S., van der Velden, P., & Fitzgerald, A. (2024). An Investigation of the Longitudinal Bidirectional Associations Between Interactive Versus Passive Social Media Behaviors and Youth Internalizing Difficulties. A Within-Person Approach. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54(4), 849–862.

McInerney, A. M., & Deschênes, S. S. (2025). Physical inactivity linked to depressive symptoms in people with and without diabetes: A longitudinal network analysis of health risk behaviours and individual depressive symptoms from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Journal of Health Psychology.

Ward, R. A., Forget, G., Lindekilde, N., Deschênes, S. S., Pouwer, F., Schmitz, N., Schram, M., & Burns, R. J. (2024). Anger Expression Styles, Cynical Hostility, and the Risk for the Development of Type 2 Diabetes or Diabetes-Related Heart Complications: Secondary Analysis of the Health and Retirement Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 86(9), 758–767.

Thomas, C., Deschenes, S., Mulcahy, G., Ottewill, A., Boyle, G. M., McGrath, C. I., & Hiney, M. (2024). Research Culture Challenges among Early Career Researchers. Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 11(3), 225–238.

Pouwer, F., & Deschênes, S. (2024). Critical comments regarding the assessment of quality of life and the clinical impact of the POWER2DM intervention. Diabetologia, 67(5), 954–955.

Putra, I. G. N. E., McInerney, A. M., Robinson, E., & Deschênes, S. S. (2024). Neighbourhood characteristics and socioeconomic inequalities in child mental health: Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from the Growing Up in Ireland study. Health & Place, 86, 103180.

Speight, J., Holmes-Truscott, E., Garza, M., Scibilia, R., Wagner, S., Kato, A., Pedrero, V., Deschênes, S., Guzman, S. J., Joiner, K. L., Liu, S., Willaing, I., Babbott, K. M., Cleal, B., Dickinson, J. K., Halliday, J. A., Morrissey, E. C., Nefs, G., O’Donnell, S., … Skinner, T. C. (2024). Bringing an end to diabetes stigma and discrimination: an international consensus statement on evidence and recommendations. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 12(1), 61–82.

Byrne, B., McInerney, A. M., & Deschênes, S. S. (2024). A network analysis of depressive symptoms in adults with and without diabetes: findings from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 1–10.

McInerney, A. M., Schmitz, N., Matthews, M., & Deschênes, S. S. (2024). “Anything that would help is a positive development”: feasibility, tolerability, and user experience of smartphone-based digital phenotyping for people with and without type 2 diabetes. BMC Digital Health, 2(1).

Deschênes, S., Lowry, E., Simmons, C., Elsden, E., Koretsidou, C., McInerney, A., & Rodrigues, R. (2024). Adverse childhood experiences and multimorbidity in adulthood: Findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Journal of Public Health.

Elbejjani, M., Deschênes, S. S., Ahmadieh, H., & Nasrallah, M. P. (2024). Editorial: Diabetes and mental health: from understanding biomedical and social determinants, to promoting wellness in diabetes. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 15.

Sen, A., Brazeau, A.-S., Deschênes, S., Ramiro Melgar-Quiñonez, H., & Schmitz, N. (2022). The role of ultra-processed food consumption and depression on type 2 diabetes incidence: a prospective community study in Quebec, Canada. Public Health Nutrition, 26(11), 2294–2303.

Deschênes, S. S., McInerney, A., Nearchou, F., Byrne, B., Nouwen, A., & Schmitz, N. (2023). Prediabetes and the risk of type 2 diabetes: Investigating the roles of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the Lifelines cohort study. Diabetic Medicine, 40(7).

Sen, A., Brazeau, A.-S., Deschênes, S., Ramiro Melgar-Quiñonez, H., & Schmitz, N. (2024). Ultra-processed foods consumption, depression, and the risk of diabetes complications in the CARTaGENE project: a prospective cohort study in Quebec, Canada. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14.

Deschênes, S. S., Mohseni, M., Lindekilde, N., Forget, G., Burns, R. J., Pouwer, F., & Schmitz, N. (2023). Trait Anger, Hostility, and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes-Related Complications: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies. Current Diabetes Reviews, 19(4).

McInerney, A. M., Lindekilde, N., Nouwen, A., Schmitz, N., & Deschenes, S. S. (2022). Diabetes distress, depressive, and anxiety symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes: a network analysis approach to understanding comorbidity. Diabetes Care.

Lowry, E., McInerney, A., Schmitz, N., & Deschênes, S. S. (2022). Adverse childhood experiences and cognitive function in adulthood: examining the roles of depressive symptoms and inflammation in a prospective cohort study. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 1-11.

Speight, J., Hermanns, N., Ehrmann, D., Ortiz, M. T. A., Asimakopoulou, K., Baig, A., … & Vallis, M. (2021). Data on diabetes-specific distress are needed to improve the quality of diabetes care. The Lancet, 397(10290), 2149.

Byrne, B., McInerney, A., & Deschênes, S.S. (2022). A network analysis of depression and anxiety symptoms in Irish adults with and without diabetes. Poster presented at the IDF World Diabetes Congress 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, December 5-8, 2022.

Deschênes, S. S., Neachou, F., Mc Inerney, A., Schmitz, N., & Nouwen, A. (2022) Childhood trauma, depression, and the risk of incident prediabetes in young adults: findings from the Lifelines Cohort Study. Presented at the 15th European Public Health Conference 2022, Berlin, Germany, 9-12 November 2022

MacNeil, S., Deschênes, S., Knäuper, B., Carrese-Chacra, E., Dialahy, I. Z., Suh, S., … & Gouin, J. P. (2021). Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology & Health, 1-19.

Mohseni, M., Lindekilde, N., Forget, G., Burns, R. J., Pouwer, F., Schmitz, N., & Deschênes, S. S. (2022). Trait Anger, Hostility, and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes-Related Complications: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies. Current Diabetes Reviews.

Nearchou, F., Deschenes, S., Stapleton, A., & McInerney, A. (2021, July). Disseminating research on the impact of COVID-19 on health and well-being. Book of Abstracts. In #DISSCovid Virtual Conference, June 18th, 2021. University College Dublin. School of Psychology.

Graham, E., Watson, T., Deschênes, S. S., Filion, K. B., Henderson, M., Harper, S., … & Schmitz, N. (2021). Depression-related weight change and incident diabetes in a community sample. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-10.

Sen, A., Schmitz, N., Brazeau, A. S., Deschenes, S., & Melgar-Quiñonez, H. R. (2021). The Role of Ultra-Processed Food and Depression on the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A Community Study from Quebec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 45(7), S27-S28.

Nouwen, A., Deschênes, S. S., Balkhiyarova, Z., Albertorio-Díaz, J. R., Prokopenko, I., & Schmitz, N. (2021). Measurement invariance testing of the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) across people with and without diabetes mellitus from the NHANES, EMHS and UK Biobank datasets. Journal of Affective Disorders, 292, 311-318.

McInerney, A., Schmitz, N., Matthews, M., & Deschenes, S. S. (2021). Exploring behavioural predictors of psychological distress among adults with and without diabetes using digital phenotyping. Eurpean Health Psychology Society.

Lawlor, A., Gouin, J-P., & Deschenes, S. S.(2021) Investigating Associations Between Health Beliefs and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Ireland. Presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, August 23-27, 2021.

Mc Inerney, A., Byrne, B., Deschenes, S. S. Health behaviours and depressive symptoms in people with and without diabetes: A proposal for a network analysis approach. Presented at the 18th Annual Psychology Health & Medicine Conference, Ireland, May 14, 2021.

Ferri, F., Deschenes, S. S., Power, N., & Schmitz, N. (2021). Associations between cognitive function, metabolic factors and depression: A prospective study in Quebec, Canada. Journal of Affective Disorders, 283, 77-83.

Graham, E., Deschênes, S. S., Rosella, L. C., & Schmitz, N. (2021). Measures of depression and incident type 2 diabetes in a community sample. Annals of Epidemiology, 55, 4-9.

Deschênes, S. S., Kivimaki, M., & Schmitz, N. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and the risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood: examining potential psychological, biological, and behavioral mediators in the Whitehall II Cohort study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(10), e019013.

MacNeil, S., Deschênes, S., Knäuper, B., Carrese-Chacra, E., Dialahy, I. Z., Suh, S., … & Gouin, J. P. (2021). Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology & Health, 1-19.

Gouin, J. P., Thayer, J. F., Deschênes, S. S., MacNeil, S., & Booij, L. (2021). Implicit affect, heart rate variability, and the metabolic syndrome. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(1), 24-32.

Power, N., Deschênes, S. S., Ferri, F., & Schmitz, N. (2020). Job strain and the incidence of heart diseases: A prospective community study in Quebec, Canada. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 139, 110268.

Power, N., Deschênes, S. S., Ferri, F., & Schmitz, N. (2020). The association between job strain, depressive symptoms, and cardiovascular disease risk: results from a cross-sectional population-based study in Quebec, Canada. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 93(8), 1013-1021.

Deschenes, S. S., Kivimaki, M., & Schmitz, N. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences and the risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood: examining potential psychobiobehavioural mediators in the Whitehall II Cohort Study. Presented at the 17th Annual Psychology Health and Medicine Conference, Cork, Ireland, 25 June, 2020.

Deschênes, S. S., Burns, R. J., & Schmitz, N. (2020). Anxiety and depression symptom comorbidity and the risk of heart disease: a prospective community-based cohort study. Psychosomatic medicine, 82(3), 296-304.

Graham, E. A., Deschenes, S. S., Khalil, M. N., Danna, S., Filion, K. B., & Schmitz, N. (2020). Measures of depression and risk of type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective disorders, 265, 224-232.

Khalil, M., Power, N., Graham, E., Deschênes, S. S., & Schmitz, N. (2020). The association between sleep and diabetes outcomes–A systematic review. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 161, 108035.

Burns, R. J., Fillo, J., Deschênes, S. S., & Schmitz, N. (2020). Dyadic associations between physical activity and body mass index in couples in which one partner has diabetes: results from the Lifelines cohort study. Journal of behavioral medicine, 43(1), 143-149.

Ferri, F., Deschênes, S. S., Power, N., & Schmitz, N. (2021). Association between depressive symptoms, metabolic risk factors, and cognitive function: cross-sectional results from a community study in Quebec, Canada. Aging & Mental Health, 25(11), 2003-2010.

McGihon, R. E., Burns, R. J., Deschênes, S. S., & Schmitz, N. (2019). Longitudinal associations between number of cigarettes per day and depressive symptoms in adult smokers with type 2 diabetes: A path analysis approach. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 125, 109737.

Burns, R. J., Deschênes, S. S., Knäuper, B., & Schmitz, N. (2019). Habit strength as a moderator of the association between symptoms of poor mental health and unintentional non-adherence to oral hypoglycemic medication in adults with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(3), 321-326.

Levy, M., Deschênes, S. S., Burns, R. J., Elgendy, R., & Schmitz, N. (2019). Trajectories of social support in adults with type 2 diabetes: associations with depressive symptoms and functional disability. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34(3), 480-487.

Elgendy, R., Deschênes, S. S., Burns, R. J., Levy, M., & Schmitz, N. (2019). Alcohol consumption, depressive symptoms, and the incidence of diabetes‐related complications: 酒精消费量, 抑郁症状与糖尿病相关并发症发生率之间的关系. Journal of diabetes, 11(1), 14-22.

Deschênes, S. S., Burns, R. J., Graham, E., & Schmitz, N. (2020). Depressive symptoms and sleep problems as risk factors for heart disease: a prospective community study. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 29.

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