Dr Maria Gardani

Deputy Director for Research - Research Ethics and Research Integrity

Email: maria.gardani@ed.ac.uk
@MariaGardani

Street: Room 1.04m, Doorway 6
Elsie Inglis Quad
Old Medical School, Teviot Place
Edinburgh
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Biography

Background

I am a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the School of Health in Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. The primary focus of my research is the application of psychological theory and methodology to explore the onset and maintenance of sleep and circadian difficulties across the lifespan and their association with physiological and environmental factors.

Responsibilities & affiliations

Board of Trustee for Sleep Scotland.

https://sleepscotland.org/about-us/our-board/

Member of the U21 University Mental Health Group

https://u21health.org › u21-university-mental-health-group

Teaching & PhD supervision

Postgraduate teaching

Coordinator of Viva Examination for the DClinPsy

Research 2 Course Coordinator

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Current PhD students supervised

Mr Alexandros Kapatais

School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh

Mr Declan Mclaren

https://www.gla.ac.uk/pgrs/declanmclaren/#

Ms Jelena Milicev

https://www.gla.ac.uk/pgrs/jelenamilicev/#

Research

Research summary

My current research interests include:

-sleep and mental health in undergraduate students and postgraduate researchers: prevention, provision and ways of creating a supportive and inclusive environment.

- insomnia following stroke and traumatic brain injury, including interventions.

Affiliated research centres

Publications

Improving university students’ mental health using multi-component and single-component sleep interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis 14 Sep 2022 In: Sleep medicine, vol. 100, pp. 354-363
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.09.003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
A mixed methods expert opinion study on the optimal content and format for an occupational therapy intervention to improve sleep in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (31 pages) 6 Jun 2022 In: PLoS ONE, vol. 17, pp. 1-31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269453
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Adolescent perspectives of bedtime social media use: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis 31 Mar 2022 In: Sleep medicine reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101626
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
‘Let’s talk about well-being!’: Fostering interdependence in doctoral communities 15 Mar 2022
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Accepted/In press)
Evaluating mental health and wellbeing of postgraduate researchers: Prevalence and contributing factors 9 Nov 2021 In: Nature
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press)
Prevalence of insomnia and insomnia symptoms following mild-Traumatic Brain Injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2 Nov 2021 In: Sleep medicine reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101563
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
A systematic review and meta-analysis of poor sleep, insomnia symptoms and stress in undergraduate students (17 pages) 2 Nov 2021 In: Sleep medicine reviews, vol. 61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101565
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
The natural history of insomnia: Predisposing, precipitating, coping, and perpetuating factors over the early developmental course of insomnia 1 Sep 2021 In: Sleep, vol. 44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab095
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Examining the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Disturbing Dreams and Nightmare Severity Index (DDNSI) consequences sub-component (12 pages) 21 Dec 2020 In: Behavioral sleep medicine, vol. 19, pp. 783-794
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2020.1862848
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Prevalence and psychiatric correlates of suicidal ideation in UK university students (7 pages) 1 Jul 2020 In: Journal of affective disorders, vol. 272, pp. 191-197
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.185
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published)
Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between nightmares and psychotic experiences: Results from a student population 1 Jun 2020 In: npj Schizophrenia, vol. 6, pp. 1-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-020-0103-y
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Mental health disorders and adolescent peer relationships May 2020 In: Social Science & Medicine, vol. 253
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112973
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Dysfunctional sleep-related cognition and anxiety mediate the relationship between multidimensional perfectionism and insomnia symptoms (8 pages) 1 Feb 2020 In: Cognitive Processing, vol. 21, pp. 141-148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-019-00937-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Incidence and prevalence of post-stroke insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis Feb 2020 In: Sleep medicine reviews, vol. 49
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2019.101222
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published)
Psychopathy and chronotype disposition: The mediating role of depression Nov 2019 In: Heliyon, vol. 5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02894
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Interactive 3D Visualisation of the Mammalian Circadian System (27 pages) 24 Jul 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19385-0_2
Research output: › Chapter (Published)
The relationship between depression and insomnia symptoms amongst a sample of UK university students (5 pages) 30 Jun 2019 In: Sleep Medicine Research, vol. 10, pp. 49-53
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17241/smr.2019.00332
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Anxiety and depression mediate the relationship between insomnia symptoms and the personality traits of conscientiousness and emotional stability 12 Jun 2019 In: Heliyon, vol. 5, pp. e01939
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01939
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
The relationship between insomnia symptoms and the dark triad personality traits (4 pages) 1 Sep 2018 In: Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 131, pp. 212-215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
The relationship between Type D personality and insomnia (4 pages) Aug 2018 In: Sleep Health, vol. 4, pp. 360-363
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2018.04.005
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)

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This article was published on 29 Nov, 2022

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