Assistant Lecturer

Email: aisling.costello@tudublin

Aisling is Assistant Lecturer in Abnormal and Developmental Psychology in the School of Languages, Law and Social Sciences.

Qualifications

PhD, Dublin City University.

Her doctoral thesis involved an investigation of the impact of social media use on body image and well-being. Her supervisors were Dr. Ashling Bourke and Dr. Catherine Maunsell.

BSc. (Hons) in Psychology, Dublin City University.

Recent Conference Papers/Presentations

Costello, A. & Cashin, M. (October, 2020). Developing Educational Leaders: Towards a systemic approach to improving education in Cambodia. Presented at the Development Studies Association Ireland Conference in Dublin, Ireland.

Costello, A., Bourke, A. & Maunsell, C. (November, 2018). An investigation of the effects of Social Network Site use on Self-Surveillance and Depression. Presented at the Irish Postgraduate Research Conference in Dublin, Ireland.

Costello, A., Bourke, A. & Maunsell, C. (September, 2017). Emerging Adults perceptions of Objectification and Social Network Sites. Presented at the Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Costello, A., Bourke, A. & Maunsell, C. (March, 2017). An investigation of the relationship between Objectification Theory, Social Network Sites and Mood in an Irish Student Sample. Presented at the Seventh World Congress on Women’s Mental Health in Dublin, Ireland.

Costello, A., Bourke, A. & Maunsell, C. (2016, September). An investigation of the relationship between Objectification Theory, Facebook use and Mood. Presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Biennial Conference in La Barrosa, Cadiz, Spain.

Costello, A., Bourke, A. & Maunsell, C. (2015, November).  Objectification Theory, Social Network Sites and Adolescent Identity Development. Presented at the European Association for Adolescent Research (EARA) symposium in Roehampton University, London, UK.

Costello, A., Bourke, A. & Maunsell, C. (2015, June). An Investigation of Objectification Theory within the Context of the Internet. Presented at the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS) conference in Dublin, Ireland.

Publications

Costello, A., Maunsell, C., Cullen, C., & Bourke, A. (2022). A systematic review of the provision of sexuality education to student teachers in initial teacher education. Frontiers in Education, 7, 1-17. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.787966 

Maunsell, C., Bourke, A., Costello, A., Cullen, C., & Machowska-Kosciak, M. (2021). Teach-RSE teacher professional development and relationships and sexuality education (RSE): Realising optimal sexual health and wellbeing across the lifespan. Dublin City University. https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/staff/2022-03/TEACH-RSE%20Research%20Report_Final.pdf 

Winter, E., Costello, A., O’Brien, M., & Hickey, G. (2021). Teachers’ use of technology and the impact of Covid-19. Irish Educational Studies, 40(2), 235-246. DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2021.1916559 

Research Interests

Developmental psychology, well-being, adversity, social media, body-image, gender, identity, relationships and sexuality education.

Teaching Areas

Developmental psychology, social psychology, skills and approaches to professional helping, child and adolescent mental health, foundational skills development.