Dr Iris-Anda Ilies

• Postnatal depression
• Postnatal mental health in mothers and fathers
• Digital behaviours amongst parents
• Online support

• BSc (Hons) Psychology
• PhD in Psychology

Iris teaches on the following modules:

• Lifespan Psychology (Co-Module Lead)
• Controversies and Myths in Psychology (Module Lead)
• Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis
• Self and Relationship

• Postnatal depressive symptoms and use of social media as a support platform amongst mothers and fathers
• Adjustment to motherhood/fatherhood and digital behaviours of parents in the first year-postpartum
• Gender differences in postnatal depression on social media: A corpus linguistic analysis
• Impact of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation on state anxiety and mindfulness 

• Ilies, I. A., Egan, H., & Mantzios, M. (2019). Comparing state anxiety and mindfulness between mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation whilst controlling for the effect of altruism and boredom. Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 7(2), 109-119.