O'Connell, Brenda (2019) Motherhood, Female Ageing and Samuel Beckett. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
O'Connell, Brenda and Killeen-Byrt, Mary (2018) Psychosocial health mediates the gratitude-physical health link. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 23 (9). pp. 1145-1150. ISSN 1465-3966
Creaven, Ann-Marie, O'Connell, Brenda and Gallagher, Stephen (2017) A Commentary on “Positive Psychology Interventions for Patients With Heart Disease: A Preliminary Randomized Trial”. Psychosomatics, 58 (3). pp. 329-330. ISSN 0033-3182
O'Connell, Brenda, O'Shea, Deirdre and Gallagher, Stephen (2017) Feeling Thanks and Saying Thanks: A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining If and How Socially Oriented Gratitude Journals Work. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73 (10). pp. 1280-1300. ISSN 0021-9762