Dr Seonaid Cleare
- Research Fellow (Mental Health & Wellbeing)
telephone:
01412110691
email:
Seonaid.Cleare@glasgow.ac.uk
R373 Level 3, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, G12 0XH
Research interests
Miss Cleare is a Research Assistant for the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab (SBRL). Seonaid is currently working on the STEPPS (Study to Examine Psychological Processes in Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour) programme of research.
For more information on the STEPPS studies, please visit the SBRL website: www.suicideresearch.info
Publications
2024
Sigel, A.N., Udupa, N.S., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , O'Connor, R.C. , Joiner, T.E. and Jeon, M.E. (2024) Measurement invariance of the 4-item entrapment scale short-form (E-SF): a transnational examination across race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and suicide attempt history among minoritized adults. Assessment, (Accepted for Publication)
Ernst, M., Schwinn, T., Hirschmiller, J., Cleare, S. , Robb, K. A. , Brähler, E., Zwerenz, R., Wiltink, J., O'Connor, R. C. and Beutel, M. E. (2024) To what extent are psychological variables considered in the study of risk and protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals with cancer? A systematic review of 70 years of research. Clinical Psychology Review, 109, 102413. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102413) (PMID:38518584)
Williams, A. J., Cleare, S. , Borschmann, R., Tench, C. R., Gross, J., Hollis, C., Chapman-Nisar, A., Naeche, N., Townsend, E. and Slovak, P. (2024) Enhancing emotion regulation with an in-situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(1), e079801. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079801) (PMID:38195171)
2023
McClelland, H. , Cleare, S. and O'Connor, R. (2023) Suicide risk in personality disorders: a systematic review. Current Psychiatry Reports, (doi: 10.1007/s11920-023-01440-w) (Early Online Publication)
O'Connor, D. B. et al. (2023) Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 mental health & wellbeing study. Journal of Mental Health, 32(6), pp. 1122-1133. (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069716) (PMID:35579054)
2022
Wilding, S., O'Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., O'Carroll, R. E., Robb, K. A. and O'Connor, R. C. (2022) Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study. Scientific Reports, 12, 20795. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24240-3) (PMID:36460665) (PMCID:PMC9718764)
Wilding, S., O’Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , O’Carroll, R. E. O., Robb, K. A. and O’Connor, R. C. O. (2022) Information seeking, mental health and loneliness: Longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. Psychiatry Research, 317, 114876. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114876) (PMID:36215778) (PMCID:PMC9526871)
Wetherall, K. et al. (2022) Mental health and well-being during the second wave of COVID-19: longitudinal analyses of the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study (UK COVID-MH). BJPsych Open, 8(4), e103. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.58) (PMID:35642377) (PMCID:PMC9171032)
2021
Cleare, S. , Sandford, D., McClelland, H. , Zortea, T. C. and O'Connor, R. C. (2021) The integrated motivational-volitional (IMV) model and suicide risk in students: the role of perfectionism. In: Mallon, S. and Smith, J. (eds.) Preventing and Responding to Student Suicide. Jessica Kingsley Publishers: London, pp. 138-154. ISBN 9781787754188
Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Eschle, S., Forrester, R., Drummond, J. and O'Connor, R. C. (2021) Using the integrated motivational-volitional (IMV) model of suicidal behaviour to differentiate those with and without suicidal intent in hospital treated self-harm. Preventive Medicine, 152(Part 1), 106592. (doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106592) (PMID:34538374)
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2021) Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(6), pp. 326-333. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.212) (PMID:33081860) (PMCID:PMC7684009)
Zortea, T. C. , Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Melson, A. J. and O'Connor, R. C. (2021) On suicide risk: from psychological processes to clinical assessment and intervention. In: Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128093245 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00073-X)
2020
Langan-Martin, J. , Sharp, L. , Karadzhov, D. , Cleare, S. , Syrett, S., Zortea, T. and O'Connor, R. (2020) Designing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Understanding Suicide and Suicide Prevention Strategies in a Global Context. Findings from the March and Sep 2019 runs. 13th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 25 Aug 2020.
van Mens, K. et al. (2020) Predicting future suicidal behaviour in young adults, with different machine learning techniques: a population-based longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 271, pp. 169-177. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.081) (PMID:32479313)
Zortea, T. C. , Cleare, S. , Melson, A. J. , Wetherall, K. and O'Connor, R. C. (2020) Understanding and managing suicide risk. British Medical Bulletin, 134(1), pp. 73-84. (doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldaa013) (PMID:32435794)
De Beurs, D., Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Eschle-Byrne, S., Ferguson, E., O'Connor, D. B. and O'Connor, R. C. (2020) Entrapment and suicide risk: the development of the 4-item Entrapment Scale Short-Form (E-SF). Psychiatry Research, 284, 112765. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112765)
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , Zortea, T. and O'Connor, R. (2020) Status of the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour. In: De Leo, D. and Poštuvan, V. (eds.) Reducing the Toll of Suicide: Resources for Communities, Groups, and Individuals. Hogrefe Publishing: Göttingen, pp. 169-184. ISBN 9780889375697
2019
McClelland, H. , Langan-Martin, J. , Sharp, L. , Karadzhov, D. and Cleare, S. (2019) Mental Health, Suicide and Suicide Prevention in a Global Context. 3rd Annual Student’s One Health Conference, Glasgow, UK, 09-10 Nov 2019.
Langan-Martin, J. , Sharp, L. , Karadzhov, D. , McClelland, H. , Cleare, S. and O'Connor, R. (2019) Designing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Understanding Suicide and Suicide Prevention Strategies in a Global Context. 30th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention: Breaking Down Walls and Building Bridges (IASP 2019), Derry, Ireland, 17-21 Sep 2019.
Cleare, S. , Gumley, A. and O'Connor, R. C. (2019) Self‐compassion, self‐ forgiveness, suicidal ideation and self‐harm: a systematic review. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 26(5), pp. 511-530. (doi: 10.1002/cpp.2372) (PMID:31046164)
De Beurs, D., Fried, E.I., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , O'Connor, D.B., Ferguson, E., O'Carroll, R.E. and O'Connor, R.C. (2019) Exploring the psychology of suicidal ideation: a theory driven network analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 120, 103419. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2019.103419)
2018
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , Eschle, S., Ferguson, E., O'Connor, D. B., O'Carroll, R. E. and O'Connor, R. C. (2018) From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 241, pp. 475-483. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.074) (PMID:30149335)
Cha, C. B., O'Connor, R. C. , Kirtley, O., Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Eschle, S., Tezanos, K. M. and Nock, M. K. (2018) Testing mood-activated psychological markers for suicidal ideation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(5), pp. 448-457. (doi: 10.1037/abn0000358) (PMID:29927267)
Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Clark, A., Ryan, C., Kirtley, O., Smith, M. and O'Connor, R. (2018) Adverse childhood experiences and hospital-treated self-harm. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1235. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061235)
O'Connor, R. , Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , Eschle, S., Drummond, J., Ferguson, E., O'Connor, D. B. and O'Carroll, R. E. (2018) Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: national prevalence study of young adults. BJPsych Open, 4(3), pp. 142-148. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2018.14) (PMID:29922479) (PMCID:PMC6003254)
Cleare, S. , Gumley, A. , Cleare, C. J. and O'Connor, R. C. (2018) An investigation of the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale. Mindfulness, 9(2), pp. 618-628. (doi: 10.1007/s12671-017-0803-1)
2016
O'Connor, R. C. , Cleare, S. , Eschle, S., Wetherall, K. and Kirtley, O. J. (2016) The integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behavior. In: O'Connor, R. C. and Pirkis, J. (eds.) International Handbook of Suicide Prevention, Second Edition. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 220-240. ISBN 9781118903278 (doi: 10.1002/9781118903223.ch13)
2015
White, R.G. , Gumley, A.I. , McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S. , McLeod, H.J. and Mitchell, G. (2015) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for depression following psychosis: an examination of clinically significant change. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4(3), pp. 203-209. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2015.06.004)
2012
White, R.G. , Gumley, A.I. , McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S. and Mitchell, G. (2012) Depression and anxiety following psychosis: associations with mindfulness and psychological flexibility. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, (doi: 10.1017/S1352465812000239)
2011
White, R.G. , Gumley, A. , McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S. and Mitchell, G. (2011) A feasibility study of acceptance and commitment therapy for emotional dysfunction following psychosis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49(12), pp. 901-907. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.09.003)
Articles
Sigel, A.N., Udupa, N.S., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , O'Connor, R.C. , Joiner, T.E. and Jeon, M.E. (2024) Measurement invariance of the 4-item entrapment scale short-form (E-SF): a transnational examination across race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and suicide attempt history among minoritized adults. Assessment, (Accepted for Publication)
Ernst, M., Schwinn, T., Hirschmiller, J., Cleare, S. , Robb, K. A. , Brähler, E., Zwerenz, R., Wiltink, J., O'Connor, R. C. and Beutel, M. E. (2024) To what extent are psychological variables considered in the study of risk and protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals with cancer? A systematic review of 70 years of research. Clinical Psychology Review, 109, 102413. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102413) (PMID:38518584)
Williams, A. J., Cleare, S. , Borschmann, R., Tench, C. R., Gross, J., Hollis, C., Chapman-Nisar, A., Naeche, N., Townsend, E. and Slovak, P. (2024) Enhancing emotion regulation with an in-situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(1), e079801. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079801) (PMID:38195171)
McClelland, H. , Cleare, S. and O'Connor, R. (2023) Suicide risk in personality disorders: a systematic review. Current Psychiatry Reports, (doi: 10.1007/s11920-023-01440-w) (Early Online Publication)
O'Connor, D. B. et al. (2023) Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 mental health & wellbeing study. Journal of Mental Health, 32(6), pp. 1122-1133. (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069716) (PMID:35579054)
Wilding, S., O'Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., O'Carroll, R. E., Robb, K. A. and O'Connor, R. C. (2022) Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study. Scientific Reports, 12, 20795. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24240-3) (PMID:36460665) (PMCID:PMC9718764)
Wilding, S., O’Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , O’Carroll, R. E. O., Robb, K. A. and O’Connor, R. C. O. (2022) Information seeking, mental health and loneliness: Longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. Psychiatry Research, 317, 114876. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114876) (PMID:36215778) (PMCID:PMC9526871)
Wetherall, K. et al. (2022) Mental health and well-being during the second wave of COVID-19: longitudinal analyses of the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study (UK COVID-MH). BJPsych Open, 8(4), e103. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.58) (PMID:35642377) (PMCID:PMC9171032)
Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Eschle, S., Forrester, R., Drummond, J. and O'Connor, R. C. (2021) Using the integrated motivational-volitional (IMV) model of suicidal behaviour to differentiate those with and without suicidal intent in hospital treated self-harm. Preventive Medicine, 152(Part 1), 106592. (doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106592) (PMID:34538374)
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2021) Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(6), pp. 326-333. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.212) (PMID:33081860) (PMCID:PMC7684009)
van Mens, K. et al. (2020) Predicting future suicidal behaviour in young adults, with different machine learning techniques: a population-based longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 271, pp. 169-177. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.081) (PMID:32479313)
Zortea, T. C. , Cleare, S. , Melson, A. J. , Wetherall, K. and O'Connor, R. C. (2020) Understanding and managing suicide risk. British Medical Bulletin, 134(1), pp. 73-84. (doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldaa013) (PMID:32435794)
De Beurs, D., Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Eschle-Byrne, S., Ferguson, E., O'Connor, D. B. and O'Connor, R. C. (2020) Entrapment and suicide risk: the development of the 4-item Entrapment Scale Short-Form (E-SF). Psychiatry Research, 284, 112765. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112765)
Cleare, S. , Gumley, A. and O'Connor, R. C. (2019) Self‐compassion, self‐ forgiveness, suicidal ideation and self‐harm: a systematic review. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 26(5), pp. 511-530. (doi: 10.1002/cpp.2372) (PMID:31046164)
De Beurs, D., Fried, E.I., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , O'Connor, D.B., Ferguson, E., O'Carroll, R.E. and O'Connor, R.C. (2019) Exploring the psychology of suicidal ideation: a theory driven network analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 120, 103419. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2019.103419)
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , Eschle, S., Ferguson, E., O'Connor, D. B., O'Carroll, R. E. and O'Connor, R. C. (2018) From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 241, pp. 475-483. (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.074) (PMID:30149335)
Cha, C. B., O'Connor, R. C. , Kirtley, O., Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Eschle, S., Tezanos, K. M. and Nock, M. K. (2018) Testing mood-activated psychological markers for suicidal ideation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(5), pp. 448-457. (doi: 10.1037/abn0000358) (PMID:29927267)
Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Clark, A., Ryan, C., Kirtley, O., Smith, M. and O'Connor, R. (2018) Adverse childhood experiences and hospital-treated self-harm. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1235. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061235)
O'Connor, R. , Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , Eschle, S., Drummond, J., Ferguson, E., O'Connor, D. B. and O'Carroll, R. E. (2018) Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: national prevalence study of young adults. BJPsych Open, 4(3), pp. 142-148. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2018.14) (PMID:29922479) (PMCID:PMC6003254)
Cleare, S. , Gumley, A. , Cleare, C. J. and O'Connor, R. C. (2018) An investigation of the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale. Mindfulness, 9(2), pp. 618-628. (doi: 10.1007/s12671-017-0803-1)
White, R.G. , Gumley, A.I. , McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S. , McLeod, H.J. and Mitchell, G. (2015) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for depression following psychosis: an examination of clinically significant change. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4(3), pp. 203-209. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2015.06.004)
White, R.G. , Gumley, A.I. , McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S. and Mitchell, G. (2012) Depression and anxiety following psychosis: associations with mindfulness and psychological flexibility. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, (doi: 10.1017/S1352465812000239)
White, R.G. , Gumley, A. , McTaggart, J., Rattrie, L., McConville, D., Cleare, S. and Mitchell, G. (2011) A feasibility study of acceptance and commitment therapy for emotional dysfunction following psychosis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49(12), pp. 901-907. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.09.003)
Book Sections
Cleare, S. , Sandford, D., McClelland, H. , Zortea, T. C. and O'Connor, R. C. (2021) The integrated motivational-volitional (IMV) model and suicide risk in students: the role of perfectionism. In: Mallon, S. and Smith, J. (eds.) Preventing and Responding to Student Suicide. Jessica Kingsley Publishers: London, pp. 138-154. ISBN 9781787754188
Zortea, T. C. , Cleare, S. , Wetherall, K., Melson, A. J. and O'Connor, R. C. (2021) On suicide risk: from psychological processes to clinical assessment and intervention. In: Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128093245 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00073-X)
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. , Zortea, T. and O'Connor, R. (2020) Status of the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour. In: De Leo, D. and Poštuvan, V. (eds.) Reducing the Toll of Suicide: Resources for Communities, Groups, and Individuals. Hogrefe Publishing: Göttingen, pp. 169-184. ISBN 9780889375697
O'Connor, R. C. , Cleare, S. , Eschle, S., Wetherall, K. and Kirtley, O. J. (2016) The integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behavior. In: O'Connor, R. C. and Pirkis, J. (eds.) International Handbook of Suicide Prevention, Second Edition. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 220-240. ISBN 9781118903278 (doi: 10.1002/9781118903223.ch13)
Conference or Workshop Item
Langan-Martin, J. , Sharp, L. , Karadzhov, D. , Cleare, S. , Syrett, S., Zortea, T. and O'Connor, R. (2020) Designing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Understanding Suicide and Suicide Prevention Strategies in a Global Context. Findings from the March and Sep 2019 runs. 13th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 25 Aug 2020.
McClelland, H. , Langan-Martin, J. , Sharp, L. , Karadzhov, D. and Cleare, S. (2019) Mental Health, Suicide and Suicide Prevention in a Global Context. 3rd Annual Student’s One Health Conference, Glasgow, UK, 09-10 Nov 2019.
Langan-Martin, J. , Sharp, L. , Karadzhov, D. , McClelland, H. , Cleare, S. and O'Connor, R. (2019) Designing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Understanding Suicide and Suicide Prevention Strategies in a Global Context. 30th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention: Breaking Down Walls and Building Bridges (IASP 2019), Derry, Ireland, 17-21 Sep 2019.
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Suicidality among regular sports bettors: a longitudinal analysis
Greo Evidence Insights
2023 - 2025
Supervision
- Glass, James
Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk in veterinarians. #7316
Research datasets
2024
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S. and O'Connor, R. (2024) EMERGE data for paper. [Data Collection]
2010
Gumley, A. and Cleare, S. (2010) EDIE2 Study. [Data Collection]