• Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert - 2022
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - 2019
• Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Leeds - 2012
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - 2009
• University of Leeds Teaching Award Professional Standard 2 - 2009
• Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society - 2009
• PhD (University of Bradford) ‘Madness and narrative understanding’. - 2009
• Postgraduate Diploma in Research, University of Bradford - 2006
• BSc (Hons) Psychology, The Open University - 2001
• ENB 934 Management of people with HIV/AIDS - 1994 
• ENB 612 Diploma in Addiction Studies - 1993 
• Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) -1991

Social psychology, Mental health, Critical psychology.

Alison has been actively involved in both collaborative and her own research for the past 18 years.  Her doctoral research was located in the fields of social psychology and mental health, which brings together Alison's psychology background and clinical experience in the mental health field as a fully qualified psychiatric nurse. 

Alison's thesis centred around the relationship between narrative, understanding, identity and recovery in first hand narratives of madness, focusing in particular on how the theoretical ideas of Foucault and Bakhtin can be brought together in narrative research.  Alison's interests in alternative methods of understanding distress continue in my support of local mental health charities, who are committed to non-medicalised approaches to unusual experiences.  This has resulted in a collboaration with DIgial and Screen Media colleagues in the production of a film on the impact of a schizophrenia diagnosis on one person's life story.

Alison's current research is focused on co-creation of student experience and student engagement. Alison has worked with colleagues and students on designing, collating and analysing a variety of qualitative datasets from participants across the UK to answer the question 'what does it mean to be a UK undergraduate student in the present time?'. This research has been co-authored with students for conference presentations in the UK and Italy, as well as being being written for publication.

Peer-reviewed journals

Stephenson, M. & Torn, A. (2022 – publication pending). Review, rapid recall, reposition: how one HEI adapted delivery and design in the digital world in response to Covid 19. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning.

Tarrant, E. & Torn. A. (2021). A Qualitative Exploration of Young People and Prison Officers’ Experiences of Empathy within a Young Offenders’ Institution. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice. DOI 10.1108/JCRPP-01-2021-0001

Torn, A. (2012).  Rabelais’ carnival and madness.  History and Philosophy of Psychology, 14 (1), pp. 1-13.

Torn, A. (2011). Madness and mysticism: can a medieval narrative inform our understanding on psychosis?  History and Philosophy of Psychology, 13, pp. 1-14.

Torn, A. (2011). Chronotopes of madness and recovery: a challenge to narrative linearity.  Narrative Inquiry, 21, 1, pp. 130-150.

Books

Tyson, P. Davies, S. & Torn A. (2019). Madness: history, concepts and controversy. London: Routledge.

O’Mahoney, J., Bowman Grieve, L. & Torn, A. (2018). Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and the Psychological Architecture of Surveillance. In Mackay, A. & Flynn, S. (eds). Surveillance, Architecture and Control. London: Springer Nature/Palgrave Macmillan.

Torn, A. (2017). Medieval mysticism to schizoaffective disorder:
the repositioning of subjectivity in the discourse of psychiatry. In Cohen, B. (ed). International Handbook on Critical Mental Health. London: Routledge, pp. 126-132.

Torn, A. & Greasley, P. (eds). (2016). Psychology for Nursing. Polity Press: Cambridge.

Other publications

Payne, A.L. & Torn, A. (2021). The courage to transgress: Developing social connectedness and meaningful discourse within the online learning environment. Australian Association for Research in Education.

S4E5 - Dr Alison Torn on jigsaw classrooms - L&T Chat Show | Podcast on Spotify

In conversation with Dr Cat Jarman for the Gone Medieval podcast by History Hit:

Margery Kempe: Medieval Mysticism or Psychosis?

Margery Kempe was an English Christian mystic, known for writing "The Book of Margery Kempe", a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. She's also thought to be the first case of schizophrenia.

a.torn@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• MSc Psychological Research (Distinction) 
• BSc (Hons) Psychology (Upper Second Class Honours)

Language and Literacy development, Research methodology.
Skills training and development (Excel, SPSS, R and other programming languages).

PhD Studies:

• Testing the contribution of visual, motor, and verbal learning on letter knowledge acquisition.
• The Impact of Reading and Math Difficulties on Child Well-being

Downing, C., Evans, G., Calabrich, S., Wynne, C., Cartin, R., Dunton, J., Elliott, R., Caravolas, M., Hulme, C., & Jones, M. (2024). Literacy instruction from afar: evidence for the effectiveness of a remotely delivered language-rich reading programme. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-023-10502-7

Caravolas, M., Downing, C., Hadden, C. L., & Wynne, C. (2020). Handwriting legibility and its relationship to spelling ability and age: evidence from monolingual and bilingual children. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 1097. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01097

c.wynne@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• Doctor of Philosophy, Incidental sequence learning in humans: Predictions of an associative account, University of Exeter 30 Sept 2010 → 14 Aug 2014 Award Date: 30 Sept 2014 
• Master of Science, Psychological Research Method , University of Exeter - 1 Sept 2009 → 30 Aug 2010 
• Bachelor of Science, Psychology (with Honours), University of Exeter - 1 Sept 2006 → 30 Jul 2009 

Cognition, Cognitive psychology, Research methods, Quantitative methods. 

Learning, sequence learning, sequential effects, implicit learning, computational models, human-computer interaction 

Yeates, F., Wills, A.J., Jones, F.W., & McLaren, I.P.L. (2014). State trace analysis: Dissociable processes in a connectionist network? Cognitive Science. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12185. 

McLaren, I. P. L., Dunn, B.D., Lawrence, N.S., Milton, F.N., Verbruggen, F., Stevens, T., McAndrew, A., & Yeates, F. (2014). Why decision making may not require awareness. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 35-36. 

Yeates, F. (2013). Putting the quality into quantitative research. PsyPAG Quarterly, 89, 5-11. 

McAndrew, A., Yeates, F., Verbruggen, F., & McLaren, I.P.L. (2013). Modeling a reaction time variant of the Perruchet effect in humans. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3014- 3019). Austin TX: Cognitive Science Society. 

Yeates, F., Jones, F.W., Wills, A.J., Aitken, M.R.F., & McLaren, I.P.L. (2013). Implicit learning: A demonstration and a revision to a novel SRT paradigm. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3829-2834). Austin TX: Cognitive Science Society. 

McLaren, R., Jones, F.W., Yeates, F., & McLaren, I.P.L. (2013). Cue competition in human associative learning. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 4044). Austin TX: Cognitive Science Society. 

Yeates, F., Jones, F.W., Wills, A.J., McLaren, R.P., & McLaren, I.P.L. (2013). Modeling human sequence learning under incidental conditions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 39(2), 166-173. 

Yeates, F., Jones, F.W., Wills, A.J., Aitken, M.R.F. & McLaren, I.P.L. (2012). Implicit learning: A demonstration and a novel SRT paradigm. In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1185-1190). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. 

Yeates, F., Wills, A.J., Jones, F.W. & McLaren, I.P.L. (2012). State-Trace analysis of sequence learning by simple recurrent networks. In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2581-2586). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. 

f.yeates@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• PhD Psychology (Durham University)
• MSc Clinical Neuroscience (UCL)
• BSc Psychology and Biology (Dual Hons; Keele University)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Durham University)

Clinical Psychology and Biological Psychology.

Lisa has recently completed a multi-national study (UK; Italy; Australia) investigating the impact of student connectedness under social isolation on student adjustment and wellbeing. The premise of this research is also being extended to other populations. She continues to research interventions that seek to promote resilience in young people. 

Barwood, M. J., Eglin, C., Hills, S. P., Johnston, N., Massey, H., McMorris, T., Tipton, M. J., Wakabayashi, H., & Webster, L. (2024). Habituation of the cold shock response: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Thermal Biology, 119, 103775. Article 103775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.10377

Terry, J., Ross, R. M., Nagy, T., Salgado, M., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Sarfo, J. O., Cooper, S., Buttner, A. C., Lima, T. J. S., Öztürk, I., Akay, N., Santos, F. H., Artemenko, C., Copping, L. T., Elsherif, M. M., Milovanović, I., Cribbie, R. A., Drushlyak, M. G., Swainston, K., ... Field, A. P. (2023). Data from an international multi-centre study of statistics and mathematics anxieties and related variables in university students (the SMARVUS Dataset). Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.80

Woodfield, R., Boduszek, D., Willmott, D., & Webster, L. (2023). The moderating role of prison personnel years of service in the relationship between trauma and PTSD. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7(3), Article 100333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2023.100333

Maskeen, S., Matthews, J., Smith, D. M., Stain, H. J., & Webster, L. A. D. (2021). Higher education as the pathway to personal and community success for Pakistani and Bangladeshi people: A systematic review. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1-22.

Alsubaie, M. M., Stain, H. J., Webster, L. & Wadman, R. (2019). The role of sources of social support on depression and quality of life for university students. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2019.1568887

Brown, JVE., Walton,  N., Meader,  N., Todd,  A., Webster,  LAD., Steele,  R., Sampson,  SJ., Churchill,  R., McMillan,  D., Gilbody,  S. & Ekers,  D. (2019). Pharmacy‐based management for depression in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD013299. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013299.pub2.

Davis, P., Webster, L., Fernyhough, C., Ralston, K., Kola-Palmer, S. & Stain, H. (2019). Adult Report of Imaginary Companion Play and Adversity in Childhood: Relations to Concurrent Prodromal Symptom Report. Psychiatry Research, 150-152. 

Short, V., Covey, J.A., Webster, L.A., Wadman, R., Reilly, J., Hay-Gibson, N. and Stain, H.J. (2019), Considering the team in team formulation: a systematic review. Mental Health Review Journal, 24(1), 11-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-12-2017-0055

 
Wadman, R., Webster, L., Mawn, L. & Stain, H. (2019). Adult attachment, psychological distress and help-seeking in university students: Findings from a cross-sectional online survey in England. Mental Health & Prevention. 7-13. 

Webster, L.A.D., Chew-Graham, C., Ekers, D. (2016). Feasibility of training practice nurses to deliver a psychosocial intervention within a collaborative care framework for people with depression and long-term conditions: A qualitative study utilizing Normalisation Process Theory. BMC Nursing. 15(71) DOI: 10.1186/s12912-016-0190-2.

Other

Harsh lessons in distress - students tell of mental health struggles at university: The Yorkshire Post Harsh lessons in distress - students tell of mental health struggles at university | Yorkshire Post

Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Interventions for Adolescent Mental Health (specialty section of Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) 

l.webster@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• PhD Psychology, University of Huddersfield, 2024
• MSc Psychology, Leeds Beckett University, 2020
• MA Applied Research and Consulancy, Lancaster Universit, 2010
• BA Musicology, Lancaster University, 2009

Mental Health/Health Psychology, Qualitative Research Methods, Contemporary Issues.

“What works” to make higher education accessible to disabled students: An exploratory study to identify contextually based improvements. Leeds Trinity University with Dr James Jackson and Deano Lund.

‘LEGO® Building: Understanding the emotional journey of the student experience into and through higher education’. Leeds Trinity University with Dr. Rachel Conlon

‘Facilitators accessing green spaces’, University of Huddersfield with Dr. Chris Neale, Prof. Nigel King, Prof. Viv Burr and Dr. Clementinah Rooke.

Peters L. A. (2024) An exploration of analytical tools to conduct a realist synthesis and demonstrate programme theory development: An example from a realist review. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences. 0(0). doi:10.1177/26320843231224807

Peters, L. A., Gomersall, T., Booth, A., & Lucock, M. (2023). Community arts, identity and recovery: A realist review of how community-based arts activities enables the identity change recovery process from serious mental illness. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2751

Peters, L. A. (2023) Embracing neurodiversity to enhance the post-graduate researcher experience: reflections from a doctoral student. Fields: journal of Huddersfield student research, 1(1), 1-13.

Peters, L. & Brown, E. M. (2022) The relationship between illness identity and the self-management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. British Journal of Health Psychology. 27(3), 956-970

Ten Brink, A., Peters, L., Kompouli, P.-I., Jordan, A., McCabe, C., Andreasf, G. & Bultitude, J. H. (2020) Bodily changes and sensory sensitivity in complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia, Pain, 161(6), 1361-1370

l.peters@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• PhD in Psychology 2016-2019
• MSc Psychology (Distinction) 2013-2015
• BSc Counselling and Psychology (1st- class) 2010-2013 

Research methods, Counselling/clinical psychology, Mental health and wellbeing, Positive psychology, Compassion-focused therapy/compassionate mind training.

How Compassion and Positive Psychology can assist with desistance from offending 

Compassion Strengths training with nursing and healthcare students.

ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5655-4075  

Phillips, R, Durkin, M, Engward, H, Cable G, Iancu, M (2022). The impact of caring for family members with mental illnesses on the caregiver: a scoping review, Health Promotion International, daac049, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac049 

Durkin, M., Gurbutt, R., & Carson, J. (2022). Effectiveness of an online short compassion strengths course on nursing students compassion: A mixed methods non-randomised pilot study. Nurse Education Today, 111, 105315. 

Durkin, M., Carson, J., & Gurbutt, R. (2020) Development and validation of a new instrument to measure nursing students compassion strengths: The Bolton Compassion Strengths Indicators. Nurse Education in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102822  

Durkin, M., Gurbutt, R. & Carson J. (2019). Stakeholder perspectives of compassion in nursing: the development of the compassion strengths model. Journal of Advanced Nursing https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14134  

Durkin, M., Gurbutt, R. & Carson J. (2018). Qualities, Teaching and measurement of compassion in nursing:  A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 63, 50-58.  

Beaumont, E., Rayner, G., Durkin, M., & Bowling, G. (2017). The effects of Compassionate Mind Training on student psychotherapists. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 12 (5), 300-312. 

Beaumont, E., Durkin, M., McAndrew, S., & Martin, C. R. (2016). Using Compassion Focused Therapy as an adjunct to Trauma-Focused CBT for Fire Service personnel suffering with trauma-related symptoms. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 9. 

Durkin, M., Beaumont, E., Martin, C. J. H., & Carson, J. (2016). A pilot study exploring the relationship between self-compassion, self-judgement, self-kindness, compassion, professional quality of life and wellbeing among UK community nurses. Nurse Education Today, 46, 109-114.  

Beaumont, E., Durkin, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., Carson, J., (2016) Compassion for others, self-compassion, quality of life and mental well-being measures and their association with compassion fatigue and burnout in student midwives: a quantitative survey. Midwifery, 34 239–244. 

Beaumont, E., Durkin, M., Hollins Martin, C.J., Carson, J. (2016). Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in trainee counsellors and trainee cognitive behavioural psychotherapists: a quantitative survey. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 16(1): 15-23. 

Books

Durkin (2023). Developing you compassion strengths: a guide for healthcare students and practitioners. Routledge Taylor Francis.

 Other

Durkin, M. (2017). Student life-Be an agent of compassion: Five qualities, practised every day, can make you more compassionate, says psychology graduate and PhD student Mark Durkin. Nursing Standard, 31(38), 35-35. 

UC Berkley, Greater Good Magazine, 8 May 2017 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-give-to-others-without-burning-out  

Huffington Post, 17 May 2017 

https://time.com/4886913/how-to-take-care-of-others-without-burning-out/   

Time Magazine, 7 August 2017 

m.durkin@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• PhD Psychology 
• Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy 
• MSc Psychology 
• Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert
• BSc Psychology (Hons) – First Class 

Cognitive Psychology (with a focus on decision-making, risk, and reasoning), cyberpsychology, research methods (qualitative and quantitative), research/project supervision. I also have teaching experience in other areas/topics such as social policy, educational psychology, and risk and modernity. 

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and recognised as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert.

A brief report on student gambling: How can universities help? 

Gambling Among UK University Students on Sports-Based Degree Programmes  

Understanding the Role of Branding in the Responsible Gambling Ethos of Popular Gambling Providers in the UK: Are Responsible Gambling ‘Commitments’ Brand-Free?

ORCiD: 0000-0002-7726-7702 

McGivern P, Hussain Z, Lipka S, Stupple E. The impact of pop-up warning messages of losses on expenditure in a simulated game of online roulette: a pilot study. BMC Public Health. 2019 Jun 26;19(1):822. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7191-5. PMID: 31242890; PMCID: PMC6595584. 

McGivern P, Coxon M. Student polling software: where cognitive psychology meets educational practice? Front Psychol. 2015 Jan 30; 6:55. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00055. PMID: 25688228; PMCID: PMC4311550. 

McGivern, P., & Shepherd, J. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on UK university students: Understanding the interconnection of issues experienced during lockdown. Power and Education 14(3) 218-227  https://doi.org/10.1177/17577438221104227

Other

Examining the impact and potential of an interactive risk meter as a responsible gambling device in electronic roulette 

General information 

Organisations:  

University of Derby 

Contributors:  

McGivern, P. 

Publication date:  

Feb 2016 

Event:  

Poster session presented at New Horizons in Responsible Gambling Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster 

Tailored onscreen ‘pop-up’ warning messages of specific loss amounts reduce expenditure in online roulette 

McGivern, P., May 2015 

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster 

Organisations:  

University of Derby 

Ethical and practical considerations of online gambling research: aligning policy and scientific enquiry 

McGivern, P., Jan 2015 

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster 

Organisations:  

University of Derby 

Context-specific ‘pop-up’ warnings reduce gambling expenditure in online roulette 

McGivern, P., 1 Sep 2014. 

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster 

Organisations:  

University of Derby 

The prevalence and nature of negative experiences online 

McGivern, P. & Noret, N., 7 Jul 2010. 

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster 

Organisations:  

York St John University 

Research Snapshot - Gambling Research Exchange Ontario 

Description: 

Research article featured in the 'Research Snapshot' profile within the Gambling Research Exchange Ontario, Canada 

Details of Media contribution and Media coverage 

McGivern, P., Hussain, Z., Lipka, S. (2019). The impact of pop-up warning messages of losses on expenditure in a simulated game of online roulette: a pilot study. Research Snapshot, Gambling Research Exchange Ontario 

29/09/19 

United Kingdom 

https://www.greo.ca/Modules/EvidenceCentre/files/McGivern%20et%20al%20(2019)_The%20impact%20of%20pop%20up%20warning%20messages%20of%20losses%20on%20expenditure_Final.pdf 

p.mcgivern@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• PhD
• MSc Psychological Approaches to Health
• BSc (Hons) Psychology

PSY4063 Professional Development for Psychologists 1
PSY4073 Introduction to Research Skills for Psychologists
PSY6125 Health Behaviour Change in Context
PSY6122 Psychology Special Subject
PSY6145 Psychology Research Project
PSY7065 Personality and Intelligence (Masters conversion course)
PSY7033 Advanced Research Methods for Practitioner Psychologists (Forensic Masters)

Promoting Bayesian statistics to aide in the improvement of Health Psychology; The effect of goal priority on intentions to engage in environmentally positive behaviour; The development of an Italian version of a Psychological Resilience scale; Assessing the effectiveness of Tai chi to improve Psychological Resilience

Morris, B., & Bone, A. (2024). Brazilian jiu-jitsu and wellbeing: an inductive thematic analysis exploring how BJJ can increase subjective wellbeing. Mental Health and Social Inclusion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-11-2023-0116

Morris, B., Jackson, J., & Roberts, A. (2023). Effects of long-term Ashtanga yoga practice on psychological well-being. Mental Health and Social Inclusion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-03-2023-0033

St Quinton, T., Morris, B., Lithopoulos, A., Norman, P., Conner, M., & Rhodes, R. (2023). Self-efficacy and alcohol consumption: are efficacy measures confounded with motivation? Cogent Psychology, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2023.2180872

St Quinton, T., Morris, B., Pickering, D., & Smith, D. (2022). Behavior change techniques and delivery modes in interventions targeting adolescent gambling: a systematic review. Journal of Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-022-10108-8

St Quinton, T., Morris, B., & Crescioni, A. W. (2022). Beliefs in free will and determinism: associations with social cognition and gambling behavior. Addiction Research & Theory. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2062330

Jackson, J., & Morris, B. (2022). Impact of the built asset on health and wellbeing: contemporary review of tinnitus in the built environment, and effective interventions at work and home. In O. Ebohon, & C. Udeaja (Eds.), Proceedings of IDoBE International Conference on Uncertainties in the Built Environment (2021): How can we build a resilient future in the new normal? (pp. 989-1004). Article Paper 1

St Quinton, T., & Morris, B. (2021). Gambling prevention mobile applications: understanding the inclusion and use of behaviour change techniques. Journal of Gambling Issues, 48, 110–121. https://doi.org/10.4309/jgi.2021.48.5

St Quinton, T., Morris, B., Barwood, M., & Conner, M. (2021). Promoting physical activity through text messages: the impact of attitude and goal priority messages. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2021.1891073

St Quinton, T., Morris, B., & Trafimow, D. (2021). Untangling the Theory of Planned Behavior's auxiliary assumptions and theoretical assumptions: implications for predictive and intervention studies. New Ideas in Psychology, 60, Article 100818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2020.100818

b.morris@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• PhD Psychology (Leeds Beckett University)
• MA Interdisciplinary Psychology (Leeds Beckett University)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Leeds Beckett University)
• BSc(Hons) Psychology (The Open University)

• Critical Psychology (Social/Health)
• Qualitative Research Methods

Candice is currently involved in a number of research projects. These include exploring men’s engagement with mobile dating apps, papers surrounding men’s body image and appearance-related matters and how men discuss sensitive topics, and a co-creation project involving students and staff at Leeds Trinity University.

Peer-reviewed journals

Whitaker, C., Gough, B., Fawkner, H., & Deighton-Smith, N. (2021). Young men’s body dissatisfaction: A qualitative analysis of anonymous online accounts. Journal of health psychology, 26(5), 636-649.

Other publications

Whitaker, C., Gough, B., Fawkner, H. & Deighton-Smith, N., (2001, 16-19 Jun). Negotiating feminised discourses: a discursive analysis of how men construct body image and appearance-related matters. [Conference presentation]. 1^st Conference of the Association of European Qualitative Researchers, Thessaloniki/Online, Greece

Whitaker, C. (2019, 15-18 Jul). Body talk: the role of masculinity in young men’s body image and appearance related matters [Conference presentation]. The 11^th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP), Bratislava, Slovakia.

Whitaker, C. (2019, 3-5 Jul). “I do care about how I look, when I feel like I shouldn’t!”: a qualitative investigation of young men’s body image-related issues [Conference presentation]. The British Psychological Society Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section & The History and Philosophy of Psychology Section Conference, Cardif, UK.

Whitaker, C. (2022, July 13-15). Finding your voice and volume as a novice researcher: Reflecting on self-positioning and disclosure in the knowledge production process [Conference presentation]. BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Conference, Leicester, UK.

Whitaker, C. (2022, July 13-15). ‘The grind of finding someone’: A Thematic Analysis of men’s accounts of their picture-based mobile dating app use. [Conference presentation]. BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Conference, Leicester, UK.

c.whitaker@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Awarded 2017)
• Chartered member of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology (Awarded 2015)
• PhD in Sport Psychology - The University of Hull, (2009 – 2014) PhD title: 'Reflections on Research and Applied Practice in Applied Sport Psychology: A Personal Journey through Context, Method and Theory’.
• MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (Merit) - University of Central Lancashire, (2007-2008)
• BSc (Hons) Sport Psychology (Upper-Second) - University of Central Lancashire, (2004-2007)

Sport psychology, Qualitative Research methods.

Haluch, P., Radcliffe, J., & Rowley, C. (2021). The Quest for Professional Self-Understanding: Sense Making and the Interpersonal Nature of Applied Sport Psychology Practice. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 10.1080/10413200.2021.1914772

Rowley, C., Potrac, P., Knowles, Z. R., & Nelson, L. (2018). More Than Meets the (Rationalistic) Eye: A Neophyte Sport Psychology Practitioner’s Reflections on the Micropolitics of Everyday Life within a Rugby League Academy. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2018.1491906

Whitehead, A. E., Jones, H. S., Williams, E. L., Rowley, C., Quayle, L., Marchant, D., & Polman, R. C. (2018). Investigating the relationship between cognitions, pacing strategies and performance in 16.1 km cycling time trials using a think aloud protocol. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.10.001

Rowley, C., Fook, J., & Glazzard, J. (2017) Adopting a student-led pedagogic approach within Higher Education: The reflections of an early career academic. Reflective Practice. DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2017.1351352

Rowley, C., Earle, K., & Gilbourne, D. (2012) Practice and the Process of Critical Learning: Reflections of an Early Stage Practitioner Working in Elite Youth Level Rugby League. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 8, 35-50. 

Book chapters

Fook, J., Glazzard, J., Hayes, A. M., Mealey, A. M. & Rowley, C. (2017) Developing a Core compulsory module to teach principles of social justice and citizenship in Mealey A. M., Jarvis, P., Doherty, J. & Fook, J. (Eds). Everyday Social Justice and Citizenship: Perspectives for the 21st Century. London: Routledge

Rowley, C. & Lester, C (2016) Carl Rogers: Applying student-centred learning to coaching in Nelson, L., Groom, R., & Potrac, P. (Eds). Learning in sports coaching: Theory and application. London: Routledge.

Other

‘Life lessons from the Olympics’ published in The Psychologist (July 2024) https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/life-lessons-olympics  

c.rowley@leedstrinity.ac.uk

Psychology of Religion, Positive Psychology, Psychometrics, Health Psychology.

Journals

• Lewis, C. A., Hopkins Burgess, J., & Francis, L.J. (published online). Psychological type profile of Ministers of Word and Sacrament within the United Reformed Church (URC). Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 25(8). https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2037536
• Messum, A., Lewis, C.A., Hasan, S.S., & Iftikhar, R. (2022). Mental and physical health correlates of the psychological impact of the first wave of COVID-19 among general population of Pakistan. Frontiers in Psychology
• Francis, L. J., Village, A., & Lewis, C. A. (2022). Spiritual awakening among church members during the pandemic: An empirical study in England and Wales. Journal of Empirical Theology, 35(1), 47-75.
• Loewenthal, K.M., Lewis, C.A., & Dein, S. (2022). Adversity, religious change and mental wellbeing. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 25(3), 227-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2021.2012372
• Batool, S., & Lewis, C.A. (2022). Does positive parenting predict pro-social behavior and friendship quality among adolescents? Emotional intelligence as a mediator. Current Psychology, 41, 1997-2011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00719-y
• Lewis, C.A., Davis, S., Corry, D.A.S., & Demmrich, S. (2022). German translation of four additional items for the Addictive Features section of the Ottawa Self-injury Inventory version 3.1 [Letter]. International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction, 11(1):e118936. doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.118936.

Books

• Loewenthal, K. M., & Lewis, C.A. (in press). Введение в психологические тесты и шкалы [An introduction to psychological tests and scales (3rd ed.)]. Moscow: Dialektika (ISBN TBC)
  
  Loewenthal, K. M., & Lewis, C.A. (2020). An introduction to psychological tests and scales (3rd ed.). London: Psychology Press. (ISBN 9781138674264)
• Lewis, C.A. (Ed.). (2018). Psychological type, religion and culture. London: Psychology Press. (ISBN 978-0815362005)
• Lewis, C.A. (Ed.). (2018). Assessment of mental health, religion and culture. London: Psychology Press. (ISBN 978-0-8153-8319-2)
  
  Lewis, C.A. (2016). Jetnicheskie i konfessionalnye konflikty: Socialno-psihologicheskij analiz opyta Velikobritanii [Ethnic and religious conflicts: Social-psychological analysis of UK experience]. Ufa: Izd-vo RITz BashGU. (ISBN 978-5-7477-4257-4).
• Lewis, C.A., Rogers, M.B., Loewenthal, K. M., Amlot, R., Cinnirella, M., & Ansari H. (Eds.). (2013). Aspects of terrorism and martyrdom: Dying for good, dying for God. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. (ISBN 978-0773443419). iv+350 pages
  
  Lewis, C.A. (Ed.). (2013). Ireland: Economic, political and social issues. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science. (ISBN 978-1-62257-924-2). viii+158 pages

• PhD in Psychology – University of Hull
• MSc Industrial Psychology – University of Hull
• BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences – Heriot-Watt University
• BSc (Hons) Psychology – University of Sheffield

Biopsychology; Hormones (specifically cortisol and testosterone), Stress and Illness (chronic stressors/objective measurement of stress), Tinnitus/Hearing Loss, Human Attraction, and Pain Tolerance.

James is currently engaged in several different areas of research. As of September 2024, he is continuing investigation of online mindfulness and the MindEar smartphone app as interventions for tinnitus distress. Other projects include further investigation of the Cortisol Awakening Response in tinnitus patients, tinnitus during pregnancy, tinnitus and COVID, female stalking and the menopause, and effects of prenatal testosterone exposure on female engagement in combat sports.

Jackson, J. G., & Woolmer, C. D. (2024). An 8-Week Online Body Scan Meditation Intervention for Tinnitus: Accessibility, Adherence, and Rates of Clinically Meaningful Success. Mindfulness, 1-12. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02357-y  

Morris, B., Jackson, J., & Roberts III, A. (2023). Effects of long-term Ashtanga Yoga practice on psychological well-being. Mental Health and Social Inclusion. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-03-2023-0033  

Jackson, J., & Morris, B. (2022, August). Impact of the built asset on health and wellbeing: contemporary review of tinnitus in the built environment, and effective interventions at work and home. In IDoBE International Conference 2021: Uncertainties in the Built Environment: How can we build a resilient future in the new normal? (pp. 989-1004). 

Edwards, H. M., Jackson, J. G., & Evans, H. (2022). Neuroticism as a covariate of cognitive task performance in individuals with tinnitus. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 906476. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.906476  

Jackson, J. G. (2019). The cortisol awakening response: A feasibility study investigating the use of the area under the curve with respect to increase as an effective objective measure of tinnitus distress. American journal of audiology, 28(3), 583-596. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_AJA-18-0174  

Want to improve your knowledge of tinnitus? 14/05/24 

Audiology World News (International), United Kingdom. 

https://www.audiology-worldnews.com/uk-news/profession-uk-news/want-to-improve-your-knowledge-of-tinnitus/  

Into You: Part 1 – The Anatomy of Attraction (March 2022)

The Anatomy of Attraction - Into You | Podcast on Spotify

Into You: Part 2 – Attraction in Action (April 2022)

Attraction in Action - Into You | Podcast on Spotify

Gin and Topic - Jacqsons and Tinnitus (Season 2 Episode 6)

Tinnitus – More than just a noise

Leeds International Festival of Ideas 2021: LIFICAST001 – Are we More Lonely?

j.jackson@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• Laurea pre-Bologna agreement, cum laude, University of Urbino Carlo Bo’
• PhD in Applied Psychology, East China Normal University
• PGCHE, University of Nottingham  

Social psychology, Cross-cultural psychology, Conservation psychology.

• Reduction in Carbon Footprint and Psychological Wellbeing (in collaboration with University of Nottingham Malaysia, University Malaya, Bangor University) 
• Global Classroom and Student Cultural Intelligence (in collaboration with University of Opole and Taylor’s University).  

Sawicki, A. J.,Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Balcerowska, J. M., Sawicka M. J., PiotrowskiJ., Sedikides, C., Jonason P. K.,Maltby, J., Adamovic, M., Agada M. G., Ahmed, O., Al-Shawaf, L., Appiah, S. C. Y., Ardi, R., Babakr, Z.H.,Bălțătescu, S., Bonato,M., Cowden, R. G., Chobthamkit, P., ... Zand, S. (2021). The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: ItsStructure and MeasurementInvariance Across 48 Countries.Psychological Assessment, in press. 

De Pretto, L., Mansilla, O.P., Russo, E.et al.The experience of Hope among Italian undergraduatestudents.CurrPsychol(2020). The experience of Hope among Italian undergraduate students | SpringerLink  De Pretto, L.*,Chin, Y. S. J.*, Thuppil, V., & Ashfold, M. J.(2019). Public awareness and support forenvironmentalprotection—A focus on air pollution in peninsular Malaysia.PloS one,14(3), e0212206.  

Pauluzzo, R., Guarda, M.,De Pretto, L., & Fang, T. (2018). Managing paradoxes, dilemmas, and change: A case studytoapply theYin Yang wisdom in Western organizational settings.Cross Cultural & Strategic Management,25(2),257-275. 

Wong, P.Y.,Varkkey,H., Ashfold,M.,De Pretto, L.,Ives, C.,Masran, S.A., VasanthaKumar, P.(2021).We need totalk about haze. We need to talk about haze | Vision | University of Nottingham 

Varkkey,H., Ashfold, M.,De Pretto, L.,Ives, C., Wong, P.Y., Masran, S.A., VasanthaKumar, P.(2021).Haze andgovernment communications in Malaysia(Policy brief003). Haze-POLICY-BRIEF-003.PDF (nottingham.ac.uk) 

Alfajri, Setiawan, A.,Varkkey, H., Ashfold, M.,De Pretto, L., Wong, P.Y., and Ives, C.(2021).Religious ValuesandEnvironmental Protection in Indonesia: New Public Opinion Data on Transboundary Haze.ARIscope. 

Ashfold, M., Wong, P., Varkkey, H.,De Pretto, L., Miller, M., Astuti, R., . . . Kumar,P. (2020).Public Values andSentimentsregarding Transboundary Haze Pollution in Singapore.ARIscope.  

CL Hii, SP Ong, CL Chiang,L De Pretto, CH Pang, DE Tan. Classroom design attributes: An investigation of staffs’and students' preferences. Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Research Day 2019 (2019), 216-217.  

De Pretto, L.,Hii, C.L.,Chiang, C.L.,Ong, S.P.,Tan, D.E.S.Y.,Pang, C.H.(2019).On the KeyFactors in HigherEducation Classroom Design: Physical Aspects of the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Experience inMalaysia.Preprints, 2019080089 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201908.0089.v1). 

l.depretto@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• MSc Organizational Psychology
• BSc (Hons) Psychology 

Developmental psychology, Anti-racism, Research Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative).

Shames’ main research interests are on the interplay of culture, religion and gender on the lived experiences of students and staff of colour in higher education. 

• Maskeen, S., Matthews, J., Smith, D. M., Stain, H. J., & Webster, L. A. (2021). Higher education as the pathway to personal and community success for Pakistani and Bangladeshi people: A systematic review. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1-22. 
• Chui, H., Bryant, E., Sarabia, C., Maskeen, S., & Stewart-Knox, B. (2019). Burnout, eating behaviour traits and dietary patterns. British Food Journal. 

s.maskeen@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016)
• PhD Psychology, University of Leeds (2012)
• MSc Qualitative Psychology and Health, University of Leeds (2007)
• BSc Psychology, Lancaster University (2005)

Contemporary Issues in Psychology; Psychology Professional Development and Placement; Research Methods, Health Behaviour Change in Context.

The relationship between creativity and wellbeing.

Bailey, L., Hulley, J., Kirkman, G., Gibbs, G.R., Jones, A. & Gomersall, T. (2024). "The Networking of Abuse: Intimate Partner Violence and the Use of Social Technologies" Criminal Justice and Behavior, 51(2).

Peters, L., Lucock, M., Booth, A. & Gomersall (2023). Community arts, identity, and recovery: A realist review of how community-based arts activities enables the identity change recovery process from serious mental illness. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 34(1).

Hulley, J., Bailey, L., Kirkman, G., Gibbs, G. R., Gomersall, T., Latif, A., & Jones, A. (2023). Intimate partner violence and barriers to help-seeking among Black, Asian, minority ethnic and immigrant women: A qualitative metasynthesis of global research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(2).

Hulley, J., Wager, K., Gomersall, T., Bailey, L., Kirkman, G., Gibbs, G., & Jones, A. D. (2022). Continuous traumatic stress: examining the experiences and support needs of women after separation from an abusive partner. Journal of interpersonal violence, 37(21).1-23.

Mentrup, S., Harris, E., Gomersall, T., Köpke, S., & Astin, F. (2020). Patients’ experiences of cardiovascular health education and risk communication: a qualitative synthesis. Qualitative health research, 30(1), 88-104.
Swindells, J., & Gomersall, T. (2019). Public perception of dementia risk in the UK: a mental models approach. Journal of Risk Research, 23(4), 461-474.

Gomersall, T. (2018). Complex adaptive systems: a new approach for understanding health practices. Health psychology review, 12(4), 405-418.

Carruthers, H., Gomersall, T., & Astin, F. (2018). The work undertaken by mechanically ventilated patients in Intensive Care: a qualitative meta-ethnography of survivors’ experiences. International journal of nursing studies. 86, 60-73

Moeller, C., King, N., Burr, V., Gibbs, G. R., & Gomersall, T. (2018). Nature-based interventions in institutional and organisational settings: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 28(3), 293-305.

Gomersall, T., Smith, S.K., Blewett, C. & Astell, A. (2017) It’s definitely not Alzheimer’s: Patient perceptions of the benefits and drawbacks of a mild cognitive impairment diagnosis. British Journal of Health Psychology, 22(4).

Other

Is there really a benefit from getting an early dementia diagnosis? The Conversation, Is there really a benefit from getting an early dementia diagnosis? (theconversation.com)

t.gomersall@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• PhD Experimental Psychology - University of York 2015 – 2018
• MSc Cognitive Neuroscience  - University of Sussex 2013 – 2014
• BSc (Hons) Psychology - Oxford Brookes University 2011 – 2013

Social Cognition, Visual Perception, Face Perception, Research Methods.

Tim is currently investigating how social stimuli can change and distort our perception and memory. 

Over, H., Lee, R., Flavell, J., Vestner, T., & Cook, R. (2023). Contextual modulation of appearance-trait learning. Cognition, 230, 105288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105288 

Vestner, T., Flavell, J., Cook, R., & Tipper, S. (2022). Remembered together: Social interaction facilitates retrieval while reducing individuation of features within bound representations. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(9), 1593-1602. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211056499  

Vestner, T., Gray, K.L., & Cook, R. (2022). Sensitivity to orientation is not unique to social attention cueing. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09011-4 

Vestner, T., Balsys, E., Over, H., & Cook, R. (2022). The self-consistency effect seen on the Dot Perspective Task is a product of domain-general attention cueing, not automatic perspective taking. Cognition, 224, 105056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105056 

Vestner, T., Over, H., Gray, K. L., & Cook, R. (2022). Objects that direct visuospatial attention produce the search advantage for facing dyads. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001067  

Vestner, T., Over, H., Gray, K. L. H., Tipper, S. P., & Cook, R. (2021). Searching for people: Non-facing distractor pairs hinder the visual search of social scenes more than facing distractor pairs. Cognition, 214, 104737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104737  

Svenning, A., Panzarino, R., Vanryckeghem, M., & Vestner, T. (2021). Life partners’ perceptions of the emotional, speech disruptive, and attitudinal correlates of stuttering. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 67, 105821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2020.105821  

Vestner, T., Gray, K. L. H., & Cook, R. (2021). Visual search for facing and non-facing people: The effect of actor inversion. Cognition, 208, 104550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104550  

Vestner, T., Gray, K. L. H., & Cook, R. (2020). Why are social interactions found quickly in visual search tasks? Cognition, 200, 104270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104270  

Vestner, T., Tipper, S. P., Hartley, T., Over, H., & Rueschemeyer, S.-A. (2019). Bound together: Social binding leads to faster processing, spatial distortion, and enhanced memory of interacting partners. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(7), 1251–1268. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000545

t.vestner@leedstrinity.ac.uk

• Academic Professional Apprenticeship (APA), Education, University of Derby - Award Date: 06 Dec 2023
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Psychology, University of Westminster - Award Date: 14 Sept 2021
• Master of Science (MSc), Psychology and Law, Maastricht University - Award Date: 31 Jul 2015
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology with Criminology, University of Hull - Award Date: 30 Jun 2014 

Teaching Areas: Forensic Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Research Methods 

Specialty Areas: Police Interviewing, Rapport/Empathy, Detecting Deception, Eyewitness Memory, False Memories, Jury Decision-Making, Prison & Probation, Offender Rehabilitation. 

Dando, C. J., Nahouli, Z., Hart, A., & Pounder, Z. (2023). Real-world implications of aphantasia: episodic recall of eyewitnesses with aphantasia is less complete but no less accurate than typical imagers. Royal Society Open Science, 10(10). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231007 

Nahouli, Z., Mackenzie, J.-M., Aresti, A., & Dando, C. (2023). Rapport building with offenders in probation supervision: The views of English probation practitioners. Probation Journal, 70(2), 104-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221137448 

Dando, C. D., Taylor, D. A., Caso, A., Nahouli, Z., & Adam, C. (2023). Interviewing in virtual environments: Towards understanding the impact of rapport-building behaviours and retrieval context on eyewitness memory. Memory and Cognition, 51, 404–421. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-022-01362-7 

Nahouli, Z., Dando, C. J., Mackenzie, J. M., & Aresti, A. (2021). Rapport building and witness memory: actions may ‘speak’ louder than words. PLOS ONE, 16(8): e0256084. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256084 

Mazzoni, G., Clark, A., De Bartolo, A., Guerrini, C., Nahouli, Z., Duzzi D., De Marco, M., McGeown, W., & Venneri, A. (2019). Brain activation in highly superior autobiographical memory: The role of the precuneus in the autobiographical memory retrieval network. Cortex, 120, 588-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.02.020 

Wang, J., Otgaar, H., Howe, M. L., Smeets, T., Merckelbach, H., & Nahouli, Z. (2016). Undermining belief in false memories leads to less efficient problem-solving behaviour. Memory, 24, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2016.1249888 

Other

Nahouli, Z. (2019). What I learned from my semester studying with prisoners. The Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/mar/07/what-i-learned-from-my-semester-studying-with-prisoners 

z.nahouli@leedstrinity.ac.uk