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Health Behaviour

A woman standing outside on a pink mat, holding a yoga pose on one leg with her other foot behind her head. High-rise buildings are visible in the background.

Keeping our bodies healthy can be a case of mind over matter

How do we understand the health threats our bodies face?

  • What motivates us to quit smoking?
  • How does stress affect our ability to remember things?
  • How do we form habits?
  • Does regular bowel screening help detect colorectal cancer?
  • How can maths anxiety impede understanding of numerical health risks?
  • What are the emotional processes associated with trauma?
  • What happens in the brain when we feel pain?

These and other questions are addressed as part of our health behaviour work using a variety of different approaches and leading edge methodologies. We also work closely with academics in related areas such as risk, judgement and decision making, and well-being.

Our health behaviour projects

A nature-based intervention to improve mental health

A nature-based intervention to improve mental health

This collaborative project, run by the Department of Psychology, the School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, and iCARP CIC, is looking at how the mental health and wellbeing of military veterans living with PTSD can be improved through angling in peaceful settings.

Recent papers

2023

  • Juanchich, Marie and Sirota, Miroslav and Holford, Dawn Liu (2023) . Medical Decision Making, 43 (7-8). pp. 835-849.
  • Murray, Sandra L and Xia, Ji and Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark D and McNulty, James K and Ward, Deborah E and Griffin, Dale and Hicks, Lindsey L (2023) . Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14 (4). pp. 371-380.
  • Sirota, Miroslav and Habersaat, Katrine Bach and Betsch, Cornelia and Bonga, Daniela Lejla and Borek, Aleksandra and Buckel, Anica and Butler, Robb and Byrne-Davis, Lucie and Caudell, Mark and Charani, Esmita and Geiger, Mattis and Gross, Marina and Hart, Jo and Kostopoulou, Olga and Krockow, Eva M and Likki, Tiina and Lo Fo Wong, Danilo and Santana, Ana P and Sievert, Elisabeth DC and Theodoropoulou, Andriana and Thorpe, Alistair and Wanat, Marta and Böhm, Robert (2023) . Nature Human Behaviour, 8 (1). pp. 11-13.
  • Skaczkowski, Gemma and Orbell, Sheina and Wilson, Carlene (2023) Journal of Cancer Education, 39 (2). pp. 204-210.
  • Stoet, Gijsbert and Holt, Richard IG (2023) . Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, 12. p. 100153.
  • Wicks, Claire and Barton, Jo L and Andrews, Leanne and Orbell, Sheina and Sandercock, Gavin and Wood, Carly (2023) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (6). p. 5083.

2022

  • Boldina, Anna and Hanel, Paul HP and Steemers, Koen (2022) . Landscape Research, 48 (3). pp. 276-296.
  • Coelho, Gabriel Lins de Holanda and Hanel, Paul HP and Byrne, Aideen and Hourihane, Jonathan and DunnGalvin, Audrey (2022) . The World Allergy Organization Journal, 15 (2). p. 100626.
  • McMichael, Alan J and Kane, Joseph PM and Rolison, Jonathan J and O'Neill, Francis A and Boeri, Marco and Kee, Frank (2022) . BJPsych Open, 8 (2). e40-.
  • Meadows, Angela and Higgs, Suzanne (2022) . Body Image, 42. pp. 237-245.
  • Shaw, Sebastian Ck and Meadows, Angela (2022) . British Journal of General Practice, 72 (716). pp. 102-103.
  • Valentini, Elia (2022) . Journal of Trial and Error, 2 (1). pp. 92-98.
  • Wicks, Claire and Barton, Jo and Orbell, Sheina and Andrews, Leanne (2022) . Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2022 (3). pp. 1037-1061.

2021

  • Alleva, Jessica M and Karos, Kai and Meadows, Angela and Wald茅n, Moon I and Stutterheim, Sarah E and Lissandrello, Francesca and Atkinson, Melissa J (2021) '' PLoS One, 16 (5). e0251507-e0251507. ISSN 1932-6203
  • Brosowsky, Nick and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Scholer, Abigail and Boylan, James and Seli, Paul and Danckert, James (2021) '' Motivation and Emotion, 45 (5). pp. 631-640. ISSN 0146-7239
  • Gardner, Benjamin and Arden, Madelynne and Brown, Daniel and Eves, Frank and Green, James and Hamilton, Kyra and Hankonen, Nelli and Inauen, Jennifer and Keller, Jan and Kwasnicka, Dominika and Labudek, Sarah and Marien, Hans and Masaryk, Radomir and McCleary, Nicola and Mullan, Barbara and Neter, Efrat and Orbell, Sheina and Potthoff, Sebastien and Lally, Philippa (2021) '' Psychology and Health. pp. 1-23. ISSN 0887-0446
  • Hagger, Martin S and Orbell, Sheina (2021) '' Health Psychology Review. pp. 1-31. ISSN 1743-7199
  • Holford, Dawn Liu and Sirota, Miroslav and Juanchich, Marie (2021) '' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. ISSN 1076-898X (In Press)
  • Keech, Jacob J and Orbell, Sheina and Hagger, Martin S and O'Callaghan, Frances V and Hamilton, Kyra (2021) '' Brain and Behavior, 11 (2). e01963-. ISSN 2162-3279
  • Meadows, Angela and Dan铆elsd贸ttir, Sigr煤n and Goldberg, Daniel and Mercedes, Marquisele (2021) '' Fat Studies, 10 (2). pp. 101-124. ISSN 2160-4851
  • Osa, Maggie L and Siegel, Jaclyn and Meadows, Angela and Elbe, Connor and Calogero, Rachel M (2021) '' Eating Disorders. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1064-0266
  • Sirota, Miroslav and Thorpe, Alistair and Juanchich, Marie (2021) '' Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. ISSN 2211-3681 (In Press)
  • Stephenson, Peta and Yuen, Eva and Skaczkowski, Gemma and Spelten, Evelien R and Orbell, Sheina and Wilson, Carlene (2021) '' Cancers, 13 (10). p. 2501. ISSN 2072-6694
  • Thorpe, Alistair and Sirota, Miroslav and Orbell, Sheina and Juanchich, Marie (2021) '' British Journal of Psychology, 112 (3). pp. 804-827. ISSN 0007-1269
  • Wolfe, Kelly and Sirota, Miroslav and Clarke, Alasdair DF (2021) '' Royal Society Open Science, 8 (9). 201445-. ISSN 2054-5703

2020

  • Rolison, Jonathan and Morsanyi, Kinga and Peters, Ellen (2020) '' Medical Decision Making, 40 (2). 222 - 234. ISSN 0272-989X
  • Thorpe, Alistair and Sirota, Miroslav and Juanchich, Marie and Orbell, Sheina (2020) '' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. ISSN 1076-898X
  • Thorpe, Alistair and Sirota, Miroslav and Juanchich, Marie and Orbell, Sheina (2020) '' British Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN 1359-107X
  • Valentini, Elia and Fetter, Eleonora and Orbell, Sheina (2020) '' European Journal of Pain. ISSN 1090-3801

2019

  • Clarke, Richard M and Paterson, Pauline and Sirota, Miroslav (2019) '' Vaccine, 37 (20). 2712 - 2720. ISSN 0264-410X
  • Clarke, Richard M and Paterson, Pauline and Sirota, Miroslav (2019) '' Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 15 (9). 2081 - 2089. ISSN 2164-5515
  • Liu, Dawn and Juanchich, Marie and Sirota, Miroslav and Orbell, Sheina (2019) '' Food Quality and Preference, 78. ISSN 0950-3293

Academics

Dr Liam Chawner
Dr Liam Chawner

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Well-being; Development.
Dr Nicholas Cooper
Dr Nicholas Cooper

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; wellbeing.
Dr Katie Daughters
Dr Katie Daughters

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; well-being; relationships, sex and attraction.
Dr Helge Gillmeister
Dr Helge Gillmeister

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; motivation; interoception.
Dr Angela Meadows
Dr Angela Meadows

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Justice, fairness and equality; wellbeing.
Professor Sheina Orbell
Professor Sheina Orbell

Professor

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Relationships, sex and attraction.
Dr Jonathan Rolison
Dr Jonathan Rolison

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making.
Dr Elia Valentini
Dr Elia Valentini

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; interoception.
Sheina Orbell
Impact: Early detection of bowel cancer through screening

Professor Sheina Orbell's expertise in health behaviour helped tailor the messaging for a national bowel cancer screening campaign. Identifying cases of bowel cancer in it's early stages has allowed more people to receive treatment, and led to a 12% decrease in bowel cancer deaths.

Read our impact case study
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