Dr Nicky Payne

Principal Lecturer

Department: School of Health and Social Sciences

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Qualifications

BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCertHE Health Psychologist

Research Interests

Occupational health psychology interests:

  • work-life balance and health (e.g. how users of assisted reproductive technology manage work-life issues)
  • work-life balance across the lifespan (e.g. older workers and transition to retirement)
  • the impact of working life on individual and family health behaviours
  • health behaviour change in the workplace (especially exercise and diet).

Health psychology interests:

  • stress and health behaviours
  • theories of health behaviour and theory-based health behaviour change interventions e.g. planning and implementation intentions.

Methodological interests:

  • quantitative and qualitative methods
  • multi-perspective qualitative approaches
  • quantitative diary methods and multilevel modelling

Pedagogical interests:

  • helping students understand plagiarism
  • the impact of assessment feedback on student self-esteem

Research Supervision: Padma Ramachandran. An Investigation of occupational stress and coping strategies among staff in Higher Education: A comparison between the UK and Malaysia.

Danniella Salleva. How does evidence-based meditation affect occupational stress, the work-life balance, and the job performance of employees? A longitudinal qualitative study in Cyprus.

Kanchi Gunaratna. The impact of occupational stress on psychological well-being in the fire services (PhD awarded September 2009)

PhD examining: Sati Purewal, Dinah Kipkebut

Teaching Interests

  • Defining and measuring health
  • Theories of health behaviour
  • Attitude change and persuasion
  • Health promotion
  • Social inequalities in health
  • Stress and work stress

Biography

Module leader:

  • Health, exercise and sport psychology (PSY3015)
  • Psychosocial foundations of health and illness (PSY4106)
  • Applications of health psychology (PSY4114)
  • Processes of illness and heath care delivery (PSY4110)
  • Health psychology placement (PSY4005)
  • Health Psychology negotiated essay (PSY4006)

MSc Health Psychology Course Director

External Examiner, MSc Health Psychology, University of Bedfordshire

BIOGRAPHY

Publications:

Payne, N., Jones, F., & Kinman, G. (in preparation). Work-related stress and health behaviours. In J. Houdmont, S. Leka, & R. Sinclair (Eds.), Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 2. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Payne, N., Jones, F. & Harris, P.R. (submitted). A qualitative investigation of employees’ perceptions of the impact of work on health behaviours. Human Resource Management.

Murdoch, M., Payne, N., Samani-Radia, D., Rosen-Webb, J., Walker, L., Howe, M. & Lewis, P. (in press). Family Based Behavioural Management of childhood obesity: Service evaluation of a group programme run in a community setting in the UK. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Payne, N., Jones, F. & Harris, P.R. (2010). Employees’ perceptions of the impact of work on health behaviours.The Occupational Health Psychologist: Newsletter of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, 7, 3, 12-13.

Payne, N., Jones, F. & Harris, P.R. (2010). A daily diary investigation of the effects of work stress on exercise intention implementation: Can planning overcome the disruptive effects of work? Psychology and Health, 25, 1, 111-129.

Ciclitira, K., Payne, N., Starr, F., Marzano, L. & Costa, A. (2010). Evaluation of Women & Health’s Counselling Service: Report on a Longitudinal Clinical Research Project. A report for Women and Health, NHS Camden.

Elander, J., Pittam, G., Lusher, J., Fox, P. & Payne, N. (2010). Evaluation of an intervention to help students avoid unintentional plagiarism by improving their authorial identity. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 35, 2, 157 - 171.

Pittam, G., Elander, J., Lusher, J., Fox, P. & Payne, N. (2009). Student beliefs and attitudes about authorial identity in academic writing. Studies in Higher Education 34, 2, 153-170.

Payne, N. (2008). Learning, teaching and assessment of Health Psychology MSc courses: Results from a survey. Health Psychology Update, 17, 2, 34-40.

Payne, N. & Jones, F. (2007). Work stress and health behaviour: Daily diary methodology and multilevel modelling. Health Psychology Update, 16, 3, 13-18.

Payne, N. (2007). Learning, teaching and assessment in the postgraduate provision of health psychology. The Higher Education Academy Psychology Network Newsletter, 45, 3.

Payne, N. (2006). Learning, teaching and assessment in health psychology. Health Psychology Update, 15, 2, 4-5.

Jones, F., Kinman, G. & Payne, N. (2006). Work stress and health behaviours: a work life balance issue. In F. Jones, R. Burke & M. Westman (Eds.), Work Life Balance: A Psychological Perspective. London: Taylor Francis.

Payne, N., Jones, F. Harris, P.R. (2005). The impact of job strain on the predictive validity of the theory of planned behaviour: An investigation of exercise and healthy eating. British Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 115-131.

Payne, N., Jones, F. Harris, P.R. (2004). The role of perceived need within the theory of planned behaviour: a comparison of intentions to exercise and intentions to eat healthily. British Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 489-504.

Payne, N. (2004). A review of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by G. T. Kovacs. Health Psychology Update, 12, 3, 73-74.

Payne, N., Jones, F. Harris, P. (2002). The impact of working life on health behaviour: the effect of job strain on the cognitive predictors of exercise. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 7, 4, 342-353.

Payne, N. (2001). Occupational stressors and coping as determinants of burnout in female hospice nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33, 3, 396-405.

Payne et al. (1998). Priority criteria for patients awaiting CABG. A report for Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority.

Journal Editorships

Editorial board member, British Journal of Wellbeing, 2010-present

Co-editor Health Psychology Update 2006-2009

Committee and other membership

Internal:

  • Chair of Applied Health and Social Psychology Research Group 2005-2010
  • Department of Psychology Ethics Committee member

External:

  • BPS member and full member of the Division of Health Psychology (C.Psychol.)
  • HPC registered and practitioner Health Psychologist
  • BPS Division of Occupational Psychology Work-life Balance Working Group member
  • BPS Health Psychology Qualifications board member and Chief Examiner
  • Conference committee member: Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology 2008 and 2010
  • Conference committee member: Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2010
  • Conference committee reviewer: Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference 2011
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