Dr Jamie Churchyard
I’m a specialist in the areas of personality research (the area of my PhD and much of my published work) and the application of a variety of research methods (quantitative and qualitative types). Most of my teaching focuses around the application of research methods.
My research mainly focuses on personality and other individual differences. This includes research looking into both differences between people and differences in how personality is expressed within the same person (thought to be due to inclusion/involvement in a variety of naturally occurring groups or situations). I usually explore these topics in relation to psychological well-being (eg life satisfaction, anxiety, depression, habitual behaviour styles), but I’m also interested in how personality and dogmatic thinking (strength of identification with particular beliefs) are linked in particular societal groupings (eg religious, political). I also occasionally write on the topic of higher education innovations as well.
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Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Psychology (University of the West of England)
MSc Research Methods in Psychology (University of Hertfordshire)
PhD (University of Hertfordshire)
PGCert in Academic Practice (University of West London)
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Memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
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Research and publications
Journal articles
Wilkins, L., Churchyard, J., Dowsett, R., & Britton, G. (2024). Exploring Fantasy Football Involvement and Mental Health through Player Experience, Engagement Levels, Social Comparisons, and Financial Incentives. Simulation & Gaming, doi: 10.1177/10468781241261
Hine, B. A., Murphy, A. D., & Churchyard, J. (2021). Development and validation of the Male Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (MRMAS).Heliyon: Psychology, doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07421
Churchyard, J. S. (2020). A waste of science? The case for depositing undergraduate Psychology dissertation research in institutional repositories.Psychology Teaching Review, 26 (1), 81-87.
Churchyard, J. (2018). The Best of PALS. New Vistas, 4 (1): 12-17.
Churchyard, J. S., Pine, K. J., Sharma, S., & Fletcher, B. (C). (2018). Variation in personality states as predicted by interpersonal context. Journal of Individual Differences. doi:10.1027/1614-0001/a000271
Churchyard, J. S., & Buchanan, K. (2017). Which way to well-being: More of the same or trying something novel? The association of comfortable and experimental behavior styles to well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 109: 35-43. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.037
Churchyard, J. S., Pine, K. J., Sharma, S., & Fletcher, B. (C). (2014). Same traits, different variance: Item-level variation within personality measures. SAGE Open, 4 (1). doi: 10.1177%2F2158244014522634
Churchyard, J. S., Pine, K. J., Sharma, S., & Fletcher, B. (C). (2013). Construction by interpersonal context, and relationship to psychological outcomes. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 26 (4): 306-315. doi:10.1080/10720537.2013.792301
Gurney, D. J., McKeown, S., Churchyard, J., & Howlett, N. (2013). Believe it or not: Exploring the relationship between dogmatism and openness within non-religious samples. Personality and Individual Differences, 55: 936-940. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.471
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Conferences
May 2016 - UWL Psychology Student Dissertation conference. ‘Within-Person Variation in Personality’, The University of West of London.
