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Dr Linda Dinc

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
School of Human and Social Sciences
Linda.dinc@uwl.ac.uk

I am a chartered psychologist. I received my MSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry and my PhD from Goldsmith’s University of London.

My research focuses on addiction. I am particularly interested in the contribution of personality traits, mood and cognitive factors to development and maintenance of addiction. In addition to my work in addiction, I have developed an interest in the applications of psychology to education after joining UWL. I aim to explore the psychological factors that affect education staff and student performance and wellbeing. I have had the opportunity to work with practitioners and schools on research and knowledge exchange projects. I was awarded the Knowledge Exchange Fund in 2022 to develop and pilot a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training for teachers in emotion regulation to improve emotional awareness and wellbeing of education staff. As part of this project, I worked closely with education partnerships, schools in the community, practitioners and education counsellors.

In addition to my role as a senior lecturer, I am the course leader for the MSc Psychology Conversion course and I support the quality team in my role as the Recognition of Prior Learning assessor. I am also a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

  • Qualifications

    • BSc Psychology (Mersin University)
    • MSc Neuroscience (King’s College London)
    • PhD Psychology (Goldsmith’s University of London)
    • PGCE (Goldsmith’s University of London)

  • Memberships

    Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society
    Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Research

  • Research and publications

    Publications

    • Dineen, J. and Dinc, L.(2024) Love Addiction. Trait Impulsivity, Emotional Dysregulation and Attachment Style. European Journal of Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2024.100255
    • Johnston, J., & Dinc, L. (2024) Determinants of problematic online gaming in younger and older adults: emotional dysregulation, trait impulsivity and risk-taking. Curr Psychol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06739-2
    • Dinc, L., (2023). Development of Emotion regulation training for teachers. Raising Standards, Creating Opportunities Report, p.29 (Case study for Raising Standards in Schools)
    • Dinc, L. and Marzetti, J. (2022), "Examination of drinking motives during the pandemic: mediating effects of drinking motives in the relationship between impulsivity and alcohol use", Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 116-127. DOI.
    • Dinc, L., (2022) “Variables affecting engagement in online learning”, New Vistas 8(1), p.22-28. DOI.
    • Stautz, K., Dinc, L., Cooper, A. (2017). Combining Trait Models of Impulsivity to Improve Explanation of Substance Use Behaviour. European Journal of Personality. DOI: 10.1002/per.2091
    • Dinc, L., & Cooper, A. (2015). Positive affective states and alcohol consumption: The moderating role of trait positive urgency. Addictive Behaviours. 47:17-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.03.014

  • Conferences

    Dinc, L. (2022). Variables affecting engagement in online learning : Self-efficacy, anxiety, locus of control, COVID-19. Oral presentation at the Teaching and Learning Festival, University of West London. July, 2021

    Dinc, L., & Cooper, A. (2011). The impact of impulsivity on alcohol use as moderated by distracter interference. Poster presented at Goldsmiths Research Focus Days, London.

    Dinc, L., & Cooper, A. (2011). The role of response inhibition in the relationship between impulsivity and alcohol use. Oral presentation. The Psypag Conference,University of Bangor, Wales, UK.

    Dinc, L., & Cooper, A. (2011).Potential moderator/mediators of the link between impulsivity and alcohol use: Examination of drinking motives and executive functions. Oral presentation. CIPD, International Congress on Dual Disorders, Barcelona, SPAIN.

    Dinc, L., & Cooper, A. (2012). Positive Urgency as a Moderator of the Relationship between Positive Mood and Alcohol Use. Poster presented at the ECP 16, European Conference on Personality, Trieste, ITALY.

    Dinc, L., Cooper, A. (2013). Experimental effects of positive mood in the relationship between positive urgency and beer consumption. Oral presentation. 4th Annual conference of British Society of Personality and Individual Differences (BSPID). London, UK.

    Projects

    Knowledge Exchange Seed Fund= £2500, March 2022-September 2022. Title of the project: 'Developing emotion regulation training for teachers'.

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