Prof Pauline Fox

Professor Pauline Fox

Director of Studies for the Graduate School
Professor of Psychology
The Graduate School
pauline.fox@uwl.ac.uk

Before joining the Graduate Centre, Pauline was the Course Director of the MSc Health Psychology at the University of West London from 2005 to 2015.  She has been a member of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology Training Committee and a co-editor of Health Psychology Update. Pauline’s research centres on health psychology.

Research

  • Research and publications

    Journal articles

    Forward, C., Khan, H.T.A. & Fox, P. (2023) The experience of living alone as an older woman in the UK during the Covid pandemic: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. BMC Public Health, 23, 244. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-154988-2  

    Forward, C., Khan, H. T. A. & Fox, P. (2022) The health and well-being of older women living alone in the United Kingdom: a scoping review. Journal of Women and Aging,  Jan-Feb; 34(1):79-92. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2020.1788365  

    Forward, C., Khan, H., Fox, P. & Usher, L. (2021) The health and wellbeing of older women living along in the UK: Is living alone a risk factor for poorer health? Ageing International, 47. 392-414.  

    Forward, C., Khan, H.T.A. & Fox, P. (2021) Older women living alone in the UK: Does their health and wellbeing differ from those who cohabit? Population Ageing. doi.org/10.1007/s12062-021-09344-4 

    Lafarge, C., Usher, L., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2019) The role of rumination in adjusting to termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality: Rumination as a predictor and mediator of posttraumatic growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy.  doi: 10.1037/tra0000440

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B., & Fox, P. (2018) Improving socio-emotional health for pupils in early secondary education with Pyramid: A school-based, early intervention model. British Journal of Educational Psychology. doi:10.1111/bjep.122251

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B., & Fox, P. (2017) Beyond evidence-based interventions: implementing an integrated approach to promoting pupil mental wellbeing in schools with Pyramid club. Education and Health, 35 (4): 70-75.

    Lafarge, C. Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2017) Posttraumatic growth following pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: the predictive role of coping strategies and perinatal grief.  Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 17 Jan 12:1-15. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2016.1278433

    Lafarge, C., Mitchell, K., Breeze, C. G., & Fox, P. (2017) Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: Are health professionals’ perceptions of women’s coping congruent with women’s accounts?  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17:60 8 February 2017. doi 10.1186/s12884-017-1238-3; http://rdcu.be/GwOO

    Lafarge, C. Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2014). Termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality: A meta-ethnography of women's experiences. Reproductive Health Matters, 44, 191-201. DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(14)44799-2.

    Lafarge, C., Talsania, K., Townshend, J., Fox, P. (2014). Living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: A Qualitative Analysis.  British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 10(5), 226-235 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2014.10.5.226

    Ohl, M., Fox, P., & Mitchell, K. (2013) The Pyramid Club elementary school-based intervention: Testing the Circle Time technique to elicit children’s service satisfaction. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology 3(2). DOI: 10.5539/jedp.v3n2p204

    Usher, L., Fox, P., Lafarge, C. & Mitchell, K. (2013) Factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine use in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A literature review. Psychology, Community & Health 2(3). DOI: 10.5964/pch.v2i3.65

    Lafarge, C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2013) Perinatal grief following a termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality: the impact of coping strategies. Prenatal Diagnosis. DOI: 10.1002/pd.4218

    Lafarge, C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2013) Coping with pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of women’s experiences. Qualitative Health Research 23(7): 924-936. DOI: 10.1177/1049732313484198

    Lafarge, C. & Fox, P. (2013) Coping with bereavement following a termination of pregnancy due to fetal abnormality: Women’s and men’s experiences. Health Psychology Update 22(1): 9-13.

    Suszynska, W. & Fox, P. (2013) Polish migrants in the UK: a reflection on cultural perceptions of healthcare and health professionals. Health Psychology Update 22(1): 14-18.

    Ohl, M., Fox, P., & Mitchell, K. (2012) Strengthening socio-emotional competencies in a school setting: Data from the Pyramid project. British Journal of Educational Psychology 83(3): 452-466. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2012.02074.x

    Borrill, J., Fox, P. & Roger, D.  (2011) Religion, ethnicity and self-reported self-harm in a diverse non-clinical UK population. Mental Health, Religion and Culture. 14(3). 259-269. DOI 10.1080/13674670903485629

    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. DOI: 10.1080/02602930802687745

    Borrill, J., Fox, P., Flynn, M. & Roger, D. (2009) Students who self-harm: coping style, rumination and alexithymia. Counselling Psychology Quarterly 22(4): 361-372. DOI: 10.1080/09515070903334607

    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.

    Robinson, N., Blair, M., Lorenc, A., Gully, N., Fox, P. & Mitchell, K. (2008) Complementary medicine use in multi-ethnic paediatric outpatients. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 14: 17-24.

    Ohl, M., Mitchell, K., Cassidy, T., & Fox, P. (2008) The Pyramid Club primary school-based intervention:  Evaluating the impact on children’s social-emotional Health. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 13(3): 115-121. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2007.00476.x

    Elander, J., Towell, T. & Fox, P. (2007). Competence-based training and assessment by portfolio: the health psychology model. Psychology Learning and Teaching 6(2): 73-79.

    Ellis, J. & Fox, P. (2004) Promoting mental health in students: is there a role for sleep? Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 124(3): 129-133.

    Borrill, J. & Fox, P. (2002). Preventing prisoner suicides and self-injury by making prisons safer. Health Psychology Update 11(2): 8-11.

    Ellis, J.  & Fox, P. (2001).  The effect of self-identified sexual orientation on helping behaviour in a British sample: are lesbians and gay men treated differently? Journal of Applied Social Psychology 36(6): 1238-1247.

    Fox, P., Bird, L., Baker, H. & Caraher, M. (2000) Promoting mental health among students in higher education in England: the views and attitudes of students and staff.  The International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 2(4): 35-44.

    Fox, P., Caraher, M. & Baker, H. (2000) Promoting student mental health. The Mental Health Foundation Updates 2(11).

    Phillips, S. & Fox, P. (1998) An investigation into the effects of nicotine gum on short-term memory. Psychopharmacology 140(4): 429-433.

    Fox, P. (1998) Using student presentations to develop understanding of experimental design appearing in Radford, J., Van Laar, D.& Rose, D. (eds.) Innovations in Teaching Psychology, Staff and Educational Development Association: 43 - 52.

    Fox, P. & Yamaguchi, C. (1997) Body image change in pregnancy: A comparison of normal weight and overweight primigravidas. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care 24(1): 35-40.

    Ogden, J. & Fox, P. (1994) An examination of the use of smoking for weight control in restrained and unrestrained eaters. International Journal of Eating Disorders 16(2): 177-185.

    Books

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B., & Fox, P. (2015) Improving the socio-emotional health of young people in early secondary education: Preliminary findings from a study of the Pyramid intervention project.  Pp 109-120 in T.M. Ostrowski, I. Sikorska, & K. Gerc (eds). (2015) Resilience and health in a fast-changing world. Krakow:  Jagiellonian University Press

    Cachia, M., Hughes, B., Griffin, A., Fox, P., Townshend, J.  & Ohl.  M. (2015) Using psychological literacy throughout the curriculum to develop students as scientist- practitioners: an overview of psychological literacy at the University of West London.  Pp 9-10 in J. Taylor & J. A. Hulme. (eds.) (2015) Psychological Literacy: A Compendium of Practice. eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/22906/

    Fox, P. (1998) Using student presentations to develop understanding of experimental design.  Pp 43-52 in J. Radford, D. Van Laar & D. Rose (eds) Innovations in Teaching Psychology. Birmingham: Staff and Educational Development Association.

  • Conferences

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B. &  Fox P. (2017) Improving socio-emotional health and school performance for pupils in early secondary education with Pyramid: a school-based, early intervention model. 12th International Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Conference. University of Roehampton, July 2017. 

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B. & Fox P. (2015) The realities of implementing a socio-emotional intervention in schools.  Faculty for Children, Young People and their Families Annual Conference.  October 2015. Birmingham

    Jayman M., Ohl, M., Hughes B. & Fox P. (2015) Improving the socio-emotional health of young people in early secondary education: preliminary findings from a study of the Pyramid intervention project.  4th European Conference on Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Educational Settings. University of Lausanne, Switzerland, February 2015

    Lafarge C., Mitchell, K., Fox, P., & Breeze, A. (2015) Women’s coping with pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: A comparison between health professionals’ perceptions and women’s accounts. Poster presentation at the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Conference. London, April 2015

    Lafarge C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2015) Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: Health professionals' perceptions of women's coping processes.  Poster presentation, British Maternal and Fetal Medicine 17th Annual Conference, London, April 2015 

     Lafarge C., Mitchell, K., Fox, P., & Breeze, A. (2015) Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: health professionals’ perceptions of women’s coping processes. Presentation at the Oxford International Health Conference. Oxford, June 2015.

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B., & Fox, P. (2015) The Pyramid Project at The University of West London. Paper presented at the Seminar Series: School of Education and Continuing Studies, Portsmouth University, November 2015

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B. & Fox, P. (2014) The impact of a group based intervention on the social and emotional competencies of young people in early secondary education: A pilot study. Poster presentation at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Postgraduate Conference, University of Kent, March 2014

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B. & Fox, P. (2014) Improving the socio-emotional health of young people in early secondary education: a pilot study of the Pyramid intervention.  Poster presentation. 9th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Roehampton University, July 2014

    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B. & Fox, P. (2014) Improving the socio-emotional health of young people in early secondary education: preliminary findings from a study of the Pyramid intervention project.  Poster presentation at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Conference, Amsterdam, September 2014   
     
    Jayman, M., Ohl, M., Hughes, B. & Fox, P. (2014).  Improving the socio-emotional health of young people in early secondary education: preliminary findings from a study of the Pyramid intervention project.  Paper presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Health and Mental Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Approach at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 26-27 September 2014

    Jayman, M, Ohl, M. Hughes, B. & Fox, P. (2014) Improving the socio-emotional health of young people in early secondary education: a pilot study of the Pyramid intervention.  Poster presentation at The British Psychological Society Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference 2014.  Milton Keynes.  November 2014 

    Usher, L., Fox, P. & Mitchell, K.  (2014) Illness perceptions in irritable bowel syndrome: Change over time and relationship with self-reported quality of life.  Poster presentation:  BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, York.   September 2014

    Lafarge C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2013) Perinatal grief following pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: The impact of coping strategies. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference. September 2013, Brighton 

    Talsania, K., Lafarge C., Townshend, J. & Fox, P. (2013)  Living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: A qualitative analysis. Poster presentation. British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Conference, September 2013, Brighton

    Ohl, M., Fox, P., Hughes, B. & Mitchell, K. (2013).  Exploring the community psychology and higher education nexus: Symposium at 9th European Congress of Community Psychology.  Naples.  November 2013  

    Lafarge, C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2013) Perinatal grief following pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: The impact of coping strategies. Poster presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Conference. Bordeaux. July 2013

    Usher, L., Fox, P., & Mitchell, K. (2013) Illness perceptions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Change over time and association with quality of life. Presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Conference. Bordeaux. July 2013

    Lafarge C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2012) Women’s experience of coping with pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality. Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Conference, Oxford.

    Lafarge, C., Mitchell, K.  & Fox, P. (2012) Women’s experiences of pregnancy termination due to fetal abnormality: a systematic review of qualitative studies. Poster presentation at the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Conference. University of Liverpool. September 2012

    Lafarge C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2012) Women’s experiences of pregnancy termination due to fetal abnormality: a systematic review of qualitative studies. Presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Conference. Prague. August 2012

    Lafarge C., Mitchell, K. & Fox, P. (2012) Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: a qualitative analysis of women’s coping processes.  Poster presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Conference. Prague. August 2012

    Usher, L., Fox, P. & Mitchell, K. (2012) Applying the common-sense model to Irritable Bowel Syndrome: the role of illness and treatment representations. Presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Conference. Prague. August 2012

  • Research degree supervision

    Principal Supervisor

    Evaluating the impact of Pyramid club interventions on the emotional health and educational outcomes of pupils in early secondary education. (Michelle Jayman) - awarded 2017

    The impact of sleep on learning and memory: The role of sleep in cognitive and emotional brain processes and affective learning: PhD by published work. (Ninad Gujar) - awarded 2015

    Secondary Supervisor

    Material objects and olfactory stimuli: developing a multi-sensory stimulation intervention for people with dementia living in care homes (Federica D’Andrea) - awarded 2022 

    Older women living alone in the United Kingdom: a mixed methods study exploring health and wellbeing (Catherine Forward) - awarded 2021

    Pregnancy termination due to fetal abnormality: Women’s coping strategies and their impact on psychological adjustment. (Caroline Lafarge) - awarded 2015

    Illness perceptions and treatment beliefs in the repeated use of complementary and alternative medicine. (Lee Usher) - awarded 2011

    The effect of attending a school-based primary intervention on children identified at risk of low self-esteem: an evaluation. (Maddie Ohl) - awarded 2009