Staff Profile

Role

I am Degree Programme Director for our Single Honours BSc Psychology Programmes and a Lecturer within the School of Psychology.  

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Media Studies 

MSc Nutrition and Psychological Science (Distinction), 

PGCE in Post Compulsory Education and Training, 

PhD Psychology, 'Increasing Acceptance of Online Health Information: Understanding Barriers, Tailoring Messages and Self-Affirmation’, 

Previous Positions

I have worked as a Senior Research Assistant, Demonstrator and Part-time Lecturer at Northumbria University, teaching on both undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.  I have also worked as a demonstrator at the University of Sunderland.  I have carried out commissioned research for Sunderland City Council and Back on the Map.

Memberships

BPS member with specific membership of the Division of Health Psychology, QMiP, North East Branch and Division for Teachers and Researchers where I am a committee member.

Awards

ONE North East PhD scholarship funding

Funding

ULTSEC Summer 2016/17 Responsive Innovation Funding. PALs - Pre A-Level Skills £2500.

N8 Strategic Pump Priming Funding 'Exploring the Potential of Local Food Hubs in Deprived Areas: Enhancing Knowledge Exchange for Best Practise Guidelines' £20,000.  Collaboration with Lancaster University and University of Sheffield. (March 2017-November 2017)

My doctorate was titled ‘Increasing Acceptance of Online Health Information: Understanding Barriers, Tailoring Messages and Self-Affirmation’. The focus of my mixed methods research was behaviour associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Barriers to adopting healthy lifestyles and perceptions of credible online health information were explored and used to produce personally relevant health messages concerning fruit & vegetable consumption.  This, in conjunction with a psychological technique based on Self-affirmation Theory, was incorporated into an educational website.

In a broader context I am interested in health related behaviour change interventions, online interventions and online persuasion, the psychology of food and eating, consumer psychology and mixed methods research.

I am currently the module leader for PSY3006 Consumer Psychology, PSY3029, Psychological Enquiry 3.  I also contribute to research methods teaching on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

• Baker R, Evans E, Fielden A, Arnott B. Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on infant feeding support in paediatric inpatients: single-centre qualitative study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2021, 5(1), e001247.
• Banks F, Fielden A, O'Sullivan D, Ingham B. The informal culture of a direct care staff team supporting people with intellectual disabilities who present with behaviours that challenge. Tizard Learning Disability Review 2021, 26(3), 160-168.
• Puddephatt JA, Keenan GS, Fielden A, Reeves DL, Halford JCG, Hardman CA. 'Eating to survive': A qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population. Appetite 2020, 147, 104547.
• Rosenkranz P, Dunn A, Fielden A, James T, Warin C. Enterprise challenges in psychology: Developing psychological literacy though entrepreneurial learning. In: Taylor, J. and Hulme, J.A, ed. International Psychological Literacy Compendium. 2019, pp.21-24.
• Psarikidou K, Kaloudis H, Fielden A, Reynolds C. Local food hubs in deprived areas: de-stigmatising food poverty?. Local Environment 2019, 24(6), 525-538.
• Fielden A, St Clair-Thompson H, Clapperton T, Suggett B, Newstead G. Building Resilience to Aid Transition to University. In: DART-P Inaugural Conference. 2018, Birmingham UK: British Psychological Society.
• Jackman L, Fielden A, Pearson S. Micro-skills of group formulations in care settings: Working with expressions of staff distress. Dementia 2017, 16(4), 523-536.
• Sillence E, Little L, Fielden A. Intervening Online: Evaluating Methods, Assessing Outcomes, and Signposting Future Directions. In: Little L; Sillence E; Joinson A, ed. Behavior Change Research and Theory: Psychological and Technological Perspectives. Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc, 2016, pp.167-179.
• Fielden AL, Sillence E, Little L, Harris PR. Online Self-Affirmation Increases Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Groups at High Risk of Low Intake. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 2016, 8(1), 1-18.
• Fielden A, Tzemou E, Rosenkranz P. Integrating Qualitative Research Methods into a Positivist Psychology Programme. In: International Convention of Psychological Science. 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Association for Psychological Sceince.
• Rosenkranz P, Fielden A, Tzemou E. Teaching psychological research methods through a pragmatic and programmatic approach. In: 5th Vancouver International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. 2015, Vancouver, Canada.
• Campbell M, Deary V, Smith M, Fielden A. Phenotyping weight-cycling individuals- Qualitative interviews and preliminary questionnaire development. In: Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2014. 2014, York: The British Psychological Society.
• Rosenkranz P, Fielden A, Tzemou E. Teaching psychological research methods through a pragmatic and programmatic approach. Psychology Teaching Review 2014, 20(2), 28-35.
• Dawson L, Deary V, Fielden A. The psychological and social aspects of a physical rehabilitation programme for fire service personnel. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 2014, 21(5), 232-239.
• Fielden A, Little L, Sillence E. Impact at ground level: using qualitative analysis to develop health messages for a target population. In: Post-graduate Qualitative Research with Impact (PsyPAG). 2012, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
• Fielden A. Increasing Acceptance of Online Health Information: Understanding Barriers, Tailoring Messages and Self-Affirmation. Northumbria University, 2012. Available at: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/14687/1/fielden.amy_phd.pdf.
• Fielden A, Toth N, Sillence E, Little L. Reflections on novel data collection methods from children and young people. In: Qualitative Methods in Psychology conference at the BPS annual conference. 2012, London, England.
• Fielden A, Goldie S, Sillence E. Taking another look: Developing a sustainable and expandable programme of qualitative research methods in psychology. Psychology Learning and Teaching 2012, 11(1), 46-51.
• Fielden A, Sillence E, Little L. Children's understandings of obesity, a thematic analysis. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being 2011, 6(3), 7170.
• Fielden A, Little L, Sillence E. Self Affirming via the Web; A potential lifestyle behaviour intervention. In: 25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction. 2011, Newcastle, England.
• Fielden A. Using ICT to overcome barriers to behaviour change and implement lifestyle interventions. In: 5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth). 2011, Dublin, Ireland: IEEE.