Staff Profile

Role

I am Degree Programme Director for our Single Honours BSc Psychology Programmes and a Senior 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 and committee member for the Division for Teachers and Researchers

Currently my research focusses on the psychological consequences of food insecurity and weight bias in advertising. These interests are underpinned by social psychology in the applied contexts of health and consumer behaviour and involve the application of both quantitative and qualitative paradigms.  

I am currently the module leader for PSY3006 Consumer Psychology, PSY3029, Psychological Enquiry 3.

• Articles

  • Rosenkranz P, Cotterell A, Fielden A, Hope C, James T, Moffat-Knox B. Not Exactly Dragon's Den: Enterprise Challenges can Enhance Psychological Literacy. Psychology Learning and Teaching 2024, 23(2), 281-297.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Rosenkranz P, Fielden A, Tzemou E. Teaching psychological research methods through a pragmatic and programmatic approach. Psychology Teaching Review 2014, 20(2), 28-35.
  • 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.

• Book Chapters

  • 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.
  • 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.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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, 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. 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.
  • 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.

• Online Publication

  • 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.