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- A.M.Bacon@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Dr Alison Bacon
Associate Professor
School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)
- Personality
- Health psychology
- Stress
- Attitudes to health
- Vaccination hesitancy
- Correlation study
- Cross-sectional studies
- Online research methods
- Psychometrics
- Surveys
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Biography
Biography
Associate Professor in Psychology
Associate Head of School: Teaching & Learning
Qualifications
BSc Psychology (First Class): 2000
Post-graduate Diploma in Psychological Research Methods (Distinction): 2001
PhD: Thesis title: "Individual Differences and Strategies for Human Reasoning": 2003
Professional membership
Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society (Chartered Psychologist)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
I currently teach the following,
PSYC412: Stress and Coping
PSYC514/704: Individual Differences
PSYC603: Introduction to Forensic Psychology
Research
Research
Research interests
Psychological factors in health, particularly the role of adverse childhood experiences, stress and trauma and how these manifest in health. Personality and health/ Psychological implications in chronic health conditions such as fibromyalgia syndrome. Attitudes towards health and prevention in Covid-19.
Grants & contracts
ESRC. £99,910. Oct 2006 - March 2008. Award no. RES000221965. Bacon, A.M. & Handley, S.J. Dyslexia and the impact of strategy preference on reasoning.
ESRC, £46,000. September 2005 to August 2006. Award no. RES000221293. Evans, J., Bacon, A. &. Handley, S. An investigation of dual processes in conditional reasoning.
ESRC funded PhD studentship, October 2000-September 2003. Award no. R42200034033.Bacon, A.M. Individual Differences and Strategies for Human Reasoning.Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals