Professor Nick Neave

Professor

Department: Psychology

Dr Nick Neave is a Professor within the Department of Psychology. He is Director of the Hoarding Research Group and Chair of the UK Hoarding Partnership. He delivers options on 'Hoarding', 'Parapsychology' and 'Hormones & Behaviour' at Undergraduate level. He is currently supervising PhD students exploring hoarding behaviours; conspiracy beliefs; and superstitious beliefs.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Hoarding and collecting behaviours

Psychological characteristics of soccer officials

Superstitious and conspiracy belief

Key Publications

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An exploratory factor analysis of the Nerdy Personality Attributes Scale in a sample of self-identified nerds/geeks, Finister, C., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 1 Oct 2024, In: The Social Science Journal
Assessing conspiracist beliefs across societies: Validation of the Serbian adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS), Dinić, B., Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Došenović, A., Neave, N. 1 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Psychology
Digital accumulation behaviours and information management in the workplace: exploring the tensions between digital data hoarding, organisational culture and policy, McKellar, K., Sillence, E., Neave, N., Briggs, P. 25 Apr 2024, In: Behaviour and Information Technology
‘Hoarding is a coping strategy, which has got out of hand’, Neave, N. Dec 2024, In: Psychologist
“Making It Easier to Live, You Know?” A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Hoarding Behaviours and Social Networks on Older People’s Supported Housing Decisions, Murphy-Morgan, C., Hodgson, P., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 23 Jul 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community
Prenatal androgenization (2D:4D) predictions of tennis match-play success in junior players: A search for physiological explanations, Ribeiro, E., Neave, N., Marsili, B., Figueiredo, E., Martino-Andrade, A., de Moraes, R. 1 Jan 2024, In: American Journal of Human Biology
The role of emotional regulation, executive functioning, and aggression in hoarding behaviours, Bates, E., Neave, N., Dodd, A., Hamilton, C. 13 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
What do we know about hoarding behaviours among care-experienced children (CEC)? A systematic review, Close, H., Vincent, S., Alderson, H., Wilson-Harrop, C., Allen, S., Waters, G., Hanson, S., Pepper, G., Neave, N. 31 Dec 2024, In: Cogent Psychology
Consistency of Eye Coloration Across Different Relationship Partners, Newman, A., Pollet, T., McCarty, K., Neave, N., Saxton, T. 1 Jan 2023, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior
Digital hoarding and personal use digital data, Sillence, E., Dawson, J., Brown, R., McKellar, K., Neave, N. 21 Dec 2023, In: Human-Computer Interaction

PGR Supervision

Emily Bates The influence of childhood trauma and uncertainty on object attachment and hoarding severity in adulthood Start Date: 01/03/2024
Michelle Jackson - Yates The effect of Creative Art Interventions on Children and Young peoples Mental Health and Well-being Start Date: 01/03/2023