Prof Thomas Pollet

Professor

Department: Psychology

Dr. Thomas Pollet obtained his Ph.D. at Newcastle University (UK). He has since worked as Assistant professor at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) in the department of Evolutionary Social Psychology where he taught several courses on evolution and human behavior. He was also employed as Assistant Professor at the VU University Amsterdam (Social and Organizational Psychology) where he carried out teaching and research using an evolutionary framework. From November 2016 to July 2017 he worked for Universiteit Leiden. In July 2017, he took up a post as Associate Professor (Reader) with Northumbria University.

Campus Address

NB.165

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research focuses on understanding the wealth of social relationships people have (e.g., romantic relationships, friendships, family relationships) and understanding the role of individual differences (e.g., personality, height, hormones,…) for these social relationships from an interdisciplinary framework. To this end, I conduct survey, observational, and experimental studies, next to analysing secondary datasets. Furthermore, I am interested in (improving) methodology and statistics and frequently collaborate with others on diverse topics.

Further information can be found at https://tvpollet.github.io/

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Acting gender: Actors’ experiences of gender role conformity and hopes for their characters, Cook, C., Pollet, T., Callahan, J. 13 Jul 2023, In: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
An exploratory psychometric network analysis of loneliness scales in a sample of older adults, Thompson, A., Pollet, T. 13 May 2023, In: Current Psychology
Comparing Foodie Calls in Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Registered Replication Report, Orhan, M., Collison, B., Howell, J., Kowal, M., Pollet, T. 16 Mar 2023, In: Psychological Reports
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
HEXACO Personality Factors and their Associations with Facebook use and Facebook Network Characteristics, Brown, R., Roberts, S., Pollet, T. 26 Jun 2023, In: Psychological Reports
A meta-analysis of the reliability of the Sexual Self-Esteem Inventory in Women (SSEI-W) measure, Lloyd, A., Brown, G., Pollet, T. 2 Oct 2022, In: Psychology and Sexuality
An exploration of the impact of contextual information on the emotion recognition ability of autistic adults, Metcalfe, D., McKenzie, K., Pollet, T., McCarty, K., Murray, G. 1 Jun 2022, In: International Journal of Psychology
Are we measuring loneliness in the same way in men and women in the general population and in the older population? Two studies of measurement equivalence., Pollet, T., Thompson, A., Malcolm, C., McCarty, K., Saxton, T., Roberts, S. 29 Dec 2022, In: PLoS One
Friendships, loneliness and psychological well-being in older adults: A limit to the benefit of the number of friends, Thompson, A., Smith, M., McNeill, A., Pollet, T. 29 Jul 2022, In: Ageing & Society
Gender differences and mask wearing: an observational study on a University campus and a mini-meta-analysis, Bainbridge, S., Allsopp, S., Pollet, T. 21 Nov 2022, In: Human Ethology

PGR Supervision

Alexandra Thompson Social network characteristics and loneliness in older adults Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 30/07/2023

Qualifications

Psychology PhD July 01 2009

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