Professor 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

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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. 1 Apr 2025, In: Psychological Reports
Testing the Congruency Hypothesis using meta-analysis: Are changes in oral contraceptive use correlated with partnered women’s sexual satisfaction?, Shiramizu, V., Stern, J., Bartoš, F., Rafiee, Y., Pollet, T., Jones, B. 1 Apr 2025, In: Hormones and Behavior
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
An exploratory psychometric network analysis of loneliness scales in a sample of older adults, Thompson, A., Pollet, T. 1 Feb 2024, In: Current Psychology
Consequences of arbitrary binning the midpoint category in survey data: an illustration with student satisfaction in the National Student Survey, Pollet, T., Bilalic, M., Shepherd, L. 1 Nov 2024, In: Studies in Higher Education
Friendships, loneliness and psychological wellbeing in older adults: a limit to the benefit of the number of friends, Thompson, A., Smith, M., McNeill, A., Pollet, T. 1 May 2024, In: Ageing & Society
Gender(ed) performances: Women’s impression management in stand-up comedy, Cook, C., Callahan, J., Pollet, T., Elliott, C. 1 Apr 2024, In: Human Relations
“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
Meta-analysis of the red advantage in combat sports, Peperkoorn, L., Hill, R., Barton, R., Pollet, T. 28 Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports
No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults, Roberts, S., Malcolm, C., McCarty, K., Pollet, T. 1 Feb 2024, In: Cyberpsychology