School of Psychology
University of Hertfordshire
College Lane
Hertfordshire
AL10 9AB

Tel : 01707 285282
Fax : 01707 285073

Email :

n.a.troop@herts.ac.uk

Telephone:

01707 286 451

Location:

H170, Yorkon

My personal home page or work area

Subject Area :

Health Psychology

Personal Statement

I am a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology.

I did my first degree in Psychology at the University of Dundee (1988-1992) and then my PhD in the Eating Disorders Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry (1992-1996) before becoming a lecturer at the University of Essex in 1998. I then did a 7 year stretch as a Senior Lecturer at London Metropolitan University before joining the University of Hertfordshire in 2007.

I also lead a double life as a musician (see www.nicktroop.com) and have even been known to abuse my psychology training to explore subjects not traditionally viewed as academic ... like analysing David Bowie lyrics (see www.TheGospelAccordingToDavidBowie.com).

At the moment I'm running a study on the links between songwriting and health, both for experienced songwriters as well as people who have never written before but wish to start (see http://www.DoctorNick.org)

Research

My main areas of research interest are:

1. Aetiology of eating disorders: In particular the roles of stress and social processes such as shame and social rank. I have recently been awarded an MRC-ESRC Interdisciplinary grant to fund a PhD Studentship looking into the roles of affect systems and habit in problematic weight regulation.

2. Stress and post-trauma responses: In particular, adversarial growth and changes in outlook following stress and trauma. Also, coping processes and cognitive responses such as avoidance and rumination.

3. Self-directed writing tasks: The self-regulation of emotion through writing and its effect on health. I am also interested in song-writing as a form of self-disclosure (see http://www.DoctorNick.org)

Previous research has also included the evaluation of treatments for eating disorders, including the application of motivational models of health psychology and alternative methods for delivery.

Teaching

Currently my teaching responsibilities include PSY3 "Health Psychology", PSY3 Projects, PSY1 Tutorials and PSY2 Psychological Research.

Publications

Troop, N.A. & Baker, A.H. (2009). Food, body and soul: The role of disgust in eating disorders. In B.O. Olatunji & Dean McKay (Eds.) Disgust and its Disorders: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment , (pp.229-251). Washington, DC: APA.

Troop, N.A., Serpell, L., Allan, S. & Treasure, J.L. (2008). Shame in women with a past or current eating disorder. European Eating Disorders Review, 16, 480-488.

Troop, N.A. & Baker, A.H. (2008). The specificity of the relationship between depressive and eating disorder symptoms with social rank in a non-clinical population. Eating Disorders, 16, 331-341.

Roberts, C.R., Troop, N.A., Connan, F., Treasure, J.L. & Campbell, I. (2007). The effects of stress on body weight: biological and psychological predictors of BMI. Obesity, 15(12), 3045-3055.

Connan, F., Troop, N.A., Landau, S., Campbell, I. & Treasure, J.L. (2007). Poor social comparison and the tendency to submissive behaviour in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, 733-739.

Griffiths, J. & Troop, N.A. (2006). Disgust, fear and dieting concerns in a non-clinical population. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 19, 421-433.

Troop, N.A., Sotrilli, S., Serpell, L. & Treasure, J.L. (2006). Establishing a useful distinction between current and anticipated bodily shame in eating disorders. Eating and Weight disorders, 11, 83-90.

Gale, C., Holliday, H., Troop, N.A., Serpell, L. & Treasure, J.L. (2006). The Pros and Cons of Change in Individuals with Eating Disorders: A Broader Perspective. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 39, 394-403.

Andrews, L., Joseph, S., Shevlin, M. & Troop, N.A. (2006) Confirmatory factor analysis of posttraumatic stress symptoms in emergency personnel: An examination of seven alternative models. Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 213-224.

Hiskey, S., Troop, N.A. & Joseph, S. (2006). The Conceptualisation and Development of a Bi-Directional Measure of Changes in Being Following Adversity. Traumatology, 12, 25-43.

Serpell, L., Teasdale, J., Troop, N., & Treasure, J. (2004). The development of the P-CAN: a scale to operationalise the pros and cons of anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 36, 416-433.

Andrews, L., Shevlin, M., Troop, N.A. & Joseph, S. (2004). Multidimensionality of intrusion and avoidance: Alternative factor models of the Impact of Event Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 431-446.

Troop, N.A., Allan, S., Treasure, J.L. & Katzman, M. (2003). Social comparison and submissive behaviour in eating disorders. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 76, 237-249.

Gee, A. & Troop, N.A. (2003). Shame, depressive symptoms and eating, weight and shape concerns in a non-clinical sample. Eating and Weight Disorders, 8, 72-75.

Karwautz, A., Troop, N.A., Rabe-Hesketh, S., Collier, D. & Treasure, J.L. (2003) Personality disorders and personality dimensions in anorexia nervosa. Journal of Personality Disorders, 17, 73-85.

Jordan, P., Redding, Troop, N.A, Treasure, J.L. & Serpell, L. (2003). Developing a Stage of Change measure for assessing recovery from anorexia nervosa. Eating Behaviors, 3, 365-385.

Troop, N.A. & Connan, F. (2003). Shame, social rank and eating disorders. In G.M. Ruggieri (Ed.) Eating disorders in the Mediterranean area: An exploration in transcultural psychology. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Serpell, L. & Troop, N.A. (2003). Psychological factors in eating disorders. In J. Treasure, U. Schmidt & E. van Furth (Eds.) Handbook of eating disorders (2nd edition) (pp.151-167). Chichester: Wiley.

Tchanturia, K., Katzman, M., Troop, N.A. & Treasure, J.L. (2002). An exploration of eating disorders in a Georgian sample. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 48, 220-230.

Andrews, L., Troop, N.A., Joseph, S., Hiskey, S. & Coyne, I. (2002). Attempted versus successful avoidance: Associations with distress, symptoms, and strategies for mental control. Personality and Individual Differences, 33, 897-907.

Harvey, T., Troop, N.A., Treasure, J.L. & Murphy, T. (2002). Fear, disgust and abnormal eating attitudes. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32, 213-218.

Hiskey, S. & Troop, N.A. (2002). On-line longitudinal survey research: Viability and participation. Social Science Computer Review, 20, 250-259.

Troop, N.A. & Bifulco, A.(2002). Childhood social arena and cognitive sets in eating disorders: A preliminary investigation. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41, 205-211.

Troop, N.A., Treasure, J.L. & Serpell, L. (2002). A further exploration of disgust in eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review, 10, 218-226.

Tchanturia, K., Troop, N.A. & Katzman, M. (2002). Same pie, different portions: Shape and weight-based self-esteem and eating disorder symptoms in a Georgian sample. European Eating Disorders Review, 10, 110-119.

Sanchez, P., Troop, N.A. & Treasure, J.L. (2002). Psychophysiology and eating disorders. In H. D’hænen, J.A. den Boer & P. Willner (Eds.) Biological psychiatry. Wiley & Sons.

Tchanturia, K., Serpell, L., Troop, N.A. & Treasure, J.L. (2001). Perceptual rigidity in eating disorders. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 32, 107-115.

Troop, N.A., Serpell, L. & Treasure, J.L. (2001). Specificity in the relationship between depressive and eating disorder symptoms in remitted and non-remitted women. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 30, 306-311.

Thiels, C., Schmidt, U.H., Troop, N.A. Treasure, J.L. & Garthe, R. (2001). Compliance with a self-care manual in guided self-change for bulimia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 9, 255-262.

Administrative and Professional

I am a Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology and the Admissions Tutor for the Undergraduate Program. I have set up an MSc Health Psychology program which is due to start next year (September 2010), from which point I will be the Program Tutor for that.