Our Research Interests
Anxiety Symptoms Prevention Investigation (ASPI) Study
This study has two stages. In the first stage, we will be inviting parents and children into the lab to test how anxiety gets transmitted from parents to children, and seeing whether we can alter this. In the second stage, we will be inviting parents who suffer from anxiety to come to a one- day workshop. At this workshop we will give parents tips and advice to help them raise confident children. We will then be testing out whether this has any impact on the children. To go to the ASPI website (due late 2011) please click here. (Project Lead: Sam Cartwright-Hatton)
The Development of Fears in Children
Are children affected by what they hear about new stimuli and situations? We have shown that threat information about a new animal or situation can lead to changes in their fears that last up to 6-months and affect how children think about that animal. We study the factors that influence children's learning (their personality, family environment, cognitive development and so on) and also look at how children encode and retrieve fear-related information. (Project Lead: Andy Field).
The Emotional Impact of 'Scary' TV and Stories
A recent development in our interests is exploring children’s emotional reactions to ‘scary’ factual and fantasy TV? Does cognitive development affect these responses? Are these responses different in children with different temperaments? Can fearful experiences have a positive impact on children? Can ‘scary’ TV and story books create resilience to anxiety? (Project Lead: Andy Field).
Funding
- 2012-2015: ESRC Project Grant (3 Years). The role of vicarious learning in preventing and treating children's fears. Andy Field (CI) with Chris Askew (PI). £259,861
- 2011-2016: National Institute of Health Research NIHR-CDF-2010-03-036. Career Development Fellowship (5 years). Transmission of anxiety from parent to child: investigating cognitive-behavioural processes, developing and piloting a brief preventative intervention. Sam Cartwright-Hatton (sole applicant). £554,841
- 2011-2012: NIHR RfPB. Improving Engagement in Early Interventions: A pilot study adopting young psychosis service user and carer perspectives to shape EIP Services in the South East for patient benefit. Andy Field (CI) with Kathryn Greenwood (PI), Ruth Chandler, Richard de Visser, Emmanuelle Peters, and Phillipa Garety. £190,00.
- 2007-2010: ESRC RES-062-23-0406 Project Grant (3 Years). Parental Anxiety: Cognitive-Behavioural Processes in the Intergenerational Transmission of Fear to Children. Andy Field (PI) with Sam Cartwright-Hatton (CI). £285,064.
- 2005-2007: ESRC Research Seminars: Child Anxiety: Developments in Theory and Treatment. Main applicant with Sam Cartwright-Hatton, Shirley Reynolds (UEA) Cathy Creswell (Reading) as co-applicants. £15, 234.
- 2002-2005: ESRC (R000239591). The role of information in the development of fear beliefs, PI with Robin Banerjee as co-applicant. To find out more about this work go to the project homepage. £130,825
