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Research groups
Cathy Creswell
Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology
- NIHR Senior Investigator
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
- Theme lead: Oxford and the Thames Valley NIHR ARC, Mental Health across the Lifespan
- Associate Head for Research
My research mainly focuses on the development, maintenance and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and young people. My team in The Oxford Psychological Interventions for Children and adolescents (TOPIC) research group apply a broad range of methods (including experimental, longitudinal, clinical trial and qualitative methods and systematic reviews) with children, young people and families in both community and clinical settings, with the ultimate aim of improving access to and outcomes from psychological treatments for these common conditions.
I am committed to increasing research capacity in clinical psychology and child and adolescent mental health, particularly through supporting training and development opportunities. I have supported a number of Clinical Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows, lead the NIHR Mental Health Research Incubator, and am a registered mentor with the Academy of Medical Sciences.
I also currently lead a UKRI Research Network Plus called Emerging Minds: Action for Child Mental Health. Emerging Minds aims to transform the promotion of good mental health, and prevention and treatment of mental health problems in children and young people by developing an interdisciplinary and cross-sector research network, providing training opportunities for early career researchers, and facilitating the development of research projects to meet our aims.
Recent publications
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Validation of the parent-report pandemic anxiety scale (PAS-P) in the context of COVID-19
Journal article
Skripkauskaite S. et al, (2024), Current Psychology
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Moderators of the Effects of a Digital Parenting Intervention on Child Conduct and Emotional Problems Implemented During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Secondary Analysis of Data From the Supporting Parents and Kids Through Lockdown Experiences (SPARKLE) Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal article
Pokorna N. et al, (2024), JMIR Pediatr Parent, 7
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Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Translation of the Parent Overprotection Measure for Mother and Father Reports.
Journal article
Okawa S. et al, (2024), Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
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CoDesign of a digital intervention for parents with bipolar disorder informed by integrated knowledge translation principles.
Journal article
Jones SH. et al, (2024), Bipolar Disord
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The process of co‐design for a new anxiety intervention for autistic children
Journal article
Cullingham T. et al, (2024), JCPP Advances