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Dr Alyson Dodd

Associate Professor

Department: Psychology

Alyson is an Associate Professor and Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Psychology.

Alyson's research expertise is in the psychological mechanisms underlying mood dysregulation, particularly in mania risk and bipolar disorder. Her methodological expertise is quantitative research, particularly survey and questionnaire design, development and psychometric evaluation of measures (psychological mechanisms and outcomes), and randomised controlled trials of psychological interventions. She is particularly interested in the links between emotion regulation and mental health, and how this may be a transdiagnostic risk factor. Her research in this area has been funded by the National Institute of Health Research. 

Alyson is also interested in young peoples' mental health and well-being, and well-being in universities. She was on the leadership team for SMaRteN, a UKRI-funded mental health network focused on student mental health and well-being. Her key interests here are community well-being in universities, how to effectively measure well-being in this context, and improving support for both staff and students. Her work in this area has been funded by the British Academy, UKRI, and Office for Students (BRIGHTER). 

Alyson supervises undergraduate and postgraduate project and research internship/placement students in the Department of Psychology, leads the psychopathology component of the undergraduate module Social, Developmental and Psychopathology (Level 5), and is Module Tutor for the Research Internship module (Level 6). Alyson is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Alyson Dodd

Campus Address

Room 151
Northumberland Building


  • Psychological mechanisms underpinning the development and maintenance of mania risk and bipolar disorder
  • Emotion regulation and psychopathology
  • Student mental health and wellbeing
  • Development/evaluation of process and outcome measures
  • Psychological interventions for emotion regulation and mood difficulties

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Developing, delivering and evaluating a university-led cognitive behavioural therapy service for students, Robinson, L., Marshall, E., Dodd, A., Yeebo, M., Morrison, R., Lomax, C. 12 Sep 2024, In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
  • How can the university environment support student quality of life? A novel conceptual model, Dodd, A., Punton, G., McLaren, J., Sillence, E., Byrom, N. 17 May 2024, In: Education Sciences
  • How to Get Engagement Right in Mental Health Research: Lessons from the Higher Education Sector, Dodd, A., Ward, J., Armstrong, N., Priestley, M., Tyrrell, K., Cygan, S., Ortega Vega, M., Byrom, N. 1 Jan 2024
  • “I thought that crying was weakness”: a thematic analysis of emotional experience in an online self-harm forum, Rymer, L., Dodd, A., Bell, B. 19 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Mental Health
  • The role of emotional regulation, executive functioning, and aggression in hoarding behaviours, Bates, E., Neave, N., Dodd, A., Hamilton, C. 13 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • The Types of Psychosocial Factors Associated with Suicidality Outcomes for People Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review, Dempsey, R., Dodd, A., Gooding, P., Jones, S. 24 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • What makes a happy university? Community wellbeing in a university setting, Dodd, A. 4 Apr 2024
  • Correlation between emotion dysregulation and mood symptoms of bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Oliva, V., De Prisco, M., Fico, G., Possidente, C., Fortea, L., Montejo, L., Anmella, G., Hidalgo-Mazzei, D., Grande, I., Murru, A., Fornaro, M., de Bartolomeis, A., Dodd, A., Fanelli, G., Fabbri, C., Serretti, A., Vieta, E., Radua, J. 1 Dec 2023, In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • Emotion Regulation Tool Design Principles for Arts and Design University Students, Zhu, Z., Qin, S., Yang, L., Dodd, A., Conti, M. 8 Jul 2023, In: Procedia CIRP
  • Examining the Interplay Between Sleep, Emotion Regulation, and Mania Risk, Murphy, V., Kim, H., Sandorffy, B., Dodd, A., Sperry, S. 21 Sep 2023, 36th Annual Meeting, Society for Research in Psychopathology 2023

Claire McGrogan Emotion regulation in context: Moderators of responses to positive affect, mania risk, and mood symptoms. Start Date: 01/10/2017 End Date: 28/09/2021

  • Psychology PhD September 01 2009
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2017


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