Undergraduate student-authored papers

Students on the BSc in Psychology course have had significant research success, with the following publications resulting from research carried out during their degrees:

2026

• 2023 graduate, Yuan Yao contributed to harmonizing images included in the participant and facilitator manuals across countries during their placement. This resulted in the publishing of their review, which outlines how lessons from context-specific adaptations to intervention materials can be applied cross-culturally, while incorporating critical revisions and preserving core intervention components (https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibag003).
• Current students, Tiffany Luxford, Molly Henson, and Maria Georgia Dioletta, contributed to the writing, validation, software, and formal analysis of this work during their placement. This resulted in the publishing of their review which highlighted that the transition from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) is complex, raising concerns about continuity of care and support for young people and their families. The Transition for Eating Disorders Youth intervention (TEDYi) aims to address these challenges by developing a person-centered, peer-led intervention grounded in lived experience to facilitate smoother transitions across ED services (https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.70050).
• 2025 graduates Megan Smith, Harry Rowland and Simran Chahal's data collection during their research project and placement resulted in a journal publication (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-025-01270-6). The research found that, for some individuals, virtual reality offers a new way to engage in enjoyable exercise at home, and this has potential to lead to health benefits. 
• 2021 graduate, Amy Tong's data collection, analysis and write-up on their research project resulted in a journal publication (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202832). The research indicated that anxiety mediated the relationship between autistic traits and gastrointestinal symptoms.  
• A research project by 2024 graduates, Yashvi Prajapati and Mariyah Islam resulted in a journal publication (https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2026.2615302). They collected data and conducted preliminary qualitative data analysis. The findings add to the conversation of critical compassion on university campuses by highlighting how the concepts of compassion, diversity and inclusion are intertwined in student experiences at university.   
• 2026 graduate, Faiza Imandar, conducted the study, designed the data collection to evaluate the BE at King's project, analysed qualitative and quantitative data, and drafted the paper during their placement. This resulted in the publishing of their review which highlighted that grassroots initiatives can engage even less-connected students, but that careful design, inclusive outreach, and sustained facilitation are critical to their success. They argue that universities should embed belonging within the everyday fabric of institutional life through co-produced, flexible, and locally responsive approaches that combine institutional commitment with community leadership (https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020226).  
• A research project by 2025 graduate, Zuzanna Kowalczyk resulted in a journal publication (https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613261431925). Suzie is the first author of this work, published in the journal Autism, with supervisor and senior author Dr Gavin Stewart, who supervised Suzie to complete this work as part of her final year project, followed by a BSc Psychology Research Publication Fellowship. This research found that while there were many similarities between the autistic and non-autistic groups, autistic adults may reach retirement differently due to unique work histories, health needs and planning barriers. 
• A systematic review conducted by 2026 graduate, Yue Deng, resulted in a journal publication  (https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2026.10222). Yue is the first author of this work, published in the BJPsych Bulletin, with supervisor and senior author Prof Sian Oram, who supervised the project during Yue's placement year. The study highlights the urgent need to strengthen sexual violence prevention and safety in psychiatric inpatient care. 
• Current student, Flaminia Maltese, led the analysis and writing of this work that used data collected with the European Space Agency during their placement. This resulted in the publishing of their review which tested the feasibility of using mobile eye tracking within next generation space suits. Flaminia's analysis identified high-quality data was gathered and displayed task dependent gaze behaviour from astronauts. Eye tracking technologies are now part of ongoing space suit designs (https://doi.org/10.3357/AMHP.6895.2026).  

2025

• Patrycja Sewerynek (2023 BSc in Neuroscience and Psychology graduate) and Caroline Wagner (2024 BSc in Psychology graduate): Single-item patient-rated helpfulness and improvement as an alternative to standardized questionnaires for establishing anxiety and depression treatment efficacy published in Psychological Assessment. The publication was a result of their conceptualisation, analysis and writing as part of their King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowships.
• Marta Marlais (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate): Brief Report: Exploring Perceived Stigma From Healthcare Professionals in an Adult Sample With Eating Disorders published in Mental Health Science. She conducted data collection, analysis and manuscript writing as part of her final year project.
• Man Shiu Kwok (2024 BSc in Neuroscience and Psychology graduate) and Amber Inman (2024 BSc in Psychology graduate: The co-occurrence of social adversities in early adolescence and their relationship to cognitive outcomes later in development published in JCPP Advances. They co-led the design, analysis and write-up of the research project as part of a research placement with Dr Delia Fuhrmann.
• Benjamin Brake (2023 BSc in Neuroscience and Psychology graduate):: The Induction of Dissociative States: A Meta-Analysis published in Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. Is first author of the publication which was part of their final year research project with Dr Devin Terhune.
• Megan Lockie, Natalia Garcia Merlo and Vaneeta Vermas (2024 BSc in Psychology graduates): The impact of ASMR on academic attainment in undergraduate students published in The Psychology of Education Review. They conducted study design, data collection and data analysis as part of their final year research project.
• Maika Terashima, Naomi Khafi and Himanshi Naredi (2020 – 2021 BSc in Psychology graduates): Active without thinking? Distinguishing between automatic responses as predictors of physical activity published in Peer Community Journal as part of their final year project.
• Faiza Inamdar (current BSc in Psychology student): Bridging Academia and Community: Experiences in Implementing a ‘Service & Research Projects Hub’ published in Transformative Social Impact. Published as part of her placement year working with Zak Evans, Patricia Zunszain and Naureen Abubacker.
• Victoria Ferreira and Persia Shoja-Assadi (2025 BSc in Psychology graduates): Testing associations between negative interpretation inflexibility, anxiety symptoms and intolerance of uncertainty published in Behaviour Research and Therapy.

2024

• Nandini Bhandoh (current student): Towards a Greater Understanding of the Role of the Environment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative MZ Twin Differences Studies published in Behaviour Genetics. They supported the initial development of systematic search as part of their King's Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Varshini Kantaveenam (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate): Changes in volunteers’ attitudes towards mental illness after remote volunteering support published in Current Psychology. They contributed to the data analysis as part of their final year research project. 
• Khushi Mann and Salina Tesfamichael (2024 BSc in Psychology graduates): The Impact of Role Models on Sexual Minority Women: A Qualitative Interview Study published in Behavioral Sciences.
• Faiza Inamdar (current student): Students’ experience of social connections and belonging at university: preliminary stage findings. She conducted interviews and thematic analysis for the report, published with Dr Michael Priestley, as part of their King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Hasna Ould-Dada (2022 BSc in Psychology graduate): The developmental activities of women’s professional pathway cricketers published in Journal of Sports Sciences.
• Ellie Rasheed (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate): “It Was All Very Toxic”: An Initial Exploration into Dancers’ Experiences of Social Comparison in UK Dance Schools published in Journal of Dance Education.
• Jessica Davies (BSc in Psychology student): Mental health and neurodevelopmental patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for children and young people with epilepsy: A systematic review published in Epilepsy & Behaviour. The work was completed as part of Jessica’s placement year.
• Olivia Burningham (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate) and Amanda Chen (2023 BSc Neuroscience and Psychology graduate): Inclusive Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Ethiopia: Stakeholder Views on Benefits, Disadvantages and Priorities for Action published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
• Alex Cavanagh (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate) and Emma Roots (2023 BSc Psychology graduate):  From Agency to Responsibility: Gestalt Therapy Trainees’ Experience of Engaging in Personal Therapy published in Journal of Humanistic Psychology.

2023

• Jun Teh (2024 BSc in Psychology graduate): Co-producing an inclusive-care model for young people transitioning from adolescent eating disorder services to adult care: A qualitative study protocol for Transition for Eating Disorder Youth intervention published in European Eating Disorders Review. The work was completed as part of Jun’s King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship and Research Experience Studentship.
• Jessica Wilks (2023 BSc in Neuroscience and Psychology graduate): Exploring Alcohol-Related Behaviours in an Adult Sample with Anorexia Nervosa and Those in Recovery published in Nutrients.
• Jessica Glazov, Stephanie Gu and Rahila Kashif (2021 BSc in Psychology graduates): Measuring trust with the Wayfinding Task: Implementing a novel task in immersive virtual reality and desktop setups across remote and in-person test environments published in PLOS One. Supervisors: Dr Alexandra Georgescu and Michael Clements.
• Ruby Morton (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate) awarded the prestigious British Neuropsychological Society (BNS) undergraduate prize for her final year project:  Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Angular Gyrus: The Effects on the Subjective Re-experiencing of Episodic Memory. She presented her work at the BNS conference at the Institute of Neurology, London in November 2023. Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Russell, Dr Caroline Catmur and Andreea Zaman.
• Samriddhi Singh (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate) and Neo Baker (current BSc Psychology student): The Effects of Different Exercise Approaches on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: A Randomised Controlled Trial published in Behavioural Sciences. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett.
• Akhina Gaches (2021 BSc in Psychology graduate), Jacob Knyspel and Yining Liu (2022 BSc Psychology graduates): The Oxford Face Matching Test: Short-form alternative published in Experimental Psychology Society. Supervisor: Dr Caroline Catmur as part of King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2021).
• Elisa Genovesi, Philippa Ullmer, Laila Bhatti, Perah Memon (2019 BSc in Psychology graduates), Pauline Meyer, Dimple Panchani, Monica Rafla and Maya Welford (2018 BSc in Psychology graduates): Perspectives on children’s autistic traits in UK-based British and Egyptian/Sudanese communities published in Research in Developmental Disabilities. Supervisor: Dr Rosa Hoekstra.

2022

• Amber Inman (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate with Professional Placement Year), Eleanora Contini, Shengyang Chen, Zara Kulbayeva and Mariam Shah (2022 BSc Psychology graduates): Practitioners' concerns for issues facing young people policy report published by Barnardo’s. Supervisor: Dr Delia Fuhrmann.
• Pin-Cheng Ho (2023 BSc in Psychology graduate with Professional Placement Year): Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST): protocol for a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial of open-access psychological workshop programme for 16–18-year-olds published in Trials. Supervisors: Dr Stephen Lisk and Dr June Brown.
• Clara Kretschmer (2022 BSc in Psychology graduate): Mindfulness Interventions for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis published in Psychiatry International. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett.
• Lily Beaman (2022 BSc in Psychology graduate) awarded the Undergraduate Project Prize for best dissertation from the BPS Psychobiology Section for her final year Research Project thesis: Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Study of Individual Differences in Affective and Physiological Perception. Supervisor: Dr James Findon.
• Billy Cochrane and Natalia Kika (2021 BSc in Psychology graduate): Attitudes and preferences toward exercise interventions in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A survey study published in International Journal of Mental Health. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett. The work was completed as part of Billy’s final year research project and Natalia’s King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Samuele Porche (2020 BSc in Psychology graduate): Reflective and non-reflective influences on cannabis use among undergraduate students: A qualitative study published in Journal of American College Health. Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Gardner.
• Divija Bansal (2022 BSc in Psychology graduate with Professional Placement Year): Discovering careers in mental health: a qualitative pilot study of a novel simulation-based education programme published in International Journal of Healthcare Simulation. The work was completed during her placement at the Maudsley Simulation & Learning Centre.

2021

• Priya Popat (2021 BSc in Psychology graduate): Investigating the Relationship Between Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obligatory Exercise and Exercise Addiction published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett.
• Ed Millgate (2018 BSc in Psychology graduate): The relationship between alexithymia and theory of mind: A systematic review published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Supervisors: Dr Jennifer Murphy and Dr Caroline Catmur. The work was carried out as part of the Psychological Skills module.
• Aleks Saunders (2021 BSc in Psychology graduate with Professional Placement Year): Harnessing emotional mental imagery to reduce anxiety and depression in young people: an integrative review of progress and promise published in The Lancet Psychiatry. Supervisor: Dr Jennifer Lau. The work was completed as part of a summer internship.
• Grace Williamson (2020 BSc in Psychology graduate): Participants' experience of approach bias modification training with transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as a combination treatment for binge eating disorder published in European Eating Disorders Review. Supervisor: Dr Gemma Gordon.
• Alice Clack (2020 BSc in Psychology graduate): Student Learning Approaches: Beyond Assessment Type to Feedback and Student Choice published in Education Sciences. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett.
• Elisa Militaru, Ines Sanguino, Neila Zaara and Matilde Boccanera (2018 BSc in Psychology graduates): Type of encoded material and age modulate the relationship between episodic recall of visual perspective and autobiographical memory published in Journal of Cognitive Psychology. Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Russell. The work was completed as part of their Research Experience Studentships.
• Charlotte Skipp (2020 BSc in Psychology graduate): Understanding and Addressing the Deficiencies in UK Mathematics Education: Taking an International Perspective published in Education Sciences. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett.
• NT Nguyen (2020 BSc in Psychology graduate): Understanding the relationship between safety beliefs and knowledge for cognitive enhancers in UK university students published in PLOS One. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett. The work was completed as part of a King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

2020

• Amina Saadi (2020 BSc in Psychology graduate): Citizen vain? Exposure to the UK citizenship test predicts milder demands from immigrants across the political spectrum published in British Journal of Social Psychology. Supervisor: Dr Wijnand van Tilburg. The work was completed as part of a King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
• Camilla Restelli and Nga Yiu (Yoyo) Cheung (2019 BSc in Psychology graduates): Losing my loss aversion: The effects of current and past environment on the relative sensitivity to losses and gains published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Supervisor: Dr Tim Rakow.
• Olivia Bailey, Janine Jennings and Chun Yuen (2020 BSc in Psychology graduates): Do preparatory behaviours predict alcohol consumption among UK university students? Published in British Journal of Health Psychology. Supervisor: Dr Ben Gardner.
• Narges Ahmadilari (2021 BSc in Psychology graduate with Professional Placement Year): Imitation in one's own presence: No specific effect of self-focus on imitation published in Acta Psychologica. Supervisors: Dr Caroline Catmur and Divyush Khemka. The work was completed as part of a Research Experience Studentship.
• Ioanna Louca, Danai Mourouzis (2019 BSc in Psychology graduates), Alessandra Calabrese (2021 BSc Psychology graduate): How do people interpret and respond to self-report sitting time questionnaires? a think-aloud study published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Supervisor: Dr Ben Gardner. The work was completed as part of Ioanna and Danai’s final year research project and Alessandra's Research Experience Studentship.
• Sophie Webb (2019 BSc in Psychology graduate): Development of the Observation Schedule for Children with Autism–Anxiety, Behaviour and Parenting (OSCA–ABP): A New Measure of Child and Parenting Behavior for Use with Young Autistic Children published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Supervisors: Dr Melanie Palmer and Professor Tony Charman.
• Aleks Saunders (2021 BSc in Psychology graduate with Professional Placement Year): Empowering healthcare professionals to return to work through simulation training: addressing psychosocial needs published in BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. The work was completed during his placement year with the Maudsley Simulation & Learning Centre.
• Hazel Ho, Genevieve Sykes, Peter Szekely (2018 BSc in Psychology graduates) and Paula Adamopoulos (2019 BSc in Psychology graduate): Learning Approaches and Attitudes Toward Cognitive Enhancers in UK University Students: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs published in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Supervisor: Professor Eleanor Dommett.