Nick Neave

Professor Nick Neave

Professor

Department: Psychology

Dr Nick Neave is a Professor within the Department of Psychology. He is Director of the Hoarding Research Group and Chair of the UK Hoarding Partnership. He delivers options on 'Hoarding', 'Parapsychology' and 'Hormones & Behaviour' at Undergraduate level. He is currently supervising PhD students exploring hoarding behaviours; conspiracy beliefs; and superstitious beliefs.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Hoarding and collecting behaviours

Psychological characteristics of soccer officials

Superstitious and conspiracy belief

Key Publications

An exploratory factor analysis of the Nerdy Personality Attributes Scale in a sample of self-identified nerds/geeks, Finister, C., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 1 Oct 2024, In: The Social Science Journal
Assessing conspiracist beliefs across societies: Validation of the Serbian adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS), Dinić, B., Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Došenović, A., Neave, N. 1 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Psychology
Digital accumulation behaviours and information management in the workplace: exploring the tensions between digital data hoarding, organisational culture and policy, McKellar, K., Sillence, E., Neave, N., Briggs, P. 25 Apr 2024, In: Behaviour and Information Technology
“Making It Easier to Live, You Know?” A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Hoarding Behaviours and Social Networks on Older People’s Supported Housing Decisions, Murphy-Morgan, C., Hodgson, P., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 23 Jul 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community
Prenatal androgenization (2D:4D) predictions of tennis match-play success in junior players: A search for physiological explanations, Ribeiro, E., Neave, N., Marsili, B., Figueiredo, E., Martino-Andrade, A., de Moraes, R. 1 Jan 2024, In: American Journal of Human Biology
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
What do we know about hoarding behaviours among care-experienced children (CEC)? A systematic review, Close, H., Vincent, S., Alderson, H., Wilson-Harrop, C., Allen, S., Waters, G., Hanson, S., Pepper, G., Neave, N. 31 Dec 2024, In: Cogent Psychology
Consistency of Eye Coloration Across Different Relationship Partners, Newman, A., Pollet, T., McCarty, K., Neave, N., Saxton, T. 1 Jan 2023, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior
Digital hoarding and personal use digital data, Sillence, E., Dawson, J., Brown, R., McKellar, K., Neave, N. 21 Dec 2023, In: Human-Computer Interaction
How do students use digital technology to manage their university-based data: Strategies, accumulation difficulties and feelings of overload?, Sillence, E., Dawson, J., McKellar, K., Neave, N. 26 Oct 2023, In: Behaviour and Information Technology

PGR Supervision

Justine Wilkinson Improving Understanding of Practitioner Perspectives and Approaches Towards Case Management of Animal Hoarding Cases in England: A Mixed Methods Approach. Start Date: 01/06/2021 End Date: 17/07/2024
Michelle Jackson - Yates The effect of Creative Art Interventions on Children and Young peoples Mental Health and Well-being Start Date: 01/03/2023
Emily Bates The influence of childhood trauma and uncertainty on object attachment and hoarding severity in adulthood Start Date: 01/03/2024

Qualifications

Neurosciences PhD June 30 1995

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