Jennifer Bowler

Jennifer took up her post as lecturer in 2018. She completed MA (Hons) and MSc degrees in Philosophy and Health Psychology respectively at the University of St Andrews, and an MSc in Psychology at the University of Glasgow. Her PhD at the University of East Anglia concerned attentional processing in pain. Prior to commencing her PhD, she worked as a Wellcome Trust funded Research Associate examining cognitive bias modification for anxiety.

Indicative Publications

Hayden, C., Bowler, J.O., Chambers, S., Freeman, R., Humphris, G., Richards, D., & Cecil, J.E. (2013). Obesity and dental caries in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 41(4), 289-308.

Bowler, J.O., Mackintosh, B., Dunn, B.D., Mathews, A., Dalgleish, T., & Hoppitt, L. (2012). A comparison of cognitive bias modification for interpretation and computerized cognitive behavior therapy: Effects on anxiety, depression, attentional control and interpretive bias. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(6), 1021-1033.

Jennifer is interested in the relationship between cognition and emotion, and pain experience. She has researched attentional and interpretive biases and their association with anxiety, depression, and how we experience pain, including in long-term pain conditions. She is interested in using understanding of the mechanisms underpinning these conditions to inform evidence-based intervention development.

Masters: Further Quantitative Research and Statistics (module co-ordinator & lecturer)
Dissertation (module co-ordinator & supervisor)
Year 3: Research Project (supervisor)
Year 2: Experimental Psychological Analysis (module co-ordinator & lecturer); Assessing and Analysing Individual Differences (seminar lead)

PhD supervision
Dr Jordan Tsigarides

Completed:
Dr Rebecca Crago

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   MSc Cognitive Neuroscience

   MSc Developmental Science

   MSc Social and Applied Psychology

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