Bridget Dibb
Lecturer
Psychology
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD
- MSc in Health Psychology
- BA (Hons) Psychology
Personal Biography
I am a registered Health Psychologist and Chartered Psychologist. I completed my MSc in Health Psychology and my PhD at the University of Southampton. My PhD was funded by an ESRC Case studentship and the Ménière’s Society. Following my PhD I worked as a lecturer in the School of Health Professions at the University of Southampton where I continued with my research and taught the psychology of health and illness. I joined Brunel University in 2008 and, with my co-director, set up a MSc in Psychology, Health, & Behaviour.Research
Research Overview
As a Health Psychologist my areas of research are broad. My main research area is adjustment to chronic illness and exploring factors which may influence this process. I am interested in the role of social comparison as this is something we all do and yet we understand little about the effects. I am also currently looking in to the role of the experience of stigma. I have carried out studies in various illness or disability groups, for example, Ménière’s disease, spinal cord injury, HIV, early memory loss, and COPD. I am also currently involved with a study looking at weight loss in people who are overweight and obese. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods to carry out my research.
Member, Centre for the study of Health and Well-being
Current Projects
INSPIRE Foundation
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in spinal cord injury
£29,602
2009 –
Bridget Dibb (PI)
Understanding weight loss in overweight and obese adults
2011 -
Bridget Dibb (PI) in collaboration with an NHS GP Clinic
Stigma in people with epilepsy an early memory loss
2011 -
Bridget Dibb (PI)
Recently Completed Projects
Stigma and the post-traumatic growth in people with HIV
Bridget Dibb (PI)
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in spinal cord injury (Phase 1)
Funder: INSPIRE Foundation
£79,776
July 2008
PhD Supervision
Nashmel Sargalo: The experience of stigma for people with epilepsy: a UK and Kurdistan study
Saira Nawaz: Carers of people with dementia
Aisan Oskouia: Factors influencing adjustment to living with epilepsy in the UK and Iran
Elisabeth Arnold: Adherence to ambulatory oxygen in people with COPD
Teaching
Undergraduate Programmes
Module convenor
- Advance Research Methods
Postgraduate Programmes
Programme convenor
- MSc in Psychology, Health, & Behaviour
Module convenor
- Psychology of Managing Illness
- Multidisciplinary Approaches to Health
- Health Research Methods
Administration
- Senior Tutor for School of Social Sciences
External Activity
- Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society)
- Registered Health Psychologist (Health Professionals Council)
- Full member of the European Health Psychology Society
- Full member of the International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2012) Dibb, B. and Kamalesh, T., Exploring positive adjustment in HIV positive African women living in the UK, AIDS Care 24 (2) : 143- 148 Download publication
(2012) Nyman, SR., Dibb, B., Victor, CR. and Gosney, MA., Emotional well-being and adjustment to vision loss in later life: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies, Disability and Rehabilitation 1- 11
(2011) Arnold, E., Bruton, A., Donovan-Hall, M., Fenwick, A., Dibb, B. and Walker, E., Ambulatory oxygen: why do COPD patients not use their portable systems as prescribed? A qualitative study, BMC Pulmonary Medicine 11 (9) Download publication
(2011) Burridge, JH., Turk, R., Merrill, D., Dibb, B., Hughes, AM., Sparrow, O., Roberts, H. and Davis, R., A Personalized Sensor-Controlled Microstimulator System for Arm Rehabilitation Poststroke. Part 2: Objective Outcomes and Patients' Perspectives, NEUROMODULATION 14 (1) : 80- 88
(2011) Brien, S., Dibb, B. and Burch, A., The use of intuition in homeopathic clinical decision making: An interpretative phenomenological study, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011 (2011) Download publication
(2011) Donovan-Hall, MK., Burridge, J., Dibb, B., Ellis-Hill, C. and Rushton, D., The Views of People With Spinal Cord Injury About the Use of Functional Electrical Stimulation, Artificial Organs 35 (3) : 204- 211
(2010) Hodges, L. and Dibb, B., Social comparison within self-help groups: views of parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy., J Health Psychol 15 (4) : 483- 492
(2009) Dibb, B., Positive change with Ménière's disease, British Journal of Health Psychology 14 (4) : 613- 624
(2008) Burch, AL., Dibb, B. and Brien, SB., Understanding homeopathic decision-making: a qualitative study, Forsch Komplementärmedizin 15 (4) : 218- 225
(2003) Yardley, L., Dibb, B. and Osborne, G., Factors associated with quality of life in Meniere's disease, CLIN OTOLARYNGOL 28 (5) : 436- 441
