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Biography
I graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2014 with a BA (Hons) in Psychology. I then completed my graduate studies at Iowa State University where I obtained my MSc in 2017 and my PhD in 2020, both of which focused on Health and Social Psychology. I joined the University of Dundee as a Lecturer in Psychology (Teaching & Research) in August 2020.
Research
My research utilizes the biopsychosocial model of health, which holds great promise for improving health outcomes, particularly the prevention of chronic illnesses and optimal disease management of individuals with pre-existing conditions. This model highlights the importance of translational research, which has the potential to identify individual and social factors associated with the behavioural intention, adoption, and maintenance of health protective behaviours.
In this vein, my research lays at the intersection of Social and Health Psychology with a focus on how researchers and interventionists can increase intentions to engage in healthy behaviour as well as how intention can be translated into behavioural initiation and subsequent maintenance through targeting both intrapersonal and interpersonal processes. To date, my research program has focused on promoting both simple health behaviours, such as calcium consumption in young women, and complex health behaviours, such as increasing fruit and vegetable intake in college students as well as promoting exercise in both inactive young adults and older adults with chronic illness (i.e., cancer). This examination of how to best promote behavioural engagement, and of which mechanisms support or hinder uptake of health behaviours, has focused on affective processes, social cognition, habits, and identity.
Research interests
- Health Behaviour Promotion
- Habits
- Identity
- Body Image
- Theory Development
- Methodological Assessment
- Intervention Design and Testing
- Open Science Practices and Multiverse Analyses
Teaching
- Introductory Psychology: 1 (Level 1)
- Individual Development (Level 2)
- Health Psychology: Health Behaviour Change and Maintenance (Level 4/5)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Maximising the Prophylactic Impact of a Healthy Diet: A Higher-Order Habit Intervention
1/09/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Predicting implicit and explicit exercise identity from descriptive social norms regarding exercise
Pluta, K., More, K. & Phillips, L. A., 6 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychology and Health. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contrasting constructs or continuum? Examining the dimensionality of body appreciation and body dissatisfaction
More, K., Hayes, N. & Phillips, L. A., 1 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychology & Health. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Corrigendum: Evaluating behavior change factors over time for a simple vs. complex health behavior
Phillips, L. A. & More, K. R., 8 Dec 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 4 p., 1055474.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing Scotland’s First Green Health Prescription Pathway: A One-Stop Shop for Nature-Based Intervention Referrals
Marx, V. & More, K. R., 5 Apr 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, p. 1-14 14 p., 817803.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating behavior change factors over time for a simple vs. complex health behavior
Phillips, L. A. & More, K., 8 Sep 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 11 p., 962150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Promoting lifestyle changes: The role of patient-provider communication.
Kimberly More (Speaker)
3 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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University of Surrey (External organisation)
Kimberly More (Member)
30 Oct 2022 → 30 Oct 2030Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
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Predictors of initiation and maintenance for a simple versus a complex health behaviour.
L. Alison Phillips (Speaker) & Kimberly More (Contributor)
24 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Interaction of goal-directed and habitual processes during the development and maintenance of health
Kimberly More (Recipient) & Blair Saunders (Recipient)
13 Jan 2022 → 30 Jun 2022Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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Behaviour Change:Suggestions For Patient-Provider Communication
Kimberly More (Speaker)
19 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation