Christopher Hand

Experience

• 2021–present
  Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Glasgow
• 2015–2021
  Lecturer in Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University
• 2013–2015
  Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bedfordshire
• 2009–2013
  Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bedfordshire

Education

• 2012 
  University of Bedfordshire, Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice
• 2010 
  University of Glasgow, PhD in Psychology
• 2006 
  University of Glasgow, MSc in Psychological Research Methods (Distinction)
• 2005 
  University of Glasgow, MA (Hons, SocSci) Psychology 1st Class

Publications

• 2024
  Initial tweet valence, abuse volume, and observer Dark Tetrad characteristics influence perceptions of female celebrity abuse on Twitter, Scientific Reports, 14, 11507. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62273-y
• 2024
  Editorial: Evolving online modalities: how uses and abuses of text, image and video-based communications impact interpersonal interactions, Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1476773. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1476773
• 2023
  Emoji identification and emoji effects on sentence emotionality in ASD-diagnosed adults and neurotypical controls, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(6), pp. 2514-2528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05557-4
• 2023
  Data from an international multi-centre study of statistics and mathematics anxieties and related variables in university students (the SMARVUS dataset), Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.80
• 2023
  The impact of post-encoding alcohol consumption on episodic memory recall and remember-know responses in heavy drinkers, Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1007477. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1007477
• 2023
  Emoji alter the perception of emotion in affectively neutral text messages, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 47, pp. 83-97. https://doi.org10.1007/s10919-022-00421-6
• 2023
  The impact of mental illness and intellectual disability information on general public perceptions of a person convicted of a child sex offence, Sexual Abuse, https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632231159072
• 2023
  Neurodiverse undergraduate Psychology students’ experiences of presentations in education and employment, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-03-2022-0106
• 2023
  “Thinstagram”: image content and observer body satisfaction influence the when and where of eye movements during Instagram image viewing, Computers in Human Behavior, 138, 107464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107464
• 2023
  Autism, attachment, and alexithymia: investigating emoji comprehension, International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2154890
• 2023
  Dual-task decrements in mono-, bi- and multilingual participants: evidence for multilingual advantage, Laterality, 28(2-3), pp. 73-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2178061
• 2023
  Editorial: Language and the digital frontier, Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1305863. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1305863
• 2022
  The role of scrupulosity, experiential avoidance, and the dark tetrad in problematic pornography use, Sexual Health and Compulsivity, 29(1-2), pp. 68-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/26929953.2022.2101168
• 2022
  Exploring the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on wellbeing across different styles of lockdown, Health Psychology Open, 9(1), p. 20551029221099800. https://doi.org/10.1177/20551029221099800
• 2022
  Online social communication: establishing, maintaining, and ending online relationships, Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 841620. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.841620
• 2022
  Beautiful victims: how the halo of attractiveness impacts judgments of celebrity and lay victims of online abuse, Computers in Human Behavior, 130, 107157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107157
• 2022
  Broadening the participant pool: a novel approach for remote research, Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 17(2), pp. 69-75. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpssepr.2022.17.2.69
• 2022
  Mental, physical, and cognitive wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from Scotland and Japan, Journal of Open Psychology Data, 10(13), pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.65
• 2022
  Interactions between text content and emoji types determine perceptions of both messages and senders, Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 8, 100242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100242
• 2022
  Beyond tingles: an exploratory qualitative study of the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), PLoS ONE, 17(12), e0277962. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277962
• 2021
  Intimate partner stalking/pursuit: A pathophysiology of attachment style., International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X211010289
• 2021
  Tweet valence, volume of abuse, and observers’ Dark Tetrad personality factors influence victim-blaming and the perceived severity of Twitter cyberabuse., Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 100056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100056
• 2021
  Social isolation during COVID-19 lockdown impairs cognitive function., Applied Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3821
• 2020
  A systematic review of gender stereotype beliefs and their relationship with youth sport participation and performance. , Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 16(2), 39-60
• 2020
  Emoji position in neutral narrative text: Eye movements and perceived emotional valence. , Computers in Human Behavior, 109, 106361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106361
• 2020
  Words from the wizarding world: Fictional words, context, and domain knowledge. , Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46(11), 2179–2192. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000946
• 2020
  Changes in Diet, Sleep, and Physical Activity Are Associated with Differences in Negative Mood During COVID-19 Lockdown., Front. Psychol. 11:588604. https://doi.org10.3389/fpsyg.2020.588604
• 2019
  The frequency and source of online abuse impacts attribution of victim blame and perceptions of victim attractiveness., Computers in Human Behavior, 92, 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.10.037
• 2019
  Celebrity abuse on Twitter: The impact of tweet valence, volume of abuse, and dark triad personality factors on victim blaming and perceptions of severity., Computers in Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.09.020
• 2019
  Early EEG correlates of word frequency and contextual predictability in reading. , Language, Cognition and Neuroscience https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2019.1580753
• 2018
  Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading., Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(1), 302-313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1327981
• 2017
  Rape myth acceptance, victim blame attribution and Just World Beliefs: A rapid evidence assessment., Aggression and Violent Behavior, 37, 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2017.10.008
• 2016
  Exploring the measurement of markedness and its relationship with other linguistic variables. , PLoS One, http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157141
• 2016
  Motivation determines Facebook viewing strategy: An eye movement analysis. , Computers in Human Behavior, 56, 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.029
• 2015
  Analgesic effects of self-chosen music type on cold pressor-induced pain: Motivating vs. relaxing music. , Psychology of Music, 44(5), 967-983. http://doi.org/10.1177/0305735615602144
• 2014
  Processing inferences drawn from the logically equivalent frames half full and half empty. , Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(7). pp. 799-817. http://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2014.956747

Professional Memberships

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member, Experimental Psychology Society