Nicholas Troop is a
health psychologist
Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. The discipline is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illn ...
and a principal lecturer in
health psychology at the
University of Hertfordshire.
His range of works include the role of life events, coping and crisis support in the aetiology of
eating disorders
An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health. Only one eating disorder can be diagnosed at a given time. Types of eating disorders include binge eating ...
, stress- and trauma-responses, and mobility into the social rank and attachment.
Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, Troop was a lecturer at
London Metropolitan University and
University of Essex. He supervised the founder of Psychreg, Dennis Relojo-Howell for his research project on
expressive writing
Writing therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses the act of writing and processing the written word as therapy. Writing therapy posits that writing one's feelings gradually eases feelings of emotional trauma. Writing therapeutically can ta ...
at the
University of Hertfordshire.
Education
He received his BSc Psychology from
University of Dundee in 1992. Troop did his PhD on "Coping and Crisis Support in Eating Disorders" in the Eating Disorders Unit at the
Institute of Psychiatry at
King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...
with Professor
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure (born 1952), OBE PhD FRCP FRCPsych, is a British psychiatrist, who specialises in research and treatment of eating disorders.
She is currently the Director of the Eating Disorder Unit and Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute ...
as his supervisor.
Academic life
More recently, Troop has been investigating
self-compassion, self-reassurance, involving the use of
expressive writing
Writing therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses the act of writing and processing the written word as therapy. Writing therapy posits that writing one's feelings gradually eases feelings of emotional trauma. Writing therapeutically can ta ...
.
He explored the use of expressive writing to reduce
stress in parents of children with
autism spectrum disorders.
In 2013, he assessed the use of an expressive writing task to increase self-reassurance and reduce self-criticism using a randomised controlled design. Troop is the author of around 80 peer-reviewed journal articles. He supervised Dennis Relojo-Howell, who is the founder of Psychreg.
Music
His works in psychological well-being have also led him to begin exploring the role of music and song-writing on well-being. He released three albums under the name CatDesigners which contains ''Chemical Jazz'' and ''Strange Little Creature''. These two are original materials while ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' is a cover of the
Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developme ...
’ Revolver album. A fourth album of original material, ''Zuta Minute'' (Yellow Minute), has been recorded but not yet released. In 2009, he illustrated how some word types in
David Bowie albums correlate with how long they spend in the charts. Troop has written a song that amplifies these results, maximising the use of these words to create the "ideal" Bowie lyric.
Upcycling
Troop is also recognised for his
upcycling work. He was the overall winner of the London Upcycling Show in 2018.
Bibliography
* Hiskey, S., Ayres, R., Andrews, L., & Troop, N. (2015). Support for the location of negative posttraumatic cognitions in the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. ''Personality and Individual Differences, 74,'' 192-195.
*Troop, N. A., Andrews, L., Hiskey, S., & Treasure, J. L. (2014). Social Rank and Symptom Change in Eating Disorders: A 6‐month Longitudinal Study. ''Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 21''(2), 115-122.
*Rowland, G., Robinson, G., Chilcot, J., & Troop, N. A. (2014). Social cognitive predictors of intention to test for variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in those affected by haemophilia and other clotting disorders. ''Journal of Health Psychology, 19''(6), 809-817.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academics of the University of Hertfordshire
British psychologists
Alumni of the University of Dundee