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Associate Professor in Environmental Psychology

I am an Environmental Psychologist researching how built and natural environments impact psychological behaviour, health, and wellbeing. I am a chartered member of the British Psychological Society and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Teaching and supervision

My teaching focuses on specialist modules in Environmental Psychology (Level 6) and professional skills and post-graduate advanced quantitative research methods. I also regularly supervise PhD students, as well as undergraduate and master's research projects. I also contribute to undergraduate modules on topics linked to health, wellbeing, and place; and I am module leader for a Stage 3 literature review module.
 

Research interests for potential research students

I welcome applications from postgraduate research students in all areas of environmental psychology. My specific interests are in the influence of built and natural environments on our health, wellbeing, and the development of our identity. Recent projects include the exploration of the potential of a range of “positive” places as health-promotion resources and the influence of place identity and individual differences such as trait cheerfulness on the perception of natural or urban environments used to improve cognition, subjective wellbeing, and physical health.

Research

As an environmental psychologist, my research interests are primarily focused on the impact of built and natural environments on behaviour, wellbeing, and physical health. This work includes the investigation of how the visual characteristics of environments and an individual's place-related identity and trait dispositions like cheerfulness impact our perception of different settings and, consequently, the outcomes associated with exposure to those settings.  In terms of outcomes, my work explores the differential impact of built and natural environments on cognition, fatigue, emotion, mood, and physical health indicators.

Publications

Number of items: 41.

Article

Fothergill, Melissa, Wilkie, Stephanie, Moss, Mark and Wolfson, Sandy (2024) Testosterone and cortisol: Hormone reactivity as it relates to playing venue in male academy soccer players. Journal of Sport Behavior. (In Press)

Ratcliffe, E.R., Ogunbode, C, Wilkie, Stephanie, Jones, CR, Devine-Wright, P, Uzzell, D, Canter, D, Korpela, K, Pinto de Carvalho, L and Staats, H (2024) On the importance of qualitative research in environmental psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93. ISSN 0272-4944

Wilkie, Stephanie, Platt, Tracey and Trotter, Hannah (2023) Does a brief virtual dose of an environment affect subjective wellbeing and judgements of perceived restorativeness? Considering the role of place preference. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4. ISSN 2666-6227

Roberts, Michaela, Colley, Katherine, Currie, Margaret, Eastwood, Anatonia, Li, Kuang Heng, Avery, Lisa, Beevers, Lindsay, Braithwaite, Isobel, Dallimer, Martin, Davies, Zoe, Fisher, Helen, Gidlow, Christopher, Memom, Anjum, Mudway, Ian, Naylor, Larissa, Reis, Stefan, Smith, Pete, Stansfeld, Stephen, Wilkie, Stephanie and Irvine, Katherine (2023) The Contribution of Environmental Science to Mental Health Research: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (7). pp. 1-36. ISSN 1660-4601

Wilkie, Stephanie and Trotter, Hannah (2022) Pro-environmental attitudes, pro-environmental behaviours and nature-relatedness: Differences based on place preference. European Review of Applied Psychology, 72 (2). ISSN 1162-9088

Dent, Elizabeth, Davinson, Nicola and Wilkie, Stephanie (2021) The impact of gastrointestinal conditions on psychosocial factors associated with the biopsychosocial model of health: A scoping review. Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing, 14 (2). pp. 626-644. ISSN 1758-0854

Wilkie, Stephanie and Davinson, Nicola (2021) The impact of nature-based interventions on public health: a review using pathways, mechanisms and behaviour change techniques from environmental social science and health behaviour change. Journal of the British Academy, 9s7. pp. 33-61. ISSN 2052-7217

Wilkie, Stephanie and Davinson, Nicola (2021) Prevalence and effectiveness of nature-based interventions to impact adult health-related behaviours: A scoping Review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214. p. 104166. ISSN 0169-2046

Michail, Nafsika, Ozbil, Ayse, Parnell, Rosie and Wilkie, Stephanie (2021) Children’s Experiences of Their Journey to School: Integrating Behaviour Change Frameworks to Inform the Role of the Built Environment in Active School Travel Promotion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (9). e4992. ISSN 1660-4601

Thompson, Nadine and Wilkie, Stephanie (2020) “I’m just lost in the world”: The Impact of Blue Exercise on Participant Wellbeing. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. ISSN 2159-676X

Wilkie, Stephanie, Thompson, Emine, Cranner, Paul and Ginty, Kevin (2020) Attention restoration theory as a framework for analysis of Tweets about urban green space: A case study. Landscape Research. ISSN 0142-6397

Grant, Marcus, McCunn, Lindsay, Anand, Sonia S., Arora, Rishi, Booth, Gillian, Brook, Jeff, Collins, Patricia, Corsi, Daniel, de Souza, R. J., Desai, Dipika, Gauvin, Lise, Judd, Bruce, Lear, Scott, Ling, Jonathan, Oliveira, A. P., Paine, Greg, Pakeman, Kyle, Rana, Ayesha, Randolph, Bill, Razak, Fahad, Subramanian, S. V., Thompson, Emine, Thompson, Susan, Townshend, Tim, Tu, Jack, Wilkie, Stephanie and Williams, Natalie (2019) City Know-How. Cities & Health, 2 (2). pp. 97-105. ISSN 2374-8834

Wilkie, Stephanie, Townshend, Tim, Thompson, Emine and Ling, Jonathan (2019) Restructuring the built environment to change adult health behaviors: A scoping review integrated with behavior change frameworks. Cities & Health. ISSN 2374-8834

Crawley, Rosalind, Wilkie, Stephanie, Gamble, J, Creedy, D K, Fenwick, J, Cockburn, N and Ayers, S (2018) Characteristics of memories for traumatic and non-traumatic birth. Applied Cognitive Psychology. ISSN 0888-4080

Wilkie, Stephanie and Clements, Heather (2017) Research Note: Further exploration of environment preference and environment type congruence on restoration and perceived restoration potential. Landscape and Urban Planning, 170. pp. 314-319. ISSN 0169-2046

Wilkie, Stephanie, Crawley, Rosalind, Button, Susan, Thorton, Alexandra and Ayers, Susan (2017) Assessing physical symptoms during the postpartum period: Reliability and validity of the Primary Health Questionnaire Somatic Symptom Subscale (PHQ-15). Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 39 (1). pp. 56-63. ISSN 1743-8942

Wilkie, Stephanie and Clouston, Laura (2015) Environment preference and environment type congruence: Effects on perceived restoration potential and restoration outcomes. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 14 (2). pp. 368-376. ISSN 1618-8667

Foley, Suzanne, Crawley, Rosalind, Wilkie, Stephanie and Ayers, Susan (2014) The birth memories and recall questionnaire (BirthMARQ): development and evaluation. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14. ISSN 1471-2393

Wilkie, Stephanie and Machialino, P. (2014) The influence of participative co-production use for urban public-space regeneration on residents' perceptions of life satisfaction and social cohesion. Journal of Architecture & Planning Research, 31 (4). pp. 271-281. ISSN 0738-0895

Wilkie, Stephanie and Stavridou, A (2013) Influence of Environmental Preference and Environment Type Congruence on Judgments of Restoration Potential. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 12. pp. 163-170. ISSN 1618-8667

Wilkie, Stephanie (2009) The English football ground as a representation of home. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29 (1). pp. 144-150. ISSN 0272-4944

Wilkie, Stephanie (2008) The International Wayfinding Strategy Scale: evidence for cross-cultural use with a sample from the UK. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 106 (3). pp. 881-882. ISSN 0031-5125

Wilkie, Stephanie (2008) Determinants of home atmosphere in English football: a committed supporter perspective. Journal of Sport Behavior, 31 (4). pp. 312-328. ISSN 0162-7341

Charleston, Stephanie, Banks, B, Grossi, T and Mank, D (2001) Workplace supports, functioning and integration outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 24 (4). pp. 389-396. ISSN 15487768

Reports, briefing/ working papers

Wilkie, Stephanie (2020) User Perceptions of “Attractive” and “Well-designed” Urban Green Space: A Briefing Report for Urban Green Newcastle. Working Paper. UNSPECIFIED. (Submitted)

Charleston, Stephanie, Burns, Laura, Chen, Xianaglei, Ingels, Stephan and Cataldi, Emily Forrest (2005) A Profile of the American High School Sophomore in 2002: Initial Results from the Base Year of the Longitudinal Study of 2002. UNSPECIFIED. Institute of Education Sciences.

Charleston, Stephanie, Link, Michael, Mosquin, Paul and Ricobonno, John (2003) Baccalaureate and beyond longitudinal study (B and B:2000/2001) full-scale study methodology report. UNSPECIFIED. Institute of Education Sciences.

Conference or Workshop Item

Wilkie, Stephanie, Platt, Tracey and Delicato, Louise (2023) The influence of place-related identity and trait cheerfulness on environmental perception, emotion and mood. In: International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Conference, 18-21 Jul 2023, Belfast, UK. (Unpublished)

Delicato, Louise and Wilkie, Stephanie (2023) Restoration is in the ‘eye’ of the beholder. Contrast and place preference affect the perceived restorative potential of urban and nature environments. In: International Conference on Environmental Psychology., 20-23 June 2023, Aarhus, Denmark. (Unpublished)

Wilkie, Stephanie, Platt, Tracey and Trotter, Hannah (2022) Impact of an online micro-restorative experience on mood, emotion, and perceived restorativeness: Matters of place preference. In: International Association of Person-Enviroment Studies Bi-Annual Conference, 4-8 Jul 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.

Wilkie, Stephanie and Trotter, Hannah (2020) Environment type and place preference interaction: Impacts on perceived restoration potential and mood following brief online exposure. In: International Association of People-Environment Studies Conference, June 2020, Quebec Canada (virtual).

Wilkie, Stephanie (2019) Differences in nature relatedness, pro-environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviours: The role of urban and nature place preferences. In: Valuing Nature Conference, 28 & 29 October 2019, London.

Wilkie, Stephanie and Trotter, Hannah (2019) Sense of place, place identity and place attachment: Exploring construct convergent-divergent validity. In: International Congress on Environmental Psychology, 4-6 September 2019, Plymouth.

Thompson, Nadine and Wilkie, Stephanie (2019) Engaging in blue exercise: Exploring participant motivation and its impact on physical activity and wellbeing. In: International Congress on Environmental Psychology, 4-6 September 2019, Plymouth UK.

Wilkie, Stephanie (2018) Keynote Lecture at the British Environmental Society Annual Conference. In: British Environmental Society Annual Conference, 13 & 14th September 2018, University of Surrey.

Wilkie, Stephanie, Thompson, Emine, Cranner, Paul and Ginty, Kevin (2018) Unsolicited Restoration and Emotion Responses of Twitter Users to Urban Green and Blue Space. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference, 2-4 May 2018, Nottingham. (Unpublished)

Wilkie, Stephanie, Townshend, Tim, Thompson, Emine and Ling, Jonathan (2018) The impact of built environment restructuring on adult health: A scoping review from a behavioural science perspective. In: AMPS: Architecture Media Politics & Society Health: The Design, Planning, and Politics of How and Where We Live, 24-26 Jan 2018, Bristol.

Wilkie, Stephanie and Clouston, Laura (2015) Environment Preference and Environment Type Congruence: Effects on Perceived Restoration Likelihood and Restorative Outcomes. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference, 5 - 7 May 2015, Liverpool.

Wilkie, Stephanie and Stavridou, A (2013) Influence of environmental preference and environment type congruence on judgements of restoration potential. In: Environmental Design Research Association 44th Annual Conference, 29 May - 01 June 2013, Providence R.I., USA.

Wilkie, Stephanie, Tan, Q and O'Lynn, J (2013) More than bricks and mortar: Determining how the psychological qualities of home places influence resident well-being. In: Environmental Design Research Association 44th Annual Conference, 29 May - 01 Jun 2013, Providence R.I., USA.

Wilkie, Stephanie (2008) Atmosphere in English football: Relationships with Stadium Characteristics, supporter demographics and moving to a new ground. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference, April 2008, Dublin.

This list was generated on Mon Oct 14 04:58:48 2024 BST.
  • Links between built and natural environments, health and wellbeing
  • Urban design and health
  • Green and blue spaces
  • Home and housing
  • The role of places in shaping identities and group memberships

Last updated 16 August 2024