Catherine Talbot

Dr Catherine Talbot

  • Senior Lecturer In Psychology
  • Poole House P127, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

I am a cyberpsychologist specialising in social media and its intersection with health and wellbeing. My research investigates the digital experiences of vulnerable and stigmatised groups. I have conducted research with a range of groups, including people with dementia, carers, people with eating disorders, and LGBTQ+ individuals. My current research focuses on young-onset dementia and the role of social media in facilitating social connection, self-expression, and a sense of identity.

I am a qualitative methodologist, with expertise conducting interviews with people with cognitive disabilities and vulnerable groups. In my research, I often apply qualitative methods of analysis to social media data such as blogs, tweets, and Instagram posts to understand lived experience. I am also interested in feminist psychology, particularly in improving psychological science and amplifying marginalized voices.

I am passionate about science communication and often write blogs, take part in public engagement events (e.g...

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Favourites

  • Davidovic, A., Talbot, C., Hamilton-Giachritsis, C. and Joinson, A., 2023. To intervene or not to intervene: young adults’ views on when and how to intervene in online harassment. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28 (5).
  • Giebel, C., Lion, K.M., Lorenz-Dant, K., Suárez-González, A., Talbot, C., Wharton, E., Cannon, J., Tetlow, H. and Thyrian, J.R., 2023. The early impacts of COVID-19 on people living with dementia: part I of a mixed-methods systematic review. Aging and Mental Health, 27 (3), 533-546.
  • Harkin, L., Stuart, A., Stevenson, C., Talbot, C., Daly, R., Park, M.S.A., Katz, D., Gooch, D. and Price, B., 2023. Being cut off from social identity resources has shaped loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic: A longitudinal interview study with medically vulnerable older adults from the United Kingdom. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.
  • Giebel, C., Talbot, C.V., Wharton, E., Lorenz-Dant, K., Suárez-González, A., Cannon, J., Tetlow, H., Lion, K.M. and Thyrian, J.R., 2023. The early impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid carers of people living with dementia: part II of a mixed-methods systematic review. Aging and Mental Health, 27 (3), 547-562.
  • Greville-harris, M., Talbot, C.V., Moseley, R.L. and Vuillier, L., 2022. Conceptualisations of health in orthorexia nervosa: a mixed-methods study. Eating and Weight Disorders, 27 (8), 3135-3143.
  • Talbot, C.V., Talbot, A., Roe, D.J. and Briggs, P., 2022. The management of LGBTQ+ identities on social media: A student perspective. New Media and Society, 24 (8), 1729-1750.
  • Bartmess, M., Talbot, C., O’Dwyer, S.T., Lopez, R.P., Rose, K.M. and Anderson, J.G., 2022. Using Twitter to understand perspectives and experiences of dementia and caregiving at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dementia, 21 (5), 1734-1752.
  • Stuart, A., Talbot, C. et al., 2022. Loneliness in older people and COVID-19: Applying the social identity approach to digital intervention design. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 6.
  • Talbot, C.V. and Briggs, P., 2022. The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective. Dementia, 21 (4), 1363-1380.
  • Thomas, L., Talbot, C.V. and Briggs, P., 2021. The Digital Lives of Student Mothers: A Consideration of Technologies That Support or Erode the Student/Parent Boundary. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 154.
  • Talbot, C.V., O’Dwyer, S.T., Clare, L. and Heaton, J., 2021. The use of Twitter by people with young-onset dementia: A qualitative analysis of narratives and identity formation in the age of social media. Dementia, 20 (7), 2542-2557.
  • Talbot, C.V. and Briggs, P., 2021. "Getting back to normality seems as big of a step as going into lockdown": The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Early to Middle Stage Dementia. Age Ageing, 50 (3), 657-663.
  • Branley-Bell, D. and Talbot, C.V., 2020. Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and UK lockdown on individuals with experience of eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 8 (1).
  • Talbot, C., O’Dwyer, S., Clare, L., Heaton, J. and Anderson, J., 2020. Identifying people with dementia on Twitter. Dementia, 19 (4), 965-974.
  • Talbot, C.V., O'Dwyer, S.T., Clare, L., Heaton, J. and Anderson, J., 2020. How people with dementia use twitter: A qualitative analysis. Computers in Human Behavior, 102, 112-119.

Journal Articles

  • Branley-Bell, D., Talbot, C.V., Downs, J., Figueras, C., Green, J., McGilley, B. and Murphy-Morgan, C., 2023. It’s not all about control: challenging mainstream framing of eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11 (1).
  • Talbot, C.V., Campbell, C.E.R. and Greville-Harris, M., 2023. “Your struggles are valid, you are worthy of help and you deserve to recover”: narratives of recovery from orthorexia nervosa. Eating and Weight Disorders, 28 (1).
  • Davidovic, A., Talbot, C., Hamilton-Giachritsis, C. and Joinson, A., 2023. To intervene or not to intervene: young adults’ views on when and how to intervene in online harassment. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28 (5).
  • Branney, P.E., Brooks, J., Kilby, L., Newman, K., Norris, E., Pownall, M., Talbot, C.V., Treharne, G.J. and Whitaker, C.M., 2023. Three steps to open science for qualitative research in psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17 (4).
  • Giebel, C., Lion, K.M., Lorenz-Dant, K., Suárez-González, A., Talbot, C., Wharton, E., Cannon, J., Tetlow, H. and Thyrian, J.R., 2023. The early impacts of COVID-19 on people living with dementia: part I of a mixed-methods systematic review. Aging and Mental Health, 27 (3), 533-546.
  • Giebel, C., Talbot, C.V., Wharton, E., Lorenz-Dant, K., Suárez-González, A., Cannon, J., Tetlow, H., Lion, K.M. and Thyrian, J.R., 2023. The early impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid carers of people living with dementia: part II of a mixed-methods systematic review. Aging and Mental Health, 27 (3), 547-562.
  • Talbot, C.V. and Coulson, N.S., 2023. 'I found it the only place that spoke the same language': a thematic analysis of messages posted to an online peer support discussion forum for people living with dementia. Age and Ageing, 52 (1).
  • Pownall, M., Talbot, C.V., Kilby, L. and Branney, P., 2023. Opportunities, challenges and tensions: Open science through a lens of qualitative social psychology. British Journal of Social Psychology.
  • Stuart, A., Talbot, C. et al., 2023. Digital Intervention in Loneliness in Older Adults: Qualitative Analysis of User Studies. JMIR Formative Research, 7.
  • Harkin, L., Stuart, A., Stevenson, C., Talbot, C., Daly, R., Park, M.S.A., Katz, D., Gooch, D. and Price, B., 2023. Being cut off from social identity resources has shaped loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic: A longitudinal interview study with medically vulnerable older adults from the United Kingdom. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.
  • Greville-harris, M., Talbot, C.V., Moseley, R.L. and Vuillier, L., 2022. Conceptualisations of health in orthorexia nervosa: a mixed-methods study. Eating and Weight Disorders, 27 (8), 3135-3143.
  • Galvin, J., Evans, E.H., Talbot, C.V., Wilson, C. and Richards, G., 2022. The associations between autistic traits and disordered eating/drive for muscularity are independent of anxiety and depression in females but not males. PLoS ONE, 17 (10 October).
  • Nolen, E., Siegel, J.A., Pownall, M., Talbot, C. and Dann, C., 2022. “I feel more protective over my body:” A brief report on pregnant women's embodied experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Body Image, 42, 197-204.
  • Talbot, C.V., Talbot, A., Roe, D.J. and Briggs, P., 2022. The management of LGBTQ+ identities on social media: A student perspective. New Media and Society, 24 (8), 1729-1750.
  • Pownall, M., Eyles-Smith, E. and Talbot, C.V., 2022. Constructions of family relationships in a COVID Christmas: An analysis of television advertisements on YouTube. Feminism and Psychology, 32 (3), 357-375.
  • Bartmess, M., Talbot, C., O’Dwyer, S.T., Lopez, R.P., Rose, K.M. and Anderson, J.G., 2022. Using Twitter to understand perspectives and experiences of dementia and caregiving at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dementia, 21 (5), 1734-1752.
  • Talbot, C.V. and Briggs, P., 2022. The use of digital technologies by people with mild-to-moderate dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A positive technology perspective. Dementia, 21 (4), 1363-1380.
  • Stuart, A., Talbot, C. et al., 2022. Loneliness in older people and COVID-19: Applying the social identity approach to digital intervention design. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 6.
  • Talbot, C.V. and Branley-Bell, D., 2022. #BetterHealth: A qualitative analysis of reactions to the UK government’s better health campaign. Journal of Health Psychology, 27 (5), 1252-1258.
  • Talbot, C.V. and Pownall, M., 2022. “If your institution refuses to provide what you need, create it yourself”: Feminist praxis on #AcademicTwitter. Feminism and Psychology, 32 (1), 101-118.
  • Pownall, M., Talbot, C.V., Henschel, A., Lautarescu, A., Lloyd, K.E., Hartmann, H., Darda, K.M., Tang, K.T.Y., Carmichael-Murphy, P. and Siegel, J.A., 2021. Navigating Open Science as Early Career Feminist Researchers. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 45 (4), 526-539.
  • Branley-Bell, D. and Talbot, C.V., 2021. “It is the only constant in what feels like a completely upside down and scary world”: Living with an eating disorder during COVID-19 and the importance of perceived control for recovery and relapse. Appetite, 167.
  • Pownall, M., Vasilev, M., Talbot, C. et al., 2021. Embedding open and reproducible science into teaching: A bank of lesson plans and resources. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.
  • Pownall, M., Talbot, C.V., Henschel, A., Lautarescu, A., Lloyd, K.E., Hartmann, H., Darda, K.M., Tang, K.T.Y., Carmichael-Murphy, P. and Siegal, J., 2021. Navigating Open Science as Early Career Feminist Researchers. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 45 (4), 526-539.
  • Thomas, L., Talbot, C.V. and Briggs, P., 2021. The Digital Lives of Student Mothers: A Consideration of Technologies That Support or Erode the Student/Parent Boundary. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 154.
  • Talbot, C.V., O’Dwyer, S.T., Clare, L. and Heaton, J., 2021. The use of Twitter by people with young-onset dementia: A qualitative analysis of narratives and identity formation in the age of social media. Dementia, 20 (7), 2542-2557.
  • Talbot, C.V. and Briggs, P., 2021. "Getting back to normality seems as big of a step as going into lockdown": The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Early to Middle Stage Dementia. Age Ageing, 50 (3), 657-663.
  • Branley-Bell, D. and Talbot, C.V., 2020. Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and UK lockdown on individuals with experience of eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 8 (1).
  • Talbot, C., O’Dwyer, S., Clare, L., Heaton, J. and Anderson, J., 2020. Identifying people with dementia on Twitter. Dementia, 19 (4), 965-974.
  • Talbot, C.V., O'Dwyer, S.T., Clare, L., Heaton, J. and Anderson, J., 2020. How people with dementia use twitter: A qualitative analysis. Computers in Human Behavior, 102, 112-119.
  • Talbot, C.V., Gavin, J., van Steen, T. and Morey, Y., 2017. A content analysis of thinspiration, fitspiration, and bonespiration imagery on social media. Journal of Eating Disorders, 5 (1).

Internet Publications

Theses

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Advanced Research Methods
  • Research Project Supervisor

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Applied Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology and Individual Differences
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Psychology of Social Media and Videogames
  • Research Methods and Analysis

Grants

  • Harnessing social media to support people living with dementia: A framework to guide training and resource development (British Academy, 03 Oct 2022). In Progress
  • Work-life balance through the eyes of women in academia with caring responsibilities (Women's Academic Network, 13 Sep 2021). In Progress
  • What motivates food choices in individuals with orthorexic tendencies? (QR Funding, 14 Apr 2021). In Progress

External Responsibilities

  • British Psychological Society, Early Career Researcher Representative (2020-)
  • British Psychological Society Cyberpsychology Committee, Committee Member

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Dementia and Digital Technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic (22 Sep 2021)
  • The Ways We Know Ourselves and Others Online (09 Jun 2021)
  • Technology and social media for people with young onset dementia
  • Digital inequalities in dementia

Conference Presentations

  • BPS Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Annual Conference 2022, “It gives access to a different layer of meaning” – photo-production as a feminist research method, 06 Jul 2022, Windsor

Qualifications

  • DPhil in Medical Studies (University of Exeter, 2020)

Honours

  • Winner (I'm a Scientist Get Me Out Of Here, Community Zone, 2020)
  • Rising Researcher (PsyPAG, 2019)
  • Researchers' Choice Communication Award (Shortlisted) (Elsevier, 2018)
  • Helen Haste Award for Creativity and Innovative Writing in Psychology (University of Bath, 2016)

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