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Dr Paul Naylor

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Senior Research Fellow 

Work & Organisational Psychology Group

Employment

  • Senior Research Fellow in Heath Services Effectiveness, Aston Business School.

  • Honorary Collaborative Research Associate, Center for Education and Research of the Science of Preventive Education, Naruto University of Education, Japan.

Positions Held

  • March 2004 - October 2009, Research Fellow in Conflict & Reconciliation, School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield.

  • May 2002 - February 2004, Research Fellow (0.4 F/T), School of Education, University of Nottingham.

  • August 2000 - December 2002, Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Roehampton University.

  • September 1997 - July 2000, Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Roehampton University.

  • April 1983 - March 1997, Head of the Humanities Department, Haywood Comprehensive School, Nottingham.

  • 1977 - 1982, Head of the Geography Department, Haywood Comprehensive School, Nottingham.

  • 1974 - 1977, Head of the Geography Department, Oaks Comprehensive School, Barnsley.

  • 1970 - 1974, Teacher of Geography & PE, Holly Lodge Grammar School for Boys, Smethick & Driffield Comprehensive School, East Yorkshire.

Education

  • 1996: PhD 'Adolescents' perceptions of teacher racism,' Loughborough University.

  • 1986: MA (Education Studies), Loughborough University.

  • 1984: BA (Psychology), Open University.

  • 1970: BEd (Geography & Education), University of Birmingham.

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • The British Psychological Society: Member of the Division of Teachers and Researchers in Psychology; Member of the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section; Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist; Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

  • Member of the European Society for Developmental Psychology

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research Interests

  • Bullying amongst children and adults, including in the workplace, and sibling abuse

  • Anti-bullying peer support systems in schools and in the workplace

  • Workplace team working

  • People's knowledge and understanding of and attitudes towards mental health

  • Interpersonal racism 

Recent Research Funding

 

"Are mainstream secondary school pupils with Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism (AS/HFA) bullied more or less than other pupils, and if so, in what ways?" Research Autism £25k PI. 2007-2008.

"Evaluation of the Regional Healthy Eating Programme Yorkshire and Humber." DoH. £35k. Co-I. 2007-2008

"PEPE - PARENTAL EDUCATION AND PEER EDUCATION as an effective method of prevention of bullying in schools." PI.  Euro 19k by ECOTEC on behalf of Grundtvig. 2007-2008.

"Variaciones en la construcción de identidades nacionales múltiples: identificatión bicultural en adolescents immigrants y ciudadanía europea." (Variations in the construction of multiple national identities; adolescent immigrants' bi-cultural identification and notions of European citizenship). The Spanish National Programme for Research, Development and Innovation. Sub-programme fron Fundamental Research. Collaborators: Dr Cristina del Barrio (PI), et al., Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. €25000. 2009-2010.

"The bullying of secondary school pupils with Special Educational Needs". (PI) with Prof Eric Emerson (Lancaster University), Prof Digby Tantam (University of Sheffield) & Jeremy Dawson (Aston University). ESRC £30k. 2009-2010.

Refereeing and Reviewing

 

Anonymous reviewer of articles for: Aggressive Behaviour; Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice; The British Journal of Psychiatry; Educational Research; Educational Research Review; the Journal of Adolescence; the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry; Teaching Psychology Review; Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology; Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: the British Journal of Psychology; & the British Journal of Educational Psychology; & of research proposals for ESRC.

PhD Examining

 

University of Western Sydney (2004), University of Sheffield (2007), University of Queensland (2009)

Recent Publications

 

Refereed Journal Articles

Blank, L., Baxter, S., Goyder, E., Naylor, P. B., Guillaume, L., Wilkinson, A., Hummel, S. & Chilcott, J. (2010). Promoting well-being by changing behaviour: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the effectiveness of whole secondary school behavioural interventions. Mentak Health Review Journal, 15, 2.

Ali, P.A., & Naylor, P. (2009). Association between academic and non-academic variables and academic success of diploma nursing students in Pakistan. Nurse Education Today, 30, 157-162.

Monks, C. P., Smith, P. K., Naylor, P., Barter, C., Ireland, J. L., & Coyne, I. (2009). Bullying in different contexts: commonalities, differences and the role of theory. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14, 146-156.

Naylor, P. B., Cowie, H. A., Walters, S. J., Talamelli, L., Dawkins, J. (2009). Impact of a mental health teaching programme on adolescents. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 365-370.

Wainscot, J., Naylor, P., Sutcliffe, P., Tantam, D., & Williams, J. (2008). Relationships with peers and use of the school environment of mainstream secondary school pupils with Asperger Syndrome (High-Functioning Autism): A case-control study. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 8, 1, 25.38.

Naylor, P., Cowie, H., Cossins, F., de Bettencourt, R., & Lemme, F. (2006). Teachers' and pupils' definitions of bullying. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76, 553-576.

Granizo, L., Naylor, P., & del Barrio, C. (2006). Análisis de relaciones sociales de los alumnos con Síndrome de Asperger en escuelas integradas de secundaria: un estudio de casos {Analysis of the social relationships of pupils with Asperger syndrome in mainstream secondary schools: five case studies] Revista de Psicodidáctica, 11, 2, 281-292.

Parker, S., Naylor, P., & Warmington, P. (2005). Widening participation in higher education: What we can learn from committed practitioners. Journal of Access Policy and Practice, 2, 2, 140-160.

Smith, P. K., Talamelli, L., Cowie, H., Naylor, P., & Chauhan, P. (2004). Profiles of Non-victims, Escaped Victims, Continuing Victims and New Victims of School Bullying. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, 565-581.

Cowie, H., Naylor, P., Smith, P. K., Rivers, I., & Pereira, B. (2002). Measuring workplace bullying. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 7, 33-51.

Cowie, H., Naylor, P., Talamelli, L., Smith, P. K., & Chauhan, P. (2002). Knowledge, use of and attutudes towards peer support: a two year follow-up to the Prince's Trust survey. Journal of Adolescence, 25, 5, 453-467, October.

Naylor, P., Cowie, H., & del Rey, R. (2001). Coping Strategies of Secondary School Children in Response to Being Bullied. Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review, 6, 3, 114-120.

Book Chapters

Naylor, Paul B., Petch, Laurie and Ali, Parveen Azam. (In press). Domestic Violence: Bullying in the home. In Claire Monks & Iain Coyne (Eds.). Bullying in different contexts: commonalities, differences and the role of theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Naylor, Paul. B., Petch, Laurie, and Williams, Jenna V. (In press). Sibling abuse and bullying in childhood and adolescence: Knowns and unknowns. In Christine Barter & David Berridge (Eds.) Children Behaving Badly? Exploring Peer Violence Between Children and Young People. London: John Wiley & Sons.

Naylor, P. (2009). Elliott Durham School's anti-bullying peer support system: a case study of good practice in a secondary school. In H. Cowie & P. Wallace, Peer Support in Action. Translated into Japanese. University Education Press, pages 48-63.

Naylor, P. (2007). Kinderschutz: Aktuelle Politik und Praxis in Großbritannien. [Safeguarding children: Current policies and practices in the United Kingdom.] In Frühe Prävention: Efrahungen und Stategien aus 12 Landern [Early Prevention: Experience: Experiences and Strategies from 12 countries]. München, Deutschland: Deutsches Jugensinstitut e. V., pages 101-119.

Naylor, P. (2000). Elliott Durham School's Anti-bullying Peer Support System: A case study of good practice in a secondary school. In H. Cowie & P. Wallace, Peer Support in Action. London: Sage Publications, pages 36-48.

Naylor, P., & Cowie, H. (2000). Learning the communication skills and social practices of peer support: A case study of good practiice. In H. Cowie & D. van der Aalsvoort (eds.), Social Interaction in Learning and Instruction; the meaning of discourse for the construction of knowledge, Pergamon in cooperation with the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), pages 93-103.