Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsEssi Viding, PhD
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2025
Lived-experience perspectives on the psychological factors linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization
Phillips A, Williams R, Okuoimose V, Hiller R, McCrory E, Viding E, Pezzoli P. Lived-experience perspectives on the psychological factors linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology 2025, 16: 2524922. PMID: 40985493, PMCID: PMC12459178, DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2025.2524922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntimate partner violence victimizationIntimate partner violenceChildhood maltreatmentIntimate relationshipsPartner violence victimizationMethod:Psychological factorsThreat management strategiesPartner violenceViolence victimizationReflexive thematic analysisSemi-structured interviewsMaltreatmentRelationship dynamicsPerspectives of individualsVictimsSelf-ConceptChildhood experiencesSelf-esteemRelationship patternsQualitative studyThematic analysisUnited KingdomUnmet needsPreventive interventionsAn exploration of the impact of Callous-Unemotional traits on teachers’ perceptions of student behaviour difficulties and on students’ enjoyment of school
Oxley L, O’Farrelly C, Burić I, Viding E, Ramchandani P, Kim L. An exploration of the impact of Callous-Unemotional traits on teachers’ perceptions of student behaviour difficulties and on students’ enjoyment of school. Emotional And Behavioural Difficulties 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/13632752.2025.2546258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnjoyment of schoolTeachers' perceptionsStudent enjoymentBehavioral difficultiesLevels of CU traitsCU traitsStrengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireTeacher-reported Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnairesSchool enjoymentTeachersCallous-unemotional traitsRisk of behavioural difficultiesStudentsSignificant conduct problemsSchoolEnjoymentTrait scalesDifficulties QuestionnaireConduct problemsChildrenPerceptionDifficultiesChildren Aged 6Aged 6TraitsCo-producing an interdisciplinary, preventative mental health intervention: development of the building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET) programme
Lloyd A, Law R, Midgley N, Lucas L, Wu T, Viding E, Fearon P. Co-producing an interdisciplinary, preventative mental health intervention: development of the building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET) programme. Advances In Mental Health 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/18387357.2025.2545208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health problemsCognitive neuroscienceRates of psychopathologyPreventive mental health interventionsDiscipline of psychotherapySchool mental health practitionersMental health practitionersMental health interventionsTransdiagnostic mechanismTransdiagnostic interventionHealth problemsEffective preventive interventionsDevelopmental periodAdolescentsPsychopathologyPsychotherapyFull-scale randomised controlled trialsPreventive interventionsNeuroscienceRandomised controlled trialsHealth practitionersInterventionProgramme acceptabilityHealth interventionsPilot studyLong‐term follow‐up of a randomised controlled trial of a brief home‐based parenting intervention to reduce behavioural problems in young children
Ramchandani P, Elkes J, Cornelius V, Byford S, Oxley L, Babalis D, Barker B, Bibby E, Chere B, Ganguli P, Griffith S, Iqbal Z, Kamarudin A, Lui K, Scott S, Tassie E, Viding E, O'Farrelly C. Long‐term follow‐up of a randomised controlled trial of a brief home‐based parenting intervention to reduce behavioural problems in young children. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2025 PMID: 40959892, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.70037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVIPP-SDHome-based parenting interventionVIPP-SD groupParents/caregivers of childrenBehavior problemsMental health problemsPrimary outcome dataParents' accountsRandomised controlled trialsRisk of behavioral problemsChildren Aged 2Usual careChildren's symptomsVideo-feedback InterventionHealthy StartNHS TrustAssociated with higher ratesParenting interventionsRandomised clinical trialsProbability of superiorityStart StudyHealth problemsTrial findingsPrimary outcomeTotal scoreExpanding contingency learning models of aggression in youth: Conceptual and methodological considerations to enhance clinical utility
Byrd A, Kahhale I, Vize C, Griffith R, Viding E, Stepp S. Expanding contingency learning models of aggression in youth: Conceptual and methodological considerations to enhance clinical utility. Aggression And Violent Behavior 2025, 84: 102082. DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModels of aggressionPredictors of aggressionConsequences of aggressionNeurobiological reactivityEtiological modelsEcological validityPrediction of aggressionMental health referralsTransdiagnostic constructResponse-outcomeContingency learningPsychiatric disordersDyadic contextProximal antecedentsAggressive behaviorConceptual factorsAmbulatory assessmentIntervention effortsAggressionHealth referralsWithin-individualMethodological considerationsYouthContingencyClinical utilityNavigating a varying reward environment in childhood and adolescence
Neil L, Valton V, Viding E, Armbruster-Genc D, Vuong V, Packer K, Sharp M, Roiser J, McCrory E. Navigating a varying reward environment in childhood and adolescence. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 22715. PMID: 40595968, PMCID: PMC12216166, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-05725-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with better mental healthBetter mental healthProbabilistic reinforcement learning taskSocial functioningSelf-reported prosocial behaviorWorse-than-expected outcomesMental healthImpact of negative feedbackReinforcement learning taskParticipants aged 8Higher learning rateHistory of outcomesReward learningReward scheduleAdjustment of learning rateProsocial behaviorExploratory behaviorLearning rateLearning tasksReward environmentExaggerated impactAged 8AdolescentsLonger-term historyNegative feedbackSuccessful Evidence-Based Parenting Programs are Associated With Brain Changes and Improved Reward Processing in Boys With Conduct Problems
Sethi A, O'Brien S, Blair J, Viding E, Shani D, Robinson O, Mehta M, Ecker C, Petrinovic M, Catani M, Blackwood N, Doolan M, Murphy D, Scott S, Craig M. Successful Evidence-Based Parenting Programs are Associated With Brain Changes and Improved Reward Processing in Boys With Conduct Problems. Biological Psychiatry 2025 PMID: 40541593, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.06.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVentromedial prefrontal cortexAntisocial behaviorConduct problemsParenting behaviorsParenting interventionsAssociated with brain changesReward processing regionsReward learning taskPosterior cingulate cortexIncreased neural activityTask-based fMRIReinforcement learning parametersEarly interventionGroup parenting interventionEarly parenting interventionsReduce antisocial behaviorPersistent CPReward/punishment sensitivityInsula activationNeurocognitive mechanismsReward processingPrefrontal cortexCingulate cortexBrain changesAction biasBeyond Increasing Sample Sizes: Optimizing Effect Sizes in Neuroimaging Research on Individual Differences
DeYoung C, Hilger K, Hanson J, Abend R, Allen T, Beaty R, Blain S, Chavez R, Engel S, Feilong M, Fornito A, Genç E, Goghari V, Grazioplene R, Homan P, Joyner K, Kaczkurkin A, Latzman R, Martin E, Nikolaidis A, Pickering A, Safron A, Sassenberg T, Servaas M, Smillie L, Spreng R, Viding E, Wacker J. Beyond Increasing Sample Sizes: Optimizing Effect Sizes in Neuroimaging Research on Individual Differences. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2025, 37: 1023-1034. PMID: 39792657, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividual differencesNeuroimaging researchEffect sizeStable individual differencesBetween-person effectsNeuroimaging tasksNeuroimaging studiesFocal hypothesisIncreased effect sizePsychological measuresBehavioral constructsSample sizeTheoretical matchingMultivariate approachUnivariate approachNeurobiologyCognitionNeuroimagingEmotionsIndividualsNeuroscienceBrainDifferencesTaskParticipantsThe Nature and Nurture of Primary and Secondary Callous-Unemotional Traits: Evidence From Two Independent Twin Samples
Tomlinson R, Pezzoli P, Viding E, de Brito S, Klump K, Burt S, Hyde L. The Nature and Nurture of Primary and Secondary Callous-Unemotional Traits: Evidence From Two Independent Twin Samples. Biological Psychiatry 2025, 97: s61. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.161.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“Suhteissa rakentuvien aivojen” lähestymistapa epäsosiaalisen käyttäytymisen ymmärtämisessä
Viding E, McCrory E, Baskin-Sommers A, De Brito S, Frick P. “Suhteissa rakentuvien aivojen” lähestymistapa epäsosiaalisen käyttäytymisen ymmärtämisessä. Kriminologia 2025, 5: 97-122. DOI: 10.54332/krim.161309.Peer-Reviewed Original Research