Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsEssi Viding, PhD
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2025
‘Hanger’ and beyond: Measuring hunger-related mood dysregulation and its links with mental health, functioning and task-based mood induction
Copps M, Vidal-Ribas P, Sadek L, Llewellyn C, Herle M, Breen G, Allen K, Carnegie A, Qi L, Chandler-Wilde R, Kakar S, Smith I, Joormann J, Viding E, Stringaris A. ‘Hanger’ and beyond: Measuring hunger-related mood dysregulation and its links with mental health, functioning and task-based mood induction. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2025, 397: 120924. PMID: 41407121, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMood dysregulationMental healthMeasure individual differencesWorsening of moodAssociated with mental healthHistory of mental health disordersMeal scoresMental health disordersConfirmatory factor analysisAssociated with irritabilitySelf-reported functionIrritability subscaleMood inductionEating DisordersIndividual differencesLow moodMood changesPsychometric propertiesSomatic feelingsMoodHealth disordersFactor analysisAnxietyDepressionQualitative responsesAdvancing prevention science for maltreatment exposed children: predicting mental health symptoms with a combined neurocognitive vulnerability index
Gerin M, Viding E, Armbruster‑Genç D, Roiser J, McCrory E. Advancing prevention science for maltreatment exposed children: predicting mental health symptoms with a combined neurocognitive vulnerability index. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2025, 1-9. PMID: 41123603, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-025-02838-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-maltreated peersNeurocognitive vulnerabilityReward processingSocial cognitionSymptom increaseDomains of social cognitionMental health symptomsGroup-level differencesMental health problemsNeurocognitive tasksChildhood maltreatmentMaltreatment severitySymptom changePoor mental healthPsychiatric symptomsNeurocognitive alterationsHealth symptomsBaseline symptomsMaltreatmentMental healthDemographic riskHeightened riskPrevention sciencePreliminary findingsCognitionThe need for a science of patient and public involvement and participation in child and adolescent mental health research
Singh I, Viding E, Spencer L, Austin C, Kokan Z, Stringaris A. The need for a science of patient and public involvement and participation in child and adolescent mental health research. Nature Mental Health 2025, 3: 1311-1317. DOI: 10.1038/s44220-025-00497-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERPLAY IN INTERNALISING AND EXTERNALISING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN ADOLESCENCE
Musial A, Allegrini A, Cheesman R, Ronald A, Viding E, Eley T, Rimfeld K, Plomin R, Malanchini M. GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERPLAY IN INTERNALISING AND EXTERNALISING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN ADOLESCENCE. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2025, 99: 13. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.08.477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSymptoms of psychopathologyExternalising symptomsPolygenic scoresTwins Early Development StudyGene-environment interactionsLevels of internalising symptomsEarly Development StudyGene-environment correlationGene-environment interplayE effectsYouth psychopathologyExternalising psychopathologyDevelopmental psychopathologyGenetic correlation analysisHarsh parentingInternalising symptomsPsychopathologyMultiple environmental exposuresRobust effectsEnvironmental influencesEffect of genetic factorsGenetic riskAdolescentsIndirect effectsSymptomsLived-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 feedback