Psychology Research Group staff
Dr David Bowles
BSc (Hons), PhD
Phone 0114 225 2238
E-mail d.p.bowles@shu.ac.uk
David's research interests include biased social cognition in individuals with attachment insecurities and pronounced personality maladjustment. He is also interested in how individuals' interpretations of social information can be altered by subtle contextual manipulation, such as non-conscious activation of the attachment system.
Recent projects focus on well-being in major life-transitions, from the perspective of self-determination theory. He has published research findings in the abnormal psychology and positive psychology literature.
A member of the British Psychology Society, the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, and the Brain, Behaviour and Cognition Group at Sheffield Hallam University.
Research interests
- adult attachment
- personality pathology
- contextual activation effects on social cognition
- individual differences in social cognition
Publications 2001 - present
RAE submission
Meyer, B., Enström, M. K., Harstveit, M., Bowles, D. P., and Beevers, C. G. (2007). Happiness and despair on the catwalk: Need satisfaction, well-being, and personality adjustment among fashion models. Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 2-17.
Meyer, B., Ajchenbrenner, M., and Bowles, D. P. (2005). Sensory sensitivity, attachment experiences, and rejection responses among adults with borderline and avoidant features. Journal of Personality Disorders, 19, 641-658, 2005.
Others
Bowles, D. P. and Meyer, B. (2008). Attachment Priming and Avoidant Personality Features as Predictors of Social-Evaluation Biases. Journal of Personality Disorders, 22, 72-88.
Barker, L. A., Andrade, J., Morton, N., Romanowski, C. A. J., and Bowles D.P. (accepted for publication) Investigating the 'latent' deficit hypothesis: Age at time of head injury, executive, implicit and social functioning. Neuropsychologia
Conference proceedings
Bowles, D. P., and Meyer, B. (2009, September). Attachment priming attenuates social cognitive negativity in borderline but not avoidant personality disorder. Paper presented at the 39th European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy annual conference. Dubrovnik, Croatia
Bowles, D. P., and Meyer, B. (2008, September). Contextual responsiveness of self- and other-esteem in avoidant and borderline personality disorder. Poster session presented at the 38th European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy annual conference. Helsinki, Finland.
Bowles, D. P., and Meyer, B. (2007, July). Attachment-related priming moderates the association between avoidant and borderline personality disorder risk and social cognitive biases. Poster session presented at the 13th World Conference for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. Barcelona, Spain.
Bowles, D. P., Meyer, B., and Pilkonis, P. A. (2005, June). Personality disorder features, attachment styles, and appraisals of emotional and neutral faces. Poster session presented at the 36th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Montreal, Canada
Meyer, B., Pilkonis, P. A., Beevers, C. G., and Bowles, D. P. (2004, April). Personality disorder features, attachment styles, and appraisals of emotionally neutral faces. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology. London, United Kingdom.
Grant funded research projects
November 2007 - Well-being in new mothers. Christchurch Canterbury Sheffield Health and Social Research Consortium, £12,300.
March 2008 - Learner autonomy in higher education. Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, £6,000.
May 2008 - Psychotherapy for heart failure patients. University of Sheffield, Sheffield NHS, City University London Sheffield Health and Social Research Consortium, £17,081.
February 2009 - Engagement and well-being in new retirees. Christchurch Canterbury Sheffield Health and Social Research Consortium, £9,665.
Collaborations
Theory of mind and attachment orientation in adults, collaboration with Drs Lance Slade, Joe Levy and Amanda Holmes, Roehampton University, London.
Development of a false beliefs paradigm for avoidant personality disorder, collaboration with Dr Björn Meyer, City University, London.
Other scholarly activities
Reviewer for Psychotherapy and Research: Theory, Research and Practice
Reviewer for Journal of Personality Disorders
