Professor Nicola Gray

Professor Nicola Gray
Professor
Psychology
Telephone: (01792) 602006
Room: Academic Office - 707A
Seventh Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

I am a chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society and with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). I have been a Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology since 2004.

Areas of Expertise

  • Risk assessment, risk management, and child protection
  • Sexual offending, paedophilia and models of human sexuality
  • Psychopathy and severe personality disorder
  • Suicide and self-harm
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Publications

  1. & (2019). Psychopathy and impulsivity: The relationship of psychopathy to different aspects of UPPS-P impulsivity. Psychiatry Research 272, 474-482.
  2. & (2019). Implicit measurement of violence-related cognitions.. Psychology of Violence 9(2), 235-243.
  3. & (2016). Automatic Direction of Spatial Attention to Male Versus Female Stimuli: A Comparison of Heterosexual Men and Women. Archives of Sexual Behavior 45(4), 843-853.
  4. & (2017). Pupillary Responses to Static Images of Men and Women: A Possible Measure of Sexual Interest?. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-11.
  5. & (2017). As Far as the Eye Can See: Relationship between Psychopathic Traits and Pupil Response to Affective Stimuli. PLOS ONE 12(1), e0167436

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Teaching

  • PS-M29 Psychopathy and Sexual Offending

    Psychopathy is a severe personality disorder strongly associated with violence and antisocial behaviour and places a large demand on both mental health services, and the judiciary system. The module will cover the measurement of psychopathy, the aetiology of psychopathic traits, and models of psychopathic behaviour from a biosocial viewpoint. Sexual offending is a major societal problem. The module will examine how deviant sexual interests may occur, and how these might be measured. The issues of the assessment of risk posed by sexual offenders and the management/treatment of offenders will be discussed.

  • PSY319 Final Year Independent Research Project

    Students conduct an independent research project under the supervision of a member of staff. The research topic is decided in conjunction with supervisors and Research topics. Students must obtain ethical approval, design, conduct, analyse and write up a piece of research in order to achieve Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

  • PSY321 Forensic Psychology

    The module will first explore the role a psychologist in forensic matters as they pertain to criminal behaviour, with a strong emphasis on violence and sexual violence. This will include how information is gathered and used in order to understand offending behavior and its use in risk management and treatment. The module will then go on to consider the role of mental disorders in relation to issues such as criminal responsibility and the treatment of such disorders, before turning to examine in detail the relationship between one particular form of mental illness (psychosis) and one particular form of criminal behavior (serious violence to others). The module will then consider how we go about the examination of individuals in terms of risk of violence to others and sexual violence and conclude by focusing on the management of offenders, including how psychology has informed forensic risk assessment procedures as well as making a substantial contribution to offender rehabilitation.

Supervision

  • Prevail: improving mental health literacy, reducing stigma and enhancing employees' ability to co-produce formulation and intervention plans. (current)

    Student name:
    MSc
    Other supervisor: Dr Jeremy Tree

  • Supporting Reduction of Suicide in the General Population of Wales via the use of Structured Professional Judgement (current)

    Student name:
    PhD
    Other supervisor: Prof Ann John
    Other supervisor: Prof Ann John

  • A Randomised Control Trial evaluating The GUIDE Cymru: All Wales mental health literacy in all Year 9 children in Wales. (current)

    Student name:
    PhD
    Other supervisor: Dr Andrew Kemp

Awards And Prizes

Date Description
2016 Health and Social Care Impact Award - Cardiff University

External Responsibilities

  • Director, Wales Applied Risk Research Network

    2018 - Present

  • BPS Advisor, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

    2018 - Present

  • Associate Fellow , British Psychological Society

    2018 - Present

  • Senior Fellowship, Higher Education Authority

    2018 - Present

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