Research areas
I am a health psychologist and in my research, I focus on two areas: 1) Health behaviours and 2) Living with long-term conditions.
I investigate health behaviours, both its antecedents and its implications, in different contexts.Ìý The questions that I seek to answer are: What are the individual and social influences on our behaviours? What impact do they have on health outcomes? What is the role of context (e.g., workplace, policies) in how these behaviours are shaped and their impact?Ìý How do we use this information to design the most acceptable and effective programme for behaviour change?
I study the psychological outcomes relating to living with a long-term condition in the context of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. ÌýMy work is led by theoretical underpinnings of human experience when faced with a health threat. I aim to answer: What makes up the experience of living with a long-term condition? What are the effective methods that will help individuals manage their condition both emotionally and behaviourally? In the cancer domain, for instance, my efforts focused on fear of cancer recurrence which is an emotional experience reported as an unmet need by people living with and beyond the diagnosis of cancer.
Selected publications
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Open access
Tauber, N. M., O'Toole, M. S., Dinkel, A., Galica, J., Humphris, G., Lebel, S., Maheu, C., Ozakinci, G., Prins, J., Sharpe, L., Smith, A. '., Thewes, B., Simard, S. & Zachariae, R., 18 Sept 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Beeken, R. J., Haviland, J. S., Taylor, C., Campbell, A., Fisher, A., Grimmett, C., Ozakinci, G., Slater, S., Wilson, I. & Hubbard, G., 15 May 2019, In: BMC Public Health. 19, 10 p., 574.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kuipers, M., Best, C., Wilson, M., Currie, D., Ozakinci, G., Mackintosh, A.-M., Stead, M., Eadie, D., MacGregor, A., Pearce, J., Amos, A. & Haw, S., May 2020, In: Tobacco Control. 29, 3, p. 348-356
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sobota, A. & Ozakinci, G., 6 Sept 2018, In: BMC Cancer. 18, 874
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Best, C., Haseen, F., Currie, D., Ozakinci, G., MacKintosh, A. M., Stead, M., Eadie, D., MacGregor, A., Pearce, J., Amos, A., Frank, J. & Haw, S., 22 Jun 2018, In: Tobacco Control. 27, 4, p. 373-378 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hubbard, G., Campbell, A., Fisher, A., Harvie, M., Maltinsky, W., Mullen, R., Banks, E., Gracey, J., Gorely, T., Munro, J. & Ozakinci, G., 1 Jun 2018, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4, 14 p., 108.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wells, M., Aitchison, P., Harris, F., Ozakinci, G., Radley, A., Bauld, L., Entwistle, V., Munro, A. J., Haw, S., Culbard, B. & Williams, B., 19 May 2017, In: BMC Cancer. 17, 348.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whelehan, P., Evans, A. & Ozakinci, G., May 2017, In: European Journal of Cancer Care. 26, e12580.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lebel, S., Ozakinci, G., Humphris, G., Thewes, B., Prins, J., Dinkel, A. & Butow, P., Apr 2017, In: Psycho-Oncology. 26, 4, p. 424-427 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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