Dr Chantelle Wood
School of Psychology
Senior Lecturer
Full contact details
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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I am a social psychologist, with a particular focus on behaviour change and intergroup relations. My key research interests centre around understanding and changing social, health and environmental behaviours, and evaluating and improving interventions to reduce prejudice. I also have expertise in meta-analysis.
- Qualifications
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- PhD: University of Western Australia
- BSc (Hons): University of Western Australia
Awards
- University of Sheffield Early Career Senate Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (2018)
- Turnitin Global Innovation Awards Honourable Mention (2017)
- Research interests
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Understanding and changing health and environmental behaviour
My research focuses on understanding why people do (or do not) engage in different behaviours, and using this knowledge to develop and evaluate behaviour change techniques to promote positive social, health and environmental behaviours. My research involves both primary empirical research and also meta-analytic techniques.
I am currently the behaviour change lead on INGENIOUS, a £3 million interdisciplinary research consortium on understanding and improving indoor air quality, funded by the UKRI SPF Clean Air Programme. Previously, I was the behaviour change lead on two interdisciplinary research projects on technical and behavioural barriers to ventilation in the hospitality sector, funded by the Health and Safety Executive’s PROTECT National Core Study on COVID Transmission and Environment, and Sheffield City Council. I was also involved in research on single-use plastics, as part of the UKRI-funded interdisciplinary research programme Plastics: Redefining Single Use.
I am a member of the Healthy Lifespan Institute, The Institute for Sustainable Food and Sheffield:Air, an interdisciplinary network of researchers working on projects relating to air quality and pollution.
Understanding and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
My research revolves around understanding and overcoming barriers to inclusion, and exploring strategies for reducing stereotyping and prejudice. I am currently Co-I on a research project on understanding and tackling the barriers to employment experienced by autistic adults (2023-2024), funded by the Colt Foundation. I’m particularly interested in interventions based on intergroup contact, including imagined and virtual contact, and in the effects of interpersonal confrontations of prejudice. I am also interested in the effects of weight stigma on health and wellbeing. I am part of the Sheffield Inequalities Researchers’ Network.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Reconceiving Domestic Burning Controls: Air Quality Alerts, Behavioural Responsive Regulation, and Designing for Compliance. Environmental Management, 1-17.
- Understanding the patterns and health impact of indoor air pollutant exposures in Bradford, UK: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 13(12). View this article in WRRO
- Perceptions of accountability and trust in the regulatory governance of wood burning stove sustainability: Survey evidence from the post-Brexit UK. Energy Policy, 177. View this article in WRRO
- Autistic people’s perspectives on stereotypes: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Autism, 23(3), 759-769. View this article in WRRO
- The influence of emotional cues on prospective memory: a systematic review with meta-analyses. Cognition and Emotion, 32(8), 1578-1596. View this article in WRRO
- Varying cognitive targets and response rates to enhance the question-behaviour effect: An 8-arm Randomized Controlled Trial on influenza vaccination uptake. Social Science and Medicine, 180, 135-142. View this article in WRRO
- Imagined contact can be more effective for participants with stronger initial prejudices. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47(5), 282-292. View this article in WRRO
- The question-behaviour effect: A theoretical and methodological review and meta-analysis. European Review of Social Psychology, 27(1), 196-230. View this article in WRRO
- Students’ Stereotypes of Autism. Journal of Educational Issues, 2(2), 131-140. View this article in WRRO
- The Impact of Asking Intention or Self-Prediction Questions on Subsequent Behavior: A Meta-Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20(3), 245-268. View this article in WRRO
- The formation of novel social category conjunctions in working memory: A possible role for the episodic buffer?. Memory, 24(4), 496-512. View this article in WRRO
- Applying individuation to conflicting social categories. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 18(4), 523-539. View this article in WRRO
- Why does asking questions change health behaviours? The mediating role of attitude accessibility. Psychology and Health, 29(4), 390-404. View this article in WRRO
- Individuation moderates impressions of conflicting categories for slower processors. Social Psychology, 44(4), 239-247. View this article in WRRO
- Resolving conflicting social categories: The role of age-related executive ability. British Journal of Psychology, 103(1), 28-43.
- The Importance of Being Emergent: A Theoretical Exploration of Impression Formation in Novel Social Category Conjunctions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5(6), 321-332.
- Ego Depletion and the Strength Model of Self-Control: A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 136(4), 495-525.
- Self-regulation and self-control in exercise: The strength-energy model. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3(1), 62-86.
- The strength model of self-regulation failure and health-related behaviour. Health Psychology Review, 3(2), 208-238.
All publications
Journal articles
- Reconceiving Domestic Burning Controls: Air Quality Alerts, Behavioural Responsive Regulation, and Designing for Compliance. Environmental Management, 1-17.
- Understanding the patterns and health impact of indoor air pollutant exposures in Bradford, UK: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 13(12). View this article in WRRO
- Perceptions of accountability and trust in the regulatory governance of wood burning stove sustainability: Survey evidence from the post-Brexit UK. Energy Policy, 177. View this article in WRRO
- Autistic people’s perspectives on stereotypes: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Autism, 23(3), 759-769. View this article in WRRO
- The influence of emotional cues on prospective memory: a systematic review with meta-analyses. Cognition and Emotion, 32(8), 1578-1596. View this article in WRRO
- Varying cognitive targets and response rates to enhance the question-behaviour effect: An 8-arm Randomized Controlled Trial on influenza vaccination uptake. Social Science and Medicine, 180, 135-142. View this article in WRRO
- Imagined contact can be more effective for participants with stronger initial prejudices. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47(5), 282-292. View this article in WRRO
- The question-behaviour effect: A theoretical and methodological review and meta-analysis. European Review of Social Psychology, 27(1), 196-230. View this article in WRRO
- Students’ Stereotypes of Autism. Journal of Educational Issues, 2(2), 131-140. View this article in WRRO
- The Impact of Asking Intention or Self-Prediction Questions on Subsequent Behavior: A Meta-Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20(3), 245-268. View this article in WRRO
- The formation of novel social category conjunctions in working memory: A possible role for the episodic buffer?. Memory, 24(4), 496-512. View this article in WRRO
- Applying individuation to conflicting social categories. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 18(4), 523-539. View this article in WRRO
- Why does asking questions change health behaviours? The mediating role of attitude accessibility. Psychology and Health, 29(4), 390-404. View this article in WRRO
- Individuation moderates impressions of conflicting categories for slower processors. Social Psychology, 44(4), 239-247. View this article in WRRO
- Resolving conflicting social categories: The role of age-related executive ability. British Journal of Psychology, 103(1), 28-43.
- The Importance of Being Emergent: A Theoretical Exploration of Impression Formation in Novel Social Category Conjunctions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5(6), 321-332.
- Ego Depletion and the Strength Model of Self-Control: A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 136(4), 495-525.
- Self-regulation and self-control in exercise: The strength-energy model. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3(1), 62-86.
- The strength model of self-regulation failure and health-related behaviour. Health Psychology Review, 3(2), 208-238.
Chapters
- Social Cognition and Attitudes In Davey G (Ed.), Psychology Wiley
Preprints
- Development and Psychometric Validation of the Women-Sexually Objectifying Media Exposure Scale (W-SOMES) and Men-Sexually Objectifying Media Exposure Scale (M-SOMES), Research Square Platform LLC.
- Measuring Self-Objectification in Cisgender Heterosexual Women and Men: A Psychometric Validation of Three Widely Used Self-Objectification Scales, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Reconceiving Domestic Burning Controls: Air Quality Alerts, Behavioural Responsive Regulation, and Designing for Compliance. Environmental Management, 1-17.
- Research group
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Current PhD students:
- Ankita Sehrawat: Weight stigma and health
- Ankita Mishra: Violence against women and access to justice
- Bashirat Ibrahim: Reducing prejudice through virtual imagined contact
Previous students:
- Dr Zhuozhuo Hu (PhD, 2023): Self-objectification in men and women. Now at the Department of Psychology, University of Surrey
- Dr Eric Manalastas (PhD, 2020): Predictors of collective action. Now at Visible Analytics
- Dr Jose Sepulveda Maldonado (PhD, 2019): Video games and theory of mind. Now at the University of La Frontera
- Dr Caroline Treweek (PhD, 2019): Public perceptions of autism
- Dr Tom Hostler (PhD, 2017): Improving prospective memory using emotional cues and implementation intentions. Now at the Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Grants
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Colt Foundation (Mar 2023 – Aug 2024, £66,367): Understanding and tackling the barriers to employment experienced by autistic adults
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UKRI/NERC (Aug 2021 – Jul 2025; £3 million): INGENIOUS: UnderstandING the sourcEs, traNsformations and fates of IndOor air pollUtantS
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Health and Safety Executive (Jul 2021 – Mar 2022, £169,677): Technical and behavioural challenges to improving hospitality ventilation in small and medium sized venues
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Sheffield City Council (Jul 2021 – Mar 2022, £171,691): Technical and behavioural challenges to improving hospitality ventilation in small and medium sized venues II
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UKRI/EPSRC (Jan 2019- Oct 2020; £1 million): Plastics: Redefining Single Use
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University of Sheffield Pro Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching Fund Grant (Feb 2017- Jul 2017; £999): Student engagement with feedback
- British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant (Aug 2016- Aug 2017; £9927): Optimising blood donation using the Question-Behaviour Effect
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- Teaching activities
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I teach on the following modules on the BSc Psychology and MSc in Psychological Research Methods/Psychological Research Methods with Advanced Statistics
- PSY1001 Social Psychology I
- PSY2001 Social Psychology II
- PSY346 Research Project in Psychology
- PSY331 Extended Essay in Psychology
- Psy6121 Research Methods
- Psy6110 Research Project in Psychology
- Professional activities and memberships
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Section Editor (Group/Intergroup Processes Section) for Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Editorial Consultant for British Journal of Social Psychology
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- PhD Opportunities
I am not currently accepting applications for PhD study.
We advertise PhD opportunities (Funded or Self-Funded) on FindAPhD.com
For further information, please see the department PhD Opportunities page.