Izzy Ball

Izzy gained her Degree in Advanced Applied Psychology (MSci) at the University of Chichester and is now working towards her PhD.

She is a Lecturer in Psychology, teaching on a number of modules across the degree programmes and levels. Within this role she coordinates the Research Participation Scheme and is co-lead of the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) scheme.

She is also working as a Research Assistant on the SHIFT (Sexual Health In the over ForTy fives) project within Health and Wellbeing.

Izzy is a member of the British Psychological Society and is currently the Wessex representative for the Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG) and the co-editor of the BPS Wessex newsletter.

Izzy’s PhD is focused on investigating the transition to university life, with a keen interest in the role adaptability has. The goal is to identify the individual factors that impact this transition and ultimately to develop an intervention that would aid students in navigating this transition successfully.

Her other interest is with statistics anxiety amongst Psychology students.

Articles

• Tyndall, I., Hartland, T., Banerjee, M., Giacomelli, V., Ball, I., Churchill, S., Pereira, A., & Lowry, R. (2022). Tailoring sexual health interventions for middle aged and older adults, including vulnerable populations: A scoping review. International Journal of Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2022.2089313

Conferences

• Giacomelli, V., Ball, I., Tyndall, I., & Lowry, R. (2022, August 23-27). Development of a COM-B based sexual health model for mid-life and older adults [poster presentation]. 36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. Bratislava, Slovakia.
• Tyndall, I., Giacomelli, V., & Ball, I. (2022, July 11-12). Development of a COM-B based sexual health model for mid-life and older adults [poster presentation]. University of Chichester Annual Research Conference. Chichester, UK.
• Ball, I. (2022, July 11-12). Statistics Anxiety: The Impact of Self-Efficacy, Adaptability and a Brief Growth Mindset Intervention [poster presentation]. University of Chichester Annual Research Conference. Chichester, UK.
• Giacomelli, V., Ball, I., Tyndall, I., & Lowry, R. (2022, June 28-29). Work in Progress: Development of a COM-B based sexual health model for mid-life and older adults [poster presentation]. The British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference. Bristol, UK. (Won Best Poster.)
• Ball, I. (2021, July 29-30). Statistics Anxiety: The Impact of Self-Efficacy, Adaptability and a Brief Growth Mindset Intervention [oral presentation]. Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG) Annual Conference. Virtual.
• Ball, I. (2021, July 29-20). ‘Staying Together for the Sake of the Kids’: The Effects of the Age of Child at Parental Relationship Breakdown and Continuing Parent-Child Relationships on Young Adult Mental Wellbeing [poster presentation]. Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG) Annual Conference. Virtual.