Izzy Ball

Lecturer in Psychology

About

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

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. You can learn more about the project here.

Her other interests lie with the general university student experience and in particular statistics anxiety among Psychology students.

Alongside her research she is a Lecturer in Psychology, teaching on a number of modules across the degree programmes and levels. Previously she worked as an Associate Lecturer within the department and Research Assistant on the SHIFT (Sexual Health In the over ForTy fives) project in Health and Wellbeing.

Professional

Teaching

– PSY302 Project Management and Presentation Skills (Module Leader)

– PSY308 Cultural Psychology

– PSY204 Research Methods: Experimental Designs & Analysis

– PSY207 Research Methods: Survey and Qualitative Designs and Analysis

Administrative Roles

– Co-lead of institute outreach activities

– Member of the British Psychological Society and committee member of the South East of England Branch, responsible for supporting their Student Ambassador scheme.

Publications

Articles

Ball, I., Banerjee, M., Holliman, A. and Tyndall, I. (2024) Investigating success in the transition to university: a systematic review of personal risk and protective factors influencing academic achievement. Educational Psychology Review, 36 (52). ISSN 1040726X 10.1007/s10648-024-09891-0

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.