Dr Victoria Castle

About

Victoria is a lecturer in psychology at the University of Chichester. Victoria previously held positions at the University of Oxford (2022-2024), the University of Warwick (2015; 2021-2022), and the University of Reading (2020-2022).

She completed her PhD at the University of Sussex in 2020, examining bidirectional parent-child effects in the development of child self-regulatory abilities.

Victoria is fiercely passionate about both her research area (neurodivergent family well-being) and promoting inclusivity and student engagement in educational settings.

Research

Victoria’s research interests broadly cover neurodivergent family well-being. This includes research within several areas:

• The role of parenting for child development outcomes, and the impact of individual differences in child traits on parenting behaviours (particularly, but not exclusively within families where at least one member is neurodivergent).
• Factors predicting mental health and well-being outcomes (particularly for parents and children, and especially for neurodivergent families, but not exclusively).
• The development of self-regulatory abilities, and the role of parent self-regulation on parenting behaviours.
• The experience of neurodivergent individuals. I particularly enjoy using participatory research methods (involving the community at all stages of the research process) to centre the neurodivergent voice in my research and to ensure my research meets the needs and priorities of the community.