Dr Anthony Gifford

• LGTBQ+ Psychology
• Mixed methods research
• Health Psychology
• Social Psychology

• MSc Psychology (University of East London)
• PhD Psychology (Nottingham Trent University)

• PSY5046 Qualitative research methods
• PSY5048 Quantitative research methods
• PSY5053 Health Psychology
• PSY6097 Dissertation
• PSY7057 Dissertation

• Arts-based interventions to promote wellbeing
• HIV anxiety and its psychosocial impacts
• HIV prevention, including PrEP usage and related decision-making
• DoxyPEP and emerging approaches to STI prevention
• Body image and wellbeing among recreational runners

Anthony is open to conversations with prospective postgraduate students interested in pursuing research in these areas, including gender and sexualities research, health and wellbeing among marginalised populations, and LGBTQ+ psychology.

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy in men who have sex with men: The roles of identity, trust and knowledge. Psychology & Sexuality, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2025.2592673

Jaspal, R., Gifford, AJ, & Scheinpflug, U. (2025) Ego and Partner-Centered Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Men. Sexuality & Culture, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-025-10456-8

Gifford, AJ. (2025) Smash the pot, break the binary: LGBTQ+ psychology and Hyrule. In A. M. B. Prosser & R. Kowert (Eds.), The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Legend of Zelda. Psychgeist & Play Story Press. https://doi.org/10.17613/z0qvk-b6217

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, McDermott DT. (2025) Gain-Framed Health Messaging, Medical Trust, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Self-Efficacy: An Experimental Study. Healthcare; 13(16):1981. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13161981

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, McDermott DT. (2025) Psychosocial Profiles of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Influencing PrEP Acceptability: A Latent Profile Analysis. Behavioral Sciences; 15(6):818. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060818

Jaspal R, Gifford AJ, & Scheinpflug U. (2025). A Theoretical Model for Predicting the Derivation of Sexual Satisfaction in Gay Men. The Journal of Sex Research, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2025.2489772

Cahill L, Gifford AJ, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) The HIV Anxiety Scale (HAS): Developing and Validating a Measure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Anxiety. AIDS Behav. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-025-04690-2

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) Predicting PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy among men who have sex with men in the UK: The roles of identity resilience, science mistrust, and stigma. HIV Med.; 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13768

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) ‘Why are PrEP gays always like this … ’: psychosocial influences on U.K.-based men who have sex with men’s perceptions and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Psychology & Sexuality, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2025.2452198

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