Dr Sophie Drennan

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Lecturer in Psychology; Co-Course Director, MSc Psychology

School of Social Sciences
Email:
Sophie.Drennan@bcu.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0)121 331 6993

Dr Drennan is a biopsychologist who has a particular interest in the nature of stress and how physiological processes impact individual emotions, cognitions and subsequent coping strategies.

This interest has generated a teaching and research portfolio involving quantitative research methods exploring psychopathology, chronic health conditions, developmental disorders, types of stressor, maladaptive coping behaviours, belief systems, anomalous phenomena, post-traumatic stress, post-traumatic growth, resilience and statistics. Dr Drennan has applied experience as a research assistant in the USA, a civilian with the UK police, a support worker, a statistician and is the Deputy Chair of the Psychology Research Ethics Committee.

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