Dr Fiona Matley

PhD, MSc, MA, BA(Hons)

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant

School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health

Role

Dr Fiona Matley is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Centre for Psychological Research (CfPR). Fiona is currently working as part of the research team for SPACES (Storytelling Promoting Alcohol Choice, Empowerment and Sharing) which is a project looking at novel ways to support mid-life women who would like to reduce their alcohol consumption.

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Psychology (BSc (Hons))

Modules taught

Fiona has previously provided teaching support for the Psychology (BSc(Hons) course at Oxford Brookes University, across several modules including:

Psychological Interventions,
An Introduction to Psychological Research,
Qualitative Methods in Psychology and
Foundations of Cognitive Psychology.

Research

Fiona is an early career researcher whose work focuses on reducing alcohol consumption, smoking cessation, and supporting healthy ageing. Fiona’s main research interests involve supporting adults to make positive changes that can enhance their health and wellbeing in mid and later life. Fiona has experience in intervention development and evaluation, patient public involvement, systematic reviews, and qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

My research explores the following topics:

Using automatic processes to change drinking behaviour in midlife adults.
Knowledge, attitudes and current practice of health professionals regarding the use of e-cigarettes and other smoking cessation interventions in cancer survivors (funded by Cancer Research UK).
Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement (PPI) in the life after prostate cancer diagnosis study (LAPCD).
UK teachers’ views on the content and format of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE).
Testing social status and family socialization hypotheses of alcohol use in Norwegian young people: a causal mediation analysis.

Research group membership

Healthy Ageing & Care Network (Oxford Brookes University)
INEBRIA (International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs)
Service User Involvement Committee (Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University)
Prevention Science Group (Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University)
UK Society for Behavioural Medicine

Groups

Publications

Brett J, Davey Z, Matley F, Butcher H, Keenan J, Catton D, Watson E, Wright P, Gavin A, Glaser A, Impact of patient and public (PPI) involvement in the Life after Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study: A mixed methods study
BMJ Open 12 (2022) ISSN: 2044-6055 eISSN: 2044-6055 Impact of patient and public (PPI) involvement in the Life after Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study: A mixed methods study Open Access version on RADAR
Foxcroft DR, Howcutt SJ, Matley F, Taylor Bunce L, Davies EL , Testing socioeconomic status and family socialization hypotheses of alcohol use in young people: A causal mediation analysis
Journal of Adolescence 94 (2) (2022) pp.240-252 ISSN: 0140-1971 eISSN: 1095-9254 Testing socioeconomic status and family socialization hypotheses of alcohol use in young people: A causal mediation analysis Open Access version on RADAR
Brett J, Davies EL, Matley F, Aveyard P, Wells M, Foxcroft D, Nicholson B, De Minor-Silva S, Sinclair L, Jakes S, Watson E, Electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid for cancer patients: beliefs and behaviours of clinicians in the UK
BMJ Open 10 (2020) ISSN: 2044-6055 eISSN: 2044-6055 Electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid for cancer patients: beliefs and behaviours of clinicians in the UK Open Access version on RADAR
Davies EL, Matley F, Teachers and pupils under pressure: UK teachers’ views on the content and format of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
Pastoral Care in Education 38 (1) (2020) pp.4-22 ISSN: 0264-3944 Teachers and pupils under pressure: UK teachers’ views on the content and format of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education Open Access version on RADAR
Matley F, Davies EL, Resisting temptation: Alcohol specific self-efficacy mediates the impacts of compensatory health beliefs and behaviours on alcohol consumption
Psychology, Health and Medicine 23 (3) (2017) pp.259-269 ISSN: 1354-8506 Resisting temptation: Alcohol specific self-efficacy mediates the impacts of compensatory health beliefs and behaviours on alcohol consumption Open Access version on RADAR

Brett J, Butcher H, Keenan J, Catton D, Davey Z, Matley F, Watson E, Wright P, Glaser A, Gavin A, Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement (PPI) in the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study
(2019) Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement (PPI) in the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study Open Access version on RADAR

Matley, F., Foxcroft, D., & Davies, E. (2023, March 20). Reducing Consumption Levels of Alcohol In Midlife (ReCLAIM): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial exploring the feasibility of a digital intervention targeting social influences to reduce midlife adults’ alcohol consumption. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/46PB2 (preregistration).
Brett, J., Davey, Z., Matley, F., Butcher, H., Keenan, J., Catton, D., Watson, E., Wright, P., Gavin, A., & Glaser, A. W. (2022). Impact of patient and public (PPI) involvement in the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study: a mixed-methods study. BMJ open, 12(11), e060861. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060861
Foxcroft DR, Howcutt SJ, Matley F, Taylor Bunce L, Davies EL , Testing socioeconomic status and family socialization hypotheses of alcohol use in young people: A causal mediation analysis Journal of Adolescence 94 (2) (2022) pp.240-252 ISSN: 0140-1971 eISSN:1095-9254
Brett J, Davies EL, Matley F, Aveyard P, Wells M, Foxcroft D, Nicholson B, De Minor-Silva S, Sinclair L, Jakes S, Watson E, Electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid for cancer patients: beliefs and behaviours of clinicians in the UK
BMJ Open 10 (2020) ISSN: 2044-6055 eISSN: 2044-6055
Davies EL, Matley F, Teachers and pupils under pressure: UK teachers’ views on the content and format of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education Pastoral Care in Education 38 (1) (2020) pp.4-22 ISSN: 0264-3944
Matley F, Davies EL, Resisting temptation: Alcohol specific self-efficacy mediates the impacts of compensatory health beliefs and behaviours on alcohol consumption Psychology, Health and Medicine 23 (3) (2017) pp.259-269 ISSN: 1354-8506 Davies, E. & Matley, F. (2017) 'Research on school-based interventions needs more input from teachers’, Education and Health, 35(3), pp. 60-62.