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  • Job title: Senior Lecturer
  • Dept: Applied Social Sciences
  • Tel: 01227 767700 ext 3285
  • Campus: Canterbury
L Steadman

Senior Lecturer in Psychology / Year 3 Coordinator

Teaching responsibilities 

  • MPSMD2HPS Health Psychology (Convenor)
  • MPSMD3DGP Individual Differences and Group Processes (Co-convenor)
  • MPSMD3PRP Psychology Research Project

Research interests

  • The role of beliefs and attitudes in explaining health-enhancing and health-compromising behaviours, particularly with regard to screening behaviours (e.g., breast screening, screening for sexually transmitted infections).
  • The role of theory in designing interventions to increase uptake of health-enhancing behaviours, such as adherence to medication regimens.
  • The prevalence and outcome of workplace bullying. This research examines the impact of workplace bullying behaviours on psychological well-being (e.g., stress and anxiety) and work-related dimensions (e.g., job satisfaction, errors at work), particularly within National Health Service settings.

Other interests

Ethics in psychological research. Student support and welfare.

Recent publications

 

  • Quine, L., Steadman, L., Thompson, S., & Rutter, D.R. (2012). Adherence to anti-hypertensive medication: Proposing and testing a conceptual model. British Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 202-219.
  • Muir-Feero, S., & Steadman, L. (2010). An exploration of the relationship between self-esteem, health knowledge, chronic dieting, and body shape accuracy. Perspectives in Public Health, 130(4), 186-190. 
  • Steadman, L., Quine, L., Jack, K., Felix, D.H., & Waumsley, J. (2009). Experience of workplace bullying behaviours in postgraduate hospital dentists: Questionnaire survey. British Dental Journal, 207(8), 379-380.
  • Quine, L., & Steadman, L., (2007). Pregnancy and Childbirth. In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman & R. West (Eds) Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition). Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rutter, D.R., Steadman, L., & Quine, L. (2006). An implementation intentions intervention to increase uptake of mammography. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 32(2), 127-134.
  • Steadman, L., & Rutter, D.R. (2004). Belief importance and the theory of planned behaviour: Comparing modal and ranked modal beliefs in predicting attendance at breast screening. British Journal of Health Psychology, 9(4), 447-463.
  • Steadman, L., & Quine, L. (2004). Encouraging young males to perform testicular self-examination: A simple, but effective, implementation intentions intervention. British Journal of Health Psychology, 9(4), 479-487.
  • Steadman, L., & Rutter, D.R. (2002). Individually elicited versus modal normative beliefs in predicting attendance at breast screening: Examining the role of belief salience in the theory of planned behaviour. British Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 317-330.
  • Steadman, L., Field, S., & Rutter, D.R. (1999). Attendance at cancer screening in the wake of widespread adverse publicity surrounding test results. Journal of Medical Screening, 6, 40-41.

 

Submitted 2007, awaiting referee comments

  • Quine, L., Steadman, L., Thompson, S., & Rutter, D.R. (under revision). Increasing adherence to anti-hypertensive medication regimens: Comparing motivational, volitional and combined motivational-volitional interventions.
  • Thompson, S., Rutter, D.R., Quine, L., & Steadman, L. (under revision). Increasing attendance at breast cancer screening: Field trial of an intervention using implementation intentions (under first revision).

Recent conference presentations

  • Thompson, S., Rutter, D.R., Quine, L., & Steadman, L. (2006). Implementation intentions interventions with clinical populations: Do men and women respond differently? British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, University of Essex.
  • Steadman, L., Rutter, D.R., & Quine, L. (2004). An implementation intentions intervention to increase attendance at mammography. British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, University of Sheffield.
  • Steadman, L., & Quine, L. (2001). Encouraging young males to perform testicular self-examination (TSE): Can implementation intentions help? British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology and European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference. University of St Andrews, Scotland.
  • Steadman, L., & Quine, L. (2000). Are implementation intentions useful for bridging the intention-behaviour gap in adhering to long-term medication regimens? An attempt to replicate Sheeran & Orbell's (1999) intervention to enhance adherence to daily Vitamin C intake. British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, University of Kent at Canterbury.

Invited talks

  • Steadman, L., & Quine, L., & Rutter, D.R. (2003). Developing a theory-based intervention to increase adherence to prescribed anti-hypertensive medication. Department of Psychology, University of Bath.