Christina Victor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3827445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Victor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Victor |
| SIGNATURE | VICTOR C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brunel University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Nudge Effect of “Happy to Chat” Badges: Evidence from England
Social connection is essential for well-being, yet people often avoid interacting with strangers due to concerns about conversation quality or a lack of shared interests. This study investigates whether the Happy to Chat badge can act as a behavioural nudge to promote social connectedness. Using a nationally representative online sample of 1,738 adults in England (via YouGov), we tested whether wearing the badge influences perceptions of friendli…
Negotiating the caring role and carer identity over time: Living well’ and the longitudinal narratives of family members of people with dementia from the Ideal cohort
Longitudinal studies can provide insights into how family members negotiate the caring role and carer identity over time. The analyses of the longitudinal, qualitative interviews on ‘living well’ with dementia from the IDEAL cohort study aimed to identify the shifting, embedded narratives of family members of people with dementia as they negotiated the caring role and carer identity over time. Twenty semi-structured, qualitative interviews were c…
Happy to chat? Understanding older people’s attitudes and experiences of talking to strangers
Extant literature shows that small conversations with strangers can help improve individuals’ wellbeing while reducing feelings of loneliness. Nevertheless, previous studies on talking to strangers tend to focus on young participants in controlled experimental settings, leaving a gap in understanding older adults’ experiences and their likelihood of adopting talking to strangers as part of their daily healthy ageing practices. Considering the pro…
Choking under pressure: Does it get easier with age? How loneliness affects social monitoring across the life span
Previous experimental work showed that young adults reporting loneliness performed less well on emotion recognition tasks (Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy [DANVA-2]) if they were framed as indicators of social aptitude, but not when the same tasks were framed as indexing academic aptitude. Such findings suggested that undergraduates reporting loneliness possessed the social monitoring skills necessary to read the emotions underlying oth…
Introduction to the special section on loneliness across the life span
We provide an overview of the topics included in the special section of the International Journal of Behavioral Development on Loneliness Across the Life Span. We highlight the use of a life span approach to understanding loneliness and the different methodological approaches adopted by researchers. This special issue contributes toward the development of a holistic research agenda addressing loneliness across the life course and away from a focu…
Exploring the nature and variation of the stigma associated with loneliness
The current study uses data from The British Broadcasting Corporation Loneliness Experiment to explore the social stigma of loneliness and how it varies by gender, age and cultural individualism. We examined stigmatizing judgements of people who are lonely (impressions of those who feel lonely and attributions for loneliness), perceived stigma in the community and self-stigma (shame for being lonely and inclination to conceal loneliness), while c…
Loneliness around the world: Age, gender, and cultural differences in loneliness
The BBC Loneliness Experiment provided a unique opportunity to examine differences in the experience of lonelines across cultures, age, and gender, and the interaction between these factors. Using those data, we analysed the frequency of loneliness reported by 46,054 participants aged 16-99 years, living across 237 countries, islands, and territories, representing the full range of individualism-collectivism cultures, as defined by Hofstede (1997…
Looking Back to Move Forward: Reflections on the Strengths and Challenges of the Covid-19 UK Mental Health Research Response
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the swift response of mental health research funders and institutions, service providers, and academics enabled progress toward understanding the mental health consequences. Nevertheless, there remains an urgent need to understand the true extent of the short- and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, necessitating ongoing research. Although the speed with which mental health researcher…
Exploring the Frequency, Intensity, and Duration of Loneliness: A Latent Class Analysis of Data from the BBC Loneliness Experiment
Almost all measures of loneliness have been developed without discussing how to best conceptualize and assess the severity of loneliness. In the current study, we adapted the four-item UCLA, so that it continued to measure frequency of loneliness, but also assessed intensity and duration, providing a measure of other aspects of loneliness severity. Using data from participants resident in the UK who completed the BBC Loneliness Experiment (N = 36…
Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Loneliness and Social Isolation: A Multi-Country Study
The COVID-19 global pandemic and subsequent public health social measures have challenged our social and economic life, with increasing concerns around potentially rising levels of social isolation and loneliness. This paper is based on cross-sectional online survey data (available in 10 languages, from 2 June to 16 November 2020) with 20,398 respondents from 101 different countries. It aims to help increase our understanding of the global risk f…
What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults
Public involvement in research within care homes: Benefits and challenges in the APPROACH study
BACKGROUND: Public involvement in research (PIR) can improve research design and recruitment. Less is known about how PIR enhances the experience of participation and enriches the data collection process. In a study to evaluate how UK care homes and primary health-care services achieve integrated working to promote older people's health, PIR was integrated throughout the research processes. OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to present one way in which …
“It’s not just about walking…..it’s the practice nurse that makes it work”: A qualitative exploration of the views of practice nurses delivering complex physical activity interventions in primary care
PACE-Lift ISRCTN 42122561 , PACE-UP ISRCTN 98538934
Randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention by primary care nurses to increase walking in patients aged 60–74 years: Protocol of the Pace-Lift (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluatio…
ISRCTN42122561
Embodying Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Power in 'the Field: Reflections on Dress and the Presentation of the Self in Research with Older Pakistani Muslims
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in researching people growing older in the South Asian ethnic minority communities in the UK. However, these populations have received comparatively little attention in wide-ranging discussions on culturally and socially appropriate research methodologies. In this paper, we draw on the experiences of a young female Pakistani Muslim researcher researching older Pakistani Muslim women and men, …
With an attack I associate it more with going into hospital: Understandings of asthma and psychosocial stressors; are they related to use of services
The Social World of Older People
Providing an account of loneliness and social isolation as experienced by older people living in Britain, this book considers the incidence and effects of isolation and loneliness, identifying the factors which lead to such experiences and considering potential interventions
Linking questionnaires to primary care records: Factors affecting consent in older people: Table 1
Primary care databases provide rich consultation and prescribing information,1 but lack individual background detail. Linking to information from questionnaires can overcome this, but requires individual informed consent.2,3 The generalisability of linked data will be constrained by low consent rates and any differences between those giving and those withholding consent, in addition to any non-response bias. Most studies examining the consent iss…
The Social Context of Ageing
This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and ageing. It includes key chapters on: theoretical and methodological bases for the study of ageing demographic context of the 'ageing' population health and illness family and social networks formal and informal care and other services for older people. Prov…
Being alone in later life: Loneliness, social isolation and living alone
Introduction The context for the review of loneliness and social isolation in later life is that of ‘successful aging’ and ‘quality of life’. The term ‘quality of life‘ includes a broad range of areas of life and there is little agreement about the definition of the term. Models of quality of life range from identification of ‘life satisfaction’ or ‘social wellbeing’ to models based upon concepts of independence, control, and social and cognitive…
Women's Sexuality After Childbirth: A Pilot Study
Life after Ninety
methodologically suspect, while the negative studies are accepted uncritically!The book ends with a chapter by Peter Skrabanek which is, as expected, witty and provocative, but makes no contribution to the scientific arguments
Exploring the nature and variation of the stigma associated with loneliness
The current study uses data from The British Broadcasting Corporation Loneliness Experiment to explore the social stigma of loneliness and how it varies by gender, age and cultural individualism. We examined stigmatizing judgements of people who are lonely (impressions of those who feel lonely and attributions for loneliness), perceived stigma in the community and self-stigma (shame for being lonely and inclination to conceal loneliness), while c…
Embodying Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Power in 'the Field: Reflections on Dress and the Presentation of the Self in Research with Older Pakistani Muslims
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in researching people growing older in the South Asian ethnic minority communities in the UK. However, these populations have received comparatively little attention in wide-ranging discussions on culturally and socially appropriate research methodologies. In this paper, we draw on the experiences of a young female Pakistani Muslim researcher researching older Pakistani Muslim women and men, …
Women's Sexuality After Childbirth: A Pilot Study
Linking questionnaires to primary care records: Factors affecting consent in older people: Table 1
Primary care databases provide rich consultation and prescribing information,1 but lack individual background detail. Linking to information from questionnaires can overcome this, but requires individual informed consent.2,3 The generalisability of linked data will be constrained by low consent rates and any differences between those giving and those withholding consent, in addition to any non-response bias. Most studies examining the consent iss…
Life after Ninety
methodologically suspect, while the negative studies are accepted uncritically!The book ends with a chapter by Peter Skrabanek which is, as expected, witty and provocative, but makes no contribution to the scientific arguments
Women's Sexuality After Childbirth: A Pilot Study
Being alone in later life: Loneliness, social isolation and living alone
Introduction The context for the review of loneliness and social isolation in later life is that of ‘successful aging’ and ‘quality of life’. The term ‘quality of life‘ includes a broad range of areas of life and there is little agreement about the definition of the term. Models of quality of life range from identification of ‘life satisfaction’ or ‘social wellbeing’ to models based upon concepts of independence, control, and social and cognitive…
The Social Context of Ageing
This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and ageing. It includes key chapters on: theoretical and methodological bases for the study of ageing demographic context of the 'ageing' population health and illness family and social networks formal and informal care and other services for older people. Prov…
Linking questionnaires to primary care records: Factors affecting consent in older people: Table 1
Primary care databases provide rich consultation and prescribing information,1 but lack individual background detail. Linking to information from questionnaires can overcome this, but requires individual informed consent.2,3 The generalisability of linked data will be constrained by low consent rates and any differences between those giving and those withholding consent, in addition to any non-response bias. Most studies examining the consent iss…
The Social World of Older People
Providing an account of loneliness and social isolation as experienced by older people living in Britain, this book considers the incidence and effects of isolation and loneliness, identifying the factors which lead to such experiences and considering potential interventions
With an attack I associate it more with going into hospital: Understandings of asthma and psychosocial stressors; are they related to use of services
Embodying Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Power in 'the Field: Reflections on Dress and the Presentation of the Self in Research with Older Pakistani Muslims
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in researching people growing older in the South Asian ethnic minority communities in the UK. However, these populations have received comparatively little attention in wide-ranging discussions on culturally and socially appropriate research methodologies. In this paper, we draw on the experiences of a young female Pakistani Muslim researcher researching older Pakistani Muslim women and men, …
Randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention by primary care nurses to increase walking in patients aged 60–74 years: Protocol of the Pace-Lift (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluatio…
ISRCTN42122561
“It’s not just about walking…..it’s the practice nurse that makes it work”: A qualitative exploration of the views of practice nurses delivering complex physical activity interventions in primary care
PACE-Lift ISRCTN 42122561 , PACE-UP ISRCTN 98538934
Public involvement in research within care homes: Benefits and challenges in the APPROACH study
BACKGROUND: Public involvement in research (PIR) can improve research design and recruitment. Less is known about how PIR enhances the experience of participation and enriches the data collection process. In a study to evaluate how UK care homes and primary health-care services achieve integrated working to promote older people's health, PIR was integrated throughout the research processes. OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to present one way in which …
What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults
Loneliness around the world: Age, gender, and cultural differences in loneliness
The BBC Loneliness Experiment provided a unique opportunity to examine differences in the experience of lonelines across cultures, age, and gender, and the interaction between these factors. Using those data, we analysed the frequency of loneliness reported by 46,054 participants aged 16-99 years, living across 237 countries, islands, and territories, representing the full range of individualism-collectivism cultures, as defined by Hofstede (1997…
Looking Back to Move Forward: Reflections on the Strengths and Challenges of the Covid-19 UK Mental Health Research Response
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the swift response of mental health research funders and institutions, service providers, and academics enabled progress toward understanding the mental health consequences. Nevertheless, there remains an urgent need to understand the true extent of the short- and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, necessitating ongoing research. Although the speed with which mental health researcher…
Exploring the Frequency, Intensity, and Duration of Loneliness: A Latent Class Analysis of Data from the BBC Loneliness Experiment
Almost all measures of loneliness have been developed without discussing how to best conceptualize and assess the severity of loneliness. In the current study, we adapted the four-item UCLA, so that it continued to measure frequency of loneliness, but also assessed intensity and duration, providing a measure of other aspects of loneliness severity. Using data from participants resident in the UK who completed the BBC Loneliness Experiment (N = 36…
Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Loneliness and Social Isolation: A Multi-Country Study
The COVID-19 global pandemic and subsequent public health social measures have challenged our social and economic life, with increasing concerns around potentially rising levels of social isolation and loneliness. This paper is based on cross-sectional online survey data (available in 10 languages, from 2 June to 16 November 2020) with 20,398 respondents from 101 different countries. It aims to help increase our understanding of the global risk f…
Choking under pressure: Does it get easier with age? How loneliness affects social monitoring across the life span
Previous experimental work showed that young adults reporting loneliness performed less well on emotion recognition tasks (Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy [DANVA-2]) if they were framed as indicators of social aptitude, but not when the same tasks were framed as indexing academic aptitude. Such findings suggested that undergraduates reporting loneliness possessed the social monitoring skills necessary to read the emotions underlying oth…
Introduction to the special section on loneliness across the life span
We provide an overview of the topics included in the special section of the International Journal of Behavioral Development on Loneliness Across the Life Span. We highlight the use of a life span approach to understanding loneliness and the different methodological approaches adopted by researchers. This special issue contributes toward the development of a holistic research agenda addressing loneliness across the life course and away from a focu…
Exploring the nature and variation of the stigma associated with loneliness
The current study uses data from The British Broadcasting Corporation Loneliness Experiment to explore the social stigma of loneliness and how it varies by gender, age and cultural individualism. We examined stigmatizing judgements of people who are lonely (impressions of those who feel lonely and attributions for loneliness), perceived stigma in the community and self-stigma (shame for being lonely and inclination to conceal loneliness), while c…
Happy to chat? Understanding older people’s attitudes and experiences of talking to strangers
Extant literature shows that small conversations with strangers can help improve individuals’ wellbeing while reducing feelings of loneliness. Nevertheless, previous studies on talking to strangers tend to focus on young participants in controlled experimental settings, leaving a gap in understanding older adults’ experiences and their likelihood of adopting talking to strangers as part of their daily healthy ageing practices. Considering the pro…
The Nudge Effect of “Happy to Chat” Badges: Evidence from England
Social connection is essential for well-being, yet people often avoid interacting with strangers due to concerns about conversation quality or a lack of shared interests. This study investigates whether the Happy to Chat badge can act as a behavioural nudge to promote social connectedness. Using a nationally representative online sample of 1,738 adults in England (via YouGov), we tested whether wearing the badge influences perceptions of friendli…
Negotiating the caring role and carer identity over time: Living well’ and the longitudinal narratives of family members of people with dementia from the Ideal cohort
Longitudinal studies can provide insights into how family members negotiate the caring role and carer identity over time. The analyses of the longitudinal, qualitative interviews on ‘living well’ with dementia from the IDEAL cohort study aimed to identify the shifting, embedded narratives of family members of people with dementia as they negotiated the caring role and carer identity over time. Twenty semi-structured, qualitative interviews were c…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Loneliness (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Family medicine (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Nursing (5 works)