Gemma Reynolds
Biographic Data
| ID | 4460100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gemma Reynolds |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gemma |
| FAMILY NAME | Reynolds |
| SIGNATURE | REYNOLDS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlesex University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5226-1390 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Role of Caregiver Attachment in Vicarious Fear Learning in Children
Vicarious learning is the process through which individuals acquire fear responses by observing others behaving fearfully. The current study investigates how attachment to parents may moderate vicarious fear learning in children. Although attachment to caregivers plays a crucial role in emotional regulation, its potential to moderate fear learning via vicarious experiences remains underexplored. Experiment 1 showed no moderating effect of attachm…
An exploratory randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of different duration of canine-assisted interventions in higher education students
The aim of this study was to explore whether different durations of canine-assisted intervention (CAI) influenced the beneficial effects of CAI on anxiety, stress, depression, and the well-being of higher education (HE) students. Eighty-eight participants took part in an exploratory randomised control trial (RCT) and were assigned to the 2, 5, and 10-min CAI groups who interacted with a canine, or a control group who watched an unrelated slidesho…
Opioid Use Stigma
Canine-Assisted Intervention Reduces Anxiety and Stress in Higher Education Students
The purpose of this study was to explore benefits of interacting with a canine on anxiety, stress, depression, and wellbeing in Higher Education ( HE ) students. Sixty participants took part in a randomized controlled trial. Assigned to either the canine-assisted intervention ( CAI ) or control group, the CAI group interacted with a canine whereas the control group watched an unrelated slideshow. Anxiety, depression, stress, and wellbeing measure…
The Soundscape of Neonatal Intensive Care
Parents who have infants hospitalised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) experience high levels of stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, whether sounds contribute to parents' stress remains largely unknown. Critically, researchers lack a comprehensive instrument to investigate the relationship between sounds in NICUs and parental stress. To address this gap, this report presents the "Soundscape of NICU Q…
Effects of vicarious disgust learning on the development of fear, disgust, and attentional biases in children
Fear and disgust are defensive emotions that have evolved to protect us from harm. Whereas fear is thought to elicit an instinctive response to deal with immediate threat, disgust elicits immediate sensory rejection to avoid contamination. One mechanism through which disgust and fear may be linked is via attentional bias toward threat. Attentional bias is a well-established feature of anxiety disorders and is known to increase following vicarious…
Effect of vicarious fear learning on children’s heart rate responses and attentional bias for novel animals
Research with children has shown that vicarious learning can result in changes to 2 of Lang's (1968) 3 anxiety response systems: subjective report and behavioral avoidance. The current study extended this research by exploring the effect of vicarious learning on physiological responses (Lang's final response system) and attentional bias. The study used Askew and Field's (2007) vicarious learning procedure and demonstrated fear-related increases i…
Stimulus fear-relevance and the vicarious learning pathway to childhood fears
Enhanced fear learning for fear-relevant stimuli has been demonstrated in procedures with adults in the laboratory. Three experiments investigated the effect of stimulus fear-relevance on vicarious fear learning in children (aged 6-11 years). Pictures of stimuli with different levels of fear-relevance (flowers, caterpillars, snakes, worms, and Australian marsupials) were presented alone or together with scared faces. In line with previous studies…
Canine-Assisted Intervention Reduces Anxiety and Stress in Higher Education Students
The purpose of this study was to explore benefits of interacting with a canine on anxiety, stress, depression, and wellbeing in Higher Education ( HE ) students. Sixty participants took part in a randomized controlled trial. Assigned to either the canine-assisted intervention ( CAI ) or control group, the CAI group interacted with a canine whereas the control group watched an unrelated slideshow. Anxiety, depression, stress, and wellbeing measure…
Stimulus fear-relevance and the vicarious learning pathway to childhood fears
Enhanced fear learning for fear-relevant stimuli has been demonstrated in procedures with adults in the laboratory. Three experiments investigated the effect of stimulus fear-relevance on vicarious fear learning in children (aged 6-11 years). Pictures of stimuli with different levels of fear-relevance (flowers, caterpillars, snakes, worms, and Australian marsupials) were presented alone or together with scared faces. In line with previous studies…
Effect of vicarious fear learning on children’s heart rate responses and attentional bias for novel animals
Research with children has shown that vicarious learning can result in changes to 2 of Lang's (1968) 3 anxiety response systems: subjective report and behavioral avoidance. The current study extended this research by exploring the effect of vicarious learning on physiological responses (Lang's final response system) and attentional bias. The study used Askew and Field's (2007) vicarious learning procedure and demonstrated fear-related increases i…
Effects of vicarious disgust learning on the development of fear, disgust, and attentional biases in children
Fear and disgust are defensive emotions that have evolved to protect us from harm. Whereas fear is thought to elicit an instinctive response to deal with immediate threat, disgust elicits immediate sensory rejection to avoid contamination. One mechanism through which disgust and fear may be linked is via attentional bias toward threat. Attentional bias is a well-established feature of anxiety disorders and is known to increase following vicarious…
The Soundscape of Neonatal Intensive Care
Parents who have infants hospitalised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) experience high levels of stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, whether sounds contribute to parents' stress remains largely unknown. Critically, researchers lack a comprehensive instrument to investigate the relationship between sounds in NICUs and parental stress. To address this gap, this report presents the "Soundscape of NICU Q…
Opioid Use Stigma
Canine-Assisted Intervention Reduces Anxiety and Stress in Higher Education Students
The purpose of this study was to explore benefits of interacting with a canine on anxiety, stress, depression, and wellbeing in Higher Education ( HE ) students. Sixty participants took part in a randomized controlled trial. Assigned to either the canine-assisted intervention ( CAI ) or control group, the CAI group interacted with a canine whereas the control group watched an unrelated slideshow. Anxiety, depression, stress, and wellbeing measure…
An exploratory randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of different duration of canine-assisted interventions in higher education students
The aim of this study was to explore whether different durations of canine-assisted intervention (CAI) influenced the beneficial effects of CAI on anxiety, stress, depression, and the well-being of higher education (HE) students. Eighty-eight participants took part in an exploratory randomised control trial (RCT) and were assigned to the 2, 5, and 10-min CAI groups who interacted with a canine, or a control group who watched an unrelated slidesho…
The Role of Caregiver Attachment in Vicarious Fear Learning in Children
Vicarious learning is the process through which individuals acquire fear responses by observing others behaving fearfully. The current study investigates how attachment to parents may moderate vicarious fear learning in children. Although attachment to caregivers plays a crucial role in emotional regulation, its potential to moderate fear learning via vicarious experiences remains underexplored. Experiment 1 showed no moderating effect of attachm…
Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 works) · Observational learning (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works)