不良研究所

Research Areas:

Health Psychology | Social & Personality

Research Summary:

Prof. Kn盲uper鈥檚 area of research is applied social cognition with a focus on health behaviour change. She studies how individuals make health related judgments (e.g., risk perception), how cognitions (e.g., health beliefs) influence health behavior, and develops and evaluates interventions to change healthy behaviour. Currently, she studies these processes mainly in the areas of eating behaviour (dieting, obesity, diabetes), physical activity behavior, medication adherence, and mindfulness, and directs the 不良研究所 CHIP Healthy Weight Program. Her methodological interests include the construction of psychometric scales, questionnaire design, and the validity of self-reports. Prof. Kn盲uper supervises clinical and experimental psychology graduate students.

Selected References:

Kn盲uper, B., Carri猫re, K., Frayn, M., Ivanova, E., Xu, Z., Ames-Bull, A., Islam, F., Lowensteyn, I., Sadikaj, G., Luszczynska, A., Grover, S. & the 不良研究所 CHIP Healthy Weight Program Investigators (in press). The effects of if-then plans on weight loss: 3- and 12-month results of the 不良研究所 CHIP Healthy Weight Program randomized controlled trial. Obesity.

Lacaille, J., Sadikaj, G., Nishioka, M., Carri猫re, K., Flanders, J., & Kn盲uper, B. (2018). Daily mindful responding mediates the effect of meditation practice on stress and mood: The role of practice duration and adherence. 听Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(1), 109-122.

Carri猫re, K., Khoury, B., G眉nack M. M., & Kn盲uper, B. (2018). Mindfulness-based interventions for weight loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 19(2), 164-177.

Hallis, L., Cameli, L., Bekkouche, N. S., & Kn盲uper, B. (2017). Combining cognitive therapy with acceptance and commitment therapy for depression: A group therapy feasibility study. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 31(3), 171-190.

Frayn, M., & Kn盲uper, B. (2017). Emotional eating and weight in adults: A review. Current Psychology. Published online 15 March 2017.

Khoury, B., Kn盲uper, B., Pagnini, F., Trent, N., Chiesa, A., & Carri猫re, K. (2017). Embodied mindfulness. Mindfulness, 8(5), 1160-1171.