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Nickola Christine Overall (born 1974) is a New Zealand academic, and is a professor of psychology at the University of Auckland, specialising in relationship, family and couples psychology. She is especially interested in communication strategies to overcome conflict.
Nickola Overall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Te Kūiti, New Zealand |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral advisor | Garth J O Fletcher |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
Overall was born in Te Kūiti in 1974 and completed a PhD titled Why do people try to change their intimate relationships?: the regulation function of ideal standards at the University of Canterbury, supervised by Garth Fletcher.[1][2]
After completing her doctorate, Overall joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.[2][3][4]
Overall's research focuses on healthy relationships, and how to achieve them, or as she describes it, "I study why relationships screw us up and what we can do about it".[5] This involves researching topics such as emotional regulation, attachment insecurity, attitudes to power, and sexist attitudes.[6][7] She has also studied the effect of lockdowns on family relationships.[8] Overall is especially interested in communication strategies used by couples in relationships to overcome conflict.[6] Overall's research has found that most people in a relationship want to change something about their partner, but few have success in doing so and trying in the wrong way can negatively affect the relationship.[9]
Overall was a principal investigator on a 2017 Marsden grant Conflict recovery in families: Why inevitable conflict does not have to be detrimental, in collaboration with Annette Henderson and Elizabeth Peterson.[10][4] Overall has also received research funding from the Auckland Medical Research Foundation and the Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust.[4]
Overall has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.[2]
- Fellow of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology[11]
- Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science[12]
- 2016 Gerald R. Miller Award for Early Career Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research[4][13]
- 2014 Caryl Rusbult Close Relationships Early Career Award for outstanding contributions to relationship science, awarded by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology[14]
Scholia has a profile for Nickola Overall (Q56516218).
- Chris Sibley; Lara M Greaves; Nicole Satherley; et al. (4 June 2020). "Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being". American Psychologist. doi:10.1037/AMP0000662. ISSN 0003-066X. PMID 32496074. Wikidata Q96115786.
- Paula R Pietromonaco; Nickola Overall (23 July 2020). "Applying relationship science to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact couples' relationships". American Psychologist. doi:10.1037/AMP0000714. ISSN 0003-066X. PMID 32700937. Wikidata Q97676406.
- Garth J O Fletcher; Jeffry A. Simpson; Lorne Campbell; Nickola Overall (1 January 2015). "Pair-bonding, romantic love, and evolution: the curious case of Homo sapiens". Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10 (1): 20–36. doi:10.1177/1745691614561683. ISSN 1745-6916. PMID 25910380. Wikidata Q38440723.
- Nickola Overall; Garth J O Fletcher; Myron D Friesen (1 December 2003). "Mapping the intimate relationship mind: comparisons between three models of attachment representations". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 29 (12): 1479–1493. doi:10.1177/0146167203251519. ISSN 0146-1672. PMID 15018680. Wikidata Q59486811.
- Garth J O Fletcher; Jacqueline M Tither; Claire O'Loughlin; Myron D Friesen; Nickola Overall (1 June 2004). "Warm and homely or cold and beautiful? Sex differences in trading off traits in mate selection". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 30 (6): 659–672. doi:10.1177/0146167203262847. ISSN 0146-1672. PMID 15155031. Wikidata Q53342259.
- Nickola C Overall; Garth J O Fletcher; Jeffry A Simpson; Chris Sibley (1 March 2009). "Regulating partners in intimate relationships: the costs and benefits of different communication strategies". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 96 (3): 620–639. doi:10.1037/A0012961. ISSN 0022-3514. PMID 19254108. Wikidata Q48294461.
- Nickola C. Overall; Kelsey L. Deane; Elizabeth R. Peterson (December 2011). "Promoting doctoral students' research self-efficacy: combining academic guidance with autonomy support". Higher Education Research and Development. 30 (6): 791–805. doi:10.1080/07294360.2010.535508. ISSN 0729-4360. Wikidata Q125213708.
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