About

I am the Program Co-Lead for the MSc and PG Diploma Psychology programmes and I teach on the MSc Health Psychology programme. I am a registered Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS), a registered Health Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council, and a member of the BPS Division of Health Psychology. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

After completing my PhD and Stage 2 training in health psychology in 2013, I held a lecturer post in psychology in Cyprus before moving to Derby. I am a mixed methods researcher interested in evaluating nature-based and digital behavioural interventions for improving wellbeing and quality of life in people with long-term physical conditions and informal caregivers. I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.

Research interests

Digital behaviour change interventions for the self-management of health and illness; sexual health; online learning; health and wellbeing; workplace wellbeing; qualitative methods; mixed methods.

Recent publications

• FN Gonot-Schoupinsky, G Garip, D Sheffield (2021). Facilitating the planning and evaluation of narrative intervention reviews: Systematic Transparency Assessment in Intervention Reviews (STAIR).
  Evaluation and Program Planning, 102043
• K McInerney, G Garip, T Benson (2021). “We all need Purpose and Reason to be here.”: A Qualitative Investigation of howmembers of Alcoholics Anonymous with Long-term Recovery Experience Aging. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 1-16
• F Gonot-Schoupinsky, G Garip, D Sheffield (2021). The Engage-Disengage Model as an Inclusive Model for the Promotion of Healthy and Successful Aging in the Oldest-old. Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 1-23
• Acceptance and identity change: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of carers’ experiences in myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome. S Catchpole, G Garip, Journal of health psychology 26 (5), 672-687 4 2021
• Development and implementation of evaluation resources for a green outdoor educational program.
  G Garip, M Richardson, A Tinkler, S Glover, A Rees, The Journal of Environmental Education 52 (1), 25-39 1 2021
• The Effect of Self-Compassion on Job Burnout and Hours Worked in Employees’ Working from Home
  M Cotterill, Y Kotera, G Garip, Journal of Concurrent Disorders 2021
• The Handbook of Humour Research—Psychological, Cultural and Social Perspectives. E Vanderheiden, CH Mayer, The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research, 1-12 2021
• The Covid-19 Pandemic as an Opportunity for Positive Psychology to Promote a Wider-ranging Definition of Humour and Laughter. F Gonot-Schoupinsky, G Garip, The Palgrave Handbook of Humour Research, 459-478 4 2021
• Y Kotera, G Kaluzeviciute, G Gulcan, K McEwan, K Chamberlain (2021). Health Benefits of Ikigai: A Review of Literature. Concurrent Disorders Society Publishing
• JY Irons, G Garip, AJ Cross, D Sheffield, J Bird (2021). An integrative systematic review of creative arts interventions for older informal caregivers of people with neurological conditions. PloS one 15 (12), e0243461

Membership of professional bodies

• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Division of Health Psychology of the BPS
• Health and Care Professions Council
• EuroPsy
• Midlands Health Psychology Network
• Health and Wellbeing at Work Network

Qualifications

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016)
• PhD in Health Psychology Research and Practice, University of Southampton, UK (2013)
• MSc in Health Psychology, University of Southampton, UK (2010)
• MSc in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, UK (2008)
• BA Liberal Arts, majoring in Psychology, Women and Genders Studies, Ohio Wesleyan University, USA (2007)

International experience

EU Erasmus funded CoCare Research Project (2020-2023)

Courses

• Psychology PG Dip (online)
• Psychology BSc (Hons) (online)
• Psychology MSc (online)