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}}'''Nicholas Troop''' is a [[health psychology|health psychologist]] and a principal lecturer in [[health psychology]] at [[University of Hertfordshire]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Dr Nicholas Troop|url=http://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/nicholas-troop%28c2e23320-4827-42f0-be4b-a503acaf08bc%29/expertise.html|website=http://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Hertfordshire|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> His range of works include the role of life events, coping and crisis support in the aetiology of [[eating disorders]], stress- and trauma-responses, and mobility into the social rank and attachment.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Nicholas Troop|url=http://www.psychreg.com/nicholas-troop/|website=http://www.psychreg.com/|publisher=Psychreg|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, Troop was a lecturer at [[London Metropolitan University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10615800601066771#.VFSWwMke36c|website=http://www.tandfonline.com/|publisher=Taylor & Francis Online|accessdate=1 November 2014|doi=10.1080/10615800601066771#.VFSWwMke36c|doi_brokendate=2015-04-23}}</ref> and [[University of Essex]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicholas Troop|url=http://www.psychreg.com/nicholas-troop/|website=http://www.psychreg.com/|publisher=Psychreg|accessdate=28 November 2014}}</ref>
}}'''Nicholas Troop''' is a [[health psychology|health psychologist]] and a principal lecturer in [[health psychology]] at the [[University of Hertfordshire]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Dr Nicholas Troop|url=http://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/nicholas-troop%28c2e23320-4827-42f0-be4b-a503acaf08bc%29/expertise.html|website=researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk|publisher=University of Hertfordshire|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> His range of works include the role of life events, coping and crisis support in the aetiology of [[eating disorders]], stress- and trauma-responses, and mobility into the social rank and attachment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Troop |url=https://www.psychreg.org/nicholas-troop/ |website=Psychreg |date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>
Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, Troop was a lecturer at [[London Metropolitan University]]<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/10615800601066771|title=Disgust and fear ratings of eating disorder-relevant stimuli: Associations with dieting concerns and fat intake|journal=Anxiety, Stress & Coping|volume=19|issue=4|pages=421|year=2006|last1=Griffiths|first1=Jayne|last2=Troop|first2=Nicholas A.|s2cid=143801539 }}</ref> and [[University of Essex]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Troop |url=https://www.psychreg.org/nicholas-troop/ |website=Psychreg |date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref> He supervised the founder of Psychreg, Dennis Relojo-Howell for his research project on [[expressive writing]] at the [[University of Hertfordshire]]. <ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Troop |url=https://www.psychreg.org/nicholas-troop/ |website=Psychreg |date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
He received his BSc Psychology from [[University of Dundee]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Dundee|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/dundee-university-1.803105|website=http://www.heraldscotland.com/|publisher=Herald Scotland|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> Troop did his PhD on “Coping and Crisis Support in Eating Disorders” in the Eating Disorders Unit at the [[Institute of Psychiatry]] in London with Professor [[Janet Treasure]] as his supervisor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicholas Troop|url=http://www.psychreg.com/nicholas-troop/|website=http://www.psychreg.com/|publisher=Psychreg|accessdate=3 November 2014}}</ref>
He received his BSc Psychology from [[University of Dundee]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Dundee|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/dundee-university-1.803105|website=www.heraldscotland.com/|date=10 July 1992 |publisher=Herald Scotland|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> Troop did his PhD on "Coping and Crisis Support in Eating Disorders" in the Eating Disorders Unit at the [[Institute of Psychiatry]] at [[King's College London]] with Professor [[Janet Treasure]] as his supervisor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Troop |url=https://www.psychreg.org/nicholas-troop/ |website=Psychreg |date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>


==Academic life==
==Academic life==
More recently, Troop has been investigating [[self-compassion]], self-reassurance, involving the use of [[writing therapy|expressive writing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Troop |url=https://www.psychreg.org/nicholas-troop/ |website=Psychreg |date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>
More recently, Troop has been investigating [[self-compassion]], self-reassurance, involving the use of [[writing therapy|expressive writing]].<ref name="auto1"/> He explored the use of expressive writing to reduce [[stress (psychological)|stress]] in parents of children with [[Autism Spectrum Disorders]].<ref name="auto"/> In 2013, he assessed the use of an expressive writing task to increase self-reassurance and reduce self-criticism using a randomised controlled design.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice|journal=Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice|volume=86|issue=4|pages=374|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8341.2012.02065.x/pdf|website=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/|publisher=Wiley Online Library|accessdate=1 November 2014|doi=10.1111/j.2044-8341.2012.02065.x|year=2013|last1=Troop|first1=Nicholas A.|last2=Chilcot|first2=Joseph|last3=Hutchings|first3=Lucy|last4=Varnaite|first4=Giedre}}</ref> Nicholas Troop, along with [[Carine Lewis]], were the first biographies to appear on [[Psychreg]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Nicholas Troop|url=http://www.psychreg.com/nicholas-troop/|website=http://www.psychreg.com/|publisher=Psychreg|accessdate=22 April 2015}}</ref>
He explored the use of expressive writing to reduce [[stress (psychological)|stress]] in parents of children with [[autism spectrum disorders]].<ref name="auto"/> In 2013, he assessed the use of an expressive writing task to increase self-reassurance and reduce self-criticism using a randomised controlled design.<ref>Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, published by the British Psychological Society {{doi|10.1111/(ISSN)2044-8341}}</ref> Troop is the author of around 80 peer-reviewed journal articles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Troop, Nicholas|url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=zsSqXG8AAAAJ&hl=en|website=Google Scholar|accessdate=24 April 2015}}</ref> He supervised Dennis Relojo-Howell, who is the founder of Psychreg. <ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Troop |url=https://www.psychreg.org/nicholas-troop/ |website=Psychreg |date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>


==Music==
==Music==
His works in psychological well-being have also led him to begin exploring the role of music and song-writing on well-being. He released three albums under the name '''CatDesigners''' which contains ''Chemical Jazz'' and ''Strange Little Creature''. These two are original materials while ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' is a cover of the [[Beatles]]’ Revolver album. A fourth album of original material, ''Zuta Minute'' (Yellow Minute), has been recorded but not yet released.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Nick Troop|url=http://37songs.com/about/|website=http://37songs.com/about/|publisher=37 Songs|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> In 2009, he illustrated how some word types in [[David Bowie]] albums correlate with how long they spend in the charts. Troop has written a song that amplifies these results, maximising the use of these words to create the "ideal" Bowie lyric.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scientist Writes the "Ideal" David Bowie Song|url=http://io9.com/5347017/scientist-writes-the-ideal-david-bowie-song|website=http://io9.com/|publisher=io9|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> Due to the fact that he is a psychologist, songwriter and musician, he is considered to be a ''psychomusicologist''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Troop|url=https://twitter.com/NicholasTroop|website=https://twitter.com/|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref>
His works in psychological well-being have also led him to begin exploring the role of music and song-writing on well-being. He released three albums under the name '''CatDesigners''' which contains ''Chemical Jazz'' and ''Strange Little Creature''. These two are original materials while ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' is a cover of the [[Beatles]]’ Revolver album. A fourth album of original material, ''Zuta Minute'' (Yellow Minute), has been recorded but not yet released.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Nick Troop|url=http://37songs.com/about/|website=37songs.com|publisher=37 Songs|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref> In 2009, he illustrated how some word types in [[David Bowie]] albums correlate with how long they spend in the charts. Troop has written a song that amplifies these results, maximising the use of these words to create the "ideal" Bowie lyric.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scientist Writes the "Ideal" David Bowie Song|url=http://io9.com/5347017/scientist-writes-the-ideal-david-bowie-song|website=io9.com/|date=27 August 2009 |publisher=io9|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref>


==External links==
==Upcycling==
Troop is also recognised for his [[upcycling]] work. He was the overall winner of the London Upcycling Show in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ben |first1=Messenger |title=London Upcycling Show Winner Recycles Single Chest of Draws into Three Pieces |url=https://waste-management-world.com/a/london-upcycling-show-winner-recycles-single-chest-of-draws-into-three-pieces |accessdate=20 October 2019 |publisher=WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH}}</ref>
*[http://www.psychreg.com/nicholas-troop/ Nicholas Troop on Psychreg]

== Bibliography ==
* Hiskey, S., Ayres, R., Andrews, L., & '''Troop, N.''' (2015). Support for the location of negative posttraumatic cognitions in the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. ''Personality and Individual Differences, 74,'' 192-195.
*'''Troop, N. A.,''' Andrews, L., Hiskey, S., & Treasure, J. L. (2014). Social Rank and Symptom Change in Eating Disorders: A 6‐month Longitudinal Study. ''Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 21''(2), 115-122.
*Rowland, G., Robinson, G., Chilcot, J., & '''Troop, N. A.''' (2014). Social cognitive predictors of intention to test for variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in those affected by haemophilia and other clotting disorders. ''Journal of Health Psychology, 19''(6), 809-817.


==References==
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Nicholas Troop
Born
Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Psychologist, Professor, Musician
Websitewww.37songs.com

Nicholas Troop is a health psychologist and a principal lecturer in health psychology at the University of Hertfordshire.[1] His range of works include the role of life events, coping and crisis support in the aetiology of eating disorders, stress- and trauma-responses, and mobility into the social rank and attachment.[2]

Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, Troop was a lecturer at London Metropolitan University[3] and University of Essex.[4] He supervised the founder of Psychreg, Dennis Relojo-Howell for his research project on expressive writing at the University of Hertfordshire. [5]

Education

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He received his BSc Psychology from University of Dundee in 1992.[6] Troop did his PhD on "Coping and Crisis Support in Eating Disorders" in the Eating Disorders Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London with Professor Janet Treasure as his supervisor.[7]

Academic life

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More recently, Troop has been investigating self-compassion, self-reassurance, involving the use of expressive writing.[8] He explored the use of expressive writing to reduce stress in parents of children with autism spectrum disorders.[1] In 2013, he assessed the use of an expressive writing task to increase self-reassurance and reduce self-criticism using a randomised controlled design.[9] Troop is the author of around 80 peer-reviewed journal articles.[10] He supervised Dennis Relojo-Howell, who is the founder of Psychreg. [11]

Music

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His works in psychological well-being have also led him to begin exploring the role of music and song-writing on well-being. He released three albums under the name CatDesigners which contains Chemical Jazz and Strange Little Creature. These two are original materials while Tomorrow Never Knows is a cover of the Beatles’ Revolver album. A fourth album of original material, Zuta Minute (Yellow Minute), has been recorded but not yet released.[12] In 2009, he illustrated how some word types in David Bowie albums correlate with how long they spend in the charts. Troop has written a song that amplifies these results, maximising the use of these words to create the "ideal" Bowie lyric.[13]

Upcycling

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Troop is also recognised for his upcycling work. He was the overall winner of the London Upcycling Show in 2018.[14]

Bibliography

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  • Hiskey, S., Ayres, R., Andrews, L., & Troop, N. (2015). Support for the location of negative posttraumatic cognitions in the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Personality and Individual Differences, 74, 192-195.
  • Troop, N. A., Andrews, L., Hiskey, S., & Treasure, J. L. (2014). Social Rank and Symptom Change in Eating Disorders: A 6‐month Longitudinal Study. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 21(2), 115-122.
  • Rowland, G., Robinson, G., Chilcot, J., & Troop, N. A. (2014). Social cognitive predictors of intention to test for variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in those affected by haemophilia and other clotting disorders. Journal of Health Psychology, 19(6), 809-817.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr Nicholas Troop". researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk. University of Hertfordshire. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Nicholas Troop". Psychreg. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ Griffiths, Jayne; Troop, Nicholas A. (2006). "Disgust and fear ratings of eating disorder-relevant stimuli: Associations with dieting concerns and fat intake". Anxiety, Stress & Coping. 19 (4): 421. doi:10.1080/10615800601066771. S2CID 143801539.
  4. ^ "Nicholas Troop". Psychreg. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Nicholas Troop". Psychreg. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. ^ "University of Dundee". www.heraldscotland.com/. Herald Scotland. 10 July 1992. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Nicholas Troop". Psychreg. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Nicholas Troop". Psychreg. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  9. ^ Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, published by the British Psychological Society doi:10.1111/(ISSN)2044-8341
  10. ^ "Troop, Nicholas". Google Scholar. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Nicholas Troop". Psychreg. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  12. ^ "About Nick Troop". 37songs.com. 37 Songs. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Scientist Writes the "Ideal" David Bowie Song". io9.com/. io9. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ Ben, Messenger. "London Upcycling Show Winner Recycles Single Chest of Draws into Three Pieces". WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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