Professor of Developmental Psychopathology
University of Roehampton, London, UK
https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/cecilia-essau
PhD Supervision
Prof Essau has successfully supervised 73 postgraduate students to completion
(22 PhD, 1 PsychD, 50 Masters), and has mentored 8 post-doctoral fellows.
She maintains contact and collaborate with many of them, and enjoys learning
about their accomplishments.
She currently supervises 8 PhD students. She is keen to hear from potential
students who are interested to pursue their PhD under her supervision in any
of the following research areas:
- Youth mental health
- Applied family research
- Research related to culture and cross-cultural psychology
- Promoting social and psychological well-being
- Personality and early life experience
External Examining
Cecilia has examined 51 postgraduate dissertations for the following universities:
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Deakin University, AUSTRALIA
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Giffith University, AUSTRALIA
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Macquarie University, AUSTRALIA
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Monash University, AUSTRALIA
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University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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University of Otago, NEW ZEALAND
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National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
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Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG
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University of Mysore, INDIA
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University of Madras, INDIA
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Quaid-i-Azam University, PAKISTAN
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University of Malaya, MALAYSIA
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Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, SPAIN
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University of the Balearic Islands, SPAIN
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, ITALY
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Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, GERMANY
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University of Bremen, GERMANY
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Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster, GERMANY
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University College Dublin, IRELAND
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City University London, UK
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Institute of Education, London, UK
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Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
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Liverpool John Moores University, UK
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University of East Anglia, UK
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University of Edinburgh, UK
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University of Reading, UK
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Regent’s University London, UK
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University of Warwick, UK
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Swansea Metropolitan University, UK
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University of Sussex, UK
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University of Portsmouth, UK
PhD Student Conference Participation
Current and Recent PhD Students
CURRENT PhD STUDENTS
Halemah Musaed Edrees Ahmad
Research Title: Gender and Cultural Taboos Related to Drug Addiction/Rehabilitation In Kuwait
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Luisa Perrino
Noel Nehemiah James
Research Title: Checklist for Vicarious Trauma: Developing and Validating a New Scale to Measure Vicarious Trauma
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Chris Brown
Justin Sebakunzi Barera
Research Title: Intergenerational trauma and cultural empathy
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Michelle Jayman
Joseph O’Clery
Research Title: Comparing the effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation and physical activity as a type of alternative treatment for adults with major depression
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Giorgio Fuggetta
Hannah Laucth
Research Title: Student Athlete Mental Health: The Role of Attachment and Mindfulness
Supervisors: Dr Chris Tyler, Dr Luke Felton, & Professor Cecilia Essau
Prajna Mohan Jois
Research Title: Wounded Healers’ Experiences of Working with Traumatised Children and Adolescents Who Display Externalising Behaviours
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Michelle Jayman
Georgina Hales
Research Title: Understanding the impact of stress and neuropsychological manipulations on learned control of goal-directed and habitual behaviour
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Marco Sandrini
Julie Price
Research Title: Affective Wellbeing and Cognitive Functioning of Students in Mid-Adolescence
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Giorgio Fuggetta
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
Victoria Barrow
Research Title: Knowing Me, Knowing You: Exploring the role of parental sensitivity and mentalization in relationships where adoptive children display aggression and violence and evaluating the impact of a parenting program to support these families.
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Ben Grey
Viva: July 2024
Puteri Shanaz binti Jahn Kassim
Research Title: Development and feasibility of a digital behaviour change intervention to promote physical activity among overweight and obese adolescents.
(Universiti kebangsaan Malaysia)
Viva: October 2024
Evren Morgul
Research Title: The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the mental health and lifestyle changes of primary school children and families
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Angeliki Kallitsoglou
Viva: January 2024
Vasiliki Eirinaki
Research Title: The impact of postnatal depression on mother-infant interaction and infants’ communication skills: A video-based analysis
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Olympia Palikara
Viva: January 2022
Karishma Sharma Ramdhonee-Dowlot
Research Title: Emotional problems among children and adolescents in Mauritius: An investigation of prevalence and prevention
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Kieran Balloo
Viva: December 2021
Sheila M Gough Kenyon
Research Title: The impact of the transition from primary to secondary school on the psychosocial and literacy development of adolescents with Developmental Language Disorder, adolescents with Low Language ability, and their typically developing peer
Supervisors: Dr. Rebecca Lucas, Dr. Olympia Palikara, & Professor Cecilia Essau
Viva: November 2021
John Cordwell
Research Title: An exploration of the perceptions of staff through the emergence of becoming an Enabling Environment
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Professor Robert Edelmann
Viva: July 2020
Sharon Allan
Research Title: Behaviour problems among adolescents in clinical and community settings: From frequency to prevention
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Catherine Gilvary
Viva: August 2019
Faye Riley
Research Title: Poly-victimisation in Polish adolescents: Investigating risk and resilience
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Mark Wright
Viva: February 2018
Alina Dafinoiu
Research Title: Mental health problems among adolescents left behind by their migrant parents in Romania
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr George Georgiou
Viva: January 2018
Fatos Bayraktar
Research Title: Psychological Well-being, Romantic Attachment and Attitudes towards Divorce in Emerging Adults in North Cyprus
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Catherine Gilvary
Viva: November 2017
Blossom Fernandes
Research Title: Executive Functions, Emotion Regulation and mental health problems in children and adolescents
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Mark Wright
Viva: April 2017
Ivelina Tsocheva
Research Title: An exploration of anxiety and depression among adolescents and adults in Bulgaria
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr George Georgiou
Viva: March 2016
Uta Drescher
Research Title: Emotional readiness to cope adaptively with type 2 diabetes– a mixed methods investigation
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Professor Jorg Huber
Viva: June 2015
Katere Pourseied
Research Title: The Role of Emotion Regulation in Social Anxiety: A Mixed Method Approach in a Non-Clinical Child Population
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Elias Tsakanikos
Viva: April 2015
Constantina Demetriou
Research Title: The Role of Family in Mental Health Problems among Adolescents from Community and Clinical Settings in Cyprus
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Dr Catherine Gilvary
Viva: May 2014
Sara LeBlanc
Research Title: An Emotion Regulation Training Programme Focused on the Improvement of Mental Wellbeing through an Increase in Cognitive Reappraisal
Supervisors: Professor Cecilia Essau & Professor Changiz Mohiyeddini
Viva: July 2013
