Dr Amy Paine
Lecturer
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Research summary
My core research area is social development, with a focus on children's interactions with family members and friends in relation to their developing understanding of the minds of themselves and others. My current projects include a longitudinal and mixed-methods study investigating the social, emotional, and cognitive correlates of childhood humour, and pathways by which humour may attenuate the impact of stressful life experiences on wellbeing in childhood. I also work on the Wales Adoption Study which aims to develop understanding of the early support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families in collaboration with the Neurodevelopment Assessment Unit in the Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science.
Teaching summary
I contribute to teaching on the BSc in Psychology Level 5 Developmental and Social Psychology undergraduate modules. I also supervise final year research projects and students on their professional placement year.
At postgraduate level, I convene the Psychology Pathway for the MSc in Social Sciences Research Methods and the associated module, Research Skills in Practice. I also contribute to teaching and supervise dissertation projects on the MSc in Children's Psychological Disorders.
Biography
Undergraduate education
2013: BSc Psychology with Professional Placement, Cardiff University
Postgraduate education
2017: PhD Developmental and Health Psychology, Cardiff University
Teaching
2020 - present: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2016 - 2020: Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Employment
2020 - present: Lecturer and Research Associate, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
2019 - 2020: Research Associate, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
2018 - 2019: Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
2017 - 2018: Research Associate, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
2016: Research Assistant, South East Wales Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
2011 - 2012: Research Assistant, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.
Honours and awards
2020: "Honk, honk, burp burp!" Is humour a marker of children's understanding of minds? British Psychological Society Undergraduate Research Assistantship Scheme, supervising Nisha Johnson.
2019: Profiling the Neurodevelopment of Adopted Children. British Psychological Society Undergraduate Research Assistantship Scheme, supervising Maisie Lo.
2018: British Psychological Society Early Career Conference Bursary.
2017: Positive Affect in Mother-Infant Interactions. Cardiff University Research Opportunities Programme.
2017: British Psychological Society Postgraduate Study Visit Scheme to Concordia University, Montreal.
2017: Cardiff University School of Psychology Hadyn Ellis Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation.
Speaking engagements
- Japan Society for Developmental Psychology Conference, 19th February 2021 (Virtual Symposium).
- Centre for Research in Human Development Conference, Montreal, Canada, 24th January 2020 (Talk).
- BPS Developmental Section Conference, Stoke on Trent, 5th September 2019 (Convenor of symposium).
- European Conference for Developmental Psychology, Athens, 31st August 2019 (Symposium).
- BPS Developmental Section Conference, Liverpool, 13th September 2018 (Talk).
- Population Health Conference, Wales, 19th June 2018 (Talk).
- Life History, Paris, 30th May 2018 (Talk).
- World Association for Infant Mental Health, Rome, 29th May 2018 (Talk).
Publications
2021
- Howe, N.et al. 2021. Sibling relations in early and middle childhood. In: Smith, P. K. and Hart, C. H. eds. The Handbook of Childhood Social Development [3rd ed.]. Wiley-Blackwell
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2021. Facial emotion recognition in adopted children. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (10.1007/s00787-021-01829-z)
- Hashmi, S., Paine, A. L. and Hay, D. F. 2021. Seven-year-olds’ references to internal states when playing with toy figures and a video game. Infant and Child Development 30(3), article number: e2223. (10.1002/icd.2223)
- Hay, D. F.et al. 2021. Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior: A Longitudinal Study. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 86(2), pp. 7-103. (10.1111/mono.12427)
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2021. Early adversity predicts adoptees’ enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 30, pp. 721-732. (10.1007/s00787-020-01553-0)
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2021. “Where’s your bum brain?” Humor, social understanding, and sibling relationship quality in early childhood. Social Development 30(2), pp. 592-611. (10.1111/sode.12488)
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2021. The neurocognitive profiles of children adopted from care and their emotional and behavioral problems at home and school. Child Neuropsychology 27(1), pp. 17-36. (10.1080/09297049.2020.1776241)
- Hashmi, S.et al. 2021. Doll play prompts social thinking and social talking: representations of internal state language in the brain. Developmental Science
- Howe, N., Paine, A. L. and Leach, J. 2021. “Broccoli makes my feelings feel good”: Communication and emotions in conversations within children’s close relationships. In: Altarriba, J., Schiewer, G. and Chin, N. B. eds. Handbook on Language and Emotion Volume 2. Language and Emotion/Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science (HSK)
2020
- Anthony, R.et al. 2020. Patterns of adversity and post-traumatic stress among children adopted from care. Child Abuse and Neglect, article number: 104795. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104795)
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2020. Assessing the impact of a family nurse-led intervention on young mothers’ references to internal states. Infant Mental Health Journal 41(4), pp. 463-476. (10.1002/imhj.21849)
- Meakings, S., Paine, A. L. and Shelton, K. H. 2020. Birth sibling relationships after adoption: the experience of contact with brothers and sisters living elsewhere. British Journal of Social Work (10.1093/bjsw/bcaa053)
- Perra, O., Paine, A. L. and Hay, D. F. 2020. Continuity and change in anger and aggressiveness from infancy to childhood: The protective effects of positive parenting. Development and Psychopathology (10.1017/S0954579420000243)
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2020. Charting the trajectories of adopted children’s emotional and behavioral problems: The impact of early adversity and post-adoptive parental warmth. Development and Psychopathology (10.1017/S0954579420000231)
2019
- Anthony, R. E., Paine, A. L. and Shelton, K. H. 2019. Depression and anxiety symptoms of british adoptive parents: a prospective four-wave longitudinal study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(24), pp. -., article number: 5153. (10.3390/ijerph16245153)
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2019. 'H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, PEE! Get it? Pee!': Siblings' shared humour in childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 37(3), pp. 336-353. (10.1111/bjdp.12277)
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2019. Concurrent associations between mothers' references to internal states and children's social understanding in middle childhood. Social Development 28(3), pp. 529-548. (10.1111/sode.12356)
- Anthony, R. E., Paine, A. L. and Shelton, K. H. 2019. Adverse childhood experiences of children adopted from care: The importance of adoptive parental warmth for future child adjustment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(12), article number: 2212. (10.3390/ijerph16122212)
2018
- Paine, A. L.et al. 2018. Late, but not early, arriving younger siblings foster firstborns' understanding of second-order false belief. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 166, pp. 251-265. (10.1016/j.jecp.2017.08.007)
2017
- Paine, A. 2017. Explaining the influence of younger siblings on firstborns’ understanding of minds in middle childhood: a longitudinal investigation of the mother- firstborn relationship. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2010
- Howe, N.et al. 2010. Sibling relations in early and middle childhood. In: Smith, P. K. and Hart, C. H. eds. The Handbook of Childhood Social Development. Wiley-Blackwell, (10.1002/9781444390933.ch19)
Teaching
I contribute to teaching on the BSc in Psychology Level 5 Developmental and Social Psychology undergraduate modules. I also supervise final year research projects and students on their professional placement year.
At postgraduate level, I convene the Psychology Pathway for the MSc in Social Sciences Research Methods and the associated module, Research Skills in Practice. I also contribute to teaching and supervise dissertation projects on the MSc in Children's Psychological Disorders.
Research Summary
My core research area is social development, with a focus on children's interactions with family members and friends in relation to their developing understanding of the minds of themselves and others. My current projects include a longitudinal and mixed-methods study investigating the social, emotional, and cognitive correlates of childhood humour, and pathways by which humour may attenuate the impact of stressful life experiences on wellbeing in childhood. I also work on the Wales Adoption Study which aims to develop understanding of the early support needs and experiences of newly formed adoptive families in collaboration with the Neurodevelopment Assessment Unit in the Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science.
Funding Awards
Shelton, K. H. & Paine, A.L. (2020-2021). The Wales Adoption Cohort Study. Welsh Government.
Paine, A. L., Mitchell, P., & Howe, N. (2020-2023). Humour in Childhood: Pathways to Better Wellbeing. Economic and Social Research Council New Investigator Award.
Paine, A. L. (2019). Humour in Children's Close Relationships. The Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentship.
Paine, A. L. (2019). L'humour dans les relations proches des enfants. FRQNT Postdoctoral Quebec Merit Scholarship Programme for Foreign Nationals.
Mitchell, P., et al. (2019). Inferring others’ inner states: Different developmental trends across Britain and Japan? ESRC-AHRC UK-Japan SSH Connections Grant
Paine, A. L. (2013-2017). School of Psychology, Cardiff University, 4 year funded PhD studentship.
Research group
Developmental & Health Psychology
Cardiff Child Development Study (CCDS)
Neurodevelopment Assessment Unit
Research collaborators
Internal
External
- Peter Mitchell (University of Bradford)
- Oliver Perra (Queen's University Belfast)
- Salim Hashmi (King's College London)
- Nina Howe (Concordia University)
- Holly Recchia (Concordia University)
- Ryan Persram (McGill University)
- Monisha Pasupathi (University of Utah)
- Cecilia Wainryb (University of Utah)