Department:	Psychology
Address:	309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW
Tel:	+44 (0)20 7911 5000 ext:
Email:	N.Beer@westminster.ac.uk

Professional

I earned my BSc in Psychology (2004) and MSc in Health Psychology (2005) from London Metropolitan University; just recently (July, 2011) I have been awarded a PhD from the same institution. Within the last five years I got intensive teaching experience at Canterbury Christ Church University and London Metropolitan University.  Furthermore I delivered AS and A2 level (AQA-A) Psychology revision courses for the PIER17 and PIER18 Widening Participation (Aim Higher) Scheme.  Moreover, I contribute to a plethora of Psychology undergraduate and postgraduate modules at the University of Westminster with emphasis on Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods. 

Research Interests

I conduct research in the area of personality and individual differences psychology with a focus on cognitive and emotional self-regulation and motivation.  Other research interests comprise: Health Psychology, particularly dealing with stress, coping strategies and resilience; Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology, particularly depressive disorders & anxiety disorders; Positive Psychology, particularly psychological well-being and quality of life; Empirical Quantitative Projects.

 

Publications

Beer, N. & Moneta, G.B. (2011). Adaptive metacognitive self-regulation and resilience-related assets in the midst of challenge: A qualitative analysis. In V. Chatzi (Ed.), Psychology of Self-Regulation, Hauppage, NY: Nova Science Publisher (in press).

Beer, N. & Moneta, G.B. (2011). Coping and perceived stress as a function of positive metacognitions and positive meta-emotions. Individual Differences Research (in press).

Beer, N. & Moneta, G.B. (2010) Construct and concurrent validity ofthe Positive Metacognitions and Positive Meta-Emotions Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(8), 977-982

Bifulco, A., Kwon, J.-H., Jacobs, C., Moran, P.M., Bunn, A. and Beer, N. (2006). Adult Attachment Style as mediator between childhood neglect/abuse and adult depression and anxiety. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 127, 1-11

Conference Presentations

Coping and perceived stress as a function of positive metacognitions and positive meta-emotions. 15th EAWOP congress (European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology), Maastricht (The Netherlands), May, 2011.

Investigation of adaptive self-regulation and functional resilience-related assts. 14th EAWOP congress (European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology), Santiago De Compostela (Spain), May, 2009.

Memberships

•    British Psychological Society (BPS), Graduate Member
•    Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), Associate Member
•    EAWOP 2009 (European Congress of Work and Organisational Psychology)