Cathrine Fredhoi
Tel: 020 7911 5000 ext: 2003
Email: c.fredhoi@wmin.ac.uk
Background Information
Cathrine received her BSc (Hons) in Psychology at University of Stirling, Scotland. After completing her BSc she obtained a Master of Science in Organisational and Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London. Cathrine has also studied one year of Philosophy and Humanities at University of Bergen, Norway. At the University of Westminster Cathrine is taking a PhD, investigating well-being in older people.
Her findings so far have proved very interesting and she now wants to explore if these results are age specific or can be applied across the life span. Cathrine is looking for people who are 18 years and above to take part in this study. If you are interested you can find more information by clicking this link Well-being Questionnaire.
Alongside the PhD, Cathrine is working as a Research Fellow in the Psychology Department at the University of Westminster. She assists and support members of staff in the execution of practical and theoretical aspects of their research.
Media Work
Prof Angela Clow and Cathrine have been involved with a BBC2 programme called The Happiness Formula. In this serie they measured stress levels by a brief lunchtime visit to an art gallery by London City workers.
Cathrine has also been involved, together with Prof Frank Hucklebridge, with a BBC1 series titled Secrets of the Sexes. Frank and Cathrine explored couples physiological reactions to stress, where they showed the effect of the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) on the stress hormone cortisol. The TSST involves a panel of experts silently observing an interviewee who, after five minutes of solo presentation, has to perform arithmetic calculations rigged for failure.
She has also been working with Prof Angela Clow on another BBC1 television series called The Stress Test. Each programme, in the series of 6, explored an individual's experience of stress. It has been their role to measure the stress using psychological assessment tools as well as physiological measures.
Publications
Evans P, Fredhoi C, Loveday C, Hucklebridge F, Aitchison E, Forte D, Clow A. (in press). The diurnal cortisol cycle and cognitive performance in the healthy old. International Journal of Psychophysiology
Evans P, Forte D, Jacobs C, Fredhoi C, Aitchison E, Hucklebridge F and Clowa A, (2007) Cortisol secretory activity in older people in relation to positive and negative well-being, psychoneuroendocrinology, 32, 922–930 (PDF copy)
Bullen V, Fredhoi C, Bloom W, Povey J, Hucklebridge F, Evans P and Clow A (2006) Salivary cortisol, stress and arousal following five weeks training in kinesthetic meditation to undergraduate students. Journal of Holistic Healthcare, 3(3), 34-38 (PDF copy)
Clow A and Fredhoi C (2006) Normalisation of salivary cortisol levels and self-report stress by a brief lunchtime visit to an art gallery by London City workers. Journal of Holistic Healthcare, 3(2), 29-32 (PDF copy)
Conference Presentations
Cathrine Fredhoi, Angela Clow, Phil Evans & Tony Towell. Positive and Negative wellbeing in Older and Younger adults. Psychology Research Forum, University of Westminster, April 2009. (Abstract)
Clow A, Fredhoi C, Hucklebridge F, Forte D, Jacobs C, Aitchison E, Evans P. Gender differences in the diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion in older adults. 6th World Congress on Stress, Vienna, October 2007
Fredhoi, C., Towell, T., Maguire, M. and Clow, A. Predictors of Positive and Negative Wellbeing in Older People, 1st Applied Positive Psychology Conference, University of Warwick, April 2007 (Abstract and Presentation)
Evans P., Clow A., Hucklebridge F., Fredhoi C., Forte, D. and Aitchison, E. Post-Awakening Cortisol as a marker of Positive and Negative Well-being in Active Seniors, American Psychosomatic Society conference, Budapest Hungary, March 2007.
Clow A, Lynam-Smith A, Fredhoi C, Thorn L, Hucklebridge F, Evans P. Salivary S-IgA secretion during a brief sympathetically arousing stimulus, American Psychosomatic Society conference, Budapest Hungary, March 2007.
Clow A, Forte D, Aitcheson E, Jacobs C, Hucklebridge F, Fredhoi C, Loveday C, Evans P. The diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion in relation to well-being, life satisfaction and health of older people. 3rd European Conference on Positive Psychology, Braga Portugal, July 2006
Fredhoi, C, Maguire, M, Towell, T and Clow, A Positive and Negative well-being in Older People. Psychology Cluster Research Forum, King's Fund, London, May 2006
Forte, D, Jacobs, Catherine, Clow, A and Fredhoi, C Well-being in seniors: the meaning of the measure. Ageing Societeis Conference, Keele University May 2005.
Clow A, Lynam-Smith A, Fredhoi C, Mandzukic-Kanlic L, Hucklebridge F, Evans P. Salivary volume and S-IgA responses to a brief sympathetically arousing stimulus - gender matters. Psychobiology Section of the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Cumbria, September 2004.
Fredhoi C, Lynam-Smith A, Mandzukic-Kanlic L, Hucklebridge F, Thorn L, Evans P, Clow A. Psychosocial variables and health in an opportunistic sample of visitors to the Science Museum in London. Psychobiology Section of the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Cumbria, September 2004.
Clow A, Lynam-Smith A, Fredhoi C, Evans F, Hucklebridge F. S-IgA in relation to gender, smoking status and response to a brief sympathetically arousing stimulus. Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS) conference, Titesee, Germany, May, 2004.
Fredhoi C, Clow A. Linking Teaching and Research in the Psychology Department, University of Westminster. LINK seminar, Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, May 2004.
Fredhoi C, Lynam-Smith A, Mandzukic-Kanlic L, Evans P, Hucklebridge F and Clow A. 'The Fright of Your Life': Live Science at the Science Museum. Research Forum, King's Fund, London, April 2004
