Dr Charlie Fontaine ~ Lecturer, Psychology

Dr Charlie Fontaine is a lecturer in Psychology, within the College of Healthcare Sciences. They received their PhD from the University of Warwick, exploring resilience in adolescent mental health - determining resilience factors for bullied LGBTQI adolescents and the role of anxiety and worry in school transition for young adolescents. Dr Fontaine received a Master’s in Clinical Aspects of Psychology from the University of Reading; they completed a placement in the Anxiety and Depression clinic, contributing to research exploring online CBT as effective treatment for anxiety in adolescents. Their Master’s thesis investigated the types of individuals drawn to pain and who engage in painful activities.

Dr Fontaine's current research is focused on mental wellbeing in excessive online gaming, evolutionary theory in modern dating behvaiours, and student mental wellbeing.

Teaching

• PY4201: Social Psychology (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4208: Environmental Psychology and Sustainable Futures (Level 4; ONL)

Research Disciplines

• Social and personality psychology (5205)
• Specialist studies in education (3904)
• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)
• Teaching and curriculum (1603)

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Journal Articles

• Fontaine C, Birchwood M and Connor C (2022) Perceived self-belief and social support: resilience in bullied LGBTQ+ adolescents. Youth Voice Journal, 12.
• Mattos Feijó L, Tarman G, Fontaine C, Harrison R, Johnstone T and Salomons T (2018) Sex­specific effects of gender identification on pain study recruitment. The Journal of Pain, 19 (2). pp. 178-185

Other research outputs

• Fontaine C and Nicholson Perry K (2022) Sustainability in helping professions: a common core unit across disciplines. Sustainability Symposium 2022: session abstracts. In: Sustainability Symposium 2022: Front, Centre and Now: Sustainability as a Core Purpose of Higher Education, 29-30 March 2022, Virtual
• Fontaine C and Nicholson Perry K (2021) Student mental wellbeing at ACAP: Resilience, support, and distress. ACAP Conference 2021 Program and Book of Abstracts. In: ACAP Conference 2021: Transformation in the time of Covid-19, 1 November 2021, Online
• Fontaine C, Connor C, Channa S, Palmer C and Birchwood M (2017) The impact of emotional acknowledgement and self-esteem on resilience to family dysfunction. European Psychiatry, 41 (Supplement). p. S734
• Fontaine C, Connor C, Channa S, Palmer C and Birchwood M (2017) The impact of the transition from primary school to secondary school on young adolescents. European Psychiatry, 41 (S1). pp. s179-s180