Deborah Husbands

University of Westminster · Department of Psychology

Less is known about the impostor phenomenon in undergraduate students and, more so, racially minoritised students in the UK. Impostorism has a constraining effect on constructing an authentic identity, leading to a feeling of phoniness. When impostorism intersects with a gendered and racially minoritised identity, individuals may face specific chal...

This research describes the development of the Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description (W-ICAD) model. Research from psychology and neu- roscience explains why the assumption that vision is necessarily sufficient to be able to engage with col- lections is problematic, and why inclusive museum audio description (AD) (referred to as visua...

Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present a significant global public health issue, with disparities in STI rates often observed across ethnic groups. The study investigates the impact of Chatbot-Assisted Self Assessment (CASA) on the intentions for sexual health screening within minoritised ethnic groups (MEGs) at risk of STIs as w...

False political information–misinformation or disinformation—is widely spread on social media. Individual social media users play a large part in this. However, only a minority actively share false material. It is important to establish what sets these individuals apart from those who do not, and why they do it. Motivations for sharing may vary and...

This chapter provides an overview of a decolonising toolkit developed by psychology staff and students. The group worked reflectively and reflexively to create the toolkit as an organic activity. Following this activity, the Culturally Sensitive Curricula Scales pilot study contributed to an institutional understanding of the importance of decoloni...

Background The rapid evolution of conversational and generative artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the increased deployment of AI tools in healthcare settings. While these conversational AI tools promise efficiency and expanded access to healthcare services, there are growing concerns ethically, practically and in terms of inclusivity. This st...

Previous studies have emphasized culturally sensitive curricula in the context of enhancing minoritized students’ education. We examined the relationship between second-year higher education students’ perceptions of the cultural sensitivity of their curriculum and both majoritized and minoritized students’ interest in their course. A total of 286 (...

False political information – misinformation or disinformation - is widely spread on social media. Individual social media users play a large part in this. However, only a minority actively share false material. It is important to establish what sets these individuals apart from those who do not, and why they do it. Motivations for sharing may vary...

This highlight article describes a small pilot study of a 'reverse mentoring' study in a UK university, involving five undergraduate Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) psychology students who mentored five senior leaders. Inverted commas were initially used to critique the term, and the associations with backward - rather than forward - direct...

Social media users are key actors in the spreading of misleading or incorrect information. To develop an integrative parsimonious summary of social media users’ own accounts of motives for sharing political information, we conducted: (1) a literature review of motives for personally sharing false information as reported by social media users and (2...

Introduction Artificial Intelligence offers opportunities to tackle racial disparities in sexual health (SH). Contemporary chatbots can provide accurate SH advice referring users to medical consultations, screening, and vaccination services. We aimed to design principles for a culturally sensitive self-assessment intervention based on the disclosur...

Introduction Despite high rates of STIs, people from racially minoritised groups (RMGs) are underrepresented in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) research and service development. As part of the AUDITED study, we aim to recruit 1500 participants to explore their views on AI-enabled chatbots for SRH advice. We adopted the 16-ethnicity categories...

Purpose: Emerging research in the US and UK indicates concerns regarding the attainment and integration of Black and Minority Ethnic [BME] students in higher education. However, the specific experiences and perceptions of black female students are not fully explored leading to their ‘stories’ being lost among generalised BME accounts. The purpose o...

Purpose: Emerging research in the US and UK indicates concerns regarding the attainment and integration of Black and Minority Ethnic [BME] students in higher education. However, the specific experiences and perceptions of black female students are not fully explored leading to their ‘stories’ being lost among generalised BME accounts. The purpose o...

This study developed the Belief in Myths of Psychology Scale (BiMPS), a 50-item measure that consists of psychological myths and examined its psychometric properties in three studies. In Study 1, 774 students from Austria completed the BiMPS along with measures of superstitious beliefs, the Big Five personality factors, and interest in science. Res...

This study developed the Belief in Myths of Psychology Scale (BiMPS), a 50-item measure that consists of psychological myths and examined its psychometric properties in three studies. In Study 1, 774 students from Austria completed the BiMPS along with measures of superstitious beliefs, the Big Five personality factors, and interest in science. Res...

Response to All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) call for evidence Race and Higher Education

This article provides interim observations with reference to a three university study into the implications of students’ sense of belonging in UK tertiary education. Descriptions related to sense of belonging were recorded via the biographic narrative interpretive method (BNIM) (Wengraf, 2007) and will be subject to further analysis via this method...