Role
Principal Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Richard Trigg is the Postgraduate Course Coordinator, fulfilling a role as the central coordinator for all taught postgraduate courses within the Division of Psychology. He is also the Programme Leader for the MSc/PgDip Psychology and for the MSc/MRes Psychological Research Methods. Richard's teaching responsibilities currently focus on undergraduate and postgraduate research methods. He also teaches aspects of health psychology and chronic illness to 3rd year undergraduates.
Projects
- 2008-2010, BRACE, £150K, for a project entitled A longitudinal study of changes in the subjective quality of life of people with dementia (with Professor Roy Jones, RICE, Bath)
- 2003, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership R&D, £4.3k, for a project entitled, A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Assessing the Effectiveness of a Group-based Cognitive Rehabilitation Programme, for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment, in Delaying Functional and Cognitive Decline
- 2001-2004, Alzheimer's Society, £98k, for a project entitled Development of a Disease-specific, Patient-administered Measure of Quality of Life for People with Dementia (with Professor Roy Jones and Professor Suzanne Skevington, University of Bath)
- 1998-1999, NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire Region, £20.4k, for a project entitled Validation of the Subjective Index of Physical and Social Outcome (with Dr Vicky Wood, University of Bath)
Career overview
Dr Trigg has a particular interest in supervising students who wish to undertake studies in the following areas:
- Quality of life assessment for people with dementia
- Definition, measurement and use of outcomes in health psychology research (especially Quality of Life)
- Care, management and assessment of people with dementia
- Successful ageing
- Stress, coping and adaptation to illness
- Psychometrics and questionnaire design
- Development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions in healthcare
Research areas
Psychological Wellbeing and Mental Health
- Health Psychology
- Quality of Life (particular interests in QOL assessment, the QOL of people with dementia, the QOL of older adults and QOL as a dynamic construct)
- Management of chronic illness (with particular reference to dementia)
- Psychometrics and scale development
Sponsors and collaborators
Collaborators:
- Professor Roy Jones at the Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE), Bath
- Dr Simon Watts, NTU
Sponsors:
- Bristol Research into Alzheimer's and the Care of the Elderly (BRACE)
- The Alzheimer's Society
- National Health Service Executive Research and Development Programmes