Emma Haycraft
Lecturer
Contact details
Room: GG.0.10
Phone: +44 (0)1509 228160
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223940
Email: E.Haycraft@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Emma obtained a BSc and PhD in Psychology from the University of Birmingham and was appointed as a Lecturer in Psychology at Loughborough University in September 2007.
Research Interests
Emma’s research interests include: Parent-child interactions, particularly in the context of feeding, eating and mealtimes; childhood obesity/overweight; children’s eating behaviours; fathers’ roles in child feeding; eating and exercise in adolescents; peer influences on eating; parenting styles and practices; mental health and parenting practices.
Selected publications
- Goodwin, H., Haycraft, E., & Meyer, C. (2011). Socio-cultural correlates of compulsive exercise: Is the environment important in fostering compulsivity towards exercise among adolescents? Body Image, 8, 390– 395. DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.05.006
- Farrow, C., Blissett, J. & Haycraft, E. (2011). Does child weight influence how mothers report their feeding practices? International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6, 306–313. DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2011.575160.
- Blissett, J., Meyer, C. & Haycraft, E. (2011). The role of parenting in the relationship between childhood eating problems and broader behaviour problems. Child: Care, Health & Development, 37, 642-8. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01229.x
- Goodwin, H., Haycraft, E., Willis, A. & Meyer, C. (2011). Compulsive Exercise: The role of personality, psychological morbidity, and disordered eating. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44, 655-660.DOI: 10.1002/eat.20902
- Dovey, T.M., Martin, C.I., Aldridge, V.K., Haycraft, E., & Meyer, C. (2011). Measures, measures everywhere, but which ones should I use? The Feeding News, 9(1), 1-13.
- Meyer, C., Taranis, L., Goodwin, H., & Haycraft, E. (2011). Compulsive exercise and eating disorders.European Eating Disorders Review, 19, 174-189.
- Goodwin, H., Haycraft, E., Taranis, L. & Meyer, C. (2011). Psychometric evaluation of the Compulsive Exercise Test (CET) in an adolescent population: Links with eating psychopathology. European Eating Disorders Review, 19, 269-279.
- Haycraft, E., Farrow, C., Meyer, C., Powell, F., & Blissett, J. (2011). Relationships between temperament and eating behaviours in young children. Appetite, 56, 689-692.
- Blissett, J. & Haycraft, E. (2011). Parental eating disorder symptoms and observations of mealtime interactions with children. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 70, 368-371.
- Haycraft, E. & Blissett, J. (in press, 2010). Predictors of paternal and maternal controlling feeding practices with 2 to 5-year-old children. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.03.001
- Farrow, C., Haycraft, E. & Meyer, C. (in press, 2009). Similarities between eating attitudes among friendship groups in childhood: The moderating role of child anxiety. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsp105
- Blissett, J., Haycraft, E. & Farrow, C. (2010). Inducing preschool children’s emotional eating: Relations with parental feeding practices. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 92, 359-365. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29375.
- Haycraft, E. & Blissett, J. (2010). The role of parents’ romantic relationship warmth and hostility in child feeding practices and children’s eating behaviours. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 6, 266-274. DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00212.x
- Haycraft, E. & Blissett, J. (2010). Eating disorder symptoms and parenting styles. Appetite, 54(1), 221–224. DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2009.11.009.
You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.