Nick Neave

Professor Nick Neave

Professor

School: Psychology

Dr Nick Neave is a Professor within the Department of Psychology. He is Director of the Hoarding Research Group and Chair of the UK Hoarding Partnership. He delivers options on 'Hoarding', 'Parapsychology' and 'Hormones & Behaviour' at Undergraduate level. He is currently supervising PhD students exploring hoarding behaviours; conspiracy beliefs; and superstitious beliefs.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Hoarding and collecting behaviours

Psychological characteristics of soccer officials

Superstitious and conspiracy belief

Key Publications

Everything You Need to Know about Hoarding By Lynne M. Drummond and Laura J. Edwards. Cambridge University Press. 2025. £11.26 (pb). 212 pp. ISBN 978-1009466097, Neave, N. 23 Oct 2025, In: BJPsych Bulletin
Understanding the Barriers, and Facilitating Factors to Mental Health Help-Seeking in Adults with Hoarding Behaviours: A Preliminary Investigation: Help-Seeking in Adults with Hoarding Behaviours, Clark, L., Murphy-Morgan, C., Neave, N., Punton, G., Rivers, H., Sillence, E. 10 Nov 2025, In: Clinical Psychologist
Understanding the Use of Superstitious Rituals in Sports People, Morris, B., Thornton, C., Neave, N., Allen, G. 17 Sep 2025, In: Journal of Sports Sciences
An exploratory factor analysis of the Nerdy Personality Attributes Scale in a sample of self-identified nerds/geeks, Finister, C., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 1 Oct 2024, In: The Social Science Journal
Assessing conspiracist beliefs across societies: Validation of the Serbian adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS), Dinić, B., Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Došenović, A., Neave, N. 1 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Psychology
Digital accumulation behaviours and information management in the workplace: exploring the tensions between digital data hoarding, organisational culture and policy, McKellar, K., Sillence, E., Neave, N., Briggs, P. 25 Apr 2024, In: Behaviour and Information Technology
‘Hoarding is a coping strategy, which has got out of hand’, Neave, N. Dec 2024, In: Psychologist
“Making It Easier to Live, You Know?” A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Hoarding Behaviours and Social Networks on Older People’s Supported Housing Decisions, Murphy-Morgan, C., Hodgson, P., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 23 Jul 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community
Prenatal androgenization (2D:4D) predictions of tennis match-play success in junior players: A search for physiological explanations, Ribeiro, E., Neave, N., Marsili, B., Figueiredo, E., Martino-Andrade, A., de Moraes, R. 1 Jan 2024, In: American Journal of Human Biology
The role of emotional regulation, executive functioning, and aggression in hoarding behaviours, Bates, E., Neave, N., Dodd, A., Hamilton, C. 13 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

PGR Supervision

Michelle Jackson - Yates The effect of Creative Art Interventions on Children and Young peoples Mental Health and Well-being Start Date: 01/03/2023 End Date: 10/07/2025
Emily Bates The influence of childhood trauma and uncertainty on object attachment and hoarding severity in adulthood Start Date: 01/03/2024