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Nickola Overall
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Te Kuiti, New Zealand
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
Thesis
Doctoral advisorGarth J O Fletcher
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland

Nickola Christine Overall (born 1974) is a New Zealand academic, and is a professor of psychology at the University of Auckland, specialising in relationship, family and couples psychology. She is especially interested in communication strategies to overcome conflict.

Early life and education

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Overall was born in Te Kūiti in 1974 and completed a PhD titled Why do people try to change their intimate relationships?: the regulation function of ideal standards at the University of Canterbury, supervised by Garth Fletcher.[1][2]

Academic career

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After completing her doctorate, Overall joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.[2][3][4]

Overall's research focuses on healthy relationships, and how to achieve them, or as she describes it, "I study why relationships screw us up and what we can do about it".[5] This involves researching topics such as emotional regulation, attachment insecurity, attitudes to power, and sexist attitudes.[6][7] She has also studied the effect of lockdowns on family relationships.[8] Overall is especially interested in communication strategies used by couples in relationships to overcome conflict.[6] Overall's research has found that most people in a relationship want to change something about their partner, but few have success in doing so and trying in the wrong way can negatively affect the relationship.[9]

Overall was a principal investigator on a 2017 Marsden grant Conflict recovery in families: Why inevitable conflict does not have to be detrimental, in collaboration with Annette Henderson and Elizabeth Peterson.[10][4] Overall has also received research funding from the Auckland Medical Research Foundation and the Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust.[4]

Overall has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.[2]

Honours and awards

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Selected works

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Scholia has a profile for Nickola C Overall (Q56516218).

References

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  1. ^ Overall, Nickola (2005). Why do people try to change their intimate relationships?: the regulation function of ideal standards (PhD thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. hdl:10092/4772.
  2. ^ a b c Overall, Nickola (2016), "Overall, Nickola C.", in Zeigler-Hill, Virgil; Shackelford, Todd K. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–2, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_273-1, ISBN 978-3-319-28099-8, retrieved 29 March 2024
  3. ^ University of Auckland REACH lab. "Nickola Overall".
  4. ^ a b c d University of Auckland. "Academic profile: Professor Nickola Overall". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Take 10 with... Nickola Overall – The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Nickola Overall". Association for Psychological Science – APS. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Member spotlight: Nickola Overall | SPSP". spsp.org. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ^ "The idea of a new normal is a mistake, say wellbeing researchers". tewahanui.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ "You can change your partner – but beware". NZ Herald. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Search Marsden awards 2008–2017". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Fellows | SPSP". spsp.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ^ "APS Fellows". Association for Psychological Science – APS. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  13. ^ LLC, Sanibel Technologies. "IARR – Award Winners". iarr.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Rusbult Young Investigator Award | SPSP". spsp.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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source: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickola_Overall

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