Dr Emily Smith

Dr Smith’s research is predominately aligned within the field of cyberpsychology. Her research interests focus on cyberbullying, cyber aggression, cybercrime, and how and why people use social media.
Dr Smith completed a PhD in psychology by using a mixed methods approach to explore cyberbullying and cyber aggression in young people. Her thesis explored how young people perceive and distinguish between online aggressive behaviours, and how social media can facilitate these aggressive behaviours. 

Institute for Psychological Science, Psychology and Technology Cluster

• Herring, L. Y., Dallosso, H., Schreder, S., Smith, E. J., Waheed, G., Gray, L. J., Khunti, K., Yates, T., Highton, P. J., Rowlands, A. v., Hudson, I., Seidu, S., & Davies, M. J. (2021). Physical activity after cardiac EventS (PACES): A group education programme with subsequent text message support designed to increase physical activity in individuals with diagnosed coronary heart disease: A randomised controlled trial. Open Heart, 8(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2020-001351
• Smith, E., Short, E., Rai, R., Pinnky, R., & Wilson, A. (2023). It Is Not Your Fault , Tell Someone : Case Studies of Young Women ’ s Experiences of Online Grooming in England. Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice, 6(1), 7–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/25166069221144794

• Cyberbullying
• Cyber Aggression
• Social Media
• Screen Time
• Cybercrime 

• Research Methods
• Developmental Psychology
• Applied Psychology

• PhD, Psychology
• BSc, Psychology

Psychology BSc

Rai, R., Smith, E., & Svirydzenka, N. (2017). Egocentrism and cyberbullying: Imaginary audience and personal fable ideation predict cyberbullying and cyber victimisation in adolescents and emerging adults. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Conference, 13-15 September, Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K.

Smith, E., Wilson, A., Scase, M., & Rai, R. (2021). Exploring the perceptions of cyberbullying and cyber aggression in emerging adults. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Cyberpsychology Section Conference, 6-7th July.

Smith, E., Wilson, A., Scase, M., & Rai, R. (2022). Exploring the perceptions of cyberbullying and cyber aggression in adolescents. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Cyberpsychology Section Conference, 22-23rd September.

The Internet of Things and how it can be used to facilitate Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control. In development