Kaidy Stautz BSc MSc

My research focuses on the use and abuse of alcohol and cannabis in adolescence. I am particularly interested in how personality traits related to reward processing and behavioural approach interact with social decision making to influence the initiation and excessive use of these potentially addictive substances.

Supervisors: Dr Andrew Cooper, Professor Jane Powell

Academic qualifications

BSc (Hons) Psychology - Goldsmiths, University of London

MSc (with Distinction) Research Methods in Psychology - Goldsmiths, University of London

Teaching

Guest Lecturer:

BSc Psychology - Addictive Behaviours

Graduate Tutor:

BSc Psychology - Addictive Behaviours

MSc Foundations in Clinical Psychology and Health Services

Grants & awards

Goldsmiths PhD Studentship - 2010-2013

Goldsmiths Postgraduate Scholarship - 2009

Professional activities

Member of the British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences

Papers presented

Stautz, K. & Cooper, A. (2012). Approach-related personality traits, subjective social status, and adolescent substance use. Paper presented at the 3rd annual meeting of the British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences. Nottingham, UK.

Stautz, K., Hannent, I., & Pickering, A. D. (2011). Irrational trust interactions? How first impressions and personality affect trust game behaviour. Poster presented at the 2nd annual meeting of the British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences. London, UK.

Research interests

• Substance use and addiction
• Personality traits and their neurobiological basis
• Social cognition
• Decision making