Dr Kimberly More
Lecturer in Health Psychology
Research areas
My research lays at the intersection of Social and Health Psychology with a broad focus on how researchers and interventionists can increase intentions to engage in healthy behaviours, and disengage from unhealthy behaviours, as well as how intention can be translated into behavioural initiation and subsequent maintenance through targeting both intrapersonal and interpersonal processes as well as community resources.
To date, my research program has focused on promoting simple health behaviours (e.g., calcium consumption), complex health behaviours (e.g., fruit and vegetable intake and exercise), and engagement with health and social care systems for individuals living in deprived areas. This examination of how to best promote behavioural engagement has focused on affective processes, social cognition, habits, identity, resiliency, and community resources.
I have received over £2.7 million in funding including the prestigious Personal Research Fellowship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh as PI and funding from the UKRI Collaborative Community Research to Tackle Health Inequalities pathway as Co-I. These projects take a participatory-research approach involving not only academics, but public groups and citizens with lived experiences as well.
Selected publications
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Open access
A full-factorial test of motivational and volitional intervention strategies for promoting exercise habit formation and exercise maintenance among new users of an online exercise class platform
Phillips, L. A., More, K., Lamoureux, N. R., Dixon, P. M., Meyer, J. M., Ellingson, L., Welk, G. & Hastings, B., 25 Feb 2025, In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 17, 1, e12597.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food cravings are associated with increased self-regulation, even in the face of strong instigation habits: a longitudinal study of the transition to plant-based eating
Saunders, B., Milyavskaya, M., More, K. & Anderson, J., 25 Feb 2025, In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 17, 1, e12629.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Green prescribing and inclusion health: a systematic search and thematic synthesis of barriers and facilitators to green prescriptions reported for those experiencing health inequalities
Thomas, E., More, K., Lim, C., Rodriguez, A., Mossey, P. & Grant, S., 4 Dec 2025, PROSPERO.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Neighbourhood social cohesion, loneliness and multimorbidity: evidence from a UK longitudinal panel study
Rowley-Abel, L., Zheng, C., More, K., Abubakar, E., Dibben, C., Pearce, J. R. & Marshall, A., 17 Jan 2025, In: Health & Place. 91, 103414.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rooted in routine: fostering higher order vegetable-shopping habits using a randomised simple planning intervention
More, K., More, C., Harris, N. & Phillips, L. A., 25 Feb 2025, In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 17, 1, e12649.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Some habits are more work than others: deliberate self-regulation strategy use increases with behavioral complexity, even for established habits
Saunders, B. & More, K., 1 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Personality. 93, 2, p. 233-246Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The individual and situational factors predicting unethical behaviour in the workplace: a direct and conceptual replication of Jones & Kavanagh (1996)
Evans, T. R., Bartlett, J. E., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Allen, T., Antoniou, G., Arent, S., Asmarani, D., Binns, N., Boulton, C., Bowhay, J., Cederlund, L., Chana, R., Chou, Y. Y., Dookheea, K., Guglani, G., Hamson-Ford, A., Hood, H., Hostafci, E. B., Jahanzeb, S. & Jones, K. & 49 others, , 27 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology. Latest Articles, p. 1-33Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does messaging matter? A registered report on appearance-versus health-based message framing in exercise appeals targeted towards women
More, K., More, C., Burd, K. A., Mentzou, A. & Phillips, L. A., 1 Jan 2024, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 70, 102555.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the impact of individuals’ morningness-eveningness on the effectiveness of a habit-formation intervention for a simple and a complex behavior
Phillips, L. A., More, K., Russell, D. & Kim, H. S., 16 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 47, p. 804-818Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychometric validation of four-item exercise identity and healthy-eater identity scales and applications in weight loss maintenance
Caldwell, A. E., More, K., Chui, T. K. & Sayer, R. D., 23 Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21, 21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review