University of the West of England

Faculty Member, Psychology

Associate Head of Department of Psychology

About

Tim Moss is a Reader in Health Psychology at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.  He is registered with the Health Professions Council, the regulatory body for psychology in the UK.  He leads the MSc Health Psychology, and is former programme director of the professional doctorate in health psychology programme at UWE, as well as contributing to other MSc and undergraduate programmes.  He is the supervisor of several PhD students in the field of psychosocial adjustment to differences of appearance.  Tim is the co-ordinator of the Derriford Appearance Scales project, (www.derriford.info), providing measurement tools, advice and consultancy in the field of appearance and visible difference in the UK, Europe, Japan, and the US amongst others.

Tim is a member of the BPS health psychology training committee, and a BPS assessor for the stage 2 qualification in health psychology.  He is a visitor for the Health Professions Council, involved in the evaluation of professional training programmes in psychology.  From 2010, Tim has represented professional psychology training on the  Advisory board of the Psychology Network.  He is also a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, and maintains an interest in public health applications of psychology.

In 2011, Tim was appointed as Associate Head of Department of Psychology at UWE, with the Research/Knowledge Exchange portfolio.

Recent papers include the following, though see also the "papers" link for some others . . . .

Brown, BC., Moss, T.P.,Bayat, A. (2010) Skin scar pre-conceptions must be challenged: Importance of self-perception in skin scarring. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surgery, 63(6) , 1022-1029

Moss, T.P. and Harris, DL., (2009) Psychological Change Following Plastic Surgery: A Prospective Controlled Outcome Study Psychology, Health & Medicine 14:5,567 — 572


Moss, T.P., and Bould, E. (2009). A Q-methodological Investigation into the Meanings of Cigarette Consumption Journal of Health Psychol; 14; 36-42

Bessell A, Brough V, Clarke A, Harcourt D, Moss, T.P, Rumsey N  (2008)  Evaluation of a computer based psychosocial intervention for individuals with visible differences Psychology & Health ,23(1), 66

Keiko, N., Kazuhiro, H., Nobuaki, N., Reiko, N., Katsunori, I., Nobuak, I., Moss, T.P., and Harris, D.L (2008), Development of the Japanese version of Derriford Appearance Scale DAS59: A QOL index for the people who have problems of appearance. Journal of Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 28(7):440-448

Moss, T.P and Rosser B (2008) Psychosocial adjustment to visible difference. The Psychologist, 21(6), 492-495