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Dr Jo Horne

Profile summary

  • Regional Academic Staff
  • Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Psychology
  • Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
  • School of Psychology & Counselling
  • Psychology
  • jo.horne

Professional biography

After graduating from the University of Hull with a degree in Psychology in 1994, I was employed by the Psychology Department’s Dyslexia Research Centre. Whilst working on a variety of dyslexia related projects at the centre and at Lucid Research Ltd, I studied for my PhD as a part-time student and completed this in 2002.

I was employed as a lecturer at the University of Hull from 1999 until 2017. The majority of my teaching was in research methods and statistics and final year options in educational psychology and educational testing, as well as project supervision within the areas of educational psychology, and sport and exercise psychology.

From 2017 until July 2020 I was self-employed, conducting a variety of research projects on a consultancy basis, primarily within education and test development, working with Government departments and test publishers.

I was an Associate Lecturer in FASS from 2008 until 2012, teaching on various psychology modules. I was then an AL in WELS from 2015 to 2023, teaching Sport and Exercise Psychology.

I became a Staff Tutor in Psychology and Counselling in July 2020.

Educational qualifications:

  • 1994 Psychology BSc (Hons); University of Hull 
  • 2002 PhD; Department of Psychology, University of Hull: Development and evaluation of computer-based techniques for assessing children in educational settings 
  • 2002 Certificate of Competence in Occupational Testing (Level A); British Psychological Society 
  • 2003 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching; University of Hull.

Membership of professional bodies and roles: 

  • Chartered Psychologist
  • Chartered Scientist
  • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
  • General member of the BPS Division of Educational and Child Psychology
  • Full member of the BPS Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Registrant of the BPS Register of Qualifications in Test Use
  • Educational Editor of Assessment and Development Matters
  • BPS Psychological Testing Centre Test Reviewer
  • Analytical Associate – DfE Analytical Associate Pool
  • Office for National Statistics Approved Researcher

Research interests

My research over the last 25+ years has predominantly focused on the development and evaluation of computerised educational assessments, which are widely used in schools, colleges and universities in the UK and internationally, and three were shortlisted for an international education award in 2020. I have published widely on this, and other topics, in peer-reviewed journals and presented research findings at national and international conferences.

I have also undertaken scholarship projects with Rhiannon Edwards looking at barriers and facilitators to success at postgraduate study for students with SpLDs, and understanding the requirements of students with dyspraxia.

In recent years, I have worked on a number of research projects related to unpaid carers, particularly relating to participation in and access to physical activity.

I am also part of a consortium researching inclusivity in martial arts and combat sports: Better Martial Arts (better-martial-arts.org).

 

Teaching interests

I am on the Module Team for DE300 (Investigating Psychology 3).

 

 

Externally funded projects

An evaluation of the impact of the work of The Froglife Trust on the lives of disadvantaged young people
RoleStart dateEnd dateFunding source
Co-investigator25 Jun 202131 Dec 2022Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

The environmental sector is one of the lowest funded sector in the country, accounting for just 2.6% of the income of the non-profit sector (Clifford et al., 2013). This sector needs to expand the funding base by providing social funders with evidence that this work has a substantial impact on people’s lives and related outcomes. Increasingly, nature conservation funders are seeking evidence that the work benefits both nature and people, particularly people experiencing trauma. Both Social prescribing and green prescribing are hugely increasing (Howarth et al., 2020; Loftus, McCauley & McCarron, 2017; Pilkington, Loef & Polley, 2017). However, the nature conservation sector is missing from this agenda as they are currently not able to provide evidence of their social impact. This study, therefore, aims to evaluate the impact that The Froglife Trust has on disadvantaged young people. Participants will include young people aged 10-18 years, or 24 if they have a learning disability, who are considered vulnerable or disadvantaged in some capacity. Participants will be allocated to either the Intervention group or the control group, with the groups being balanced in terms of gender, age, geographical area, and type of disadvantage. The intervention group will participate in the Froglife Trust programme. The control group will not take part in the Froglife Trust programme for the duration of the study but will have access to it at the end of the study. Materials Participants in the intervention group will complete the following measures: • QoL / wellbeing measure? • The Froglife Trust questionnaire • The Froglife Trust quiz

Publications

Associations between total physical activity levels and academic performance in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024-07)
Trott, Mike; Kentzer, Nichola; Horne, Jo; Langdown, Ben and Smith, Lee
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13, Article 273(1)

Long-term care facilities' response to the COVID-19 pandemic: An international, cross-sectional survey (2024-01)
Eltaybani, Sameh; Igarashi, Ayumi; Cal, Ayse; Lai, Claudia; Carrasco, Cristina; Sari, Dianis; Cho, Eunhee; Haugan, Gorill; Bravo, Jorge; Abouzeid, Nesreen; Wachholz, Patrick; Isaramalai, Sang-Arun; Dawood, Shaimaa; Pappas, Yannis; Moneam, Abeer; Rodriguez, Ana; Alqahtani, Bader; Pereira, Catarina; Jenssen, Cathrine; Yu, Doris; Ahmed, Fatma; Mendes, Felismina; Randhawa, Gurch; Ahmed, Hanaa; Suzuki, Haruno; Prambudi, Hery; Avci, Ilknur; Waluyo, Imam; Nurbaeti, Irma; Vseteckova, Jitka; Horne, Jo; Liu, Justina; Ingstad, Kari; Kashiwabara, Kosuke; Grant, Louise; Moniem, Maha; Sakka, Mariko; Abdelgawad, Mohamed; Subu, Muhammad; Kentzer, Nichola; Almadani, Noura; Tomas-Carus, Pablo; Garcia, Renata; Indarwati, Retno; Maneerat, Sonthaya; Chien, Wai; Amamiya, Yuko; Cavalcanti, Yuri and Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(1) (pp. 350-365)

Supporting adult unpaid carers via an online dancing intervention: A feasibility/acceptability study (2024)
Horne, Joanna; Donald, Louisa; Gracia, Rosaria; Kentzer, Nichola; Pappas, Yannis; Trott, Mike and Vseteckova, Jitka
PLOS Global Public Health, 4, Article e0002798(1)

Promoting workplace retention during global crises: An international survey of the preventive role of psychological support among victims of social discrimination in long-term care facilities (2024)
Eltaybani, Sameh; Igarashi, Ayumi; Cal, Ayse; Lai, Claudia; Carrasco, Cristina; Wulan, Dianis; Cho, Eunhee; Haugan, Gorill; Bravo, Jorge; Abouzeid, Nasreen; Wachholz, Patrick; Isaramalai, Sang-arun; Dawood, Shaimaa; Pappas, Yannis; Abd-El-Moneam, Abeer; Rodriguez, Ana; Alqahtani, Bader; Pereira, Catarina; Jenssen, Cathrine; Yu, Doris; Mendes, Felismina; Randhawa, Gurch; Ahmed, Hanaa; Suzuki, Haruno; Aydin-Avci, Ilknur; Waluyo, Imam; Nurbaeti, Irma; Vseteckova, Jitka; Horne, Jo; Liu, Justina; Ingstad, Kari; Kashiwabara, Kosuke; Grant, Louise; Abd-El-Moniem, Maha; Sakka, Mariko; Abdelgawad, Mohamed; Subu, Muhammad; Kentzer, Nichola; Almadani, Noura; Tomas-Carus, Pablo; Rodrigues-Garcia, Renata; Indarwati, Retno; Maneerat, Sonthaya; Chien, Wai; Amamiya, Yuko; Cavalcanti, Yuri and Yamamoto-Mitani, Noriko
Geriatric Nursing, 59 (pp. 94-102)

The Influence of Gender Dynamics on Women’s Experiences in Martial Arts: A Scoping Review (2023-08-01)
Lindsay, Rosie; Horne, Jo; Shaw, Jill; Kentzer, Nichola and Bacon, Wendi
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure

Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among informal carers: a systematic review of international literature (2023)
Lindsay, Rosie K.; Vseteckova, Jitka; Horne, Joanna; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike; Lappe, Joseph De; Soysal, Pinar; Pizzol, Damiano and Kentzer, Nichola
International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(3) (pp. 498-526)

The prevalence of physical activity among informal carers: a systematic review of international literature (2022)
Lindsay, Rosie; Vseteckova, Jitka; Horne, Jo; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike; de Lappe, Joseph; Soysal, Pinar; Pizzol, Damiano and Kentzer, Nichola
Sport Sciences for Health, 18 (pp. 1071-1118)

A Systematic Review on the Prevalence of Physical Activity, and Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity, in Informal Carers in the United Kingdom (2021)
Horne, Joanna; Kentzer, Nichola; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike and Vseteckova, Jitka
Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 18(2) (pp. 212-218)

Reading Comprehension: A Computerized Intervention with Primary-age Poor Readers (2017-05-03)
Horne, Joanna Kathryn
Dyslexia, 23(2) (pp. 119-140)

Does the mean adequately represent reading performance? Evidence from a cross-linguistic study (2014-08-19)
Marinelli, Chiara V.; Horne, Joanna K.; McGeown, Sarah P.; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi and Martelli, Marialuisa
Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 903

Factors affecting the speed of free writing (2013)
Ferrier, Jonathan; Horne, Joanna and Singleton, Chris
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 13(1) (pp. 66-78)

Could healthy eating initiatives be contributing to obesity? An analysis of primary school children's packed lunches before and after a healthy eating initiative (2012-11)
Hender, Carole and Horne, Joanna
The Lancet, 380, Article S47

Computerised screening for dyslexia in adults (2009-02)
Singleton, Chris; Horne, Joanna and Simmons, Fiona
Journal of Research in Reading, 32(1) (pp. 137-152)

Brief report—Phonological awareness and visual-spatial sketchpad functioning predict early arithmetic attainment: Evidence from a longitudinal study (2008)
Simmons, Fiona; Singleton, Chris and Horne, Joanna
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 20(4) (pp. 711-722)

Gender differences in computerised and conventional educational tests (2007)
Horne, Joanna
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 23(1) (pp. 47-55)

Computer-based cognitive assessment and the development of reading (2002)
Singleton, Chris; Thomas, Kevin and Horne, Joanna
Journal of Research in Reading, 23(2) (pp. 158-180)

Computerised baseline assessment of literacy (2002)
Singleton, Chris; Horne, Joanna and Thomas, Kevin
Journal of Research in Reading, 22(1) (pp. 67-80)

Researching athletic development (2022)
Horne, Joanna
In: Heaney, Caroline; Kentzer, Nichola and Oakley, Ben eds. Athletic development: A psychological perspective (pp. 70-84)
ISBN : 9780367721022 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

Understanding the Grief and Loss Experiences of Carers: Research, Practitioner and Personal Perspectives (2024-10-01)
Jones, Kerry and Horne, Joanna eds.
Routledge Key Themes in Health and Safety
ISBN : 9781032564043 | Publisher : Routledge

Test review: SHL Verify Interactive G+ (UK English) (2024)
Horne, Jo; Johnson, Charles; Newcombe, Ian and Coyne, Iain
British Psychological Society

Test Review of Viewpoint Psychology Verbal Reasoning Test (2022-12)
Horne, Jo; Shams, Manfusa; Tate, Louisa and Coyne, Iain
The British Psychological Society, Leicester.

SpLD: Perceived barriers and facilitators to success at postgraduate study (2021-12-07)
Edwards, Rhiannon and Horne, Jo
FASSTEST, The Open University

Children's homes workforce: Call for evidence - Analysis of responses and findings from the literature review (2021-07-08)
Horne, Jo and Rome, Andrew
Department for Education, UK Government, London.

Participation in group outings, gender related profiling and preferences of outings for carers of individuals living with dementia: systematic review (2020-07-16)
Horne, Jo; Kentzer, Nichola; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike; Abington, Jane and Vseteckova, Jitka
Prospero - International prospective register of systematic reviews

Test review: Adaptive Intelligence Diagnosticum 3 (2020-07)
Johnson, Charles; Horne, Jo; Keeley, Sean and Eyre, Charles
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

A systematic review on the barriers and facilitators to physical activity in informal / unpaid carers worldwide (2020-06-26)
Vseteckova, Jitka; Horne, Joanna; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike and Kentzer, Nichola
Prospero - International prospective register of systematic reviews, CRD42020184196

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond? (2020-06-03)
Taverner, Phil; Larkin, Mary; Vseteckova, Jitka; Kentzer, Nichola; Horne, Jo; Penson, Martin; Robb, Martin; Berry, Alex; Spencer, Melinda and Methley, Abigail
Open Learn, Milton Keynes.

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers. (2020-06-03)
Vseteckova, Jitka; Kentzer, Nichola; Horne, Jo; Robb, Martin; Larkin, Mary; Berry, Alex; Spencer, Melinda; Methley, Abigail and Taverner, Phil
Open Learn, Milton Keynes.

Young carers,COVID-19 and physical activity (2020-06-03)
Vseteckova, Jitka; Kentzer, Nichola; Horne, Jo; Penson, Martin; Robb, Martin; Larkin, Mary; Berry, Alex; Spencer, Melinda; Methley, Abigail and Taverner, Phil
OpenLearn, Milton Keynes.

A systematic review on the barriers and facilitators to physical activity in informal / unpaid carers in the UK (2020-04-28)
Horne, Jo; Vseteckova, Jitka; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike and Kentzer, Nichola
Prospero

A systematic review on the prevalence of physical activity in informal / unpaid carers in the UK (2020-04-28)
Horne, Jo; Kentzer, Nichola; Smith, Lee; Trott, Mike and Vseteckova, Jitka
Prospero - International prospective register of systematic reviews

Test review: Emotional Capital Report (2020-04-07)
Gibbons, Patrick; Horne, Jo; Coyne, Iain and Eyre, Charlie
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Step 1 (MBTI Step 1) (2019-01-01)
Hinton, Daniel; Keeley, Sean; Horne, Jo and Eyre, Charlie
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Step II (MBTI - Step II) (2019-01-01)
Hinton, Daniel; Keeley, Sean; Horne, Jo and Eyre, Charlie
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review:Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - Second UK Edition (WIAT-II UK) (2012-09-11)
Lauchlan, Fraser; Arnold, Christopher; Horne, Jo and Coyne, Iain
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth UK Edition (WAIS-IV UK) (2012-03-27)
Horne, Jo; Carstairs, Kari; Baron, Helen and Coyne, Iain
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: Wechsler Memory Scale - Fourth UK Edition (WMS-IV UK) (2012-01-31)
Horne, Jo; McDonald, Angus; Marshall, Linda and Coyne, Iain
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory - Youth Version (2009-03-05)
Horne, Jo; Tate, Louisa; Newcombe, Ian and Lindley, Patricia
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: Vienna Test System - Cognitrone (2007-08-09)
Richards, Andrew; Horne, Jo; Fingleton, K and Lindley, P
British Psychological Society

Test review: Vienna Test System - Vigilance (2007-08-09)
Horne, Jo; Richards, Andrew; Fingleton, K and Lindley, Patricia
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: Vienna Test System - Signal-detection (2007-08-09)
Horne, Jo; Richards, Andrew; Fingleton, K and Lindley, Patricia
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

Test review: Vienna Test System - Reaction Test (2007-08-09)
Horne, Jo; Richards, Andrew; Fingleton, K and Lindley, Patricia
British Psychological Society, Leicester.

British Ability Scales Second Edition (BAS II) Early Years [Test Review Summary] (2004-11)
Johnson, Charles; Horne, Jo; Fingleton, K and Lindley, Patricia
The British Psychological Society, Leicester, UK.