Nicola Graham-Kevan
Clinical psychologist researching violent behavior
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Education
Graham-Kevan obtained a bachelor of science degree in psychology with law in 1997, a Ph.D. in the psychology of violence in 2004 and a master's degree in forensic psychology in 2006, all at the University of Central Lancashire. Under the guidance of John Archer, she wrote her doctoral thesis on physical aggression and controlling behaviours within relationships.
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Domestic violence research
Graham-Kevan conducts research on domestic violence. She has studied in the relationship between coercive control and domestic violence being the first to test Johnson's coercive control typology empirically, the effectiveness of perpetrator treatment programmes, protective factors in victim recovery, male victims of domestic violence and the impact of traumatic exposure during employment within emergency services.
Perpetrator treatment
Graham-Kevan has studied treatment programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence. With co-authors, she has found that in order to effectively intervene, it is necessary to know the function that the violence serves for the perpetrator, whether it is for example used to bully a partner into acceding to wishes, to resolve conflict, to manage fear of abandonment or to manage difficult emotions. Perpetrator treatment programmes that she has developed are used in prisons for example Inner Strength for male domestic violence inmates and in community settings for both men and women.
Media attention
Graham-Kevan has been interviewed and quoted by both national and international media regarding aggression and domestic violence, including The Independent, El Mundo, the International Business Times, and Marie Claire.