Professor Adrian Coyle
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am a Social Psychologist and my research and publications have principally addressed psychological issues in identity, religion and society, loss and bereavement, and sexualities. Much of this work has been framed in terms of social psychological approaches, theories and concepts.
The vast majority of my research is qualitative: I have contributed to the promotion of qualitative research in British psychology and remain a keen advocate of its value in developing insightful and useful answers to important contemporary questions.
I was co-editor of the award-winning book, Lesbian & Gay Psychology: New Perspectives (with Celia Kitzinger: BPS Blackwell, 2002), and of Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology (with Evanthia Lyons: SAGE, 2007, 2016, 2021), which is now in its third edition.
I retired in 2019 but continue to write and research.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) (First Class) Psychology with Philosophy (University College Dublin, 1986)
- PhD Psychology (University of Surrey, 1991)
- MA (Distinction) Psychology of Religion (Heythrop College, University of London, 2010)
- MA (Distinction) Christian Theology (Heythrop College, University of London, 2014)
Domains
Courses taught
I have (co-)supervised the research of 13 PhD graduates and over 80 Practitioner Doctorate graduates.
Most recent PhD graduates:
- Katharine Clifford (2021) – '"It's actually not as bad as it seems": Understanding the process of resilience for children with a visible difference during the secondary school transition' (co-supervised with Dr Jess Prior and Dr Chris Hewer)
- Neus Beascoechea Seguà (2020) – 'Rethinking power: British Muslim women's understandings, experiences and performances of power' (co-supervised with Professor Evanthia Lyons)
- Ben Colliver (2019) – 'The normalcy of hate: A critical exploration of micro-crimes targeting transgender people' (co-supervised with Dr Joanna Jamel and with Dr Marisa Silvestri, University of Kent)
- Alice Herron (2019, University of Surrey) – ‘Godless mystics – Atheists and their mystical experiences: Towards a grounded theory' (co-supervised with Dr Emma Williams, University of Surrey)
- Abdallah Eric Rothman (2019) – ‘Building an Islamic psychology and psychotherapy: A grounded theory study'
As I am now retired, I am no longer accepting new PhD students.
Specialisms
- Identity
- Religion and society
- Loss and bereavement
- Mental health and psychotherapy
- Qualitative research approaches and methods
Publications
Analysing qualitative data in psychology
(2021). London, U.K.: (Sage Publications Ltd.)
Lesbian and gay psychology : new perspectives
(2002). Oxford, U.K.: (British Psychological Society and Blackwell Publishers Ltd.)
The clinical scope of Islamic psychotherapy : a grounded theory study
Rothman, A. and Coyle, A., 2023, Spirituality in Clinical Practice (10), 1, pp 4-19
Alternative 'Lives Matter' formulations in online discussions about Black Lives Matter : use, support and resistance
Goodman, Simon, Tafi, Vanessa and Coyle, Adrian, 2022
A qualitative analysis of psychosocial needs and support impacts in families affected by young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) : the role of community and peer support
Steffen, Edith Maria, Timotijevic, Lada and Coyle, Adrian, 2020, European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (19), 8, pp 681-690
'Risk of sexual violence against women and girls' in the construction of 'gender-neutral toilets' : a discourse analysis of comments on YouTube videos
Colliver, Ben and Coyle, Adrian, 2020, Journal of Gender-Based Violence (4), 3
Religious identity in the workplace : a systematic review, research agenda, and practical implications
Héliot, YingFei, Gleibs, Ilka H., Coyle, Adrian, Rousseau, Denise M. and Rojon, Céline, 2020, Human Resource Management (59), 2, pp 153-173
Conceptualizing an Islamic psychotherapy : a grounded theory study
Rothman, Abdallah and Coyle, Adrian, 2020, Spirituality in Clinical Practice (7), 3, pp 197-213
Sensitive issues, complex categories, and sharing festivals : Malay Muslim students' perspectives on interfaith engagement in Malaysia
Fernandez, E and Coyle, Adrian, 2019, Political Psychology (40), 1, pp 37-53
Toward a framework for Islamic psychology and psychotherapy : an Islamic model of the soul
Rothman, Abdallah and Coyle, Adrian, 2018, Journal of Religion and Health (57), 5, pp 1731-1744
Time, space, power and the liminal transformation of the psychologised "self"
Slater, Roy and Coyle, Adrian, 2017, (27), 3, pp 369-388
'I thought they should know...that daddy is not completely gone' : a case study of sense-of-presence experiences in bereavement and family meaning-making
Steffen, Edith and Coyle, Adrian, 2017, Omega: Journal of Death and Dying (74), 4, pp 363-385
'A good method of quitting smoking' or 'just an alternative to smoking'? Comparative evaluations of e-cigarette and traditional cigarette usage by dual users
Vandrevala, Tushna, Coyle, Adrian, Walker, Victoria, Torres, Joshelyn Cabrera, Ordona, Izobel and Rahman, Panna, 2017, Health Psychology Open (4), 1
Psychotherapeutic practitioners' views of the efficacy of mindfulness for the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : a qualitative key informant analysis
Potter, Kate and Coyle, Adrian, 2017, European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling (19), 2, pp 124-140
'That boy needs therapy' : constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics
Hadjiosif, Miltiades and Coyle, Adrian, 2017, European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling (19), 4, pp 357-377
An idiographic analysis of women's accounts of living with mental health conditions in Haredi Jewish communities.
Whiteley, Charlotte, Coyle, Adrian and Gleeson, Kate, 2017, (20), 3, pp 277-293
Perceived influences on post-diagnostic dietary change among a group of men with prostate cancer
Kassianos, A.P., Coyle, A. and Raats, M.M., 2015, European Journal Of Cancer Care (24), 6, pp 818-826
The cigarette box as an advertising vehicle in the UK : a case for plain packaging
Dewe, Michaela, Ogden, Jane and Coyle, Adrian, 2015, Journal of Health Psychology (20), 7, pp 954-962
Exploring nature experiences of people with visual impairments = Vivir la naturaleza con una discapacidad visual
Shaw, Bryony, Coyle, Adrian, Gatersleben, Birgitta and Ungar, Simon, 2015, Psyecology (6), 3, pp 287-327
Reflections on a study of responses to research on smoking: a pragmatic, pluralist variation on a qualitative psychological theme
Dewe, Michaela and Coyle, Adrian, 2014, Review of Social Studies: Methodological Choices and Challenges (1), 1, pp 21-36
Emotion and self-regulation in deliberate personal change : a case study analysis
Lopes, Paulo Nuno, Coyle, Adrian and Gallie, Jack, 2014, Psicologia: Revista da Associacao Portuguesa de Psicologia (28), 1, pp 19 - 31
"They never listen" : towards a grounded theory of the role played by trusted adults in the spiritual lives of children
Karlsen, May Lene, Coyle, Adrian and Williams, Emma, 2014, (17), 3, pp 297 - 312
Threat, victimhood, and peace : debating the 2011 Palestinian UN state membership bid
Jaspal, Rusi and Coyle, Adrian, 2014, Digest of Middle East Studies (23), 1, pp 190 - 214
The governing of the self/the self-governing self : multi-rater/source feedback and practices 1940-2011
Slater, Rory and Coyle, Adrian, 2014, (24), 2, pp 233 - 255
Person-based cognitive therapy groups for distressing voices : a thematic analysis of participant experiences of the therapy
May, Katherine, Strauss, Clara, Coyle, Adrian and Hayward, Mark, 2014, Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches (6), 1, pp 16 - 26
The relationship between Adomnan of Iona's ' Life of St Columba ' and Celtic Christianity/spirituality
Coyle, Adrian, 2012, Journal for the Study of Spirituality (2), 1, pp 77-90
Critical responses to faith development theory : a useful agenda for change?
Coyle, Adrian, 2011, Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie (33), 3, pp 281 - 298
The social psychology of religion : current research themes
Coyle, Adrian and Lyons, Evanthia, 2011, (21), 6, pp 461 - 467
The psychotherapeutic tales of five gay men in Greece
Spiliotis, Dimitri, Brown, Dora and Coyle, Adrian, 2011, Psychology of Sexualities Reveiw (2), 1, pp 25 - 40
Sense of presence experiences and meaning-making in bereavement : a qualitative analysis
Steffen, Edith and Coyle, Adrian, 2011, Death Studies (35), 7, pp 579 - 609
Religion, spirituality and therapeutic practice
Coyle, Adrian and Lochner, Jenny, 2011, Psychologist (24), 4, pp 264 - 266
Discourses of friendship between heterosexual women and gay men : mythical norms and an absence of desire
Shepperd, Dan, Coyle, Adrian and Hegarty, Peter, 2010, (20), 2, pp 205 - 224
"Arabic is the language of the Muslims - that's how it was supposed to be" : exploring language and religious identity through reflective accounts from young British-born South Asians
Jaspal, Rusi and Coyle, Adrian, 2010, (13), 1, pp 17 - 36
Can " sense of presence " experiences in bereavement be conceptualised as spiritual phenomena?
Steffen, Edith and Coyle, Adrian, 2010, (13), 3, pp 273 - 291
' My language, my people ' : language and ethnic identity among British-born South Asians
Jaspal, Rusi and Coyle, Adrian, 2010, South Asian Diaspora (2), 2, pp 201 - 218
Language and perceptions of identity threat
Jaspal, Rusi and Coyle, Adrian, 2009, (2), 2, pp 150 - 167
The ethical challenge of working with spiritual difference: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of practitioners' accounts
Jackson, Joanna and Coyle, Adrian, 2009, Counselling Psychology Review (24), pp 86 - 99
Reconciling social psychology and sociolinguistics can have some benefits : language and identity among second generation British Asians
Jaspal, Rusi and Coyle, Adrian, 2009, Social Psychological Review (11), 2, pp 3 - 14
Qualitative methods and 'the (partly) ineffable' in psychological research on religion and spirituality
Coyle, Adrian, 2008, Qualitative Research in Psychology (5), 1, pp 56 - 67
The rhetoric of acculturation : when integration means assimilation
Bowskill, Matt, Lyons, Evanthia and Coyle, Adrian, 2007, British Journal of Social Psychology (46), 4, pp 793 - 813
Countertransference issues in psychotherapy with lesbian and gay clients
Milton, M, Coyle, A and Legg, C, 2005, (7), 3, pp 181 - 197
Death and football : an analysis of men's talk about emotions
Walton, Chris, Coyle, Adrian and Lyons, Evanthia, 2004, British Journal of Social Psychology (43), 3, pp 401 - 416
Can parental responses to adult children with schizophrenia be conceptualized in terms of loss and grief? A case study analysis.
Osborne, James and Coyle, Adrian, 2002, Counselling Psychology Quarterly (15), 4, pp 307-323
Young people's accounts of homelessness : a case study analysis of psychological well-being and identity.
Riggs, Esther H. and Coyle, Adrian, 2002, Counselling Psychology Review (17), 3, pp 5-15
The experience of hearing voices
Knudson, Benjamin and Coyle, Adrian, 2002, Existential Analysis (13), pp 117-134
Parents' experiences of caring for sons and daughters with schizophrenia : a qualitative analysis of coping
Knudson, Benjamin and Coyle, Adrian, 2002, European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling (5), 2, pp 169-183
Jewish gay men's accounts of negotiating cultural, religious, and sexual identity : a qualitative study
Coyle, Adrian and Rafalin, Deborah, 2001, (12), 4, pp 21-48
Introduction to qualitative psychological research
Coyle, Adrian (2021). In: Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) and Coyle, Adrian, (eds.), Analysing qualitative data in psychology. London, U.K.: Sage Publications Ltd., pp 11-34
Discourse analysis
Coyle, Adrian (2021). In: Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) and Coyle, Adrian, (eds.), Analysing qualitative data in psychology. London, U.K.: Sage Publications Ltd., pp 270-294
The 'online othering' of transgender people in relation to 'gender neutral toilets'
Colliver, Ben, Coyle, Adrian and Silvestri, Marisa (2019). In: Lumsden, Karen, (eds.) and Harmer, Emily, (eds.), Online othering : exploring digital violence and discrimination on the web. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 215-237
Grieving alone? Towards an understanding of the experience of bereaved single parents : an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Xenaki, Maria and Coyle, Adrian (2014). In: Rotar, Marius, (eds.), Teodorescu, Adriana, (eds.) and Rotar, Corina, (eds.), Dying and death in 18th-21st century Europe. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp 396 - 423
Qualitative approaches to research using identity process theory
Coyle, Adrian and Murtagh, Niamh (2014). In: Jaspal, Rusi, (ed.), Identity process theory : identity, social action and social change. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, pp 41 - 64
' Sense of presence ' experiences in bereavement and their relationship to mental health : a critical examination of a continuing controversy
Steffen, Edith and Coyle, Adrian (2012). In: Murray, Craig, (ed.), Mental health and anomalous experience. Hauppauge, U.S.: Nova Science Publishers, pp 33 - 56
'There you are man': men's use of emotion discourses and their negotiation of emotional subject positions
Walton, Chris, Coyle, Adrian and Lyons, Evanthia (2003). In: Harre, Rom, (eds.) and Moghaddam, Fathali, (eds.), The self and others : positioning individuals and groups in personal, political, and cultural contexts. Westport, U.S.: Greenwood Publishing Group, pp 45-60
Serving all the community? The views and preferences of lesbian and gay consumers of health care
Poria, Y, Coyle, A and Desombre, T (2001). In: Davies, HTO, (eds.), Tavakoli, M, (eds.) and Malek, M, (eds.), Quality in health care : strategic issues in health care management. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, pp 184 - 197
'Health dividends' : the use of co-operative inquiry as a health promotion intervention with a group of unemployed women
Daniels, M. and Coyle, A. (1993). In: Trent, Dennis R., (eds.) and Reed, Colin, (eds.), Promotion of Mental Health. Aldershot, U.K.: Avebury Ashgate Publishing Limited, pp 207 - 220
Psychological well-being and gay identity : some suggestions for promoting mental health among gay men
Coyle, A. and Daniels, M. (1993). In: Trent, Dennis R., (eds.) and Reed, Colin, (eds.), Promotion of Mental Health 1992. Aldershot, U.K.: Avebury Ashgate Publishing Limited, pp 189 - 206
The construction of gay identity
Coyle, Adrian Gerard (1991), PhD thesis, University of Surrey