Dr Kimberly More

Dr Kimberly More

Lecturer in Health Psychology

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2168
Email
krm24@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Dr. Kimberly R. More is a Health and Social Psychologist passionate about helping people engage with and maintain health-promoting behaviours. Her research explores how individuals can adopt and sustain behaviours such as taking medications as prescribed, eating more plant-based foods, being physically active, and spending time in green and blue spaces. She approaches health through a biopsychosocial lens, recognising that behaviours are shaped not only by personal circumstances and choices but also by the communities and social environments around us.

At the individual level, Dr. More investigates the psychological factors that support or hinder healthy behaviours, including body image, identity, habits, and motivation. She also examines how social influences, such as norms, group identity, and community resilience, affect the way people live healthier lives. Her work bridges social and health psychology to explore the intersection of individual and social factors in shaping health behaviour, from initial engagement to long-term maintenance.

Dr. More employs a wide range of research methods, including observational studies, randomised controlled trials, and fully factorial intervention designs with longitudinal follow-ups. She also works directly with communities using co-design approaches to ensure that interventions are practical, effective, and tailored to real-world needs.

She has secured over £2.7 million in research funding, including a prestigious Personal Research Fellowship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh as Principal Investigator, and support from the UKRI Collaborative Community Research to Tackle Health Inequalities pathway as Co-Investigator. In this project, she co-leads the quantitative workstream and contributes to social prescribing initiatives. The research challenges traditional medical models of health, exploring how places can reimagine systems for equitable wellbeing.

Through her work, Dr. More aims to create evidence-based solutions that empower individuals and communities to live healthier, more resilient lives, combining scientific insight with the needs and lived experiences of individuals to create practical real-world impact.

Selected publications

  • Lim, C., Grant, S., Rodriguez, A., More, K., Chilcot, K., McAllistair, J., Thomas, E., De Andrade, M., Radley, A., Dillon, J. & Mossey, P., 26 Feb 2026.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Rodriguez, A., Lim, C., Grant, S., Chilcott, K., More, K., Thomas, B., Radley, A., Donaldson, S., Dillon, J., Mossey, P. & de Andrade, M., 23 Apr 2026.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Open access
    Marathia, E., Duffy, S., Stephen, A., More, K. & Saunders, B., 14 Mar 2026, In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 14, 1, 2644658.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    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

  • Caldwell, A. & More, K., 4 Nov 2025.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Open access
    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

  • Thomas, E., More, K., Lim, C., Rodriguez, A., Mossey, P. & Grant, S., 4 Dec 2025, PROSPERO.

    Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  • Open access
    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

  • Open access
    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

  • Open access
    Saunders, B. & More, K., 1 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Personality. 93, 2, p. 233-246

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review