Prof Darren Langdridge
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Research interests:
- Men and masculinities
- Citizenship
- Psychology of health and well-being
- Phenomenological methodology
- Existential psychotherapy and mental health
- The use of art as a means of engaging publics
I have completed qualitative (phenomenological) research on a wide variety of topics including the construction of diverse sexual identities, young gay men’s expectations of fatherhood, sharing of genetic origins information following third-party assisted conception, the motivation for parenthood, and also on HIV/AIDS. More recently, I have been focusing my research on two themes: (i) the experience of male survivors of sexual assault, and (ii) anti-microbial stewardship.
I also have interests in psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic theory and research and am a UKCP accredited existential psychotherapist maintaining a small private practice. This enables me to bring together my theoretical work on existentialism, phenomenology and hermeneutics with people practically engaged in constructing and reconstructing their identities.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Gender Psychology
- Political Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
- Sociology, Social Networks
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2:54 Lived Experiences and Becoming Phenomenological Psychologists
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4:51 Distinctions Between Phenomenological Psychology and Other Perspectives in Social Psychology
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32:56 Kink, Pathology and Perversion: A Critique
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24:08 Stories of Sexual Citizenship: Conviction and Critique
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Books:
- Langdridge, D. (2024). Sexual citizenship and social change: A dialectical approach to narratives of tradition and critique. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Langdridge, D. (2012). Existential counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage.
- Langdridge, D. (2007). Phenomenological psychology: Theory, research and method. Harlow: Pearson Education.
- Langdridge, D., & Barker, M. (Eds.). (2007). Safe, sane and consensual: Contemporary perspectives on sadomasochism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Langdridge, D. & Hagger-Johnson, G. (2013). Introduction to research methods and data analysis in psychology, 3rd edition. Harlow: Pearson Education.
Journal Articles:
- Bartos, S. & Langdridge, D. (2019). Queer resilience: a thematic meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Psychology & Sexuality, 10(3), 234-247, doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2019.1596973.
- Butt, T., & Langdridge, D. (2003). The construction of self: The public reach into the private sphere. Sociology, 37(3), 477-494.
- Dickson, A., Smith, M., Smith, F., Park, J., King, C., Currie, K., Langdridge, D., Davis, M. & Flowers, P. (2019). Understanding the context of antimicrobial resistance - related behaviours between pet owners and their companion animals: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine, 7(1), 45-61.
- Flowers, P., & Langdridge, D. (2007). Offending the other: Deconstructing narratives of deviance and pathology. British Journal of Social Psychology, 46(3), 679-690.
- Langdridge, D. (2007). Gay affirmative therapy: A theoretical framework and defence. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 11(1/2), 27-43.
- Langdridge, D. (2006). Ideology and utopia: Social psychology and the social imaginary of Paul Ricoeur. Theory and Psychology, 16(5), 641-659.
- Langdridge, D. (2006). Voices from the margins: SM and sexual citizenship. Citizenship Studies, 10(4), 373-389.
- Langdridge, D. (2004). The hermeneutic phenomenology of Paul Ricoeur: Problems and possibilities for existential-phenomenological psychotherapy. Existential Analysis, 15(2), 243-255.
- Langdridge, D. (2003). Hermeneutic phenomenology: Arguments for a new social psychology. History and Philosophy of Psychology, 5(1), 30-45.
- Langdridge, D., & Butt, T. (2004). A hermeneutic phenomenological investigation of the construction of sadomasochistic identities. Sexualities, 7(1), 31-53.
- Langdridge, D., & Butt, T. W. (2004). The fundamental attribution error: A phenomenological critique. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43(3), 357-369.
- Langdridge, D., Connolly, K. J., & Sheeran, P. (2000). A network analytic study of the reasons for wanting a child. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 18(4), 321-338.
- Langdridge, D., Davis, M., Gozdzielewska, L., McParland, J., Williams, L., Mairi Young, M., Smith, F., MacDonald, J., Price, L. & Flowers, P. (2019). The effectiveness of interventions to increase antimicrobial stewardship: a visual affective analysis. British Journal of Health Psychology, 24, 66-87, doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12339.
- Langdridge, D., Flowers, P. & Carney, D. (2023). Male survivors’ experience of sexual assault and support: a scoping review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 70, article no. 101838, doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2023.101838.
- Langdridge, D., Flowers, P., Riddell, J., Boydell, N., Teal, G., Coia, N. & McDaid., L. (2021). A qualitative examination of affect and ideology within mass media interventions to increase HIV testing with gay men garnered from a systematic review. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26(1), 132-160, doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12461.
- Langdridge, D., Gabb, J. & Lawson, J. (2021). Working with group-level data in phenomenological research: a modified visual matrix method. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 18(2), 271-293, doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1499838.
- Langdridge, D., Gabb, J. & Lawson, J. (2019). Art as a pathway to impact: an ‘affective’ evaluation. The Sociological Review, 67(3), 585-601, doi.org/10.1177/0038026118822822.
- Langdridge, D. & Lawson, J. (2019). The psychology of puppy play: a phenomenological investigation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(7), 2201-2215, doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01476-1.
- Langdridge, D., Lynden, J. & Dennis, A. (2024). Lay theories of decreasing homophobia in the UK among an older heterosexual cohort. Psychology & Sexuality, 15(3), 384-397.
- Langdridge, D. & Parchev, O. (2018). Transgression versus (sexual) citizenship: political resistance and the struggle for self-determination within BDSM communities. Citizenship Studies, 22(7), 667-684.
- Langdridge, D., Sheeran, P., & Connolly, K. J. (2007). Analyzing additional variables in the theory of reasoned action. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37(8), 1884-1913.
- Lawson, J. & Langdridge, D. (2020). History, culture and practice of puppy play. Sexualities, 23(4), 574-591, doi:10.1177/1363460719839914.
- McParland, J.L., Williams, L., Gozdzielewska, L., Young, M., Smith, F., MacDonald, J., Langdridge, D., Davis, M., Price, L & Flowers, P. (2018). What are the ‘active ingredients’ of interventions targeting the public’s engagement with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and how might they work? British Journal of Health Psychology, 23(4), 804-819.
- Price L., Gozdzielewska L., Young M., Smith F., MacDonald J., McParland J., Williams L., Langdridge D., Davis M., & Flowers P. (2018). Effectiveness of interventions to improve the public’s antimicrobial resistance awareness and behaviours associated with prudent use of antimicrobials: a systematic review. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 73(6), 1464-1478.
- Thirkettle, M., Lewis, J., Langdridge, D. & Pike, G. (2018). OU Brainwave: a gamified battery of cognitive tests designed for repeated play. JMIR Serious Games, 6(4), e10519, doi.org/10.2196/10519.
Courses Taught:
- Counselling: Exploring Fear and Sadness
- Introduction to Counselling
- Social Psychology: Critical Perspectives on Self and Others
Prof Darren Langdridge
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Walton Hall
The Open University
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
United Kingdom
- Phone: 44 (0) 1908-653231
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