Dr Artur Brzozowski Ph.D.

Dr Artur Brzozowski

School of Psychology
Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

Contact details

Address
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Brzozowski’s workload is currently split between two programs, these are the Forensic Psychology Doctorate Practice and the BSc in Psychology. He is supporting the delivery of various research methods and forensic modules on the two programs. His primary research interest are focused on the underlying mechanisms of aggressive behaviour and self-regulatory mechanisms.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology, University of Birmingham, 2017
  • M.Sc. in Cross-cultural Psychology, University of Gdansk, 2010

Biography

Dr Brozozwski completed his masters at the University of Gdansk, Poland. His master’s thesis explores the differences in aggressive behaviour amongst practitioners of various types of martial arts. Shortly after graduation in 2010, he moved to the U.K. and was employed by St Andrews Healthcare, a mental health charity. In 2014, Dr Brzozowski joined a PhD programme at the University of Birmingham under the supervision of Dr Ian Mitchel and Dr Louise Dixon. His doctoral thesis explores the Psychological and Physiological Correlates of Emotion Regulation.

After obtaining his PhD in 2017, Dr Brzozowski has been in ongoing employment at the University of Birmingham. During the employment, he has led and taught on various undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including Antisocial Behaviour, Research Methods, Working with Offenders, and Adult Neuropsychological Syndromes.

Throughout his academic career, Artur has supervised a number of undergraduate and doctoral research projects and has recently engaged in few international research projects with scholars from Vietnam and Northern Ireland.

Teaching

Module lead:

  • Research Methods (ForenPsyD)
  • Psychometric Assessment (ForenPsyD)

Collaborative leadership:

  • Crime and Antisocial Behaviour: Theory, Research and Practice (BSc Psychology)
  • Working with Offenders (ForenPsyD)

Postgraduate supervision

Current Doctoral Trainees on the ForenPsyD route:

  • Marina Gallaher
  • Chloe Wheeler
  • Josh Cox
  • Charlotte Earwalker
  • Olivia Hopkins-Young
  • Hannah Luckman
  • Abigail Skinner

Research

Primary:

Self-regulation; emotion-regulation; underlying mechanisms of aggressive and antisocial behaviour; the autonomic nervous system; psychopathy; executive functions; intimate partner violence

Secondary:

Psychological interventions for antisocial and aggressive behaviour; sex offending; childhood exploitation

Publications

Highlight publications

Brzozowski, A, White, RG, Mitchell, IJ, Beech, AR & Gillespie, SM 2020, 'A feasibility trial of an instructed breathing course in prison to improve emotion regulation in people with substance use difficulties', Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2020.1859589

Brzozowski, A, Gillespie, SM, Dixon, L & Mitchell, IJ 2018, 'Cardiac Autonomic Function and Psychological Characteristics of Heterosexual Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Physical Aggression', Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518775748

Gillespie, SM, Brzozowski, A & Mitchell, IJ 2017, 'Self-regulation and aggressive antisocial behaviour: insights from amygdala-prefrontal and heart-brain interactions', Psychology, Crime and Law, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2017.1414816

Brzozowski, A, Gillespie, SM, Dixon, L & Mitchell, IJ 2017, 'Mindfulness Dampens Cardiac Responses to Motion Scenes of Violence', Mindfulness, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0799-6

Recent publications

Article

Brzozowski, A & Crossey, B 2024, 'Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies mediate the relationship between biased cognitions and depression', Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, vol. 34, no. 1, 100485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2024.100485

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