PhD Student, Lancaster University
Christina completed a BA in psychology and sociology at Clemson University. She holds a graduate certificate in intelligence analysis from the University of Maryland and an MSc in forensic psychology from Maastricht University. Her PhD research focuses on how contextual differences and interviewer feedback affect self-disclosure in security vetting interviews.
Christina is a postdoctoral researcher at Tilburg University’s law faculty, and her current research focuses on identity formation, maintenance, and digital trust relationships. She maintains an interest in forensic and clinical psychology, ethics, and international security.
She is supervised by Professor Paul Taylor (Lancaster) and Professor Kirk Luther (Carleton).
Recent publications
Winters, C. L., Giromini, L., Crawford, T. J., Ales, F., Viglione, D. J., & Warmelink, L. A British validation of the Inventory of Problems-29 (IOP-29): Investigating feigned schizophrenia and random responding, submitted to Journal of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
Ales, F., Giromini, L., Warmelink, L., Polden, M., Wilcockson, T., Kelly, C., Winters, C., Zennaro, A., & Crawford, T. On the use of eye tracking measures in Symptom Validity Assessment, submitted to The Clinical Neuropsychologist
Di Girolamo, M., Giromini, L., Winters, C. L., Serie, C. M. B., & de Ruiter, C. (2019). The Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy: A comparison between paper-and-pencil versus online formats in Italian samples. Journal of Personality Assessment, 101, 2, 159-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1389745
Massar, K., Winters, C. L., Lenz, S., & Jonason, P. K. (2017). Green-eyed snakes: The associations between psychopathy, jealousy, and jealousy induction. Personality and Individual Differences, 115, 1, 164-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.055
More from Christina…
Increasing Self-Disclosure in Interviews
CREST doctoral researcher Christina Winters explains how interview context and interpersonal tactics can produce more information about job candidates in sensitive roles. Pre-employment vetting...Read More »Safe Space: Examining Contextual Influences on Self-disclosure in a Security Vetting Scenario
Safe Space: Examining Contextual Influences on Self-disclosure in a Security Vetting Scenario by CREST doctoral researcher Christina Winters. This poster presents Winter’s research which investigates...Read More »Safe Space: Does Context Affect Self-Disclosure in Security Vetting?
Safe Space: Does Context Affect Self-Disclosure in Security Vetting? by CREST Doctoral Researcher Christina Winters. Winters’ poster gives an overview of her research on...Read More »