Dr Katia Vione PhD, CPsychol, FHEA

School of Psychology
Assistant Professor in Psychology

Contact details

Email: k.correavione@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @katiaivone

Address: University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Katia is an assistant professor with expertise in quantitative research methods, individual differences, and mental health. Her research interests include development and validation of psychological measures, cognitive and social processes in clinical decision-making, and critical thinking skills.

ORCID

Qualifications

PhD Psychology, Cardiff University.

MSc Psychology, Federal University of Paraiba (Brazil)

BSc Psychology, Federal University of Paraiba (Brazil)

Biography

Dr Katia Vione graduated with a BSc in Psychology from the Federal University of Paraiba (Brazil) in 2010 and completed her MSc Psychology, at the same institution, in 2012. From 2013 to 2016, Katia received a full scholarship from Capes Foundation (Brazil) and completed her PhD at Cardiff University, which investigated the effect of social perception processes on interpersonal relationships. From 2017 to 2024, she worked at as a lecturer at the University of Derby teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Katia has been an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Birmingham since 2025.

Teaching

Dr Katia Vione primarily teaches on the MSc Mental Health Distance Learning.

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Katia Vione welcomes inquiries from prospective PhD students interested in projects on psychological processes involved in clinical decision-making, pedagogical research on critical thinking skills, and psychometrics.

Research

Research interests

Development and validation of psychological measures
cognitive and social processes in clinical decision-making
critical thinking skills.

Other activities

Teaching-Focused University Network (Committee Member)

Instituto de Ciencias da Mente Faculdade Mar Atlantico, Brazil (Research Coordinator)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Haughton, M, Correa Vione, K & Hughes, Z 2025, '‘One of the greatest injustices of our time’: The impact of social representations of modern slavery in the UK—A mixed methods approach', British Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 64, no. 1, e12824. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12824

Turner, MJ, Correa Vione, K, Simonovic, B, Stupple, E, Brooks, M & Sheffield, D 2024, 'A replication and development of the Short Cognitive Mediation Beliefs Questionnaire (CMBQ-S)', Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001447

de Lira, MDNS, Loureto, GD, Alexandrino, KE, Freires, LA, da Costa, JCA & Correa Vione, K 2024, 'Dispositional greed and life satisfaction: the role of social comparison for well-being', Psychology, Health & Medicine, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1425-1436. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2024.2331494

Mohan, A, Simonovic, B, Correa Vione, K & Stupple, E 2024, 'Examining flight time, cognitive reflection, workload, stress and metacognition on decision making performance for pilots during flight simulation', Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2404642

Nascimento, BDS, Adair, L & Correa Vione, K 2024, 'Pathways to online infidelity: the roles of perceived online dating success, perceived availability of alternative partners, and mate value discrepancy', Current Psychology, vol. 43, pp. 12782–12793. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05345-y

Colman, RD, Correa Vione, K & Kotera, Y 2024, 'Psychological risk factors for depression in the UK general population: derailment, self-criticism and self-reassurance', British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 645-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2110214

Sparks, B, Correa Vione, K & Fido, D 2023, 'Bad parents? evaluating judgements of infant homicides', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 725-747. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2206876

Simonovic, B, Correa Vione, K, Stupple, E & Doherty, A 2023, 'It is not what you think it is how you think: A critical thinking intervention enhances argumentation, analytic thinking and metacognitive sensitivity', Thinking Skills and Creativity, vol. 49, 101362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101362

Correa Vione, K & Kotera, Y 2023, 'Mindfulness-based approaches for COVID-19 mental health in working from home', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 21, pp. 1132–1138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00647-3

Nascimento, BDS, Little, AC, Monteiro, RP, Hanel, PH & Correa Vione, K 2022, 'Attachment styles and mate-retention: Exploring the mediating role of relationship satisfaction', Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 362–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000272

O'Neill, E, Clarke, P, Fido, D & Correa Vione, K 2022, 'The role of future time perspective, body awareness, and social connectedness in the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 20, pp. 1171 - 1181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00434-6

Hanel, PHP & Correa Vione, K 2016, 'Do Student Samples Provide an Accurate Estimate of the General Public?', PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168354

Gouveia, VV, Correa Vione, K, Milfont, TL & Fischer, R 2015, 'Patterns of Value Change During the Life Span: Some Evidence From a Functional Approach to Values', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167215594189

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