# Nickola Overall

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{{Short description|New Zealand professor of psychology}}
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'''Nickola Christine Overall''' (born 1974) is a New Zealand academic, and is a professor of psychology at the [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland), specialising in relationship, family and couples psychology. She is especially interested in communication strategies to overcome conflict.

== Early life and education ==
Overall was born in [Te Kūiti](/source/Te_K%C5%ABiti) in 1974 and completed a [PhD](/source/PhD) titled ''Why do people try to change their intimate relationships?: the regulation function of ideal standards '' at the [University of Canterbury](/source/University_of_Canterbury), supervised by Garth Fletcher.<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Why do people try to change their intimate relationships?: the regulation function of ideal standards |last=Overall |first=Nickola |type=PhD thesis |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10092/4772 |date=2005|hdl=10092/4772 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Overall |first=Nickola |title=Overall, Nickola C. |date=2016 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences |pages=1–2 |editor-last=Zeigler-Hill |editor-first=Virgil |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_273-1 |access-date=2024-03-29 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_273-1 |isbn=978-3-319-28099-8 |editor2-last=Shackelford |editor2-first=Todd K.|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== Academic career ==

After completing her doctorate, Overall joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=University of Auckland REACH lab |title=Nickola Overall |url=https://relationships.auckland.ac.nz/our-people/nickola-overall/}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=University of Auckland |title=Academic profile: Professor Nickola Overall |url=https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/n-overall |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=profiles.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref>

Overall's research focuses on healthy relationships, and how to achieve them, or as she describes it, "I study why relationships screw us up and what we can do about it".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Take 10 with... Nickola Overall – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/science/our-research/take-10-with/take-10-with-psychology/take-10-with-nickola-overall.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref> This involves researching topics such as [emotional regulation](/source/Emotional_self-regulation), [attachment insecurity](/source/Attachment_disorder), attitudes to power, and [sexist](/source/Sexism) attitudes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Nickola Overall |url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/rising/nickola-overall.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Association for Psychological Science – APS |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2021 |title=Member spotlight: Nickola Overall {{!}} SPSP |url=https://spsp.org/news/member-spotlights/nickola-overall |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=spsp.org}}</ref> She has also studied the effect of lockdowns on family relationships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The idea of a new normal is a mistake, say wellbeing researchers |url=https://tewahanui.nz/health/the-idea-of-a-new-normal-is-a-mistake,-say-wellbeing-researchers |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=tewahanui.nz}}</ref> Overall is especially interested in communication strategies used by couples in relationships to overcome conflict.<ref name=":2" /> Overall's research has found that most people in a relationship want to change something about their partner, but few have success in doing so and trying in the wrong way can negatively affect the relationship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-30 |title=You can change your partner – but beware |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/you-can-change-your-partner-but-beware/RQHVPQDC54OU5LKSJ5MEGMRNTU/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

Overall was a principal investigator on a 2017 [Marsden grant](/source/Marsden_grant) ''Conflict recovery in families: Why inevitable conflict does not have to be detrimental'', in collaboration with [Annette Henderson](/source/Annette_Henderson) and Elizabeth Peterson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search Marsden awards 2008–2017 |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/marsden/awarded-grants/search-marsden-awards/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Overall has also received research funding from the Auckland Medical Research Foundation and the Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust.<ref name=":1" />

Overall has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the ''[Journal of Personality and Social Psychology](/source/Journal_of_Personality_and_Social_Psychology)'' and ''[Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin](/source/Personality_and_Social_Psychology_Bulletin).''<ref name=":0" />

== Honours and awards ==

* Fellow of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellows {{!}} SPSP |url=https://spsp.org/membership/fellows |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=spsp.org}}</ref>
* Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Fellows |url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/fellows |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Association for Psychological Science – APS |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2016 [Gerald R. Miller](/source/Gerald_R._Miller) Award for Early Career Achievement from the [International Association for Relationship Research](/source/International_Association_for_Relationship_Research)<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=LLC |first=Sanibel Technologies |title=IARR – Award Winners |url=https://iarr.org/award-winners.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=iarr.org}}</ref>
* 2014 [Caryl Rusbult](/source/Caryl_Rusbult) Close Relationships Early Career Award for outstanding contributions to relationship science, awarded by the [Society for Personality and Social Psychology](/source/Society_for_Personality_and_Social_Psychology)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rusbult Young Investigator Award {{!}} SPSP |url=https://spsp.org/membership/awards/earlycareer/rusbult-young-investigator-award |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=spsp.org}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
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* {{Cite Q|Q125213708}}

== References ==
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== External links ==

* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3H9m00yCg The behaviours of people with attachment anxiety]'' | PhD: Unpacked, interview with Nickola Overall, via YouTube
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HdcgrySfyk Dr Nickola Overall on the impact of gender roles in parenting]'', Interview of Nickola Overall by [Michael Laws](/source/Michael_Laws) on [The Platform](/source/The_Platform_(radio_station)), via YouTube
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