Dr Kim Drake

Senior Lecturer, Psychology

+44 (0) 1792 295928

k.e.drake@swansea.ac.uk

Research Links

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

My primary research expertise: (i) Forensic Psychology: specifically, police investigative interviewing; interrogative suggestibility; compliance and false confessions, and (ii) Developmental Psychology: the effects of attachment, contextual risk factors and stress-sensitivity on the development of suggestibility, compliance and psychopathology; and (iii) quantitative research methods – statistical modelling (regression, factor analysis, structural equation modelling and longitudinal data analysis especially).

Alongside academic activities, I have acted as a consultant for police forces and miscarriage of justice organisations. Additional professional involvements include ad hoc peer reviewing and editorial board duties.

BSc (Hons), Psychology, University of Leicester
DPhil, Psychology, University of Leicester

Areas Of Expertise

Police investigative interviewing
Identifying and assessing psychological vulnerability
Interrogative suggestibility and false confessions
Developmental psychopathology (attachment; vulnerability and resilience)
Statistical modelling

Publications

Research Highlights

Drake, K. & Egan, V. (2015). Investigating gender differences in the factor structure of the Gudjonsson Compliance Scale. Legal and Criminological Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12081, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24942
Drake, K., Gonzalez, R., Sigurdsson, J., Sigfusdottir, I., & Gudjonsson, G. (2017). A national study into temperament as a critical susceptibility factor for reported false confessions amongst adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 111, 220-226.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.022, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33710
Drake, K., Sigfusdottir, I., Sigurdsson, J., & Gudjonsson, G. (2015). An investigation into the interplay between the reported witnessing and experiencing of physical violence within the home, the death of a parent or sibling, latent stress-sensitivity levels, and reported false confessions in males. Personality and Individual Differences, 88, 114-119.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.047, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24944
Drake, K., Sigfusdottir, I., Sigurdsson, J., & Gudjonsson, G. (2015). Gender differences in the interplay between exposure to trauma and parental disturbances within the home, stress-sensitivity and reported false confessions in adolescents.. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 282-287.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24945
Drake, K., Gudjonsson, G., Sigfusdottir, I., & Sigurdsson, J. (2014). An investigation into the relationship between the reported experience of negative life events, trait stress-sensitivity and false confessions among further education students in Iceland. Personality and Individual Differences: Special Issue: Young Researcher Award 2014, 81, 135-140.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24943

All Research

Journal Articles

Drake, K., Gonzalez, R., Sigurdsson, J., Sigfusdottir, I., & Gudjonsson, G. (2017). A national study into temperament as a critical susceptibility factor for reported false confessions amongst adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 111, 220-226.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.022, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33710
Drake, K., Sigfusdottir, I., Sigurdsson, J., & Gudjonsson, G. (2015). Gender differences in the interplay between exposure to trauma and parental disturbances within the home, stress-sensitivity and reported false confessions in adolescents.. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 282-287.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24945
Drake, K., Sigfusdottir, I., Sigurdsson, J., & Gudjonsson, G. (2015). An investigation into the interplay between the reported witnessing and experiencing of physical violence within the home, the death of a parent or sibling, latent stress-sensitivity levels, and reported false confessions in males. Personality and Individual Differences, 88, 114-119.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.047, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24944
Drake, K. & Egan, V. (2015). Investigating gender differences in the factor structure of the Gudjonsson Compliance Scale. Legal and Criminological Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12081, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24942
Drake, K., Gudjonsson, G., Sigfusdottir, I., & Sigurdsson, J. (2014). An investigation into the relationship between the reported experience of negative life events, trait stress-sensitivity and false confessions among further education students in Iceland. Personality and Individual Differences: Special Issue: Young Researcher Award 2014, 81, 135-140.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24943
Drake, K., Belsky, J., & Fearon, R. (2014). From early attachment to engagement with learning in school: The role of self-regulation and persistence.. Developmental Psychology: Special Issue on Conscientiousness and Healthy Ageing, 50, 1350-1361.
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032779, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24946

Supervision

The impact, utility and efficiency of screening and consultation processes within the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Jason Davies

Career History

Lecturer in Psychology, London

2012 - 2015
Academic Support Tutor, Brunel

2011 - 2012
Visiting Research Associate, London

2011 - 2012

Dr Kim Drake

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Supervision

The impact, utility and efficiency of screening and consultation processes within the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (current)

Career History

Lecturer in Psychology, London

Academic Support Tutor, Brunel

Visiting Research Associate, London