Department of Social Policy and Social Work

University of Oxford

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Mark Boyes

Mark Boyes
Position:
Research Officer
Telephone (+01865):
(2)70336
Email Address:
mark.boyes@spi.ox.ac.uk

Personal Info

Dr Mark Boyes joined the department as a Research Officer in November 2009. His PhD thesis (completed at the University of Western Australia) explored individual differences in how people cope with stressful situations. Since moving to Oxford Mark has been working with Dr Lucie Cluver on the 'Young Carers' project (www.youngcarers.org.za), a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the South African Government, and various NGOs. The 'Young Carers' project aims to examine the impact of being a young carer of a parent or guardian with HIV/AIDS on physical and mental health, social development, and educational outcomes. Longitudinal follow up will explore potential mechanisms through which caring for an unwell parent or guardian may influence child wellbeing.  Mark is a Junior Research Fellow of Wolfson College.

Personal website: (http://users.ox.ac.uk/~socr0153/index.html)

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Publications

  • Cluver, L., Kganakga, M, Boyes, M. (2012) 'Children affected by HIV/AIDS: Psychsocial Interventions for School-Aged Children', in Sherr, L., Heyman, J., Kidman, R. (eds) Children Affected by AIDS: Moving from Research to Action: Oxford University Press.
  • Cluver, L., Orkin, M., Boyes, M.E. & Gardner, F. (2012) 'AIDS-orphanhood and caregiver AIDS-sickness-status: Effects on psychological symptoms in South African youth', Journal of Pediatric Psychology. DOI: 10.1093/jpegsy/jss004. (IF 2.943)
  • Cluver, L.D., Orkin, M., Boyes, M.E., Gardner, F., & Meinck, F. (2011) Transactional sex amongst AIDS-orphaned and AIDS-affected adolescents predicted by abuse and extreme poverty. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 58, pp336-42. DOI:10.1097/QAI.0b013e31822f0d82.
  • Cluver, L.D., Operario, D., Gardner, F., & Boyes, M. (2011) 'A family disease: Mental health of children orphaned by AID and living with HIV+ caregivers'  in H.E. Fitzgerald, K. Puura, M. Tomlinson & C. Paul (eds) Child Psychology and mental health: Cultural and ethno-racial perspectives, vol 1: International Perspectives: Development and context, pp65-97), Santa Barbara: Praeger.
  • Boyes, M.E. & French, D.J. (2011) Does appraisal mediate the relationship between neuroticism and maladaptive coping? A pilot study in the context of university exams. Individual Differences Research, vol. 9, pp165-172.
  • Boyes, M.E. & French, D.J. (2010) Neuroticism, stress, and coping in the context of an anagram-solving task. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 380-385.
  • Boyes, M.E. & French, D.J. (2009) Having a Cyberball: Using a ball-throwing game as an experimental social stressor to examine the relationship between neuroticism and coping. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 396-401.

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