Dr Jala Rizeq

  • Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology (Mental Health & Wellbeing)

Biography

Jala is a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Glasgow. She joined the Mental Health and Wellbeing group in 2021. Jala has a BA (Honours) in Psychology and an MA and PhD in Clinical Developmental Psychology from York University, Toronto, ON. While completing her MA and PhD degrees, Jala conducted research on cognitive development, rational thinking, and individual differences in contaminated mindware. During her time at York, she also developed and co-lead a project on the negative sequelae of lifetime trauma exposure. 

Jala completed most of her clinical training at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, where she worked with children, youth and families in both assessment and intervention settings. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. There she conducted both clinical work and research, with a particular focus on families’ mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19.

Research interests

Jala’s research focuses on child and youth mental health. She is particularly interested in examining the impact of adverse and stressful life events, including global issues such as climate change, on developmental psychopathology. Jala hopes to delineate the diverse developmental pathways to serious mental health difficulties and disparities in young people.

Publications

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2025

Olsen R., J. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Dundas, R. , Rizeq, J. , Baranyi, G., Katikireddi, S. V. and Pell, J. (2025) Linkages between socioeconomic inequalities, pro-environmental behaviours, climate change concerns and experiences, and wellbeing outcomes in England. Sustainable Environment, (Accepted for Publication)

Rizeq, J. , Kennedy, M., Miseih, K., Liao, W. and Sonuga-Barke, E. J. S. (2025) Early childhood deprivation and the impact of negative life events on mental health in later life: a test of the stress sensitization hypothesis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1393107. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1393107)

2024

Niedzwiedz, C. L. et al. (2024) Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, (doi: 10.1136/jech-2024-222716) (PMID:39694671) (Early Online Publication)

Korczak, D. J. et al. (2024) The trajectory of depression and anxiety among children and adolescents over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research, 339, 116101. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116101) (PMID:39068897)

Rizeq, J. and Ojala, M. (2024) Climate worry and hope have different associations with well-being and climate-friendly behaviors across young people from Sweden and Qatar. Ecopsychology, (doi: 10.1089/eco.2024.0002) (Early Online Publication)

Rizeq, J. , Burton, C. L., Arnold, P. D. and Crosbie, J. (2024) The influence of functional impairment in a network of child and adolescent psychopathology domains. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 46, pp. 484-494. (doi: 10.1007/s10862-023-10100-5)

Minnis, H. et al. (2024) The bio-exposome: intracellular processes, stress physiology and the environment. Nature Mental Health, 2(2), pp. 132-140. (doi: 10.1038/s44220-023-00180-3)

Rizeq, J. , Kennedy, M., Kreppner, J., Maughan, B. and Sonuga-Barke, E. (2024) Understanding the prospective associations between neuro-developmental problems, bullying victimization, and mental health: lessons from a longitudinal study of institutional deprivation. Development and Psychopathology, 36(1), pp. 40-49. (doi: 10.1017/S095457942200089X)

Rizeq, J. (2024) Affective forecasting and psychopathology: a scoping review. Clinical Psychology Review, 108, 102392. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102392)

2023

Leroux, E. J., Rizeq, J. and Skilling, T. A. (2023) Measurement invariance of the Youth Self-Report across youth who have committed sexual and nonsexual offenses. Psychological Assessment, 35(10), pp. 821-829. (doi: 10.1037/pas0001266) (PMID:37732962)

Rizeq, J. and Toplak, M. E. (2023) Measuring judgment and decision-making in developmental samples: assessment of the generation of cognitively sophisticated responses and implications for the study of creative cognition. In: Ball, Linden J. and Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition. Routledge, pp. 284-307. ISBN 9780367443788 (doi: 10.4324/9781003009351-20)

Rizeq, J. et al. (2023) Vulnerability pathways to mental health outcomes in children and parents during COVID-19. Current Psychology, 42(20), pp. 17348-17358. (doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02459-z) (PMID:34815638) (PMCID:PMC8603653)

Rizeq, J. and McCann, D. (2023) The cognitive, emotional, and behavioral sequelae of trauma exposure: an integrative approach to examining trauma’s effect. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(2), pp. 313-321. (doi: 10.1037/tra0001152) (PMID:34618483)

2022

Lyon, R. E., Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B., Martinussen, R., Andrade, B. F. and Toplak, M. E. (2022) Age-related variance in performance versus ratings of attention and impulse regulation in children: implications for the assessment of ADHD. Brain Sciences, 12(8), 1033. (doi: 10.3390/brainsci12081033) (PMID:36009096) (PMCID:PMC9406227)

Rizeq, J. and Skilling, T. (2022) Validating supplementary needs assessment tools for use with girls and women in conflict with the law. In: Brown, Shelley and Gelsthorpe, Loraine (eds.) The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Critical Review of Theory, Practice, and Policy. Wiley-Blackwell. (doi: 10.1002/9781119874898.ch9)

2021

De Somma, E., Rizeq, J. and Skilling, T. (2021) Criminogenic need profiles among substance-using justice-involved youth. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(12), pp. 1694-1713. (doi: 10.1177/00938548211014234)

Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B. and Toplak, M. E. (2021) An examination of the underlying dimensional structure of three domains of contaminated mindware: paranormal beliefs, conspiracy beliefs, and anti-science attitudes. Thinking and Reasoning, 27(2), pp. 187-211. (doi: 10.1080/13546783.2020.1759688)

2020

Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B. and McCann, D. (2020) Construct validation of the Trauma Symptom Checklist–40 total and subscale scores. Assessment, 27(5), pp. 1016-1028. (doi: 10.1177/1073191118791042) (PMID:30043618)

Rizeq, J. , Toplak, M. E., Ledochowski, J., Basile, A. and Andrade, B. F. (2020) Callous-unemotional traits and executive functions are unique correlates of disruptive behavior in children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 45(3), pp. 154-166. (doi: 10.1080/87565641.2020.1737698) (PMID:32114802)

Toplak, M. and Rizeq, J. (2020) Development of judgment, decision making, and rationality. In: Braddick, Oliver (ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190236557 (doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.542)

2019

Rizeq, J. and McCann, D. (2019) Trauma and affective forecasting: The mediating effect of emotion dysregulation on predictions of negative affect. Personality and Individual Differences, 147, pp. 172-176. (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.04.036)

2017

Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B. and Toplak, M. E. (2017) Changing relations among cognitive abilities across development: implications for measurement and research. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 31(8), pp. 1353-1374. (doi: 10.1080/13854046.2017.1317034) (PMID:28395578)

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Articles

Olsen R., J. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Dundas, R. , Rizeq, J. , Baranyi, G., Katikireddi, S. V. and Pell, J. (2025) Linkages between socioeconomic inequalities, pro-environmental behaviours, climate change concerns and experiences, and wellbeing outcomes in England. Sustainable Environment, (Accepted for Publication)

Rizeq, J. , Kennedy, M., Miseih, K., Liao, W. and Sonuga-Barke, E. J. S. (2025) Early childhood deprivation and the impact of negative life events on mental health in later life: a test of the stress sensitization hypothesis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1393107. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1393107)

Niedzwiedz, C. L. et al. (2024) Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, (doi: 10.1136/jech-2024-222716) (PMID:39694671) (Early Online Publication)

Korczak, D. J. et al. (2024) The trajectory of depression and anxiety among children and adolescents over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research, 339, 116101. (doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116101) (PMID:39068897)

Rizeq, J. and Ojala, M. (2024) Climate worry and hope have different associations with well-being and climate-friendly behaviors across young people from Sweden and Qatar. Ecopsychology, (doi: 10.1089/eco.2024.0002) (Early Online Publication)

Rizeq, J. , Burton, C. L., Arnold, P. D. and Crosbie, J. (2024) The influence of functional impairment in a network of child and adolescent psychopathology domains. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 46, pp. 484-494. (doi: 10.1007/s10862-023-10100-5)

Minnis, H. et al. (2024) The bio-exposome: intracellular processes, stress physiology and the environment. Nature Mental Health, 2(2), pp. 132-140. (doi: 10.1038/s44220-023-00180-3)

Rizeq, J. , Kennedy, M., Kreppner, J., Maughan, B. and Sonuga-Barke, E. (2024) Understanding the prospective associations between neuro-developmental problems, bullying victimization, and mental health: lessons from a longitudinal study of institutional deprivation. Development and Psychopathology, 36(1), pp. 40-49. (doi: 10.1017/S095457942200089X)

Rizeq, J. (2024) Affective forecasting and psychopathology: a scoping review. Clinical Psychology Review, 108, 102392. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102392)

Leroux, E. J., Rizeq, J. and Skilling, T. A. (2023) Measurement invariance of the Youth Self-Report across youth who have committed sexual and nonsexual offenses. Psychological Assessment, 35(10), pp. 821-829. (doi: 10.1037/pas0001266) (PMID:37732962)

Rizeq, J. et al. (2023) Vulnerability pathways to mental health outcomes in children and parents during COVID-19. Current Psychology, 42(20), pp. 17348-17358. (doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02459-z) (PMID:34815638) (PMCID:PMC8603653)

Rizeq, J. and McCann, D. (2023) The cognitive, emotional, and behavioral sequelae of trauma exposure: an integrative approach to examining trauma’s effect. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(2), pp. 313-321. (doi: 10.1037/tra0001152) (PMID:34618483)

Lyon, R. E., Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B., Martinussen, R., Andrade, B. F. and Toplak, M. E. (2022) Age-related variance in performance versus ratings of attention and impulse regulation in children: implications for the assessment of ADHD. Brain Sciences, 12(8), 1033. (doi: 10.3390/brainsci12081033) (PMID:36009096) (PMCID:PMC9406227)

De Somma, E., Rizeq, J. and Skilling, T. (2021) Criminogenic need profiles among substance-using justice-involved youth. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(12), pp. 1694-1713. (doi: 10.1177/00938548211014234)

Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B. and Toplak, M. E. (2021) An examination of the underlying dimensional structure of three domains of contaminated mindware: paranormal beliefs, conspiracy beliefs, and anti-science attitudes. Thinking and Reasoning, 27(2), pp. 187-211. (doi: 10.1080/13546783.2020.1759688)

Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B. and McCann, D. (2020) Construct validation of the Trauma Symptom Checklist–40 total and subscale scores. Assessment, 27(5), pp. 1016-1028. (doi: 10.1177/1073191118791042) (PMID:30043618)

Rizeq, J. , Toplak, M. E., Ledochowski, J., Basile, A. and Andrade, B. F. (2020) Callous-unemotional traits and executive functions are unique correlates of disruptive behavior in children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 45(3), pp. 154-166. (doi: 10.1080/87565641.2020.1737698) (PMID:32114802)

Rizeq, J. and McCann, D. (2019) Trauma and affective forecasting: The mediating effect of emotion dysregulation on predictions of negative affect. Personality and Individual Differences, 147, pp. 172-176. (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.04.036)

Rizeq, J. , Flora, D. B. and Toplak, M. E. (2017) Changing relations among cognitive abilities across development: implications for measurement and research. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 31(8), pp. 1353-1374. (doi: 10.1080/13854046.2017.1317034) (PMID:28395578)

Book Sections

Rizeq, J. and Toplak, M. E. (2023) Measuring judgment and decision-making in developmental samples: assessment of the generation of cognitively sophisticated responses and implications for the study of creative cognition. In: Ball, Linden J. and Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition. Routledge, pp. 284-307. ISBN 9780367443788 (doi: 10.4324/9781003009351-20)

Rizeq, J. and Skilling, T. (2022) Validating supplementary needs assessment tools for use with girls and women in conflict with the law. In: Brown, Shelley and Gelsthorpe, Loraine (eds.) The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Critical Review of Theory, Practice, and Policy. Wiley-Blackwell. (doi: 10.1002/9781119874898.ch9)

Toplak, M. and Rizeq, J. (2020) Development of judgment, decision making, and rationality. In: Braddick, Oliver (ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190236557 (doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.542)

This list was generated on Fri Apr 25 17:49:45 2025 BST.