Molly Miley
Research Fellow in Mental Health
School of Health and Wellbeing
email: m.miley@worc.ac.uk
Molly is a mixed-methods researcher who joined the ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Worcester in 2025. She has worked both in a university and healthcare setting to deliver on a range of different health-related research projects. She is currently working on the THRIVE research programme, which seeks to investigate mental health inequalities across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The programme seeks to support early intervention and suicide prevention across rural communities.
Molly is eager to increase public involvement in research and work closely with voluntary and community organisations.
Qualifications
- BSc Psychology, Birmingham City ºüÀêÊÓƵ (2021)
- PG Cert in Research Practice, Birmingham City ºüÀêÊÓƵ (2022)
- PhD in Health Psychology, Birmingham City ºüÀêÊÓƵ (2025)
Research interests
Molly’s research interests centre around health promotion, help-seeking and early intervention. Her PhD focused on the impact of clinical decision-making on nurses’ wellbeing, examining how coping strategies, organisational support and self-compassion can mitigate negative effects and enhance wellbeing.
Molly has also delivered on a number of different research projects looking at individual experiences of living with severe mental illness, ‘waiting well’ whilst waiting for support from services and help-seeking behaviours across rural communities.
Recent publications
- Miley, M., Mantzios, M., Egan, H., & Connabeer, K. (2024). Exploring the role of personality, perfectionism, and self-compassion on the relationship between clinical decision-making and nurses’ wellbeing. Contemporary Nurse, 60(2), 111-125.
- Miley, M., Mantzios, M., Egan, H., & Connabeer, K. (2024). Exploring the moderating role of health-promoting behaviours and self-compassion on the relationship between clinical decision-making and nurses’ well-being. Journal of Research in Nursing, 29(7), 569-581.
- Miley, M., Egan, H., Wallis, D., & Mantzios, M. (2022). Orthorexia nervosa, mindful eating, and perfectionism: an exploratory investigation. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 27(7), 2869-2878.