Originally from London, Chris has been in Bangor since 2002, when he came to study psychology as an undergraduate. He has been a member of faculty since 2015 and primarily works on the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme as a Research Tutor. His research looks at how social factors can shape our physical and mental health. He is particularly interested in how Wales' legacy of coal mining continues to influence health.

Here is a short video which the British Academy made about one of my research projects which they funded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8NhyS0tjg

c.saville@bangor.ac.uk

• PhD: Individual differences in reaction time variability: A combined psychometric and electroencephalographic approach
  2011

I support the research activity of trainees on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course (DClinPsy). This includes formal teaching in research methods, statistics, and psychometrics, as well as supervision and ad-hoc support of trainees in their thesis projects.

I am interested in how our identities and where we live interact to shape our physical and mental health. More specifically I have been recently working on the following topics:

1. How does being in the minority in terms of a salient part of one's identity influence mental health?
2. How does Wales' legacy of coal mining continue to influence our health?
3. What social factors are associated with men deciding to use anabolic steroids?

I am primarily a quantitative researcher, using a combination of survey, health surveillance, and geographical data; but I enjoy collaborating with qualitative researchers on mixed methods research.

2025

• PublishedCoal to swole: A Survey of Anabolic Steroid Use and Muscularity Concerns in Coalfield Areas of Wales
  Saville, C., Cranswick, I., Tod, D., Acreman, D., Hogan, L. & Thomas, D. R., 1 May 2025, In: Health and Place. 93, 103456.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSocial capital and COVID-19 vaccination in prisons: a survey of attitudes, beliefs and motivations
  Perrett, S., Thomas, D. R. & Saville, C., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Public Health. 47, 2, p. 335-346 12 p., fdaf033.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• PublishedBridging the Social Class Gap: Experiences of Working-Class Trainee Clinical Psychologists
  Place, K., Crew, T. & Saville, C., 18 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Class and Culture. 3, 2, p. 185-209
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCovid and the common good: In-group out-group dynamics and Covid-19 vaccination in Wales and the United States
  Saville, C., Mann, R., Lockard, S., Bark-Connell, A., Gabuljah, S. G., Young, A. & Thomas, D. R., Jul 2024, In: Social Science and Medicine. 352, 117022.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printThe relationship between childhood adversity and affective instability across psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis
  Palmier-Claus, J., Golby, R., Stokes, L.-J., Saville, C., Velemis, K., Varese, F., Marwaha, S., Tyler, E. & Taylor, P., 11 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedCovid and the coalfield: Covid-19 vaccine hesitance in Wales and Appalachia
  Saville, C., Mann, R., Lockard, A. S., Bark-Connell, A., Gabuljah, S. G., Young, A. & Thomas, D. R., Nov 2023, In: Social Science and Medicine. 337, 116295.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEcological evidence for later dementia diagnosis in areas with higher rates of bilingualism: Evidence from Y Fro Gymraeg in Wales
  Saville, C., Patterson, C., Russell Owen, R. & Kelly-Rhind, J., 1 Apr 2023, In: FPOP Bulletin. 162, p. 40-47
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMindfulness as a Potential Moderator Between Child Behavior Problems and Maternal Well-Being
  Griffith, G., Saville, C., Halstead, E. & Hastings, R., Nov 2023, In: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 128, 6, p. 411-424
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedADHD prevalence in the psychiatric population
  Gerhand, S. & Saville, C. W. N., 1 Jun 2022, In: International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice. 26, 2, p. 165-177 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCross-level group density interactions on mental health for cultural, but not economic, components of social class
  Saville, C. & Mann, R., Mar 2022, In: Social Science and Medicine. 296, 114790.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSocial capital and geographical variation in the incidence of COVID-19: an ecological study
  Saville, C. & Thomas, D. R., Jun 2022, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 76, 6, p. 544-549 6 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedStroke survivors experience elevated levels of loneliness: a multi-year analysis of the National Survey for Wales
  Byrne, C., Coetzer, R., Saville, C. & Ramsey, R., Mar 2022, In: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 37, 2, p. 390-407 18 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe neuropsychological outcomes of non-fatal strangulation in domestic and sexual violence: A systematic review
  Bichard, H., Byrne, C., Saville, C. & Coetzer, R., 3 Jul 2022, In: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 32, 6, p. 1164-1192 29 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedEcological social capital does not predict geographical variance in increases in depression following the 2008 financial crisis
  Saville, C., Feb 2021, In: British Journal of Psychology. 112, 1, p. 163-179
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExamining the Overlap Between ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Using Candidate Endophenotypes of ADHD
  Salunkhe, G., Weissbrodt, K., Feige, B., Saville, C., Berger, A., Dundon, N. M., Bender, S., Smyrnis, N., Beauducel, A., Biscaldi, M. & Klein, C., 1 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Attention Disorders. 25, 2, p. 217-232 16 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHealth and mental health disparities between national identity groups in Wales
  Saville, C., Feb 2021, In: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 9, 1, p. 270-287 18 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNot belonging where others do: A cross-sectional analysis of multi-level social capital interactions on health and mental wellbeing in Wales
  Saville, C., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 75, 4, p. 349-356
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe ethnic density effect in psychosis: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis
  Baker, S., Jackson, M., Jongsma, H. & Saville, C., Dec 2021, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 219, 6, p. 632-643 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedDissociating Slow Responses From Slow Responding
  Salunkhe, G., Feige, B., Saville, C., Stefanou, M.-E., Linden, D., Bender, S., Berger, A., Smyrnis, N., Biscaldi, M. & Klein, C., 2 Oct 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11, 505800.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMental health consequences of minority political positions: the case of Brexit
  Saville, C., Aug 2020, In: Social Science and Medicine. 258, 113016.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedResidential churn moderates the relationship between economic deprivation and psychiatric admission: evidence from Wales
  Saville, C., Handley, C. & Oakley, D., 11 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 74, 7, p. 560-564
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe effectiveness of physical exercise as an intervention to reduce depressive symptoms following traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review
  Perry, S., Coetzer, B. & Saville, C., Apr 2020, In: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 30, 3, p. 564-578
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedADHD Traits in German School-Aged Children: Validation of the German Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHS Symptoms and Normal Behavior (SWAN-DE) Scale
  Schulz-Zhecheva, Y., Voelkle, M., Beauducel, A., Buch, N., Fleischhaker, C., Bender, S., Saville, C. W. N., Biscaldi, M. & Klein, C., Apr 2019, In: Journal of Attention Disorders. 23, 6, p. 553-562 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedBilinguals apply language-specific grain sizes during sentence reading
  Egan, C., Oppenheim, G., Saville, C., Moll, K. & Jones, M., Dec 2019, In: Cognition. 193, 11 p., 104018.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedElectro-cortical correlates of multisensory integration using ecologically valid emotional stimuli: Differential effects for fear and disgust
  Stefanou, M. E., Dundon, N., Bestelmeyer, P., Koldewyn, K., Saville, C., Fleischhaker, C., Feige, B., Biscaldi, M., Smyrnis, N. & Klein, C., Mar 2019, In: Biological Psychology. 142, p. 132-139
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEstimating ecological social capital using multi-level regression with post-stratification: A spatial analysis of psychiatric admission rates in Wales
  Saville, C. W. N., Sept 2019, In: Health and Place. 59, 102187.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIntroducing KiVa school-based antibullying programme to the UK: A preliminary examination of effectiveness and programme cost
  Clarkson, S., Charles, J. M., Saville, C. W. N., Bjornstad, G. J. & Hutchings, J., Aug 2019, In: School Psychology International. 40, 4, p. 347-365
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedEffects of caffeine on reaction time are mediated by attentional rather than motor processes
  Saville, C. W. N., de Morree, H. M., Dundon, N. M., Marcora, S. M. & Klein, C., Mar 2018, In: Psychopharmacology. 235, 3, p. 749-759
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedModelling reaction time distribution of fast decision tasks in schizophrenia: Evidence for novel candidate endophenotypes
  Fish, S., Toumaian, M., Pappa, E., Davies, T. J., Tanti, R., Saville, C., Theleritis, C., Economou, M., Klein, C. & Smyrnis, N., Nov 2018, In: Psychiatry Research. 269, p. 212-220 9 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTesting the bottleneck account for post-error slowing beyond the post-error response
  Lavro, D., Ben-Shachar, M. S., Saville, C., Klein, C. & Berger, A., Oct 2018, In: Biological Psychology. 138, p. 81-90 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Survivability of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Programmes: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation within UK Healthcare Settings
  Saville, C. & Swales, M., 19 Sept 2018, In: BMC Psychiatry. 18, 11 p., 302.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedCOMT genotype is differentially associated with single trial variability of ERPs as a function of memory type.
  Nowparast Rostami, H., Saville, C., Klein, C., Ouyang, G., Sommer, W., Zhou, C. & Hildebrandt, A., Jul 2017, In: Biological Psychology. 127, July, p. 209-219
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPhysical attraction to reliable, low variability nervous systems: Reaction time variability predicts attractiveness
  Butler, E., Saville, C., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., Jan 2017, In: Cognition. 158, p. 81-89
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedCognitive endophenotypes of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and intra-subject variability in patients with autism spectrum disorder
  Biscaldi, M., Bednorz, N., Weissbrodt, K., Saville, C. W. N., Feige, B., Bender, S. & Klein, C., Jul 2016, In: Biological Psychology. 118, p. 25-34
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedA neural analogue of the worst performance rule: Insights from single-trial event-related potentials
  Saville, C. W., Beckles, K. D., MacLeod, C. A., Feige, B., Biscaldi, M., Beauducel, A. & Klein, C., 31 Dec 2015, In: Intelligence.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedElevated P3b latency variability in carriers of ZNF804A risk allele for psychosis
  Saville, C. W., Lancaster, T. M., Davies, T. J., Toumaian, M., Pappa, E., Fish, S., Feige, B., Bender, S., Mantripragada, K. K., Linden, D. E. & Klein, C., 17 Apr 2015, In: Neuroimage. 116, p. 207-213
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIdentification of neuromotor deficits common to autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and imitation deficits specific to autism spectrum disorder
  Biscaldi, M., Rauh, R., Muller, C., Irion, L., Saville, C. W., Schulz, E. & Klein, C., 2 Aug 2015, In: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 24, 12, p. 1497-1507
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedStaring nervous system stability in the face: reaction time variability predicts attractiveness
  Ward, R. A., Butler, E. E., Saville, C. W., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 1 Aug 2015, p. 61-62.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

2014

• PublishedCOMT Val158Met genotype is associated with fluctuations in working memory performance: converging evidence from behavioural and single-trial P3b measures
  Saville, C. W., Lancaster, T. M., Stefanou, M. E., Salunkhe, G., Lourmpa, I., Nadkarni, A., Boehm, S. G., Bender, S., Smyrnis, N., Ettinger, U., Feige, B., Biscaldi, M., Mantripragadah, K. K., Linden, D. E. & Klein, C., 14 Jun 2014, In: Neuroimage. 100, p. 489-497
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIncreased reaction time variability in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as a response-related phenomenon: evidence from single-trial event-related potentials
  Saville, C. W., Feige, B., Kluckert, C., Bender, S., Biscaldi, M., Berger, A., Fleischhaker, C., Henighausen, K. & Klein, C., 12 Nov 2014, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 56, 7, p. 801-813
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedOn the temporal characteristics of performance variability in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  Feige, B., Biscaldi, M., Saville, C., Kluckert, C., Bender, S., Ebner-Priemer, U., Henighausen, K., Rauh, R., Fleischhaker, C. & Klein, C., 2 Oct 2013, In: PLoS ONE. p. e69674
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedIs reaction time variability consistent across sensory modalities? Insights from latent variable analysis of single-trial P3b latencies
  Saville, C., Shikhare, S., Iyengar, S., Daley, D., Intriligator, J. M., Boehm, S. G., Feige, B. & Klein, C., 1 Oct 2012, In: Biological Psychology. 91, 2, p. 275-282
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedEarly electro-cortical correlates of inspection time task performance
  Hill, D., Saville, C. W. N., Kiely, S., Roberts, M. V., Boehm, S. G., Haenschel, C. & Klein, C., 2 Jul 2011, In: Intelligence. 39, 5, p. 370-377
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedElectrocortical correlates of intra-subject variability in reaction times: Average and single-trial analyses
  Saville, C., Dean, R. O., Daley, D., Intriligator, J. M., Boehm, S. G., Feige, B. & Klein, C., 1 Apr 2011, In: Biological Psychology. 87, 1, p. 74-83
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOn the stability of instability: Optimising the reliability of intra-subject variability of reaction times
  Saville, C., Pawling, R., Trullinger, M., Daley, D., Intriligator, J. M. & Klein, C., 1 Jul 2011, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 51, 2, p. 148-153
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• Presented to CDC vaccine demand group

  27 Jun 2022

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Presenting to Welsh Government's Vaccine Equity Committee

  21 Jun 2022

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Presentation at International Medical Geography Symposium

  20 Jun 2022

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• Talk to PHW registrars

  4 May 2022

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• BU-IIA Funded Project: Covid-19’s transition to endemicity in Wales and Kentucky

  As we move towards the endemic phase of Covid-19, personal protective behaviours are becoming optional guidance, rather than mandated rules. In this new environment, understanding people’s behaviour and how they conceptualise the balance of personal and social rewards and risks, is an important priority for public health. We aim to help shape public health initiatives through two surveys, enriched with qualitative interviews, examining people’s attitudes and behaviour in Wales and Kentucky. Like Wales, Kentucky has a large declining coalfield region, which has faced significant public health challenges before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project aims to identify the sociodemographic and attitudinal factors associated with how people are reacting to Covid’s transition to endemicity in the two countries.

  The project will aim to deepen our collaboration with partners in Public Health Wales and in Kentucky, while also building towards a strong REF impact case study and further grant capture. Two related outcomes are (1) to understand what factors support collective population behaviours, such as those seen during Covid-19, and might also be required for future challenges such as the climate crisis or in responding to world conflict. And subsequently, (2) a more systematic understanding of how to communicate risk to different societal groups and hence how to promote healthy behaviours (including Covid-19 PPBs) across Wales.

  Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £42,000

  1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023

  Activity: Other (Contributor)

2021

• • Social capital and geographic variation in the incidence of COVID-19 in Wales

  15 Jul 2021

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Institute for Addressing Strangulation

  01/10/2022 – 15/04/2025 (Finished)

• Covid and the coalfield: Vaccine hesitance in Wales and Appalachia

  01/11/2021 – 31/07/2023 (Finished)

I am semi-fluent in Welsh and you are welcome to contact me in Welsh or English.