Hanna Kampman

DR Hanna Kampman (staff)

Module Leader and Lecturer

Positive Psychology

Department of Psychology & Human Development , School of Childhood and Social Care

Dr Hanna Kampman works as a Programme Director and senior lecturer in the MSc Applied Positive Psychology programme.

Areas Of Interest

  • Post traumatic growth, sports, and acquired physical impairments
  • Trauma informed sports coaching
  • The role of physical activity, green and blue exercise, and sports in wellbeing
  • The role of the body in wellbeing and positive psychology
Hanna Kampman

OVERVIEW

Dr Hanna Kampman is an enthusiastic happiness intervention from Finnish Lapland. Her love for nature and moving is deeply rooted in the forests and lakes of Lapland. She works as a senior lecturer and module leader in the Masters in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (MAPPCP) programme in UEL.

In her PhD, Dr Kampman focused on understanding the role of team sports in post traumatic growth in athletes with acquired physical impairments. Other areas of interest are the role of physical activity, green and blue exercise, sports, and the embodiment in well-being. 

Dr Kampman is also a UEL alumnus as she has graduated with an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology from UEL. She achieved her bachelor's degree in sports and leisure from Lapland University of Applied Sciences - where she specialised in holistic sports coaching. In London, Dr Kampman has worked closely with the 'Olympic Legacy' and 'New Life Through Sports' - projects based in the London Borough of Hackney. Utilising both exercise and positive psychology expertise in different areas of service user rehabilitation, she has brought the UEL expertise to the wider community in London.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Dr Kampman is researching post traumatic growth, sports, and acquired physical impairments. Particularly, aiming to bring trauma-informed practises into adaptive sport environments. Other areas of interest are the role of physical activity, green and blue exercise, sports, and the embodiment in well-being.

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

  • Nair, P., & Kampman, H. (2022). ‘Food Was My Medicine, My Medicine to Recovery And Healing’ - A Phenomenological Study of Posttraumatic Growth through Positive Nutrition. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 6(2), 148-173. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/12133
  • Maresch,I., & Kampman, H., (in press). "Playing for resilience in a pandemic; exploring the role of an online board game in recognising resources", International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology.
  • Kampman, H., & Walker P., (in press). Adventure, Posttraumatic Growth, and Wisdom. In Reid P., & Brymer E., (In press) Adventure Psychology: Going Knowingly into the Unknown.
  • Kampman, H. (2022). How to Prepare for Adversity. In C., Van Nieuwerburgh, & P., William (Eds.) From Surviving to Thriving: A Student's Guide to Feeling and Doing Well at University. SAGE.
  • Kampman, H. 2021. Exploring the Complex Relationship between Posttraumatic Growth, Sport, and Athletes with Acquired Disabilities. PhD Thesis University of East London School of Psychology https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.89w7z
  • Hefferon, K., & Kampman, H. (2021). Taking an Embodied Approach to Posttraumatic Growth Research and Sport. In R. Wadey, D. Melissa, & K. Howells (Eds.), Growth Following Adversity in Sport A Mechanism to Positive Change (1st ed.). Routledge.
  • Hefferon, K., & Kampman, H. (2021). Taking an Embodied Approach to Posttraumatic Growth Research and Sport. In R. Wadey, D. Melissa, & K. Howells (Eds.), Growth Following Adversity in Sport A Mechanism to Positive Change (1st ed.). Routledge.
  • Walker, P. A., & Kampman, H. (2021). "It didn’t bring back the old me but helped me on the path to the new me": Exploring posttraumatic growth in British veterans with PTSD. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1995056
  • Reid, P., & Kampman, H. (2020). Exploring the psychology of extended-period expeditionary adventurers: Going knowingly into the unknown. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 46, 101608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101608
  • Kampman, H., & Hefferon, K. (2020). 'Find a sport and carry on': Posttraumatic growth and achievement in British Paralympic athletes. International Journal of Wellbeing, 10 (1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v10i1.765
  • Kampman, H., & Lomas, T. (2017). Mindfulness in sport and physical exercise. In A. Brady & B. Grenville-Cleave (Eds.), Positive Psychology in Sport and Physical Activity (pp. 92-101). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315304397-8
  • Kampman, H. (February 2016). Positive Psychology and Humanistic Psychology. The Psychology Review,21(3).
  • Kampman, H., Hefferon, K., Wilson, M., & Beale, J. (2015). "I can do things now that people thought were impossible, actually, things that I thought were impossible": A meta-synthesis of the qualitative findings on posttraumatic growth and severe physical injury. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 56(3), 283–294. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000031

Conference presentations

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  • Kampman, H., (2022): A Cross-Sectional Convergent Design inquiring the Role of Trauma, Body, Team, and Self-Transcendence in the Wellbeing and Post-Traumatic Growth of Athletes with Acquired Physical Impairments. Presented at ECPP, 11th European conference on positive psychology; 2022 Jun 29 – Jul 2; Reykjavík Iceland.
  • Kampman, H (2016). Personal Career pathway. Presented at EAS 2016:European Athlete as Student Network Rovaniemi, Finland 14 September 2016.
  • Kampman, H (2016). Post-Traumatic Growth, severe injuries and team sport. Presented at EAS 2016: European Athlete as Student Network Rovaniemi, Finland 14 September 2016
  • Kampman, H (2016). Kampman, H. Hefferon, K. Wilson, M. & Beale, J. (2015). "I Can Do Things Now That People Thought Were Impossible, Actually, Things That I Thought Were Impossible": A Meta-Synthesis of the Qualitative Findings on Posttraumatic Growth and Severe Physical Injury. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. Presented at: 9th Biennial International Meaning Conference - Toronto July, 30th. Paper session: Second Wave Positive Psychology (PP2.0)
  • Kampman, H. & Hefferon, K. (2016). 'Find a sport and carry on': Posttraumatic growth and achievement in British Paralympic athletes.
  • Conference presentation, presented at: 9th Biennial International Meaning Conference - Toronto July, 30th. Paper session: Second Wave Positive Psychology (PP2.0)
  • Kampman, H. & Hefferon, K. (2015). 'Find a sport and carry on': Posttraumatic growth and achievement in British Paralympic athletes.
  • Conference presentation, presented at: UEL 2015 Research Conference 2015 Jun 24 at UEL SportsDock (Docklands Campus).
  • Conference poster presentation: Kampman, H. & Hefferon, K. (2014). 'Find a sport and carry on': Posttraumatic growth and achievement in British Paralympic athletes. Poster presented at: 7th European conference on positive psychology; 2014 Jul 1 - 4; Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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TEACHING

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MODULES

Hanna works as a module leader on the Perspectives on Individual Wellbeing module, covering variety of topics from wellbeing to physical activity and posttraumatic growth.

Publications

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Research repository

  • Kampman, H. and Lomas, T. (2017)

    Mindfulness in sport and physical exercise in: Brady, A. and Grenville-Cleave, B. (ed.) Positive Psychology in Sport and Physical Activity: An Introduction. Routledge, pp.92–101

    Book chapter