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Andrew P. Smith

Publications (8)

Studying Away Strategies: Well-being and Quality of University Life of International Students in the UK

Andrew P. Smith, Hugo Smith & Thomas Jelley · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2018

Background: Reviews of previous research have identified factors which influence the well-being of international students studying away from home. One area that has received little attention is the extent to which these students adopt positive coping strategies that help their ad...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JESBS/2018/43377

Cognitive Fatigue and the Wellbeing and Academic Attainment of University Students

Andrew P. Smith · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2018

Background: Effects of cognitive fatigue have been widely studied in operational settings and in working populations. Less is known about the effects of cognitive fatigue on the well-being and academic attainment of university students and the present study aimed to provide infor...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JESBS/2018/39529

Coping and Its Relation to Gender, Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, Cognitive Difficulties and Somatic Symptoms

George Mark & Andrew P. Smith · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2018

Background: The first aim of this study was to analyse the structure of coping and to develop a measuring instrument to be used in future work. A second aim was to examine associations between coping scores and negative outcomes (anxiety, depression, fatigue, cognitive difficulti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JESBS/2018/41894

A Longitudinal Study of the Well-being of Students Using the Student Wellbeing Process Questionnaire (Student WPQ)

Gary Williams & Andrew P. Smith · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2018

Background: Previous research shows that the Student Well-being Process Questionnaire (Student WPQ) has good content validity, construct validity, and discriminate validity. Objective: The present research examined the reliability and predictive validity of the Student WPQ scales...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JESBS/2018/40105

Demographic and Lifestyle Correlates of School Attendance, English and Maths Attainment, and the Occurrence of Behavioural Sanctions in British Secondary School Children

Gareth Richards & Andrew P. Smith · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

Aims: Performance in school is known to predict a number of important outcomes in later life (e.g. socioeconomic status). For this reason it is considered useful to identify aspects of demography and lifestyle that are associated with low school attendance, low academic attainmen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/26393

Risk Factors for, and Effects of, Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Adolescents

Gareth Richards & Andrew P. Smith · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: Stress, anxiety, and depression are alarmingly common in the general population, can be extremely debilitating, and are a huge cost to public health services. Understanding risk factors associated with such conditions may therefore be useful in helping devise intervention s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/19501

Stress in U.K. Mental Health Training: A Multi-dimensional Comparison Study

John Galvin & Andrew P. Smith · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: This paper describes a comparison study of trainee clinical psychologists, psychiatric nursing students and PhD students using a multi-dimensional model of stress. Methodology: A total of 168 trainee clinical psychologists, 94 psychiatric nursing students and 253 PhD studen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/18519

Ethnicity and Stress at Work: A Literature Review and Suggestions for Future Research

Roberto Capasso, Maria Clelia Zurlo & Andrew P. Smith · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

Aims: Ethnicity and culture represent a novel topic in the literature on stress and wellbeing at work because there has not been enough consideration of them in studies of work stress. This paper aims to present a critical review and evaluate recent articles investigating ethnici...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/24340