Professor Andrew Kemp

Research Highlights

1. WILKIE, L., Fisher, Z., & Kemp, A. (2022). The ‘Rippling’ Waves of Wellbeing: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Surf-Therapy Intervention on Patients with Acquired Brain Injury. Sustainability, 14(15), 9605

   https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159605, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60729
2. Kemp, A., Mead, J., & Fisher, Z. (2022). Improving Student Wellbeing: Evidence From a Mixed Effects Design and Comparison to Normative Data. Teaching of Psychology, 0, 009862832211124

   https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283221112428, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60441
3. WILKIE, L., Fisher, Z., & Kemp, A. (2022). The Complex Construct of Wellbeing and the Role of Vagal Function. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 16(925664), 1-6.

   https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2022.925664, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60394
4. Mead, J., Playfoot, D., Fisher, Z., Tree, J., & Kemp, A. (2022). Pathways to Post-traumatic Growth and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a UK-based Sample. International Journal of Existential Positive Psychology, 11(1)

   SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59934

   https://www.meaning.ca/ijepp-article/vol11-no1/pathways-to-post-traumatic-growth-and-wellbeing/
5. Gibbs, K., Wilkie, L., Jarman, J., Barker-Smith, A., Kemp, A., & Fisher, Z. (2022). Riding the wave into wellbeing: A qualitative evaluation of surf therapy for individuals living with acquired brain injury. PLOS ONE, 17(4), e0266388

   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266388, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59743

All Research

• A Randomised Control Trial evaluating The GUIDE Cymru: All Wales mental health literacy in all Year 9 children in Wales. (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Nicola Gray

• Building wellbeing in chronic conditions: Qualitative, Psychophysiological and Meta-analytic Evidence (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Zoe Fisher

• Reducing barriers to assistive technology: Utilising co-design to develop personalised assistive technology solutions (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Jeremy Tree

• Building Sustainable Wellbeing in Individuals Living with Acquired Brain Injury (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Jeremy Tree

• Introducing a New Model of Wellbeing: Applications to the General Public and Student Population. (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Jeremy Tree

• The Impact of a Music Education Program on the Emotional Well-Being of Elementary Students in a Rural Community (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Justine Howard

• The Role of Paired Stimuli and Stressor Controllability on Avoidance Extinction (current)

  MPhil

  Other supervisor: Dr Daniel Zuj

  Other supervisor: Prof Simon Dymond

• PS-M80 Generic Research Skills - Research Methods in Psychology

  This module will give students the foundation research methods skills necessary to understand, design and execute research in psychology, and to interpret and report research results. The approach is a focus on research practices that improve transparency and reproducibility. The skills developed in this module include: generating research hypotheses, causal inference, internal and external validity, construct validity, survey methods and questionnaire design, experimental setting and web-based data collection, ethics and fraud, statistical power and research reproducibility, systematic review of the literature, meta-analysis, writing research reports and communication skills (e.g., conference presentations, poster design), single-case methods, and service evaluation/audit. The module comprises of 2-hour weekly lectures. The module will assess how students apply these skills in critical analyses and a research proposal containing the rationale and the methods sections for the students¿ MSc dissertation. By the end of the module, students will have acquired knowledge of the journey from a research idea to data collection, presentation of findings, and journal submission. Students will be asked to read the content provided for personal work and to reflect on the range of research methods. Finally, the role of teamwork and collaborative work in research will be discussed. Instruction will be carried out through seminars, practical exercises, assignments, and discussions.

• PS-M82 Generic Research Skills

  This module will give students the foundation skills necessary to understand, design and execute research in psychology, and to interpret and report research results. The approach is a focus on research practices that improve transparency and reproducibility. The skills developed in this module include: generating research hypotheses, causal inference, internal and external validity, construct validity, survey methods and questionnaire design, experimental setting and web-based data collection, ethics and fraud, statistical power and research reproducibility, systematic review of the literature, meta-analysis. The module will assess how students apply these skills in critical analyses and a research proposal containing the rationale and the methods sections for the students¿ MSc dissertation.

• PSY317 Positive Psychology

  This module will examine the exciting discipline of positive psychology, which refers to the science of positive emotions and human flourishing. The module will provide a strong theoretical and empirical grounding, allowing students to apply the science of positive psychology to their own lives, including the opportunity to gain critical life skills such as self-efficacy, resilience and creativity. Students will also develop a keen appreciation for how mental life impacts on physical health... and vice versa. Implications for clinical psychology will also be discussed. Recent controversies and debates in the field will facilitate discussions relating to the replication crisis and scientific method. Assessment will involve a research report on the impact of the positive psychology module as well as completion of an online learning module including Q&A¿s each week. The research report will involve data collection, analysis and writing up findings according to standardized single-case research design methodology. In this way, students will apply an underused methodological approach for determining objective change in single individuals, and develop practical skills applicable to many roles in the discipline of psychology, the healthcare sector and the quantified self-community.

• PSY319 Final Year Independent Research Project

  Students conduct an independent research project under the supervision of a member of staff. The research topic is decided in conjunction with supervisors and Research topics. Students must design, conduct, analyse and write up a piece of research in order to achieve Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS). They must also complete an Ethical Considerations Form, showing that they have considered and resolved ethical issues relating to their project, and that they have implemented appropriate best practices for improving the reproducibility of their research.

• PSY319W Prosiect Ymchwil Annibynnol y Flwyddyn Olaf

  Mae myfyrwyr yn cynnal prosiect ymchwil annibynnol dan oruchwyliaeth aelod o staff. Penderfynir ar bwnc yr ymchwil ar y cyd â goruchwylwyr a phynciau Ymchwil. Rhaid i fyfyrwyr ddylunio, cynnal, dadansoddi ac ysgrifennu darn o ymchwil er mwyn cyflawni Sail Graddedig ar gyfer Siarter gyda Chymdeithas Seicolegol Prydain (BPS). Rhaid iddynt hefyd lenwi Ffurflen Ystyriaethau Moesegol, gan ddangos eu bod wedi ystyried a datrys materion moesegol sy'n ymwneud â'u prosiect, a'u bod wedi gweithredu arferion gorau priodol ar gyfer gwella atgynyrchioldeb eu hymchwil.

• PSY325 Independent Research Project - Joint Honours

  Students conduct an independent research project under the supervision of a member of staff. The research topic is decided in conjunction with supervisors and research topics. Students must design, conduct, analyse and write up a piece of research in order to achieve Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS). They must also complete an ethical considerations form, showing that they have considered and resolved ethical issues relating to their project, and that they have implemented appropriate best practices for improving the reproducibility of their research.

• PSY325W Prosiect Ymchwil Annibynnol - Anrhydeddau ar y Cyd

  Mae myfyrwyr yn cynnal prosiect ymchwil annibynnol dan oruchwyliaeth aelod o staff. Penderfynir ar bwnc yr ymchwil ar y cyd â goruchwylwyr a phynciau ymchwil. Rhaid i fyfyrwyr ddylunio, cynnal, dadansoddi ac ysgrifennu darn o ymchwil er mwyn cyflawni Sail Graddedig ar gyfer Siarter gyda Chymdeithas Seicolegol Prydain (BPS). Rhaid iddynt hefyd lenwi ffurflen ystyriaethau moesegol, gan ddangos eu bod wedi ystyried a datrys materion moesegol sy'n ymwneud â'u prosiect, a'u bod wedi gweithredu arferion gorau priodol ar gyfer gwella atgynyrchioldeb eu hymchwil.