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Dr Simon Cassidy's Outputs (29)

A Large-Scale Multicentre Study of Academic Resilience and Wellbeing in Pharmacy Education. (2022)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S., Mawdsley, A., Langran, C., Hughes, L., & Willis, S. (2022). A Large-Scale Multicentre Study of Academic Resilience and Wellbeing in Pharmacy Education. American journal of pharmaceutical education (Online), 8998. https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe8998

Health care students are at particular risk of stress and exposure to adverse events, negatively affecting wellbeing and performance and leading to increased attrition. Academic resilience (AR) has been identified as one factor helping mitigate such... Read More about A Large-Scale Multicentre Study of Academic Resilience and Wellbeing in Pharmacy Education..

Exploring the relationship between psychological flexibility and self-report and task-based measures of cognitive flexibility (2021)
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Grant, A., & Cassidy, S. (2022). Exploring the relationship between psychological flexibility and self-report and task-based measures of cognitive flexibility. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 144-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.12.006

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) interventions aim to increase psychological flexibility (PF) leading to positive treatment outcomes. It has been suggested that successful development of PF may depend on cognitive flexibility (CF), however the... Read More about Exploring the relationship between psychological flexibility and self-report and task-based measures of cognitive flexibility.

Psychophysiological indices of cognitive style : a triangulated study incorporating neuroimaging, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures (2019)
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Bendall, R., Lambert, S., Galpin, A., Marrow, L., & Cassidy, S. (2019). Psychophysiological indices of cognitive style : a triangulated study incorporating neuroimaging, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures. Personality and Individual Differences, 144, 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.02.034

Employing a triangulated design to explore psychophysiological indices of cognitive style, the study investigated the validity of the intuition-analysis dimension of cognitive style and its associated construct measure, the Cognitive Style Index (CSI... Read More about Psychophysiological indices of cognitive style : a triangulated study incorporating neuroimaging, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures.

Resilience building in students : the role of academic self-efficacy (2015)
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Cassidy, S. (2015). Resilience building in students : the role of academic self-efficacy. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(1781), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01781

Self-efficacy relates to an individual’s perception of their capabilities. It has a clear self-evaluative dimension leading to high or low perceived self-efficacy. Individual differences in perceived self-efficacy have been shown to be better predict... Read More about Resilience building in students : the role of academic self-efficacy.

The Academic Threat Appraisal Ratio Scale (ATARS): Insights into attainment, academic progression, and retention in higher education (2025)
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Background: Previous studies examining threat appraisal and the influence of stress on human performance conclude that a challenge state leads to better performance than a threat state. Despite its potential, threat appraisal, particularly using self... Read More about The Academic Threat Appraisal Ratio Scale (ATARS): Insights into attainment, academic progression, and retention in higher education.

The Salford Nature Environments Database (SNED): an open-access database of standardized high-quality pictures from natural environments (2024)
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The growing interest in harnessing natural environments to enhance mental health, including cognitive functioning and mood, has yielded encouraging results in initial studies. Given that images of nature have demonstrated similar benefits, they are f... Read More about The Salford Nature Environments Database (SNED): an open-access database of standardized high-quality pictures from natural environments.

A cognitive style dataset including functional near-infrared spectroscopy, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures (2019)
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Bendall, R., Lambert, S., Galpin, A., Marrow, L., & Cassidy, S. (2019). A cognitive style dataset including functional near-infrared spectroscopy, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures. Data in Brief, 26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104544

The dataset includes data from the triangulated investigation reported in our paper: ‘Psychophysiological indices of cognitive style: A triangulated study incorporating neuroimaging, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures’ [1,2]. The data... Read More about A cognitive style dataset including functional near-infrared spectroscopy, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures.

Corrigendum to “Psychophysiological indices of cognitive style : a triangulated study incorporating neuroimaging, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures” [Personality and Individual Differences 144 (2019) 68–78] (2019)
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Bendall, R., Lambert, S., Galpin, A., Marrow, L., & Cassidy, S. (2019). Corrigendum to “Psychophysiological indices of cognitive style : a triangulated study incorporating neuroimaging, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures” [Personality and Individual Differences 144 (2019) 68–78]. Personality and Individual Differences, 149, 235-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.06.010

First-line therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder : a systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches (2018)
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Background: Despite evidence supporting cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based interventions as the most effective approach for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in randomised control trials, alternative treatment interventions are oft... Read More about First-line therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder : a systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches.

Virtual Learning Environments as mediating factors in student satisfaction with teaching and learning in Higher Education (2016)
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Cassidy, S. (2016). Virtual Learning Environments as mediating factors in student satisfaction with teaching and learning in Higher Education. Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 5(1), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.5430/jct.v5n1p113

Virtual learning environments (VLE) have become a standard feature of most courses in higher education, offering the potential to facilitate and improve teaching and learning. Whilst there is an implicit assumption that VLEs benefit student learning,... Read More about Virtual Learning Environments as mediating factors in student satisfaction with teaching and learning in Higher Education.

Development and validation of a visual grading scale for assessing image quality of AP pelvis radiographic images (2016)
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OBJECTIVE: Apply psychometric theory to develop and validate a visual grading scale for assessing visual perception of AP pelvis digital image quality.
METHODS: Psychometric theory was used to guide scale development. Seven phantom and 7 cadaver i... Read More about Development and validation of a visual grading scale for assessing image quality of AP pelvis radiographic images.

Emotional labour in university lecturers : considerations for higher education institutions (2013)
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Berry, K., & Cassidy, S. (2013). Emotional labour in university lecturers : considerations for higher education institutions. Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.5430/jct.v2n2p22

Emotional labour is a state that exists when there is a discrepancy between the emotional demeanour that an individual displays and the genuinely felt emotions that would be inappropriate to display (Mann 1999b). The study examined levels of emotiona... Read More about Emotional labour in university lecturers : considerations for higher education institutions.

Does an increase in compression force really improve visual image quality in mammography? An initial investigation (2013)
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Mercer, C., Hogg, P., Cassidy, S., & Denton, E. (2013). Does an increase in compression force really improve visual image quality in mammography? An initial investigation. Radiography, 19(4), 363-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2013.07.002

Objective: Literature speculates that visual image quality (IQ) and compression force levels may be
directly related. This small study investigates whether a relationship exists between compression force
levels and visual IQ.
Method: To investiga... Read More about Does an increase in compression force really improve visual image quality in mammography? An initial investigation.

Creating and validating self-efficacy scales for students (2011)
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Kitching, J., Cassidy, S., Eachus, P., & Hogg, P. (2011). Creating and validating self-efficacy scales for students. Radiologic technology, 83(1), 10-19

Purpose: student radiographers must possess certain abilities to progress in their training; these can be assessed in various ways. Bandura’s social cognitive theory identifies self-efficacy as a key psychological construct with regard to how people... Read More about Creating and validating self-efficacy scales for students.

Exploring individual differences as determining factors in student academic achievement in higher education (2011)
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student academic achievement in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 37(7), 793-810. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2010.545948

study investigated the association and relative influence of
cognitive/motivational and demographic factors on final degree grade point average (GPA) in a single undergraduate cohort. Although academic selfefficacy, approaches to learning, prior ach... Read More about Exploring individual differences as determining factors in student academic achievement in higher education.