Juliet Foster

From Familiar Faces to New Spaces: Perceived Social Network Change and Its Association With Loneliness During the Transition to University

Hannah Rachael Slack, Nicola Byrom, Chloé Bate, Aleksandra Hościłowicz et autres

BACKGROUND: Loneliness among young people is a growing concern, and life transitions can create significant upheaval in social networks. The scale of these changes and their association with loneliness remains underexplored. OBJECTIVE: This study examined retrospectively recalled changes in network composition and …

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How to measure belonging in higher education: a systematic review

Michael J. Priestley, Hina Naela, Rebecca J. Upsher, Hannah Rachael Slack et autres

Belonging is crucial for student engagement, academic success, and well-being, yet its measurement in higher education lacks consistency. This review examines how belonging is conceptualised and measured, assessing the psychometric properties of instruments. A systematic search, following PRISMA guidelines, of six databases …

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“With a Little Help from My Friends”: Co-Creating Belonging in Higher Education

Faiza Aman, Zak Evans, S. White, Arlette Albert et autres

Universities are increasingly seeking ways to build students' sense of belonging. This paper reports a mixed-methods evaluation of BE At King's, a seed-funded programme supporting grassroots, co-created initiatives to strengthen connection and inclusion across a large, multi-campus institution. Five projects-ranging from art …

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How do metacognitive beliefs about memory differ between older adults with low and high dementia worry? A focus group study

Astrid Emilie Lund, Alexandra Freiin von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim, Hayley Ridley, Kamilla Bobyreva et autres

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine how older adults form beliefs about their memory and how these beliefs are influenced by their level of concern about dementia. Inaccurate beliefs and excessive worrying, indicative of erroneous metacognition, are associated with negative health outcomes. …

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The Communicative Architecture of Stigma: Examining the Everyday Language on Homelessness

Apurv Chauhan, Juliet Foster

ABSTRACT Stigma is a powerful force of social exclusion, yet the everyday communicative practices through which it is reproduced remain underexamined. This study investigates how stigma against people experiencing homelessness is embedded in ordinary discourse. We conducted a qualitative content analysis of …

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Assessing the Impact of an Indigenous Palliative Care Nurse Navigator: A Program Evaluation

Iain John McInnis, Cara Bablitz, Juliet Foster, Trevor Morey et autres

Introduction: Indigenous peoples in Canada face significant health disparities rooted in colonization and experience inequitable access to palliative care. Patient navigation has proven effective in both Indigenous and palliative contexts, but integration of these roles has not been studied. This evaluation defines …

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“No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way”: A Qualitative Exploration of Friendship Expectations and Reality in University Life

Michael J. Priestley, Hannah Rachael Slack, Delia Fuhrmann, Emily Long et autres

INTRODUCTION: Young adulthood (ages 18-25) is a high-risk period for loneliness, particularly during educational transitions. Loneliness has negative consequences for mental health, physical health, and educational achievement. Psychologists conceptualize loneliness as emerging from a discrepancy between expected and experienced social connection, but …

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Their wellbeing affects our wellbeing: student perspectives of lecturer wellbeing and its consequences for student wellbeing

Katie E. Rakow, Michael J. Priestley, Nicola Byrom, Juliet Foster et autres

A "whole university approach" has been recommended for addressing concerns about the wellbeing of UK university lecturers and students. Previously, staff wellbeing has been explored from staff perspectives. Student wellbeing has been explored from the perspectives of both students and staff. However, …

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How do metacognitive beliefs about memory differ between older adults with low and high dementia worry? A focus group study

Astrid Emilie Lund, Hayley Ridley, Kamilla Bobyreva, Juliet Foster et autres

Objectives: This study aimed to examine how older adults form beliefs about their memory and how these beliefs are influenced by their level of concern about dementia. Inaccurate beliefs and excessive worrying, indicative of erroneous metacognition, are associated with negative health outcomes. …

A systematic review of peer support interventions for student mental health and well-being in higher education – CORRIGENDUM

Julia Pointon‐Haas, Luqmaan Waqar, Rebecca J. Upsher, Juliet Foster et autres

Understanding the public stigma of mental illness: a mixed-methods, multi-level, exploratory triangulation study

Daniel Alexander Benjamin Walsh, Juliet Foster

BACKGROUND: This study examines the role of themata in understanding mental health-related stigma. It is motivated by the need for alternative theoretical-methodological approaches beyond the dominant frameworks in education and contact-based anti-stigma public health efforts, which have shown mixed effects. Specifically, it …

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Identifying the barriers to inclusion and belonging experienced by students and alumni in higher education

Gilda Spaducci, Theofanis Freiderikos, Tia Nevins, Jermaine Edwards et autres

Students minoritised because of their race and/or ethnicity have a different university experience from their peers, which is reflected in degree completion statistics, awarding gaps, and graduate outcomes. One factor influencing these outcomes is students’ sense of inclusion and belonging with the …

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