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Dr Caitlyn Donaldson
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD
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Staff academaidd ac ymchwil
Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol a Gofodol
Trosolwg
Rwy'n gydymaith ymchwil ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, wedi'i leoli ar draws DECIPHer a Chanolfan Wolfson ar gyfer Iechyd Meddwl Pobl Ifanc. Mae fy ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar ganlyniadau iechyd meddwl plant a phobl ifanc yng nghyd-destun ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd. Mae gen i ddiddordeb arbennig yn y trawsnewidiad o'r ysgol gynradd i'r ysgol uwchradd a sut mae gwahanol agweddau ar amgylchedd yr ysgol yn cefnogi iechyd meddwl. Mae fy arbenigedd yn dadansoddi setiau data mawr gan ddefnyddio modelau dosbarth aml-lefel a chudd, yn ogystal â methodoleg adolygu systematig.
Rwy'n angerddol am gefnogi datblygiad ymchwilwyr ac rwy'n aelod o grŵp cynghori Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru ar gyfer datblygu ymchwilwyr a hefyd yn rhedeg grŵp mentora myfyrwyr PhD DECIPHer.
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Bagnall, C. L. et al., 2026. A mixed-methods study of how to improve primary-secondary transitions in England: combining academic research with policy and practice consultation. Educational Psychology Review 38 98. (10.1007/s10648-026-10174-z)
- Bagnall, C. L. et al., 2026. A mixed-methods study of how to improve primary-secondary transitions in england: combining academic research with policy and practice consultation. Educational Psychology Review 38 (1) 98. (10.1007/s10648-026-10174-z)
- Brown, R. et al. 2026. Student perceptions of people and places in their school that are influential for mental health and emotional wellbeing, and implications for wellbeing policies in Wales. Wellbeing, Space and Society 10 100333. (10.1016/j.wss.2025.100333)
2025
- Evans, R. et al. 2025. Peer support and community interventions targeting breastfeeding in the UK: Systematic review of qualitative evidence to identify inequities in participants’ experiences. Maternal and Child Nutrition 21 (4) e70041. (10.1111/mcn.70041)
- Donaldson, C. , Hawkins, J. and Moore, G. 2025. Individual and school environment predictors of mental health and wellbeing across the primary-to-secondary school transition. School Mental Health 17 , pp.890-902. (10.1007/s12310-025-09776-9)
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2025. Associations of perceived school and year group climate with mental health among children aged 7-to-11 years. Child Indicators Research 18 (2), pp.885-904. (10.1007/s12187-024-10213-7)
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2025. Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition. JCPP Advances 5 (1) e12244. (10.1002/jcv2.12244)
2024
- Moore, G. et al. 2024. School and family level socioeconomic status, school connectedness and health and wellbeing among 9-11 year olds: cross sectional analysis of the Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in Wales. Child Indicators Research (10.1007/s12187-024-10179-6)
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2024. Mental health, bullying and school connectedness: a comparative analysis of school transition at age 11 from within the Welsh education system. British Educational Research Journal 50 (3), pp.1533-1555. (10.1002/berj.3985)
2023
- Donaldson, C. , Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. Conceptualising the primary to secondary school transition within the theoretical framework of ecosocial theory. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions 2 (1), pp.1-17. 19. (10.5334/ijelt.61)
- Donaldson, C. , Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. A systematic review of school transition interventions to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes in children and young people. School Mental Health 15 , pp.19-35. (10.1007/s12310-022-09539-w)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al., 2023. Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking according to tobacco control context: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research. BMC Public Health 23 424. (10.1186/s12889-022-14727-z)
2022
- Donaldson, C. 2022. Transition from primary to secondary school and young people’s mental health. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Articles
- Bagnall, C. L. et al., 2026. A mixed-methods study of how to improve primary-secondary transitions in England: combining academic research with policy and practice consultation. Educational Psychology Review 38 98. (10.1007/s10648-026-10174-z)
- Bagnall, C. L. et al., 2026. A mixed-methods study of how to improve primary-secondary transitions in england: combining academic research with policy and practice consultation. Educational Psychology Review 38 (1) 98. (10.1007/s10648-026-10174-z)
- Brown, R. et al. 2026. Student perceptions of people and places in their school that are influential for mental health and emotional wellbeing, and implications for wellbeing policies in Wales. Wellbeing, Space and Society 10 100333. (10.1016/j.wss.2025.100333)
- Evans, R. et al. 2025. Peer support and community interventions targeting breastfeeding in the UK: Systematic review of qualitative evidence to identify inequities in participants’ experiences. Maternal and Child Nutrition 21 (4) e70041. (10.1111/mcn.70041)
- Donaldson, C. , Hawkins, J. and Moore, G. 2025. Individual and school environment predictors of mental health and wellbeing across the primary-to-secondary school transition. School Mental Health 17 , pp.890-902. (10.1007/s12310-025-09776-9)
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2025. Associations of perceived school and year group climate with mental health among children aged 7-to-11 years. Child Indicators Research 18 (2), pp.885-904. (10.1007/s12187-024-10213-7)
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2025. Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition. JCPP Advances 5 (1) e12244. (10.1002/jcv2.12244)
- Moore, G. et al. 2024. School and family level socioeconomic status, school connectedness and health and wellbeing among 9-11 year olds: cross sectional analysis of the Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in Wales. Child Indicators Research (10.1007/s12187-024-10179-6)
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2024. Mental health, bullying and school connectedness: a comparative analysis of school transition at age 11 from within the Welsh education system. British Educational Research Journal 50 (3), pp.1533-1555. (10.1002/berj.3985)
- Donaldson, C. , Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. Conceptualising the primary to secondary school transition within the theoretical framework of ecosocial theory. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions 2 (1), pp.1-17. 19. (10.5334/ijelt.61)
- Donaldson, C. , Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. A systematic review of school transition interventions to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes in children and young people. School Mental Health 15 , pp.19-35. (10.1007/s12310-022-09539-w)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al., 2023. Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking according to tobacco control context: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research. BMC Public Health 23 424. (10.1186/s12889-022-14727-z)
Thesis
- Donaldson, C. 2022. Transition from primary to secondary school and young people’s mental health. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
Mae fy ymchwil gyfredol yn canolbwyntio ar ddefnyddio setiau data ysgolion mawr i archwilio gwahanol agweddau ar brofiadau ysgol plant a phobl ifanc a'u heffeithiau ar iechyd meddwl. Mae hyn yn cynnwys ffactorau fel rhyngweithiadau iaith cartref ac ysgol, hinsawdd ysgol a grwpiau blwyddyn, newidiadau mewn tueddiadau cysylltedd ysgol dros amser a sut y gallai rhwydweithiau cyfoedion gefnogi neu rwystro datblygiad cysylltedd ysgol. Ochr yn ochr â hyn, rwy'n parhau i weithio ar brosiectau sy'n gysylltiedig â thrawsnewid ysgolion, gan gydweithio ag academyddion o brifysgolion eraill y DU.
Bywgraffiad
Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n gydymaith ymchwil ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, wedi'i leoli ar draws DECIPHer a Chanolfan Wolfson ar gyfer Iechyd Meddwl Pobl Ifanc.
Cwblheais fy PhD ar ddiwedd 2022 gan edrych ar y trawsnewidiad o'r ysgol gynradd i'r ysgol uwchradd ac iechyd meddwl pobl ifanc. Ers cwblhau fy PhD, rwyf wedi gweithio ar draws ystod o brosiectau a rhaglenni ymchwil, gan gynnwys ehangu'r Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Iechyd Ysgolion yng Nghymru i ysgolion cynradd, gwerthuso'r Dull Ysgol Gyfan o Les Emosiynol a Meddyliol, a chyflwyno adolygiadau systematig a ariennir gan NIHR o fewn DECIPHer.
Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n darparu cefnogaeth ddadansoddol ar gyfer gwerthuso'r ymyrraeth iechyd gydol oes yn Moldofa a Gogledd Macedonia.
Cyn fy PhD roeddwn i'n gweithio i'r trydydd sector mewn cyhoeddi academaidd ac ymchwil iechyd cyhoeddus ar ôl cwblhau fy BSc (Anrh) mewn Gwyddorau Dynol o Goleg Prifysgol Llundain yn 2004, a fy MSc mewn Dulliau Ymchwil Gymdeithasol o'r Brifysgol Agored yn 2014.
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
- Enillydd Gwobr Hywel Thomas 2026 am Ymchwil, Diwylliant a Datblygu Cymunedol https://www.learnedsociety.wales/inspiring-mentor-receives-inaugural-hywel-thomas-prize/
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Rwy'n aelod o rwydwaith cydraddoldeb rhywiol EMPOWER Prifysgol Caerdydd, rhwydwaith ymchwilwyr gyrfa gynnar yr Academi Brydeinig a rhwydwaith iechyd meddwl plant a phobl ifanc GW4. Ar hyn o bryd rwyf hefyd yn cymryd rhan yn y rhaglen hyfforddi cymheiriaid deorydd iechyd meddwl (PeCo) a ariennir gan NIHR ac yn ddiweddar rwyf wedi cwblhau rhaglen datblygu diwylliant ymchwil Ignite Prifysgol Caerdydd a ariennir gan Wellcome.
Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus
· 21Awst 2025, Cynhadledd Ryngwladol ar Drawsnewidiadau Addysgol a Bywyd, Prifysgol Dundee. Pontio o'r ysgol gynradd i'r ysgol uwchradd: Rhagfynegwyr amgylchedd unigol ac ysgol o iechyd meddwl a lles.
· 30Ebrill 2025, Gweminar Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Iechyd Ysgolion i ysgolion. Rôl amgylchedd ysgol yn iechyd meddwl dysgwyr yn ystod y trawsnewidiad o'r ysgol gynradd i'r ysgol uwchradd. Rôl amgylchedd ysgol mewn iechyd meddwl dysgwyr yn ystod pontio o'r gynradd i'r uwchradd - YouTube
· 3Rhagfyr 2024, Cynhadledd rhwydwaith EMPOWER, Caerdydd. O'r trydydd sector i'r byd academaidd. Cyflwyniad poster.
· 30 Hydref 2024, Fforwm Academi Ddoethurol Prifysgol Caerdydd, Panelydd. Rhyngweithiadau Meddwl-Corff: Y Berthynas Ddeinamig rhwng Iechyd Corfforol a Lles Meddyliol
· 18Medi 2024, cynhadledd CLOSER ECR, Llundain. Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition.
· 11Medi 2024, cynhadledd Cymdeithas Ymchwil Addysgol Prydain (BERA), Prifysgol Manceinion. Iechyd meddwl, bwlio a chysylltiad ysgol: Dadansoddiad cymharol o drawsnewid ysgol o fewn system addysg Cymru.
· 18Mehefin 2024, Cyflwyniad sgwrs fflach – Cynhadledd ECR Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru, Prifysgol Bangor. Creu Cymru iachach: Iechyd meddwl plant a rôl ysgolion.
· 14Mai 2024, Canolfan Lles Plant y Brifysgol Agored yn y Brifysgol. Ymyriadau pontio ysgol ac iechyd meddwl pobl ifanc: Adolygiad systematig.
· 19 Mawrth 2024, Gweminar Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Iechyd Ysgolion i ysgolion. Pontio ysgol, statws economaidd-gymdeithasol ac iechyd meddwl. Pontio Ysgol: Statws Economaidd-gymdeithasol ac Iechyd Meddwl
· 6Rhagfyr 2023, Canolfan Ymchwil ar gyfer Newid Trawsnewidiol: Trawsnewidiadau Addysgol a Bywyd (TCELT), Prifysgol Dundee. Cysyniadu'r Trawsnewidiad Ysgolion Cynradd i Uwchradd o fewn Fframwaith Damcaniaethol Theori Ecogymdeithasol.
· 14, 15, 23Tachwedd 2023, Clystyrau Ysgolion Bro Morgannwg. Cyflwyniad i'r Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Iechyd Ysgolion
· 13 Medi 2023, cynhadledd Cymdeithas Ymchwil Addysgol Prydain (BERA), Prifysgol Aston. Ymyriadau pontio ysgol ac iechyd meddwl pobl ifanc: Adolygiad systematig.
· 6 Gorffennaf 2023, Cyflwyniad Poster – Cynhadledd ECR Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru, Prifysgol Abertawe. Neidio uchel i addysg uwchradd: Pontio ysgol ac anghydraddoldebau iechyd. Dyfarnwyd:2il safle
· 25Mai 2022, Breaking Boundaries, Academi Ddoethurol Prifysgol Caerdydd: Rhagfynegwyr iechyd meddwl ar draws y cyfnod pontio i'r ysgol uwchradd. Dyfarnwyd: 1af safle
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
Roeddwn ar bwyllgor trefnu Ysgol Haf Iechyd Meddwl Pobl Ifanc Canolfan Wolfson 2025: Ysgol Haf - Canolfan Wolfson ar gyfer Iechyd Meddwl Pobl Ifanc - Prifysgol Caerdydd
Roeddwn hefyd yn aelod o bwyllgor trefnu colocwiwm ECR blynyddol Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru yn 2025: Colocwiwm ECR 2025 - Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru ac rwy'n aelod o grŵp cynghori Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru ar gyfer datblygu ymchwilwyr: Grŵp Cynghori ar gyfer Datblygu Ymchwilwyr - Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru
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Arbenigeddau
- Anghydraddoldebau Iechyd
- Iechyd Meddwl Plant a'r Glasoed
- Iechyd a lles
- Gwyddorau cymdeithasol meintiol
