![Caitlyn Donaldson BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD](https://profiles-cardiff.imgix.net/attachments/6324?w=200&h=200&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop&q=90")
Dr Caitlyn Donaldson
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD
Academic and research staff
- DonaldsonCJ@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29225 10087
- sbarc|spark, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Publication
2024
- Donaldson, C., Morgan, K., Page, N., Angel, L. and Moore, G. 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., Hawkins, J., Rice, F. and Moore, G. 2024. Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition. JCPP Advances (10.1002/jcv2.12244)
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., article number: 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, article number: 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
- Donaldson, C., Morgan, K., Page, N., Angel, L. and Moore, G. 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., Hawkins, J., Rice, F. and Moore, G. 2024. Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition. JCPP Advances (10.1002/jcv2.12244)
- 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., article number: 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, article number: 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.
Research themes
Specialisms
- Health Inequalities
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Health and wellbeing