Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Screened out: meeting the challenge of technology and young people’s wellbeing October 2015	Gordon Cameron and James Lloyd	Education theory	Strategic Society Centre (SSC)
Media use, sports participation, and wellbeing in adolescence: cross-sectional findings January 2015	Dr Cara L. Booker, Dr Alexandra J. Skew, Dr Yvonne J. Kelly and Dr Amanda Sacker	Education theory	American Journal of Public Health
Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and wellbeing March 2016	Jo Inchley, Dorothy Currie, Taryn Young et al.	Education research International policy Mental health +6 more	World Health Organisation (WHO)
Using positive psychology to enhance student achievement: a schools-based programme for character education 2015	Dr Tina Rae and Ruth MacConville	Education theory	Routledge
Flourish: a new understanding of happiness and well being 2011	Dr Martin Seligman	Education theory View all	New York Free Press
How to create kind schools: 12 extraordinary projects making schools happier and helping every child fit in April 2015	Jenny Hulme	Education theory	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Mindset: the new psychology of success 2006	Professor Carol Dweck	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Learning styles and cognitive development +3 more	Oxford Education Press
Nudge: improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness 2008	Dr Richard H Thaler and Professor Cass Sunstein	Education theory	Penguin Books
Mindfulness: a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world May 2011	Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman	Mental health Pastoral care and wellbeing Pupil development and support +3 more	Little Brown Book Group
Get some headspace: 10 minutes can make the difference May 2011	Andy Puddicome	Pastoral care and wellbeing Social/welfare support Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Hodder and Stoughton
Teaching happiness and wellbeing in schools: learning to ride elephants February 2009	Ian Morris	Character and non-cognitive development Mental health Pastoral care and wellbeing +2 more	Continuum International Publishing Group
Therapy culture: cultivating vulnerability in an uncertain age October 2003	Professor Frank Furedi	Character and non-cognitive development Mental health Pastoral care and wellbeing +3 more	Routledge
Summerhill: a radical approach to child rearing 1960	Alexander Sutherland Neill	Character and non-cognitive development Education research Education theory +6 more	Hart Publishing