Professional Learning PGT

Research output

Research output per year 1987 2013 2015 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 1994 Citations
• 59 Article
• 10 Commissioned Report
• 9 Working paper
• 7 Oral Presentation/ Invited Talk
• 43 More
  • 6 Other Report
  • 6 Chapter
  • 6 Unpublished paper
  • 5 Preprint
  • 3 Book
  • 3 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 3 Other
  • 2 Editorial
  • 2 Special issue
  • 2 Database
  • 2 Other contribution
  • 1 Book/Film/Article review
  • 1 Feature
  • 1 Newspaper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A protocol for a critical realist systematic synthesis of ~interventions to~ promote pupils’ wellbeing by improving the school climate in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  Abbott, P. A., Shanks, R., Stanley, I. & D’Ambruoso, L., 15 May 2024, In: PloS ONE. 19, 5, 15 p., e0286489.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Climate 100%
  • Pupil 94%
  • Income 71%
  • Mindfulness 65%
  • Climate Change 30%
  4 Downloads (Pure)

• A protocol for a critical realist synthesis of school mindfulness interventions designed to promote pupils' mental wellbeing

  Abbott, P., Nixon, G., Stanley, I. & D'Ambruoso, L., 9 Jan 2024, In: Frontiers in public health. 11, 12 p., 1309649.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Pupil 90%
  • pupil 65%
  • Systematic Reviews 15%
  • Social Media 12%
  1 Downloads (Pure)
• 2023

  Literacy and Quality of Life: A Study of Adults with Poor Literacy Capabilities in Western Rwanda

  Mtika, P. & Abbott, P., 7 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Rwanda 100%
  • quality of life 70%
  • literacy 60%
  • Adult Education 18%
  • group discussion 15%
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Scholarship on the Middle East in Political Science and International Relations: A Reassessment

  Teti, A. & Abbott, P., 1 Apr 2023, In: PS: Political Science & Politics. 56, 2, p. 259 - 264 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • North Africa 100%
  • East Africa 98%
  • political science 79%
  • Middle East 78%
  • international relations 75%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity

  Miller, V., Webb, P., Cudhea, F., Zhang, J., Reedy, J., Shi, P., Erndt-Marino, J., Coates, J., Micha, R., Mozaffarian, D. & Global Dietary Database, Apr 2023, In: Nature Food. 4, 4, p. 305-319 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • animal-based foods 100%
  • education 79%
  • food intake 70%
  • Eating 59%
  • Parents 59%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2022

  Can mindfulness training in primary schools promote mental wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa?

  Abbott, P., 12 Dec 2022, In: Open Access Government. 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Africa South of the Sahara 92%
  • Curriculum 81%
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Transitional Justice for Whom? Contention over Human Rights and Justice in Tunisia

  Han, S., 1 Nov 2022, In: Social Movement Studies. 21, 6, p. 816-832 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Transitional Justice 100%
  • Tunisia 56%
  • Justice 47%
  • Human Rights 41%
  • Unemployment 37%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity

  Miller, V., Webb, P., Cudhea, F., Shi, P., Zhang, J., Reedy, J., Erndt-Marino, J., Coates, J., Mozaffarian, D., Global Dietary Database & Abbott, P., Sept 2022, In: Nature Food. 3, 9, p. 694-702 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • nutritional adequacy 100%
  • education 83%
  • Healthy Diet 70%
  • Diet 57%
  • Education 52%
  51 Citations (Scopus)

• Tackling modern slavery: a sustainability accounting perspective

  Islam, M., Abbott, P. & Haque, S., Jan 2022, In: Futurum. 12, p. 20-23 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Accountability 100%
  • Transparency 97%
  • Working Conditions 96%
  • Sustainability 95%
  • Slavery 78%
  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Strangers in Plain Sight: Conceptions of Democracy in EU Neighbourhood Policy and in Public Opinion across North Africa

  Abbott, P. & Teti, A., 2022, In: The Journal of North African Studies. 27, 4, p. 691-713 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • conception of democracy 100%
  • neighborhood policy 93%
  • North Africa 78%
  • public opinion 60%
  • European Union 48%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Securitization of the Unemployed and Counter-Conductive Resistance in Tunisia

  Han, S., 1 Apr 2021, In: Security Dialogue. 52, 2, p. 156-173 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Tunisia 100%
  • terrorism 46%
  • right to work 40%
  • governmentality 31%
  • domination 27%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Building back fairer in public health policy requires collective action with and for the most vulnerable in society

  D'Ambruoso, L., Abbott, P. & Binagwaho, A., 16 Mar 2021, In: BMJ Global Health. 6, 3, 4 p., e005555.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Public Policy 100%
  • Pandemics 96%
  • monopoly 94%
  • knowledge production 94%
  • Health Policy 91%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding the political economy dynamics of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) sector in Rwanda

  Tsinda, A., Abbott, P., Chenoweth, J. & Mucyo, S., 2021, In: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. 13, 2, p. 265-278 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • political economy 100%
  • Rwanda 96%
  • Sanitation 87%
  • Hygiene 83%
  • hygiene 79%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Failing adult learners: Why Rwanda’s adult literacy education is not delivering

  Abbott, P., Mugisha, R., Mtika, P. & Nzabalirwa, W., 30 Nov 2020, In: International Journal of Educational Development . 79, 9 p., 102288.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Rwanda 100%
  • literacy 97%
  • Literacy 81%
  • education 62%
  • Education 43%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Burundi elections: what's at stake and what to expect

  Abbott, P. & Stubbs, T., 30 Apr 2020, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • military coup d'etat 100%
  • Burundi 77%
  • exile 68%
  • journalist 52%
  • military 49%

• The tide that failed to rise: Young people’s politics and social values in and after the Arab uprisings

  Abbott, P., Teti, A. & Sapsford, R., Jan 2020, In: Mediterranean Politics. 25, 1, p. 1-25 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • social value 100%
  • politics 88%
  • Arab 71%
  • tide 66%
  • young 53%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Strengthening interlinked marketing exchange systems to improve water and sanitation in informal settlements of Kigali, Rwanda

  Tsinda, A., Chenowath, J. & Abbott, P., 2020, In: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. 12, 3, p. 300-308 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Informal Settlements 100%
  • informal settlement 88%
  • Rwanda 87%
  • Sanitation 79%
  • sanitation 68%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Tunisians head for the polls amid dimming faith in democracy

  Abbott, P., Teti, A. & Sapsford, R., 3 Sept 2019, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • faith 100%
  • democracy 71%
  • popular uprising 53%
  • election 51%
  • president 26%

• Counsellor students’ conceptions of online counselling in Scotland and Finland

  Paterson, S. M., Laajala, T. & Lehtela, P. L., 2019, In: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 47, 3, p. 292-303 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Counselors 100%
  • Scotland 99%
  • Finland 92%
  • Counseling 86%
  • counselor 75%
  15 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Al-Sisi poised for empty victory in Egypt as signs of unrest grow across the region

  Abbott, P. & Teti, G. A., 26 Mar 2018, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • Egypt 100%
  • presidential election 49%
  • voting 42%
  • opposition 39%
  • firm 38%

• Tunisia is back on a knife edge – here’s why

  Abbott, P. & Teti, G. A., 17 Jan 2018, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • Tunisia 100%
  • anniversary 29%
  • Economic Policy 27%
  • protest 24%
  • budget 22%
• 2017

  Challenges of Doing Public Opinion Survey Research in the MENA

  Abbott, P. & Teti, A., 31 Dec 2017, In: American political Science Association MENA Workshops Alumnie e-newsletter. Fall, 3, p. 15-19 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Early, Accurate Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Cerebral Palsy

  Novak, I., Morgan, C., Adde, L., Blackman, J., Boyd, R. N., Brunstrom-Hernandez, J., Cioni, G., Damiano, D., Darrah, J., Eliasson, A-C., de Vries, L. S., Einspieler, C., Fahey, M., Fehlings, D., Ferriero, D. M., Fetters, L., Fiori, S., Forssberg, H., Gordon, A. M., Greaves, S., & 20 othersGuzzetta, A., Hadders-Algra, M., Harbourne, R., Kakooza-Mwesige, A., Karlsson, P., Krumlinde-Sundholm, L., Latal, B., Loughran-Fowlds, A., Maitre, N., McIntyre, S., Noritz, G., Pennington, L., Romeo, D. M., Shepherd, R., Spittle, A. J., Thornton, M., Valentine, J., Walker, K., White, R. & Badawi, N., 30 Sept 2017, In: JAMA pediatrics. 171, 9, p. 897-907 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cerebral Palsy 100%
  • Early Diagnosis 77%
  • Neurologic Examination 38%
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 23%
  • Guidelines 23%
  915 Citations (Scopus)

• Iraq must now rebuild itself – and that means fixing its dreadful governance

  Abbott, P., Teti, G. A. & DeJesus, K. M., 31 Jul 2017, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • Iraq 100%
  • humanitarian assistance 72%
  • governance 70%
  • political power 54%
  • legitimacy 42%

• Election guide: what you need to know about the Rwandan presidential poll

  Abbott, P. & Stubbs, T., 30 Jul 2017, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • election 100%
  • constitutional amendment 91%
  • Rwanda 78%
  • erosion 72%
  • president 51%

• Public disgust over corruption threatens stability in Middle East and North Africa

  Abbott, P., Teti, G. A. & Sapsford, R., 13 Jun 2017, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • North Africa 100%
  • East Africa 98%
  • Middle East 78%
  • corruption 78%
  • Tunisia 33%

• Against the tide: why women's equality remains a distant dream in Arab countries

  Abbott, P. & Teti, G. A., 20 Apr 2017, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

  • Arab countries 100%
  • equality 65%
  • Arab Spring 31%
  • empowerment 21%
  • regime 18%

• Integrative character education (ICE): grounding facilitated prosocial development in a humanistic perspective for a multicultural world

  White, R. & Shin, T. S., Mar 2017, In: Multicultural Education Review. 9, 1, p. 44-74 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Education 100%
  • education 48%
  • Moral Status 47%
  • moral education 39%
  • Personality Development 39%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  School-wide mediated prosocial development: Applying a sociocultural understanding to inclusive practice and character education

  White, R. & Shin, T. S., Dec 2016, In: Multicultural Education Review. 8, 4, p. 213-229 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • pupil behavior 100%
  • school climate 81%
  • education 62%
  • action research 60%
  • incidence 57%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  17 Downloads (Pure)

• The Promise and the Reality: Women's Rights in Rwanda

  Abbott, P. & Malunda, D., 30 Nov 2016, In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law. 24, 4, p. 561-581 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • women's rights 100%
  • Rwanda 98%
  • rights of woman 36%
  • genocide 31%
  • Gender equality 28%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Biodiversity informatics in Eastern Africa: Status, drivers and barriers

  Tsinda, A., Mugisha, R., Mutesi, L., Bizoza, A., Keyitesi, E. & Abbott, P. A., Jul 2016, In: Journal for Nature Conservation . 32, p. 67-80 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Childhood wellbeing: what role for education?

  Spratt, J., Apr 2016, In: British Educational Research Journal . 42, 2, p. 223-239 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • childhood 100%
  • learning 49%
  • education 44%
  • discourse 39%
  • teacher 30%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

  63 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Developing inclusive practice in Scotland: the National Framework for Inclusion

  Barrett, L., Beaton, M., Head, G., McAuliffe, L., Moscardini, L., Spratt, J. & Sutherland, M., Aug 2015, In: Pastoral Care in Education. 33, 3, p. 180-187 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Teacher Training 100%
  • Scotland 76%
  • inclusion 45%
  • Legislation 35%
  • teacher 27%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Inclusive pedagogy: From learning to action. Supporting each individual in the context of 'everybody'

  Spratt, J. & Florian, L., 1 Jul 2015, In: Teaching and Teacher Education. 49, p. 89-96 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • graduate 100%
  • learning 53%
  • teacher 43%
  • learning environment 38%
  • classroom 27%
  97 Citations (Scopus)

  61 Downloads (Pure)

• The View from Scotland: Dealing with Diversity

  Beaton, M. C., Jul 2015, In: Perspectiven Englisch. 12, 4, p. 49-58 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Integration and Segregation 100%
  • discourse 66%
  • classroom 65%
  • inclusion 42%
  • decision making 39%

• When practice takes precedence: conceptions of inquiry and the link to ethical posture

  McArdle, K., Birchley, J., Bruce, J., Hurrell, A., Paterson, S. & Stephen, M., 14 Mar 2015, In: Educational Action Research. 23, 1, p. 68-84 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • conflict of values 100%
  • ethical behavior 85%
  • action research 59%
  • narrative 40%
  • experience 20%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Online Learning Communities: Motivational Factors for Success

  Paterson, S. M., 14 May 2014, In: International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES). 2, 2, p. 6-12 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • internet community 100%
  • learning 47%
  • educational setting 23%
  • frustration 23%
  • tutor 21%
  56 Downloads (Pure)

• Moving On: A Case Analysis of Process and Outcome in Person-Centred Psychotherapy for Health Anxiety

  Smith, K., Shoemark, A., McLeod, J. & McLeod, J., 2014, In: Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 13, 2, p. 111-127 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Person-Centered Psychotherapy 100%
  • Metaphor 82%
  • psychotherapy 54%
  • Emotions 46%
  • Anxiety 42%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Evidence-based practice and teacher action-research: a reflection on the nature and direction of 'change'

  Colucci-Gray, L., Das, S., Gray, D., Robson, D. & Spratt, J., Feb 2013, In: British Educational Research Journal . 39, 1, p. 126-147 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • action research 100%
  • evidence 47%
  • teacher 46%
  • reform 33%
  • conversation 21%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Active agents of health promotion? The school's role in supporting the HPV vaccination programme

  Spratt, J., Shucksmith, J., Philip, K. & McNaughton, R., 2013, In: Sex Education. 13, 1, p. 82-95 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • vaccination 100%
  • health promotion 85%
  • role conception 31%
  • health 30%
  • secondary school teacher 25%
  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  The specter of post-communism: Women and alcohol in eight post-Soviet states

  Hintoe, B., Cockerham, W. & Abbott, P. A., Apr 2009, In: Social Science & Medicine. 68, 7, p. 1254-1262 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Communism 100%
  • Post-communism 96%
  • Spectre 63%
  • Alcohol 59%
  • communism 59%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Characteristics of effective interventions in improving young people’s sexual health: a review of reviews

  Poobalan, A. S., Pitchforth, E., Imamura, M., Tucker, J. S., Philip, K., Spratt, J., Mandava, L. & Van Teijlingen, E., 2009, In: Sex Education. 9, 3, p. 319-336 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • health 100%
  • sex education 79%
  • physical development 45%
  • Caucasian 39%
  • contraceptive 34%
  56 Citations (Scopus)

• Post-Communism and Female Tobacco Consumption in the Former Soviet States

  Hintoe, B., Cockerham, W. & Abbott, P. A., 2009, In: Europe-Asia Studies. 61, 9, p. 1543-1555 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • post-communism 100%
  • Post-communism 80%
  • tobacco consumption 63%
  • tobacco 52%
  • Smoking 50%

• Psychological Stress and dietary Patterns in Eight Post-Soviet Republics

  Cockerham, W., Abbott, P. A. & Hinote, B., 2009, In: Appetite. 53, p. 24-33 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  30 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Cultural Trauma and Social Quality in Post-Soviet Moldavia and Belarus

  Abbott, P., 2007, In: East European Politics and Societies. 21, 2, p. 219-258 40 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Moldova 100%
  • trauma 66%
  • happiness 28%
  • economic change 15%
  • political change 15%
  27 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Health Lifestyles, and Political Ideology

  Cockerham, W., Hintoe, B., Cockerham, G. & Abbott, P. A., 2006, In: Social Science & Medicine. 62, p. 1799-1809

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  42 Citations (Scopus)

• Life Satisfaction in Post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine

  Abbott, P. A. & Sapsford, R., 2006, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 7, p. 251-287

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  65 Citations (Scopus)

• Psychological Distress, Gender and Health Lifestyles in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine

  Cockerham, W., Hinote, B. & Abbott, P. A., 2006, In: Social Science & Medicine. 63, p. 2381-2394

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  122 Citations (Scopus)

• Trust, Confidence and Social Environment in Post-Communist Societies

  Sapsford, R. & Abbott, P. A., 2006, In: Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 39, p. 59-71

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  66 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Living on the Margins: Older People, Place and Social Exclusion

  Abbott, P. A. & Sapsford, R., 2005, In: Policy Studies. 26, 1, p. 29-66

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  49 Citations (Scopus)