PhD Studentship: The development of well being and its links with psychopathology

Nurturing psychological well being across development has become an important issue in educational policy. Debate continues over the extent to which well being is at the opposite end of a continuum of psychopathology or whether it is a separable construct. This project will use large-scale existing datasets to examine the longitudinal associations between well being and common forms of psychopathology such as anxiety, depression and conduct problems. This project would be particularly suited to someone wishing to develop skills in advanced quantitative methodologies.

Funding Notes

This is one of many projects in competition for the current funding opportunities available within the Department of Psychology. Please see here for full details: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/psychology/prospectivepg/funding
Overseas students are welcome to apply for funding but must be able to demonstrate that they can fund the difference in the tuition fees. Requirements: We ask for a minimum of a first class or high upper second-class undergraduate honours degree and a distinction or high merit at Masters level in psychology or a related discipline.

References

Patalay, P., & Fitzsimons, E. (2016). Correlates of Mental Illness and Wellbeing in Children: Are They the Same? Results From the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 55(9), 771-783.

Croft, S., Stride, C., Maughan, B., & Rowe, R. (2015). Validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Preschool-Aged Children. Pediatrics, 135(5), E1210-E1219.