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Overview

Helen Cowie is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their academic work spans fields including Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, and Health.

Their research addresses topics such as Health, psychology, and well-being; Family and Disability Support Research; Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development; COVID-19 and Mental Health; Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction; Resilience and Mental Health; and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology.

Helen Cowie has published articles in multiple academic journals and contributed to book publications. The frequent venues of publication include:

  • International Journal of Emotional Education
  • Pastoral Care in Education
  • Children & Society
  • The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and timeline of their scholarship:

  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of children and young people, 2020, Children & Society
  • Pastoral care in education today: its continuing role in promoting mental health in children and young people, 2022, Pastoral Care in Education
  • Peer Support, 2020, The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development
  • Book reviews [International Journal of Emotional Education, 14(2)], 2022, International Journal of Emotional Education
  • Better mental health in schools: four key principles for practice in challenging times, 2022, Pastoral Care in Education

In addition to journal articles, Helen Cowie has authored books published by:

  • Jessica Kingsley Publishers eBooks: A School for Everyone (2022)
  • University of Malta: Peer support in school (2020)

Collaborative efforts are evident in their frequent coauthors, including:

  • Carrie-Anne Myers
  • F. Burton Jones
  • Harriet R. Tenenbaum
  • G Abend
  • M Abrums

Best Publications

  • Definitions of Bullying: A Comparison of Terms Used, and Age and Gender Differences, in a Fourteen–Country International Comparison

    Peter K. Smith;Helen Cowie;Ragnar F. Olafsson;Andy P. D. Liefooghe

  • Understanding Children's Development

    Peter K. Smith;Helen Cowie

  • Measuring workplace bullying

    Helen Cowie;Paul Naylor;Ian Rivers;Peter K. Smith

  • Profiles of non-victims, escaped victims, continuing victims and new victims of school bullying.

    Peter K. Smith;Lorenzo Talamelli;Helen Cowie;Paul Naylor

  • The effectiveness of peer support systems in challenging school bullying: the perspectives and experiences of teachers and pupils

    Paul Naylor;Helen Cowie

  • Interventions to reduce school bullying

    Peter K Smith;Katerina Ananiadou;Helen Cowie

  • Peer Support in Action: From Bystanding to Standing By

    Helen Cowie;Patti Wallace

  • Teachers' and pupils' definitions of bullying

    Paul Naylor;Helen Cowie;Fabienne Cossin;Rita de Bettencourt

  • Bystanding or standing by: Gender issues in coping with bullying in English schools

    Helen Cowie

  • Perceptions and experience of workplace bullying in five different working populations

    Dawn Jennifer;Helen Cowie;Katerina Ananiadou

  • Enhancing children's responsibility to take action against bullying: Evaluation of a befriending intervention in Italian middle schools

    Ersilia Menesini;Elena Codecasa;Beatrice Benelli;Helen Cowie

  • The role of peer support in helping the victims of bullying in a school with high levels of aggression

    Helen Cowie;Ragnar Olafsson

  • Tackling cyberbullying: Review of empirical evidence regarding successful responses by students, parents and schools

    Sonja Perren;Lucie Corcoran;Helen Cowie;Francine Dehue

  • Coping Strategies of Secondary School Children in Response to Being Bullied

    Paul Naylor;Helen Cowie;Rosario del Rey

  • Cooperation in the Multi-Ethnic Classroom: The Impact of Cooperative Group Work on Social Relationships in Middle Schools

    Helen Cowie;Peter Smith;Michael Boulton;Rema Laver

  • Knowledge, use of and attitudes towards peer support: a 2-year follow-up to the Prince's Trust survey.

    Helen Cowie;Paul Naylor;Lorenzo Talamelli;Preeti Chauhan

  • Short-Term Longitudinal Relationships Between Children’s Peer Victimization/Bullying Experiences and Self-Perceptions: Evidence for Reciprocity

    Michael J. Boulton;Peter K. Smith;Helen Cowie

  • Cyberbullying and its impact on young people’s emotional health and well-being

    Helen Cowie

  • Impact of a mental health teaching programme on adolescents

    Paul B. Naylor;Helen A. Cowie;Stephen J. Walters;Lorenzo Talamelli

  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of children and young people.

    Helen Cowie;Carrie-Anne Myers

  • Perspectives of Teachers and Pupils on the Experience of Peer Support Against Bullying

    Helen Cowie

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Sonja Perren
Sonja Perren University of Konstanz
Michael J. Boulton
Michael J. Boulton University of Chester
Christina Salmivalli
Christina Salmivalli University of Turku
Ersilia Menesini
Ersilia Menesini University of Florence
Nigel King
Nigel King University of Huddersfield

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