Helen St Clair‐Thompson

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Helen St Clair‐Thompson is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen St Clair‐Thompson has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 11 papers in Social Psychology and 10 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Helen St Clair‐Thompson's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (10 papers), Educational and Psychological Assessments (6 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (5 papers). Helen St Clair‐Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (10 papers), Educational and Psychological Assessments (6 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (5 papers). Helen St Clair‐Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Helen St Clair‐Thompson's co-authors include Susan E. Gathercole, Sarah McGeown, Richard J. Allen, Peter Clough, David W. Putwain, John L. Perry, Sara Marsham, Alison I. Graham, Tina Overton and Linden J. Ball and has published in prestigious journals such as Memory & Cognition, Behavior Research Methods and Studies in Higher Education.

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Helen St Clair‐Thompson

32 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Executive functions and achievements in school: Shifting, updating, inhibition, and working memory

2005 946 citations Helen St Clair‐Thompson, Susan E. Gathercole Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology profile →

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#	Title	Journal	Authors	Indexed citations
1	Does mental toughness predict happiness over and above resilience, self-efficacy and grit?	New Ideas in Psychology	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	3
2	A mixed‐method exploration of mental toughness, perceived stress and quality of life in mental health workers	Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	4
3	Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World	CLOK (University of Central Lancashire)	Linden J. Ball, Laurie T. Butler et al.	0
4	Mental toughness in higher education: exploring the roles of flow and feedback	Educational Psychology	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	5
5	Mental toughness is a mediator of the relationship between positive childhood experiences and wellbeing	European Journal of Developmental Psychology	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	14
6	The prevalence of compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and perceived stress, and their relationships with mental toughness, individual differences and number of self-care actions in a UK police force	Police Practice and Research	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	26
7	Psychological distress constructs in police with different roles	International Journal of Emergency Services	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	19
8	Characteristics of students who consider taking a psychology placement year	Studies in Higher Education	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	3
9	Exploring the Reading Practices of Undergraduate Students	Education Inquiry	Helen St Clair‐Thompson, Alison I. Graham et al.	46
10	Mental toughness and transitions to high school and to undergraduate study	Educational Psychology	Helen St Clair‐Thompson, Sarah McGeown et al.	25
11	UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING ADOLESCENTS’ MENTAL TOUGHNESS IN AN EDUCATION CONTEXT	Psychology in the Schools	Sarah McGeown, David W. Putwain et al.	15
12	An investigation of gender and age differences in academic motivation and classroom behaviour in adolescents	Educational Psychology	Sarah McGeown, Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	19
13	The study of non-cognitive attributes in education: proposing the mental toughness framework	Educational Review	Sarah McGeown, Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	46
14	Are forward and backward recall the same? A dual-task study of digit recall	Memory & Cognition	Helen St Clair‐Thompson, Richard J. Allen	74
15	Mental capacity and working memory in chemistry: algorithmic versus open-ended problem solving	Chemistry Education Research and Practice	Helen St Clair‐Thompson, Tina Overton et al.	23
16	Information processing: a review of implications of Johnstone’s model for science education	Research in Science & Technological Education	Helen St Clair‐Thompson, Tina Overton et al.	16
17	Scoring methods and the predictive ability of working memory tasks	Behavior Research Methods	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	20
18	Working memory and science education: exploring the compatibility of theoretical approaches	Research in Science & Technological Education	Helen St Clair‐Thompson et al.	9
19	The influence of strategies on relationships between working memory and cognitive skills	Memory	Helen St Clair‐Thompson	35
20	Executive functions and achievements in school: Shifting, updating, inhibition, and working memory breakdown →	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	Helen St Clair‐Thompson, Susan E. Gathercole	946

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