Georgia Pavlopoulou
Biographic Data
| ID | 4272873 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georgia Pavlopoulou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georgia |
| FAMILY NAME | Pavlopoulou |
| SIGNATURE | PAVLOPOULOU G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0205-8332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A qualitative examination of the role of school leadership teams in secondary school mental health policy and practice for autistic students
Background Although school-based mental health initiatives are gaining attention, research remains limited on effective and sustainable implementation, especially for autistic students. School leadership play a pivotal role in shaping mental health initiatives. However, their roles and perspectives, particularly regarding autistic students, are under-researched. Methods We applied Reflexive Thematic Analysis to 22 semi-structured interviews with …
An Experience Sensitive Approach to Care With and for Autistic Children and Young People in Clinical Services
Many support schemes in current autism clinical services for children and young people are based on notions of neuro-normativity with a behavioral emphasis. Such neuro-disorder approaches gradually undermine a person, restrain authentic self-expression, and fail to address the impact of a hostile world on autistic well-being. Furthermore, such approaches obscure attention from a fundamental challenge to conceptualize an alternative humanistic inf…
Exploring similarities and differences in how researchers and young people understand key terms in youth mental-health research
A lack of a shared understanding of key terms is acknowledged as a significant barrier to interdisciplinary research. This paper examines the ways in which a broadly interdisciplinary team of academics and youth co-researchers involved in mental health research interpreted a number of research and mental health terms that are central to their work in order to understand conceptual differences in how different stakeholder groups approach these ter…
Emotional burden in school as a source of mental health problems associated with ADHD and/or autism
BACKGROUND: Mental health problems are elevated in adolescents with ADHD and/or autism. Emotion regulation deficits (ERD) have been hypothesised as a key driver of such difficulties. The Regulating Emotions - Strengthening Adolescent Resilience (RE-STAR) programme is examining an alternative pathway from neurodivergence to mental health problems, mediated by elevated emotional burden (EB) resulting from the interplay of increased exposure and an …
Cautious Capitals
Family social class background significantly influences parents' relationships with schools, yet the intersection of class with disability is often overlooked. This study draws on qualitative interviews with 17 majority middle-class parents of autistic young people attending mainstream schools in England, highlighting how social class and disability shape those relationships. Parents actively engaged in their children's education, deploying econo…
Lessons from lockdown
This paper reports on the findings of a BERA‐funded small‐scale project that explores the impacts of COVID‐19 lockdowns on the educational experiences of autistic children and young people who attend mainstream schools and their parents/carers in England. We observe that, unsurprisingly, lockdown resulted in associated stresses for families. However, our main argument is that for the participants, the pandemic has not been experienced to the same…
Social media use in female adolescents
Social Media Disorder (SMD) is characterised by the intense and excessive use of social media. Although previous studies have shown that SMD was associated with poor mental health, research across types of usage and platforms remain limited. Here, we conducted an initial investigation of social media usage across platforms and its relation to anxiety, sleep and loneliness in female adolescents. Forty one 16- to 19-year-old British female adolesce…
Cautious Capitals
Family social class background significantly influences parents' relationships with schools, yet the intersection of class with disability is often overlooked. This study draws on qualitative interviews with 17 majority middle-class parents of autistic young people attending mainstream schools in England, highlighting how social class and disability shape those relationships. Parents actively engaged in their children's education, deploying econo…
Lessons from lockdown
This paper reports on the findings of a BERA‐funded small‐scale project that explores the impacts of COVID‐19 lockdowns on the educational experiences of autistic children and young people who attend mainstream schools and their parents/carers in England. We observe that, unsurprisingly, lockdown resulted in associated stresses for families. However, our main argument is that for the participants, the pandemic has not been experienced to the same…
Social media use in female adolescents
Social Media Disorder (SMD) is characterised by the intense and excessive use of social media. Although previous studies have shown that SMD was associated with poor mental health, research across types of usage and platforms remain limited. Here, we conducted an initial investigation of social media usage across platforms and its relation to anxiety, sleep and loneliness in female adolescents. Forty one 16- to 19-year-old British female adolesce…
Lessons from lockdown
This paper reports on the findings of a BERA‐funded small‐scale project that explores the impacts of COVID‐19 lockdowns on the educational experiences of autistic children and young people who attend mainstream schools and their parents/carers in England. We observe that, unsurprisingly, lockdown resulted in associated stresses for families. However, our main argument is that for the participants, the pandemic has not been experienced to the same…
Exploring similarities and differences in how researchers and young people understand key terms in youth mental-health research
A lack of a shared understanding of key terms is acknowledged as a significant barrier to interdisciplinary research. This paper examines the ways in which a broadly interdisciplinary team of academics and youth co-researchers involved in mental health research interpreted a number of research and mental health terms that are central to their work in order to understand conceptual differences in how different stakeholder groups approach these ter…
Emotional burden in school as a source of mental health problems associated with ADHD and/or autism
BACKGROUND: Mental health problems are elevated in adolescents with ADHD and/or autism. Emotion regulation deficits (ERD) have been hypothesised as a key driver of such difficulties. The Regulating Emotions - Strengthening Adolescent Resilience (RE-STAR) programme is examining an alternative pathway from neurodivergence to mental health problems, mediated by elevated emotional burden (EB) resulting from the interplay of increased exposure and an …
Cautious Capitals
Family social class background significantly influences parents' relationships with schools, yet the intersection of class with disability is often overlooked. This study draws on qualitative interviews with 17 majority middle-class parents of autistic young people attending mainstream schools in England, highlighting how social class and disability shape those relationships. Parents actively engaged in their children's education, deploying econo…
A qualitative examination of the role of school leadership teams in secondary school mental health policy and practice for autistic students
Background Although school-based mental health initiatives are gaining attention, research remains limited on effective and sustainable implementation, especially for autistic students. School leadership play a pivotal role in shaping mental health initiatives. However, their roles and perspectives, particularly regarding autistic students, are under-researched. Methods We applied Reflexive Thematic Analysis to 22 semi-structured interviews with …
An Experience Sensitive Approach to Care With and for Autistic Children and Young People in Clinical Services
Many support schemes in current autism clinical services for children and young people are based on notions of neuro-normativity with a behavioral emphasis. Such neuro-disorder approaches gradually undermine a person, restrain authentic self-expression, and fail to address the impact of a hostile world on autistic well-being. Furthermore, such approaches obscure attention from a fundamental challenge to conceptualize an alternative humanistic inf…
Family and Disability Support Research (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Autism (3 works) · Mainstream (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Anxiety (2 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (2 works)