Andrew Francis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6000945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Francis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Francis |
| SIGNATURE | FRANCIS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2925-973X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Catatonia and melancholia interface
Absence of a standardized, systematic assessment tool and a small sample size
Great expectations
This paper presents the findings of the first empirical study of the experiences of young lawyers who have entered an increasingly uncertain profession following a highly competitive education and recruitment process. These ‘millennial lawyers’ are framed by a narrative of ‘difference’. This ‘difference’ is commonly articulated negatively and as a challenge to organisational and professional norms. However, our findings suggest a more complex rea…
Influence of religiosity on self-reported response to psychological therapies
There is a lack of research exploring the influence of religious or spiritual beliefs on response to psychological therapies. Our aims were to confirm the positive relationship between religiosity and psychological wellbeing, and investigate the potential synergistic impact of religiosity on self-reported response to psychological therapies. Participants were 118 adults (33 male, 85 female) aged 18 to 78 (M = 40.01, SD = 15.41); data was collecte…
Positive Association Between Reported Childhood Peer Teasing and Adult Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms
Legal Education, Social Mobility, and Employability
This article interrogates a number of assumptions underpinning the recent focus on employability and social mobility within legal education and the legal profession – in particular the capacity of legal work experience to support these policy objectives. It draws on research evidence to argue that a narrow focus upon the individual acquisition of skills and attributes fails to capture the fuller complexity of legal employability as a negotiated, …
Deep Blue
Deep Blue
Paganism has often looked to forest groves or mountain tops for inspiration and spiritual transformation. Deep Blue plunges deep into sacred waters through thirteen essays by leading writers in the expanding academic field of nature religion. Amongst others, the book will be of interest to nature religion academics, environmental researchers and activists, as well as practitioners and students of paganism and religion, faith and spirituality stud…
Nature Connectedness and Eudaimonic Well-Being
Although psychological benefits of natural environments continue to be established, explaining this relationship remains somewhat elusive. Ecological-self theory proposes that the well-being of humans and the well-being of nature are interwoven, whereby well-being is experienced through a spiritual interconnectedness with all things. This study aimed to (1) explore the relationships between nature connectedness, nonreligious spirituality, and six…
Neurophysiological Correlates of Configural Face Processing in Schizotypy
The findings suggest that neurophysiological deficits in processing facial configurations (N170) are apparent in schizotypy, while the early sensory processing (P100) of faces appears intact. This work adds to the mounting evidence for analogous neural processing anomalies at the healthy end of the psychosis continuum
Children’s self-concept
Strengthening Australian Families
Social connectedness has been promoted as one factor that may facilitate optimal functioning for families experiencing economic adversity. Using data from 218 Australian families, the current study explored the relative importance of social connectedness to the functioning of economically diverse families. Overall, results indicated similar levels of social connectedness and family functioning across low- and high-income groups. However, importan…
Childhood Predictors of Adulthood Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptomatology
The present study aimed to examine relationships between antisocial personality disorder (APD) symptoms in adulthood and retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment, parental bonding, and teasing, and while controlling for symptoms of depression and anxiety. Four hundred eleven non‐clinical participants (99 males, 312 females), aged 18–65 years, recruited from an Australian university and the general public, completed the questionnaire packag…
Spirituality mediates the relationship between engagement with nature and psychological wellbeing
Locus of Control Beliefs Mediate the Relationship Between Religious Functioning and Psychological Health
Mother's affection at 8 months predicts emotional distress in adulthood
Introduction —Injuries of the hand have an enormous impact on hand function and on quality of life. Occupational injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in India and their incidence has been steadily increasing. Sugarcane crushers produce juice using dangerous procedures. Objective —The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices among sugarcane crushers in India and thus assist in the formulatio…
Childhood maltreatment and adult personality disorder symptoms in a non-clinical sample
It can be argued that the well-substantiated relationship between childhood maltreatment and adult personality disorder (PD) symptoms may be confounded by comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety or dysfunctional childhood family environments. Therefore, the current study was designed to test the hypothesis that retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment would still be significantly related to reports of more PD symptoms when statistically c…
After Dark and Out in the Cold
This paper presents the findings of the first major research study of part‐time law students. It argues that many face multiple disadvantages, largely unrecognized by universities, whose emphasis on the formal equivalency of part‐time and full‐time law degrees ignores the distinctive backgrounds and needs of part‐time students. As a result, many are marginalized, impacting on their retention, overall performance, and work prospects. It is also ar…
‘I’m Not One of Those Women’s Libber Type People but…’
Legal executives are the third branch of the legal profession in England and Wales. While their professional body (ILEX) has made progress in recent years, they remain in a subordinate position to solicitors. Drawing on detailed interviews with legal executives in a range of settings, this article will argue that women legal executives experience a distinctive disadvantage in legal practice. Intersections of class, gender and professional power c…
Preferential Treatment, Social Justice, and the Part‐time Law Student – The Case for the Value‐added Part‐time Law Degree
There has been growing pressure to increase diversity in legal education and the legal profession in England and Wales. While this has focused upon the absence of certain groups such as women, ethnic minorities, and the disabled, there has been no specific discussion of part‐time law students. Drawing on questionnaires and focus groups with part‐time law students across England and Wales, this article examines how their background and experiences…
Anti-Alienism in New Zealand during the Great War
This article examines the role played by the New Zealand popular press in fostering anti-German sentiment during the Great War. In particular, it focuses on the case of George von Zedlitz, a Wellington academic, who for 12 months after the war's declaration, evaded government legislation intended to dismiss all enemy aliens from their posts, and intern those regarded as a danger to home security. Weekly journals led the campaign against the profe…
Expressed emotion in Greek versus Anglo-Saxon families of individuals with schizophrenia
Expressed emotion (EE) is a description of family communication and interaction patterns, relating to criticism, hostility and emotional overinvolvement; and has proven to be a valuable predictor of the course and outcome of schizophrenia. Scores on Friedman and Goldstein's (1993) adjective checklist; the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale; and the Family Assessment Device were compared between Greek (n = 7) versus Anglo-Saxon (n = 9) relatives of …
Lawyers, CABx and the Community Legal Service
This article explores the prognosis for social welfare law provision in the light of the government's plans for the Community Legal Service. It considers whether the involvement of both the advice sector and the traditional legal profession can provide the basis for stable and comprehensive provision of social welfare law. I conducted in-depth interviews with CAB workers and local solicitors in the large conurbation served by two CABx who partici…
Strengthening Australian Families
Social connectedness has been promoted as one factor that may facilitate optimal functioning for families experiencing economic adversity. Using data from 218 Australian families, the current study explored the relative importance of social connectedness to the functioning of economically diverse families. Overall, results indicated similar levels of social connectedness and family functioning across low- and high-income groups. However, importan…
Children’s self-concept
Childhood Predictors of Adulthood Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptomatology
The present study aimed to examine relationships between antisocial personality disorder (APD) symptoms in adulthood and retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment, parental bonding, and teasing, and while controlling for symptoms of depression and anxiety. Four hundred eleven non‐clinical participants (99 males, 312 females), aged 18–65 years, recruited from an Australian university and the general public, completed the questionnaire packag…
Childhood maltreatment and adult personality disorder symptoms in a non-clinical sample
It can be argued that the well-substantiated relationship between childhood maltreatment and adult personality disorder (PD) symptoms may be confounded by comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety or dysfunctional childhood family environments. Therefore, the current study was designed to test the hypothesis that retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment would still be significantly related to reports of more PD symptoms when statistically c…
Lawyers, CABx and the Community Legal Service
This article explores the prognosis for social welfare law provision in the light of the government's plans for the Community Legal Service. It considers whether the involvement of both the advice sector and the traditional legal profession can provide the basis for stable and comprehensive provision of social welfare law. I conducted in-depth interviews with CAB workers and local solicitors in the large conurbation served by two CABx who partici…
Lawyers, CABx and the Community Legal Service
This article explores the prognosis for social welfare law provision in the light of the government's plans for the Community Legal Service. It considers whether the involvement of both the advice sector and the traditional legal profession can provide the basis for stable and comprehensive provision of social welfare law. I conducted in-depth interviews with CAB workers and local solicitors in the large conurbation served by two CABx who partici…
Expressed emotion in Greek versus Anglo-Saxon families of individuals with schizophrenia
Expressed emotion (EE) is a description of family communication and interaction patterns, relating to criticism, hostility and emotional overinvolvement; and has proven to be a valuable predictor of the course and outcome of schizophrenia. Scores on Friedman and Goldstein's (1993) adjective checklist; the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale; and the Family Assessment Device were compared between Greek (n = 7) versus Anglo-Saxon (n = 9) relatives of …
‘I’m Not One of Those Women’s Libber Type People but…’
Legal executives are the third branch of the legal profession in England and Wales. While their professional body (ILEX) has made progress in recent years, they remain in a subordinate position to solicitors. Drawing on detailed interviews with legal executives in a range of settings, this article will argue that women legal executives experience a distinctive disadvantage in legal practice. Intersections of class, gender and professional power c…
Preferential Treatment, Social Justice, and the Part‐time Law Student – The Case for the Value‐added Part‐time Law Degree
There has been growing pressure to increase diversity in legal education and the legal profession in England and Wales. While this has focused upon the absence of certain groups such as women, ethnic minorities, and the disabled, there has been no specific discussion of part‐time law students. Drawing on questionnaires and focus groups with part‐time law students across England and Wales, this article examines how their background and experiences…
Anti-Alienism in New Zealand during the Great War
This article examines the role played by the New Zealand popular press in fostering anti-German sentiment during the Great War. In particular, it focuses on the case of George von Zedlitz, a Wellington academic, who for 12 months after the war's declaration, evaded government legislation intended to dismiss all enemy aliens from their posts, and intern those regarded as a danger to home security. Weekly journals led the campaign against the profe…
Childhood maltreatment and adult personality disorder symptoms in a non-clinical sample
It can be argued that the well-substantiated relationship between childhood maltreatment and adult personality disorder (PD) symptoms may be confounded by comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety or dysfunctional childhood family environments. Therefore, the current study was designed to test the hypothesis that retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment would still be significantly related to reports of more PD symptoms when statistically c…
After Dark and Out in the Cold
This paper presents the findings of the first major research study of part‐time law students. It argues that many face multiple disadvantages, largely unrecognized by universities, whose emphasis on the formal equivalency of part‐time and full‐time law degrees ignores the distinctive backgrounds and needs of part‐time students. As a result, many are marginalized, impacting on their retention, overall performance, and work prospects. It is also ar…
Mother's affection at 8 months predicts emotional distress in adulthood
Introduction —Injuries of the hand have an enormous impact on hand function and on quality of life. Occupational injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in India and their incidence has been steadily increasing. Sugarcane crushers produce juice using dangerous procedures. Objective —The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices among sugarcane crushers in India and thus assist in the formulatio…
Locus of Control Beliefs Mediate the Relationship Between Religious Functioning and Psychological Health
Spirituality mediates the relationship between engagement with nature and psychological wellbeing
Deep Blue
Deep Blue
Paganism has often looked to forest groves or mountain tops for inspiration and spiritual transformation. Deep Blue plunges deep into sacred waters through thirteen essays by leading writers in the expanding academic field of nature religion. Amongst others, the book will be of interest to nature religion academics, environmental researchers and activists, as well as practitioners and students of paganism and religion, faith and spirituality stud…
Nature Connectedness and Eudaimonic Well-Being
Although psychological benefits of natural environments continue to be established, explaining this relationship remains somewhat elusive. Ecological-self theory proposes that the well-being of humans and the well-being of nature are interwoven, whereby well-being is experienced through a spiritual interconnectedness with all things. This study aimed to (1) explore the relationships between nature connectedness, nonreligious spirituality, and six…
Neurophysiological Correlates of Configural Face Processing in Schizotypy
The findings suggest that neurophysiological deficits in processing facial configurations (N170) are apparent in schizotypy, while the early sensory processing (P100) of faces appears intact. This work adds to the mounting evidence for analogous neural processing anomalies at the healthy end of the psychosis continuum
Children’s self-concept
Strengthening Australian Families
Social connectedness has been promoted as one factor that may facilitate optimal functioning for families experiencing economic adversity. Using data from 218 Australian families, the current study explored the relative importance of social connectedness to the functioning of economically diverse families. Overall, results indicated similar levels of social connectedness and family functioning across low- and high-income groups. However, importan…
Childhood Predictors of Adulthood Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptomatology
The present study aimed to examine relationships between antisocial personality disorder (APD) symptoms in adulthood and retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment, parental bonding, and teasing, and while controlling for symptoms of depression and anxiety. Four hundred eleven non‐clinical participants (99 males, 312 females), aged 18–65 years, recruited from an Australian university and the general public, completed the questionnaire packag…
Positive Association Between Reported Childhood Peer Teasing and Adult Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms
Legal Education, Social Mobility, and Employability
This article interrogates a number of assumptions underpinning the recent focus on employability and social mobility within legal education and the legal profession – in particular the capacity of legal work experience to support these policy objectives. It draws on research evidence to argue that a narrow focus upon the individual acquisition of skills and attributes fails to capture the fuller complexity of legal employability as a negotiated, …
Influence of religiosity on self-reported response to psychological therapies
There is a lack of research exploring the influence of religious or spiritual beliefs on response to psychological therapies. Our aims were to confirm the positive relationship between religiosity and psychological wellbeing, and investigate the potential synergistic impact of religiosity on self-reported response to psychological therapies. Participants were 118 adults (33 male, 85 female) aged 18 to 78 (M = 40.01, SD = 15.41); data was collecte…
Great expectations
This paper presents the findings of the first empirical study of the experiences of young lawyers who have entered an increasingly uncertain profession following a highly competitive education and recruitment process. These ‘millennial lawyers’ are framed by a narrative of ‘difference’. This ‘difference’ is commonly articulated negatively and as a challenge to organisational and professional norms. However, our findings suggest a more complex rea…
Catatonia and melancholia interface
Absence of a standardized, systematic assessment tool and a small sample size
Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works)