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Lucy James' Outputs (11)

‘I Shouldn't Really Be Here’: University Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Transitioning to University With a Contextual Offer Admission (2025)
Journal Article
Bagnall, C. L., James, L. A., & Skipper, Y. (2025). ‘I Shouldn't Really Be Here’: University Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Transitioning to University With a Contextual Offer Admission. Higher Education Quarterly, 79(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70003

Universities may offer students from disadvantaged personal or socioeconomic contexts a lower threshold for entry compared to students from a more stable or affluent background; this is termed a contextual offer. Examples may include having a health... Read More about ‘I Shouldn't Really Be Here’: University Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Transitioning to University With a Contextual Offer Admission.

Students' perceptions and experiences of taking a Leave of Absence (LOA) during their degree (2024)
Journal Article
James, L., Noor, M., Halim, A., & Fox, C. (2024). Students' perceptions and experiences of taking a Leave of Absence (LOA) during their degree. Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 3(2), 102-119. https://doi.org/10.56230/osotl.105

Although literature suggests that students may encounter a range of difficulties whilst studying at university, our understanding of the experiences of those who have to take time away from their studies during their course is limited. This study ado... Read More about Students' perceptions and experiences of taking a Leave of Absence (LOA) during their degree.

Humor styles in the classroom: students’ perceptions of lecturer humor (2024)
Journal Article
James, L. A., & Fox, C. L. (2024). Humor styles in the classroom: students’ perceptions of lecturer humor. Humor, 37(1), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2023-0061

Previous research has shown that humor can have an impact on people’s interpersonal relationships and the way they are perceived by others. In addition, it has been suggested that use of humor by teachers can be positive, but also negative. The aim o... Read More about Humor styles in the classroom: students’ perceptions of lecturer humor.

Children’s perceptions of others’ humor: does context matter? (2021)
Journal Article
James, L. (2021). Children’s perceptions of others’ humor: does context matter?. Humor, https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2020-0088

Research suggests that those using adaptive forms of humor are perceived more positively compared to those using maladaptive forms of humor. Research of this nature, however, is yet to consider children. The present research involved presenting 357 c... Read More about Children’s perceptions of others’ humor: does context matter?.

Humor styles and empathy in junior-school children (2020)
Journal Article
Halfpenny, C. C., & James, L. A. (2020). Humor styles and empathy in junior-school children. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 16(1), 148-166. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v16i1.1934

Humor is a complex phenomenon. For one individual a joke may be perceived as comical, yet for another, the same joke may be deemed completely inappropriate. The appropriate use of humor is perhaps dependent on how a humorist relates to, understands a... Read More about Humor styles and empathy in junior-school children.

Humor Styles in Younger Children (2019)
Book Chapter
James, L. A., & Fox, C. L. (2019). Humor Styles in Younger Children. In Research on Young Children’s Humor. (1). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15202-4_4

The humor styles approach assumes that humor can be adaptive and maladaptive, with four main styles of humor reflecting how we use humor in every-day life: Affiliative, Self-enhancing, Self-defeating, and Aggressive. Through a series of studies, the... Read More about Humor Styles in Younger Children.

Humor Styles in Younger Children (2019)
Book Chapter
James, L. A., & Louise Fox, C. (2019). Humor Styles in Younger Children. In Research on Young Children’s Humor. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15202-4_4

The humor styles approach assumes that humor can be adaptive and maladaptive, with four main styles of humor reflecting how we use humor in every-day life: Affiliative, Self-enhancing, Self-defeating, and Aggressive. Through a series of studies, the... Read More about Humor Styles in Younger Children.

Longitudinal associations between younger children's humour styles and psychosocial adjustment (2018)
Journal Article
James, L. A., & Fox, C. L. (2018). Longitudinal associations between younger children's humour styles and psychosocial adjustment. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36(4), 589-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12244

Whilst a multitude of studies have examined links between different styles of humour and aspects of adjustment, longitudinal research is noticeably lacking. Following a study which identified bidirectional associations between humour styles and psych... Read More about Longitudinal associations between younger children's humour styles and psychosocial adjustment.

The development of a humor styles questionnaire for younger children (2016)
Journal Article
James, L., & Fox, C. (in press). The development of a humor styles questionnaire for younger children. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 29(4), https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2016-0042

Despite the adaptation of the humor styles questionnaire for older children a measure suitable for children below the age of eleven was needed. The current research involved three separate studies leading to the creation of the humor styles questionn... Read More about The development of a humor styles questionnaire for younger children.

Children’s understanding of self-focused humor styles (2016)
Journal Article
James, L. (2016). Children’s understanding of self-focused humor styles. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 420-433. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1067

It has been proposed that four main styles of humor exist, two which are thought to be adaptive (affiliative, self-enhancing) and two which are thought to be maladaptive (aggressive, self-defeating). Whilst the existence of these four humor styles ha... Read More about Children’s understanding of self-focused humor styles.