Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology. He has previously worked as a lecturer and senior lecturer at other universities, in addition to working for a contract research organisation.
Andrew’s principal research interests are in the areas of individual differences, health psychology, and positive psychology/performance. His research typically assumes a focus on how individual difference constructs relate to health and well-being. Andrew furthermore has an active interest in the development and evaluation of psychological measures, psychometrics, and statistical modelling. This strand of research has resulted in the formation of several psychological scales using advanced analytic techniques. His research also focuses on stress, applied cognitive psychology (e.g., conspiracy belief), and psychopathology (e.g., Dark Triad). Alongside other research activities, Andrew is currently completing a programme of funded research, focusing on illusory health beliefs and the affiliated effects on health outcomes/behaviours over time. Andrew possesses a strong publication record and has attracted several grants in support of his research. He is also certified with the British Psychological Society as a Test User of Ability (formerly Level A) and Personality (formerly Level B).
Journal article
Dagnall N, Drinkwater KG, Denovan A, Escolá Gascón A. 2024. Variations in positive well-being as a function of the interaction between paranormal belief and schizotypy Frontiers in Psychology, 15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Escolà-Gascón Á, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater K. 2024. Impact of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) on air safety: Evidence from Airbus® TCAS/ROSE simulators Journal of Air Transport Management, 119 :102617-102617 DOI Publisher Url
Walker L, Grogan S, Denovan A, Scholtens K, McMillan B, Conner M, Epton T, Armitage CJ, Cordero MI. 2024. An Age-Progression Intervention for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study Investigating the Influence of Two Sets of Instructions on Intervention Efficacy International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Scott MW, Esselaar M, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Marshall B, Deacon AS, Holmes PS, Wright DJ. 2024. Development and Validation of the Combined Action Observation and Motor Imagery Ability Questionnaire Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, :1-14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K. 2024. The Chronic Time Pressure Inventory: further assessment of factorial structure and validity PeerJ, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dinić BM, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Došenović A, Neave N. 2024. Assessing conspiracist beliefs across societies: Validation of the Serbian adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS) International Journal of Psychology, 59 :322-330 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Drinkwater KG, Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2024. Paranormal belief, psychopathological symptoms, and well-being: Latent profile analysis and longitudinal assessment of relationships Prete G. PLoS ONE, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater KG. 2024. The paranormal health beliefs scale: an evaluation using cognitive interviewing Frontiers in Psychology, 15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Escolà-Gascón Á, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Denovan A. 2024. Abandoned vs. regenerated places: Evidence of five social impacts that improve urban planning Cities, 146 :104739-104739 DOI Publisher Url
Curtis K, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Denovan A. 2023. Facing Death Anxiety: Effects of Professional Exposure To Death and Dying Journal of Scientific Exploration, 37 :616-632 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K. 2023. Non-Cognitive Adaptive Resourcefulness: Scrutiny of Its Multidimensionality and Nomological Validity Psychological Reports, :332941231221502 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater KG, Escolà-Gascón A. 2023. The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale-5: further psychometric evaluation using a United Kingdom-based sample Frontiers in Psychology, 14 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Papageorgiou KA, Denovan A, Dagnall N, Hill-Artamonova E, Gianniou FM, Papageorgiou S, Plouffe RA, Kowalski CM, Saklofske DH, Kyriazos T, Stalikas A, Costantini G. 2023. Grandiose narcissism indirectly associates with lower psychopathology across five countries Journal of Psychiatric Research, 167 :78-85 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mojtahedi D, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Clough P, Dewhurst S, Hillier M, Papageorgiou K, Perry J. 2023. Competition Anxiety in Combat Sports and the Importance of Mental Toughness Behavioral Sciences, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Escolà-Gascón Á, Serra MV, Houran J, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Denovan A. 2023. Resources on Escolà-Gascón et al.'s (2023) remote viewing research per the original CIA experiments Explore, 20 :10-16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Drinkwater K, Denovan A, Dagnall N, Williams C. 2023. The General Hopelessness Scale: Development of a measure of hopelessness for non-clinical samples Christensen KB. PLoS ONE, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Burns D, Dagnall N, Denovan A. 2023. Predictors of help-seeking behaviour in UK university students during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47 :727-739 DOI Publisher Url
Wheatley C, Batey M, Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2023. Mental toughness in the Football Association Women's Super League: Relationships with playing experience, perceptions of club infrastructure, support mechanisms and self-esteem Senel E. PLoS ONE, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Escolà-Gascón Á, Houran J, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Denovan A. 2023. Follow-up on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) remote viewing experiments☆ Brain and Behavior, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Escolà-Gascón Á. 2023. Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chronic Time Pressure Inventory using Rasch analysis PeerJ, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Escolà-Gascón Á, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Diez-Bosch M, Micó-Sanz JL. 2023. Social impact of environmental disasters: Evidence from Canary Islands volcanic eruption International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 88 DOI Publisher Url
Drinkwater K, Dagnall N, Denovan A. 2023. Conspiracy Theory Advocacy and Endorsement of Inaccurate Material: A Review of the Psychological Research 2010 - 2022 Journal of Scientific Exploration, 37 :17-35 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Escolà-Gascón Á, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Maria Alsina-Pagès R, Freixes M. 2023. Evidence of environmental urban design parameters that increase and reduce sense of place in Barcelona (Spain) Landscape and Urban Planning, 235 :104740-104740 DOI Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater KG. 2023. Longitudinal assessment of the temporal stability and predictive validity of the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale Frontiers in Psychology, 13 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Fasce A, Avendaño D, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Escolà-Gascón Á. 2022. Validation of the Spanish Version of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale Spanish Journal of Psychology, 25 :e25 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater KG. 2022. Paranormal belief, cognitive-perceptual factors, and well-being: A network analysis Frontiers in Psychology, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Escolà-Gascón Á, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Diez-Bosch M. 2022. Who falls for fake news? Psychological and clinical profiling evidence of fake news consumers Personality and Individual Differences, 200 :111893 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Drinkwater K, Dagnall N, Houran J, Denovan A, O’Keeffe C. 2022. Structural Relationships Among Mental Boundaries, Childhood Imaginary Companions, Creative Experiences, and Entity Encounters Psychological Reports, :1-19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater KG, Escolà-Gascón Á. 2022. Paranormal belief and well-being: The moderating roles of transliminality and psychopathology-related facets Frontiers in Psychology, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K. 2022. The Ego Resiliency Scale-Revised: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Rasch Models Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40 :707-721 DOI Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater KG. 2022. Variations in Well-Being as a Function of Paranormal Belief and Psychopathological Symptoms: A Latent Profile Analysis Frontiers in Psychology, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K. 2022. Examining what Mental Toughness, Ego Resiliency, Self-efficacy, and Grit measure: An exploratory structural equation modelling bifactor approach Current Psychology, 42 :22148-22163 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Dagnall N, Hill-Artamonova E, Musienko T. 2022. Confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis of the Russian version of the ego resiliency scale revised National Security and Strategic Planning, 2022 :82-96 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Plouffe RA, Kowalski CM, Papageorgiou KA, Dinić BM, Artamonova E, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Gianniou FM, Kyriazos T, Saklofske DH, Stalikas A. 2022. The Revised Assessment of Sadistic Personality (ASP-8): Evidence for Validity across Four Countries Journal of Personality Assessment, 105 :149-162 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Walsh S, Sproson L, Peverell M, Denovan A. 2022. Self-Ascribed Paranormal Ability: Reflexive Thematic Analysis Frontiers in Psychology, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Walker L, Grogan S, Scholtens K, Denovan A, McMillan B, Armitage CJ, Conner M, Epton T, Cordero MI. 2022. UK women smokers' experiences of an age-progression smoking cessation intervention: Thematic analysis of accounts PEC Innovation, 1 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Parker A, Escolà-Gascón Á. 2022. Paranormal Experience Profiles and Their Association With Variations in Executive Functions: A Latent Profile Analysis Frontiers in Psychology, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Parker A, Escolà-Gascón Á. 2021. Executive Functioning: Assessing the Role of Perceived Paranormal Ability Frontiers in Psychology, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Hill-Artamonova E, Musienko T. 2021. Mental toughness questionnaire (MTQ18): A Russian version National Security and Strategic Planning, 2021 :47-59 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Dagnall N, Drinkwater KG, Denovan A, Walsh RS. 2021. The Potential Benefits of Non-skills Training (Mental Toughness) for Elite Athletes: Coping With the Negative Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Artamonova E, Papageorgiou KA. 2021. Dark Triad traits, learning styles, and symptoms of depression: Assessing the contribution of mental toughness longitudinally Learning and Individual Differences, 91 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Williams C, Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Dagnall N. 2021. Thinking Style and Paranormal Belief: The Role of Cognitive Biases Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 41 :274-298 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Perry JL, Strycharczyk D, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Papageorgiou KA, Clough PJ. 2021. Dimensionality of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ48) Frontiers in Psychology, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Williams C. 2021. Paranormal Belief, Thinking Style and Delusion Formation: A Latent Profile Analysis of Within-Individual Variations in Experience-Based Paranormal Facets Frontiers in Psychology, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Williams C. 2021. Differences in Cognitive-Perceptual Factors Arising From Variations in Self-Professed Paranormal Ability Frontiers in Psychology, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Papageorgiou KA, Denovan A, Dagnall N, Artamonova E. 2021. A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory Short Form: Narcissism as a Multidimensional Trait in the United Kingdom and Russia Journal of Personality Assessment, 104 :359-367 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Walsh RS. 2021. To What Extent Have Conspiracy Theories Undermined COVID-19: Strategic Narratives? Frontiers in Communication, 6 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Mojtahedi D, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Clough P, Hull S, Canning D, Lilley C, Papageorgiou KA. 2021. The Relationship Between Mental Toughness, Job Loss, and Mental Health Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dagnall N, Drinkwater KG, Denovan A, Stephen Walsh R. 2020. Bridging the Gap between UK Government Strategic Narratives and Public Opinion/Behavior: Lessons from COVID-19 Frontiers in Communication, 5 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Parker A, Neave N. 2020. Conspiracist beliefs, intuitive thinking, and schizotypal facets: A further evaluation Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34 :1394-1405 DOI Publisher Url
Walsh RS, Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Reddington S, Dagnall N. 2020. Predicting GP visits: A multinomial logistic regression investigating GP visits amongst a cohort of UK patients living with Myalgic encephalomyelitis BMC Family Practice, 21 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater K, Denovan A, Dagnall N, Parker A. 2020. Predictors of hearing electronic voice phenomena in random noise: Schizotypy, fantasy proneness, and paranormal beliefs Journal of Parapsychology, 84 :96-113 DOI Publisher Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Neave N. 2020. Psychometric assessment of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale Tran US. PLoS ONE, 15 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater KG, Dagnall N, Denovan A. 2020. Dark Triad Traits and Sleep-Related Constructs: An Opinion Piece Frontiers in Psychology, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater KG, Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2020. Lucid Dreaming, Nightmares, and Sleep Paralysis: Associations With Reality Testing Deficits and Paranormal Experience/Belief Frontiers in Psychology, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2019. Development and Evaluation of the Chronic Time Pressure Inventory Frontiers in Psychology, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Monk L. 2019. Schizotypy and Risk-Taking Behaviour: the Contribution of Urgency Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 42 :1-12 DOI Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Papageorgiou KA, Clough PJ, Parker A, Drinkwater KG. 2019. Psychometric assessment of shortened mental toughness questionnaires (Mtq): Factor structure of the mtq-18 and the mtq-10 Frontiers in Psychology, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Macaskill A, Papageorgiou K. 2019. Future time perspective, positive emotions and student engagement: a longitudinal study Studies in Higher Education, 45 :1533-1546 DOI Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater KG, Parker A. 2019. An evaluation of the belief in science scale Frontiers in Psychology, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Lofthouse G. 2018. Neuroticism and Somatic Complaints: Concomitant Effects of Rumination and Worry Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 47 :431-445 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Papageorgiou KA, Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2018. The positive effect of narcissism on depressive symptoms through mental toughness: Narcissism may be a dark trait but it does help with seeing the world less grey European Psychiatry, 55 :74-79 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater K, Denovan A, Dagnall N, Parker A. 2018. The Australian sheep-goat scale: An evaluation of factor structure and convergent validity Frontiers in Psychology, 9 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Parker A, Drinkwater K, Stephen Walsh R. 2018. Confirmatory factor analysis of the inventory of personality organization-reality testing subscale Frontiers in Psychology, 9 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Papageorgiou KA, Malanchini M, Denovan A, Clough PJ, Shakeshaft N, Schofield K, Kovas Y. 2018. Longitudinal associations between narcissism, mental toughness and school achievement Personality and Individual Differences, 131 :105-110 DOI Publisher Url
Drinkwater K, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Parker A, Clough P. 2018. Predictors and Associates of Problem–Reaction–Solution: Statistical Bias, Emotion-Based Reasoning, and Belief in the Paranormal SAGE Open, 8 :1-11 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater K, Dagnall N, Denovan A, Parker A. 2018. The Moderating Effect of Mental Toughness: Perception of Risk and Belief in the Paranormal Psychological Reports, 122 :268-287 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Parker A. 2018. Latent profile analysis of schizotypy and paranormal belief: Associations with probabilistic reasoning performance Frontiers in Psychology, 9 :35 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Parker A, Clough P. 2017. Perception of risk and terrorism-related behavior change: Dual influences of probabilistic reasoning and reality testing Frontiers in Psychology, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Drinkwater K, Denovan A, Dagnall N, Parker A. 2017. An assessment of the dimensionality and factorial structure of the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale Frontiers in Psychology, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Lawton E, Brymer E, Clough P, Denovan A. 2017. The relationship between the physical activity environment, nature relatedness, anxiety, and the psychological well-being benefits of regular exercisers Frontiers in Psychology, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N, Dhingra K, Grogan S. 2017. Evaluating the Perceived Stress Scale among UK university students: implications for stress measurement and management Studies in Higher Education, 44 :120-133 DOI Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Parker A, Clough PJ. 2017. Urban legends and paranormal beliefs: The role of reality testing and schizotypy Frontiers in Psychology, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Parker A, Clough P. 2017. Statistical Bias and Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31 :368-378 DOI Publisher Url
Denovan A, Macaskill A. 2016. Stress, resilience and leisure coping among university students: applying the broaden-and-build theory Leisure Studies, 36 :852-865 DOI Publisher Url
Denovan A, Macaskill A. 2016. Building resilience to stress through leisure activities: a qualitative analysis Annals of Leisure Research, 20 :446-466 DOI Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Parker A, Clough P. 2016. Toward a better understanding of the relationship between belief in the paranormal and statistical bias: The potential role of schizotypy Frontiers in Psychology, 7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Denovan A, Parker A, Rowley K. 2016. Misperception of Chance, Conjunction, Framing Effects and Belief in the Paranormal: A Further Evaluation Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30 :409-419 DOI Publisher Url
Denovan A, Macaskill A. 2016. Stress and Subjective Well-Being Among First Year UK Undergraduate Students Journal of Happiness Studies, 18 :505-525 DOI Publisher Url
Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Denovan A, Parker A. 2015. Suggestion, belief in the paranormal, proneness to reality testing deficits, and perception of an allegedly haunted building Journal of Parapsychology, 79 :87-104
Dagnall N, Drinkwater K, Parker A, Denovan A, Parton M. 2015. Conspiracy theory and cognitive style: A worldview Frontiers in Psychology, 6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Macaskill A, Denovan A. 2014. Assessing psychological health: The contribution of psychological strengths British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 42 :320-337 DOI Publisher Url
Denovan A, Macaskill A. 2013. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of stress and coping in first year undergraduates British Educational Research Journal, 39 :1002-1024 DOI Publisher Url
Macaskill A, Denovan A. 2013. Developing autonomous learning in first year university students using perspectives from positive psychology Studies in Higher Education, 38 :124-142 DOI Publisher Url
Denovan A, Macaskill A. 2009. Using positive psychology to promote the health and well-being of new student transition to university PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, 24 :252-253
Conference publication
Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2024. A latent profile analysis and structural equation modelling of anomalous belief, psychopathological symptoms, and well-being 14th Symposium of BIAL Foundation
Denovan A, Drinkwater K, Dagnall N. 2022. Neuropsychological and cognitive perceptual characteristics 13th Symposium of the BIAL Foundation
Report
Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2023. The benefits of sport participation and physical activity in schools Publisher Url Public Url
Armitage H, Dagnell N, Dempsey J, Denovan A, Hammond M, Holden S, Lee D, O'Leary C, Walsh S, GMCA , GMAH . 2023. Finding the right place to grow older: Improving housing choices for older people Finding the right place to grow older: improving housing choices for older people Publisher Url Public Url
Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2023. A latent profile analysis and structural equation modelling of paranormal belief, psychopathological symptoms, and well-being. A latent profile analysis and structural equation modelling of paranormal belief, psychopathological symptoms, and well-being.
Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2020. An independent evaluation of the Routes into AHP Careers resource An independent evaluation of the Routes intoAHP Careers resource Publisher Url Public Url
Chapters
Denovan A, Dagnall N. 2017. Measuring Mindset Using Psychometric Tests Oakes S, Griffin M. The GCSE Mindset: 40 activities for transforming student commitment, motivation and productivity :211-224 Crown House 9781785831843
Denovan A, Crust L, Clough PJ. 2016. Resilience at Work The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work :132-149 DOI Publisher Url