Profile
Biography
Denise Andrzejewski is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Heriot‑Watt University Dubai, having joined in 2023. She teaches various undergraduate courses in the psychology programme, specialising in dissertation writing, research methods, and social psychology. Denise has over a decade of international corporate experience in administration, management, human resources, training, and leadership. Her research focuses on human intelligence and the Flynn Effect, with a broader interest in the social and psychological aspects of mental health.
Academic leadership and affiliations
- Doctoral Fellow, Doctoral School of Cognition, Behaviour, and Neuroscience, University of Vienna
Qualifications
- MSc Applied Psychology, Middlesex University, 2018
- BSc Psychology, University of Derby, 2022
Publications
- Andrzejewski, D., Zeilinger, E. L., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Is there a Flynn effect for attention? Cross‑temporal meta‑analytical evidence for better test performance (1990–2021). Personality and Individual Differences, 216, 112417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112417
- Kotera, Y., Andrzejewski, D., Dosedlova, J., Taylor, E., Edwards, A.‑M., & Blackmore, C. (2022). Mental Health of Czech University Students: Negative Mental Health Attitudes, Mental Health Shame, and Self‑Compassion. Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040676
- Kotera, Y., Dosedlova, J., Andrzejewski, D., Kaluzeviciute, G., & Sakai, M. (2021). From Stress to Psychopathology: Relationship with Self‑Reassurance and Self‑Criticism in Czech University Students. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469‑021‑00516‑z (doi.org in Bing)
- Bertl, B., Andrzejewski, D., Hyland, L., Shrivastava, A., Russell, D., & Pietschnig, J. (2019). My grade, my right: Linking academic entitlement to academic performance. Social Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218‑019‑09509‑2 (doi.org in Bing)