2024

Burkitt, E. and Watling, D. (2024) How children draw, write and tell about portraying mixed emotions in themselves and others children. The International Journal of Art & Design Education. pp. 1-29. ISSN 1476-8070 (In Press)

2023

Abbott, R. and Burkitt, E. (2023) Child development and the brain: from embryo to adolescence. Policy Press, Britsol. ISBN 9781447355670

2021

Greenlees, I. A., Parr, A., Murray, S. and Burkitt, E.et al (2021) Elite Youth Soccer Players’ Sources and Types of Soccer Confidence. Sports, 9 (11). e146. ISSN 2075-4663

2019

Burkitt, E., Watling, D. and Cocks, F. (2019) Mixed emotion experiences for self or another person in adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 75. pp. 63-72. ISSN 0140-1971

Burkitt, E., Watling, D. and Message, H. (2019) Expressivity in children's drawings of themselves for adult audiences with varied authority and familiarity. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 37 (3). pp. 354-368. ISSN 0261-510X

2018

Lowry, R. G., Burkitt, E., Edmunds, S. and Farina, N.et al (2018) Men in the company of men: A scoping review of the effectiveness of Men’s Sheds. In: Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology Conference, 3-4 December 2018, Hilton Hotel, Belfast.

Burkitt, E., Lowry, R. G. and Fotheringham, F. (2018) Children’s understanding of mixed emotions in self and other: Verbal reports and visual representations. Infant and Child Development, 27 (3). ISSN 1522-7219

2017

Burkitt, E. (2017) Assessing the concordance between child reports and adult observations of single and mixed emotion in children’s drawings of themselves or another child. Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 38 (1). pp. 75-98. ISSN 0144-3410

2016

Burkitt, E., Lowry, R. G. and Purvis, L. (2016) The influence of social status and social economic status on adolescent intrinsic motivation for physical activity. In: International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 07 June 2017, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Burkitt, E. (2016) Effects of audience types on children’s drawings of emotionally significan human figures for a peer or an adult audience. In: The 22nd International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions World Congress and the 36th Annual Conference for the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 18-22 September 2016, Calgary. (Unpublished)

Burkitt, E. and Fotheringham, F. (2016) How Do Children Experience Mixed Emotion? Piloting an Analogue Emotion Scale. In: University of Chichester Research Conference, 8 July 2016, University of Chichester, West Sussex. (Unpublished)

Burkitt, E. (2016) The effects of task explicitness to communicate on the expressiveness of children’s drawings of different topics. Educational Psychology, 37 (2). pp. 219-236. ISSN 1469-5820

Burkitt, E. and Watling, D. (2016) How do children who understand mixed emotion represent them in freehand drawings of themselves and others? Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 36 (5). pp. 935-955. ISSN 1469-5820

2015

Abbott, R. and Burkitt, E. (2015) Child Development and the Brain: An Introduction. Policy Press, Bristol, UK. ISBN 9781447307044

Burkitt, E. and Lowry, R. G. (2015) Attitudes and practices that shape children’s drawing behaviour in mainstream and performing arts schools. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 34 (1). pp. 25-43. ISSN 1476-8062

2013

Burkitt, E. and Sheppard, L. (2013) Children’s colour use to portray themselves and others with happy, sad and mixed emotion. Educational Psychology. pp. 1-21. ISSN 0144-3410

Burkitt, E. and Watling, D. (2013) The impact of audience age and familiarity on children's drawings of themselves in contrasting affective states. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (3). pp. 222-234. ISSN 0165-0254

2011

Burkitt, E., Watling, D. and Murray, L. (2011) Children's drawings of significant figures for a peer or an adult audience. Infant and Child Development, 20 (6). pp. 466-473. ISSN 1522-7219

Burkitt, E. and Barrett, M. (2011) The effects of different drawing materials on children’s drawings of positive and negative human figures. Educational Psychology, 31 (4). pp. 459-479. ISSN 1469-5820

2010

Burkitt, E., Jolley, R. and Rose, S. (2010) The attitudes and practices that shape children's drawing experience at home and at school. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 29 (3). pp. 257-270. ISSN 1476-8062

Burkitt, E. and Barrett, M. (2010) Child and adult reports of graphic strategies used to portray figures with contrasting emotional characteristics. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 44 (3). pp. 169-190. ISSN 0022-0175

2009

Burkitt, E., Barrett, M. and Davis, A. (2009) Effects of different emotion terms on the size and colour of children's drawings. International Journal of Art Therapy, 14 (2). pp. 74-84. ISSN 1745-4840

2008

Burkitt, E. (2008) Children's choice of colour to depict metaphorical and affective information. In: Children's Understanding and Production of Pictures, Drawings, and Art: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches. Hogrefe & Huber, pp. 107-120. ISBN 9780889373501

2007

Burkitt, E., Tala, K. and Low, J. (2007) Finnish and English children's color use to depict affectively characterized figures. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 31 (1). pp. 59-64. ISSN 0165-0254

2006

Burkitt, E. and Barnett, N. (2006) The effects of brief and elaborate mood induction procedures on the size of young children’s drawings. Educational Psychology, 26 (1). pp. 93-108. ISSN 0144-3410

Rose, S. E., Jolley, R. P. and Burkitt, E. (2006) A review of children's, teachers' and parents' influences on children's drawing experience. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 25 (3). pp. 341-349. ISSN 1476-8062

2004

Burkitt, E., Barrett, M. and Davis, A. (2004) The effect of affective characterizations on the use of size and colour in drawings produced by children in the absence of a model. Educational Psychology, 24 (3). pp. 315-343. ISSN 0144-3410

2003

Burkitt, E., Barrett, M. and Davis, A. (2003) The effect of affective characterizations on the size of children's drawings. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21 (4). pp. 565-583. ISSN 0261-510X

Burkitt, E., Barrett, M. and Davis, A. (2003) Children's colour choices for completing drawings of affectively characterised topics. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44 (3). pp. 445-455. ISSN 0021-9630