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  1. Older adults’ experiences of wellbeing through engagement with a nature-based programme: insights from Activity Theory and Blue Zones thinking

    Article • Wellbeing Space and Society, June 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  2. Behind the armor: Masculine toughness as both risk and barrier in complex posttraumatic stress disorder recovery—Developing the Mapping, Interpreting, Modulating, Integrating, and Coconstructing (MIMIC) framework.

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, March 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  3. We Have No Voice, and We Must Scream : The Social Science Academic Journal Publication Model Is Systemically Broken, Predominantly Damaging Early-Career Researchers

    Article • Journal of Scholarly Publishing, January 2026, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  4. Oscillating the flatline: Symbolic technogothic reinterpretations as interrogated through Night School Studio’s Oxenfree

    Article • Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, October 2025, Intellect

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  5. Lived Experiences of New‐Onset Long Covid Pain and Its Impact on Health‐Related Quality of Life. A Scoping Review of Current Evidence

    Article • Health Expectations, July 2025, Wiley

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  6. The Conundrum of Antidepressant-Induced Anhedonia: A Blended Patient–Psychologist Perspective

    Article • Journal of Patient Experience, May 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  7. SSRI antidepressants and perceived loss of lean muscle in men: A qualitative exploration of some online anecdotal concerns

    Article • International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, May 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  8. The Beau Idéal Has Been Disconnected:

    Article • Culture Unbound Journal of Current Cultural Research, April 2025, Linkoping University Electronic Press

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  9. Social Capital and Improved Wellbeing: A Qualitative Investigation of the Wild Things! Silver Saplings Adventures Programme in Rural North-East Scotland

    Article • Journal of Gerontological Social Work, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  10. Men and the mask: Dramaturgical mask-wearing, masculinities and oilmen's ‘stoical’ emotional shielding practices in Scotland's offshore oilfields

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  11. “ I didn’t Leave Inceldom; Inceldom Left me ”: Examining Male Ex-Incel Navigations of Complex Masculinities Identity Rebuilding Following Rejection of Incel-C...

    Article • Deviant Behavior, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  12. DeusEx Saved My Life: A Feminist-Autoethnography of Video-Gaming Through Major Depressive Disorder

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, December 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  13. Long COVID in healthcare workers: longitudinal mixed-methods study

    Article • Occupational Medicine, November 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  14. Disrupted Candidacy: A Longitudinal Examination of the Constrained Healthcare‐Access Journeys of National Health Service Workers in Scotland Seeking Supports for Long COVID Illness

    Article • Health Expectations, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  15. Acknowledging multiple ‘masculine’ organisational identities: Moving beyond the singular model of workplace safety culture to a multiple safety cultures perspective

    Article • Occupational Psychology Outlook, September 2024, British Psychological Society

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  16. Studying ‘closed’ workplaces: ‘Embedded-actualised’ ethnography and reflections on ‘embeddedness’ from the remote UK oilfields

    Article • Ethnography, August 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  17. A uniquely positive, self-described patient experience with the R-MAOI Moclobemide, prescribed for treatment-resistant-depression-anxiety

    Article • Psychiatry Research, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  18. Knowledge gaps in existing research exploring sexual fluidity and mental health among young adults

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, June 2024, BMJ

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  19. Unforeseen emotional labour: A collaborative autoethnography exploring researcher experiences of studying Long COVID in health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  20. Lived experience of work and long COVID in healthcare staff

    Article • Occupational Medicine, December 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  21. OP32 Constrained Candidacy: Exploring different barriers to attaining healthcare access and treatment for long COVID illness by NHS workers in Scotland

    Article • August 2023, BMJ

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  22. “It's how people act out there that counts”: Examining linkages between emerging and protective organisationally desirable managerial masculinities and a reimagining of formal safety policies in the offshore oilfield

    Article • Resources Policy, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  23. A Triad of Physical Masculinities: Examining Multiple ‘Hegemonic’ Bodybuilding Identities in Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid (AAS) Online Discussion Groups

    Article • Deviant Behavior, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  24. Defensive pessimism-like thinking in practice: the (dys)functional strategy for coping with risk uncertainty in the offshore oilfield?

    Article • Journal of Risk Research, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  25. ‘A journey of self‐discovery and transformation’: A theoretical and comprehensive evaluation of the Queen's nursing institute Scotland community development programme

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  26. ‘Scraping’ Reddit posts for academic research? Addressing some blurred lines of consent in growing internet-based research trend during the time of Covid-19

    Article • International Journal of Social Research Methodology, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  27. Four Distinct Cultures of Oilfield Masculinity, but Absent Hegemonic Masculinity: Some Multiple Masculinities Perspectives from a Remote UK Offshore Drilling Platform

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, August 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  28. Salami Slicing: clarifying common misconceptions for social science early-career researchers

    Article • SN Social Sciences, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  29. Examining oilmen’s notions of ‘fatherhood masculinity’ as a pathway to understand increased offshore oilfield safety behaviours

    Article • Safety Science, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  30. Collaborate and die! Exploring different understandings of organisational cooperation within Scotland's uncertain North Sea oil and gas industry

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams

  31. Do Newer Antidepressant Drugs Really Have Reduced Side Effects? Examining a Random “Real World” Sample of 300+ Receivers of Medications

    Article • IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, December 2020, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)

    Dr Nicholas Norman Adams