Jelena Milicev
Research title: Using social network analysis to understand social support, wellbeing and academic progress of postgraduate researchers - a mixed method approach
Publications
2025
Anderson, M. et al. (2025) Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity. PLoS ONE, 20(5), e0319981. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319981) (PMID:40333665)
2024
Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Thomson, Meigan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9159, Milicev, Jelena
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Goodfellow, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Letina, Srebrenka, Bradley, Sarah and McCann, Mark
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416
(2024)
Loneliness, social support, and social networks: Urban-rural variation and links to wellbeing in Scotland.
Journal of Public Health,
(doi: 10.1007/s10389-024-02236-9)
(Early Online Publication)
Richardson, Leonie, Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Goodfellow, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Milicev, Jelena
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495 and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2024)
Starting an undergraduate degree amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method egocentric network study on student loneliness.
PLoS ONE, 19(2),
e0297953.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297953)
(PMID:38306333)
(PMCID:PMC10836688)
2023
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Qualter, Pamela, Goodfellow, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Inchley, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817, Simpson, Sharon A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768, Leyland, Alastair H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Kharicha, Kalpa and Long, Emily
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471
(2023)
The prospective relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction, and psychological distress before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK.
Journal of Public Health, 31(9),
pp. 1417-1431.
(doi: 10.1007/s10389-022-01719-x)
(PMID:35668719)
(PMCID:PMC9136554)
White, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-6307, Milicev, Jelena
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Bradford, Daniel R.R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-8764, Rodger, Amy and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2023)
The mental labyrinth of postgraduate research: a qualitative study of postgraduate mental health and wellbeing and the impact of the supervisory relationship.
Higher Education,
(doi: 10.1007/s10734-023-01061-5)
(Early Online Publication)
2021
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, McCann, Mark
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Simpson, Sharon A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768, Biello, Stephany M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-5215 and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2021)
Evaluating mental health and wellbeing of postgraduate researchers: prevalence and contributing factors.
Current Psychology, 42(14),
pp. 12267-12280.
(doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02309-y)
2020
Kocic, Aeksandar and Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2020)
Challenges for public service radio in small nations: lessons from Scotland.
In: Savage, P., Medina, M. and Lowe, G.F. (eds.)
Universalism in Public Service Media.
Nordicom: Gothenburg, pp. 133-150.
ISBN 9789188855268
2019
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2019)
Prevalence and Predictors of PGR Mental Health and Wellbeing in the UK.
SMaRteN Student Conference, Cambridge, UK, 17 Dec 2019.
Kocic, Aleksandar and Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2019)
Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: a mixed-methods study.
Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 10(2),
pp. 183-201.
(doi: 10.1386/jdmp.10.2.183_1)
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2019)
Salud mental de los investigadores de postgrado – prevalencia y papel de departamento y supervisor = Postgraduate researchers' mental health - prevalence and the role of department and supervisor.
XVI Encuentro AESPPU: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 06-07 Jun 2019.
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Biello, Stephany
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-5215 and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2019)
"A Combination of a Hamster Wheel and a Rat Race" - an Exploration of Postgraduate Researchers' Wellbeing.
International Conference on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers, Brighton, UK, 16-17 May 2019.
2018
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2018)
Personal Relationships in Trichotillomania - An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Approach.
2nd International Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Conference, Glasgow, UK, 26-27 Jul 2018.
2014
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2014)
You and Thou in Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello's Island 2nd Annual Conference of Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Larnaca, Cyprus, 09-12 Apr 2014.
Articles
Anderson, M. et al. (2025) Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity. PLoS ONE, 20(5), e0319981. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319981) (PMID:40333665)
Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Thomson, Meigan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9159, Milicev, Jelena
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Goodfellow, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Letina, Srebrenka, Bradley, Sarah and McCann, Mark
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416
(2024)
Loneliness, social support, and social networks: Urban-rural variation and links to wellbeing in Scotland.
Journal of Public Health,
(doi: 10.1007/s10389-024-02236-9)
(Early Online Publication)
Richardson, Leonie, Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Goodfellow, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Milicev, Jelena
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495 and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2024)
Starting an undergraduate degree amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method egocentric network study on student loneliness.
PLoS ONE, 19(2),
e0297953.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297953)
(PMID:38306333)
(PMCID:PMC10836688)
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Qualter, Pamela, Goodfellow, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Inchley, Joanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817, Simpson, Sharon A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768, Leyland, Alastair H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Kharicha, Kalpa and Long, Emily
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471
(2023)
The prospective relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction, and psychological distress before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK.
Journal of Public Health, 31(9),
pp. 1417-1431.
(doi: 10.1007/s10389-022-01719-x)
(PMID:35668719)
(PMCID:PMC9136554)
White, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-6307, Milicev, Jelena
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Bradford, Daniel R.R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-8764, Rodger, Amy and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2023)
The mental labyrinth of postgraduate research: a qualitative study of postgraduate mental health and wellbeing and the impact of the supervisory relationship.
Higher Education,
(doi: 10.1007/s10734-023-01061-5)
(Early Online Publication)
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, McCann, Mark
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Simpson, Sharon A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768, Biello, Stephany M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-5215 and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2021)
Evaluating mental health and wellbeing of postgraduate researchers: prevalence and contributing factors.
Current Psychology, 42(14),
pp. 12267-12280.
(doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02309-y)
Kocic, Aleksandar and Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2019)
Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: a mixed-methods study.
Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 10(2),
pp. 183-201.
(doi: 10.1386/jdmp.10.2.183_1)
Book Sections
Kocic, Aeksandar and Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2020)
Challenges for public service radio in small nations: lessons from Scotland.
In: Savage, P., Medina, M. and Lowe, G.F. (eds.)
Universalism in Public Service Media.
Nordicom: Gothenburg, pp. 133-150.
ISBN 9789188855268
Conference or Workshop Item
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2019)
Prevalence and Predictors of PGR Mental Health and Wellbeing in the UK.
SMaRteN Student Conference, Cambridge, UK, 17 Dec 2019.
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2019)
Salud mental de los investigadores de postgrado – prevalencia y papel de departamento y supervisor = Postgraduate researchers' mental health - prevalence and the role of department and supervisor.
XVI Encuentro AESPPU: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 06-07 Jun 2019.
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Biello, Stephany
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-5215 and Gardani, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971
(2019)
"A Combination of a Hamster Wheel and a Rat Race" - an Exploration of Postgraduate Researchers' Wellbeing.
International Conference on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers, Brighton, UK, 16-17 May 2019.
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2018)
Personal Relationships in Trichotillomania - An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Approach.
2nd International Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Conference, Glasgow, UK, 26-27 Jul 2018.
Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495
(2014)
You and Thou in Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello's Island 2nd Annual Conference of Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Larnaca, Cyprus, 09-12 Apr 2014.