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Assistant Professor Dr Nadia Binti Samsudin

Head of Research and Postgraduate Studies

Academic Qualifications

PhD (Applied Statistic in Public Health)
Master of Science (Science, Technology & Sustainability)
Bachelor of Science (Science and Technology Studies)

Areas of Interest
Educational Psychology
Public Health
Health Science
Applied Statistics
Research Methodology
Structural Equation Modeling
Science and Technology
Sustainability
Research

  • 2022 – 2025: Post-Doc Research Fellow, Developing and Validating a New Model of Preventive Intervention Modules on Bullying and Cyberbullying for Secondary School Students: An Intervention Mapping Approach, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Malaysia
  • 2023 – 2025: Post-Doc Research Fellow, Traditional Martial Arts For All, Project 101133802, European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Europe
  • 2023-2024: Principal Investigator (PI), Empowering Pregnant Women with PTSD in Malaysia: A Framework for Self-Care and Well-being, funded by the UCSI Research Excellence & Innovative Grant (REIG).
  • 2023-2024: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Exploring Relationships Between Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Students of Higher Education in Malaysia, funded by the UCSI Research Excellence & Innovative Grant (REIG).
  • 2024-2025: Research Team Member, Lived Experience of Physical Education from Malaysian Teachers and Preservice Teachers on Curriculum Prioritization, funded by the UCSI Research Excellence & Innovative Grant (REIG).
  • 2024-2026: Research Team Member, Developing a Framework for Including Students with Special Needs in Physical Education in Malaysian Schools, funded by the UCSI Research Excellence & Innovative Grant (REIG).
  • 2025-2027: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI), Cognitive Prostheses in Higher Education: AI as a Partner in Distributed Cognition, funded by the UCSI Research Excellence & Innovative Grant (REIG).

Publications

  1. Ren, C., Bailey, R. P., Samsudin, N., Kumar Mishra, P., Yin, S., & Cui, J. (2026). Flipped learning in physical education: A typology and foundational principles for active and inclusive lessons. Cogent Education, 13(1), Article 2655942.
  2. Huang, X., Bailey, R. P., Huang, X. H., & Samsudin, N. (2026). Teacher self-efficacy as a mediator between learning engagement and teaching skills in Chinese pre-service teachers. Frontiers in Education, 11, Article 1697522.
  3. Chen, X., Bailey, R. P., Xie, H., Fang, Q., Ashok, A. I., & Samsudin, N. (2026). Profile-specific SCL-90-R symptom networks in Chinese university students: Out-of-sample validation in three annual cohorts (2022–2024). Current Psychology, 45(7), Article 733.
  4. Li, C., Li, Y., Wu, C., Bailey, R. P., & Samsudin, N. (2026). Foregrounding motivational climate in university physical education: A mixed-methods latent profile analysis with classroom prescriptions. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 8, Article 1748720.
  5. Chen, X. H., Bailey, R., Jiao, F. R., Fang, Q. Y., & Samsudin, N. (2026). Trajectories of anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Chinese university students with and without curriculum-embedded traditional martial arts: A three-year multigroup analysis. Mental Health and Physical Activity, Article 100755.
  6. Bailey, R. P., Sweeney, C., Sweeney, R., Konig, K. H. K., Konig, U. Z., Felix Martinez, J. M., ... Samsudin, N. (2026). Martial arts interventions for adult physical fitness: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of cardiorespiratory, strength, and balance outcomes. Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology, (2), 89–103.
  7. Bailey, R. P., Hoe, T. W., Morrison, G. Z., & Samsudin, N. (2026). Rethinking higher education: Embodied learning and pedagogical transformation. Higher Education, 90(1).
  8. Shen, Q., Bailey, R. P., Pickard, A., Judge, S., & Samsudin, N. (2026). Dance teachers’ competency in school education: A narrative systematic review. Research in Dance Education, 1–22.
  9. Jill, L. S. S., Tan, S., Azman, H., Eng, W. B., & Samsudin, N. (2025). Designing pedagogy for multimodal oral presentation skills through a responsive case study. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 24(9), 252–279.
  10. Xinqi, L., Xinghai, Y., Shengyao, Y., Jenatabadi, H. S., & Samsudin, N. (2025). How big data analytics improves hospital environmental performance through supply chain innovation, decision quality, and risk taking. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 30944.
  11. Zeng, S., Bailey, R., Alkhamaiseh, R. E. A., Peng, S., & Samsudin, N. (2025). Mapping the big picture of mental health literacy in education: A bibliometric analysis. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1–12.
  12. Xiaocui, H., Shengyao, Y., Samsudin, N., Kuan, L., & Xuefen, L. (2025). Empowering postpartum women: The role of mHealth apps in promoting mental health and obesity prevention. BMC Women's Health, 25(1), Article 351.
  13. Bailey, R. P., Xie, H. B., & Samsudin, N. (2025). Teacher-student relationships and academic grades in Chinese high schools: The roles of perceived teaching quality and students’ mental health symptoms. BMC Psychology, 13(1), 1–13.
  14. Bailey, R. P., & Samsudin, N. (2025). Martial arts and the problem of definition. Philosophies, 10(3), Article 55.
  15. Bailey, R. P., Sweeney, R., Sweeney, C., Huihui, L., & Samsudin, N. (2025). Martial arts for young people? A review of the benefits and outcomes of children’s and adolescents’ participation in martial arts. Idō Movement for Culture, 20(3).
  16. Bailey, R. P., Samsudin, N., Ries, F., Motevalli, S., Talib, M. A., Fernandez, J. A., & Tan, L. H. (2025). Physical activity’s impact on anxiety management: A systematic review. International Sports Studies, 47(1), 85–104.
  17. Akter, R., Samsudin, N., & Bailey, R. P. (2025). Breaking the sedentary cycle: Exploring the link between physical activity and academic performance among female college students in Bangladesh. International Sports Studies, 47(1), 35–54.
  18. Reeves, M. J., Bailey, R. P., Sinclair, J. K., Alkilani, L., Charest, M. P., Cundari, G., & Samsudin, N. (2025). Prevalence of neuromyths among Canadian sports coaches: Implications for coach education. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 24(6).
  19. Huang, Y., Bailey, R. P., & Samsudin, N. (2025). Test anxiety research (2014–2024): A keyword co-occurrence analysis with implications for educational practice. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 24(6).
  20. Yu, Y., Che Tak, K. B., Bailey, R. P., Samsudin, N., & Ren, C. (2025). The effects of blended learning on learning engagement in physical education among university students in China: The mediating role of attitudes. Sustainability, 17(2), Article 378.
  21. Shengyao, Y., Xuefen, L., Jenatabadi, H. S., Samsudin, N., Chunchun, K., & Ishak, Z. (2024). Emotional intelligence impact on academic achievement and psychological well-being among university students: The mediating role of positive psychological characteristics. BMC Psychology, 12(1), Article 389.
  22. Bailey, R. P., Payne, R., Raya Demidoff, A., Samsudin, N., & Scheuer, C. (2024). Active recess: School break time as a setting for physical activity promotion in European primary schools. Health Education Journal. Advance online publication.
  23. Samsudin, N., Bailey, R. P., Ries, F., Hashim, S. N. A. B., & Fernandez, J. A. (2024). Assessing the impact of physical activity on reducing depressive symptoms: A rapid review. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 16(1), Article 107.
  24. Zhang, X., Samsudin, N., & Sun, H. (2024). Fostering empathy in Chinese medical students: The role of Balint groups facilitation. Cogent Education, 11(1), Article 2344371.
  25. Mohamed, N. A., Alanzi, A. R., Azizan, A. N., Azizan, S. A., Samsudin, N., & Salarzadeh Jenatabadi, H. (2024). Application of Bayesian structural equation modeling in construction and demolition waste management studies: Development of an extended theory of planned behavior. PLOS ONE, 19(1), Article e0290376.
  26. Bailey, R. P., Samsudin, N., Jenatabadi, H. S., Razak, R. B. A., & Ries, F. (2024). Does “what works” work? The quest for the holy grail in physical education. International Sports Studies, 46(2), 6–19.
  27. Bailey, R. P., Reeves, M., Glibo, I., & Samsudin, N. (2024). An international survey of sports coaches’ knowledge, understanding, and definitions of physical literacy. International Sports Studies, 46(1), 3–21.
  28. Jaafar, M. H., Yasim, M. H. M., Yahya, M. S., Dahlui, M., Samsudin, N., Omar, S. F. S., ... Azzeri, A. (2024). COVID-19 and diagnosis-related group in one of the university hospitals in Malaysia: Patient classifications and associated hospital costs. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy.
  29. Chen, X., Bailey, R. P., Yin, X., & Samsudin, N. (2024). The relationship between teacher-student relationships and academic grades among Chinese rural high school students: The moderating role of mental health symptoms and the conditional moderating effect of academic resilience. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1416783.
  30. Samsudin, N., Chan, N. N., & Salarzadeh Jenatabadi, H. (2024). The impact of cyberbullying on loneliness and well-being among Malaysian adolescents: The mediation role of psychological distress. F1000Research, 13, Article 33.
  31. Mohamed, N. A., Alanzi, A. R., Azizan, N. A., Azizan, S. A., Samsudin, N., & Jenatabadi, H. S. (2023). Evaluation of depression and obesity indices based on applications of ANOVA, regression, structural equation modeling, and Taguchi algorithm process. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1060963.
  32. Nee, C. N., Samsudin, N., Chuan, H. M., Bin Mohd Ridzuan, M. I., Boon, O. P., Binti Mohamad, A. M., & Scheithauer, H. (2023). The digital defence against cyberbullying: A systematic review of tech-based approaches. Cogent Education, 10(2), Article 2288492.
  33. Bailey, R., Glibo, I., Koenen, K., & Samsudin, N. (2023). What is physical literacy? An international review and analysis of definitions. Kinesiology Review, 12(3), 247–260.
  34. Wan Mohamed Radzi, C. W. J. B., Salarzadeh Jenatabadi, H., & Samsudin, N. (2021). Postpartum depression symptoms in survey-based research: A structural equation analysis. BMC Public Health, 21, 1–12.
  35. Salarzadeh Jenatabadi, H., Wan Mohamed Radzi, C. W. J. B., & Samsudin, N. (2020). Associations of body mass index with demographics, lifestyle, food intake, and mental health among postpartum women: A structural equation approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), Article 5201.
  36. Wan Mohamed Radzi, C. W. J. B., Salarzadeh Jenatabadi, H., & Samsudin, N. (2020). mHealth apps assessment among postpartum women with obesity and depression. Healthcare, 8(2), Article 72.
  37. Sai, L., Ibrahim, K. F. K., Samsudin, N., Bailey, R., & Kharuddin, A. F. (n.d.). Mediating effect of the role of teacher-child interaction on the professional development of early childhood education teachers and the well-being of preschool children. The Seybold Reports, 18(11), 955–959.

Conference

  1. Azzeri, A., Jaafar, M. H., Mohd, M. T., Samsudin, N., Abdul Aziz, F. D., … & Dahlui, M. (2021). A Systematic Review of Medical Costs of Tonsillectomy: How Much Does It Cost Across the Globe? Paper presented at the 3rd Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Virtual Conference 2021, Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine.

Book

  1. Samsudin, N., Ishak, Z., & Kharuddin, A. F. (2024). Assessment of Malaysian postpartum obesity: A statistical analysis. In Mental health across population and setting (pp. 115-137). UCSI Press.
  2. Chen, X. H., Bailey, R. P., Chan, N. N., Slade, I. D., Ce, R., & Samsudin, N. (2024). General school climate and its impact on mental health: A systematic review. In Mental health across population and setting (pp. 32-67). UCSI Press.

Professional Editorial Work

Editorial Manager - International Sports Studies journal

https://issjournal.iscpes.net/index.php/iss/about/editorialTeam

Membership

International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) – January 2026 - Present

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