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Considering the implication of variations within Delphi research (2009)
Journal Article

Delphi research is an increasingly popular method within medical, social and psychological research. It tends to be employed where established theory or knowledge are lacking but where 'experts' are thought to hold relevant information. It consists o... Read More about Considering the implication of variations within Delphi research.

Psychological change after aesthetic plastic surgery: A prospective controlled outcome study (2009)
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Aesthetic plastic surgery has been long practiced for primarily psychological rather than physical benefit to patients. However, evaluation of the psychological impact of aesthetic plastic surgery has often been of limited methodological rigor in bot... Read More about Psychological change after aesthetic plastic surgery: A prospective controlled outcome study.

Alexithymia, empathic concern, goal management, and social problem solving in adult male prisoners (2009)
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Social problem-solving skills training forms a major part of many offender treatment programmes. In this study, we explored the influences of alexithymia, empathic concern and goal management on social problem-solving skills in 79 adult male prisoner... Read More about Alexithymia, empathic concern, goal management, and social problem solving in adult male prisoners.

Weapons of mass deception: An active learning demonstration of attitudes, persuasion and the value of critical thinking skills (2009)
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Lowering the default speed limit in residential areas: Opportunities for policy influence and the role of public health professionals (2009)
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The social consequences of binge drinking: A comparison of young adults in six european countries (2009)
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A considerable amount of survey information was available from general population surveys carried out in six countries between 2000 and 2005. These studies were conducted under the auspices of Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study (GENA... Read More about The social consequences of binge drinking: A comparison of young adults in six european countries.

Correlates of social problem solving in British undergraduates (2009)
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Student/trainee-professional implicit theories of paedophilia (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The role of schools of public health: learning from history, looking to the future (2009)
Journal Article

Clinical and cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in the management of musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Alcohol and the media (2009)
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Community and ageing: Promoting quality of life in housing with care settings (2009)
Book

Specialist forms of housing with care are becoming increasingly popular in the United Kingdom, largely as a result of the ageing of the population and the relative wealth of the latest generation of older people. Retirement villages and extra care ho... Read More about Community and ageing: Promoting quality of life in housing with care settings.

Contemporary christianity and LGBT sexualities (2009)
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This edited collection explores these themes from a sociological perspective, addressing not only gay and lesbian sexualities, but also bi- and transgendered sexualities. With rich empirical material being presented by a team of experts, this book co... Read More about Contemporary christianity and LGBT sexualities.

Children's understanding of counterfactual emotions: Age differences, individual differences, and the effects of counterfactual-information salience (2009)
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The present study investigated developmental trends in the effects of the salience of counterfactual alternatives on judgments of others' counterfactual-thinking-based emotions. We also examined possible correlates of individual differences in the un... Read More about Children's understanding of counterfactual emotions: Age differences, individual differences, and the effects of counterfactual-information salience.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and transcutaneous spinal electroanalgesia: A preliminary efficacy and mechanisms-based investigation (2009)
Journal Article

Objectives: To determine the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and transcutaneous spinal electroanalgesia (TSE) on mechanical pain threshold (MPT) and vibration threshold (VT). Design: A prospective, single-blind, randomis... Read More about Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and transcutaneous spinal electroanalgesia: A preliminary efficacy and mechanisms-based investigation.

Inhibition and reappraisal within emotional disclosure: the embodying of narration (2009)
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The emotional disclosure paradigm (EDP) associates better health with repeated disclosure of emotional experiences. However, disclosure does not bring health benefits for all, and neither does the EDP adequately specify embodied mechanisms or neural... Read More about Inhibition and reappraisal within emotional disclosure: the embodying of narration.

Measuring the cognitive deficits associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (2009)
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Paper

The impact of patient-perceived restricted access to anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study (2009)
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Objective: To explore rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' experience of access to antitumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy in the UK, and of switching therapies after an initial failure. Methods: Patients were asked about their experience of acc... Read More about The impact of patient-perceived restricted access to anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study.

Cortical oscillatory activity associated with the perception of illusory and real visual contours (2009)
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We used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to examine the nature of oscillatory brain rhythms when passively viewing both illusory and real visual contours. Three stimuli were employed: a Kanizsa triangle; a Kanizsa triangle with a real triangular contour... Read More about Cortical oscillatory activity associated with the perception of illusory and real visual contours.

Special Issue: Coming out in higher education (2009)
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