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Appearance concerns and psychosocial adjustment following head and neck cancer: A cross-sectional study and nine-month follow-up (2014)
Journal Article
Clarke, S. A., Newell, R., Thompson, A., Harcourt, D., & Lindenmeyer, A. (2014). Appearance concerns and psychosocial adjustment following head and neck cancer: A cross-sectional study and nine-month follow-up. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 19(5), 505-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2013.855319

Psychosocial difficulties have been reported in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, yet only few studies have assessed the impact of altered appearance following HNC treatment using theoretically selected measures of appearance-related distress. Thi... Read More about Appearance concerns and psychosocial adjustment following head and neck cancer: A cross-sectional study and nine-month follow-up.

Black and South Asian women’s experiences of breast cancer: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Patel, G., Harcourt, D., Naqvi, H., & Rumsey, N. (2014). Black and South Asian women’s experiences of breast cancer: A qualitative study. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 11(2), 135-149

Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the UK, and affects women of all ethnic groups. The psychosocial impact of breast cancer has been well documented. However, research conducted in this area has been primarily focused on white... Read More about Black and South Asian women’s experiences of breast cancer: A qualitative study.

Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression (2014)
Journal Article
Moss, T. P., Lawson, V., White, P., Rumsey, N., Byron-Daniel, J., Charlton, R., …Walsh, E. (2014). Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression. PLoS ONE, 9(2), e88435. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088435

Psychometric measures of appearance salience and valence, CARSAL and CARVAL, have been previously demonstrated to be key factors underpinning appearance related self-consciousness and negative affect in the general population. However, the extent to... Read More about Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression.

The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis (2014)
Journal Article
Lindenmeyer, A., Jenkinson, E., Harcourt, D., Moss, T., Clarke, S. A., Newell, R., …Newman, S. P. (2014). The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis. Orbit, 33(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.3109/01676830.2013.851251

Objective: Many patients are satisfied with their ocular prosthesis, but some describe problems with social interactions, body image and self-esteem. Although both clinical practice and research suggest that the severity of a disfiguring condition do... Read More about The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis.

Dating and intimate relationships of women with below-knee amputation: An exploratory study (2014)
Journal Article
Mathias, Z., & Harcourt, D. (2014). Dating and intimate relationships of women with below-knee amputation: An exploratory study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36(5), 395-402. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.797509

Purpose: This study investigates experiences of dating and intimate relationships amongst women who use a below-knee prosthesis. Method: Four women took part in semi-structured online interviews. Transcripts were subject to interpretative phenomenolo... Read More about Dating and intimate relationships of women with below-knee amputation: An exploratory study.

'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1 (2014)
Journal Article
Barke, J., Harcourt, D., & Coad, J. (2014). 'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(7), 1594-1603. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12319

Aims: To explore the day-to-day experience of young people living with neurofibromatosis type 1 in the UK, focusing on the role that appearance plays in this experience. Background: neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic condition, which is highly var... Read More about 'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1.