All Outputs (29)

Postcards from researchers (2019)
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A workshop, drawing on guerrilla kindness craftivism, to share inspiration and research ideas gained from the BPS creative methods seminar.

Initial validation of the CAR Romantic Relationships and Intimacy Scale (CARRIS) (2018)
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Objectives: Whilst participants with an appearance altering condition have expressed distress and anxiety in relation to their capacity to engage in romantic relationships, there exists no measure of the effect of visible difference upon this domain.... Read More about Initial validation of the CAR Romantic Relationships and Intimacy Scale (CARRIS).

Development and initial validation of the CAR romantic relationships and intimacy scale (2018)
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Whilst participants with a disfiguring or appearance altering condition have expressed distress, fear, and anxiety in relation to their capacity to engage in physical intimacy and romantic relationships, there exists no measure of the perceived impac... Read More about Development and initial validation of the CAR romantic relationships and intimacy scale.

Being looked at and exposing yourself: Appearance altering conditions and stigma (2017)
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Accepted conference proceedings from the BPS DHP Annual Conference, 2017: Cardiff.

“I’ve always thought that I’m not good enough… why would someone good looking want to be with me?”: A qualitative exploration of the impact of visible differences upon intimacy and intimate relationships (2016)
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Accepted conference proceedings from Appearance Matters 7, London, 2016

A qualitative exploration of the impact of visible differences upon intimate relationships: Methodological reflections (2016)
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Accepted conference proceedings from the BPS Annual Conference, 2016: Nottingham. Presented as one of four papers in a symposium entitled "Looking Different: Contemporary research and interventions in appearance psychology"

Does surgery for the eye condition, ptosis ameliorate patients’ appearance concerns and improve patient quality of life? (2012)
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Identifying factors and processes contributing to successful adjustment to disfiguring conditions (2006)
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Intimacy: development of a new measure
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“Nobody can fail at it, everybody succeeds”: Perceived processes of change following attendance at an arts on prescription programme
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Introduction
As the delivery of social prescribing schemes is increasing nationally (NHS England, 2019; Fixsen & Polley, 2019), evaluation of their impact and efficacy is pressing: quantitative, qualitative and econometric (Public Health England, 20... Read More about “Nobody can fail at it, everybody succeeds”: Perceived processes of change following attendance at an arts on prescription programme.

A qualitative investigation of change and stability in psychological adjustment to appearance
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Identifying factors & processes contributing to successful adjustment to disfiguring conditions in a community sample
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The impact of appearance on intimacy: development of a new measure of intimacy
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Appearance anxiety and intimacy: development of a new scale
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Identifying factors and processes contributing to disfiguring conditions in a community sample
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The impact of body dissatisfaction and size estimations
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“It’s not therapy; I’m not a therapist”: Exploring the perspectives of Arts Health Practitioners on how arts on referral can improve psychosocial outcomes in adults with health conditions
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Introduction
The rationale for this research was to explore the perspectives of art for health practitioners about how art interventions can improve psychosocial outcomes for adults with physical health conditions. Existing literature tends to foc... Read More about “It’s not therapy; I’m not a therapist”: Exploring the perspectives of Arts Health Practitioners on how arts on referral can improve psychosocial outcomes in adults with health conditions.

A mixed-methods evaluation of the longitudinal impact of arts on prescription
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Introduction
Art on prescription is one pathway in social prescribing schemes that involves referral by health workers to visual arts programmes, for individuals experiencing social isolation and low to moderate levels of stress, anxiety and depres... Read More about A mixed-methods evaluation of the longitudinal impact of arts on prescription.

A qualitative investigation of change and stability in psychological adjustment to appearance
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Identifying factors and processes contributing to successful adjustment to disfiguring conditions
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