All Outputs (5)

Incorporating user perspectives in the design of an online intervention tool for people with visible differences: Face IT (2010)
Journal Article

Background: Individuals with visible differences can experience social anxiety in relation to their appearance. Social skills-based psychosocial interventions have to date shown only limited effectiveness at addressing their concerns. Aims: To incorp... Read More about Incorporating user perspectives in the design of an online intervention tool for people with visible differences: Face IT.

Skin scar preconceptions must be challenged: Importance of self-perception in skin scarring (2010)
Journal Article

Greater objective scar severity and visibility should intuitively cause greater psychosocial distress for patients. Previous research is contradictory and has employed non-validated scar severity measures whilst neglecting patient-rated severity. The... Read More about Skin scar preconceptions must be challenged: Importance of self-perception in skin scarring.

Attentional and interpretative biases in appearance concern: An investigation of biases in appearance-related information processing (2010)
Journal Article

The present study examined associations between high levels of appearance concern and information processing biases in interpretation and attention. An opportunity sample (N = 79) categorised ambiguous stimuli as related or unrelated to appearance. P... Read More about Attentional and interpretative biases in appearance concern: An investigation of biases in appearance-related information processing.

Adjustment to visible difference: A key issue for appearance psychology (2010)
Journal Article

Long term psychological well-being in disease-free survivours following surgery for breast carcinoma (2010)
Journal Article