All Outputs (8)

Understanding individual’s perceptions of self-efficacy in relation to self-managing their type-2 diabetes after being enrolled onto a mindfulness-based programme (2024)
Thesis
Deo, P. Understanding individual’s perceptions of self-efficacy in relation to self-managing their type-2 diabetes after being enrolled onto a mindfulness-based programme. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11468353

Introduction: Increased levels of mindfulness and self-efficacy have been associated with improvements in self-management for individuals with type 2 diabetes. It is important to further our understanding of how to improve self-management to improve... Read More about Understanding individual’s perceptions of self-efficacy in relation to self-managing their type-2 diabetes after being enrolled onto a mindfulness-based programme.

Emotional skills groups: A qualitative study exploring client experiences of online group work in an improving access to psychological therapies service (2024)
Thesis
Bonnin, E. Emotional skills groups: A qualitative study exploring client experiences of online group work in an improving access to psychological therapies service. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11608453

Background: Many people treated in National Health Service (NHS) Talking Therapies services (previously known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) have highly complex needs which are not always met by the length and type of treatment offer... Read More about Emotional skills groups: A qualitative study exploring client experiences of online group work in an improving access to psychological therapies service.

Discursive analysis into the trans and non-binary experiences of eating disorders (2024)
Thesis
Harding, S. Discursive analysis into the trans and non-binary experiences of eating disorders. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11166175

Background: Whilst there is a significant body of critical feminist research on how gender mobilises eating dis/orders it has tended to focus on the experiences of anorexia in (assumed) cisheterosexual, white, and middle-class young women (Jones & Ma... Read More about Discursive analysis into the trans and non-binary experiences of eating disorders.

“I don’t think that really any of the symptoms of it are my experience”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of women who disagree with their diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (2024)
Thesis
Wyatt, G. “I don’t think that really any of the symptoms of it are my experience”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of women who disagree with their diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11515366

Background Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is noted to be a disorder of mood and interaction. This diagnosis is given to more women than men and can be stigmatising, with people being accused of being attention-seeking and manipulative. People... Read More about “I don’t think that really any of the symptoms of it are my experience”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of women who disagree with their diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.

The play of defences in the climate and ecological emergency: A psychosocial exploration of therapy and eco-activism (2024)
Thesis
Macagnino, T. The play of defences in the climate and ecological emergency: A psychosocial exploration of therapy and eco-activism. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11471411

Climate psychology is an emerging field of study concerned with the emotional, psychological and social processes that have contributed to the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) and our responses to it. There is a growing interest from the psych... Read More about The play of defences in the climate and ecological emergency: A psychosocial exploration of therapy and eco-activism.

How do health professionals experience working with people living with or affected by Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) in South Wales Secondary Care Services? An exploration using reflexive thematic analysis (2024)
Thesis
Davies, S. How do health professionals experience working with people living with or affected by Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) in South Wales Secondary Care Services? An exploration using reflexive thematic analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11533504

Background: Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) present persistent challenges for people living with or affected by MUS, marked by uncertainty and stigmatisation. Equally, healthcare professionals face complex diagnostic and treatment dilemmas when... Read More about How do health professionals experience working with people living with or affected by Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) in South Wales Secondary Care Services? An exploration using reflexive thematic analysis.

What happens when the abused child becomes a mother? A qualitative study of intergenerational trauma (2024)
Thesis
Williams, J. What happens when the abused child becomes a mother? A qualitative study of intergenerational trauma. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11414192

This research project has been inspired by recurrent rationale in the literature, arguing that preventative work with young mothers is key to breaking the intergenerational cycle of trauma. The topic of child abuse and its intergenerational effects r... Read More about What happens when the abused child becomes a mother? A qualitative study of intergenerational trauma.

Bearing the discomfort: An autoethnography on Weltschmerz (2024)
Thesis
Ince, A. Bearing the discomfort: An autoethnography on Weltschmerz. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10993346

Weltschmerz (welt ‘world’ + schmerz ‘pain’) is a German term with universal significance. It denotes a sense of pain, despondency and anger that comes from existing in the world as we know it. There has been little psychological research on Weltschme... Read More about Bearing the discomfort: An autoethnography on Weltschmerz.