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A qualitative study exploring women’s experiences of their mental health during perimenopause and menopause (2024)
Thesis

The study of women’s mental health during perimenopause and menopause is pivotal in understanding the needs of women and for supporting their overall wellbeing and quality of life during this life phase. However, despite its importance, this area rem... Read More about A qualitative study exploring women’s experiences of their mental health during perimenopause and menopause.

Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion (2024)
Journal Article

Few qualitative studies have explored appearance concerns soon after burn injuries. This study aimed to understand the early experiences of appearance concerns after burns, through the lens of psychological flexibility and self-compassion. Template a... Read More about Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion.

A symbolic defeat? Exploring symbolism and failure in the social reuse of confiscated mafia real estate in Italy (2024)
Journal Article

Italy’s pioneering anti-mafia legislation allows confiscated assets to be handed over to civil society groups. The ‘symbolic’ benefits of this approach are much lauded, but ill-defined. In the context of increasing global interest in the social reuse... Read More about A symbolic defeat? Exploring symbolism and failure in the social reuse of confiscated mafia real estate in Italy.

Expert report on meeting with Greek representatives on the assessment, management and reintegration of persons accused or convicted of sexual offences (2024)
Report

This report is based on meeting between Council of Europe and Greece exports on the 12th of September 2024 at the General Secretariat for anti-Crime Police, Ministry of Civil Protection in Athens. The meeting was to discuss the current approach by th... Read More about Expert report on meeting with Greek representatives on the assessment, management and reintegration of persons accused or convicted of sexual offences.

Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: Assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict (2024)
Journal Article

This 'in practice' article describes and reflects on the mixed methodology used in a realist evaluation of the impact of an arts intervention for children (aged 10-15) in a school in Kashmir, an area of conflict. The evaluation focused on art based... Read More about Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: Assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict.

Terrorism as an aesthetic signifier: The afterlives of terrorism discourse in Western reactions to wartime suffering (2024)
Journal Article

What are the legacies of the War on Terror? This paper seeks to answer this question through an analysis of vernacular uses of terrorism discourse in political commentary on the Ukraine War. The paper describes how the set of tropes, ideas and recurr... Read More about Terrorism as an aesthetic signifier: The afterlives of terrorism discourse in Western reactions to wartime suffering.

Sexual and domestic violence enquiry: A national exploratory survey of asking and telling in sexual health services in the UK (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Gender-based violence in the form of domestic and sexual abuse represent a worldwide public health and civil rights issue. Healthcare and sexual health have a central role to play in prevention, particularly in the identification of sexua... Read More about Sexual and domestic violence enquiry: A national exploratory survey of asking and telling in sexual health services in the UK.

"How can you think about losing your mind?": A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction: Despite the psychological challenges that dementia creates, comparatively little attention has been paid to how individuals or families can be helped to adjust to dementia. One of the few interventions to do this is the Living well with... Read More about "How can you think about losing your mind?": A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia.

“How can you think about losing your mind?”: A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction
Despite the psychological challenges that dementia creates, comparatively little attention has been paid to how individuals or families can be helped to adjust to dementia. One of the few interventions to do this is the Living well with... Read More about “How can you think about losing your mind?”: A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem group intervention for couples and families living with dementia.

The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article

Many interventions have been developed by staff to support students in understanding assessment task requirements and summative and formative feedback. However, to various extents these approaches assume a shared understanding of the, often indetermi... Read More about The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice.

The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article

Many interventions have been developed by staff to support students in understanding assessment task requirements and summative and formative feedback. However, to various extents, these approaches assume a shared understanding of the, often indeterm... Read More about The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice.

“You just can’t do that in dementia care”: Barriers to partnership working within dementia services for people from South Asian communities (2024)
Journal Article

Background: People from South Asian communities are under-represented at all levels of dementia services. Consequently, there is pressure for the statutory sector to deliver services in partnership with Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterpri... Read More about “You just can’t do that in dementia care”: Barriers to partnership working within dementia services for people from South Asian communities.

Longitudinal and idiographic methods of developing and evaluating tailored psychological interventions for people with MS: Findings from a pilot study and future directions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex and heterogeneous condition which makes the development of effective psychological interventions a challenging task. Research so far has focused on well-established protocols which do not always fit the individual... Read More about Longitudinal and idiographic methods of developing and evaluating tailored psychological interventions for people with MS: Findings from a pilot study and future directions.

Does one-size-fit-all? Considering individual and contextual factors in psychotherapy research (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Climate change, war, populism, growing economic inequalities… these are just some of the major challenges facing the world today. Does psychotherapy research have any contribution to make to addressing these problems and, if so, what? This semi-plena... Read More about Does one-size-fit-all? Considering individual and contextual factors in psychotherapy research.

Examining relations between sexualizing media exposure and sexting attitudes and behaviors among U.S. adolescents (2024)
Journal Article

Based on social cognitive processes (Bandura, 2009), sexualizing media likely provide adolescents with credible role models for their own sexualized self-presentation in other mediated contexts, such as sexting. A survey of 6,093 U.S. adolescents was... Read More about Examining relations between sexualizing media exposure and sexting attitudes and behaviors among U.S. adolescents.

Violence Enquiry: A national exploratory survey of Asking and Telling in Sexual Health Services in the UK (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Gender-based violence in the form of domestic and sexual abuse represent a worldwide public health and civil rights issue. Healthcare and sexual health have a central role to play in prevention, particularly in the identification of sexua... Read More about Violence Enquiry: A national exploratory survey of Asking and Telling in Sexual Health Services in the UK.

Promoting university to the parents of students -  Normative youth transitions and intensification of  ‘ideal’ parenting into HE (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper draws on recent marketing moves within the English universities to increasingly promote Higher Education (HE) to the parents of students. Changes to the HE landscapes in England – including the massification and commodification of the sect... Read More about Promoting university to the parents of students -  Normative youth transitions and intensification of  ‘ideal’ parenting into HE.