Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (198)

A strategic approach to sustainable growth of the psychological professions’ workforce in physical healthcare (2024)
Journal Article

Psychological practice in physical healthcare results in better recovery and outcomes for patients/service users and their families and/or carers. Therefore, psychological professionals working in physical and integrated healthcare are ideally placed... Read More about A strategic approach to sustainable growth of the psychological professions’ workforce in physical healthcare.

EM-COGLOAD: An investigation into age and cognitive load detection using eye tracking and deep learning (2024)
Journal Article

Alzheimer's Disease is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease, and is a leading cause of disability among the elderly. Eye movement behaviour demonstrates potential as a non-invasive biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease, with changes detectable at... Read More about EM-COGLOAD: An investigation into age and cognitive load detection using eye tracking and deep learning.

Talking teaching with criminologists - Podcast BSC LTD 'Pracademics in higher education' with Dr Jill Dealey (2024)
Digital Artefact

In this episode Drs Anne Eason (University of the West of England) and Jill Dealey (University of Portsmouth) discuss 'pracademics': criminal justice practitioners moving into full-time university teaching on both traditional and vocational (police,... Read More about Talking teaching with criminologists - Podcast BSC LTD 'Pracademics in higher education' with Dr Jill Dealey.

Displacing power for displaced people: The inaccessibility of maternity care for undocumented migrant women in the UK's hostile environment (2024)
Journal Article

As part of the UK’s hostile environment, a range of restrictive social policies have been introduced for undocumented persons, including NHS charging and data-sharing practices. Current policy dictates that all those not “ordinarily resident” within... Read More about Displacing power for displaced people: The inaccessibility of maternity care for undocumented migrant women in the UK's hostile environment.

The economic and social costs of body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination in the United States (2024)
Journal Article

This study estimated the social and economic costs of body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination (specifically, weight and skin-shade discrimination) in the United States (USA) in the 2019 calendar year. We used a prevalence-based appro... Read More about The economic and social costs of body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination in the United States.

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

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.

Assessing appearance, speech, and hearing (dis)satisfaction in individuals with cleft lip and/or palate: A contribution to general population norms (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Individuals with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) may grow up with a visible facial difference, alongside speech and/or hearing challenges. Self-perceptions are stronger predictors of psychosocial adjustment than objective assessments, high... Read More about Assessing appearance, speech, and hearing (dis)satisfaction in individuals with cleft lip and/or palate: A contribution to general population norms.

Updating ‘stockpiling as resilience’ in the context of the cost-of-living crisis: Tracking changes in resilience strategies in the UK (2024)
Journal Article

Using the seven resilience strategies identified in the previous paper entitled “Stockpiling as Resilience,” this study offers an update on the previous study 1 year later with interviews with the same households. The first paper was the result of in... Read More about Updating ‘stockpiling as resilience’ in the context of the cost-of-living crisis: Tracking changes in resilience strategies in the UK.

A web-based physical activity promotion intervention for inactive parent-child dyads: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Low levels of physical activity are associated with numerous adverse health outcomes, yet sedentary lifestyles are common among both children and adults. Physical activity levels tend to decline steeply among children aged between 8 and 1... Read More about A web-based physical activity promotion intervention for inactive parent-child dyads: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

The impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on young women's experiences of objectification and sexual well-being (2024)
Journal Article

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturned two previous rulings that had affirmed the constitutional right to abortion prior to fetal viability. While important work has been published about the legal, moral, professional, a... Read More about The impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on young women's experiences of objectification and sexual well-being.

“When I was younger, my story belonged to everyone else”: Co-production of resources for adults living with craniosynostosis (2024)
Journal Article

Objective: Despite growing recognition that congenital craniofacial conditions have lifelong implications, psychological support for adults is currently lacking. The aim of this project was to produce a series of short films about living with cranios... Read More about “When I was younger, my story belonged to everyone else”: Co-production of resources for adults living with craniosynostosis.

A brief mindfulness meditation can ameliorate the effects of exposure to idealised social media images on self-esteem, mood, and body appreciation in young women: An online randomised controlled experiment (2024)
Journal Article

The study examined whether a 10-minute mindfulness meditation intervention could ameliorate effects of exposure to social media thinspiration and fitspiration images on women's self-esteem, mood, and body appreciation. A total of 162 women aged 18–42... Read More about A brief mindfulness meditation can ameliorate the effects of exposure to idealised social media images on self-esteem, mood, and body appreciation in young women: An online randomised controlled experiment.

Associations of gender with sexual functioning, loneliness, depression, fatigue and physical function amongst patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis with a particular focus on methotrexate usage (2024)
Journal Article

There is a lack of knowledge regarding methotrexate (MTX) usage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its possible links with gender, disease characterization and sexual functioning, loneliness, fatigue and depression. We, therefore, investi... Read More about Associations of gender with sexual functioning, loneliness, depression, fatigue and physical function amongst patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis with a particular focus on methotrexate usage.

Parental concerns about genital differences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia persist regardless of the selected intervention (2024)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21HD) can affect the in utero development of the genital anatomy of people with the 46XX karyotype. Health professionals engage parents in decision-making regarding ma... Read More about Parental concerns about genital differences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia persist regardless of the selected intervention.