All Outputs (147)

Dissemination of evidence-based body image interventions: A pilot study into the effectiveness of using undergraduate students as interventionists in secondary schools (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Dissonance-based body image interventions are among the most effective interventions for adolescent girls. However, dissemination of these interventions remains challenging. In addition, the emerging field of positive body image... Read More about Dissemination of evidence-based body image interventions: A pilot study into the effectiveness of using undergraduate students as interventionists in secondary schools.

A pilot randomised controlled trial to compare changes in quality of life for participants with early diagnosis dementia who attend a Living Well with Dementia group compared to waiting-list control (2015)
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© 2014 Taylor and Francis. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to report a pilot study in which participants who had recently received a diagnosis of dementia were randomised to either a 10-week group intervention or a waiting-list control.Method: M... Read More about A pilot randomised controlled trial to compare changes in quality of life for participants with early diagnosis dementia who attend a Living Well with Dementia group compared to waiting-list control.

Big world, similar issues (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan considers issues in sexual harm treatment and prevention common to a number of different countries/societies.

"Dancing through the puddles to eradicate sexual harm" Talking prevention with Cordelia Anderson (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan interviews Cordelia Anderson on multidisciplinary approaches to sexual harm.

Desistence from sexual offending (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Review of a research symposium in March 2015 at Queens University, Belfast, organised by Shadd Maruna, Anne-Marie McAlinden and Mark Farmer. The seminar focused on desistence fr... Read More about Desistence from sexual offending.

Get it, got it, good? Media interpretation and sexual harm (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan reflects on the importance of the media in changing social perceptions and attitudes towards sexual harm and examines the changing approach of the media to this... Read More about Get it, got it, good? Media interpretation and sexual harm.

NOTA annual conference, Dublin 2015 (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. A review of the NOTA annual conference 2015, which had a theme of "Sexual Offending Research and Practice: sharing our knowledge to make a difference".

Public engagement with ATSA & NOTA (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The blog has previously discussed the importance of engaging with the public on sexual harm and the potential outcomes (Public Engagement and Changing Attitudes about Sexual Abu... Read More about Public engagement with ATSA & NOTA.

We are not that different after all........ (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan discusses the ways in which perpetrators of sexual harm are similar to each other as well as to other offender groups at a baseline level.

The more things change, the more they stay the same….... or do they? (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan looks at sexual harm education and safeguarding issues from a a policy and public engagement perspective.

The "I" in "collaboration" (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors outline the importance of collaborative working and consider some of its challenges.

Journal spotlights for 2014 (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors review three stand-out journal articles of 2014.

Adapting and retesting evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs: A case study in Canada (2015)
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Commentary

Why social work and sociology need psychosocial theory (2015)
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Sociology and social work as disciplines have, over the last decades, had an, at best, ambivalent relationship. Whereas branches of sociology, such as symbolic interactionism, have produce theory of immense use to social work, for example the concept... Read More about Why social work and sociology need psychosocial theory.

How is men's conformity to masculine norms related to their body image? Masculinity and muscularity across Western Countries (2015)
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© 2014 American Psychological Association. Previous research has suggested that men's conformity to masculine norms (CMN) is an important correlate of men's drive for muscularity. The present study aimed to further delineate the relationship between... Read More about How is men's conformity to masculine norms related to their body image? Masculinity and muscularity across Western Countries.

Starting a family: The experience of parents with cleft lip and/or palate (2015)
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© 2015 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: One of the key challenges facing young adults with cleft lip and/or palate is making decisions about starting a family, because there is an increased likelihood of their own child bei... Read More about Starting a family: The experience of parents with cleft lip and/or palate.

Future directions for positive body image research (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The emergence of positive body image research during the last 10 years represents an important shift in the body image literature. The existing evidence provides a strong empirical basis for the study of positive body image and r... Read More about Future directions for positive body image research.

Against state terror: lessons on memory, counterterrorism and resistance from the Global South (2015)
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© 2015, © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Critical theory avows that “where there is power there is always resistance”. However, the practical implications and consequences of particular modes of resistance remain, within World Politics, under-theorised. In... Read More about Against state terror: lessons on memory, counterterrorism and resistance from the Global South.

The case of Judith: Reflections on combining a psychoneurological perspective within a client-centered and pluralistic therapy framework (2015)
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In this article, we respond to three commentaries by King (2015), Webb (2015), and Hyer and Brandon (2015) concerning our case study of Judith (Ward and Hogan, 2015). We organize our response in terms of five themes. First we discuss the positive fe... Read More about The case of Judith: Reflections on combining a psychoneurological perspective within a client-centered and pluralistic therapy framework.

Scientific inquiry, even with its limitations, should prevail over ideology (2015)
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Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors discuss the theories behind and evidence for the success of CoSA.