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Factors mediating the psychological well-being of healthcare workers responding to global pandemics: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Schneider, J., Talamonti, D., Gibson, B., & Forshaw, M. (2022). Factors mediating the psychological well-being of healthcare workers responding to global pandemics: A systematic review. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(8), 1875-1896. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053211012759

This paper reviewed mediators of psychological well-being among healthcare workers responding to pandemics. After registration on PROSPERO, a systematic review was performed in four databases and 39 studies were included. Worse mental health outcomes... Read More about Factors mediating the psychological well-being of healthcare workers responding to global pandemics: A systematic review.

Which psychosocial interventions improve sex worker well-being? A systematic review of evidence from resource-rich countries (2021)
Journal Article
Turner, K., Meyrick, J., Miller, D., & Stopgate, L. (2021). Which psychosocial interventions improve sex worker well-being? A systematic review of evidence from resource-rich countries. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 48(e1), e88-e100. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201028

Objective: To establish the state of the evidence base around psychosocial interventions that support well-being in sex workers in order to inform policy and practice within a resource-rich geographical context. Methods: Published and unpublished stu... Read More about Which psychosocial interventions improve sex worker well-being? A systematic review of evidence from resource-rich countries.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 218 , Issue 5 (2021)
Journal Article
Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2021). Kaleidoscope - Volume 218 , Issue 5. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(5), 293-294. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.41

Women are not just small men. Last year, Caroline Criado Perez alerted the public to the very real dangers of male-centred bias in her bestselling book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. She laid bare that the male-as-de... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 218 , Issue 5.

Mapping Social Memory: A Psychotherapeutic Psychosocial Approach (2021)
Book
Williams, N. (2021). Mapping Social Memory: A Psychotherapeutic Psychosocial Approach. Switzerland: Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66157-1

This book is based on psychosocial research that explores the complex relationships of memory transmitted intergenerationally within families and the transgenerational social issues that form a part of those memories. The organising framework of mov... Read More about Mapping Social Memory: A Psychotherapeutic Psychosocial Approach.

Marker development for the traceability of certified sustainably produced cacao (Theobroma cacao) in the chocolate industry (2021)
Thesis
Lafargue, P. Marker development for the traceability of certified sustainably produced cacao (Theobroma cacao) in the chocolate industry. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6642792

Theobroma cacao (cocoa) is one of the most studied commodities around the world and the source of one of the world’s most consumed and familiar products, chocolate. The multibillion-pound industry has changed to a higher demand for sustainably certif... Read More about Marker development for the traceability of certified sustainably produced cacao (Theobroma cacao) in the chocolate industry.

"Have we done enough?" A cross-condition exploration of the experiences of parents caring for a child with an appearance-affecting condition or injury (2021)
Journal Article
Thornton, M., Harcourt, D., Deave, T., Kiff, J., & Williamson, H. (2021). "Have we done enough?" A cross-condition exploration of the experiences of parents caring for a child with an appearance-affecting condition or injury. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 24(6), 418-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2021.1901150

Children and young people (CYP) with appearance-affecting conditions/injuries report common pervasive psychosocial difficulties, regardless of cause, nature or extent of their visible differences. Parents or carers can also experience psychosocial di... Read More about "Have we done enough?" A cross-condition exploration of the experiences of parents caring for a child with an appearance-affecting condition or injury.

The impact of working conditions on the UK’s teaching assistants (2021)
Journal Article
Ravalier, J. M., Walsh, J., & Hoult, E. (2021). The impact of working conditions on the UK’s teaching assistants. Oxford Review of Education, 47(6), 787-804. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2021.1895097

Teaching assistants (TAs) in the United Kingdom typically work with students with additional and special needs, including the most challenging and vulnerable pupils, in low paid, precarious roles. However, no research has examined how organisational... Read More about The impact of working conditions on the UK’s teaching assistants.

Exploring men’s experiences of their female partner’s sexual pain: A qualitative thematic analysis study (2021)
Thesis
Lovell, D. Exploring men’s experiences of their female partner’s sexual pain: A qualitative thematic analysis study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6962516

Aims Female sexual pain occurs within a relational context, yet little is known about partners’ experiences This study adds to the very small literature exploring men’s experience of sexual pain within a different-sex relationship. I aimed to give v... Read More about Exploring men’s experiences of their female partner’s sexual pain: A qualitative thematic analysis study.

The policing of cuckooing in 'County Lines' drug dealing: An ethnographic study of an amplification spiral (2021)
Journal Article
Spicer, J. (2021). The policing of cuckooing in 'County Lines' drug dealing: An ethnographic study of an amplification spiral. British Journal of Criminology, 61(5), 1390-1406. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab027

Responding to cases of 'cuckooing', where drug dealers take over other people's homes, has become a significant policing activity in the United Kingdom. Drawing on ethnographic data and the deviancy amplification spiral model, this article theorizes... Read More about The policing of cuckooing in 'County Lines' drug dealing: An ethnographic study of an amplification spiral.

Rheumatology patients’ perceptions of patient activation and the Patient Activation Measure: A qualitative interview study (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Hunt, A., Hewlett, S., Harcourt, D., & Dures, E. (2022). Rheumatology patients’ perceptions of patient activation and the Patient Activation Measure: A qualitative interview study. Musculoskeletal Care, 20(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1555

Introduction: An important aspect of self-management is patient activation (the skills, abilities and confidence someone uses to actively manage their health). The dominant method of capturing patient activation is the Patient Activation Measure (PAM... Read More about Rheumatology patients’ perceptions of patient activation and the Patient Activation Measure: A qualitative interview study.

‘In my own comfort zone’: Client experiences of relational aspects of Skype therapy for alcohol problems (2021)
Thesis
Atkinson, L. ‘In my own comfort zone’: Client experiences of relational aspects of Skype therapy for alcohol problems. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6850076

Background: therapists and counsellors are increasingly using Skype or equivalent video-based applications to offer treatment in place of face-to-face delivery of talking therapies. In the alcohol treatment sector, this offers a range of potential be... Read More about ‘In my own comfort zone’: Client experiences of relational aspects of Skype therapy for alcohol problems.

Iranian immigrant women’s experiences of domestic violence: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2021)
Thesis
Karamali, N. Iranian immigrant women’s experiences of domestic violence: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6689202

Domestic violence is a major social health problem. Intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of violence against women worldwide. Domestic violence against groups of immigrant women in heterosexual relationships has been explored; ho... Read More about Iranian immigrant women’s experiences of domestic violence: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

OMERACT consensus-based operational definition of contextual factors in rheumatology clinical trials: A mixed methods study (2021)
Journal Article
Nielsen, S. M., Boers, M., de Wit, M., Shea, B., van der Windt, D. A., Reeves, B. C., …Christensen, R. (2021). OMERACT consensus-based operational definition of contextual factors in rheumatology clinical trials: A mixed methods study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 51(3), 601-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.03.013

Objectives: To develop an operational definition of contextual factors (CF) [1]. Methods: Based on previously conducted interviews, we presented three CF types in a Delphi survey; Effect Modifying -, Outcome Influencing - and Measurement Affecting CF... Read More about OMERACT consensus-based operational definition of contextual factors in rheumatology clinical trials: A mixed methods study.

Application of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis methodology in psychotherapy impact research: Experience of psychotherapy of a person with Multiple Sclerosis (2021)
Journal Article
Fragkiadaki, E., Triliva, S., & Anagnostopoulos, F. (2021). Application of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis methodology in psychotherapy impact research: Experience of psychotherapy of a person with Multiple Sclerosis. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, Spring 2021(31),

Psychotherapy's impact and effectiveness have been explored through the use of quantitative research methods such as standardised inventories and scales measuring mainly behavioural and overt aspects of the psychotherapeutic encounter and symptom red... Read More about Application of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis methodology in psychotherapy impact research: Experience of psychotherapy of a person with Multiple Sclerosis.

Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a school-based body image intervention in urban India: A pilot randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Garbett, K., Lewis-Smith, H., Chaudhry, A., Schroff, H., Dhillon, M., White, P., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2021). Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a school-based body image intervention in urban India: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Body Image, 37, 282-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.02.011

This pilot study evaluated the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a culturally adapted school-based body image intervention, Dove Confident Me, for use in urban India. Two private schools in New Delhi were randomly assigned at the school level... Read More about Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a school-based body image intervention in urban India: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

Characterization of alcohol polygenic risk scores in the context of mental health outcomes: Within-individual and intergenerational analyses in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (2021)
Journal Article
Easey, K. E., Wootton, R. E., Sallis, H. M., Haan, E., Schellhas, L., Munafò, M. R., …Zuccolo, L. (2021). Characterization of alcohol polygenic risk scores in the context of mental health outcomes: Within-individual and intergenerational analyses in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 221(8), 108654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108654

Background: Heavy alcohol consumption often co-occurs with mental health problems; this could be due to confounding, shared biological mechanisms, or causal effects. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for alcohol use can be used to explore this association... Read More about Characterization of alcohol polygenic risk scores in the context of mental health outcomes: Within-individual and intergenerational analyses in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

Exploring the borderlands of solidarity: Europe and the refugee question (2021)
Book Chapter
Cole, P. (2021). Exploring the borderlands of solidarity: Europe and the refugee question. In D. Meacham, & N. de Warren (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy in Europe. Routledge

This paper examines the concept of solidarity employed by activists in Greece working with asylum seekers and other migrants, and asks whether the ideas of solidarity that have emerged from this activism can tell us something about the theoretical co... Read More about Exploring the borderlands of solidarity: Europe and the refugee question.

European solidarity: Definitions, challenges, and perspectives (2021)
Book Chapter
Tava, F. (2021). European solidarity: Definitions, challenges, and perspectives. In D. Meacham, & N. de Warren (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Europe (211-221). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315686233-18

Since the end of the Second World War, European construction has developed side by side with reiterated attempts to envision and implement European solidarity. This chapter addresses the complex scenario in which European political actors ostensibly... Read More about European solidarity: Definitions, challenges, and perspectives.