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Tackling root causes upstream of unhealthy urban development (TRUUD): Protocol of a five-year prevention research consortium (2022)
Journal Article

Poor quality urban environments substantially increase non-communicable disease. Responsibility for associated decision-making is dispersed across multiple agents and systems: fast growing urban authorities are the primary gatekeepers of new developm... Read More about Tackling root causes upstream of unhealthy urban development (TRUUD): Protocol of a five-year prevention research consortium.

‘Humanity will not be saved by promises’: Using an unleadership lens to restory the ‘blah blah bah’ of leadership at COP26 (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper identifies ways in which leaders, affected nations and activists construct their leadership practices in different ways to address the climate crisis. Whether they advocate for leadership or against it, there remains an opportunity to lear... Read More about ‘Humanity will not be saved by promises’: Using an unleadership lens to restory the ‘blah blah bah’ of leadership at COP26.

Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N. & Rice, C. (2022). MyMS-Ally Group Psychological Intervention: a feasibility and acceptability study of a novel group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The emotional and cognitive facets of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have a significant impact on the patients’ quality of life, relationships and other significant areas of living. Psychological interventions and their efficacy have been the focus of MS li... Read More about Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N. & Rice, C. (2022). MyMS-Ally Group Psychological Intervention: a feasibility and acceptability study of a novel group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Getting what you deserve? (2022)
Other

The UK is a particularly unequal society, with the richest 0.1 per cent of households having as much wealth as the poorest half of all households (Equality Trust, 2022). Wilkinson and Pickett (2017) have shown that such elevated levels of income ineq... Read More about Getting what you deserve?.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 221 , Issue 1 (2022)
Journal Article

As part of the core content of this monthly journal, Kaleidoscope highlights and discusses the most interesting recent mental health research

Male mate retention (2022)
Book Chapter

In species with internal female fertilization, males face the problem of paternity uncertainty, which refers to the risk of investing in unrelated offspring. As such, a partner’s sexual infidelity may be particularly damaging for males given that it... Read More about Male mate retention.

Exploring parents’ attitudes towards a multicentre cohort study of children with burns injuries: A qualitative interview study (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Burn injuries affect more than 60,000 children every year in the UK, with many experiencing scarring as a result. Scarring can be highly variable, and research is required to explore the factors that may influence variability, as well as... Read More about Exploring parents’ attitudes towards a multicentre cohort study of children with burns injuries: A qualitative interview study.

The body esteem scale for adults and adolescents: Translation, adaptation and psychometric validation among Brazilian adolescents (2022)
Journal Article

A lack of rigorously validated body image measures for use among adolescents is hampering research in Brazil. This study aimed to validate a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents (BESAA; Mendelson et al., 20... Read More about The body esteem scale for adults and adolescents: Translation, adaptation and psychometric validation among Brazilian adolescents.

Microgrants as a pathway for community development: A case study exploring impacts, implementation and context (2022)
Journal Article

Microgrant schemes are used in many contexts relevant to community development, but there are few detailed accounts of their operation and effects. This study explored a four-year microgrant scheme in Bristol, UK. The research analyzed 141 awards and... Read More about Microgrants as a pathway for community development: A case study exploring impacts, implementation and context.

‘Sunshine’, ‘angels’ and ‘rainbows’: Language developed by mothers bereaved by perinatal loss (2022)
Journal Article

Background A perinatal loss is a life-changing event that can have psychological consequences for a mother both after the loss and in a subsequent pregnancy. Aims This qualitative study aimed to examine mothers' lived experiences of the holistic jour... Read More about ‘Sunshine’, ‘angels’ and ‘rainbows’: Language developed by mothers bereaved by perinatal loss.

Exploring teachers’ perceptions of promoting acceptance of diverse appearances in primary school children (4-11 years) (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Objectives and design: Research suggests children can begin judging others based on their appearance as early as 4 years old. Stigma towards children who have a diverse appearance (e.g., higher weight, visible difference) can have a negative impact o... Read More about Exploring teachers’ perceptions of promoting acceptance of diverse appearances in primary school children (4-11 years).

A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article

Adolescents in India experience body dissatisfaction, however, empirically supported interventions are lacking. This paper describes the protocol for the development, acceptability testing, and cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a six-sessi... Read More about A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.