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Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district (2022)
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Joshi, E., Gautam, P., Khadka, A., Pilkington, P., Parkin, J., Joshi, S. K., & Mytton, J. (2022). Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district. Journal of Transport and Health, 24, Article 101337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101337

Introduction: Road traffic injuries are a major but neglected global challenge. There are high and rising rates of road traffic injuries in Nepal. Most of the studies reporting these injuries in Nepal have used quantitative methods to describe the in... Read More about Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district.

Reducing social anxiety in adolescents distressed by a visible difference: Results from a randomised control trial of a web-based intervention (2022)
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Zelihić, D., van Dalen, M., Kling, J., Pripp, A. H., Nordgreen, T., Kvalem, I. L., …Okkerse, J. M. (2022). Reducing social anxiety in adolescents distressed by a visible difference: Results from a randomised control trial of a web-based intervention. Body Image, 40, 295-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.008

A visible difference to the face or body may challenge adolescents’ adjustment and engagement in life activities, where some require psychosocial support. However, evidence is limited for whether existing interventions for this adolescent group reduc... Read More about Reducing social anxiety in adolescents distressed by a visible difference: Results from a randomised control trial of a web-based intervention.

UK clinical and community psychology: Exploring personal and professional connections (2022)
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Thompson, M., Stuart, J., Vincent, R., & Goodbody, L. (2022). UK clinical and community psychology: Exploring personal and professional connections. Journal of Community Psychology, 50(7), 2904-2922. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22805

This paper explores the personal and professional connections between clinical psychologists in the United Kingdom (UK) and critical/community psychology (CCP). Specifically, it asks how clinical psychologists define the area, how they relate to it a... Read More about UK clinical and community psychology: Exploring personal and professional connections.

A novel, scalable social media-based intervention Warna-Warni Waktu to reduce body dissatisfaction among young Indonesian women: Protocol for a parallel randomized controlled trial (2022)
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Garbett, K. M., Craddock, N., Haywood, S., Nasution, K., White, P., Saraswati, L. A., …Williamson, H. (2022). A novel, scalable social media-based intervention Warna-Warni Waktu to reduce body dissatisfaction among young Indonesian women: Protocol for a parallel randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(1), Article e33596. https://doi.org/10.2196/33596

Background: Despite the prevalence of body dissatisfaction among young Indonesian women and its consequential negative impacts, there are currently no evidence-based, culturally appropriate interventions to tackle this issue. Therefore, there is a ne... Read More about A novel, scalable social media-based intervention Warna-Warni Waktu to reduce body dissatisfaction among young Indonesian women: Protocol for a parallel randomized controlled trial.

(Loss of) the super soldier: Combat-injuries, body image and veterans’ romantic relationships (2022)
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Keeling, M., & Sharratt, N. D. (2023). (Loss of) the super soldier: Combat-injuries, body image and veterans’ romantic relationships. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(2), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2026499

Purpose: Some military personnel sustain physical injuries that alter their appearance, such as limb-loss and scarring. Veterans injured this way may experience body image distress and mental and physical wellbeing difficulties. While research with c... Read More about (Loss of) the super soldier: Combat-injuries, body image and veterans’ romantic relationships.

A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks (2022)
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Johnson, S. J., Verster, J. C., & Alford, C. (2022). A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 57(5), 630-640. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab086

AIMS: To compare alcohol consumption and risk-taking behaviours on alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) and alcohol-only (AO) drinking occasions collected via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) versus retrospective survey methods (adapted-Quick... Read More about A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks.

Exploring the role of contextual behavioural science variables and education in the prosocial domain of global poverty and human rights (2022)
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Thompson, M., Bond, F. W., Lloyd, J., Anslow, S., & Berry, E. (2022). Exploring the role of contextual behavioural science variables and education in the prosocial domain of global poverty and human rights. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.01.004

Two preliminary, single session, lab-based experiments sought to examine the differing roles of: contextual behavioural science variables (i.e. ACT/mindfulness), charity focused education and control conditions in terms of their influence on donation... Read More about Exploring the role of contextual behavioural science variables and education in the prosocial domain of global poverty and human rights.

Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’ (2022)
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Phillips, A. (2022). Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’

In the latest in a series of interviews with leading figures involved in the research and investigation of organised crime, Policing Insight’s Chris Allen spoke to Dr Amber Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of the West of Eng... Read More about Dr Amber Phillips: ‘Giving confiscated mafia assets back to the community is enormously powerful’.

An acceptance and commitment therapy prototype mobile program for individuals with a visible difference: Mixed methods feasibility study (2022)
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Zucchelli, F., Donnelly, O., Rush, E., White, P., Gwyther, H., Williamson, H., & The VTCT Foundation Research Team at the Centre for Appearance Research. (2022). An acceptance and commitment therapy prototype mobile program for individuals with a visible difference: Mixed methods feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(1), Article e33449. https://doi.org/10.2196/33449

Background: Mobile apps may offer a valuable platform for delivering evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals with atypical appearances, or visible differences, who experience psychosocial appearance concerns such as appearance-base... Read More about An acceptance and commitment therapy prototype mobile program for individuals with a visible difference: Mixed methods feasibility study.

Decision-making experiences of health professionals in withdrawing treatment for children and young people: A qualitative study (2022)
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Abdin, S., Heath, G., Neilson, S., Byron-Daniel, J., & Hooper, N. (2022). Decision-making experiences of health professionals in withdrawing treatment for children and young people: A qualitative study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 48(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12956

Objective: To explore factors that influence professionals in deciding whether to withdraw treatment from a child and how decision making is managed amongst professionals as an individual and as a team. Study Design: Semi-structured interviews were c... Read More about Decision-making experiences of health professionals in withdrawing treatment for children and young people: A qualitative study.

Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands (2022)
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Clegg, P. (2022). Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands. Round Table, 111(1), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2022.2036028

Understandably much of the academic literature on the Falkland Islands relates to its relationship with Argentina and the allied territorial dispute, but that can ignore broader and equally important aspects of the Falklands’ political and constituti... Read More about Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands.

Solidarity and data access: Challenges and potentialities (2021)
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Tava, F. (2021). Solidarity and data access: Challenges and potentialities. Phenomenology and Mind, 20, 118-126. https://doi.org/10.17454/pam-2010

This paper provides an account of the challenges and potentialities of a solidarity-based approach to data access and governance. To do that, it offers an infraethical understanding of solidarity that describes it as a structural moral enabler that c... Read More about Solidarity and data access: Challenges and potentialities.

Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis (2021)
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Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2022). Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis. Qualitative Psychology, 9(1), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000196

Thematic analysis (TA) is widely used in qualitative psychology. In using TA, researchers must choose between a diverse range of approaches that can differ considerably in their underlying (but often implicit) conceptualizations of qualitative resear... Read More about Conceptual and design thinking for thematic analysis.

Qualitative story completion for counseling psychology research: A creative method to interrogate dominant discourses (2021)
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Moller, N., Clarke, V., Braun, V., Tischner, I., & Vossler, A. (2021). Qualitative story completion for counseling psychology research: A creative method to interrogate dominant discourses. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(3), 286-298. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000538

Qualitative story completion (SC) research involves the novel qualitative application of a technique previously used in quantitative research and clinical assessment, in which participants write stories in response to a story “stem” designed by the r... Read More about Qualitative story completion for counseling psychology research: A creative method to interrogate dominant discourses.

Criminal justice responses to domestic violence and abuse in England: An analysis of case attrition and inequalities using police data (2021)
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McPhee, D., Hester, M., Bates, L., Lilley-Walker, S. J., & Patsios, D. (2022). Criminal justice responses to domestic violence and abuse in England: An analysis of case attrition and inequalities using police data. Policing and Society, 32(8), 63–980. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.2003358

Responding to domestic violence and abuse (DVA) poses significant challenges for the criminal justice system, with recent studies highlighting a number of significant gaps and failings in the nature of the police response in particular. This paper re... Read More about Criminal justice responses to domestic violence and abuse in England: An analysis of case attrition and inequalities using police data.

How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis (2021)
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Lucey, C., & Malson, H. (2021). How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis. Psychology of Women and Equalities Review, 4(2), 31-42

While pornography is increasingly widespread and accessible, women’s experiences with or views about it are seldom recognised or investigated. In this paper we explore how women make sense of their experiences with pornography. The analysis is based... Read More about How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis.

Tragic realism: On Karel Kosík’s insight into Kafka (2021)
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Tava, F. (2022). Tragic realism: On Karel Kosík’s insight into Kafka. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 53(4), 370-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071773.2021.2015697

The aim of this article is to shed light on the reflections that Czech Marxist philosopher Karel Kosík dedicated to literature, and particularly to the writings of Franz Kafka, from the 1960s to the 1990s. More specifically, this article clarifies wh... Read More about Tragic realism: On Karel Kosík’s insight into Kafka.

Restorative practice in the criminal justice system: Examining a restorative reasoning programme in a women’s prison (2021)
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Rees, E., & Hobson, J. (2021). Restorative practice in the criminal justice system: Examining a restorative reasoning programme in a women’s prison. Laws, 10(4), 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10040095

This paper is an analysis of a six-week Restorative Reasoning Programme that took place with 13 women in a UK women’s prison. It is an exploratory evaluation based on an adapted version of the QUALIPREV scheme. This two-stage evaluation examines both... Read More about Restorative practice in the criminal justice system: Examining a restorative reasoning programme in a women’s prison.

“It’s been ugly”: A large-scale qualitative study into the difficulties frontline doctors faced across two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Harris, S., Jenkinson, E., Carlton, E., Roberts, T., & Daniels, J. (2021). “It’s been ugly”: A large-scale qualitative study into the difficulties frontline doctors faced across two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24), Article 13067. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413067

This study aimed to gain an uncensored insight into the most difficult aspects of working as a frontline doctor across successive COVID-19 pandemic waves. Data collected by the parent study (CERA) was analysed using conventional content analysis. Par... Read More about “It’s been ugly”: A large-scale qualitative study into the difficulties frontline doctors faced across two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Psychological and physical health outcomes in adults with craniosynostosis (2021)
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Stock, N. M., Costa, B., Wilkinson-Bell, K., Culshaw, L., Kearney, A., & Edwards, W. (2023). Psychological and physical health outcomes in adults with craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 60(3), 257-267. https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656211059966

Objectives: Within current research, little is known about the long-term outcomes of craniosynostosis. A priority-setting exercise by UK charity Headlines Craniofacial Support identified two key questions in this area: 1) What are the long-term phys... Read More about Psychological and physical health outcomes in adults with craniosynostosis.