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Predictors of adolescents’ response to a web-based intervention to improve psychosocial adjustment to having an appearance-affecting condition (Young Person’s Face IT): Prospective study (2023)
Journal Article
Zelihic, D., Feragen, K. B., Pripp, A. H., Nordgreen, T., Williamson, H., & Kling, J. (2023). Predictors of adolescents’ response to a web-based intervention to improve psychosocial adjustment to having an appearance-affecting condition (Young Person’s Face IT): Prospective study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, e35669. https://doi.org/10.2196/35669

Background: Adolescents with a condition affecting their appearance that results in a visible difference can be at risk of psychosocial distress and impaired adjustment. Evidence for the effectiveness of existing interventions in improving psychosoci... Read More about Predictors of adolescents’ response to a web-based intervention to improve psychosocial adjustment to having an appearance-affecting condition (Young Person’s Face IT): Prospective study.

For goodness sake, bravery, patriotism and identity by Coline Covington (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, N. (2023). For goodness sake, bravery, patriotism and identity by Coline Covington. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 39(1), 261-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12804

Coline Covington has a prolific and high-quality output in her writing that combines the social with the psychodynamic and the academic with the clinical. In this her latest book she continues the themes of her recent publication on the nature of eve... Read More about For goodness sake, bravery, patriotism and identity by Coline Covington.

Outcome harvesting as a methodology for the retrospective evaluation of small-scale community development interventions (2023)
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Beardmore, A., Jones, M., & Seal, J. (2023). Outcome harvesting as a methodology for the retrospective evaluation of small-scale community development interventions. Evaluation and Program Planning, 97, 102235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102235

Purpose: Undertaking evaluations of public health interventions can be problematic, particularly where there are multiple stakeholders and high degrees of complexity. This is especially true with regards to the evaluation of community interventions t... Read More about Outcome harvesting as a methodology for the retrospective evaluation of small-scale community development interventions.

Health professionals' perspectives on psychological distress and meeting patients' support needs in rheumatology care settings: A qualitative study (2023)
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Silverthorne, C., Daniels, J., Thompson, M., Robson, J. C., Ndosi, M., Swales, C., …Dures, E. (2023). Health professionals' perspectives on psychological distress and meeting patients' support needs in rheumatology care settings: A qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(2), 537-544. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1730

Background: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) face challenges including pain, fatigue and disease flares. Evidence suggests their levels of anxiety and depression are higher compared to the general population. Rheumatology teams re... Read More about Health professionals' perspectives on psychological distress and meeting patients' support needs in rheumatology care settings: A qualitative study.

Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Lewis-Smith, H., Garbett, K., Chaudhry, A., Dhillon, M., Shroff, H., White, P., & Diedrichs, P. (2023). Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial. Body Image, 44, 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.12.006

Body dissatisfaction is highly prevalent among adolescents in low- and middle- income countries, including in India. However, evidence-based interventions are lacking. This study evaluated the efficacy of a school-based mixed-gender body image interv... Read More about Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial.

Can following body positive or appearance neutral Facebook pages improve young women's body image and mood? Testing novel social media micro-interventions (2023)
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Fardouly, J., Slater, A., Parnell, J., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2023). Can following body positive or appearance neutral Facebook pages improve young women's body image and mood? Testing novel social media micro-interventions. Body Image, 44, 136-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.12.008

Small changes to social media use could have a large impact across the population. The present study tested novel social media micro-interventions (i.e., brief content delivered in everyday life) in which young women (N = 159) were instructed to eith... Read More about Can following body positive or appearance neutral Facebook pages improve young women's body image and mood? Testing novel social media micro-interventions.