All Outputs (168)

Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of Macao's casino workers with regard to second-hand smoke exposure at work (2009)
Journal Article
Wan, P., & Pilkington, P. (2009). Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of Macao's casino workers with regard to second-hand smoke exposure at work. International Gambling Studies, 9(3), 207-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459790903222449

This study investigates the knowledge, attitudes and experiences of casino workers in Macao with regard to exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) in the workplace through structured face-to-face interviews with 377 workers. The results indicate that the... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of Macao's casino workers with regard to second-hand smoke exposure at work.

Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change (2009)
Journal Article
Rumsey, N. (2009). Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change. Wounds UK, 21(12),

This narrative review outlines the potential benefits of supporting clients to successfully change existing patterns of behavior in the context of wound care. In acknowledging the complexities involved in changing deeply ingrained patterns of behavio... Read More about Using evidence-based principles to achieve sustained behavior change.

The influence of negligence, intention, and outcome on children's moral judgments (2009)
Journal Article
Nobes, G., Panagiotaki, G., & Pawson, C. (2009). The influence of negligence, intention, and outcome on children's moral judgments. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104(4), 382-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2009.08.001

Piaget (1932) and subsequent researchers have reported that young children's moral judgments are based more on the outcomes of actions than on the agents' intentions. The current study investigated whether negligence might also influence these judgme... Read More about The influence of negligence, intention, and outcome on children's moral judgments.

Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability (2009)
Journal Article
Orme, J., Pilkington, P., Gray, S., & Rao, M. (2009). Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability. Public Health, 123(12), 800-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2009.10.008

This paper examines the development and achievements of the Teaching Public Health Networks (TPHNs) in England; an initiative that aimed to catalyse collaborative working between the public health workforce and further and higher education, to enhanc... Read More about Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability.

The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (2009)
Journal Article
Upchurch, M., Taylor, G., & Mathers, A. (2009). The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Labor Studies Journal, 34(4), 519-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X08324739

This article defines and explores the crisis of social democratic trade unionism in three countries in western Europe. The authors contend that a particularized form of postwar trade union orientation was socially constructed in Britain, Germany, and... Read More about The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

The triangle-bisection illusion (2009)
Journal Article
Anstis, S., Gregory, R., & Heard, P. (2009). The triangle-bisection illusion. Perception, 38(3), 321-332. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5866

In the triangle-bisection illusion, a dot is inscribed exactly halfway up the height of an equilateral triangle, but it looks apparently far more than halfway up. The illusion is found for second-order triangles defined by stereo depth and by equilum... Read More about The triangle-bisection illusion.

Risky business or safety net? Trainee perceptions of personal therapy: A qualitative thematic analysis (2009)
Journal Article
Moller, N. P., Timms, J., & Alilovic, K. (2009). Risky business or safety net? Trainee perceptions of personal therapy: A qualitative thematic analysis. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 11(4), 369-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642530903444803

Participation in personal therapy during training is required by British accreditation bodies for counselling psychology as well as by most psychotherapy trainings. By contrast, trainee clinical psychologists are not required to undertake personal th... Read More about Risky business or safety net? Trainee perceptions of personal therapy: A qualitative thematic analysis.

The electroencephalogram (EEG) and evoked potential studies (EPS) (2009)
Book Chapter
Brown, C., & Bird, J. (2009). The electroencephalogram (EEG) and evoked potential studies (EPS). In B. Puri, & I. Treasden (Eds.), Psychiatry: An Evidence Based Text. Hodder & Stoughton

Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment to burn injury: Social functioning, body image, and health policy perspectives (2009)
Journal Article
Corry, N., Pruzinsky, T., & Rumsey, N. (2009). Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment to burn injury: Social functioning, body image, and health policy perspectives. International Review of Psychiatry, 21(6), 539-548. https://doi.org/10.3109/09540260903343901

This paper reviews four major topics related to the long-term psychosocial rehabilitation for burn survivors; (1) Body image adjustment process; (2) Social functioning challenges; (3) Interventions designed to address psychosocial rehabilitation chal... Read More about Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment to burn injury: Social functioning, body image, and health policy perspectives.

Researching beneath the surface: psycho-social research methods in practice (2009)
Book
Hoggett, P., & Clarke, S. (2009). Researching beneath the surface: psycho-social research methods in practice. London: Karnac

Offers an overview of the rapidly expanding field of psycho-social studies drawing on aspects of discouse psychology, continental philosophy and anthropological understandings of the emotions

Lithocholate-A promising non-calcaemic calcitriol surrogate for promoting human osteoblast maturation upon biomaterials (2009)
Journal Article
Mansell, J. P., Shorez, D., Farrar, D., & Nowghani, M. (2009). Lithocholate-A promising non-calcaemic calcitriol surrogate for promoting human osteoblast maturation upon biomaterials. Steroids, 74(12), 963-970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2009.07.005

Background and aims: Calcitriol, an active vitamin D metabolite, has a limited application in bone repair because of its undesirable hypercalcaemic action. However it has emerged that lithocholic acid (LCA) is a non-calcaemic vitamin D receptor ligan... Read More about Lithocholate-A promising non-calcaemic calcitriol surrogate for promoting human osteoblast maturation upon biomaterials.

The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia (2009)
Journal Article
Henderson, A. J., Manaseki-Holland, S., Pollock, J., & Gombojav, N. (2009). The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 94(11), 849-854. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2008.157115

Objective: To investigate potentially modifiable factors associated with carers' recognition of symptoms and timely presentation of infants with acute respiratory infections (ARI) in urban Mongolia. Methods: A prospective cohort study nested in a ran... Read More about The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia.

Addiction and the brain (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Albertson, D. (2009, November). Addiction and the brain. Presented at Science of Addiction conference, Mankato, MN, USA

Keynote Address

On the circularity of democratic justice (2009)
Journal Article
Thompson, S. (2009). On the circularity of democratic justice. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 35(9), 1079-1098. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453709343391

In this article, I argue that justice and democracy stand in a circular relationship: just outcomes emerge from democratic deliberations, but only if such deliberations meet the standards of justice. I develop my argument by engaging in a critical di... Read More about On the circularity of democratic justice.

Effects of videogame expertise on change detection abilities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Clark, K., Fleck, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2009, November). Effects of videogame expertise on change detection abilities. Poster presented at Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Action video game players demonstrate enhanced performance on perceptual tasks, but the underlying mechanisms of their benefits remain unclear. We examined gamers and non-gamers using a modified change-detection flicker paradigm in which image pairs... Read More about Effects of videogame expertise on change detection abilities.

Future proof: Can we afford the cost of drinking too much? Mortality, morbidity and drink-driving in the UK (2009)
Report
Coghill, N., Miller, P., & Plant, M. (2009). Future proof: Can we afford the cost of drinking too much? Mortality, morbidity and drink-driving in the UK

The First Year in Practice: Exploring effective supervision - a practice toolkit for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) and line managers – published as a result of a Skills for Care South West project - 2008 (2009)
Report
Jones, K., Donnellan, H., & Owens, C. (2009). The First Year in Practice: Exploring effective supervision - a practice toolkit for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) and line managers – published as a result of a Skills for Care South West project - 2008

A practice toolkit for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) and line managers. Includes case studies and tools for practice.

Evaluating the impact of arts on health: Issues, challenges and new directions (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Daykin, N. (2009, October). Evaluating the impact of arts on health: Issues, challenges and new directions. Paper presented at UK Evaluation Society 14th Annual Conference: Changing Contexts for Evaluation and Professional Action, Bristol, UK

I can’t build up an image in my head of bisexuality: A qualitative study of bisexual women negotiating appearance and visual identity (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Hayfield, N. (2009, October). I can’t build up an image in my head of bisexuality: A qualitative study of bisexual women negotiating appearance and visual identity. Paper presented at Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Summit, Gateshead, UK

Never judge a book by its cover? Psychology students talk about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual appearance (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Hayfield, N. (2009, October). Never judge a book by its cover? Psychology students talk about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual appearance. Paper presented at Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Summit, Gateshead