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Assessing quality in qualitative data (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2014, April). Assessing quality in qualitative data. Paper presented at Training School: Measures used in Appearance Research, Poznan, Poland

Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression (2014)
Journal Article
Moss, T. P., Lawson, V., White, P., Rumsey, N., Byron-Daniel, J., Charlton, R., …Walsh, E. (2014). Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression. PLoS ONE, 9(2), e88435. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088435

Psychometric measures of appearance salience and valence, CARSAL and CARVAL, have been previously demonstrated to be key factors underpinning appearance related self-consciousness and negative affect in the general population. However, the extent to... Read More about Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression.

The psychological impacts of looking different (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2014, February). The psychological impacts of looking different. Presented at Oneself as Another, Royal Western Academy of Arts, Bristol, UK

The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis (2014)
Journal Article
White, P., Rumsey, N., Jenkinson, E., Richards, H. S., Jenkinson, E., Rumsey, N., …Harrad, R. A. (2014). The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis. Eye, 28(3), 296-302. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2013.264

PurposePtosis affects both the function and appearance of the eyes and face, because of drooping of the eyelids. Previous research has focused on functional impairment; however, similar appearance altering eye conditions have been demonstrated to hav... Read More about The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis.

CBT for appearance anxiety (2014)
Book
Clarke, A., Thompson, A. R., Jenkinson, E., Rumsey, N., & Newell, R. (2014). CBT for appearance anxiety. Wiley Blackwell

This clinical manual provides a CBT-based psychosocial intervention for use with individuals distressed about their appearance due to a disfigurement from birth, accident or illness, or those coping with another visible difference. •Contains... Read More about CBT for appearance anxiety.

When there is more than a cleft: Psychological adjustment when a cleft is associated with an additional condition (2014)
Journal Article
Feragen, K. B., Stock, N. M., & Rumsey, N. (2014). When there is more than a cleft: Psychological adjustment when a cleft is associated with an additional condition. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 51(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1597/12-328

Background: In spite of studies reporting a relatively high frequency of additional conditions in children with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P), almost no research has focused on this clinically important subgroup. The objective of this study... Read More about When there is more than a cleft: Psychological adjustment when a cleft is associated with an additional condition.

The psychosocial impact of ptosis as a symptom of myasthenia gravis: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Richards, H. S., Jenkinson, E., Rumsey, N., & Harrad, R. A. (2014). The psychosocial impact of ptosis as a symptom of myasthenia gravis: A qualitative study. Orbit, 33(4), 263-269. https://doi.org/10.3109/01676830.2014.904375

The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate the psychosocial impact of ptosis as a symptom of Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Participants were recruited from a MG patient group on Facebook. 166 participants answered a series of open ended questions... Read More about The psychosocial impact of ptosis as a symptom of myasthenia gravis: A qualitative study.

Toward a reconsideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria in cleft lip and palate: Implications for psychological research (2014)
Journal Article
Feragen, K. B., Stock, N. M., & Rumsey, N. (2014). Toward a reconsideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria in cleft lip and palate: Implications for psychological research. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 51(5), 569-578. https://doi.org/10.1597/12-326

© 2014 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: This article investigates the prevalence of conditions that affect cognitive and/or psychosocial functioning in 10-year-old children born with a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) and exp... Read More about Toward a reconsideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria in cleft lip and palate: Implications for psychological research.