Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (259)

Bonding and prematurity: An exploratory study of early paternal involvement in the context of hospitalization (2014)
Journal Article
Leal, I., Saldanha, N., & Velez Oliveira, R. (2014). Bonding and prematurity: An exploratory study of early paternal involvement in the context of hospitalization. Psicologia, Saúde e Doenças, 15(2), 454-467. https://doi.org/10.15309/14psd150210

The father's role in the modern family has been less studied and is poorly defined in the literature. Through an interview and qualitative analysis, we intend to explore paternal involvement in the context of hospitalization due to premature childbir... Read More about Bonding and prematurity: An exploratory study of early paternal involvement in the context of hospitalization.

The european parliament in the external dimension of EU counter-terrorism: More actorness, accountability and oversight 10 years on? (2014)
Journal Article
Kaunert, C., Leonard, S., & Mackenzie, A. (2015). The european parliament in the external dimension of EU counter-terrorism: More actorness, accountability and oversight 10 years on?. Intelligence and National Security, 30(2-3), 357-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.988446

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force in 2009, considerably reinforced the powers of the European Parliament. This article examines towhat extent the European Parliament has become an important actor in EU counter-ter... Read More about The european parliament in the external dimension of EU counter-terrorism: More actorness, accountability and oversight 10 years on?.

The relations between word reading, oral language, and reading comprehension in children who speak English as a first (L1) and second language (L2): a multigroup structural analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Babayiğit, S. (2015). The relations between word reading, oral language, and reading comprehension in children who speak English as a first (L1) and second language (L2): a multigroup structural analysis. Reading and Writing, 28, 527-544. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-014-9536-x

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. This study compared the reading and oral language skills of children who speak English as a first (L1) and second language (L2), and examined whether the strength of the relationship between word rea... Read More about The relations between word reading, oral language, and reading comprehension in children who speak English as a first (L1) and second language (L2): a multigroup structural analysis.

Email counselling and the therapeutic relationship: A grounded theory analysis of therapists' experiences (2014)
Thesis
Francis-Smith, C. Email counselling and the therapeutic relationship: A grounded theory analysis of therapists' experiences. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806306

Provision of online counselling in its many forms has increased dramatically over the last 10 years, however research findings suggest that many therapists have concerns about whether a therapeutic relationship can be successfully engendered online,... Read More about Email counselling and the therapeutic relationship: A grounded theory analysis of therapists' experiences.

Things fall apart: From law, order and justice to lawlessness, disorder and injustice (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Moore, J. (2014, December). Things fall apart: From law, order and justice to lawlessness, disorder and injustice. Paper presented at Division of Sociology Seminar, University of Abertay, Dundee

Criminology, legal studies, political science and other disciplines all operates with assumptions about the benefits of the rule of law, the legitimacy of the state’s role in establishing and maintaining order and the centrality of justice within pen... Read More about Things fall apart: From law, order and justice to lawlessness, disorder and injustice.

Costing the invisible: A review of the evidence examining the links between body image, aspirations, education and workplace confidence (2014)
Report
Halliwell, E., Diedrichs, P. C., & Orbach, S. (2014). Costing the invisible: A review of the evidence examining the links between body image, aspirations, education and workplace confidence

Throughout the world, girls and women are interested in their looks. What has been perceived as an enjoyable part of life is however imbued with negative economic and psychological costs which are rarely calculated. International studies confirm the... Read More about Costing the invisible: A review of the evidence examining the links between body image, aspirations, education and workplace confidence.

The Music Therapist in School as Outsider (2014)
Journal Article
Annesley, L. (2014). The Music Therapist in School as Outsider. British Journal of Music Therapy, 28(2), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/135945751402800207

This essay examines the institutional commonalities among several schools in which I have worked as a music therapist, illustrating how thinking about my role as an outsider has informed my therapeutic approach. I refer to the broader concept of the... Read More about The Music Therapist in School as Outsider.

Using thematic analysis in psychology (2014)
Book Chapter
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2014). Using thematic analysis in psychology. In B. Gough (Ed.), Qualitative research in psychology. London: SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Thematic analysis is a poorly demarcated, rarely-acknowledged, yet widely-used qualitative analytic method within psychology. In this paper, we argue that it offers an accessible and theoretically-flexible approach to analysing qualitative data. We o... Read More about Using thematic analysis in psychology.

Sexual abuse as a public health issue (2014)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K. (2014, December). Sexual abuse as a public health issue. Paper presented at The importance of effective evidence based policy and practice in sex offender work research seminar, UWE, Bristol

A research paper looking at current thinking and practices around the engagement of communities in preventing sexual harm – especially public health and innovative approaches.

Developing an evidence base for sex offenders as a “service user” (2014)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K., & Kemshall, H. (2014, December). Developing an evidence base for sex offenders as a “service user”. Paper presented at The importance of effective evidence based policy and practice in sex offender work research seminar, UWE, Bristol

A research paper, based on work with CoSA, looking at the relevance of the service user voice.

Reactions & Debate II: The Ethics of Immigration - Carens and the problem of method (2014)
Journal Article
Cole, P. (2014). Reactions & Debate II: The Ethics of Immigration - Carens and the problem of method. Ethical perspectives / Catholic University of Leuven ; European Centre for Christian Ethics, 21(4), 600-607

This article is part of a special issue looking at Joseph Carens The Ethics of Immigration and includes his replies.

Is the empire coming home? Liberalism, exclusion and the punitiveness of the British state (2014)
Journal Article
Moore, J. (2014). Is the empire coming home? Liberalism, exclusion and the punitiveness of the British state

The rapid expansion in the use of incarceration and the criminal justice system’s penetration of new areas of private and public life have been linked to the emergence of neoliberalism. This expansion of punitiveness has been portrayed as a reactiona... Read More about Is the empire coming home? Liberalism, exclusion and the punitiveness of the British state.

A fig leaf for action: Critical perspectives on youth policy in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Oliver, B., & Percy-Smith, B. (2014). A fig leaf for action: Critical perspectives on youth policy in the UK. Autonomie locali e servizi sociali, 2014(3), 443-459. https://doi.org/10.1447/79284

This paper discusses the changing approaches that governments in the Uk have adopted in response to youth issues and the extent to which these are reflected in dominant social constructions of youth. Our discussion offers a perspective on youth polic... Read More about A fig leaf for action: Critical perspectives on youth policy in the UK.

Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others (2014)
Journal Article
Hayward, L. E., Hornsey, M. J., Alperin, A., Diedrichs, P. C., & Barlow, F. K. (2014). Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others. Social Science and Medicine, 123, 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.051

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This paper is the first to apply the contact hypothesis, a social psychological theory of prejudice reduction, to the field of weight bias. It aims to investigate whether contact with overweight people is associated with the exte... Read More about Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others.

Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys (2014)
Journal Article
Slater, A., & Tiggemann, M. (2014). Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys. Eating Behaviors, 15(4), 679-682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.10.002

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This study examined the role of specific magazine types and television programs on drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys. A sample of 182 adolescent boys with an average age of 15.2. years completed questionnaire... Read More about Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys.

Pain communication through body posture: The development and validation of a stimulus set (2014)
Journal Article
Walsh, J., Eccleston, C., & Keogh, E. (2014). Pain communication through body posture: The development and validation of a stimulus set. PAIN, 155(11), 2282-2290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2014.08.019

Pain can be communicated nonverbally through facial expressions, vocalisations, and bodily movements. Most studies have focussed on the facial display of pain, whereas there is little research on postural display. Stimulus sets for facial and vocal e... Read More about Pain communication through body posture: The development and validation of a stimulus set.

Supranational Governance of Europe’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (2014)
Book
Kaunert, C., Occhipinti, J. D., & Leonard, S. (Eds.). (2014). Supranational Governance of Europe’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. London: Routledge

This book examines the evolution towards increased supranational governance in the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). At the end of 2009, a successor programme to the Tampere and Hague Programmes was developed under the Swedish Presid... Read More about Supranational Governance of Europe’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.