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Mortality, time, and the lessons of silence: A Hermeneutical analysis of give and take (2021)
Journal Article
Keane, N. (2021). Mortality, time, and the lessons of silence: A Hermeneutical analysis of give and take. Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v2021i2021.73474

The following will provide a hermeneutical examination of two experiences of time: time as taking-away and time as giving. It will attempt to address the interrelated issues of death, time, and the time of silence in order to see whether time should... Read More about Mortality, time, and the lessons of silence: A Hermeneutical analysis of give and take.

"Surprisingly helpful": An exploration of trainee and registered music therapists' perspectives on the current role of personal therapy in music therapy training in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Brand, M., Clarke, V., & Warner, C. (2023). "Surprisingly helpful": An exploration of trainee and registered music therapists' perspectives on the current role of personal therapy in music therapy training in the United Kingdom. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, 15(2), 219-240

Music therapy training programmes in the United Kingdom are accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). The HCPC requires registered music therapists to have experience and understanding of the value of therapy for developing insigh... Read More about "Surprisingly helpful": An exploration of trainee and registered music therapists' perspectives on the current role of personal therapy in music therapy training in the United Kingdom.

The impact of androgen deprivation therapy on men diagnosed with prostate cancer: A mixed-method analysis of body image, masculine identities, exercise habits and coping strategies (2021)
Thesis
Gentili, C. The impact of androgen deprivation therapy on men diagnosed with prostate cancer: A mixed-method analysis of body image, masculine identities, exercise habits and coping strategies. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6960909

Androgen Deprivation Therapy is one of the gold standard treatments for Prostate Cancer (PCa). By suppressing testosterone production, ADT slows down cancer growth, but can also lead to several side effects affecting bodily functions and appearance (... Read More about The impact of androgen deprivation therapy on men diagnosed with prostate cancer: A mixed-method analysis of body image, masculine identities, exercise habits and coping strategies.

Road safety and heavy goods vehicle driving in LMICs: Qualitative evidence from Nepal (2021)
Journal Article
Khadka, A., Gautam, P., Joshi, E., Pilkington, P., Parkin, J., Joshi, S. K., & Mytton, J. (2021). Road safety and heavy goods vehicle driving in LMICs: Qualitative evidence from Nepal. Journal of Transport and Health, 23, Article 101247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2021.101247

Background: Heavy goods vehicle drivers are an influential driving population in Nepal, with over 90% of goods in the country are transported by road. Due to the time spent on the road, drivers have long periods of exposure to the risk of crash invol... Read More about Road safety and heavy goods vehicle driving in LMICs: Qualitative evidence from Nepal.

Falkland Islands: 40 years on (2021)
Digital Artefact
Clegg, P., & Matheson, K. (2021). Falkland Islands: 40 years on. [Podcast]

2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War, an event which still shapes many people’s view of the islands. However, the Falkland Islands has, over the past 40 years, looked outward to assume a role of strategic significance as the ‘gateway... Read More about Falkland Islands: 40 years on.

Using in-seat electrical potential sensors for non-contact monitoring of heart rate, heart rate variability, and heart rate recovery (2021)
Journal Article
Stephenson, A. C., Willis, R., & Alford, C. (2021). Using in-seat electrical potential sensors for non-contact monitoring of heart rate, heart rate variability, and heart rate recovery. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 169, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.08.005

Detecting transient changes in heart rate and heart rate variability during experimental simulated autonomous driving scenarios can indicate participant arousal and cognitive load, providing valuable insights into the relationship between human and v... Read More about Using in-seat electrical potential sensors for non-contact monitoring of heart rate, heart rate variability, and heart rate recovery.

Attachment styles and mate-retention: Exploring the mediating role of relationship satisfaction (2021)
Journal Article
Nascimento, B. S., Little, A. C., Monteiro, R. P., Hanel, P. H. P., & Vione, K. C. (2022). Attachment styles and mate-retention: Exploring the mediating role of relationship satisfaction. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 16(4), 362–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000272

This study investigated whether relationship satisfaction mediates the association between attachment styles and mate-retention strategies. Four-hundred and twenty individuals in a heterosexual committed relationship participated in this study (79.7%... Read More about Attachment styles and mate-retention: Exploring the mediating role of relationship satisfaction.

Tackling ageism in the workplace (2021)
Book Chapter
Swift, H. J., Steeden, B., & Randsley de Moura, G. (2021). Tackling ageism in the workplace. In The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook on Aging and Work (211-227). Lanham, US: Rowman and Littlefield

Many countries have encouraged policies to promote the labor market participation of older workers, who tend to be defined as those aged 50 and over . Yet despite the existence of equality legislation which outlaws age discrimination in employment, a... Read More about Tackling ageism in the workplace.

Do 3D face images capture cues of strength, weight, and height better than 2D face images do? (2021)
Journal Article
Holzleitner, I. J., Jones, A. L., O’Shea, K. J., Cassar, R., Fasolt, V., Shiramizu, V., …DeBruine, L. M. (2021). Do 3D face images capture cues of strength, weight, and height better than 2D face images do?. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 7(3), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-021-00170-8

Objectives: A large literature exists investigating the extent to which physical characteristics (e.g., strength, weight, and height) can be accurately assessed from face images. While most of these studies have employed two-dimensional (2D) face ima... Read More about Do 3D face images capture cues of strength, weight, and height better than 2D face images do?.

Gadamer’s Heidegger: On language and metaphysics (2021)
Book Chapter
Keane, N. (2021). Gadamer’s Heidegger: On language and metaphysics. In T. George, & G. van der Heiden (Eds.), The Gadamerian Mind

Gadamer has been the viewed as follower, appropriator, and urbanizer of the wilder elements of Heidegger’s thought, with his explicit resistance to certain aspects of Heidegger’s thought often only present between the lines. This chapter examines Gad... Read More about Gadamer’s Heidegger: On language and metaphysics.

Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 3 (2021)
Journal Article
Tracy, D. K., Joyce, D. W., Albertson, D. N., & Shergill, S. S. (2021). Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 3. British Journal of Psychiatry, 219(3), 527-528. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.106

Covid has made us increasingly familiar with using digital technologies, from work team meetings to social and clinical interactions; where might the novel tech opportunities lie? Social anxiety disorders (SAD) can limit individuals’ abilities to lea... Read More about Kaleidoscope - Volume 219 , Issue 3.

Gender in the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist (2021)
Journal Article
Albury, C., Pope, C., Shaw, S., Greenhalgh, T., Ziebland, S., Martin, S., …Pilbeam, C. (2021). Gender in the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzab123

We are a group of researchers working in the Medical Sciences division at the University of Oxford. Many of us regularly use Equator’s Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist [1] when reporting results from our stud... Read More about Gender in the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist.

An IPA study exploring clients’ experiences of living with complex mental health needs in a residential care home: Some voices are harder to hear (2021)
Thesis
Chivers, A. An IPA study exploring clients’ experiences of living with complex mental health needs in a residential care home: Some voices are harder to hear. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6955731

Objectives The aim of the research was to hear the voices of participants with complex mental health needs, gaining insight into the experience of living in residential care homes. These voices often get lost; as people with complex mental health ne... Read More about An IPA study exploring clients’ experiences of living with complex mental health needs in a residential care home: Some voices are harder to hear.

Facilitating family engagement in older people's home-based reablement: A realist inquiry (2021)
Thesis
Sumpter, L. Facilitating family engagement in older people's home-based reablement: A realist inquiry. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7075880

An ageing population brings pressures and opportunities. Since 2010, the UK Government has invested substantially in reablement, to release pressure in health and social care services and to promote wellbeing. When a deterioration in an individual’... Read More about Facilitating family engagement in older people's home-based reablement: A realist inquiry.

Polemos, logos, plurality: Hannah Arendt's phenomenological reading of the Greeks (2021)
Journal Article
Keane, N. (2021). Polemos, logos, plurality: Hannah Arendt's phenomenological reading of the Greeks. Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy, 26(1), 203-229. https://doi.org/10.5840/epoche2021813195

The following examines Hannah Arendt’s interpretations of Greek thought, specifically her phenomenological reading of Homer and Socrates as proto-phenomenological thinkers of objectivity, plurality, and logos. Drawing inspiration from these thinkers,... Read More about Polemos, logos, plurality: Hannah Arendt's phenomenological reading of the Greeks.

The impact of completing body image assessments on adolescents’ body image and engagement in body change strategies: Harmful or harmless? (2021)
Journal Article
Jarman, H., Slater, A., McLean, S., Marques, M., & Paxton, S. (2021). The impact of completing body image assessments on adolescents’ body image and engagement in body change strategies: Harmful or harmless?. Body Image, 39, 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.07.003

Parents and educators have raised concerns that participating in body image research may cause or increase poor body image and engagement in body change strategies. This quasi-experimental study compared body image and body change strategy outcomes a... Read More about The impact of completing body image assessments on adolescents’ body image and engagement in body change strategies: Harmful or harmless?.

“It’s such a hard and lonely journey”: Women’s experiences of perinatal loss and the subsequent pregnancy (2021)
Thesis
Wheeler, N. “It’s such a hard and lonely journey”: Women’s experiences of perinatal loss and the subsequent pregnancy. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7244045

Background: Perinatal losses are devastating life changing events for mothers, with psychological consequences both after loss and in the following pregnancy. Societal taboos result in disenfranchised grief, with inconsistent support available. Ai... Read More about “It’s such a hard and lonely journey”: Women’s experiences of perinatal loss and the subsequent pregnancy.