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According to Needs and Abilities, Universal Basic Income Requires Universal Basic Infrastructure
Kornbrot, Diana; Badrudin, Nazreen (2023-06-21)This paper considers Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a method for establishing a good society that fulfils the needs of all its members without coercion. It starts with a brief description of UBI and of the good society ... -
Adherence to prophylaxis in adolescents and young adults with severe haemophilia: A quantitative study with patients
Van Os, Sandra; Troop, Nicholas; Sullivan, Keith; Hart, Daniel (2017-01-19)Introduction: haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in one of the blood coagulation factors. For people affected by severe haemophilia, the deficiency can cause spontaneous internal bleeding. ... -
And Now for Something Completely Different: Inattentional Blindness during a Monty Python's Flying Circus Sketch
Wiseman, Richard; Watt, Caroline (2015-02-01)Perceptual science has frequently benefited from studying illusions created outside of academia. Here, we describe a striking, but little-known, example of inattentional blindness from the British comedy series “Monty ... -
Anxiety in female adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Lessons for healthcare professionals
Jackson, Laura; Keville, Saskia; Ludlow, Amanda (2022-07-06)Despite awareness of the high prevalence of anxiety in females with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), females report high unmet service needs regarding mental health concerns. Aim: This study explored experiences of anxiety ... -
Apophenia, Synchronicity, and the Postmodern in Sport Psychology
Pack, Stephen (2009)Wednesday 17th November 2004: “It’s meditative by the river, where I displace the unwelcome chatter worming into my head. Today two men were leaning on a fence; both had long tangled grey hair, and skin so weather-beaten ... -
Applied Sport Psychology Consultants’ Reflections on the Role of Humor in Consultancy: “It's Like Having another Skill in Your Arsenal”
Pack, Stephen; Arvinen-Barrow, Monna; Winter, Stacy; Hemmings, Brian (2020-03)Previousresearch demonstrates that sport psychology consultants use humor to facilitatethe working alliance, reinforce client knowledge, and create healthy learningenvironments. The current study sought to gain further ... -
ASSIST Trauma Care: Guiding Young Minds : Feasibility and pilot study report
Adler, Joanna R; McSweeney, Tim; Cresswell, Caroline; Wellsted, David; Hall, Natalie; Busby, Amanda; Littlechild, Brian (Youth Endowment Fund, 2023-07-28)Executive summary The project The Guiding Young Minds (GYM) programme aims to support young people with experience of trauma to improve potentially challenging behaviour, establish a vision of a positive future, and set ... -
The association between the sense of control and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Msetfi, Rachel M.; Kornbrot, Diana E.; Halbrook, Yemaya J. (2024)Introduction: High levels of depression and low sense of control have been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. The removal of typical freedoms through public health restrictions may have played an important role. The ... -
BeeZee Bodies Embedded Ethnography Evaluation Project
Newman, Han; Brady, Louca-Mai; Almack, Kathryn; Mathie, Elspeth; Wills, Wendy (University of Hertfordshire, 2023-02-07)The Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire (UH) were commissioned by BeeZee Bodies (BZB) to bring academic insights and support BZB’s development of future services. This work ... -
BeeZee Bodies Evaluation: Summary Report
Newman, Han; Brady, Louca-Mai; Almack, Kathryn; Mathie, Elspeth; Wills, Wendy (University of Hertfordshire, 2023-02-07) -
Believe it or not : Exploring dogmatism and different belief structures across non-religious groups
Gurney, Daniel; McKeown, Shelley; Churchyard, Jamie; Howlett, Neil (2013-11)Personality and dogmatic thinking within religious individuals have been examined by previous research, but neglected for non-religious individuals. In this experiment, we distinguish between two types of non-religious ... -
Bonsai: “a life in balance”. The therapeutic benefits of growing bonsai trees
Pack, Stephen (2023-12-12)Horticultural therapy is increasingly being used in clinical contexts and a growing number of studies over the past two decades have demonstrated its efficacy in improving physical, psychological, and social health. Bonsai ... -
British Teachers’ knowledge and awareness of Tourette Syndrome in children attending mainstream school
Ludlow, Amanda; Cutler, Alison; Keville, Saskia (2022-08-15)Mainstream primary and secondary schools are increasingly committed to the inclusion of students with Tourette Syndrome (TS). This qualitative study explores teachers' perceptions of factors that have contributed to, or ... -
Can False Memories Prime Problem Solutions for Healthy Older Adults and Those With Alzheimer’s Disease?
Akhtar, Shazia; Howe, Mark; Hoepstine, Kedron (2018-06-05)ObjectiveRecent research has shown that false memories can have a positive consequence on human cognition in both children and young adults. The present experiment investigated whether false memories could have similar ... -
Can misleading hand gestures influence eyewitness testimony?
Gurney, Daniel; Pine, Karen (2011-05)A wealth of research has highlighted the susceptibility of eyewitnesses to misleading verbal questions. However, the role of nonverbal influence when questioning witnesses has been overlooked, even though substantive ... -
Cancer and exercise: a narrative analysis to understand the recovery journey undertaken for female dragon boat competitors.
Peter Marriott; Pack, Stephen (2016-03-22)Background: A cancer diagnosis, and the subsequent period, is a largely unexplored phenomenon regarding short and long term effects exercise has on mental well-being. With an increasing number of people surviving cancer, ... -
Challenges Accessing Physical Activity from a Transgender Perspective: A Systematic Review
Pattinson, Emily; Newman, Han; Kiemle-Gabbay, Laura (2022-09-01)The gender-diverse community faces numerous barriers that make physical activity difficult to access, meaning they are less physically active than their cisgender counterparts, compounding the existing health and wellbeing ... -
Changes to Physical Activity, Sitting Time, Eating Behaviours and Barriers to Exercise during the First COVID-19 ‘Lockdown’ in an English Cohort
Kass, Lindsy; Desai, Terun; Sullivan, Keith; Muniz, Daniel; Wells, Amy (2021-09-24)This study aimed to determine the effect of the first English national COVID-19 lockdown on physical activity (PA), sitting time, eating behaviours and body mass in an adult cohort. This was further examined to determine ... -
Childhood trauma and schizotypy in non-clinical samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Toutountzidis, Diamantis; Gale, Tim M.; Irvine, Karen; Sharma, Shivani; Laws, Keith R. (2022-06-29)The association of early life adversities and psychosis symptoms is well documented in clinical populations; however, whether this relationship also extends into subclinical psychosis remains unclear. In particular, are ... -
A Comparison of the Epidemiological Characteristics Between Influenza and COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective, Observational Cohort Study.
Naji, Omar; Darwish, Iman; Bessame, Khaoula; Vaghela, Tejal; Hawkins, Anja; Elsakka, Mohamed; Merai, Hema; Lowe, Jeremy; Schechter, Miriam; Moses, Samuel; Busby, Amanda; Sullivan, Keith; Wellsted, David; Zamir, Muhammad; Kandil, Hala (2023-11-23)Background and objective It is crucial to make early differentiation between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and seasonal influenza infections at the time of a patient's presentation to the emergency department (ED). ...