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Experiences of Acceptance and Adjustment for People Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(2013-10-10)BACKGROUND: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an incurable, chronic condition that is known to impact the physical and psychosocial well-being of those living with it. Evidence consistently demonstrates there is an ... -
The Experiences of Adult Children of 'Alcoholics'
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-10-14)Background: A wealth of quantitative literature exists exploring the impact of parental alcohol misuse on adult and child offspring. It is often proposed that children of alcoholics are at risk of experiencing a host of ... -
The Experiences of Adult-Children from an Indian Heritage whose Parents have Lived with Mental Health Difficulties
(2021-10-22)Research suggests that in the United Kingdom (UK), there are over two million children living with a parent experiencing mental health difficulties (MHD). There is a growing body of literature focusing on the experiences ... -
Experiences of Art Psychotherapy in Early Adulthood: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2019-10-31)This study was concerned with exploring young people’s experiences of engaging in individual Art Therapy sessions. An exploratory research question was formulated and addressed using a qualitative methodology. Five young ... -
The Experiences of Birth Relatives who Engage in Person-Centred Counselling Following the Loss of their Children to Compulsory Adoption or Foster Care
(2018-09-26)This study was concerned with exploring the meaning birth relatives gave their experiences of counselling following the removal of their children from their care. An exploratory research question was formulated and addressed ... -
Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Clinical Psychology Doctorate Applicants within the UK
(2018-10-12)Aim: Previous research has looked at the experiences of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who work within the clinical psychology profession. However, these studies have mostly focused on ... -
Experiences of Causing an Accidental Death: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Study
(2009-02-19)Accidentally killing or feeling responsible for another person’s death constitutes a traumatic event that is unique from any other traumatic stressor. Considering the frequency of incidents such as deaths resulting from ... -
Experiences of Coping in Young Unaccompanied Refugees in the UK
(2018-06-21)Research with refugees tends to be dominated by mainstream medical and trauma models. However, development of resilience theories and research on coping increasingly find that such constructs can open up currently limited ... -
Experiences of Ending Psychological Therapy: Perspectives of Young People who are Looked After
(2012-10-31)Background: According to the existing evidence base, the experience of ending therapy, from the perspectives of adolescents who are looked after, is substantially under researched. Moreover, the ending of therapy is ... -
The Experiences of Females with an Autism Spectrum Condition Undertaking Equine Assisted Therapy
(2019-10-18)Background: Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are described in the literature as a set of neurodevelopmental conditions characterised by early difficulties in social communication and interactions across multiple settings ... -
The Experiences of Men who have had Multiple Moves Within Projects for People who are Homeless
(2016-10-15)Homelessness and rough sleeping has dramatically increased in the UK over the past six years. Links between welfare changes, inequality and social exclusion are pronounced. This study looked into the experiences of a ... -
Experiences of Men with Prostate Cancer Regarding Information Related to Radiotherapy in the UK
(2023-03-03)Approximately 52,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the UK with around 60% (~31,000) diagnosed at an early stage (locally advanced or localised disease). Around a third of men diagnosed with these ... -
Experiences of Mothers Who Disclose Symptoms of Postnatal Depression
(2016-05-17)Whilst previous research has explored women’s experiences of disclosing symptoms of postnatal depression (PND) to health professionals, very little qualitative research exists on women’s experiences of disclosing to people ... -
Experiences of Newly-Qualified Clinical Psychologists in CAMHS: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2018-10-12)Little research has been completed on the experiences of newly-qualified mental health professionals within children’s services in the NHS. Consequently, there exists a gap in the literature of how such a population may ... -
The Experiences of Older Black African Women Living with HIV in the UK: an IPA Study
(2017-01-03)Due to the improved availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) life expectancy amongst people living with HIV has drastically increased. Older people, aged 50 and over now make up the fastest growing group ... -
The Experiences of Parents of Children who have Engaged in Harmful Sexual Behaviour: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2017-10-12)Background and Aims: The importance of the involvement of parents in treatment approaches for Children and Young People (CYP) who have engaged in Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB) has been consistently highlighted within ... -
The Experiences of People whose Partners have taken their own Lives: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(University of Hertfordshire, 2011-10-31)Rationale and Aims: Grief research has highlighted the difficult reactions experienced by people bereaved by suicide, with studies also looking at the importance of sense and meaning making. There is limited research ... -
Experiences of Personal and Professional Identities during Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-10-23)This study explored newly qualified Clinical Psychologists’ (CPs) experiences of personal professional development (PPD) during doctoral training. In particular there was a focus on their experiences of their personal and ... -
Experiences of Post-Diagnostic Support for Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum
(2019-10-11)There is considerable research about individuals’ negative experiences of the process of obtaining an autism diagnosis (Crane et al., 2018), however less is known about experiences of post-diagnostic support. A systematic ... -
The Experiences of Primary Caregivers of People with Learning Disabilities who have Committed an Offence: a Narrative Study
(2011-11-18)Background and aims: The experiences of primary caregivers of adults with learning disabilities who have committed an offence is a largely neglected area within current literature. However, primary caregivers have an ...