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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 ... -
The Experiences of Reflective Practice Groups as Part of Doctoral Clinical Psychology Training: an IPA Study
(2017-11-10)Despite many Clinical Psychology training programmes utilizing reflective practice groups as part of clinical training, there remains little research examining the experiences of such groups from a trainee perspective. ... -
Experiences of the Process of Adjustment to a Brain Injury: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-05-25)Aims: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is often researched from a reductionist perspective, focusing on pathology and dysfunction (Olney & Kim, 2001). More recently there has been a call towards taking a person-centred, global ... -
Experiences of Workplace Bullying from the Perspectives of Trainee Clinical Psychologists: a Qualitative Study
(2020-08-20)Research has identified that workplace bullying is a significant problem within healthcare, with healthcare trainees at particular risk. However, there are no studies of workplace bullying within clinical psychology or of ... -
Experiencing responsibility in the context of project management
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)This portfolio presents my research on organisational change, comprising four consecutive research projects and a synopsis which brings together the emerging themes of my enquiry. My work shows the movement of my thinking ... -
Experimental and Computational Investigation into Light Scattering by Atmospheric Ice Crystals
(2015-08-25)An investigation was carried out into light scattering by Gaussian rough ice crystals. Gaussian rough crystal geometries were generated using roughness parameters derived from mineral dust grains, which have been reported ... -
An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Novel Aircraft Drag Reduction
(2019-05-07)Air transportation is an important part of the world’s economic and indispensable transportation system. The major institutions in the world and the aviation authorities are well aware of the demanding expectations of the ...