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Qualified Clinical Psychologists' Experiences of Working with Children with Life-Limiting Conditions: a Qualitative Study
(2012-11-20)
Background: Despite the increased presence of clinical psychologists in paediatric services, including palliative care teams, there has been little research into their experience of working with children with life-limiting ...
A Qualitative Service Evaluation of the Usefulness of a Group Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Programme for Chronic Pain
(2012-11-14)
Background
In recent years Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has gained increasing status as a promising approach to treating chronic pain physical functioning and psychological well-being. The basic premise of ACT ...
The Impact of Internalised Homophobia and Coping Strategies on Psychological Distress Following the Experience of Sexual Prejudice
(2012-11-14)
It is widely accepted that the LGB (Lesbian, gay and bisexual) population have a higher risk of psychological distress compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Meyer (2003) proposed the minority stress model to explain ...
Community Interpreters Speaking for Themselves: The Psychological Impact of Working in Mental Health Settings
(2012-11-13)
Background: Community interpreters are employed to work across multiple settings in the UK, including mental health services, to support individuals whose first language is not English. To date, little research attention ...
Socially Interactive Robots as Mediators in Human-Human Remote Communication
(2012-11-12)
This PhD work was partially supported by the European LIREC project (Living with robots and interactive companions) a collaboration of 10 EU partners that aims to develop a new generation of interactive and emotionally ...
National Vocational Qualifications and Workplace Learning: Staff Perspectives in a Social Care Organisation
(2012-11-08)
The demands upon the social care workforce in the UK are only likely to increase over the next decades. The social care sector is heavily reliant on NVQs and this is regulated through the Care Standards Act (2000). It is ...
"We were in One Place and the Ethics Committee in Another": Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Experiences of Research Ethics Processes
(2012-11-01)
Aim: Whilst there is a wide range of research that explores ethics guidance and committee perspectives of research ethics processes, there is a lack of research into trainee experiences. The aim of this study was to explore ...
Narratives of Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
(2012-10-31)
Background and aims: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic, life threatening disorder in the UK (Cystic Fibrosis Trust, 2010). Given the trajectory of the illness, adolescence may be a particularly challenging ...
Narrative Inquiry into Family Functioning after a Brain Injury
(2012-10-31)
The
lived
experiences
of
the
family
of
a
Traumatic
Brain
Injury
(TBI)
survivor
is
an
under
represented,
yet
growing
field
of
qualitative
psychological
research.
This
thesis
used
a
case
study
...
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 ...