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Inclusivity in education for autism spectrum disorders: Experiences of support from the perspective of parent/carers, school teaching staff and young people on the autism spectrum
Hasson, Laurence; Keville, Saskia; Gallagher, Jen; Onagbesan, Dami; Ludlow, Amanda (2022-05-09)Inclusive practices mean many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) attend mainstream education settings. To manage the stressors involved and access its benefits, support can be critical. Indeed, insufficient ... -
Inside it was orange squash concentrate: Trainees experiences of reflective practice groups within Clinical Psychology training
Lyons, Amy; Mason, Barbara; Nutt, Katherine; Keville, Saskia (2019-01-02)Despite many clinical psychology training programmes utilising reflective practice groups (RPGs) to develop reflective practice (RP) skills, there remains little research examining how trainees experience these groups. ... -
Instructors’ emotional intelligence and learning engagement of online students
Patel, Akash; Addicott, Colleen; Buelow, Janet (2023-07-12)This study explored how online students perceived their instructors’ emotional intelligence (EI) and its impact on their learning engagement. Using eight EI behaviours of online instructors and a learning engagement ... -
It takes two: The experience of stress and associated impacts upon the coach-athlete relationship in elite athletics.
Pack, Stephen; Naseby, Judith; Scholefield, Elizabeth (2013-12-16)Objective: To explore elite athletics coaches’ experiences of stress and its potential impact on the coach-athlete relationship. Design: A qualitative research design was employed. – underpinned by which philosophical ... -
Low dietary magnesium intake and hypertension
Kass, Lindsy; Sullivan, Keith (2016-12-07)Abstract Purpose: Magnesium (Mg) is a key factor in blood pressure regulation. However, only in recent years, magnesium dietary intake has been studied in relation to hypertension, with equivocal conclusions. Further no ... -
Ministry of Justice and ADR UK Data First Research Symposium. Friends House, London, UK
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Morphine Analgesia Pre-PPCI Is Associated with Prothrombotic State, Reduced Spontaneous Reperfusion and Greater Infarct Size
Farag, Mohamed; Spinthakis, Nikolaos; Srinivasan, Manivannan; Sullivan, Keith; Wellsted, David; Gorog, Diana A (2018-03-01)The emergency management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) involves treatment with dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). Pain is generally treated with opiates, ... -
Mothers’ Reflections on Cat Ownership for a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder During COVID-19
Keville, Saskia; De Vita , Sophie; Ludlow, Amanda (2022-07-05)Animal-assisted interventions are increasingly used as a complementary therapy in clinical practice to support people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with promising outcomes compared to traditional therapies. Less is ... -
A nod in the wrong direction : Does nonverbal feedback affect eyewitness confidence in interviews?
Gurney, Daniel; Vekaria, Kishan; Howlett, Neil (2014)Eyewitnesses can be influenced by an interviewer's behaviour and report information with inflated confidence as a result. Previous research has shown that positive feedback administered verbally can affect the confidence ... -
Observing Longitudinal Physical Activity and Sitting Patterns Throughout COVID-19 Restrictions Amongst UK Adults
Desai, Terun; Sullivan, Keith; Phillips, Alison; Newby, Katie; Bottoms, Lindsay (2023-06-02)Purpose: The COVID-19 global pandemic presented an insight into observing the changes in physical activity (PA) and sitting patterns of free-living adults during a unique period of intermittent enforced home confinement ... -
The occurrence of compassion fatigue amongst sports therapists.
Pack, Stephen; Roberts, Christopher (2012-10)Context: Sport therapy has been described as a care profession, and yet little research exists regarding the factors which promote or hinder the caring/working relationship between practitioner and client. Compassion fatigue ... -
Paranormal beliefs and cognitive function: A systematic review and assessment of study quality across four decades of research
Dean, Charlotte E; Akhtar, Shazia; Gale, Tim M; Irvine, Karen; Grohmann, Dominique; Laws, Keith R (2022-05-04)BACKGROUND: Research into paranormal beliefs and cognitive functioning has expanded considerably since the last review almost 30 years ago, prompting the need for a comprehensive review. The current systematic review aims ... -
Parent perspectives of children with selective mutism and co-occurring autism
Keville, Saskia; Zormati, Pashtana; Shahid, Afshan; Osborne, Clarissa; Ludlow, Amanda (2023-02-03)Selective mutism (SM) and autism frequently co-occur together, exacerbating social communication deficits and associated anxiety. However, professionals’ have lacked a readiness to diagnose SM and autism together, making ... -
Parental experiences of eating concerns in autistic children during COVID-19 lockdowns: Implications for future practice
Dhillon-Burrows, Claire; Sodimu, Sarah; Keville, Saskia; Ludlow, Amanda; Smith, Bobbie (2023-08-10)Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, some autistic children exhibited maladaptive eating behaviours, yet the pandemic presented additional challenges for families beyond the general disruption COVID-19. The present study ... -
Physical activity and sitting time changes in response to the COVID-19 lockdown in England
Bailey, Daniel P.; Wells, Amy V.; Desai, Terun; Sullivan, Keith; Kass, Lindsy (2022-07-21)To reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), national governments implemented measures to limit contact between citizens. This study evaluated changes in physical activity and sitting in response ... -
A Preliminary Investigation into the Use of Humor in Sport Psychology Practice
Pack, Stephen; Hemmings, Brian; Winter, Stacy; Arvinen-Barrow, Monna (2018-09-05)‘Creative efforts’, such as the use of humor,have been found to be beneficial to the nurse-patient, teacher-student , and psychologist-patient alliance. Potentially humoruse might benefit the working alliance in applied ... -
The prevalence and impact of online trolling of UK members of parliament
Akhtar, Shazia; Morrison, Catriona (2019-10-01)Online trolling is a new phenomenon that is increasingly coming to public attention. Recent events in the United Kingdom (UK) have raised concerns about this behaviour. Trolling is particularly targeted at public figures, ... -
Priming Older Adults and People with Alzheimer’s Disease Analogical Problem-solving with True and False Memories
Akhtar, Shazia (2019-08-09)We investigated the extent to which activation of specific information in associative networks during a memory task could facilitate subsequent analogical problem solving in healthy older adults as well as those with early ... -
Priming Older Adults and People with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease Problem-solving with False Memories
Howe, Mark L.; Akhtar, Shazia (2020-02-04)In two experiments we investigated whether older adult controls (OACs) and people with mild and moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) benefit from false memory priming effects in subsequent problem-solving tasks. In addition, ...