School of Applied Social Sciences
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Report on the Proposals for Maternity Services in the Building Better Hospitals For the Future Public Consultation
(Technical Report)The report sets out the proposals for maternity services, and the key stated drivers, contained in the Building Better Hospitals For the Future Consultation in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The report provides an ... -
Counselling and psychotherapy service use in Chinese sexual minority populations: a nationwide survey
(Article)Background This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with counselling and psychotherapy service use among Chinese sexual minority populations. Methods A nationwide cross-sectional study was performed ... -
Further Empirical Evidence on Patrick Hughes’ Reverspectives: A Pilot Study
(Article)Reverspectives are paintings created by the English artist Patrick Hughes. They are 3D structures, for example, pyramids or prisms, which elicit an illusory depth perception that corresponds to the reverse of the physical ... -
The rhetorical use of the threat of the far‐right in the UK Brexit debate
(Article)While attention has been given to understanding support for the far‐right, there is a lack of focus on the way in which a threat of the far‐right can be used for political ends. This paper addresses this using the UK Brexit ... -
Improving young children’s handwashing behaviour and understanding of germs: The impact of A Germ’s Journey educational resources in schools and public spaces
(Article)Context: Effective handwashing can prevent the spread of germs, including Covid-19. However, young children can lack a fundamental understanding of germ transfer. A Germ’s Journey educational resources were designed to ... -
The role of exposure to violence, burnout and self-efficacy on the life satisfaction of clinical staff in a secure mental health hospital
(Conference)Background: Increased burnout and decreased psychological wellbeing, such as life-satisfaction, of clinical mental health staff in secure mental health settings, is a continuing issue. To understand the most appropriate ... -
Forensic Psychologists
(Book)This book explores how forensic psychology has come to inhabit a central unifying discursive presence in the life world of modern carceral institutions. Providing a sociological and qualitative account of forensic practitioner ... -
Metacognitive Awareness Scale, Domain Specific (MCAS- DS): Assessing Metacognitive Awareness during Raven's Progressive Matrices
(Article)Metacognition, the cognition about cognition, is closely linked to intelligence and therefore understanding the metacognitive processes underlying intelligence test performance, specifically on Raven’s Progressive Matrices, ... -
Acceptance, Grief and Adaptation amongst Caregivers of Partners with Acquired Brain Injury: An Interpretative Phenomenological Enquiry
(Article)Purpose: Families provide vital support to relatives with brain injury yet shoulder significant stress and anxiety with little help threatening family cohesion and rehabilitative outcomes. This paper analyses the accounts ... -
Proposals for Maternity Services in the Building Better Hospitals for the Future Public Consultation: Briefing Paper
(Other)The briefing paper summaries a longer report setting out an analysis of the proposals made for reorganising inpatient maternity services in the 2020 Building Better Hospitals For the Future public consultation in Leicester, ... -
Situacion de la salud en el marco de la pandemia. El caso del Reino Unido
(Article)The article sets presents a selective analysis of the UK government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. -
Examining the International Climate Change Denial Movement
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Paying for the welfare state and taxation in the UK
(Book chapter)This chapter provides an overview of the UK tax system for social policy students. It sets out the main reasons why welfare state services and income support are paid for collectively through taxation and describes the ... -
Social orienting and social seeking behaviors in ASD. A meta analytic investigation
(Article)Social motivation accounts of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) posit that individuals with ASD find social stimuli less rewarding than neurotypical (NT) individuals. Behaviorally, this is proposed to manifest in reduced ... -
‘Translational research to support early childhood education in crisis settings: a case study of collaborative working with Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar’.
(Article)This case study used a co-creation approach to evaluate the effectiveness of a translational research strategy in supporting early childhood education. How Mapping Educational Specialist Knowhow (MESH) and Voluntary ... -
Investigating the True Effect of Psychological Variables Measured Prior to Arthroplastic Surgery on Postsurgical Outcomes: A P-Curve Analysis
(Article)Patients’ presurgical psychological profiles have been posited to predict pain and function following arthroplastic surgery of the hip and knee. Nevertheless, findings are conflicting, and this may be rooted in biased ...
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