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The brief scale of existential loneliness: scale development and psychometric evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Turner, R. N., Yang, K., & Groarke, J. M. (2024). The brief scale of existential loneliness: scale development and psychometric evaluation. Current Psychology, 43(42), 32907-32920. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06828-2

Loneliness is a common and distressing experience which has an existential dimension. Existential loneliness is understudied and a brief, valid measure which is grounded in experiences of the phenomenon and captures its distressing nature is needed.... Read More about The brief scale of existential loneliness: scale development and psychometric evaluation.

There should be hope for a fairer sector beyond what the UUK blueprint offers (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Gamsu, S. (2024). There should be hope for a fairer sector beyond what the UUK blueprint offers. WonkHE

This is a blog written for WonkHE in response to the UUK Blueprint released in October 2024. It puts forwards alternative ideas and hopes for higher education and concludes as follows:

De-commodifying higher education for students and rebalancing... Read More about There should be hope for a fairer sector beyond what the UUK blueprint offers.

The Lancet Commission on self-harm (2024)
Journal Article
Moran, P., Chandler, A., Dudgeon, P., Kirtley, O. J., Knipe, D., Pirkis, J., Sinyor, M., Allister, R., Ansloos, J., Ball, M. A., Chan, L. F., Darwin, L., Derry, K. L., Hawton, K., Heney, V., Hetrick, S., Li, A., Machado, D. B., McAllister, E., McDaid, D., …Christensen, H. (2024). The Lancet Commission on self-harm. The Lancet, 404(10461), 1445-1492. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2824%2901121-8

The Value of Experience: A historical sociology of data-driven health care systems (2024)
Journal Article
Moreira, T. The Value of Experience: A historical sociology of data-driven health care systems. Manuscript submitted for publication

One of the key expectations associated with health data is its potential ability to make health systems more reactive, adaptable (‘smart’) and efficient, by integrating patient generated information into the digital infrastructure of these systems. O... Read More about The Value of Experience: A historical sociology of data-driven health care systems.

How Family Group Conferencing Can Support a Contextual Safeguarding Response to Community-based Youth Harm: Lessons for Practice from a Participatory Study (2024)
Journal Article
Owens, R., & Bradbury-Leather, V. (online). How Family Group Conferencing Can Support a Contextual Safeguarding Response to Community-based Youth Harm: Lessons for Practice from a Participatory Study. The British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae157

This article reports on a study that brought Family Group Conferencing (FGC) and Contextual Safeguarding together to create an innovative practice response to extra-familial harm. It took place as part of a wider research project into the implementat... Read More about How Family Group Conferencing Can Support a Contextual Safeguarding Response to Community-based Youth Harm: Lessons for Practice from a Participatory Study.

The Adoption of a “Diseased Identity” in Traditional 12-Step Groups: Exploring the Implications of These Processes for Individuals and Practitioners in Health and Social Care Services (2024)
Journal Article
McGovern, W., Addison, M., & McGovern, R. (2024). The Adoption of a “Diseased Identity” in Traditional 12-Step Groups: Exploring the Implications of These Processes for Individuals and Practitioners in Health and Social Care Services. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(10), 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101297

Self-help groups are increasingly utilised by communities of interest and shared experience, services, and government departments as platforms for supporting and improving health and social care outcomes for drug and alcohol users. Traditional 12-ste... Read More about The Adoption of a “Diseased Identity” in Traditional 12-Step Groups: Exploring the Implications of These Processes for Individuals and Practitioners in Health and Social Care Services.

Building choice in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions: reflections on what clients, victims and practitioners need (2024)
Report
Renehan, N., & Gadd, D. (2024). Building choice in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions: reflections on what clients, victims and practitioners need. His Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation Academic Insights

This report was kindly produced by Nicole Renehan and David Gadd, setting out the key ingredients for effective work with domestic abuse perpetrators. They highlight the importance of: (i) establishing a sense of safety for victim survivors; (ii) dev... Read More about Building choice in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions: reflections on what clients, victims and practitioners need.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to improve outcomes for parents or carers of children with anxiety and/or depression (2024)
Journal Article
Tsang, A., Dahmash, D., Bjornstad, G., Rutter, N., Nisar, A., Horne, F., & Martin, F. (2024). Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to improve outcomes for parents or carers of children with anxiety and/or depression. BMJ Open, 27(1), Article e301218. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301218

Question: Depression and anxiety are common among children and young people and can impact on the well-being of their parents/carers. Dominant intervention approaches include parent training; however, this approach does not directly address parents’... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to improve outcomes for parents or carers of children with anxiety and/or depression.

Validation in Spanish and English of the Transgender Inclusive Behavior Scale. (2024)
Journal Article
Alonso-Martínez, L., Heras-Sevilla, D., Fernández-Hawrylak, M., Hönekopp, J., Forrest, S., & Kattari, S. K. (2024). Validation in Spanish and English of the Transgender Inclusive Behavior Scale. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53, 3769-3784. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02982-7

The Transgender Inclusive Behavior Scale (TIBS) seeks to measure transgender-inclusive behavior, specifically actions and language use that support transgender people. The TIBS was developed in the United States. This study aimed to develop a Spanish... Read More about Validation in Spanish and English of the Transgender Inclusive Behavior Scale..