Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.26
C. Keating, J. L. Cook
Some people can effortlessly pinpoint which emotion they are experiencing, for instance easily identifying butterflies in their tummy as excitement rather than nervousness, whilst others confuse their emotions. This ability to make fine-grained distinctions between emotional states – termed emotional granularity – is important for psychological adjustment and mental health. Existing tasks assessing emotional granularity require participants to translate emotional experiences into words and therefore rely heavily on language ability. In this paper, we discuss this limitation (amongst others) and introduce our novel EmoMap paradigm for assessing emotional granularity, which does not require labelling of emotional state.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.5
Holly Battrick, Alistair Teager, Erin M Beal
Cognitive assessments can be anxiety-provoking. Although commonly observed by clinicians, there are no published autoethnographies of those undergoing such assessments. Autoethnography involves reporting on personal experiences and observations of an event to facilitate a rich understanding of cognitive assessments. The current autoethnography provides reflections of an aspiring psychologist who underwent a cognitive assessment to experience the process from the service user’s viewpoint. The Five Aspects model (Padesky & Mooney, 1990) and Johns’ (1995) model of structured reflection are employed, to assess anxiety throughout. Practical recommendations are provided for clinicians administering assessments, with an emphasis on the importance of reflection.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.22
Lauren Hoult
Positive expressive writing is a therapeutic technique that involves identifying, reflecting upon and writing expressively about positive aspects in life. This discussion piece provides a summary of the expressive writing paradigm and research findings on positive writing. In addition, it considers the possible mechanisms underpinning the link between positivity, written emotional expression and improved health and wellbeing. The importance of developing widely accessible, cost-effective and easily administered interventions for the general population are discussed. Further, this piece argues that research on who these interventions work for, how they should be delivered, and the aspects of health they influence, is warranted.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.13
V. Cheung, A. Bicknell, N. Chia
This is an executive summary of an evaluation of simulation-based training effectiveness using modified Kirkpatrick model. With implementation of a new emergency surgical airway model, this study addressed overall organisational impacts and prioritisation strategies in resources allocation from the lens of an Industrial/Organisational (I/O) Psychologist in-training.
{"title":"Evaluation of training effectiveness in simulation-based cricothyroidotomy programme for evidence-informed hospital management: An executive summary","authors":"V. Cheung, A. Bicknell, N. Chia","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.13","url":null,"abstract":"This is an executive summary of an evaluation of simulation-based training effectiveness using modified Kirkpatrick model. With implementation of a new emergency surgical airway model, this study addressed overall organisational impacts and prioritisation strategies in resources allocation from the lens of an Industrial/Organisational (I/O) Psychologist in-training.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"204 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131168259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.43
Assel Wanigasekara, Julie Freeborn
Moral distress occurs when professionals cannot carry out what they believe to be ethically appropriate actions because of constraints or barriers, possibly exacerbated by Covid-19.An exploratory cross-sectional web-based survey was used to distribute the Measurement of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP) at a Covid-19 hospital in the United Arab Emirates.238 responses were eligible for analysis. The mean total score of MMD-HP was 79.18 (SD=87.75). Average scores were higher for physicians than nurses, with critical care professionals reporting a significantly higher mean score. The MMD-HP was also associated with intention to leave and employment choices.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.32
Christina Millar
This discussion piece considers how the medical model conceptualises psychosis and how this differs from psychological and relational understandings. It aims to summarise how people are typically supported and normalise these experiences. Whilst the current medical model focuses on neuroscience, other approaches consider the wider, relational contexts in which these occur; subsequently there are a range of interventions. Western psychology must remember that there is cultural variation in psychotic phenomena which shapes how it is experienced and managed. Our modern approaches in categorising and treating psychosis should hold these different frameworks in mind, not forgetting lessons from the past and from different cultures. Consideration is given to how these models have been understood differently throughout history and culture, in comparison with evidence of what may be labelled as psychosis today.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2023.1.124.38
Georgia Punton
Despite the well-documented importance of sleep, there is still a lack of understanding with regards to alterations in this physiological function within psychopathologies and psychiatric disorders. To highlight current understanding on this issue, this review will investigate our current knowledge on the association between sleep health and psychosis. While psychopathologies may stem from a multitude of environmental and biopsychosocial factors, the following argument will primarily explore the independent relationship of sleep health. This piece will also discuss future research needed to explore the potential underlying mechanisms present within this relationship, with a specific focus on cognition.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.123.22
Isobel Dunning, C. Scott
The Covid-19 pandemic has been recognised as a strong, uncontrollable stressor, increasing the risk of developing mental health problems. Elite athletes are a population at heightened risk of developing mental health problems, therefore identifying effective coping strategies is crucial. There is limited research exploring coping strategies employed by male and female athletes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Seventy athletes (67 per cent female) took part in an online survey containing closed and open-ended questions exploring changes to wellbeing and coping strategies employed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three key themes were generated: Adaptation is the key to survival; Walk, sleep, rest, repeat; and Support seeking. Both genders used adaptive strategies, social support, and distraction strategies comparably. Female athletes used mindfulness practice techniques more than males. Such gender differences may offer coaches/sports psychologists useful information to tailor their provision of support for athletes and maximise coping ability.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.123.50
Lucy Porter
In early 2020, national lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 pandemic meant that face-to-face research could no longer go ahead in the UK. This article describes my experiences as a final year PhD student who was in the middle of data collection for a feasibility trial of a children’s healthy eating intervention when the lockdown began. This reflective piece tracks my thought processes throughout the last year of my PhD, exploring the difficulties and decisions encountered along the way, as well as the serendipity of unexpected research opportunities.
{"title":"The Final Chapter of my Thesis: How I Made the Most out of Finishing my PhD in Children’s Eating Behaviour During a Pandemic","authors":"Lucy Porter","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.123.50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.123.50","url":null,"abstract":"In early 2020, national lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 pandemic meant that face-to-face research could no longer go ahead in the UK. This article describes my experiences as a final year PhD student who was in the middle of data collection for a feasibility trial of a children’s healthy eating intervention when the lockdown began. This reflective piece tracks my thought processes throughout the last year of my PhD, exploring the difficulties and decisions encountered along the way, as well as the serendipity of unexpected research opportunities.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114405452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.123.37
Elizabeth Cowdean
This article outlines an experiential journey of undertaking PhD research during the Covid-19 pandemic. The PhD project seeks to explore LGBTQIA+ professional’s experience of working in the screen industries in Northern Ireland and associations with their mental health and wellbeing. The current study began in September 2019, six months prior to the March 2020 lockdown, which impacted the study’s two-tier sequential qualitative approach consisting of interviews and a photovoice project. The study is ongoing at the time of publication. This article describes how the original study plans were adjusted across the course of the PhD due to the coronavirus pandemic, in light of challenges such as low response rates despite extensive recruitment strategies, and adjustments within the research design. Global events combined with working with an underreached and under-researched group brought about challenges to ensuring PhD progress and meeting research aims. The article ends with reflection on this journey, acknowledging the importance of supportive supervisors and university systems, and the learning and development that has been facilitated which serves to build researcher resilience.
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