Background: Insulin pumps have the potential to improve glycaemic control and health in childhood type 1 diabetes (T1D) but they require intensive monitoring and their impact on parental quality of life (QoL) is less well understood. Aims: To explore the views of parents who man…
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Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities who display aggression appear to be vulnerable to aversive social interactions. This may lead some to develop a negative self view which, in turn, can reduce their ability to take benefit from praise. Exposure to aversive social …
The aim of the research was to explore the perceptions of educational psychologists (EPs), additional needs learning co-ordinators (ALNCo’s) and pupils of their involvement in person centred reviews (PCRs). The aim was to explore their role and preparation for the PCRs, advantag…
Emotional literacy is the ability to understand, express and regulate ones emotions and recognise the emotions of others. It falls under the broader term social and emotional learning (SEL). The ‘ELSA programme’ is a intervention where one or more teaching assistants within a sc…
The transition from primary to secondary school has been identified as a critical moment in a child’s educational career, which can have implications for their emotional well-being and educational and social outcomes. The majority of literature relating to transition has focused…
School-based counselling (SBC) is one of the most common therapeutic interventions received by secondary school aged pupils within the UK (Cooper, 2013). Despite this, little is known about the processes by which SBC leads to positive outcomes for many young people. This qualita…
Aims: Peer support has been incorporated into clinical and national stroke guidelines as an important component of community rehabilitation, yet there is a paucity of research in this area. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a community-based stroke peer support interv…
First part of Volume I of the thesis presents a systematic review exploring the effects of mindfulness based stress reduction on sleep disturbance. The reviewed studies showed a mixed picture - no clear conclusions could be drawn regarding effectiveness of the intervention on th…
This thesis comprises two research papers. The first is a systematic review which examines the effectiveness of Art Therapy (AT) for people with psychosis, and whether it is a suitable and meaningful intervention to them. A systematic search of the literature resulted in 16 arti…
Three independent studies with human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measurements were designed to investigate the neural basis of visual glossiness processing in the human brain. The first study is to localize brain areas preferentially responding to glossy objects…
Understanding the modulation of contextual fear learning and memory by the neurotransmitter dopamine is important as it could lead to a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying anxiety disorders. The effect of D1 receptor antagonism during the contextual fear learning …
Background: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) may put women at additional physical risks during pregnancy, which may leave them psychologically vulnerable. Pregnancy and childbirth research with women with FGM has focused on the physical risks and the outcomes of pregnancy for mot…
A debate that lies in the heart of the cognitive sciences is the question of how children acquire their first language. On the one side, generativist accounts have based their explanations on innate knowledge of abstract rules, whilst, on the other, constructivist accounts expla…
This thesis focuses on outcomes and recovery from a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). It comprises two distinct journal papers, namely a systematic literature review and an empirical paper.
Objective: Given the well-established association between epilepsy and sleep disturbance and the evidence suggesting the importance of sleep in memory consolidation, there is reason to investigate the relationship between sleep and rate of forgetting in children with epilepsy. T…
Objective: There is a growing body of research which demonstrates positive effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on a diverse range of psychological disorders (e.g. chronic pain, depression, psychosis). Several reviews suggest that ACT may benefit people struggling …
Background: Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a life-long condition which involves inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Unfortunately, a large proportion of people who do not respond to medication have to undergo surgery. This involves the removal of an inflamed section of th…
Developing a Scale for Assessing the Forensic Experience of Recovery: the SAFER questionnaire and Clinical Research Portfolio Abstract Background: A conceptual framework of recovery was developed through systematic identification of five key processes - Connectedness, hope/optim…
Objective: Following transfer of responsibility of health care for people in prisons in Scotland to the NHS in 2011, there has been growing interest in understanding the service-need for people with head injury (HI). As an initial step, this review systematically assesses the li…