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Service evaluation of a health behaviour change intervention for patients with peripheral arterial disease
Authors: McCallum Mary , Cooper Ben , Matson Samantha , Renwick Bryce
Published: January 2023

This report describes a pilot health behaviour change (HBC) project established by NHS Grampian vascular service. Results are presented in the form of case studies and data. The intervention aimed to support patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) to change health behaviour/improve self-management. PAD is a common condition among people aged over 55 years, with significant health implications if not well managed. PAD is caused by narrowing of the arteries, leading to poor blood flow causing pain and cramp mainly in the calf (intermittent claudication). Without proper blood flow, patients with PAD are at high risk of developing serious health problems, including heart attack, stroke, and amputation. Costs associated with PAD are substantial and largely avoidable with effective behaviour change. Smoking is the principle risk factor in the development of PAD. Other modifiable risk factors include obesity and sedentary lifestyle. Service evaluation data was collected at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with 30 patients attending the vascular outpatient clinic. Patients received a tailored HBC intervention. Post-intervention, fewer participants smoked (67 per cent at baseline, 30 per cent follow-up); average daily step count increased by 1677 steps; average 5kg weight reduction at six month follow-up. Qualitative feedback highlighted increased self-esteem and improved strategies to help cope with PAD.
Using the theoretical domains framework to improve access to cervical screening for women with intellectual disabilities
Authors: Whitelegg Victoria , Elander James
Published: January 2023

Regular attendance for screening can prevent most cervical cancers, but women with learning disabilities are potentially at greater risk of developing and dying from cervical cancer because current screening processes and practices create inequitable barriers, restricting their access to screening. In response, an objective of Public Health England’s 2018 Screening Inequalities Strategy was to reduce inequalities through ‘evidence-based contributions’ to policy and best practice (Public Health England, 2018b). Health psychologists could contribute to this objective by facilitating collaborative work with cervical screening practitioners using the Theoretical Domains Framework. This enables health psychology evidence and theory, combined with the perceptions and experiences of screening practitioners, to identify relevant barriers and enablers to access, and this information can inform interventions and policy changes to make cervical screening programmes more open and effective for women with learning disabilities.
Development of the Health Psychology Trainee Network (HPTN): Conversation cafés and resources for Stage 2 trainees
Authors: Newman Kristina , Rockliffe Lauren , Chater Angel
Published: January 2023

This article highlights the work of the Health Psychology Trainee Network (HPTN) as a response to the trainee survey, which highlighted a need for social support, networking opportunities, and resources for health psychology trainees. We discuss the development of the HPTN and reflect on the monthly ‘conversation café’ meetings held thus far, the resources now available, and our plans for future meetings and the network.
Co-designing and evaluating a brief health promotion leaflet for young men in prison
Authors: Mehay Anita , Meek Rosie , Ogden Jane
Published: January 2023

Prisons are an important setting to reach an underserved group and reduce health inequalities. This study describes a co-design approach to developing a health promotion leaflet for young men in prison with the aim to evaluate the effects of the leaflet on behaviours in the wider prison population. We successfully co-designed a leaflet with a group of young men in a prison through a series of workshops. The leaflet was evaluated through a cluster randomised controlled trial, where it was distributed to young men in half the wings in the prison (with the other half as a control wings) and followed-up a week later with a short evaluation survey across all the wings. Although the leaflet was rated as highly acceptable with some significant shifts in attitudes, there were no significant differences in behaviours between the leaflet and control groups. Free text responses from participants highlighted the material and social constraints in adopting healthy behaviours, including the challenges of being locked up for long periods, limited opportunities to take-up healthy activities and choices, and restrictions to personal finances and support. The study highlights the value in the co-design approach but wider structural and policy support is required to create health promoting environments.
Understanding women’s reproductive and sexual health issues in India: Role of a health psychologist
Authors: Nagpal Aarti N.
Published: January 2023

Reproductive and sexual health is an integral part of women’s health. This paper aims to review various problems related to women’s health in India and highlight the role of a health psychologist in developing interventions. Women belonging to different socioeconomic backgrounds and age groups are found to be having different issues, which will be discussed. By focusing on a broad range of theoretical concepts such as onset of menarche, reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases, maternal mortality, abortion, and menopause, an attempt is made to understand their overall wellbeing. The importance of reproductive and sexual health education has been reinforced by the public health sector, international governments, NGOs and health professionals, and a need to tackle the same is recognised. Significant contributions and statistical findings of the last two decades are reviewed and discussed in this paper. Finally, an attempt is made to view women’s reproductive and sexual health from a biopsychosocial perspective to highlight the need of a health psychologist in imparting knowledge and intervention to adolescent girls, emerging adults and mothers of the community. A comprehensive model targeting these issues would in turn help in enhancing the wellbeing of women.
Health Psychology from a global perspective: Piloting virtual mobility workshops for Stage 1 Trainees
Authors: Seage Heidi , Brown Sarah
Published: January 2023

This report reviews a teaching project run between the MSc Health Psychology programmes at Cardiff Metropolitan University and their Transnational Education partner City Unity College, Athens. We reflect on the benefits of global exchange within Health Psychology training and discuss how virtual mobility can facilitate collaborative learning as an adjunct or alternative to in-person visits.
Top tips for independent Stage 2 trainees
Authors: Rockliffe Lauren , Moffat Abby
Published: January 2023

Training to become a qualified Health Psychologist via the independent Stage 2 route, whilst often a convenient option, can be an isolating experience with limited support available. The purpose of this article is to provide new trainees with top tips for completing the training, based on advice received from those currently enrolled on the qualification. This includes connecting with others, gaining clarity on available resources and handbook requirements, staying organised and up to date, being reflective, and knowing your worth.
A personal perspective on professional coaching and the development of coaching psychology
Authors: Grant Anthony M.
Published: January 2023

Coaching psychology can be understood as being the systematic application of behavioural science to the enhancement of life experience, work performance and well-being for individuals, groups and organisations who do not have clinically significant mental heath issues or abnormal levels of distress. Although psychologists have long acted as coaches, coaching psychology has only recently emerged as an applied and academic sub-discipline. As coaching psychology continues to grow there will be some exciting challenges from both within and outside of the profession of psychology. First among these there will be the issue of distinguishing the work and professional practices of coaching psychologists from coaches who are not psychologists. Secondly, will be the place of coaching psychology relative to other psychological sub- disciplines, and thirdly will be the development of a research and practice agenda for coaching psychology.
Contributions of evidence-based developmental coaching to coaching psychology and practice
Authors: Laske Otto
Published: January 2023

In this article, some of the major contributions to coaching psychology made by evidence-based developmental coaching, a form of coaching based on research in adult development,are outlined. ‘Coaching Psychology’ is seen as a behavioural discipline (Stober & Grant, 2006). Therefore, the emphasis is put, not on the developmental paradigm per se, but on how it relates to working with behavioural data in coaching practice. This amounts to shedding light on the limits of a strictly behavioural coaching paradigm, however evidence-based it may be. Positively speaking, it entails pointing to the enrichment of coaching psychologyby way of acknowledging and integrating developmental research methods and findings about coaches as well as clients, and thus their interaction.

There is a common thematic denominator of disciplines using a developmental paradigm in Piaget’s central notion of increasing loss of ego-centricity over the life span. This notion straightforwardly extends to behaviour, in the sense of Freud’s ‘whatId is shall Ego become,’ in that Freud’s Ego is exactly where ego-centricity imposed by Id is being lost. If, as happens in developmental coaching, behaviour is seen, as wellas measured, in terms of a person’s level of ego-centricity in its many forms, new perspectives on ‘helping’ and ‘consultation’ including coaching arisethat are unknown in a behavioural universe of discourse.
Evaluating the links between leadership development coaching and performance
Authors: Cortvriend Penny , Harris Claire , Alexander Emma
Published: January 2023

Objectives:Findings from a study exploring the links between leadership development coaching and performance are reported in this paper.

Design:The study adopted a mixed-method approach. The participants were drawn from an opportunity sample of 36 senior managers who took part in a leadership development programme in a metropolitan borough council. Surveys were used to assess the impact of coaching on performance before, during and after several one-to-one coaching sessions. Semi-structured interviews were also undertaken with 10 coachees at the end of the coaching.

Methods:Surveys assessed individual and organisational benefits of coaching, including interpersonal relationship and task accomplishment skills. Semi-structured interviews focused on the impact of coaching on individual and organisational performance, together with its impact on the organisational client base: the public.

Results:There was a difference in leadership skills in the pre- and post-survey results. Both the quantitative and qualitative results indicate improved individual and organisational performance. The qualitative data also illustrate a positive impact on the organisational client base: the public.

Conclusions:Coaching impacts positively on individual and organisational performance. It enhances well being and reduces stress as well as helping coachees to move towards a more transformational style of leadership. Despite methodological difficulties in evaluating the impact of coaching, further well designed evaluation research is required if the true impact of coaching on different aspects of performance is to be demonstrated.
Co-active coaching as an intervention for obesity among female university students
Authors: Zandvoort Melissa van , Irwin Jennifer D. , Morrow Don
Published: January 2023

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of Co-active coaching on obese female university students’ body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), functional health status and self-esteem, and conjointly to identify the coaching skills and primary agenda topics that facilitate coaching’s efficacy as an intervention for obesity.

Design:A multiple-baseline, single-subject research design was utilized.

Methods:Two certified coaches provided an average of nine, 35-minute, one-on-one sessions with five students whose BMI≥30kg/m2(obesity threshold). Measures included BMI, WC, the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Visual inspection was used to analyze changes in BMI and WC. Statistical interpretations, supplemented with qualitative information from post-intervention interviews, were used to determine whether a clinically significant difference in health status and/or self-esteem was achieved. Inductive content analysis was conducted on the interview transcripts and on 50 per cent of each participant’s coaching session transcripts.

Results:Visual inspection revealed no change in BMI for three, a decrease for one, and a slight increase for one participant. WC decreased for three participants and remained stable for two. Collectively, the effect sizes and qualitative statements indicated clinically significant improvements in participants’ self-esteem and physical, mental, and overall health statuses upon completion of the intervention. Powerful questions and acknowledgements were the most frequently used coaching skills.

Conclusions:Coaching and particular coaching skills were associated with a trend towards a decrease in WC and clinically significant increases in participants’ self-esteem and their mental, physical, and overall health statuses.
Coaching Psychology: Coming of age?
Authors: Whybrow Alison
Published: January 2023

What does it mean to be a ‘coaching psychologist’? At the turn of this century, the phrases ‘coaching psychology’ and ‘coaching psychologist’ had rarely been conceived and infrequently used. Here, in 2008, we find an emergent profession of Coaching Psychology and with thousands of practitioners spread across the globe, characterised by the diversity of their contribution and the energy that they bring to this area of practice. What has enabled coaching psychology to progress to this point, apparently so quickly?

What is the scientific basis for coaching psychology? The research base informing coaching psychology has started to shift. Rather than relying on findings from other psychological applications, underpinning evidence to support the application of psychological theories, frameworks and concepts specifically in coaching practice is strengthening.

What do coaching psychologists do? How do they serve their clients? How do psychologists and coaches become coaching psychologists? These questions require us to make explicit our shared framework and standards of practice as a profession. It is also strongly argued that individual coaching psychologist practitioners clearly articulate their framework of practice.

In this paper, I look forward to exploring these dimensions of coaching psychology and what that might mean for this emergent professional area of psychological practice.
Self-regulation coaching to alleviate student procrastination: Addressing the likeability of studying behaviours
Authors: Sims Ceri M.
Published: January 2023

Students who habitually procrastinate may be at risk of underachieving academically as well as putting their health and well-being in jeopardy. The current review of research on procrastination leads to the identification of four broad task likeability factors as encapsulating a range of procrastination patterns. These are: (1) perceived low level of task enjoyment; (2) anticipation of aversive outcomes; (3) estimated inability to do the task; and (4) competing attractiveness of alternative tasks. Each of these low task likeability factors can lead to procrastination when accompanied by particular self-regulation shortcomings, identified respectively as intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, anxieties of performance evaluation, low self-efficacy of performance and weak attentional control of distracters.

A self-regulation coaching framework is proposed as a comprehensive way to address academic procrastination. After identifying the low task likeability areas that are involved when faced with an assignment, student coachees can be facilitated to raise self-awareness and develop necessary self-regulation strategies to alleviate their procrastination patterns. The practical implications of this coaching approach are potentially vast. Therefore, further research to evaluate its efficacy is recommended as the next step towards this endeavour.
Authentic Leaders are… Conscious, Competent, Confident, and Congruent: A Grounded Theory of Group Coaching and Authentic Leadership Development
Authors: Fusco Tony , O’Riordan Siobhain , Palmer Stephen
Published: January 2023

Introduction:

This paper explores and merges two important fields of coaching; Group Coaching and Authentic Leadership Development (ALD). It develops a theory of group coaching and builds this into a conceptual and evidence-based method of ALD.

Design:

Four authentic leadership coaching groups were conducted over an 18-month period. Each group consisted of five or six senior leaders and were run once a month over a three-month period. After a three-month gap, recorded semi-structured interviews were conducted with all participants to capture the learning and behaviour change that these leaders had experienced as a result of the group-coaching programme.

Results:

A Grounded Theory approach was applied to the analysis of monthly diary and final interview data which resulted in a two-part theory. Firstly, how the process of a group-coaching approach to ALD works, and secondly, what the output of this approach is in terms of individual leadership. A model was developed comprising four core concepts of authentic leadership along with seven sub-categories of key leadership skills.

Conclusion:

This research brings together the two key areas of group coaching and leadership development and contributes to the field of leadership coaching by offering both amodeland amethodof ALD. It offers an underpinning theory of each and introduces a model of authentic leadership based on the core concepts of conscious, competent, confident and congruent leadership.
Performance coaching in sport, music, and business: From Gallwey to Grant, and the promise of positive psychology
Authors: Mouton Angela R.
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this paper is to explore performance coaching in sport, music, and business. The paper begins by describing some of the popular, lay methods used by coaches in each field, many influenced by The Inner Game books of Timothy Gallwey. Next, the paper discusses the scientifically grounded theories, principles, and methods that underlie performance coaching today, primarily derived from sport psychology, music psychology, organisational psychology, and coaching psychology. Finally, the paper examines the contribution that positive psychology has and could make by providing new theories, constructs, perspectives, and methods to the art and science of performance coaching in sport, music, and business.
Coaching for leadership resilience: An integrated approach
Authors: Smith Carmelina Lawton
Published: January 2023

Objectives:Existing approaches to coaching leaders for resilience are fragmented and often drawn from the developmental or clinical context but little empirical research has investigated the leadership perspective on resilience. The objective of this study was to establish how leaders conceptualise resilience in their context in order to inform approaches to enhancing and supporting the growth of resilience by coaches working with this target group.

Design:This constructivist grounded theory study was set within a pragmatic paradigm and gathered qualitative interview data to examine the concept of resilience from a leadership perspective.

Methods:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight senior leaders who had been coached by seven different coaches to gather their perspective on the meaning of resilience in leadership.

Results:Resilience emerged as operating differently in relation to the past, the present and the future. Leaders in this study also described resilience as a ‘resource’ or fuel, which suggests that working with skills alone may not be sufficient to enhance resilience. A wider conceptualisation of resilience is proposed that includes both capabilities and the capacity for resilience. Capabilities encompass skills or strategies, while capacity is a more transient resource. Values emerged as important and may be an area for future investigation.

Conclusions:Conceptualising resilience as having a stable capability component and a more transient capacity element has implications for coaching practices aimed at enhancing resilience in the leadership context. It suggests that working with capabilities alone may have a limited impact and that coaches wishing to enhance resilience may want to address the more transient ‘capacity’ element as well as values.
Therapeutic impasses in medically unexplained symptoms
Authors: Wood Andrew
Published: January 2023

Despite patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) being amongst the most challenging clinical populations with which to work, current trends have encouraged practitioners to consider therapeutic difficulties in increasingly simplistic terms. This paper argues that the challenges faced when working with those with MUS are inextricably linked to social and cultural factors associated with the contested nature of their illness, and that these socio-cultural factors are replicated in the therapeutic relationship.
Smart Papers: Decision-sopport guides for neuropsychology practice
Authors: Kapur Narinder , Bardley Veronica
Published: January 2023

Checklists and guidelines can improve clinical practice, but require time and effort to access, read and implement. We have developed ‘Smart Papers’to provide decision support in a user-friendly format – hints and tips in the margins ofA4 ruled-paper. Here we outline six freely available Smart Papers addressing specific areas – clinical interview, distinguishing psychological from organic aetiologies, Alzheimer’s and related dementias, movement disorders dementias, epilepsy, and transient amnesia – and discuss their use in neuropsychological practice.
A test of cognitive processing speed for those with a motor impairment
Authors: Madigan Ashleigh , Banks Jessica , Morris Sarah , Silva Sara da , Michael Oddy
Published: January 2023

Objective:To compare an oral form of a speed of information processing (SolP) test with its motor equivalent.

Method:Oral and motor versions of the BMIPB SolP test were administered to a non-clinical sample (N=100).

Results:There was a strong positive correlation between the oral and the motor versions of the test.

Conclusion:The oral SolP test is a valid measure of mental processing speed and is useful for assessing those with motor impairments. N.B. Please note that registered users of the BIRT Information and Processing Battery (BMIPB) may obtain a digital copy of the oral speed test by contacting the corresponding author onSara.daSilvaRamos@thedtgroup.org.
Increasing outcome measure completion in adult patients with a traumatic brain injury: Ideas from the research literature and evaluation of service change
Authors: Peak Craig , Di Basilio Daniela , King Lorraine
Published: January 2023

The use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) is increasingly important in clinical practice. Within the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at Salford Royal Hospital they are used routinely to collect information on the overall physical, psychological and social adjustment of patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In an attempt to increase PROMs completion rates, we implemented two major changes, reducing the number of PROMs completed and changing the collection method. We critically evaluated the influence that these changes have had on PROMs completion rates and discussed the potential barriers in PROMs completion rates in TBI patients, together with reflections for future improvements of the PROMs used and their administration methods.
Remote contact during Covid-19 lockdown: Feedback from people with brain injury
Authors: Tyerman Andy , Buckle Clara , King Nigel , Melville Jayne
Published: January 2023

Introduction:In response to concerns about the impact of Covid-19 lockdown, a client feedback exercise was conducted of the experience of remote contact by people seen by a community brain injury rehabilitation service.

Process:Telephone interviews for 58 people with brain injury were conducted to provide feedback on their experiences of remote contact (i.e. telephone, email and/or video). This was a well-established group of respondents with 69 per cent in receipt of input for over a year.

Feedback:Seventy-five per cent reported the remote contact as easy but 25 per cent reported some difficulty; 86 per cent reported it as helpful but 14 per cent mixed/unhelpful; whilst 8 per cent reported it as more effective than usual practice and 50 per cent ‘as effective’, 42 per cent reported it as ‘less effective’; 62 per cent favoured a flexible balance of face-to-face and remote contact going forward, but 33 per cent see their needs as best met by a return to face-to-face only (26 per cent) or mainly face-to-face (7 per cent) contact.

Discussion:Experience of remote contact was highly variable. Whilst most clients favoured a flexible balance of face-to-face and remote contact going forward, a third of clients see their needs as best met by fully or mainly face-to-face contact. There was a consistent suggestion that the relatively small group of people in the first year post-injury were experiencing greater difficulty with remote contact. Client feedback from this one service raises the need for a large multi-service study of remote service contact for people with ABI and the relative merits of different forms of remote contact and video platforms.
Living Well with Neurological Conditions: Clinical outcomes, insights and reflections on three years of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group intervention
Authors: Bowers Hester , Hill Geoffrey , Webster Alice , Bowman Alan R.
Published: January 2023

The Living Well with Neurological Conditions Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) group workshops (Hill et al., 2017a) aim to assist outpatients with neurological conditions to cultivate greater psychological flexibility towards a more valued life. This service evaluation analyses aggregated clinical outcome data from seven Living Well interventions (2016 – 2019, N=39). We report improved self-reported outcomes in psychological flexibility (AAQ-II), value congruent-living (VQ), trait mindfulness (FFMQ) and overall psychological distress (CORE-10) between the first and final sessions. The stringent criterion for clinically significant reliable change in overall psychological distress was attained for 30.8 per cent of cases. These promising findings highlight the growing need for further research into ACT-based group interventions for individuals adjusting to the impact of neurological conditions.
Working and living in the same storm: Reflections on the experience of working in a neurorehabilitation service during the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine programmes
Authors: Preston Ciara , Wheeler Miranda
Published: January 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented health care professionals with unprecedented situations, challenges, and dilemmas in both their professional and personal lives. This brief reflective piece describes the process by which its authors experienced and reflected on working with a patient with a brain injury that emerged after receipt of a Covid-19 vaccine and was understood by the clinical team and patient to likely be vaccine related. Particular focus is given to the impact on personal risk appraisals while simultaneously holding and maintaining professional roles within an inpatient neuropsychology department, with consideration of the central role of supervision and a safe reflective space when working in highly complex areas of healthcare.
Diagnosing Gerstmann’s syndrome in a case of hypoxic brain injury
Authors: Mole Joseph A. , Wilson Barbara A. , Liddiard Heather , Bruno Stefania
Published: January 2023

Objectives: Gerstmann’s syndrome (GS) is characterised by the cooccurrence of acalculia, finger agnosia, agraphia and left-right disorientation. Although there is a relatively large literature on the syndrome’s theoretical implications, less consideration has been given to the assessment of the syndrome in practice. We aimed to provide an illustrative case study of the differential diagnosis of GS.

Methods: We describe a case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with the four classic symptoms of GS following a cardiac arrest. In addition to a standard neuropsychological assessment battery, an additional dedicated brief assessment was conducted to differentiate between GS and alternative possibilities.

Results: The assessment revealed specific impairments in performing calculations, finger agnosia, agraphia and left-right disorientation, which could not be accounted for by alternative explanations, including a general cognitive impairment, dysphasia, apraxia, Balint’s syndrome, unilateral spatial neglect or object agnosia.

Conclusions: The present article provides an illustrative case study of the differential diagnosis of Gerstmann’s syndrome, highlighting how the syndrome may be assessed in clinical practice.
A family-based intervention supporting communication and adjustment in a family living with multiple sclerosis
Authors: Wheeler Miranda , Blaze Vinnie , Blaze Kath , Daisley Audrey
Published: January 2023

Written parental consent was obtained for this publication. Oral assent was obtained from the children for this publication. Two of the family members involved in this intervention also contributed to this submission. All family members involved were given an opportunity to review the submitted version.

We present a family-based intervention to support communication and adjustment in a family living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The intervention was carried out with a mother with a diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS and her two children (aged 9 and 13 years). Informed by narrative and strengths-based approaches, intervention was aimed at supporting the family to develop shared perspectives of their experiences of life that are not entirely consumed by the MS. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques supported greater psychological flexibility in their relationships to difficult thoughts and feelings about the MS. Positive outcomes included the children reporting increased knowledge of and ease at talking about the MS with others. The family reported better understanding their own and each-others’ needs and feeling more equipped to support one-another with these. Family perspectives on the intervention and their advice for other psychologists working with families are shared.
Coaching psychology research: Building the evidence, developing awareness
Authors: Ellam-Dyson Vicky
Published: January 2023

What research?

In December 2011 Dr Rob Briner was giving an after dinner speech at the Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) conference dinner, in which he highlighted the lack of empirically sound research for the discipline of coaching psychology. He asked the audience to give examples of coaching psychology research. Radio silence. Followed by an air of disgruntlement. Once I personally got over the feeling of being caught out for not doing my homework, I wanted to offer some suggestions. Not regarding specific published research, but regarding my own experiences of trying to conduct solid coaching psychology research. The moment had gone, but I did havethe opportunity to discuss this with colleagues at the conference the next day, and was subsequently asked to share my thoughts more widely, hence this article. Thefollowing discussion outlines some practical explanations for the proposed dearth of solid empirical research. It also highlights that there is some good research out there already, and looks at how we can make this more accessible, as well as encouraging more evidence published by practitioners.
Media coverage of the Conference – or ‘How do I get in the papers?’
Authors: Clements Andrew
Published: January 2023

In this short article, I review the media coverage that the conference received, and end with some reflections on how we might enhance impact next year.
A workshop on developing work-life balance competence: A workshop on developing work-life balance competence: the importance of context
Authors: McDowall Almuth , Kinman Gail , Grant Christine
Published: January 2023

There is no doubt that modern working life is getting more flexible, but also more complex and demanding, and this has implications for how we manage our work-life balance. In this brief article, we summarise some of the key ideas underpinning our workshop delivered at the DOP conference in 2015 on behalf of the Work-life Balance Working Group. When we set up the working group in 2009, we agreed to disband when we no longer have to highlight the need for work-life balance, and the topic is embedded not only into OP training and practice, but also into organisational activities from grass roots to strategic levels. Evidently, we have some way to go to meet these important goals, so our work continues!
Five Areas – Stage 2 Update Where are we now and what is next?
Authors: McDowall Almuth , Wong Georgina
Published: January 2023

As readers are hopefully aware, the revision of our training and development pathway has been one of the key priorities for the Division over the last few yea s. In this year’s conference session, we updated delegates on what has been happening on Stage 1 (aka MSc level) and what the current state of play and future plans are for Stage 2 (aka qualification in occupational psychology, leading to ‘Chartership’). Much consultation and debate has gone into the process, and we have taken an iterative approach as shown in Figure 1.
Evidence-based practice: Isn’t it evident?
Authors: Rojon Céline
Published: January 2023

In this article, I would like to introduce the idea of evidence-based practice and to provide a brief overview of the ways in which evidence-based practice is being used both in psychology and in other professional contexts.
Update from the Networking and Professional Development Working Group
Authors: Firth Kate , Knight Craig
Published: January 2023

It has been a busy summer and autumn for the NPDWG, with several exciting, informative and inspiring events running across the country.
Switching on and Switching off: Building e-resilience for work-life balance and wellbeing
Authors: Kandola Binna
Published: January 2023

‘Can you put your phone down and concentrate on this conversation please - there are other people here as well you know.’
Research: Stepping into the void: The role of psychology in addressing the rise of long term conditions
Authors: George Melanie
Published: January 2023

The NHS Five Year Forward View champions the use of person-centred models of care as a means to prevent long term conditions. However the training needs of staff appears to have been overlooked. Psychologists can help to bridge this gap.
Consciousness and Experiential Section Annual Conference 2009
Authors: Gough Natalie , Semmens-Wheeler Rebecca
Published: January 2023

St Anne’s College, Oxford. 12–13 September 2009.
Psychology People in Profile
Authors: Hammond Claudia , Doran Kate
Published: January 2023

In the week following the announcement thatClaudia Hammond, psychologist and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind, was to receive the British Psychological Society’s 2012 Public Engagement and Media Award, Kate Doran spoke with Claudia about her work.
SoDoc 2013 Workshop
Authors: de Molière Laura
Published: January 2023

Cologne, Germany, 21–23 June 2013
Psychology People in Profile: Dr Rusi Jaspal
Authors: Doran Kate
Published: January 2023

Lecturer in Psychology and Convener of the Self and Identity Research Group at De Montfort University, Dr Rusi Jaspal is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Research by an Early-Career Scholar Award from the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society (QMiP). He received this award at QMiP’s Annual Conference which took place in Huddersfield, 4–6 September 2013. On a chilly day in February (2013), Kate Doran caught up with Rusi, over a cuppa.
Psychology People in Profile: Professor Jonathan A. Smith
Authors: Doran Kate
Published: January 2023

Professor Jonathan A. Smith is best known for his development of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) as a particular experiential qualitative approach within psychology and its application to a range of areas within health, social and clinical psychology (Smith, 1996; Smith, Flowers & Larkin, 2009). He holds a Chair in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck University of London.

On behalf of the PsyPAG Quarterly, Kate Doran caught up with Professor Smith in the second half of 2013, to discuss his work. This, the first of two interviews with Professor Smith to be published in this publication, focuses on his current role and how what we now know as IPA first came into being. The second interview will focus on the continued development and achievements of IPA.
Dr Erica Lucas
Authors: Doran Kate
Published: January 2023

Dr Erica Lucas was heavily involved in PsyPAG during the late 1990s. During her time with PsyPAG, she was a Section Rep, The PsyPAG Quarterly Editor and Conference Organiser. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Staffordshire University, in the School of Psychology, Sports and Exercise. She did both her undergraduate Psychology degree and her PhD at Derby University. Her PhD was on relevance and rationalisation processes in the Wason Selection Task. She has worked as a lecturer at Derby University and as a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University before moving to Staffordshire University early January 2007. In March, Kate Doran caught up with Erica to interview her for this special alumni issue.
The emotional side of carrying out a PhD
Authors: Williams Kate
Published: January 2023

Completing a PhD gives the opportunity to lead research projects but can be a challenging and isolating experience. This article provides first-hand reflections of the emotional elements of PhD study, with a range of tips to help.
The importance of peer support during the final stages of a PhD
Authors: Jolley Daniel , Wyn Griffiths Alys , Friel Niamh , Begum Ali Jannath , Rix Katie
Published: January 2023

This article offers a reflective account of five friends who supported each other during the final stages of their PhDs. Our supportive group, however, was unique: it was a virtual support group that relied on Whatsapp, Facebook and Skype. Using such online resources allowed five PhD students, based from Glasgow to Kent, to offer each other advice, guidance and friendship. The article recommends that instead of hiding yourself away during the final stages of thesis writing, you should reach out to peers around you for support. Our experiences highlight that this can be in person but can also be successful via the use of social media. Ultimately, this article, therefore, aims to highlight the benefits of our virtual peer support group and how it helped each of the authors at the end of their PhD journey.
Professor Dominic Abrams
Authors: Kapantai Ioanna , Morais Catarina , Tresh Fatima
Published: January 2023

The Centre for the Study of Group Processes (CSGP) was established in 1992 at the University of Kent. It is a research centre that emphasises the significance of groups in Social Psychology and intergroup relations. Professor Dominic Abrams founded the Centre along with five other social psychology researchers: Professor Rupert Brown, Professor Noel Clark, Professor Steve Hinkle, Dr Lorne Hulbert and Professor Geoffrey Stephenson. The Centre holds an excellent international reputation and remains a prominent influence in Social Psychology research, postgraduate training and teaching. Anna Kapantai, Catarina Morais and Fatima Tresh interviewed Professor Dominic Abrams, the current Director of the CSGP, to gain some insight into some of the research being conducted at the Centre.
‘Let your conscience be your guide’: Using Moral Foundations Theory to further understanding of moral intuitions
Authors: Ahluwalia Amrita
Published: January 2023

Moral Foundation Theory (MFT) was coined by a group of social and cultural psychologists. This theory proposes that several innate sets of moral concerns or ‘foundations’ underpin moral judgment. Theoretically, MFT posits that moral judgments tend to be intuitive and affective. Nonetheless, despite this commitment to intuitionism, most MFT research is conducted using self-report measures. Where work has examined intuitive processes, this tends to explore foundations in isolation and, therefore, does not provide an understanding of how an individual’s moral intuitions relate to one another and to their deliberated moral judgements. MFT makes an important contribution to social psychology by seeking to explain the diversity of moral beliefs and values found across people and cultures. However, there are still significant gaps in MFT research. This paper outlines the need to develop ways of mapping moral intuitions within the context of MFT.
Psychology as a STEM discipline
Authors: Hill Kimberley
Published: January 2023

Psychology is a science that contributes greatly to a number of other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Unfortunately, it is not often recognised as a STEM discipline. This discussion paper considers psychology’s membership as a STEM subject and the impact that it has had on our everyday lives. The author suggests that postgraduate students working on innovative, inter-disciplinary research can not only contribute to psychology’s standing, but can also help to communicate the value of what psychologists do. Reflections from the author’s experiences as a STEM Ambassador are also included, with reference to The University of Northampton’s unique STEM Steering Group and STEM Champions programme.
Assessment of school-based bullying and victimisation: A brief overview of methods
Authors: Gardner Sarah
Published: January 2023

Bullying and victimisation, particularly when they occur amongst school-aged children, are a continual international concern. It is therefore vital that researchers ensure that the methods used to measure both bullying behaviour and victimisation are not only empirically sound but also reliably assess the prevalence of bullying and victimisation in accordance with the research questions of interest. The following article aims to provide educational researchers with a starting point from which they can consider the different methods used to measure and assess both bullying and victimisation in schools.
Examining the link between Ghana’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) papers in mathematics and the curriculum standards
Authors: Awanta Ernest K.
Published: January 2023

This article seeks to explore the relationship between implementation of curriculum standards in mathematics and the nature of Ghana’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). It covers the period between 1992 and 1999. Data for this research were collected from past BECE examination papers. The past examination papers were used to find out whether the BECE examination papers in mathematics reflect the curriculum standards. The examination papers were also used to find out whether the introduction of the mathematics curriculum standards has modified the BECE examination papers in any way. The result from the study seems to suggest that there is little evidence to prove that the BECE examination papers reflect the curriculum standards. There has not been any attempt to make any generalised claims from these finding in view of the limited period (1992–1999) this research has focused on.
Researching classroom activities to raise secondary school pupils’ motivational effort in mathematics
Authors: Kyriacou Chris , Goulding Maria
Published: January 2023

This paper looks at the research background dealing with classroom activities to raise secondary school pupils’ motivational effort in mathematics. We conclude that research in this area needs to take careful account of the different facets of motivation.
Parents’ and teachers’ contributions to identifying the unusual behavioural patterns of mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties (MG/LD) in Jordan
Authors: Al-hroub Anies
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this research was to examine the Jordanian parents’ and teachers’ contributions to identify the special behavioural characteristics of mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties (MG/LD), namely ‘dual-exceptional’ students. Structured and semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents and teachers. In the first stage, teachers and parents were asked to answer specific questions written as a questionnaire. The parents were given a Case History Form to complete; whilst the teachers were given a Form about the student’s academic level, special interests, and behavioural patterns. In the second stage, they were asked to talk about issues that they felt were significant in relation to the development and education of the child concerned. The outcomes from the interviews stressed the essential contribution of parents and teachers in providing information about the psychological and behavioural histories of the students. The outcomes of parents’ and teachers’ interviews were found the chief source of information about the unusual behavioural patterns of the MG/LD children. However, teachers were found to be less able to identify these behavioural patterns.
Is the Wholist-Analytic style ratio a good predictor of students’ study habits and instructional preferences?
Authors: Toplu Ayse Betül (Baktir)
Published: January 2023

Over the last decade, there has been a growing body of research on the application of the Wholist-Analytic (WA) cognitive style dimension (Riding & Cheema, 1991) in educational contexts. In the present study, we question if the WA style dimension is a good predictor of students’ preferences for group vs. individual activities, for general vs. detailed studying and for strict vs. flexible guidance by the teacher. Forty-one students at an English preparatory school in Turkey took part in this study. We used the Extended Cognitive Styles Analysis – Wholistic-Analytic Test (Peterson et al., 2003a) to determine the style ratios of our subjects and structured interviews to gather information on their preferences. The results of the Logistic Regression Analysis and t-test demonstrated that our participants’ cognitive styles, represented by the W/A Style Ratio, are not good predictors of their study habits and instructional preferences. This result may be evidence for a real non-relationship between our variables, but may also have other reasons, such as the small sample size in our study.