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An audit of a ‘Satellite Club Service’ for people experiencing mild to moderate dementia
Authors: Ekin-Wood Abi , Morgan Sarah , Rachel-Adams Dawn
Published: January 2023

This paper describes a small-scale audit carried out by a trainee clinical psychologist whilst on placement. The audit aimed to evaluate the characteristics of individuals attending a secondary mental health care ‘Satellite Club Service’ designed to meet the needs of clients experiencing ‘mild to moderate’ dementia. The audit was conducted to establish whether these individuals’ needs could be better met, outside secondary mental health care services. Ninety clients’ files were examined, 67 were female and 23 male, ages ranged from 54 to 95 years of age. Psychiatric and physical health diagnoses, factors affecting engagement with the community and services and professional involvement were considered to be important variables to examine.

Results revealed that satellite club attendees had complex needs and experienced a combination of serious mental health problems (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease) combined with chronic medical health conditions (e.g. cardiac problems). They also experienced a low level of social support in the community. Most of them were living alone and experienced a number of debilitating conditions that inhibited their ability to successfully engage with the wider community, outside mental health services. It was difficult to see how current community facilities could meet and sustain the needs of these individuals; consequently it was concluded that the satellite club service was an effective means of meeting the needs of a considerable number of isolated individuals living in the community with mild/moderate dementia diagnoses, both in terms of prevention and managing an exacerbation of mental health problems experienced by attendees.
An evaluation of a psychiatric and medical shared care service model offered at a general hospital site
Authors: Rooke Amanda , Morgan Sarah
Published: January 2023

This article aims to describe an evaluation of a ‘shared care’ service model combining psychiatric and medical care to older adult inpatients residing at a general hospital medical ward. The first ward of its kind in the UK, it was set up in April 2008 with the aim of providing good quality care for older adults experiencing a combination of mental and physical health problems. The project evaluated the utility of the care model using group comparison of shared care and non-shared care inpatient case notes on a number of variables including the location the patient was discharged to, number of days spent as an inpatient at hospital, and number of transfers to alternative wards in hospital.

Results revealed that more ‘shared care’ patients were discharged home as opposed to care homes, they also spent significantly less time in hospital and experienced less transfers to other wards whilst residing in hospital.
IAPT and older adults: Issues and interventions in promoting equal access to primary care psychology services
Authors: Jakub Natasha , Hulmes Lisa
Published: January 2023

This article is a reflection on the implementation of a local pilot study designed to promote mental health in older adults and increase their access to primary care psychology services.
Creative service delivery: A pilot study of a mixed ability Cognitive Stimulation Therapy group in a residential home setting
Authors: Hartley Emma , Taylor Julia , Lopez Marta de Madariaga
Published: January 2023

A pilot project for delivering Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) to a group of residents with varying cognitive, sensory and physical abilities. The group members were selected by the home manager with the aim of offering this intervention to all residents who may benefit from attending the sessions. This method of selection resulted in a large heterogeneous group of older adults requiring a flexible and creative delivery of activities within the framework of the manualised CST programme. Outcomes for the group were positive, indicated by the average increase in Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of 1.31 points.
A grounded theory approach to investigating the differing needs of Young Onset Dementia clients attending a memory clinic
Authors: Alexander Thomas , Evans Andrea
Published: January 2023

The present study aimed to explore the needs of clients and carers attending a memory clinic in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It hoped to explore whether the clients and carers of those with Young Onset Dementia (<65 years of age) had any differing needs to those of an older adult group of clients and carers (>65 years of age). The interviews of each of the participant’s (N=14) diagnostic experience within the memory clinic was conducted and analysed using a grounded theory methodology. The core category of ‘Contact’ with the memory clinic service was identified. Contact was demonstrated in relation to the categories of Regularity of contact, Community contact, Social contact, Awareness of service, and Specialist intervention. Differing themes between groups arose on the following; anxiety about clinic (clients >65, clients <65), unawareness of service provision (carers <65, clients >65), positive experiences of post diagnosis group intervention for the client (carers >65, clients >65) and unsuitability for post-diagnosis group intervention (carers <65, clients <65). The findings supported the notion that prior education around memory clinic needs to be improved upon, and that regular specialist contact for those going through the diagnostic and post-diagnostic phases is of high importance. Differences were highlighted in the needs of post-diagnosis intervention for those <65, and recommendations and practical advice were suggested with regard to this.
When is progressive not progressive? A consideration of vascular dementiaversusstroke
Authors: Coleston-Shields Donna Maria
Published: January 2023

The aim of this paper is to highlight distinctions and overlap between stroke and vascular dementia, with particular reference to interaction between services for the two conditions. With a considerable quantity of research emerging to link stroke and vascular dementia in an ever increasing way, provision of such services warrants careful consideration by clinicians. Case studies are presented to highlight the concern that these services may not always be as ‘joined-up’ as they should.
The use of naturally-occurring objects within nursing homes by residents with dementia
Authors: Stephens Alex , Cheston Richard , Gleeson Kate
Published: January 2023

This paper presents material from 30 hours of observations within a nursing home in the south-west of England. The residents’ use of objects is evaluated in terms of a framework developed from Winnicott’s description of transitional objects. The papers concludes that there is evidence that a number of residents were using objects in ways that met Winnicott’s criteria, and that other instances of attachment-related behaviour were also observed. The implications of this for dementia care is discussed.
Continued Learning post-training in Psychological Therapies for Older People: Utilising the various functions of an online learning network
Authors: Wilson Jacqueline , Harris Angela
Published: January 2023

This article provides information on the access and practical uses of an online learning network for staff who work with older people who have been trained as part of a Scottish Government initiative to improve access to psychological therapies for older people – which are a priority group.
Relaxation resources and equipment for stroke patients
Authors: Pollard Rosalind , Apps Lucy , Dodds Sally
Published: January 2023

In an ongoing project funded by the North of England Cardiovascular Network (NECVN) various relaxation resources are being developed specifically to benefit people who have suffered a stroke, and their carers. The relaxation uses spoken and musical techniques which are available for patients to keep as both CDs and MP3s and the project has also secured an iPad to use with those who have experienced cognitive changes since their stroke. The aim is for relaxation to become an integrated part of stroke rehabilitation so that every stroke patient, where appropriate, can benefit from relaxation during their stay in hospital and once they are discharged.
‘Your Story Matters’: Narrative approaches in delivering life story training
Authors: Kaiser Polly
Published: January 2023

‘Above all, care for older people should be shaped not just by their illness, but by the wider context of their lives and relationships.’

(Abrahams, 2011)

‘Story telling is one of the most powerful means of communication that has existed for centuries. Stories well told capture our hearts, our minds and our imagination. They allow us to build up a picture and set of values and beliefs around the individual person.’(LSN)
Doors and People: An exploration of validity in older people
Authors: Birch Lucy S.
Published: January 2023

The Doors and People battery was designed to be a sensitive memory assessment battery across a spectrum of memory functioning, including dementia. The validity of the battery was explored in routine clinical practice with older adults with subjective memory complaints. Participants’ standard scores were compared with standard scores on other memory tests. Standard scores on Doors and People recall tests were lower than the same people’s standard scores on comparison recall memory tests. Recognition test scores did not show this effect. Although the results raise doubts about the validity of the Doors and People for assessing memory recall with older adults, the reliability of the results is questionable given the limitations in the methods used. However, it is hoped that this paper will serve to promote discussion and further investigation of neuropsychological assessment measures within services.
The impact of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy on perceptions of pleasure and enjoyable activity: A service evaluation
Authors: Wilson Chris , Haddlesey Claire , Johal Amber
Published: January 2023

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) is known to improve perceptions of quality of life (QoL) for people with dementia (e.g. Spector et al., 2003). The Quality of Life-Alzheimer’s Disease scale (QoL-AD; Logsdon et al., 1999) has often been used as an outcome measure for CST groups due to its good psychometric properties and brevity. However, we wondered whether other tools may be helpful in capturing meaningful ‘micro-level’ changes in social engagement and enjoyment that constitute one’s sense of QoL. The California Older Person’s Pleasurable Events Schedule (COPPES; Gallagher-Thompson, Thompson & Rider, 2004) measures both the amount of activity one engages in and the level of pleasure derived from the activity in question. It was wondered whether the COPPES could enable clinicians to identify potentially meaningful changes in the amount of activity and perceived levels of enjoyment following CST. A service evaluation of 12 participants from a total of three CST groups held at the Brent Memory Service revealed an increase in the reported frequency of activity on the COPPES following intervention [t(11)=–3.45, p<0.001]. Additionally there was an increase in reported pleasure following the CST group [t(11)=–8.55, p<0.001). The usefulness of the COPPES as a measure of assessing specific aspects of QoL for people with dementia is discussed.
The development of a psychology service on an inpatient stroke ward
Authors: Evans-Roberts Cathryn , Pierce Sian
Published: January 2023

This work was carried out as an audit and service evaluation project. It was approved by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Audit Department.
Long time comin’: The trauma of not telling for a lifetime and the possibilities of a trauma informed older people’s psychological service
Authors: Davies Stephen
Published: January 2023

‘Wars will cease when old soldiers tell their tales.’ Anon.
M R James and the Psychology of Terror
Authors: Lovie Sandy
Published: January 2023

Although Montague Rhodes James (1862–1936) would have wanted to be remembered primarily for his antiquarian scholarship, the only substantial work of his which remains in print are the ghost stories. These were frequently tried out at Christmas in front of an audience of dons and students, first at King’s College Cambridge and then at Eton, before seeing the light of day in various literary journals. There are a little over 30 of these stories extant, with the collected edition dating from 1931. Although their subject matter and settings are now historical, the stories are still able to evoke horror and disgust in a modern audience, as may be witnessed by the invariable success of their many retellings on film and television, of which Jonathan Miller’s version of ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, my Lad’ of 1967 is perhaps the best example. My aim in this paper is to explore the means, both psychological and social, whereby James induced terror in his protagonists, and in his listeners, readers and viewers.
Who Was Magnus Hirschfeld and Why Do We Need to Know?
Authors: Brennan Toni , Hegarty Peter
Published: January 2023

This paper reappraises the work of the German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld, MD (1868– 1935), an early campaigner for “gay rights”avant la lettre. In 1897 he founded the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, with the motto “justice through science”, which sought scientific evidence for the emancipation of sexual minorities, and he petitioned to repeal “Paragraph 175” – the law that criminalised homosexuality in Germany. In spite of increasing consensus for this campaign, Hirschfeld and his group were targeted by the National Socialist movement. Their Institute of Sex Research, established in 1919, was destroyed by the Nazi police in 1933 while Hirschfeld was abroad on a lecture-tour. He never returned to Germany and died two years later in France.

Hirschfeld challenged the dichotomous conceptualisation of both sex and sexuality: he proposed that all individuals had different proportions of “masculinity” and “femininity” – sexual minorities would not be so much the “third sex” that Hirschfeld became associated with in popularisations of his work – butZwischenstufen(intermediate stages). While this conceptualisation arguably predates social constructionism by decades, the biological evidence sought for these stages has resonance in contemporary positivist research on the psychobiology of sexual orientation. In conclusion, Hirschfeld’s work, in line with a Nietzschean view of history as serving present action – is “interpellated” in contemporary research on sex(uality) stemming from different epistemologies, as well as inviting present-day social scientists to interrogate ways of doing science, doing history and activism.
Moral Consciousness in Oronzo Suma, Brentano’s Last Pupil
Authors: Sinatra Maria
Published: January 2023

On the back of a photo given by F. Brentano to O. Suma in 1912 there was a dedication in verse, a testimony to the close friendship which bound the two. The latter was an Italian philosopher who followed Brentano ‘s teaching in Florence in the second decade of the 20thcentury, and after his death, retiredfrom all academic life having been largely unexplored.

The current paper is a reconstruction of Suma’s idea of the rules governing moral behaviour. In addition, there is little common ground as regards moral philosophy among Brentano’s followers.

As a background to a comparison between Brentano’s and Jhering’s ethical theses on justice, Suma’s thought is analysed in terms of its connections not only with the Brentanian views but also with F. De Sarlo’s Florentine school. The points at issue were the nature of knowledge and consciousness, and reflection on both the subject’s ways of behaving relative to the object and the correlate psychic determinations, like judgements.

This analysis of Suma’s contribution includes a consideration of the attempts made between 1800 and 1900 to find guidelines different from the imperatives of Kantian reason.
Alice Woods – Original Member of the (British) Psychological Society
Authors: Valentine Elizabeth
Published: January 2023

This paper presents a brief biography of Alice Woods (1849–1941), one of the two female original members of the British Psychological Society, and discusses aspects of her career of relevance to psychology. The daughter of a Quaker stockbroker, Woods studied at Cambridge under James Ward and Henry Sidgwick. A staunch advocate of co-education, she was principal of Maria Grey Training College from 1892-1913. Her published work provides intriguing information about a British Psychological Society meeting not recorded in the official minutes. Her ‘Letters from America’ contain an account of her meeting with Professor and Mrs William James. James Sully implored her to apply for recognition as a University of London teacher, thus enabling her to play a major role in developing the syllabus for the university’s postgraduate diploma in pedagogy and to become an advisor for the appointment of the university’s first professor of education (John Adams).
Conscientisation and the ontology of personhood in Latin American liberation psychology
Authors: Dykstra Wayne R.
Published: January 2023

This article explores the ontology of human personhood embedded within liberation psychology scholarship as related to the concepts of conscientisation, alienation, and relatedness. Through analysis of the work of Paulo Freire, Ignacio Martín-Baró and Maritza Montero, this study sheds light upon Latin American liberation psychology, as a paradigmatic articulation of human ontology. The importance of a well-articulated ontology of human personhood is related to and supported by Martin and Sugarman’s (2003) developmental theory of situated agentic personhood. In exploring foundational texts in liberation psychology we find a strong link to Marxian conceptions of personhood and agency. This interdisciplinary heritage claimed by liberation psychology continues to support an understanding of personhood as agentic, wilful and not only capable of socio-political action but dialectically inclined to such action for personal and societal change. This ontology has been essential in the development of liberation psychology practices and suggests a necessary paradigm shift in mainstream psychology.
Disciplining the depressed? Considering contemporary treatments of depression as disciplinary techniques
Authors: Flintoff Adam
Published: January 2023

This study explores contemporary treatments of depression in relation to Michel Foucault’s disciplinary techniques. These techniques are used as analytical tools and applied to two current treatments of depression: guided self-help and cognitive behavioural therapy. The analysis shows that in many ways these treatments do align with, and thus can be considered, disciplinary techniques. This increases the importance of considering issues of politics and power in relation to how people with depression are treated. However, this does not tell the full story; looking solely at disciplinary techniques does not capture the complexity of today’s treatments of depression. In attempting to adopt a conceptual approach that can speak to and complement clinical work, the notion of multiplicity is discussed as a way of retaining the important insights of Foucault’s work but also attending to the specific clinical practices that make depression what it is today.
‘Viewing ethics in a new light’: Students’ reactions to an under-emphasised yet important component of CHIP
Authors: Akhurst Jacqueline , Elwell Charlotte
Published: January 2023

The British Psychological Society syllabus for Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology (CHIP) lists ethical issues as a core component. This includes the origins of ethical debates and the moral foundations of the development of codes and practice. Questions may then be debated about ethics in relation to moral positioning and whether moral neutrality is possible. In addition, a partnership approach (with members of the community) is recommended, to construct ‘ethically responsible practices’. These topics appear to have been neglected in some of the textbooks developed as the basis for the module. For a third-year CHIP module, we have developed material to address ethical topics over a number of years. In this paper, we will outline the way in which a variety of resources have formed the basis of a series of lectures to third-year students at the beginning of semester one, to raise ethical issues for discussion. We will discuss the ways in which we locate the material in the broader social and historical zeitgeist and raise both research and practice issues. We then present a synthesis of students’ qualitative feedback, collected from successive cohorts from the past six years (N=245), in response to the material. These data illustrate students’ views about considering the material at this juncture in their studies, as they design their projects. The findings underline the value of ethics as an important thematic basis for CHIP, potentially enhancing students’ conceptual development and critical thinking. In addition students illustrate increased awareness of the responsibilities of psychologists and gain more insight into psychology as a career. However, the recommendation to consider partnership approaches will be critiqued, and the need to develop students’ sensitivities to language usage and cultural issues will be noted.
Grace de Laguna and the origins of speech and of ethology
Authors: Salzen Eric A.
Published: January 2023

This paper brings to attention the book published by Grace de Laguna in 1927 in which she outlined a theory of the origin of speech from animal calls that has generally been rejected by subsequent theorists but renewed by myself in a 2006 publication without knowledge of her ideas. More importantly, in her book, Grace de Laguna also outlined some of the basic concepts of ethology that were established some 5 years later by Konrad Lorenz and developed by subsequent European workers. Her role in the history of ethology through her early recognition of her fellow American Wallace Craig’s concept of the ‘fixed action pattern’, so basic to the foundation of modern ethology, deserves wider recognition.
The concept of ‘emotion’: An historical perspective
Authors: Watts Fraser
Published: January 2023

Though the concept of ‘emotion’ is often accepted uncritically, a historical approach shows that, in the form it takes in modern psychology, it is a product of the 19th century, and replaced an earlier more differentiated vocabulary. In the 17th century there had been another significant shift in the meaning of emotion words when they came to refer to subjective feelings in a new way. There has been much controversy about the concept of ‘basic’ emotions, which is unpopular with historians of emotion. However, I am persuaded that some such distinction is needed; a distinction between primary and secondary emotions is somewhat akin to the earlier distinction between passions and affections. Emotions have various manifestations, including behavioural, physiological and subjective. These are often aligned, though they do not have to be. There has been considerable interest in the couplings between different manifestations. Most current work on the history of emotions is being done by historians but it would be good to see more psychological interest in a historical approach to emotions, and cross fertilisation between the work of historians and psychologists.
Psychology and sociology in Britain in the 20th century: A brief historical note
Authors: Pilgrim David
Published: January 2023

As versions of human science, psychology and sociology have overlapping but also contrasting epistemologies. In addition, both national/cultural, as well as global, factors shape their character. These points are applied to the development of the two disciplines in the context of 20th century Britain. The dominant influences of eugenics and empiricism in the first part of the century are examined and contrasted with the later impact of postmodernism. The ambiguous position of social psychology remains at the boundary of the two disciplines today.
A brief history of English disgust
Authors: Firth-Godbehere Richard
Published: January 2023

Generally, researchers assume that the experience of disgust is universal, shared by all humans at all times. It is under this assumption that much of the growing field of the history of disgust studies operates. However, no single concept of disgust exists. For example, while many believe that the causes of disgust are universal, others do not. Others have noted that the English word ‘disgust’ does not have identical equivalents in other languages, pointing to no single, shared concept of disgust. This article looks more closely at that last idea, noting that the word ‘disgust’ did not take on its current usage until the mid-eighteenth century. Beginning with an exploration of modern understandings of disgust, the paper charts the development of the modern English concept of the feeling. It argues that rather than being a universal emotion, the modern concept of disgust began when the word was used by early eighteenth-century taste theorists to describe a feeling of anti-taste – an extreme reaction to the opposite of beauty. Even then, this disgust was somewhat different from modern disgust, with deeper links to displeasure and horror than modern notions of the feeling. The main point of the article is the suggestion that historians of emotion research what look like modern emotions in the past, particularly disgust, that they ought to be cautious. Even if modern feelings appear to apply to historical events and ideas, a more in-depth look will often reveal a more complex era-dependant experience somewhat different from the modern concept.
Does coaching psychology need the concept of formulation?
Authors: Lane David A. , Corrie Sarah
Published: January 2023

The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of some of the debates and controversies surrounding formulation, and to highlight ways of navigating these debates more successfully for the benefits of ourselves, our clients and the future development of our profession. The concept of formulation, that is an explanatory account of the issues affecting a client, is widely used in sister disciplines such as clinical, counselling, forensic psychology and psychotherapy. Its purpose is to provide a descriptive and explanatory narrative that the client and practitioner can use to plan interventions. While coaching psychology has used many ideas from its sister disciplines this concept has not appeared as a feature of much in the coaching psychology literature (with a few exceptions). The reasons why this might be so are explored. The paper provides an overview of the role of formulation in psychology and some of the arguments for and against its use. The position of formulation in coaching psychology is discussed with reference to the purposes of coaching and some boundary issues between this and related fields. A framework for using formulation in coaching psychology is outlined through consideration of purpose, perspective and process. Such a framework it is argued provides a format to enable coaching psychologists whatever their theoretical orientation to use the concept of formulation to assist client change.
Evaluating the impact of a peer coaching intervention on well-being amongst psychology undergraduate students
Authors: Short Emma , Kinman Gail , Baker Sarah
Published: January 2023

Objectives:To examine the effectiveness of a peer coaching intervention on aspects of well-being in students.

Design:A two-factor mixed design was employed.

Method:Two groups of third-year undergraduate psychology students participated in this study. The coaching group (N=32) comprised 24 females and eight males (mean age 25.23, SD=8.07) who were studying coaching psychology. This group was introduced to a model of coaching and practiced skills during lectures/seminars. They subsequently conducted and received five sessions of peer coaching before an examination period. The control group (N=33) comprised 30 females and three males (mean age 24.77, SD=5.57). This group were also third-year students, but were not studying coaching psychology or engaged in peer coaching.

Measures were taken at Time 1 (pre-coaching intervention) and Time 2 (post-coaching intervention). Demographic data was obtained and the General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg, 1992) and the Inventory of Personal Problems (Berkham et al., 1996), were utilised. The topics covered in coaching sessions and the perceived effectiveness of the technique were examined at Time 2.

Results:Levels of psychological distress were high at both data points. Findings highlighted significant differences in outcome variables for both groups between Times 1 and 2. Nonetheless, the increase in psychological distress was significantly lower in the peer coaching group. The most common topics covered in coaching sessions were relationships, health and career issues and 67 per cent of the sample found the intervention to be at least moderately effective.

Conclusions:Findings highlight the potential value of peer coaching in helping students manage their well-being during a potentially stressful period. Follow-up research is ongoing to examine ways of extending this technique in university settings.
Developmental coaching: Business benefit – fact or fad? An evaluative study to explore the impact of coaching in the workplace
Authors: Leonard-Cross Elouise
Published: January 2023

Objectives:To contribute to research on the return on investment and business benefit of workplace coaching by using a quasi-experimental design. Specifically, to investigate the impact that in-house coaches, using developmental coaching approaches, had on levels of coachee self-efficacy.

Design:The study used action research (Lewin, 1946) and a quasi-experimental method to investigate the impact and process of developmental coaching, evaluating coaching which took place over a two-year period. A large sample and multiple data collection methods were utilised to ensure research was a valid reflection of the current status and perception of coaching within the organisation in the reported study.

Methodology:Thematic analysis of qualitative research informed the content of coach and coachee questionnaires, supported by a holistic literature review. Coachees and the comparative group of non-coached staff completed questionnaires assessing their general levels of self-efficacy and personal experiences of development. Coaches completed a self-perception questionnaire to capture their personal views on the experience and if any changes had been observed in the coachee which could relate to the construct of self-efficacy.

Results:Participants that had received developmental coaching (N=61) had higher levels of self-efficacy than the control group of participants (N=57) who had not received coaching.

Conclusions:This research aimed to explore whether developmental coaching does actually deliver business benefits and results suggest that coaching can impact positively upon an individual’s level of self-efficacy.
Ethics in coaching: An ethical decision making framework for coaching psychologists
Authors: Duffy Mark , Passmore Jonathan
Published: January 2023

Objectives:This paper explores the process of ethical decision making in coaching psychology. The paper seeks to develop a suitable model for application in coaching psychology to complement existing codes of practice. The model of course can be adjusted for use by coaching practitioners.

Design:The study used a semi-structured interview design within a qualitative approach, which was complemented by a focus group.

Methods:Grounded theory was employed to analyse interview transcripts and to build a series of descriptive and conceptual codes. The model was discussed and further developed through a focus group of experienced coaching psychologists.

Results:The study identified the key elements used by coaching psychologists in making decisions which include ethical principles such as those presented in professional codes and relevant literature, personal ethics and moral values, duty to society, standards of practice, the law, conversations with others such as supervisors, experience, respected others’ views, implicit and explicit contract with clients along with boundaries and implications involved with a situation. These elements were used to build firstly descriptive and later conceptual codes and from these a decision making framework was developed and tested on coaching psychologists. This model offers a sequential but non-linear model to decision making with six core stages. In addition, the research identified the value in building ethical maturity. Ethical maturity is the capacity to make ethical decisions. This can be enhanced by engaging in regular supervision in which hypothetical testing of dilemmas can be utilised, by recurrent ethical thinking, engaging in activities associated with coach training and pursuing wider continual professional development.

Conclusions:The study offers a model for ethical decision making in coaching for use by coaching psychologists and in coach training.
SGCP Research Award Winners 2012
Authors: Whybrow Alison
Published: January 2023

THE Special Group in Coaching Psychology is keen to support research into coaching and coaching psychology and offers a number of awards for researchers in this field. We are pleased to share the details of last year’s winners.
Developing a healthcare leadership coaching model using action research and systems approaches – a case study: Implementing an executive coaching programme to support nurse managers in achieving organisational objectives in Malta
Authors: Law Ho , Aquilina Reggie
Published: January 2023

Objectives:

This study aims to show how a leadership coaching programme for Nurse Ward Managers may be implemented in a general hospital with the following objectives:

clarify the Nurse Ward Managers’ idealised leadership attributes (ILA);

identify any perceived gaps in leadership skills;

develop and provide a comprehensive coaching programme; and

identify the impact of the programme.

Design:

An Action Research (AR) was adopted to involve the participants in a collaborative partnership and influence both the implementation process and outcome of the programme. It incorporated two iterative Plan-Act-Reflect cycles.

Methods:

The sample consisted of 12 randomly chosen Nurse Ward Managers. The coaching methods used in the Action stages include a range of eclectic coaching psychology approaches. The analytical tools used in the Reflective stages included thematic analyses and a systems approach. The impact of the programme was identified using Law et al.’s (2007) Universal Integrative Framework.

Results:

27 idealised leadership attributes were identified. Both group and individual coaching sessions were found to be effective in helping the participants identify areas of development and goals. The impact of the coaching programme included enhanced self-awareness, feelings of support, ability to take decisions and keep to time frames and achievement of organisational and personal goals.

Conclusions:

The structured coaching programmes had a substantive impact on developing Nurse Ward Managers’ leadership skills, providing them with an on-going support, and helping them achieve both personal and organisational goals.
Three windows of development: A postprofessional perspective on supervision
Authors: Drake David B.
Published: January 2023

This paper offers three new perspectives on supervision that reflect the embodied practices of the guilds of old yet address the increased complexities of our postprofessional era. The suite of three frameworks in this paper bridge those worlds through a focus on mastery, and they provide an underlying architecture for the development of supervisors and their craft even as they allow for a variety of definitions and uses of supervision. The Artistry Window represents the gateways through which choices are made in supervising, the Identity Window represents the roles and functions provided in supervision, and the Mastery Window represents the domains of knowledge and evidence needed by supervisors. An overview of each framework is provided and examples are given to illustrate them in action. Particular attention is paid to the addition of the integrative element to the supervision literature as a means to more fully incorporate coaching approaches in supervision and to increase its efficacy across the growing diversity of how and where it is practiced.
Third generation coaching: Reconstructing dialogues through collaborative practice and a focus on values
Authors: Stelter Reinhard
Published: January 2023

Third generation coaching unfolds a new universe for coaching and coaching psychology in the framework of current social research, new learning theories and discourses about personal leadership. Third generation coaching views coaching in a societal perspective. Coaching has become important as a form of dialogue because the (hyper)complexity of our society. Today, knowledge has to be shaped and applied in specific contexts and situations, and both in our personal lives and in the public space we have to learn to negotiate. Coaching can help us generate new knowledge and manage social transformation. Coaching thus facilitates new reflections and perspectives, as well as empowerment and support for self-Bildung processes.

Third generation coaching focuses on the coach and the coachee in their narrative collaborative partnership. Unlike first generation coaching, where the goal is to help coachee achieve a specific objective, and unlike second generation coaching, where the coach assumes that the coachee implicitly knows the solution to particular challenges; third generation coaching has a less goal-oriented agenda but a more profound and sustainable focus on values and identity work. Coach and coachee create something together: They generate meaning together in the conversation, where both parties are on a journey, and where new stories gradually take shape. Third generation coaching integrates the experiential and subjective-existential dimension with the relational and discursive.

It is the author’s ambition to elevate coaching and coaching psychology to a new professional level with a new agenda. The term ‘third generation coaching’ may be understood as a sort of manifesto – not in a normative sense but as an invitation to reconsider the main objective of coaching in late- or post-modern society.
Who wants to change their personality and what do they want to change?
Authors: Allan Jonathan Ash , Leeson Peter , Martin Lesley S.
Published: January 2023

Recent findings suggest that personality is amenable to change via interventions and that such change may be beneficial. However, there is a gap in the literature concerning what aspects of their personality individuals in non-clinical populations wish to change, and if the personality of individuals who choose to change their personality differs from the normal population. Clarification of these questions may help inform the development of personality change resources and interventions. The current study explored the personality profiles (as measured by the NEO PI-R) of 54 volunteers for an intentional personality change coaching study, and describes the personality facets they chose to target for change. The results of this study indicated that participants had significantly higher openness and emotionality. Targeted personality facets primarily fell within the domains of emotionality (48.17 per cent) and conscientiousness (28.04 per cent). Anxiety (N=28), self-discipline (N=19), angry/hostility (N=17), depression (N=11) and self-consciousness (N=11) were the most commonly targeted facets. These results inform the literature regarding which individuals may be motivated to change their personalities and for what purpose. There may also be wider implications regarding how the personality of volunteers for intervention research may differ from the general population.
Conference Review: The BPS Quinquennial Conference University of Manchester 30thMarch- 2ndApril 2005
Authors: Roncaglia Irina
Published: January 2023

Organised by the BPS in parallel with The Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP), Division of Counselling Psychology (DcoP), Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP), Division of Teachers & Researchers in Psychology, Lesbian & Gay Psychology Section, History & Philosophy of Psychology Section and the Student members group (SMG).
Cedric Ginestet meets Professor Richard Bentall.
Authors: Ginestat Cedric
Published: January 2023

I had the chance to meet Prof. Richard Bentall during the 19th Congress of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Association (EFPA) in Granada, Spain, where Richard Bentall presented his work on psychosis. Earlier this year, Richard has been the recipient of the BPS book award for his publication Madness Explained (Bentall, 2003).
Discussion paper: Pregnant women, mothers, mother and baby units and mental health in prison
Authors: Dolan Rachel
Published: January 2023

Over two thirds of women in prison are mothers and many of their children are under the age of five. No current figures exist for the number of women who give birth during imprisonment, but estimates suggest this may be between 100 and 200 women per year. There are currently six mother and baby units (MBUs) across prisons in England where women can stay with their babies up to the age of 18 months. Although there are only 65 places available, and despite the positive impact they can have, they are rarely full. It has been suggested that mental illness may have an impact on the number of admissions, as may the interpretation of the admission criteria. Despite the limited evidence of their benefits, they are the only alternative to separation for imprisoned mothers, and the evidence that is available suggests that more women and babies could benefit from admission. Further research on admissions and the impacts for mothers and children is necessary.
Discussion paper: On the measurement of sexual orientation
Authors: Li Gu
Published: January 2023

Whereas the concept of sexual orientation is no stranger to lay people, its measurement poses challenges to researchers. Self-report measures can be readily incorporated into large-scale surveys but is subject to self-report bias. Automatic measures may reduce self-report bias yet the findings are dependent on sample representativeness. Measures that overcome these shortcomings may bring fresh insight into studies of sexual orientation.
The combined European Health Psychology Society and BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2016 (or ‘Why don’t the seagulls sleep?!’)
Authors: Hazleton Sue , Constable Michelle
Published: January 2023

The European Health Psychology Society and British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology celebrated the 30th anniversary of both organisations by delivering a joint conference that was held in Aberdeen 23–27 August 2016. The extensive programme included a wide variety of health psychology topics and keynote lectures from experts such as Professor Marie Johnston (University of Aberdeen) and Professor John Cacioppo (University of Chicago), giving health psychologists and trainees fantastic learning and networking opportunities with both UK-based and European colleagues.
Music in our minds and bodies matters
Authors: Rose Dawn , Jones Bartoli Alice , Heaton Pamela
Published: January 2023

This paper aims to convey an introduction to the psychology of music. At a very basic level, sound informs our model of the world, aiding survival. Musical sound and practice further offers a merging of exogenous and endogenous temporal states and templates, employing multiple complex neural mechanisms. Here we provide an overview of the literature exploring why music matters to our minds and bodies.
Exploring the life perceptions and experiences of homosexual Indian and White British males in London
Authors: Khan Ilham
Published: January 2023

In the past decade, gay rights activism in the United Kingdom has led to favourable legislations of homosexuality. India, however, has not yet benefitted in the same way which also impacts Indian men living in the UK. This study aimed to explore the experiences of homosexual Indian and White British (WB) males living in London. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six cisgender males (3 White British, 3 Indian). Thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the interviews. The themes created from the dataset reflect the various aspects of participants’ lives including: the acceptance of one’s homosexuality; the impact of socio–cultural factors on experiences of homosexuality and the process of ‘coming out’ to one’s family, friends and employers. Implications of this study are also discussed.
Using a crowdsourcing platform to collect data for your PhD research
Authors: McMillan Gail
Published: January 2023

Recruiting participants for research can be an arduous process. However, with the advent of online recruitment services, called crowdsourcing platforms, recruitment and research can be conducted quicker than ever before. I have used one crowdsourcing platform, Prolific (until recently called Prolific Academic), to conduct my PhD research. In this article I have gathered some hints and tips for using a crowdsourcing platform to conduct research based on my experience of using Prolific.
Alibi evidence in the courtroom: Perceptions and experiences from the Bar
Authors: McMillan Katie
Published: January 2023

In the United Kingdom there is little known about the way in which criminal barristers, those directly responsible for examining and cross-examining evidence in the courtroom, perceive alibi testimony. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four qualified criminal barristers and subject to thematic analysis. Preliminary analysis identifies a number of key themes central to barrister’s perceptions and experiences of alibi evidence, three of which will be discussed. Research in to this unchartered area aims to yield greater knowledge as to how criminal barristers understand, perceive and approach alibis in the courtroom, to ultimately inform real-life practice.
18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology
Authors: Paas Karlien
Published: January 2023

The 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) took place in Granada, Spain. This meeting focused on all research in social psychology, and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the EASP. During the conference, I met some inspiring people, and was inspired with new research ideas! In this article, I review the conference and discuss some of the talks and sessions I have attended.
Arranging departmental talks
Authors: Unwin Katy
Published: January 2023

Speaking about your research is a necessary skill in academia, and doing so can be anxiety inducing. However, as with many skills, practice makes perfect. Therefore, organising a talk series for you and your fellow PhD students to present research findings can be beneficial for all involved. Within this piece I discuss the benefits of setting up and running such a talk series, the practicalities involved, and some challenges you could encounter along with some ways to overcome these.
Hints and tips: Computer programming for psychologists
Authors: Pędziwiatr Marek A.
Published: January 2023

Using computer programming is a necessity for many PhD students in psychology: you may be required to write computer code to run an experiment, prepare easily reproducible data analysis and visualisation procedure, or build computational models. If mastering programming skills is imperative for your academic progress, this article presents practical hints aimed at supporting you in this process, regardless of whether you are just starting to learn or already achieved some proficiency. They focus on three goals: improving your coding, increasing your efficiency and aiding you to develop as a programmer faster.