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At the heart of effective sport leadership lies the dyadic coach-athlete relationship
Authors: Jowett Sophia
Published: January 2023

This brief report proposes that the relationship binds coaches and athletes together making them both accountable and responsible while producing ‘out of the box’ performance plans that are necessary for extraordinary sport successes. In performance-orientated environments, good quality relationships are the best form of effective leadership in the 21st century.
‘The Catherine Wheel’: A case study of delivering a motivational climate intervention in a youth performance academy
Authors: Hartley Chris , Clarke Peter
Published: January 2023

This case study describes the consultancy experiences of targeting motivational climate within a youth performance hockey academy. Written from the perspective of a trainee sport and exercise psychologist, the theoretical and philosophical frameworks which guided the consultancy are described and justified, whilst discussing the unexpected challenges associated with consultancy implementation. The consultancy is evaluated with reference to lessons learnt, whilst also highlighting key reflexive and developmental considerations for the supervision and development of trainees and experienced practitioners alike.
Dispositional goals and academic achievement: Refining the 2x2 achievement goal model
Authors: Smith Daniel , Oliver Emily
Published: January 2023

Achievement goal theory (AGT) is widely used to examine the influences of goal adoption on academic and sporting achievement. Striving for methodological coherence with AGT’s ever expanding scope (Korn & Elliot, 2016), we examined the 2x2 framework and propose a refined model outlining the theoretical differences between achievement goal orientations. Building on Van Yperen’s concept of a dominant achievement goal approach we developed and tested a method of representing a dominant dispositional achievement goal (DDAG). The construct symbolises preference for one achievement goal while recognising that multiple achievement goals can be valued in a dispositional orientation. Finally, we measured the relationship between dispositional achievement goals, including work-avoidance goals and the DDAG, and academic performance of 165 university students. Contrary to expectations, mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performanceapproach and performance-avoidance positively correlated with academic grade, although approach goals predicted performance more strongly than avoidance goals. Consistent with previous studies of pharmacy students, work-avoidance negatively predicted academic grade. However, although the DDAG successfully captured dominant goal distribution, scores did not predict academic attainment. We argue for the application of consistent conceptualisations of AGT to clarify the role of achievement goals in promoting learning and academic performance to inform educational practice in sport and exercise psychology.
‘Here, you’re all good enough to play’: Lessons learned from the GAA Super Games Centre
Authors: Sheridan Daragh , Coffee Pete , Daly Pat , Lavallee David
Published: January 2023

Dropout from youth sport participation is a significant issue that has emerged to become a major health concern around the world. In order to counteract drop out trends in sport, organisations responsible for promoting and sustaining participation have begun to redesign sport participation experiences in-line with the needs of young participants. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) reversed a significant dropout rate among participants between the ages of 12–16 years within six years through an initiative called the Super Games Centre. The aim of this paper is to identify key factors associated with the implementation success of the GAA Super Games Centre other sport organisations could consider. Focus groups with participants, parents, and coaches identified several critical success factors that, when implemented, can help reverse drop out from sport. Recommendations are provided for organisations responsible for promoting and sustaining participation in sport.
Gender bias personality perception in stereotypically gendered sport
Authors: Smith Jenna , McCarthy Paul
Published: January 2023

Gender bias is a significant issue within sport and exercise; this bias can have prominent influences on performance and developmental issues. The extent of literature surrounding bias is vast. However, the cause of bias is rarely explored. The present study aimed to investigate the effect personality has on gender bias within sports; this considers the influence of personality on gender bias and the potential rationale for bias. Sixty-eight (34 male and 34 female) participants completed a Big-5 personality inventory and read two of four sports vignettes (ballet and football), either male or female vignettes; they then further completed a two Big-5 inventory questionnaires regarding the personality of the athlete in the vignette. The results indicated that individual personality traits influence the level of bias towards gender in sports. Further, they suggest that the gender of the athlete influences our perception of athletes’ personalities and the stereotypical gender of the sport they participated in.
Measuring sexual orientation of a Portuguese gay, lesbian and bisexual internet sample
Authors: Pereira Henrique , Leal Isabel , Maroco João
Published: January 2023

This article surveyed the measurement of sexual orientation of a Portuguese gay, lesbian and bisexual internet population. Total number of participants in the study who filled out the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid (Portuguese version) available on the internet was 714 men and 91 women all gay, lesbian or bisexual identified (a total of 1000). This method was chosen because the internet is now an important tool used by gays, lesbians and bisexuals for socialising and to gather information. Basic ethical issues were observed namely, informed consent, maintenance of privacy and confidentiality. Key theoretical issues were addressed such as the categorisation of sexual orientation, its origins and development. Data analysis consisted of subjecting the items of the Grid to a factor analysis of principal components, internal reliabilities by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (á=.94), frequency analysis and comparisons between temporal dimensions (present, past, and ideal). The results indicate that sexual orientation is a dynamic process and can be subject to change, when subjected to temporal analysis. The implications of such results are also discussed.
Spoilsports: How do gender and sexuality non-conforming athletes participate in the resistant heteronormative sporting climate?
Authors: Akingbala Levi A.X. , Kontogianni Maria
Published: January 2023

The heteronormative sporting environment underpins the sex/gender and heterosexual/homosexual binaries that are deeply entrenched in sport (Maurer-Starks et al., 2008). These function to preserve the biological differences between cisgender men and women, and remain institutionally resistant to individuals who transgress the boundaries of hegemonic masculinity and femininity (Davison & Frank, 2006). This study explores the idiosyncratic sporting experiences of lesbian and trans male athletes navigating the resistant climate. Four in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with two self-identified lesbian athletes and two self-identified trans male athletes. Results indicate that paths to empowerment for lesbian athletes centred on accentuating the masculine gender performances as atypical to hegemonic femininity. For trans male athletes, the medical transition was at the foci of narratives and masculine gender performances led to successful reinscriptions of the body through sport. Despite the oppressive conditions, the lesbian and trans male athletes found safe spaces to participate in sports.
Research methods in sexuality research: A critical review of traditional ‘offline’ methods and ‘online’ methods, and the use of ‘solicited online diary blogs’
Authors: Greenhill Richard H. , Sergeant Mark J.T.
Published: January 2023

Researchers in the field of sexualities have adopted a variety of traditional research methods for many decades. Most of these offline methods, and some online methods, have been fraught with methodological difficulties such as biases, limited access to hidden groups, and even prohibitive costs, amongst others. This paper first provides a critical review of traditional offline research methods, as well as the contemporary online methods that have been developed since the advent of the internet. The challenges associated with the use of offline methods, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of some online methods, are discussed. This is followed by a review and discussion of ‘solicited online diary blogs’ as a contemporary research tool. It is proposed that solicited online diary blogs present researchers with a novel and advantageous tool that addresses some of the methodological challenges and limitations inherent in other research methods that are still widely used in the field of sexuality.
Queering dialogue: Safety and discomfort in a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Psychology Course
Authors: Bertram Corrine C. , Massey Sean G.
Published: January 2023

Through the description of three scenes from a course on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender psychology taught at a public university in the US, and through engagement with critical theory and writings on pedagogy and dialogue, the usefulness and limits of dialogue in classrooms will be discussed. First, the importance of considering participant standpoint in evaluating the usefulness of dialogue is considered. Next, the pedagogical and ethical implications of deprivileging the sensitivities and comfort of heterosexual students are debated. Finally, classrooms are imagined where discomfort is distributed equally among students across sexualities, while concerns about the violent potential of language and the possibility of physical violence are taken seriously.
Pride and prejudice in the classroom: Navigating the boundaries of personal and professional
Authors: Cress Christine M.
Published: January 2023

Teaching, learning, and career implications are explored in whether or not to self disclose as an LGBT educator in a postgraduate level teacher education course utilising Cass’ (1979) model of sexual identity and hooks’ (1984) concepts of engaged pedagogy.
Hot bi babes and feminist families: Polyamorous women speak out
Authors: Barker Meg , Ritchie Ani
Published: January 2023

‘Polyamory’ refers to the open acceptance of multiple romantic/sexual relationships. Whilst it is often seen, from the outside, as fulfilling men’s fantasies (representing the possibility of infidelity without guilt and having sex with more than one woman), many within the polyamorous community regard it as a more ‘feminine’ way of managing relationships, with much emphasis placed on the importance of open communication, the expression of emotions, and support networks. Most published writers on the topic have been women (Anapol, 1997; Easton & Liszt, 1997). Jackson and Scott (2004) and Robinson (1997) argue that it is important for heterosexual women to explore non-monogamy in order to radically re-work gendered power relationships, whilst Munsen and Stelboum (1999) propose that non-monogamy should be part of a lesbian feminist agenda. This paper presents an analysis of a focus group discussion with polyamorous women about these issues.
Perceptions of people who use heterosexist and non-heterosexist language by people of different sexual orientations
Authors: Reisner Michael , Holmes Tabitha R.
Published: January 2023

Participants who self-identified as heterosexual (N=149) and queer (N=141) were asked to read a vignette containing a character who used either heterosexist or non-heterosexist language. Queer participants were expected to rate the character using non-heterosexist language as more: (a) supportive of queer rights; (b) exposed to queer people; (c) likely to be queer; (d) open to new ideas; (e) politically liberal; and (f) someone with whom they could be friends than heterosexual participants. Results showed that both groups made attributions based on language; however, queer participants made stronger attributions. One explanation for our findings suggests that queer individuals, particularly males, may have a greater need to be vigilant in their identification of supportive others.
Group therapy with international LGBTQ+ clients at the intersection of multiple minority status
Authors: Nerses Mego , Kleinplatz Peggy J. , Moser Charles
Published: January 2023

Members of sexual/gender minority groups, who are also immigrants and refugees face multiple problems in adapting to their new cultures. Often their sexual interests or gender expression was stigmatised, pathologised, criminalised and persecuted in their home cultures/countries. In this article, we discuss the special problems with acculturation to their new cultures faced by such individuals in a North American milieu. They are at the intersection of multiple minority identities (i.e. ethnic, racial, religious, immigrant, refugee). We provide a model of group therapy for international LGBTQ+ clients who have been persecuted for their sexual/gender minority expressions. Clinical, professional and ethical considerations are explored for dealing with international sexual/gender minority clients in therapy. The conclusion includes recommendations for professional development and for broadening the sphere of knowledge and training in the field.
The Greek context in relation to homosexuality, homophobia and gay identity and community
Authors: Zervoulis Karyofyllis
Published: January 2023

This paper describes and explores in some detail the status of sexual minorities in Greece and in broader Greek communities, with a focus on gay men and lesbians. It starts with a brief historical review before concentrating on the contemporary Greek society. While exposing the lack of substantial empirical evidence, including psychological, it discusses the basis and the extent of societal and institutional homophobia within the Greek context. The review continues with an exploration of contemporary Greek gay identity and community. The conflict between Greek cultural values and acceptance of sexual diversity in the country as well as the potential negative effects of this conflict on sexual minorities are highlighted. The review concludes by exposing the lack of any contribution by Greek psychologists and of their professional bodies in addressing issues faced by sexual minorities in the country. A strong recommendation is made for Greek psychologists to play their part in facilitating the process that leads to changing homophobic attitudes and legislation and, therefore, help affected communities and people.
Accounts of gender diverse university students who abstain from alcohol use
Authors: Ward Logan , Riggs Damien W. , Breen Lauren J.
Published: January 2023

Gender diverse and transgender people report elevated alcohol use compared with the general population yet no studies have examined motives to abstain or limit alcohol consumption within this vulnerable population. A thematic analysis of interviews with seven gender diverse people identified two overarching themes: Awareness of the safety implications of alcohol and Access to non-drinking spaces. Participants acknowledged that drinking alcohol was a social norm yet were hesitant to drink, especially in public places, due to safety concerns and highlighted a need for non-drinking, LGBTI-friendly spaces. These findings have implications for promoting non-drinking strategies of benefit to gender diverse communities.
Collaboratively setting the priorities for health and social care research for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* people
Authors: Nagington Maurice , Dickinson Tommy , Hicks Stephen , Pilling Mark
Published: January 2023

This paper reports on a novel approach to setting research priorities relevant to the needs of older LGBT people. Research is growing in this area and has recognised the negative impact of contemporary and historical discrimination towards non-normative genders and sexualities. The results of a symposium, survey and agreement analysis are presented to identify the levels of priority placed on 60 different research topics. Discussion focuses on the novelty and/or similarity to existing research patterns on LGBT ageing, as well as prioritising topics such as: how to include unheard voices; exploring trans* people’s experiences and preferences around long-term hormone use; and, embedding research findings into policy and practice.
Identity formation and conflict in older Irish gay men
Authors: McCarthy Joanne , Nair Roshan das
Published: January 2023

This qualitative study explores how older gay Irish men understand and construct their sexual identity. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted to understand experiences and perceptions of being an older gay person in Ireland and the UK. Using thematic analysis we identified three themes: (i) experiences of sexual awareness and identity conflict; (ii) the dilemma of ‘staying in’ vs. ‘coming out’; (iii) dealing with identity conflict. The results suggested that many men faced challenges and barriers (both religious and cultural) to constructing a stable identity. We examined ways in which these identity conflicts were created and demonstrated how the men developed strategies to minimise these conflicts. Recommendations are provided for improved understanding of sexuality issues concerning minority clients within therapeutic work.
Keeping up appearances: Experiences of identifying with gender and sexuality
Authors: Muldoon Matthew , McAteer Donal
Published: January 2023

Homonormativity, the normalising and privileging of some expressions of LGBT identities and ways of living over others, has the potential to have adverse effects on expression of identity within the LGBT community. This qualitative study set out to explore homonormativity, within a Northern Ireland context. Interviews were conducted with nine participants aged between 22 and 65 who took part in individual semi-structured interviews. The resulting data was explored using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) resulting in three superordinate themes: ‘Disconnected and unseen’, ‘Going in social circles’ and ‘Generational differences’. Participant experiences reflected varying degrees of support for homonormativity. Of note was that not all participants reported opinions or experiences which align with those in homonormative theory. Similarly, bisexual and transgender participants acknowledged that a focus on equal marriage was more important to those identifying as lesbian and gay. However, bisexual and transgender participants were open in expressing the important role that marriage equality laws have played for the whole community in increasing visibility – a perspective which homonormativity theory does not appear to acknowledge.
Community review of police conduct: An intergroup perspective1
Authors: Dailey René M. , Reid Scott A. , Anderson Michelle Chernikoff , Giles Howard
Published: January 2023

Law enforcement continually walks a fine-line between the protection and the violation of individual rights. It derives its power from the community it serves, and it is accountable to that community. To ensure the latter, some cities have implemented community review systems that monitor police conduct. These systems are intended to be impartial evaluators of law enforcement, in particular, complaints against law enforcement. We analyse the various structures and characteristics of community review systems, as well as the empirical research attending them. In doing so, we situate the problems associated with community review systems from a social psychological perspective, arguing that their shortcomings may be remedied through a consideration of intergroup processes which focus on shared identity and the role of power differentiation between police and community. Finally, we suggest improvements and further research.
Recruiting and engaging with people in deprived locales: Interviewing families about their eating patterns
Authors: O’Key Victoria , Hugh Jones Siobhan , Madill Anna
Published: January 2023

This paper discusses substantive personal and practical challenges which emerged during PhD research in which the first author interviewed low-income families about their dietary patterns. This research is informed by national and international concern about poor dietary habits, growing obesity rates (World Health Organisation, 2006), and relatively ineffective healthy eating campaigns (e.g. NHS five a day, 2004; Change for Life, 2008), particularly in relation to lower socio-economic groups (Billson, Pryer & Nichols, 1999). We anticipated some challenges undertaking this study and are now in a position to reflect on our participant recruitment and data collection. In particular, it is evident that some of our broadly held assumptions about participants were misplaced; in consenting to be involved in the research, we supposed that participants would be interested in the study and reasonably accommodating. This was not always the case. Reflecting on this disjuncture has sensitised us further to the importance of the research context and the relationship between participants and researcher. In this paper, we reflect on the ways in which our participants engaged with the research process and how this was experienced from the researchers’ perspective.
‘I think much of the reason I can accept this relationship is because I am able to see her as a woman’: A discursive analysis of transgender partnership ‘coming to terms’ talk in an online forum
Authors: Bramwell Jack , Seymour-Smith Sarah
Published: January 2023

The heterosexual romantic partnership offers a pivotal means through which many transgendered people are avowed and accepted within their transitioned sex. Yet despite the heteronormative status of such relationships it is unclear what complications may exist regarding the avowal of transgender legitimacy given that transitioning sex is counter-intuitive to notions of heteronormativity. Using discursive psychology, we examined a ‘coming to terms’ account from a heterosexual (non-transitioning) male in an online forum who was currently involved with a male-to-female transgendered woman. We found that ‘coming to terms’ was couched in heteronormative preferences whereby subsequent acceptance of the relationship celebrated, but constrained, the legitimacy of a transitioned female partner. The partner’s womanhood was thus positioned as temporary and a masquerade. Our findings highlight the active means through which transgender legitimacy is undermined, and how the partner enacts a gate-keeping role which limits transgendered participation within the relationship. Future directions for subsequent inquiry are also discussed.
A short report on the Trait Meta-Mood Scale and the importance of scale norms
Authors: Zahra Daniel , Hedge Craig , Wyles Kayleigh , Bailey Chantelle , G. Sanders Benjamin
Published: January 2023

Measurement of individual differences variables in social psychology is difficult. Despite a range of carefully constructed scales, measures of constructs such as avoidance, motivation, or reasoning include a lot of variability. One way to accommodate this is to use statistics which take measurement variability into account, yet this is difficult to do without knowing the distribution of scores within the population of interest. This article provides estimates of population statistics based on a larger sample than exists in the literature for a commonly used measure of emotional experience, the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS; Salovey et al., 1995). Scale and subscale norms for a student population are presented alongside discussion of the TMMS factor structure. This information is of importance when investigating trait meta-mood and related constructs, and the underlying issues motivating this work are discussed in light of developing future research designs and emotion-based theories of social interaction.
A thematic analysis investigating the factors affecting students’ decision making regarding their eating behaviours
Authors: Large Katie , Montague Jane
Published: January 2023

Wansink and Sobal (2007) suggest that people make around 200 decisions every day about food, many of which are ‘mindless’. For young people control over any independent and conscious decisions about their food and eating might only happen after moving away from the family environment. The pilot study reported here outlines a thematic analysis investigating the experiences of four female university students regarding their eating behaviours in halls during their first year at university. Previous work has suggested that both eating disorders and weight gain are common within the student community (Bryant, Darkes & Rahal, 2012; LaCaille et al., 2011). Two main themes that were found throughout the analysis: the initial move from family life to independence and the flat environment. Participants explained the frustration they felt as several factors restricted them in their ability to apply their knowledge about food to their eating behaviours. The conclusions suggest how psychology might further explore ways in which the eating behaviours of students might be improved.
Keeping a distance: Social identity, workplace bullying, and job satisfaction
Authors: L.Q. Galang Marianne , E. Jones Siân
Published: January 2023

Workplace bullying has been widely researched due to the negative effects it has on employees’ psychological well-being and job satisfaction. At the same time, social identity theory has been applied to the study of work place bullying as a potential means to understand and reduce the experience of it. In this study, participants (N=65) took part in an online questionnaire where experiences of bullying, social identity, and job satisfaction were measured. Analyses indicated that social identity fully mediates the association between bullying and job satisfaction, such that experience of workplace bullying leads to a reduction in social identification, and a resultant increase in job satisfaction. The implications of these findings for a social identity account of workplace bullying, and the ways in which these findings might inform workplace anti-bullying interventions are discussed.
A socialcultural psychology of the life-course
Authors: Zittoun Tania
Published: January 2023

It was a pleasure and honour to be invited to present my work at the British Psychological Society’s Developmental Psychology Section and Social Psychology Section Annual Conference 2015, and I here thank the organisers for this kind invitation. I was particularly happy to intervene under this double auspice, as I believe that it is not only theoretically relevant to articulate developmental and social dynamics – I also believe that it is the only way we can address current human and societal challenges as psychologists. In this paper, which is very close to the lecture I gave, I first go back to the link between social and developmental psychology, before sketching a sociocultural approach of the life-course. I then argue that, in order to understand human specificities, we need not only to understand the many social spaces and places through which people move and act, but also, the places of memory, dreams and imagination through which they wander. I finally present two current research topics, before coming back to some implications of my propositions.
‘It don’t matter if you’re Black or White’?: Aversive racism and perceptions of interethnic romantic relationships
Authors: West Keon , Lowe Robert , Marsden Victoria
Published: January 2023

Despite widespread contemporary egalitarian norms, research shows that racial bias continues to manifest in many subtle ways. One such way is aversive racism - discrimination that occurs when it may be rationalised on non-racial grounds. This current research investigates whether aversive racism affects perceptions of interethnic relationships. White, female participants (N=130) were shown a romantic couple in which both partners were White (White condition), or in which one partner was Black (Interethnic condition). Within these conditions, half the participants were given unreliable negative information about the relationship (negative information condition), while the other half did not receive this information (no negative information condition). As hypothesised, in the absence of negative information, participants rated the White and interethnic couples equally positively; however, when they received unreliable negative information (i.e. a non-racial justification for negativity) participants rated the interethnic couple more negatively than the White couple. Implications for perceptions of interethnic romantic relationships are discussed. Keywords: aversive racism; romantic relationships.
Measuring patient satisfaction: Insights from social psychology
Authors: Daramilas Christos , Jaspal Rusi
Published: January 2023

This article focuses on patient satisfaction, itself based on patient experience, as a means of tapping into patient quality of care. Current measures of patient satisfaction are inadequate. For instance, some do not acknowledge the role of cultural diversity, values, and identities in patient satisfaction. The main purpose of this article is to identify the aspects of an adequate measure of patient satisfaction. A brief review of existing scales is provided. More specifically, a small sample of scales in the following healthcare contexts is critically evaluated: primary care; out-of-hours primary care; outpatient care; nursing care; chronic illness care; integrated elderly care; mental health care; psychiatric care; and compassionate care. Various healthcare settings are explored in order to provide a more holistic overview of patient satisfaction. Drawing on a range of social psychological theories of identity, representation, and action, it is argued that an appropriate measure should be patient-focused and capture patients’ perceptions and experiences of the care they receive; it should be culturally sensitive and consider cultural values; and it should encompass both the physical and psychological dimensions of healthcare. Conclusions provide general recommendations regarding the items that could form part of a new measure of patient satisfaction in healthcare, including a set of generic items that should constitute its backbone. This new universal measure could facilitate more systematic data collection surrounding patient satisfaction as well as the comparison of patient satisfaction in distinct healthcare contexts. A multi-faceted measure of patient satisfaction drawing on social psychological principles will be a pivotal tool for collecting data that are conducive to the improvement of patient quality of care.
COURSEWORK STRESS IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: Investigating problem solving coping, wishful thinking coping, anxiety and depression as predictors of coursework stress.
Authors: ROY ANN-MARIE
Published: January 2023

The aim of the present study was to investigate students’ perceived university coursework stress and whether the use of wishful thinking or problem-focused coping was related to anxiety and depression levels. The method of investigation was a four-part questionnaire. Participants were 81 Glasgow Caledonian University students. There were two hypotheses: 1) problem solving copers will score lower on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale. 2) Those high in perceived coursework stress and who reveal wishful thinking strategies will have higher anxiety and depression scores. A multiple regression revealed partial support for both hypotheses – problem strategies had no relationship to coursework stress but wishful thinking and anxiety were both positive predictors of stress; however, contrary to hypothesis 2 depression revealed a strong negative association with stress. The conclusion from this study is that wishful thinkers are also more likely to be anxious; problem focused copers are not anxious, depressed or stressed; stressed students do not suffer from depression. The last finding is possibly because coursework stress is a transient stressor not severe enough to trigger depression.
What are the implications of a recovery model for mental health services and for service users?
Authors: Galliard Helen
Published: January 2023

In discussing the implications of a recovery model on service users/survivors and mental health services, it is essential to define recovery. In illustrating the controversial nature of this concept it is pragmatic to discuss service users and workers in mentalhealth because implications of the recovery model affect both, but in different ways. Itis important to realise there is a division in the focus of each group; service users generally want independence from services while health care providers focus on methods an models (Bonney & Stickley, 2008). In working together both groups can improve theprovision of recovery services.
WHAT IS CAPGRAS SYNDROME?
Authors: STOCKER BEN
Published: January 2023

‘YOU LOOK LIKE MY MOTHER… BUT YOU ARE AN IMPOSTER!’
ARE FARMERS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS?
Authors: LEWIS FFION
Published: January 2023

IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A PUSH FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND AN EFFORT TO DESTIGMATISE POOR MENTAL HEALTH – BUT ARE THOSE IN AGRICULTURE BEING LEFT BEHIND?
REFLECTIONS OF AN ASSISTANT PSYCHOLOGIST
Authors: ROSS HELEN
Published: January 2023

WITH THE HOPE OF NORMALISING EXPERIENCES AND INSPIRING OTHER UPCOMING PROFESSIONALS WANTING TO PURSUE A CAREER IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, HELEN USED A REFLECTIVE MODEL TO SHARE INSIGHT INTO HER CAREER DEVELOPMENT THUS FAR.
THE WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 ON OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING
Authors: ANDERSON HEATHER
Published: January 2023

IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE CORONA VIRUS OR COVID-19 HAS CAUSED A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC, AFFECTING OVER 190 COUNTRIES (BBC, 2021). THIS HAS HAD A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON A HUGE PROPORTION OF THE WORLD POPULATION FOR MANY REASONS. THESE REASONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, BUSINESS CLOSURES, LOSS OF WORK, LOSS OF EARNINGS, LOSS OF EDUCATION, POSTPONED OR CANCELLED EVENTS, ADAPTING TO NEW WAYS OF WORKING/ THINKING/LIVING AND ISOLATING AT HOME TO ONLY NAME A FEW. NOT TO MENTION THE PROBLEMS THAT COME WITH CONTRACTING THE VIRUS ITSELF, SOMETIMES TO DETRIMENTAL ENDS (MUELLER ET AL, 2021).
TO WHAT EXTENT DOES A CHILD’S CHRONIC ILLNESS INFLUENCE PARENTAL STRESS?
Authors: HOWARTH MOLLY
Published: January 2023

A CHRONIC ILLNESS IS A PROLONGED CONDITION (3 MONTHS+) THAT IS RARELY COMPLETELY CURED OR RESOLVED SPONTANEOUSLY (DOWRICK ET AL., 2005) AND IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH GLOBALLY (YACH ET AL., 2004). RESEARCH SUGGESTS UP TO 51.5 PER CENT OF CHILDREN WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE HAD A CHRONIC ILLNESS AT SOME POINT BEFORE THE AGE OF 14 AND THIS FIGURE IS INCREASING EACH YEAR (CLEAVE ET AL., 2010), WITH THE MOST COMMON CONDITIONS BEING ASTHMA, DIABETES, EPILEPSY AND CANCER (NEWACHECK & STODDARD, 1994).
Thc-You Later Chronic Pain?
Authors: Bowles Issbella
Published: January 2023

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE USE OF MEDICAL CANNABIS AS A TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC PAIN.
Understanding The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Development
Authors: Antony Evelyn
Published: January 2023

THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC HAS LED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDENS GLOBALLY, WITH HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS BEING OVERWORKED AND SOCIETIES BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE (BAVEL ET AL., 2020).
What motivates coaching clients? A practitioner’s view
Authors: Gelona Joe
Published: January 2023

Motivation is seen as a crucial ingredient to the success of any venture. It is a key element in moving people to action and in enabling them to attain valued outcomes from goals they choose to pursue.

This paper explores and discusses what people in executive/business and management roles have to say about self-motivation and what moves them to action. It attempts to identify the motives (factors) these individuals perceive as most strongly capable of facilitating and enabling their self-motivation. The discussion, which focuses on the intrinsic/extrinsic construct, and also considers the influence of values, beliefs and emotions, is supported by the findings from individuals’ responses to a small survey, and observations gained by the author through working with coaching clients.
A new frontier of research and practice: Observation of coaching behaviour
Authors: Greif Siegfried
Published: January 2023

This paper gives an overview of recent observation studies of coaching behaviour and the coaching relationship. It follows a keynote at the 2nd European Coaching Psychology Conference, December 2009, in London. Models influencing the research are drawn from studies of the behaviour of psychotherapists that help to understand the effects of therapeutic interventions. The background to the article is a process-theory of coaching. It reformulates and integrates general factors derived by Gassman and Grawe (2006) from behaviour observation studies. The process-theory assumes that the effects of coaching in general depend partly on seven hypothetical success factors of coaching behaviour that can be assessed by ratings of the observed behaviour of coaches: (1) Appreciation and emotional support of the client; (2) result-oriented problem reflection; (3) result-oriented self-reflection; (4) reflection and calibration of affects; (5) clarification of goals; (6) resource activation; and (7) support of transfer into practice. In a pilot study, trained observers rated the behaviour of coaches using video recordings of coaching sessions. The results show that outcome criteria can be predicted by specific success factors. To understand better how coaching works and how to improve coaching effectiveness, more research and multidisciplinary methods are recommended.
In-session Behaviour Incompatible with Goals (BIG problems) within coaching
Authors: Dunkley Christine , Palmer Stephen
Published: January 2023

The concept ofBehaviourIncompatible withGoals (BIG problems) has been developed for the field of coaching based on Linehan’s original work on Therapy-Interfering-Behaviour used within Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Behaviour Incompatible with Goals can prevent coachees from making progress in coaching. Both the practitioner and coach can have BIG problems. This article covers how to deal with BIG problems that occur in-session.
Patterns of leadership behaviour: Implications for successful executive coaching outcomes
Authors: Wasylyshyn Karol M. , Shorey Hal S. , Chaffin Jason S.
Published: January 2023

An analysis of 300 business executive coaching cases resulted in the identification of three leadership behaviour patterns. These patterns were conceptualised on a continuum of remarkable, perilous, and toxic behaviour. It is suggested that the ability to recognise where their clients are on this behavioural continuum may aid executive coaches in sustaining coaching traction and achieving successful outcomes. This article presents several factors in a coach/boss partnership approach that helped discern where these executives fell on this continuum, as well as preliminary psychometric data that indicate the empirical validity of these leadership behaviour patterns. Further, based on using this behaviour patterns information in hundreds of positive coaching outcomes, specific coaching guidance is also provided. This guidance is based on an insight-oriented coaching model focused on promoting behaviour change most often in the area of emotional intelligence (EQ). Helping remarkable executives to leverage their reciprocal engagement with others can accelerate coaching success with these leaders. Minimising executives’ deep-seated feelings of ‘unrequited work’ is key for the effective coaching of those with a perilous behaviour pattern. Leaders with predominately toxic behaviours warrant particular scrutiny at the needs assessment stage for they may or may not be viable coaching candidates.
Structure and characteristics of effective coaching practice
Authors: Wang Qing
Published: January 2023

The paper reviews a range of existing coaching models published from 2000 to 2010 that have been widely used in the field of executive coaching, personal coaching and performance coaching. It has been found that these models provide a comprehensive template or pervasive structure of effective coaching practice. The structure covers seven main elements: coaching relationship; learning process; evaluation of outcomes; context and environment; essential coaching skills; qualities and attitudes; and finally ethical consideration. The paper unpacks each element and discusses the characteristics of effective coaching practice. It concludes that coaching practitioners should design their models based on these fundamental elements and ground their practice in solid theoretical understanding and empirically-tested models.
A method to improve the coach-participant match in executive coaching
Authors: Gehlert Kurt M. , Ressler Thomas H. , Anderson Nicholas H. , Swanson Nicole M.
Published: January 2023

To prepare executives for the competitive and dynamic world of business, MBA and EMBA programmes have begun using executive coaching to develop high-functioning executives. Of the top 10 EMBA programmes discussed in the 2011 US News and World Report, all offered some form of executive coaching to their students. Despite this, many programmes are unsure of how to effectively utilise coaching with their students. This article presents a four-step method developed to facilitate student self-awareness and optimise matching with an executive coach. Because of the critical importance of the coach-participant match in coaching outcome, this method is presented as a way to optimise the efficiency and effectiveness of executive coaching with MBA and EMBA students.
Kundalini and transpersonal development: Development of a Kundalini Awakening Scale and a comparison between groups
Authors: Sanches Laura , Daniels Michael
Published: January 2023

Development of a pilot psychometric instrument, the ‘Kundalini Awakening Scale’ (KAS) is described. The KAS was administered to groups of 24 Yoga teachers, 37 Yoga students, 22 people following other spiritual traditions, and 28 people from a general population. Results indicated that kundalini experience was highest in the group of people from other spiritual traditions. Second highest were the Yoga teachers, followed by Yoga students and, finally, the general population. There was also evidence that kundalini experience increases with years of Yoga practice (not age), and with a regular regime of meditation. The group following other spiritual traditions showed greater evi.d-ence of more disruptive and negative kundalini experiences. It is suggested that this may result from their following a relatively unstructured path of development, in contrast with the Yoga groups which follow a safer, structured approach to kundalini arousal.
On the use of cognitive science in teacher education in England
Authors: Baird Jo-Anne
Published: January 2023

Cognitive science has been advancing in a range of areas that are very helpful for teachers, such as spaced learning, interleaving, retrieval practice, managing cognitive load, working with schemas, multimedia learning, and embodied learning. The Education Endowment Foundation funded a review of ‘Cognitive Science in the Classroom’, which identified high quality research and translated it for teachers. In a series of policy documents, the Department for Education has integrated the findings of this report into its initial teacher education curriculum. Construction of a curriculum is not a valueneutral, scientific activity. In this article, I raise issues regarding the kinds of teaching that will be produced in this approach. There are epistemological, axiological, ontological, and pedagogical issues underlying the decisions that have been taken. Use of cognitive science in teacher education in an instrumental way could damage confidence in educational psychology if it undermines the quality of teacher education and teaching in England.
The Process Of Islamization Of Education In Iran And Its Consequences
Authors: Rabiei Sussane
Published: January 2023

This study is an attempt to investigate the process of Islamization of education and its consequences on the quality of education in Iran. At first, the history of Islamization of education, its motivations, goals, and implementation methods have been examined. Then, the consequences of Islamic education, including the impact on scientific transparency and the freedom of action of researchers, are mentioned. The study is fundamental in terms of purpose. Because in the official education of Iran, there is not much possibility for a detailed analysis of the process of Islamization of education and its effects, it is necessary to explore and highlight the issue in terms of recording a historical moment in Iran. The importance of the issue can be seen in order to examine the impact of the institution of power on the institution of education as well. The difference between the localization of science in the sense of applying knowledge to solve specific societal problems and the limitation of science in line with ideological goals is an important part of any study that is conducted to investigate the Islamization of education. Some previous articles have ignored this aspect either because of the limitations or because of the researcher’s bias. The cultural revolution that took place with the aim of “Islamizing modern universities and eliminating the gap between the religious and university education systems” was the starting point of this process. Although the intellectual background had already been provided and the revolutionaries sought to make fundamental changes in the education system even before the 1957 revolution. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, during the Cultural Revolution, nearly eight thousand university professors, which were almost half of all university professors in Iran, were fired from universities. Since the cultural revolution of Iran, a system was established for the selection of professors, and political-ideological selection was added to the scientific selection. However, strict systematic monitoring of the work of professors and researchers hinders the free work of professors who have passed the compulsory selections, and in case of violation of the established frameworks, they face dismissal and even arrest and imprisonment. Iran’s textbooks have changed many times, and in these changes, ideological content has taken the place of educational content. The work of academic researchers, especially in the field of humanities, has faced many difficulties. Islamization of education starts from elementary textbooks and reaches the highest levels of higher education. Therefore, it is very important to study and investigate the process of Islamization of education in Iran in terms of the obvious and hidden effects on the quality of education.