All Outputs (12)

The influence of personality and psychological variables on immunological response in recently diagnosed breast cancer patients (2014)
Thesis
Walker, A. A. The influence of personality and psychological variables on immunological response in recently diagnosed breast cancer patients. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216292

Abstract: In Study one, 183 women were assessed 6 weeks post-surgery for early breast cancer using the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R), the Positive and Negative and Affect Schedule (PANAS), the Multidimensional Health Locus of Cont... Read More about The influence of personality and psychological variables on immunological response in recently diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Can training community mental health nurses to support family carers reduce behavioural problems in dementia? An exploratory pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2008)
Journal Article
Moniz-Cook, E., Elston, C., Gardiner, E., Agar, S., Silver, M., Win, T., & Wang, M. (2008). Can training community mental health nurses to support family carers reduce behavioural problems in dementia? An exploratory pragmatic randomised controlled trial. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 23(2), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.1860

Background: Community mental health nurses (CMHNs) are the backbone of specialist mental health services in the UK. This study evaluated the effects of training CMHNs in a systematic psychosocial intervention (PSI), to help family carers manage behav... Read More about Can training community mental health nurses to support family carers reduce behavioural problems in dementia? An exploratory pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

An investigation of social skills training for pupils with autistic spectrum disorders within a mainstream school environment (2007)
Thesis
Plumb, K. G. An investigation of social skills training for pupils with autistic spectrum disorders within a mainstream school environment. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214452

Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are disadvantaged within a learning environment that is not conducive to their cognitive and learning styles (Mesibov and Howley, 2003): this is because they do not possess the necessary social, communi... Read More about An investigation of social skills training for pupils with autistic spectrum disorders within a mainstream school environment.

Social dysfunction in chronic schizophrenia: nature, treatment and generalization (2005)
Thesis
Alladin, W. J. Social dysfunction in chronic schizophrenia: nature, treatment and generalization. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212536

The present research explores the impact of neurocognitive status on generalization of social skills training and how these difficulties are further compounded by the difficulty of inadequate matching of problems to treatments. The generalization pro... Read More about Social dysfunction in chronic schizophrenia: nature, treatment and generalization.

Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives (2004)
Journal Article
Young, E., Eddleston, J., Ingleby, S., Streets, J., McJanet, L., Wang, M., & Glover, L. (2005). Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives. Intensive care medicine, 31(1), 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2495-y

Objective: This study gathered data on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients and relatives after discharge from intensive care and examined whether the intensive care population differ from an elective cardiac surgery group with regards to t... Read More about Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives.

An investigation into implicit emotional memory with concurrent midazolam amnesia following colonoscopy (2003)
Thesis
Beckett, J. An investigation into implicit emotional memory with concurrent midazolam amnesia following colonoscopy. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218510

The aim of this study was to investigate whether implicit emotional memory could be demonstrated in patients undergoing a colonoscopy with midazolam sedation. It was hypothesised that the distress associated with a noxious non-surgical procedure woul... Read More about An investigation into implicit emotional memory with concurrent midazolam amnesia following colonoscopy.

A longitudinal investigation of the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction (2002)
Thesis
Upstone, L. A longitudinal investigation of the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216193

This longitudinal study aimed to investigate into the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction. The study was based upon the psychological sequelae model of infertility and encompasses the framework of the family systems theory.

The study c... Read More about A longitudinal investigation of the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction.

Nurses' management of deliberate self-harm in an acute residential setting (2001)
Thesis
Steere, C. J. Nurses' management of deliberate self-harm in an acute residential setting. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216793

The study aimed to address the question of what represents the most therapeutic response when a client self-harms on an acute inpatient mental health unit. The null hypothesis was that nurse response type would have no bearing on how long it was befo... Read More about Nurses' management of deliberate self-harm in an acute residential setting.

Psychological factors that influence patient participation in cancer clinical trials (2001)
Thesis
Davis, C. J. Psychological factors that influence patient participation in cancer clinical trials. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212990

The accrual of patients to cancer clinical trials has been noted by a number of authors as a significant problem. Research to date has examined a range of patient and physician related factors that may account for the low accrual rate. Patient refusa... Read More about Psychological factors that influence patient participation in cancer clinical trials.

A personal construct theory approach to addressing adherence in an adolescent asthmatic population (2001)
Thesis
Lakin, J. A. A personal construct theory approach to addressing adherence in an adolescent asthmatic population. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216976

This study is an exploratory investigation into understanding adherence behaviour in a random sample of 13 asthmatic adolescents selected from a General Practice population. Personal Construct Theory is used as a theoretical and methodological framew... Read More about A personal construct theory approach to addressing adherence in an adolescent asthmatic population.

Experiences of menorrhagia and hysterectomy : an exploratory study (2001)
Thesis
Crook, R. Experiences of menorrhagia and hysterectomy : an exploratory study. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222079

Hysterectomy is the second most commonly performed women’s operation today, and yet still ‘the psychological implications remain obscure’ (Meikle, 1977; p i28). Previous research focused on whether hysterectomy ‘caused’ psychological distress, but wa... Read More about Experiences of menorrhagia and hysterectomy : an exploratory study.

Work, work values and religious values : how Christian clinical psychologists experience the connections (1999)
Thesis
Baker, M. C. Work, work values and religious values : how Christian clinical psychologists experience the connections. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210679

The job of the clinical psychologist has been described as that of the 'scientist-practitioner', giving the impression that, in broad terms, it involves the practical application of psychological knowledge in a clinical setting. This study commences... Read More about Work, work values and religious values : how Christian clinical psychologists experience the connections.