Clinical Psychology

Research Projects - Abstracts for Graduates in 2003

These abstracts are downloadable as Word documents.

A preliminary investigation to determine the reliability and validity of a newly developed assessment procedure

A qualitative exploration of adjustment following myocardial infarction in a sample of women

A qualitative study investigating the meaning of sickle cell anaemia for adolescent boys

An exploration of the relationship between basic psychological needs, ward atmosphere and patient

An exploratory and qualitative study on becoming a clinical psychologist in substance misuse

Associations between self-report measures of perceived stress, broad-minded coping, subjective well-being

Attachment Style and Occupational Stress in Paediatric Nursing Staff

Clinical Psychologists developing management roles in the NHS

Exploring Nursing Staff’s experience of caring for women who self-harm in a forensic setting

Exploring the experiences of young

How young people experience and make sense of exposure to physical violence between intimate adults

Narratives of Ageing and Migration

Perceived childhood attachment, adult attachment, and expressed emotion in people who have psychotic experiences

Self-esteem and social support in deaf adolescents

Service Users’ Understanding and Experiences of Mental Health Advocacy

Service-users’ experiences of the process of being engaged by assertive outreach teams

Somali Refugees Transition to the UK

Staff perceptions and management of difficult issues and the feelings they generate in relationships

Talking and Thinking - A study of adolescents experiences

The development and pilot of an ethno-cultural identity assessment tool for use with people with learning difficulties

The discourses of clinical psychologists working on adult acute inpatient psychiatric wards

The nature of the cognitive vulnerability to delusions

Young men’s lay perceptions of the concepts of ‘mental health’ and ‘mental health problems

Abstracts for Post Qual Graduates in 2003

A pilot study to develop self-report outcome measures for people

A qualitative exploration of the befriending process in minor mental illness

Dual relationships between clinical psychologists and their clients

Less of a woman

Narrative Therapy – Definition and Practice in the UK

Organisational Factors, Stress and Burnout on Psychological Therapists working in Primary Care

Segregated secure psychiatric services for women forensic patients

Working with sex offenders