A case study investigation or the autonomic and endocrine response to psychosocial demand in the workplace. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, T., Westbury, T., Davison, R., & Florida-James, G. (2017, July). A case study investigation or the autonomic and endocrine response to psychosocial demand in the workplace. Paper presented at 38th Annual Conferenec of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society

Purpose: To investigate the effect of acute day-to-day psychosocial work characteristics upon the autonomic and endocrine stress response.
Design: The study employed a single case study design to measure 24 hour ambulatory heart rate variability (... Read More about A case study investigation or the autonomic and endocrine response to psychosocial demand in the workplace..

The role of make-believe in Foley (2016)
Book Chapter
Carruthers, L., & Turner, P. (2016). The role of make-believe in Foley. In P. Turner, & J. T. Harviainen (Eds.), Digital Make-Believe (125-139). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29553-4_8

The acts of pretending and make-believe are almost exclusively studied in the context of child development and child psychology. This study was therefore an exploratory investigation of these functions in adulthood. Ten Foley artists were interviewed... Read More about The role of make-believe in Foley.

Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers (2015)
Journal Article
Barbosa-Leiker, C., Hollins Martin, C. J., Martin, C. R., & Fleming, S. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 33(5), 504-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2015.1024211

Objective: The aims of this study were to continue the scale development process of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) by refining the scale to make it culturally relevant for US participants, examining the factor structure of the BSS-R, an... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers.

Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us" (2015)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015). Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us". In J. Brown, & N. F. Johnson (Eds.), Children’s Images of Identity: Drawing the Self and the Other (1-13). Sense Publishers

No abstract available.

“What is strange is that we don't have more children coming to us”: A habitography of child psychiatrists and scholastic pressure in Kolkata, India (2014)
Journal Article
Ecks, S., & Kupfer, C. (2015). “What is strange is that we don't have more children coming to us”: A habitography of child psychiatrists and scholastic pressure in Kolkata, India. Social Science and Medicine, 143, 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.048

The mental health of Indian school children could be expected to be a major topic of research. More people below 15 years are living in India than in any other country in the world, and India has undergone rapid social, economic, and demographic chan... Read More about “What is strange is that we don't have more children coming to us”: A habitography of child psychiatrists and scholastic pressure in Kolkata, India.

Emotional and aesthetic attachment to digital artefacts (2012)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2012). Emotional and aesthetic attachment to digital artefacts. Cognition, Technology and Work, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-012-0231-x

We report a pair of repertory grid studies that explore the attachment people have for digital and nondigital
artefacts.
In the first study we found no clear distinctions between emotional attachment to digital and nondigital
artefacts: people are... Read More about Emotional and aesthetic attachment to digital artefacts.

Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C. (2009, July). Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile. Presented at 6th Conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology

‘Resisting’ Ritalin: Parental Talk about Treatment Medication in Childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
ABSTRACT
Background: Childhood ADHD is a contested public health area in international contexts with rising incidences predi... Read More about Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile..

(Mis)Communication and context for childhood vaccinations: a role for critical health psychology? (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., & Hogg, R. (2009, July). (Mis)Communication and context for childhood vaccinations: a role for critical health psychology?. Presented at 6th International Society for Critical Health Psychology

Background: The promotion of childhood vaccinations is complex in the literature. Vaccination is important to ensure protection from infectious diseases but in developed countries rates for vaccinations have fallen in recent years. The Measles, Mumps... Read More about (Mis)Communication and context for childhood vaccinations: a role for critical health psychology?.

Beyond the ‘Conveyor Belt’ experience: parents and professional views of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., McIntosh, P., Hogg, R., & Christie, J. A. (2009, June). Beyond the ‘Conveyor Belt’ experience: parents and professional views of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh. Poster presented at NHS Lothian Best Practice Day/Improving the Quality of the Patient Experience

Aims: This initial six month study was instigated by Patricia McIntosh and funded by Edinburgh Napier University. The work involved collaboration between NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Napier University which aimed to explore the views and experiences of... Read More about Beyond the ‘Conveyor Belt’ experience: parents and professional views of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh..

Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology. (2007)
Journal Article
Wishart, J. G., Cebula, K. R., Willis, D., & Pitcairn, T. K. (2007). Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51, 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00947.x

Background Interpreting emotional expressions is a socio-cognitive skill central to interpersonal interaction. Poor emotion recognition has been reported in autism but is less well understood in other kinds of intellectual disabilities (ID), with pr... Read More about Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology..

Only make believe : ways of playing (2005)
Exhibition / Performance
McMurdo, W., Jacobus, M., Stewart, S., & Warner, M. Only make believe : ways of playing. Exhibited at Compton Verney. 25 March 2005 - 5 June 2005

Only Make-Believe explores the innate relationship between play, make-believe and art, through the work of over thirty modern and contemporary artists. The link between play and creativity deepened during the twentieth-century and the exhibition focu... Read More about Only make believe : ways of playing.

Wendy McMurdo. (2004)
Exhibition / Performance
McMurdo, W., & Stathatos, J. Wendy McMurdo. Exhibited at Museum for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2004 - 2004

A solo exhibition of work by Wendy McMurdo, widely regarded as one of Scotland's leading contemporary artists, working in the field of photography and digital media.The exhibition consists of images from her on-going series of images of children at p... Read More about Wendy McMurdo..