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Registered replication report: Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990) (2014)
Journal Article
Alogna, V. K., Attaya, M. K., Aucoin, P., Bahník, Š., Birch, S., Birt, A. R., …Zwaan, R. A. (2014). Registered replication report: Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 556-578. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691614545653

Trying to remember something now typically improves your ability to remember it later. However, after watching a video of a simulated bank robbery, participants who verbally described the robber were 25% worse at identifying the robber in a lineup th... Read More about Registered replication report: Schooler and Engstler-Schooler (1990).

The psychological impact of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) on girls/women’s mental health: a narrative literature review. (2014)
Journal Article
Mulongo, P., Hollins Martin, C. J., & McAndrew, S. (2014). The psychological impact of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) on girls/women’s mental health: a narrative literature review. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 32, 469-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2014.949641

Background: female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is the procedure of removing healthy external genitalia from girls/women for socio-cultural reasons. There is much scientific literature on the adverse physical health complications that can resul... Read More about The psychological impact of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) on girls/women’s mental health: a narrative literature review..

Crossing borders: discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation. (2014)
Journal Article
Mulongo, P., McAndrew, S., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2014). Crossing borders: discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23, 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12060

The terms ‘Female Circumcision’ (FC), ‘FG Cutting’ (FGC) and ‘FG Mutilation’ (FGM) refer to procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. In practicing countries, FGC/FC is more widely us... Read More about Crossing borders: discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation..

Investigating the Influence of Causal Attributions on Both the Worksheet and Checklist Versions of the HCR-20 (2014)
Journal Article
Murray, J., Charles, K. E., Cooke, D. J., & Thomson, M. E. (2014). Investigating the Influence of Causal Attributions on Both the Worksheet and Checklist Versions of the HCR-20. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 13(1), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2014.890978

Attribution theories suggest that when assessing an individual's actions, judgments are made about the cause of these behaviours and often these judgments focus on internal or external causal explanations. The current research investigated the effect... Read More about Investigating the Influence of Causal Attributions on Both the Worksheet and Checklist Versions of the HCR-20.

On Depression and Subjectivity: A Lacanian Approach (2014)
Thesis
Johnson, R. A. On Depression and Subjectivity: A Lacanian Approach. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7559

The signifier of ‘depression’, substantiated by dominant therapeutic practices such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and constructed by mainstream psychological discourse, is ubiquitous. Yet within the omnipresent nature of such a social pandemic lie... Read More about On Depression and Subjectivity: A Lacanian Approach.

Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed? (2014)
Journal Article
Fox, C. L., Corr, M., Gadd, D., & Sim, J. (2016). Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed?. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 21(1), 212-227. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12046

Purpose A number of school-based domestic abuse prevention programmes have been developed in the United Kingdom, but evidence as to the effectiveness of such programmes is limited. The aim of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of one suc... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed?.

‘O Cursed Spite: On Ethics and Time’ (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Neill, C. (2014, January). ‘O Cursed Spite: On Ethics and Time’. Paper presented at Symposium Depsychologizing / Deneurologizing Modern Subjectivity, Ghent

Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Murray, J., Williams, B., Hoskins, G., McGhee, J., Gauld, D., & Brown, G. (2013). Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma. In Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Systems and Applications; Lecture Notes in Computer Science. , (60-65). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39420-1_7

The current paper describes the development of a theory-informed interactive animation and which aims to increase levels of physical activity in young people with asthma. The project adopts a multi-disciplinary theoretical perspective, applying know... Read More about Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma.

Acutely induced anxiety increases negative interpretations of events in a closed-circuit television monitoring task (2013)
Journal Article
Cooper, R. M., Howard, C. J., Attwood, A. S., Stirland, R., Rostant, V., Renton, L. E., …Munafò, M. R. (2013). Acutely induced anxiety increases negative interpretations of events in a closed-circuit television monitoring task. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2012.704352

In two experiments we measured the effects of 7.5% CO? inhalation on the interpretation of video footage recorded on closed circuit television (CCTV). As predicted, inhalation of 7.5% CO? was associated with increases in physiological and subjective... Read More about Acutely induced anxiety increases negative interpretations of events in a closed-circuit television monitoring task.

Recovering from childhood sexual abuse: a theoretical framework for practice and research. (2013)
Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., Karatzias, T., & Gullone, A. (2013). Recovering from childhood sexual abuse: a theoretical framework for practice and research. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21, 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12048

Research on survivors' experiences of recovering from childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been limited and focused on those with severe mental health difficulties. This study elicited experiences of recovery from CSA in male and female survivors who hav... Read More about Recovering from childhood sexual abuse: a theoretical framework for practice and research..

Interpersonal trauma in female offenders : a new, brief, psycho-educational intervention in a community based setting. (2013)
Journal Article
Ball, S., Karatzias, T., Mahoney, A., Ferguson, S., & Pate, K. (2013). Interpersonal trauma in female offenders : a new, brief, psycho-educational intervention in a community based setting. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 24, 795-802. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2013.852233

Background: High prevalence rates of interpersonal violence and abuse histories in female offenders have been well documented in the literature. However, the evidence base on the effectiveness of such interventions remains rather limited. Objective:... Read More about Interpersonal trauma in female offenders : a new, brief, psycho-educational intervention in a community based setting..

Configural and featural information in facial-composite images (2013)
Journal Article
Frowd, C. D., Jones, S., Fodarella, C., Skelton, F. C., Fields, S., Williams, A., …Hancock, P. J. (2014). Configural and featural information in facial-composite images. Science & Justice, 54(3), 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2013.11.001

Eyewitnesses are often invited to construct a facial composite, an image created of the person they saw commit a crime that is used by law enforcement to locate criminal suspects. In the current paper, the effectiveness of composite images was inves... Read More about Configural and featural information in facial-composite images.

Nature of child sexual abuse and psychopathology in adult survivors : results from a clinical sample in Scotland. (2013)
Journal Article
Bak-Klimek, A., Karatzias, T., Campbell, J., Pugh, R., Laybourn, P., & Elliott, L. (2014). Nature of child sexual abuse and psychopathology in adult survivors : results from a clinical sample in Scotland. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21, 550-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12127

The relationship between history of childhood sexual abuse and psychopathology in adult life is well established. However, understanding of the mechanisms by which abuse exerts its effects is limited. To our knowledge, this is the first study which i... Read More about Nature of child sexual abuse and psychopathology in adult survivors : results from a clinical sample in Scotland..

Using compassionate mind training as a resource in EMDR: a case study. (2013)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2013). a case study. Journal of EMDR practice and research, 7, 186-198. https://doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.7.4.186

This case study examines the contribution of compassionate mind training (CMT) when used as a resource in the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of a 58-year-old man, who presented after a recent trauma with psychologica... Read More about Using compassionate mind training as a resource in EMDR: a case study..

Exploration of the experiences of young mothers seeking and accessing health services. (2013)
Journal Article
Robb, Y., McInery, D., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2013). Exploration of the experiences of young mothers seeking and accessing health services. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 31, 399-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2013.832181

The objective was to explore young mothers’ experiences of seeking and accessing health services, specifically maternity care. Study design: a phenomenological approach underpinned by the work of Husserl and guided by the framework offered by Giorgi.... Read More about Exploration of the experiences of young mothers seeking and accessing health services..

El Autor Y El Acto (2013)
Book Chapter
Neill, C. (2013). El Autor Y El Acto. In Lacan, discurso, acontecimiento: nuevos análisis de la indeterminación textual (317-327)

Obedience: defying the crowd in midwifery practice. (2013)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J. (2013). Obedience: defying the crowd in midwifery practice. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 31, 105-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2013.798166

Most people will have observed the often impressive synchrony of the behavior of fish in a school or birds in a flock. The fact that the behavior of a fish is so well matched to that of the behavior of others is straightforward: perception directly... Read More about Obedience: defying the crowd in midwifery practice..

Whole-face procedures for recovering facial images from memory. (2013)
Journal Article
Frowd, C. D., Skelton, F. C., Hepton, G., Holden, L., Minahil, S., Pitchford, M., …Hancock, P. J. B. (2013). Whole-face procedures for recovering facial images from memory. Science & Justice, 53, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2012.12.004

Research has indicated that traditional methods for accessing facial memories usually yield unidentifiable images. Recent research, however, has made important improvements in this area to the witness interview, method used for constructing the face... Read More about Whole-face procedures for recovering facial images from memory..

Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction (2012)
Journal Article
Penton-Voak, I. S., Cooper, R. M., Roberts, R. E., Attwood, A. S., & Munafò, M. R. (2012). Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26, 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881110385599

Alcohol consumption is associated with increases in aggressive behaviour, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are poorly understood. One mechanism by which alcohol consumption may influence behaviour is via alterations in the processing o... Read More about Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction.