Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants (2009)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Toft, A., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2009). Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants. Psychological Medicine, 39(09), 1567. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291708004960

BACKGROUND: This study attempted to longitudinally investigate neuropsychological function, illness representations, self-esteem, mood and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and compared them with both healthy pa... Read More about Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants.

Biographical disruption and the experience of loss following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2008)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Allan, D., & O'Carroll, R. (2008). Biographical disruption and the experience of loss following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology and Health, 23(4), 407-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/14768320701219136

Individual in-depth interviews with eight people who had experienced a total spinal cord injury were conducted, focussing on the experience of living with a spinal cord injury. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and were analysed for recurrent... Read More about Biographical disruption and the experience of loss following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Stigma and the delegitimation experience: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome (2007)
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Dickson, A., Knussen, C., & Flowers, P. (2007). Stigma and the delegitimation experience: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychology and Health, 22(7), 851-867. https://doi.org/10.1080/14768320600976224

Individual in-depth interviews with 14 people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were conducted, focusing on the experience of living with CFS. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and were analysed for recurrent themes using interpretative phen... Read More about Stigma and the delegitimation experience: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome.