Low-income mothers’ food practices with young children: A qualitative longitudinal study
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Harden, J., & Dickson, A. (2015)
Low-income mothers’ food practices with young children: A qualitative longitudinal study. Health Education Journal, 74(4), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896914535378
Objective: Young children living in socioeconomically deprived areas of Scotland have an increased risk of becoming overweight or obese. To enhance understanding of the wider ...
Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
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Harper, M., O'Connor, R., Dickson, A., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011)
Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2010.532558
The main objective of this study was to identify how bereaved mothers describe their coping strategies in their own words. The literature on parental bereavement is sparse, an...
Adjustment and coping in spousal caregivers following a traumatic spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
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Dickson, A., O'Brien, G., Ward, R., Flowers, P., Allan, D., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011)
Adjustment and coping in spousal caregivers following a traumatic spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105311411115
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 spousal caregivers to people with a traumatic spinal cord injury and were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analys...
Difficulties adjusting to post-discharge life following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
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Dickson, A., Ward, R., O'Brien, G., Allan, D., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011)
Difficulties adjusting to post-discharge life following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 463-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2011.555769
Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 individuals who had experienced a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), focusing on the participants' lived experien...
The impact of assuming the primary caregiver role following traumatic spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the spouse's experience.
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Dickson, A., O'Brien, G., Ward, R., Allan, D., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2010)
The impact of assuming the primary caregiver role following traumatic spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the spouse's experience. Psychology and Health, 25(9), 1101-1120. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870440903038949
This study aimed to explore the lived experience of assuming the primary caregiver role in a group of spouses of individuals living with a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) (...
Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants
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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...
‘That was my old life; it's almost like a past-life now’: Identity crisis, loss and adjustment amongst people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Dickson, A., Knussen, C., & Flowers, P. (2008)
‘That was my old life; it's almost like a past-life now’: Identity crisis, loss and adjustment amongst people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Psychology and Health, 23(4), 459-476. doi:10.1080/08870440701757393
Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The interviews centred on the experience of living with the condition from th...
Stigma and the delegitimation experience: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome
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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. doi: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 transcribe...