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Seeking relational information sources in the digital age: a study into information source preferences amongst family and friends of those with dementia
- Authors:
- ALLEN Frances, CAIN Rebecca, MEYER Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 19(3), 2020, p.766–785.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Despite an increasing number of sources providing information and advice about dementia, those living with the condition feel inadequately informed. The reasons for this remain unclear. This study has three aims: to identify where people with dementia and their carers currently access dementia-related information from; to determine how accessible, credible and comprehensible people with dementia and their carers consider the available sources of information; and to determine how people with dementia and their carers would like to receive information. An online or postal survey was completed by 171 female and 41 male participants with a close family member or friend with dementia. Accessibility above quality held the greatest influence over an individual’s use of an information source. Participants preferred relational sources such as healthcare professionals as these were able to give individualised information, yet these were poorly accessible and lacked dementia specific knowledge. Therefore, individuals used non-relational sources such as the internet. However, increased use of the internet was linked to feeling overwhelmed by information. It was not the end result of the information search but the effort taken to reach the information that influenced participant’s perception of information gathering. Future research should look at ways of designing and providing accessible information sources that act and feel like relational contact. (Publisher abstract)
How people with dementia and their carers adapt their homes. a qualitative study
- Authors:
- ALLEN Frances, CAIN Rebecca, MEYER Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 18(3), 2019, p.1199–1215.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The objective was to explore the ways in which people with dementia and their carers adapt their homes, including the barriers and use of available information. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 people with dementia and their informal carer. The collected data were analysed using thematic analysis. Three core themes emerged: Maintaining familiarity and coping with change, Having knowledge and finding knowledge and Meeting challenges through home adaptation. The most significant barriers to making home adaptations were lack of knowledge and maintaining familiarity. Having more information and making home modifications earlier might enable individuals with dementia to adjust to their adapted environment. (Edited publisher abstract)
The relationship between compulsive exercise and emotion regulation in adolescents
- Authors:
- GOODWIN Huw, HAYCRAFT Emma, MEYER Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Health Psychology, 17(4), November 2012, pp.699-710.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Compulsive exercise is thought to be an effective strategy to regulate emotions, yet has never been studied in adolescents. This study investigated the cross-sectional association between emotion regulation and compulsive exercise attitudes in adolescents. A sample of 1,630 adolescent boys and girls, aged 12 to 14 years, from schools across the United Kingdom, completed self-report measures of compulsive exercise, emotion regulation, and disordered eating attitudes, as part of ongoing research into exercise and eating attitudes in adolescents. Findings revealed that compulsive exercise was significantly associated with emotion regulation, after controlling for disordered eating attitudes. Among boys, compulsive exercise was associated with internal functional, internal dysfunctional, and external functional emotion regulation strategies. In girls, internal functional and internal dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies predicted compulsive exercise. In conclusion, adolescents’ compulsivity towards exercise was positively associated with different emotion regulation strategies. Implications for future research are discussed.
Childhood abuse and eating psychopathology: the mediating role of core beliefs
- Authors:
- JENKINS Paul E., MEYER Caroline, BLISSETT Jacqueline M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 22(3), 2013, pp.248-261.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
To investigate the mediating role of core beliefs (maladaptive schemas) in the relationship between childhood abuse and eating psychopathology three self-report questionnaires assessing experiences of childhood abuse, eating psychopathology, and levels of maladaptive schemas were administered to 118 female university students from the University of Birmingham, in the United States. Emotional abuse predicted drive for thinness, whereas sexual abuse predicted symptoms of bulimia nervosa. Mistrust and abuse beliefs were found to fully mediate relationships between childhood abuse and drive for thinness and bulimia scales. Abandonment beliefs were also shown to be partial mediators of the relationship between sexual abuse and symptoms of bulimia nervosa. In a sample of nonclinical women, beliefs pertaining to abandonment and mistrust or abuse appeared to be important in the explanation of the relationship between recollections of childhood abuse and adult eating disorder symptoms. (Edited publisher abstract)