PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.122.37
R. Brown
{"title":"Failing Well in Academia: Upcycling Your Work","authors":"R. Brown","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.122.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.122.37","url":null,"abstract":"This article provides a short reflection on experiences of rejection in academic life and the potential impact on students and early career researchers. It considers the importance of carefully adapting previously rejected work in order to fully take advantage of future opportunities. Finally, the article offers some practical guidance on upcycling academic work.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126600551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Who could help me? There was nothing. I brought it on myself”: A qualitative study exploring UK university student experiences of sexual violence","authors":"Nina Higson-Sweeney, J. Meyrick","doi":"10.31234/osf.io/d75zx","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d75zx","url":null,"abstract":"Research suggests that university students are disproportionately affected by sexual violence and that most incidents remain unreported. Little qualitative research has been conducted to explore this further in the context of the UK. The current study used qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the lived experiences of 11 university students currently studying at UK institutions, with data analysed used reflexive thematic analysis. Three key themes were generated, which collectively narrate the decision-making progress students navigate after experiencing sexual violence: (1) Making sense of sexual violence; (2) Barriers to disclosure; and (3) Navigating support. Three key take-home messages are outlined.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134308859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.6
{"title":"Q&A with the Editorial Team","authors":"","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.6","url":null,"abstract":"Since the last issue, the Quarterly editorial team has changed. Whilst you’ll know Ngozi and Lucy (with a ‘y’!), Abi Davis and Lucie Thomas are brand new Q editors. It’s been a while since the last ‘getting to know your editors’ column, and so here’s a Question-and-Answer session with the team. First up is Lucie…","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114184982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.26
F. Simpson, Steve Thomas, W. Van Gordon
{"title":"How are You? I’M (Not) Fine Thanks","authors":"F. Simpson, Steve Thomas, W. Van Gordon","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.26","url":null,"abstract":"A common custom when greeting each other in English is to respond with the phrase ‘I’m fine’, even when this is not so. Historically, the English have a reputation for stoicism, and the legacy of this can still be seen in gender norms that promote hegemonic masculinity and the notion of the ‘superwoman’ who can juggle demands of home and work without being fazed. The impact of the pandemic on mental health has led to a nation beset by loss and adversity and we must now make space for people’s authentic responses, even when they are not ‘fine’.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128307895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.17
Georgia Dunning, Melleia Pitt, Alistair Teager
{"title":"Assessing the Acceptability and Feasibility of the Role of a Psychological Wellbeing Assistant in Inpatient Neurorehabilitation","authors":"Georgia Dunning, Melleia Pitt, Alistair Teager","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.17","url":null,"abstract":"Inpatient neurorehabilitation guidelines recommend comprehensive psychological care for service users to support their cognitive, behavioural, and emotional needs following a neurological diagnosis (BPS, 2017; NHS England, 2016). The Psychological Wellbeing Assistant (PWA) role was developed to meet Level 1 psychological needs, following Kneebone’s (2016) stepped model of psychological care. This study assessed the acceptability and feasibility of the PWA role in three inpatient neurorehabilitation wards. In addition, two PWAs recorded clinical contacts and clinical supervision, and confidence in clinical competencies was measured via questionnaire. The implications of the study are discussed.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122011666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.10
Mia Pal
{"title":"How do Mature Students Returning to University Via Online Learning Experience the use of Time?","authors":"Mia Pal","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.10","url":null,"abstract":"Motivated by goals ranging from self-actualisation to career development, mature students (i.e. aged 21 or older) are confronted with an array of varying pressures and challenges during their return to university, many of which stem from time and the perception of its waning abundance. Whereas young undergraduate students may be more accustomed to pre-set schedules as they have freshly transitioned from school to university, mature students returning to university in the online environment are accompanied by additional of demands on their time, including work and family. As maturity and adult responsibilities are found to magnify temporal pressures, mature students’ experience of time in education may be distinctly different from that of the younger students. With a dearth of research addressing the experience of time and temporal attitudes in mature students, understanding the challenges encountered by these students may contribute positively to finding new modes of time management. Several directions for further research are discussed and implications of how mature students returning to university are affected by their use of time are outlined.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128127799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.37
Victoria Archibald
{"title":"How Can we Flourish as Psychologists?","authors":"Victoria Archibald","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.121.37","url":null,"abstract":"I once, as a newly appointed assistant psychologist, attended a networking forum to meet others in my position. I distinctly remember receiving no formal introduction or greeting, but instead being asked directly by a peer ‘have you submitted your application for the clinical doctorate programme yet’. This experience stuck with me because it reinforced the idea that doctoral training is often the measuring stick for accomplishment within the profession. I felt that the personal motivation, goals and experiences that had led me to become an assistant psychologist were completely overlooked for a more ‘objective’ measure of personal success. Since then I have explored the idea of flourishing and how it differs from success. Flourishing could be considered akin to Maslow’s concept of self-actualisation, achieving one’s full potential, however for the purpose of this article I will use the dictionary definition of ‘developing rapidly and successfully; thriving’. Unlike the definition of success which is the ‘accomplishment of an aim or purpose’ flourishing shifts the focus from the end goal to the developmental journey. What the journey looks like and how it is travelled is subjective, personal and not always easy to define, but to me flourishing offers a more compassionate view of personal growth. This article aims to explore some of the barriers to flourishing we might experience as professionals and how, through clinical supervision, peer support and self-compassion, we can start to break them down.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134171220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.22
Mia Pal
{"title":"WHAT HAVE LIZARDS GOT TO DO WITH PSYCHOLOGY? WHY PSYCHOLOGY SHOULD CHANGE WITH THE TIMES","authors":"Mia Pal","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.22","url":null,"abstract":"This essay presents a case study of a species of lizards that evolved after experimentally being exposed to a foreign environment. The research is used to demonstrate the importance of both a change of environment and the capacity for change for a species to thrive over time. These findings relate to the field of psychology, supporting an argument that individual psychologists can spur positive change in psychology by bringing in new perspectives, methods, and ways of working with other disciplines. The piece is intended as inspiration for new student psychologists to embrace their strengths and differences and use them to incite evolution within the field of psychology.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124666219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.31
Aysha Bellamy
{"title":"ADVICE ON APPLYING FOR RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING IN LOCKDOWN","authors":"Aysha Bellamy","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.31","url":null,"abstract":"Applying for funds to conduct research is an integral part of academia. However, the application process may be daunting for post-grad students who are applying for their first fund. The uncertainty over proposed timelines and greater reliance on online testing during the pandemic may have shifted the nature of research funding applications. In this article, I discuss my experience of applying for funding in lockdown and offer tips for future applications. These tips mostly arose from my own experience, but I hope that by sharing this advice I can help others who are applying for funding during these uncertain times.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130193160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsyPag QuarterlyPub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.42
Dennis Relojo-Howell
{"title":"I WAS A SUICIDAL ADOLESCENT IN A SLUM IN THE PHILIPPINES – RESILIENCE HELPED ME RISE TO THE CHALLENGE AND DO A PHD","authors":"Dennis Relojo-Howell","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2021.1.120.42","url":null,"abstract":"It happened three days after Valentine’s Day. Big rocks fell over houses, leaving more than a thousand bodies dead and several children orphaned. ‘J’ was one of the survivors of the 2006 Guinsaugon landslide in Southern Leyte. Both her parents were missing after the tragedy, leaving the teenager in the hands of her older siblings. But luck was never quite on her side; ‘J’ and her siblings had to live in separate towns to survive. A year and a half later, ‘J’ wrote on her bedroom wall: ‘Kung ‘di lang kasalanan magkapamatay, ginawa ko na [If only it wasn’t a sin to commit suicide, I would’ve done it already]. ’On the kitchen wall, she wrote: ‘Walang nagmamahal sa akin [Nobody loves me].’ A few months later, through the help of mental health advocates, ‘J’ was diagnosed with clinical depression and received psychosocial support. Soon enough, she scrubbed her walls.–Excerpted from Rappler (Rodriguez, 2015).","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116763232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}