Research and Articles

he study focussed on comparing three manualised therapies for treating people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The authors reported using a randomised-controlled trial design but did not control some variables as tightly as might be expected. For example, therapy was conducted in the community, medication usage varied considerably across participants and there were between-group differences […]

To explore the types of cognitive changes that result from cognitive therapy (CT) for depression, the authors assessed whether people engaging in CT showed changes in maladaptive beliefs and/or their use of CT techniques for coping with negative thinking, and whether these changes related to improvements in depressive symptoms. The Ways of Responding Scale (WOR)

The authors aimed to revise the Criteria for Reporting the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions in healthcare (CReDECI); a set of 16 best-practice  guidelines published in 2012. The research design was essentially a survey conducted in three stages.   The first stage involved recruiting 38 researchers from a European research network to provide feedback

The researchers aimed to assess the effectiveness of a single session of imagery re-scripting (ImR) in people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) whose body-image concerns were deemed to be related to emotional memories. The researchers reported inclusion criteria (e.g. a diagnosis of BDD) and exclusion criteria (e.g. cormorbid psychosis) but did not report excluding any

The authors’ primary aim was to draw upon previous research to inform the development of a framework for adapting interventions to different cultural groups. A secondary aim was to explore the degree to which previous cultural adaptations adhered to the core components of evidence-based interventions (EBIs). To achieve their aims, the authors conducted a systematic

The primary aim of the study was to assess whether providing clinicians and supervisors with regular feedback about patients’ progress would improve clinical outcomes. The researchers were also interested in whether different types of feedback would affect clinicians’ perceptions of their patients’ progress. The study was conducted in an NHS clinic that provided psychological services

The majority of adolescents with type I diabetes mellitus (TIDM) have suboptimal glycaemic control, which increases the risk of chronic health complications. Quality of life (QoL) is also commonly affected. The authors of the present study aimed to explore mindful parenting (a parenting style associated with attention, non-judgemental acceptance, compassion and emotional regulation) and its

The authors conducted a literature review and provided a discussion about the reasons why people often have difficulty changing patterns of behaviour they are aware are unhealthy. Subsequent recommendations were provided for potentially improving the effectiveness of policies and campaigns designed to improve public health. According to the authors, people often have an inflated sense

What is qualitative research? Qualitative research is a method of enquiry that explores the meanings that people hold, how they make sense of the world around them and their perceptions of it. It is an umbrella term covering a number of different approaches that have differing methodological approaches. However, the different approaches have several things

  Methodology refers not only to the specific methods and techniques involved in collecting and analysing data, but to the logic underpinning the decisions that researchers are required to make throughout the process, from hypothesis-generation to interpretation of findings (Kothari, 2004; Mouton & Marais, 1988). It will be argued these decisions not only influence developmental