Today, Following Young Fathers Further (FYFF) have announced the launch of two new briefing papers based on wave 1 of their research. As part of this short series FYFF present emergent findings of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on the parenting journeys and support needs of the seventeen young fathers they interviewed….Continue Reading Following Young Fathers Further: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on young fathers
Year: 2020
British Sleep Society: the COVID-19 pandemic response
The current pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, named COVID-19, holds the entire world to ransom. A proportion of the infected patients becomes critically ill, with millions being infected and hundreds of thousands who have died so far. In some countries, national lockdown restrictions are being slowly lifted, but the World Health Organization (WHO) still…Continue Reading British Sleep Society: the COVID-19 pandemic response
COVID-19 and the Responsibility to Protect Rohingya Refugees
On 1st April 2020, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect issued an atrocity alert special issue on COVID-19. This alert noted that COVID-19 would have particularly adverse implications for the ‘70 million people forcibly displaced by conflict, persecution and atrocity’, many of whom currently live in conditions which leave them vulnerable to the coronavirus. University of…Continue Reading COVID-19 and the Responsibility to Protect Rohingya Refugees
Faster Visual Information Processing in Video Gamers Is Associated With EEG Alpha Amplitude Modulation
Video gaming, specifically action video gaming, seems to improve a range of cognitive functions. The basis for these improvements may be attentional control in conjunction with reward-related learning to amplify the execution of goal-relevant actions while suppressing goal-irrelevant actions. Given that EEG alpha power reflects inhibitory processing, a core component of attentional control, it might…Continue Reading Faster Visual Information Processing in Video Gamers Is Associated With EEG Alpha Amplitude Modulation
Associations Between Media Representations of Physical, Personality, and Social Attributes by Gender: A Content Analysis of Children’s Animated Film Characters
This study conducted a content analysis of 130 characters from 24 recent popular animated children’s films and examined the associations between physical appearance, personality, and social attributes by gender. We found that physical attractiveness was associated with having more friends and receiving more affection among male characters, and negatively associated with weight status among females….Continue Reading Associations Between Media Representations of Physical, Personality, and Social Attributes by Gender: A Content Analysis of Children’s Animated Film Characters
Restoring Harmony in the Lifeworld? Identity, Learning, and Leaving Preelite Sport
Sport provides many youth participants with a central life project, and yet very few eventually fulfill their athletic dreams, which may lead them to disengage from sport entirely. Many studies have explored the processes of athletic retirement, but little is known about how youth athletes actually reconstruct their relationship with sport and embodiment postretirement. The…Continue Reading Restoring Harmony in the Lifeworld? Identity, Learning, and Leaving Preelite Sport
A Program to Reduce Stigma Toward Mental Illness and Promote Mental Health Literacy and Help-Seeking in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Student-Athletes
Student-athletes are susceptible to mental health problems that disrupt optimal functioning and well-being. Despite having many protective factors, student-athletes represent an at-risk subgroup of college students who experience mental health concerns due to the distress of balancing multiple obligations. However, many student-athletes underutilize psychological services. Stigma is the main barrier preventing student-athletes from seeking help,…Continue Reading A Program to Reduce Stigma Toward Mental Illness and Promote Mental Health Literacy and Help-Seeking in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Student-Athletes
Mixed methods in pre-hospital research: understanding complex clinical problems
Healthcare is becoming increasingly complex. The pre-hospital setting is no exception, especially when considering the unpredictable environment. To address complex clinical problems and improve quality of care for patients, researchers need to use innovative methods to create the necessary depth and breadth of knowledge. Quantitative approaches such as randomised controlled trials and observational (e.g. cross-sectional,…Continue Reading Mixed methods in pre-hospital research: understanding complex clinical problems
Understanding and remedying the performance of doctors in training
How can we enable more comprehensive and holistic assessment of medical performance to support underperforming trainees? This commentary provides a useful mnemonic: SKIPE Identifying and responding appropriately to doctors who are underperforming, whether they are in training or in clinical practice, is vital in a profession where high standards are a pre‐requisite for ensuring high‐quality…Continue Reading Understanding and remedying the performance of doctors in training