‘We are fighting a tide that keeps coming against us’: a mixed method exploration of stressors in an English county police force

Against a backdrop of austerity, this mixed method paper provides a contemporary understanding of stressors in English policing by examining stressors experienced by police employees in the UK. In the first study, police officers (n = 223) and police staff (n = 134) in a county police force in England completed measures of operational and organisational stressors. Significantly higher…Continue Reading ‘We are fighting a tide that keeps coming against us’: a mixed method exploration of stressors in an English county police force

Injury Incidence Across the Menstrual Cycle in International Footballers

With the professionalization of women’s football, training, and match demands have significantly increased in recent years (Datson et al., 2014, 2017). The overall injury incidence is similar to male football, although the proportion of severe injuries has been shown to be higher in women’s football (Mufty et al., 2015; Roos et al., 2017) which is associated with…Continue Reading Injury Incidence Across the Menstrual Cycle in International Footballers

The effect of face masks and sunglasses on identity and expression recognition with super-recognizers and typical observers

Face masks present a new challenge to face identification (here matching) and emotion recognition in Western cultures. Here, we present the results of three experiments that test the effect of masks, and also the effect of sunglasses (an occlusion that individuals tend to have more experienced with) on (i) familiar face matching, (ii) unfamiliar face…Continue Reading The effect of face masks and sunglasses on identity and expression recognition with super-recognizers and typical observers

Factors supporting career pathway development amongst advanced practice nurses in Thailand: A cross-sectional survey

Background Thailand has recently reformed its health care system and this change has contributed to the rapidly increasing need for skilled and experienced specialist nurses and in 2003 a new Advanced Practice Nursing role was formally introduced. While Advanced Practice Nursing is now accepted as a clinical career option, there is little understanding of the…Continue Reading Factors supporting career pathway development amongst advanced practice nurses in Thailand: A cross-sectional survey