Hope Christie

Hope Christie
Tooled Up Education

PhD

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A considerable number of adults who are currently living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are also parents caring for at least one biological child. Evidence suggests that parental PTSD can be associated with impairments to certain parenting behaviours, particularly increasing the use of more negative practices. However, most of the eviden...
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Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures meant that for many households, home and school environments became intertwined. Parents and carers found themselves taking on the role as de-facto educators, as well as balancing working from home and caring for additional members of the household. Understanding the full extent of...
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Objective Reducing alcohol use during pregnancy is a pressing public health priority in Sub-Saharan Africa, but insight into the factors that influence prenatal drinking practices is lacking. This study investigated perceptions of, and motivations for, alcohol consumption during pregnancy and associated practices in a rural district of Lesotho. Me...
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Background Early empirical data shows that school-aged children, adolescents and adults are experiencing elevated levels of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, there is very little research on mental health outcomes for young children. Objectives To describe the formation of a global collaboration entitled, ‘COVID-19 Un...
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Rational:Research suggests that parenting behaviours are negatively affected by parental trauma. However, thus far, the evidence base has provided limited insight into why this occurs. Further, the available evidence has focused largely on high income contexts (HICs), and we know much less about the experiences of parents in low- and middle-income...
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Research has demonstrated that approximately 45–50% of individuals show healthy levels of psychological and physical functioning in the first 12 months post-loss. Homicidal bereavement (loss due to murder or manslaughter) does not appear to follow this pattern. Homicide-related mental health difficulties are a serious problem worldwide, displaying...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of parents in providing support to their child following trauma exposure in cases where children are experiencing clinically significant levels of post-traumatic distress. Qualitative interviews were conducted with parents whose child was exposed to a trauma and referred for psychological tre...
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Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and debilitating disorder that can develop following exposure to a traumatic event. Where parents develop PTSD, it may have an impact on their parenting role. Objective: The objective was to review the existing evidence base on parental PTSD, examining whether parental PTSD has an impact...
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Objective: Research on homicidal bereavement has focused on postloss impact and coping. Less is known about how individuals perceive their adjustment posthomicide. Adverse experiences are likely to leave individuals with an increased risk of developing severe psychological difficulties, such as depression, Post-traumatic stress (PTSD), anxiety and...
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Background: Becoming a parent is viewed as one of the most important transitions in one’s life. However, a history of childhood maltreatment may affect the adjustment to parenthood. Objective: The objective of this review was to synthesize the current evidence base to further our understanding of prospective and new parents’ experiences in the tran...
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Many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) have high rates of child trauma exposure and limited access to psychological services. Caregivers are often a child's key source of support following trauma in such contexts. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of primary caregivers in supporting their child posttrauma. Qualitative inter...
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Figure S1. Thematic map of themes and subthemes following thematic analysis. Themes are displayed in boxes, with subthemes underlined. Lines represent the associations between themes/subthemes.
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Table S2 Themes and sub‐themes following thematic analysis
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Table S1. Participant trauma characteristics
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Objective: Compared to knowledge of the post-trauma needs of young people living in developed countries, little is known about the needs of those in low-middle income countries. Such information is crucial, particularly as young people in these environments can be at increased risk of experiencing trauma, coupled with less available resources for f...
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The Scottish Enhancement Theme of Transitions has largely been explored by institutions in terms of pre/post undergraduate degree, with a tangential focus on employability. Less considered are transitions between and through undergraduate levels, despite the impact they have on successful student engagement and retention (Whittle, 2015). To ensure...
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Objective: Parents are often children’s main source of support following fear-inducing traumatic events, yet little is known about how parents provide that support. The aim of this study was to examine parents’ experiences of supporting their child following child trauma exposure and presentation at an emergency department (ED). Design: Semi struct...

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I am currently in the process of transforming some of my data; mental health questionnaire scores, which are positively skewed due to a number of participants scoring 0. Referring to Tabachnick and Fidell (2007), if this is the case you can use a Log10 transformation (Newvar = Log10 (X + C), where C is the constant with the lowest score +1).
However, after transforming my data, I've found it is no more normally distributed than it was before. My question is, do I now just use my untransformed data in my analysis, because it isn't any better than the transformed data? I'm not sure what the general rule is to follow when this happens.
Please help!

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