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Scottish Surveys Core Questions, 2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Surveys Core Questions (SSCQ) is an annual Official Statistics publication for Scotland. SSCQ provides reliable and detailed information on the composition, characteristics and attitudes of Scottish households and adults across a number of topic areas including equality characteristics,...
Experiments on Performance-related Pay and Stress: Evidence from a Cross-over Study, 2019
As described in the overarching funded project description, the focus of the research is to examine the relationship between performance-related pay and stress using experimental methods. Importantly, stress is measured here both subjectively (i.e. asking the stress level of participants) and objectively (i.e. collection of salivary cortisol).
The basic experiment is...
Experiments on Performance-related Pay and Stress: Performance-related Pay Penalty, 2020
As described in the overarching funded project description, the focus of the research is to examine the relationship between performance-related pay and stress using experimental methods. Importantly, stress is measured here both subjectively (i.e. asking the stress level of participants) and objectively (i.e. collection of salivary cortisol).
The basic experiment is...
Experiments on Performance-related Pay and Stress: Higher Stakes, 2020
As described in the overarching funded project description, the focus of the research is to examine the relationship between performance-related pay and stress using experimental methods. Importantly, stress is measured here both subjectively (i.e. asking the stress level of participants) and objectively (i.e. collection of salivary cortisol).
The basic experiment is...
Experiments on Performance-related Pay and Stress: Performance-related Pay and Social-Evaluative Threat, 2021-2022
As described in the overarching funded project description, the focus of the research is to examine the relationship between performance-related pay and stress using experimental methods. Importantly, stress is measured here both subjectively (i.e. asking the stress level of participants) and objectively (i.e. collection of salivary cortisol).
The basic experiment is...
Using Positive Simulation Training to Improve Predictions about the Future in Depression, 2019-2023
Previous research has shown that depression is associated with a negative thinking style, whereby individuals hold negative views about themselves, the world, and the future. Moreover, it has been argued that holding negative views about the future is a key factor in causing and maintaining depressive episodes (Roepke & Seligman, 2015). The research conducted within this...
Becoming Adult: Qualitative data on well-being outcomes for unaccompanied migrant young people turning 18 2016-2017
A dataset comprising the following:1) key informant interviews with national stakeholders and 4 (Case study) local authority stakeholders; transcripts of interviews where respondents agreed to be recorded.
2) In-depth interviews with young people: all anonymised with pseudonyms (comprising 3 folders, one for each country). 3) A briefing including analysis of all freedom of...
Centre for Time Use Research UK Time Use Survey 6-Wave Sequence across the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2016-2021
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In 2016 the Centre for Time Use Research developed an online Click and Drag Diary Instrument (CaDDI), collecting population-representative (quota sample) time use diary data from Dynata’s large international market research panel across 9 countries. We fielded the same instrument using the UK panel across...
Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2019-2020; Adult and Child Data
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Taking Part survey collects data on many aspects of leisure, culture and sport in England, as well as an in-depth range of socio-demographic information on respondents. The survey is commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in partnership with three of its...
Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2019-2020; Adult and Child Data: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Taking Part survey collects data on many aspects of leisure, culture and sport in England, as well as an in-depth range of socio-demographic information on respondents. The survey is commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in partnership with three of its...
Community by Nature: Outdoor Intervention Evaluation, 2021
Outdoor learning programmes across the UK have been shown to support the health, development, and academic achievement of young children from various backgrounds. However, they are underutilised as an intervention to support the needs of particularly vulnerable adolescents, including those at risk of exclusion from schools and wider society. This study explored the...
Scottish Surveys Core Questions, 2016
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Surveys Core Questions (SSCQ) is an annual Official Statistics publication for Scotland. SSCQ provides reliable and detailed information on the composition, characteristics and attitudes of Scottish households and adults across a number of topic areas including equality characteristics,...
Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2017-2018: Adult and Child Data
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Taking Part survey collects data on many aspects of leisure, culture and sport in England, as well as an in-depth range of socio-demographic information on respondents. The survey is commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in partnership with three of its...
Emotional intelligence in social work
The aim of this research project was to examine the relationship between Emotional Intelligence, stress, burnout and social work practice and also assess whether Emotional Intelligence training for social workers would reduce their burnout rates and improve their practice over time. The study design used a Randomised Control Trial over 12 months collecting quantitative data...
Scottish Surveys Core Questions, 2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Surveys Core Questions (SSCQ) is an annual Official Statistics publication for Scotland. SSCQ provides reliable and detailed information on the composition, characteristics and attitudes of Scottish households and adults across a number of topic areas including equality characteristics,...
Co-Creating a Healthier NHS: Survey Data, 2017-2020
The aim of this project was to work with employees within a select number of NHS Trusts to co-design, deliver, and evaluate a series of mental health and wellbeing interventions for staff in these organisations. The project began with a cross-organisational survey to understand the working conditions and psychological wellbeing of employees, followed by a series of...
Cognitive functioning, attention bias and emotional wellbeing in preschool children over their transition to school 2015-19
Children completed baseline assessments during their preschool year. Follow-up questionnaires were completed by parents and teachers during the child's first half term at school and the first half of their second term at school. Parents also provided daily report of children's anxiety for 14 days over the transition to school. At baseline children completed measures of...
COVID-19 Impact Dataset: Great British Intelligence Test, 2020
There is an urgent need to understand the factors that mediate and mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on behaviour and wellbeing. However, the onset of the outbreak was unexpected and the rate of acceleration so rapid as to preclude the planning of studies that can address these critical issues. Coincidentally, in January 2020, just prior to the outbreak in the UK,...
Cognitive functioning, attention bias and emotional wellbeing in preschool children over their transition to school 2015-19
Children completed baseline assessments during their preschool year. Follow-up questionnaires were completed by parents and teachers during the child's first half term at school and the first half of their second term at school. Parents also provided daily report of children's anxiety for 14 days over the transition to school. At baseline children completed measures of...
Catalogue of Mental Health Measures, 2020
The catalogue can be browsed in a number of different ways depending on your interests and needs. You can search the catalogue for: (1) Mental health or wellbeing topics. For example, if you are looking for a study that has measures of depression, you could search ‘depression’.
(2) Particular mental health measures. For example, if you know you are interested in the General...
Embodying Voice in Training and Performance: A Process-Oriented Approach, 2016-2019
This PhD thesis describes a practice-as-research (PaR) study on the psychophysical process of embodying voice in performance, understood as any vocal act, including speech, singing, vocalization and the like, where voice is a means of expression. The research developed a process-oriented approach to voicework to address some of the issues a performer may encounter during the...
Getting Off to a Mentally Healthy Start in Doctoral Study, 2021
This dataset contains:
(i) a set of resources for doctoral schools to use to develop induction programmes (poster, principles resource, self-assessment toolkit)
(ii) post-prints for the publications
(iii) links to the project website and information on joining the community of practiceDoctoral education is key to producing scientific advancements and innovations that can...
Pilot Study of a Student-led Peer Support Wellbeing Programme, 2021
Many students find the transition to university life difficult, and often struggle with their mental health and wellbeing during this time. Ulster University have developed several initiatives to help address this transition. For example, several Schools within Ulster University run a scheme called Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) which is student led and aims to aid the...
Cognitive, Subjective and Demographic Data From the 'Addressing the Change in Memory' Study, 2021
The Addressing the ‘Change’ in Memory research project at Northumbria University assessed the cognitive performance and subjective state of 132 women experiencing self-reported ‘brain fog’ impacting on their work experience as a consequence of the menopause. This was followed by an investigation of whether daily use of extracts of rosemary Salvia rosmarinus over a...
Practices and Combinations of Practices for Health and Wellbeing at Work: Case Studies Data, 2020-2021
These are qualitative interview data from seven case studies of organisations implementing workplace health and wellbeing strategies. The data consist of repeat interviews (up to three per participant) conducted over several months. Some 74 participants provided data in 192 interviews. Participants included those responsible for developing and implementing strategies and...
Prisoners on Prisons: Experiences of Peer-Delivered Suicide Prevention Work, 2020-2021
This is qualitative data from a focus group conducted in September 2020 within a study that examined how the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (seek to) effect change in prisons following prisoner suicides and how death investigations could have more impact on prison policy and practice. The study ran from 2019-2021.
Within this project, a focus group was conducted with...
Enhancing mental wellbeing by changing mindsets? Results from two randomized controlled trials
Improving mental wellbeing is often targeted with behavioral interventions, while mindset interventions might be more appealing as they require less time and effort. In addition to recent experimental studies demonstrating that attributional beliefs can be changed to improve emotional wellbeing and performance, the current study examines whether a positive change in people’s...
Kids' Life and Times Survey, 2019
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Kids' Life and Times Survey (KLT) began in 2008 and is conducted by Access Research Knowledge (ARK) which runs the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) and the Young Life and Times Survey (YLT). The KLT is a survey of Primary year 7 (P7) children in Northern Ireland which is carried out...
Kids' Life and Times Survey, 2020
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Kids' Life and Times Survey (KLT) began in 2008 and is conducted by Access Research Knowledge (ARK) which runs the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) and the Young Life and Times Survey (YLT). The KLT is a survey of Primary year 7 (P7) children in Northern Ireland which is carried out...
Ageing Better, 2015-2020
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Ageing Better was an £87 million, seven-year programme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund (2015-2022). It was delivered through 14 Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) led partnerships in England. The programme aimed to improve the lives of people aged over 50 years old (e.g....