An integrative model of perseverative thinking

People spend most of their waking hours detached from external stimuli, remembering the past, foreseeing the future, imagining situations in which they did not attend or that have never existed, or, simply, thinking. Such a process is crucial for mental health. A common feature of many mental disorders is recurrent stress-related thoughts, the so-called ‘perseverative thinking’. In this review, we describe how perseverative thinking represents a dysfunctional self-regulatory strategy that maintains and increases the effects of mental suffering and arises from the maladaptive interplay between discrepancy monitoring, strategy selection, executive regulation, and information representation. We further argue that perseverative thinking can change how the mind represents the world through memory updating, resulting in an increased perceived need for regulation of the external and internal inputs. Lastly, we propose a new integrated model incorporating the different features of perseverative thinking, offering a more unified perspective on psychopathology

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a home-based health promotion intervention for older people with mild frailty in England : a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

Health promotion for people with mild frailty has the potential to improve health outcomes, but such services are scarce in practice. this study developed a personalised, home-based, behaviour change, health promotion intervention (HomeHealth) and assessed its clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in maintaining independent functioning in activities of daily living in older adults with mild frailty. HomeHealth is a multidomain health promotion intervention delivered by the voluntary sector at home in six sessions over 6 months

Practical statistics for geographers and earth scientists

Newly revised edition that explains statistical techniques relevant to geographical, geospatial, earth and environmental science data. This second edition includes a new section on exploratory spatial analysis and statistics as well as covering the principles and practice of applying non-spatial techniques to these data

Investigating the effect of state support on innovation pathways by tracking the legacy performance of firms involved in academic co-operations

The performance of firms involved in projects from 2 UK research councils was investigated; firms in Innovate UK projects receive co-funding while firms in Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) projects do not. Firms in 266 projects 2009–2012 were tracked for Standard Industrial Code (SIC), location and year-on-year financial performance 2012–22. The results show that firms (un- and co-funded) were mainly not local to universities. The growth performance of non-funded firms was steady in the majority of SIC codes, but some SIC codes performed very well, while for co-funded firms, many SICs performed under control but losses were made up for on average by exceptionally high performance in other SIC codes. Overall, non-funded firms achieved average growth of ∼29 % above control while co-funded firms only achieved an average growth of ∼18 % above control. Firms (both co- and un-funded) associated with 21 universities perform consistently well, while other firms (co- and un-funded) associated with 24 other universities perform consistently poorly. This difference in performance was better correlated to degree of business ambidexterity in the tech transfer function, rather than with university reputation

How supervisor’s life-span related HRM practices drive flow and employability of teachers : the moderating role of leader-member exchange

Many public organizations are challenged by demographic changes that require attention in order to safeguard all workers’ sustainable employability. This study aims to increase our understanding of how SLS-HRM practices (i.e. measures that a supervisor takes to foster an employee’s career sustainability) are linked to teachers’ employability via work-related flow, and to examine whether LMX quality moderates this relationship. SEM analyses among 698 teachers in 51 educational institutions across the Netherlands reveal that SLS-HRM practices are positively related to several dimensions of employability, through work-related flow, and that LMX quality determines the effectiveness of these practices

Impact of a recipe kit scheme (BRITE Box) on cooking and food‐related behaviours of children and families : exploring parental/carer views

Dietary intakes in UK children fail to meet national recommendations, especially in low-income groups. Involving children in food preparation and cooking may enhance acceptability of a wider range of foods, enhance their skills and increase their enjoyment of food. An innovative recipe meal kit scheme, Building Resilience in Today's Environment (BRITE) Box, was developed during the pandemic primarily to address food insecurity (FI). Administered via schools, it offers pre-weighed ingredients sufficient for a meal for a family of five, plus a child-focused recipe, weekly during school term times. A total of 154 parents/carers completed questionnaires and 29 were interviewed. Responses indicated multiple benefits of the scheme, including increased confidence in cooking among both children and parents/carers. Both questionnaire responses and interviews suggested improvements in a range of food-related behaviours, including cooking and eating together and talking more about food. Parents/carers suggested that their children were more willing to eat vegetables and healthy foods and to try new foods and flavours. They also reported greater use of leftovers thereby potentially reducing food waste. Improved behaviours, willingness to try new foods and flavours, reduced food waste and lower stress of trying to think of new and acceptable family meals are likely to have contributed to the positive impact on their mental health reported by BRITE Box parents/carers