It's all about relationships: the role of adult attachment style and locus of control in predicting aggression and the likelihood of a person accommodating and reacting constructively to perceived negative events in intimate relationships.

The aim of this review was to examine research investigating links between adult attachment style and conflict resolution in intimate relationships. A relationship has been demonstrated between these variables in the research literature, but a critique of the methodology employed to gather such data, consideration of clinical implications from a clinical psychology and mental health perspective, and recommendations for future research has not been presented in a structured, systematically generated review, which is what this review report sets out to do. In May 2018 seven databases were searched and a hand search undertaken, which resulted in nine papers for review once inclusion and exclusion criteria had been applied. All papers were quantitative in design, with exploration of the relationship between adult attachment style and conflict resolution in intimate relationships, as main areas of focus. The evidence consistently suggests that those individuals who have a more secure attachment style demonstrate more displays of positive behaviour, less displays of negatively construed behaviour, use more mutually focussed conflict resolution strategies, and report having increased confidence in resolving conflict. For example, those participants with a more insecure attachment orientation demonstrated less of these behaviours, however there was some variation in the results with regards to the type of insecure attachment these results applied to. For example, those with a more secure attachment orientation demonstrated more positively perceived behaviour, compared to those categorised as having a dismissing or preoccupied attachment. Clinical implications and future research recommendations are discussed

Prejudice, terrorism, and behavior therapy

Behavior therapy is relevant not just to the needs of victims of terrorism, but also to the understanding and modification of psychological processes that lead to the perpetration of terrorist acts. A key process of this kind is prejudice. In this paper, human prejudice is defined as the objectification and dehumanization of people as a result of their participation in evaluative verbal categories. Prejudice is difficult to deal with because: 1) The same verbal processes that give rise to prejudice are massively reinforced in dealing with the external environment; 2) Virtually all cultures openly amplify this process with stigmatized groups; 3) Humans are historical beings and verbal/cognitive networks once formed tend to maintain themselves; and 4) Many of the things humans do to change or eliminate undesirable verbal categorical processes are either inert or prone to making these processes more resistant to change. Mindfulness, cognitive defusion, acceptance, and valued action are suggested as alternative methods of fighting the war behavior therapy needs to help human society win: not just a war on terrorism, but a war on prejudice

Evaluation of an intervention to increase clinician knowledge and confidence to support breastfeeding, kangaroo care and positive touch within neonatal units

Breastfeeding and kangaroo care rates in neonatal units across the United Kingdom vary despite evidence for the clinical benefits. Clinicians have reported a need for evidence-based training to support parents with these practices. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Small Wonders Change Programme (SWCP), an intervention that aims to increase clinician knowledge and confidence to support parents in neonatal units to undertake breastfeeding and kangaroo care. Two neonatal intensive care units participated and 47 clinicians completed the Neonatal Unit Assessment Tool (NUCAT) pre and post-intervention. 18 of these clinicians also participated in a semi-structured interview to further explore the impact of the intervention on clinician’s practice. Both clinician knowledge (t(46)=4.61, p<=0.000) and confidence (pre t(46)=4.82, p<.000) significantly increased following the intervention. Analysis of the interviews revealed that clinicians directly attributed subsequent individual and unit-wide change in practice to an increase in knowledge and confidence as a result of the intervention. This study suggests that a clinician focussed intervention can lead to positive changes in clinician confidence, knowledge and practice in supporting parents to undertake breastfeeding and kangaroo care in neonatal units

The Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Training and Multicultural Training on the stigmatizing attitudes and professional burnout of substance abuse counselors

Empirically validated methods for reducing stigma and prejudice toward recipients of behavioral healthcare services are badly needed. In the present study, two packages presented in one day workshops were compared to a biologically oriented Educational Control condition in the alleviation of stigmatizing attitudes in drug abuse counselors. One, Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), utilized acceptance, defusion, mindfulness, and values methods. The other, Multicultural Training, sensitized participants to group prejudices and biases. Measures of stigma and burnout were taken pre-training, post-training, and after a three month follow-up. Results showed that Multicultural Training had an impact on stigmatizing attitudes and burnout post-intervention but not at follow-up, but showed better gains in a sense of personal accomplishment as compared to the Educational Control at follow-up. ACT had a positive impact on stigma at follow-up and on burnout at post-treatment and follow-up and follow-up gains in burnout exceeded those of Multicultural Training. ACT also significantly changed the believability of stigmatizing attitudes. This process mediated the impact of ACT but not Multicultural Training on follow-up stigma and burnout. This preliminary study opens new avenues for reducing stigma and burnout in behavioral health counselors

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Environmental Monitoring Rental Kit Manual

VirginiaAdobeUser manual for Environmental Monitoring Rental Kit created through C2C grant.Institute of Museum and Library ServicesJeanne Niccolls, consultan

Circuit Riders Application

VirginiaWordApplication for the 'Circuit Riders' mini-collections assessment program which was a featured program of the Virginia Collections Initiative.Institute of Museum and Library Service

The perilous quest, by T. A. Niccolls.

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A tribute to General William Tecumseh Sherman,

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