April 2023 – UCL Psychology MSci student projects

Supporting families: how the Little Journey app can help parents overcome challenges when navigating their child’s surgical journey

Posted on 30th April 2023 by Phoebe Chatfield — 2 Comments ↓

Imagine receiving an appointment letter for general surgery (an internal operation requiring general anaesthetic). How would you prepare yourself? What if you had to prepare a child instead? We wanted to understand more about parents’ experiences during their child’s surgical Continue reading Supporting families: how the Little Journey app can help parents overcome challenges when navigating their child’s surgical journey→

Posted on 26th April 2023 by caleb.lin.19 — No Comments ↓

There is no doubt that having ways to cope with depression and anxiety is important for recovery, but does having good (or bad) ways of coping (i.e. coping mechanisms) at the beginning of therapy help patients improve? Based on my Continue reading Your coping mechanisms are unlikely to matter before your low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)→

Posted on 24th April 2023 by blue.rigby.19 — No Comments ↓

Opioids are currently plagued by bad press – either related to the opioid epidemic at large, or the Sackler family themselves, better known as an “evil bunch”, according to one patient. Also, the NHS is currently in crisis, so it’s Continue reading Opioids are one of the most controversial drugs on the market – but what do patients think?→

Posted on 24th April 2023 by selin.ozgen.19 — No Comments ↓

Working remotely during COVID-19 has taught us an important lesson: we don’t need to be in the office to get the work done. Around 60% of us want to work in a hybrid fashion – either from the office or Continue reading Hybrid meetings from researchers’ perspective: two sides of a coin→

Posted on 24th April 2023 by jialing.chen.19 — No Comments ↓

Imagine going into a hospital to ask for help, but there are no doctors or nursing staff there. You may think that would be outrageous, but the fact is NHS healthcare workers (HCWs) consistently left their jobs during the COVID-19 Continue reading A Neglected Occupation – Healthcare Research Staff: What happened to their mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic?→

Posted on 24th April 2023 by katrina.qian.19 — No Comments ↓

As the number of pedestrians increased in autonomous vehicle (AV) dilemmas, the willingness to save the pedestrians increased in British and Chinese cultures. Imagine there is a passenger in a self-driving car travelling down a main road on a Continue reading In an autonomous vehicle dilemma, does the number of pedestrians affect moral judgement in British and Chinese participants?→

Posted on 24th April 2023 by aziza.begum.19 — No Comments ↓

Remember the relief you felt when COVID-19 restrictions were lifted? Well, picture this: you’re out with your friends, but suddenly you can’t even walk for five minutes without feeling exhausted. Your heart is racing and you are breathing heavily. “my Continue reading Finding COMFORT through Mindfulness: A tool for coping with Long COVID?→

Posted on 23rd April 2023 by xiner.liu.19 — No Comments ↓

Can We Predict Upcoming Stuttering Moments? Imagine that there’s a word you want to say but it just isn’t coming out – this frustrating feeling is similar to what many people who stutter (PWS) experience in daily life. 🗣What is Continue reading Secret Power of the Human Ear: Can We Predict Upcoming Stutters from Preceding Fluent Speech?→