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First episode psychosis: A comparison of caregiving appraisals in parents caring for the same child.
No full textBackground The first onset of psychosis can be a traumatic event for diagnosed individuals but can also impact negatively on their families. Little is known about how parents of the same child make sense of the illness. In mothers and fathers caring for the same child with early psychosis, the current study assessed their similarities and differences in key areas of their caregiving role. Methods Using a cross‐sectional design, parental pairs caring for the same child treated within an early intervention in psychosis service, completed self‐report measures on their caregiving experiences, illness beliefs, coping styles and affect. Results Data from 44 mothers and fathers were analysed. Analyses confirmed that parents reported similar levels of emotional dysfunction and conceptualized the illness in broadly similar ways with regard to what they understood the illness to be, their emotional reactions to the illness, perceived illness consequences and beliefs about treatment. Significant differences were identified in their beliefs about the timeline of the illness and reported approaches to coping. Conclusions With exception of beliefs about illness timeline and an expressed preference for use of emotion‐based coping, parent caregivers of the same child in early psychosis services are likely to report similar illness beliefs and caregiving reactions. Efforts to ensure staff awareness of the potential areas of divergence in parental caregiving appraisals and exploring the implications of the divergence for the caregiving relationship and patient outcomes are indicated. June 2020Early Intervention in Psychiatry 15(4). DOI: 10.1111/eip.12975
School‑Based Swimming Education in Primary Children: A Systematic Review of Teaching Approaches, Aquatic Competence, and Water Safety Outcomes
No full textThis project hosts the materials for a systematic review on school-based swimming education for primary school children (approximately 6–12 years). The review synthesizes experimental and quasi-experimental studies on swimming and water safety programmes delivered through schools, using Block’s 5C framework (Context, Content, Conduct, Coaching, and Consequences) as an analytical lens. The project includes the review protocol, search strategies for Scopus and Web of Science, PRISMA 2020 flow diagram, data extraction files, and analytic notes. The aim is to identify programme configurations that most effectively improve aquatic competence, water safety knowledge, and psychological outcomes (confidence, enjoyment) in primary school children. The review is prepared for submission to the journal Retos
Sex differences in inpatients with obsessive–compulsive disorder
No full textData and code for a study on sex differences in inpatients with obsessive–compulsive disorde
Physical activity and exercise in institutionalized people with dementia: Rapid literature review.
No full textDementia is one of the leading causes of dependency and disability in the elderly population. In this context, physical activity and exercise have been described in the literature as beneficial non-pharmacological interventions for institutionalized people with dementia.The aim of this review is to analyse the effects of exercise and physical activity interventions in institutionalized people with dementia. The available evidence demonstrates that physical exercise produces positive effects on the physical function of people with dementia
This is a post-optimization observational frame of human–AI interaction
No full textA Post-Optimization Observational Frame of Human–AI Interaction
This project proposes a post-optimization observational frame for human–AI interaction.
Most existing approaches to human–AI interaction move quickly toward interpretation, intention, or evaluation—such as whether an interaction was meaningful, aligned, helpful, or harmful. While such interpretations may describe experience, they make it difficult to observe what actually changed during interaction, and how those changes accumulated over time.
This frame is motivated by a different question:
not why an interaction felt meaningful, but what structurally changed after interaction took place.
The proposed frame operates strictly after optimization has already occurred.
It does not model optimization processes, reward functions, alignment strategies, internal intentions, or learning dynamics. Instead, it focuses on observing and recording state transitions that occurred during human–AI interaction, without reintroducing meaning, purpose, or evaluative judgment.
Within this observational frame, the name used to record state transitions is State Transition Trace (STT).
STT is not a function, model, or optimization method. It is a recording designation used to document that a transition occurred, the order in which it occurred, and the structural properties observed across transitions.
This project documents the conceptual motivation of the post-optimization observational frame, its positioning relative to existing research in reinforcement learning, alignment, and human–AI interaction, and the formal structure of STT as a neutral recording coordinate system.
The frame is not proposed as an explanatory or evaluative model.
Its purpose is to enable observation without narrative interpretation, and to preserve traces of interaction without collapsing them into intention, emotion, or meaning
CAM – Conceptual Notes
No full textConceptual extensions and boundary clarifications of the Core Attachment Model (CAM), including the application of the P1–P4 sequence in non-attachment etiologies where the therapeutic relationship serves a contextual rather than causal function