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The efficacy, feasibility, and technical outcomes of a GPT-4o-based chatbot Amanda for relationship support: A randomized controlled trial
No full textThis randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy, feasibility, and technical outcomes of Amanda, a GPT-4-based chatbot, in delivering single-session relationship interventions. A total of 258 participants were randomly assigned to engage with either Amanda (n = 130) or a writing task (n = 128) focused on conflict reappraisal. Findings demonstrated significant improvements across 13 of 14 outcome variables—including relationship satisfaction, communication patterns, dyadic coping, problem-specific confidence, and individual well-being—over time in both conditions. Improvements emerged immediately after the intervention and were sustained or continued to improve at the two-week follow-up. However, there were no significant group differences for most outcomes, suggesting that both interventions were comparably effective. One significant group-by-time interaction emerged: participants in the chatbot condition reported lower levels of the partner-demand/self-withdraw communication pattern immediately post-intervention. The writing condition was also associated with lower overall distress about the issue. Feasibility outcomes indicated strong participant engagement with Amanda. Usability was rated highly (M = 4.19/5), as were therapeutic skills (M = 3.99/5) and working alliance (M = 4.75/6). Technical evaluation of interaction transcripts supported these findings, with high coder agreement on Amanda’s empathy, therapeutic questioning, and coherence. However, limitations were noted: Amanda occasionally produced repetitive or generic responses and did not consistently identify potential safety concerns. Overall, results suggest that Amanda provides a feasible and effective single-session relationship intervention, comparable in impact to an evidence-based writing task. This study highlights the potential for large language model-based chatbots to deliver scalable, accessible relationship support. Future research should assess Amanda’s use in multi-session interventions, explore performance in clinical populations, and enhance risk detection capabilities to ensure safe deployment in real-world settings
Reading picture books with infants and toddlers TorrJane. Reading Picture Books with Infants and Toddlers. London, New York: Routledge, 2023, p. 138, ISBN 9780367768911
Get PDF©2025, [SAGE Publications]. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Early Childhood Literacy uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it
Disclosing God in Action:Contemporary British Evangelical Practices
No full textThis Special Issue Reprint explores British evangelicalism through the lens of its contemporary practices. It brings together fourteen original articles and an Editorial by evangelical scholars reflecting theologically on British evangelical practices. They do so critically and reflexively but also constructively, through asking how God's action is disclosed in these practices. Together, the nineteen authors and editors address a wide range of practices, which are organised into three broad sections—worship, ministry and mission, and method. Practices include testimony, divorce, Bible engagement, rule of life, confession, youth ministry, entrepreneurship, and summer camps. The Editorial identifies common themes across the articles, such as ways in which the authors are self-critical of their own tradition; how definitions of evangelicalism are nuanced and broadened in these reflections on practice; and the surprising ways in which God is discerned as being at work. In addition, it notes how authors spoke of God in action, as well as the vehicles identified for this action. This Reprint will be an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in evangelicalism who would like to expand their understanding of the tradition through these reflective accounts of what evangelicals actually do
Creativity in computing
Get PDFMiles Berry, Professor of Computing Education atthe University of Roehampton, discusses hisconcerns about a lack of creativity in mostcomputing lessons and the negative impact thishas on pupils’ engagement with the subject.Looking at aspects of creativity that could bedeployed, Berry suggests pupils should makesomething specific, strive for excellence, deliveroriginal work, and learn by joining creative andcollaborative communities such as Scratch. Theoutcome? Hopefully, more interest in computing
Academic Behavioural Confidence: The Role of Demographic, Institutional, Psychosocial, and Behavioural Factors Across Diverse University Students in England
No full textBackground: research shows that university students’ academic engagement and performance can be usefully predicted by academic behavioural confidence (ABC), a set of self-beliefs in study-focused behaviours. While demographic and institutional variations in ABC are often reported, less is known about its psychosocial or behavioural correlates. Methods: A total of 328 students in 16 English universities completed an online survey with measures of ABC, self-esteem, ethnic identity, peer pressure, social support, and substance dependence and theirs and their tutor’s demographics. Results: Aspects of ABC differed by student gender (ps < 0.01), university (modern/traditional; ps < 0.01), and degree (nonvocational/vocational; p < 0.01) types and correlated with self-esteem, social support, peer pressure, drug dependence, and, for ethnic minority students, ethnic identity. Hierarchical regression analyses identified gender (β = 0.14–0.25), age (β = −0.16–0.12), self-esteem (β = 0.22–0.46), peer pressure (β = −0.15–−0.17), and drug dependence (β = −0.15–−0.21) as consistent predictors across ABC components. Conclusions: The findings highlight the importance of individual factors and social networks for academic self-efficacy. Recommendations for monitoring ABC and its contributors for targeted study and pastoral support are made
Identification of OqxB Efflux Pump and Tigecycline Resistance Gene Cluster tmexC3D2-toprJ3 in Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Stutzeri Isolate G3
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Written evidence submitted by Dr Yuwei Lin to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee
No full textThis is a written evidence submitted to the UK Parliament Culture, Media and Sport Committee's inquiry the provision of children’s TV and video content in the UK
The Impact of State Depression on Proactive Control and Distractor Processing in a Memory Task: An Electrophysiological Study
No full text(1) Background: Individuals with high levels of state depression are hypothesized to have an impairment of attentional control functions necessary for filtering irrelevant information. This study used the event-related potential of early PD, a marker of distractor suppression, and N2pc, an indicator of attentional capture to investigate whether high state depression affects selective attention in ignoring or suppressing distractors. (2) Methods: Thirty-three undergraduate students completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) and performed a modified, delayed match-to-sample task. Participants encoded abstract shapes under low or high perceptual load conditions in the visual working memory while ignoring a lateralized Chinese character as a task-irrelevant singleton distractor. (3) Results: Individuals with high state depression failed to suppress the distractor, as evidenced by the absence of early PD. Under low perceptual loads, they also displayed a significant N2pc component, indicating attentional allocation to the distractor. In contrast, low-state-depression participants successfully suppressed the distractor, showing early PD and the absence of N2pc. (4) Conclusions: These findings suggest that high-state-depression individuals have an impairment in top–down attentional control, particularly in feature-based selective attention. This deficit hinders the ability to filter out irrelevant information, potentially contributing to cognitive difficulties associated with depression