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Disease Activity Flares and Pain Flares in an early rheumatoid arthritis inception cohort; characteristics, antecedants and sequelae (2019)
Presentation / Conference
McWilliams, D., Rahman, S., James, R., Ferguson, E., Kiely, P., Young, A., & Walsh, D. (2019, April). Disease Activity Flares and Pain Flares in an early rheumatoid arthritis inception cohort; characteristics, antecedants and sequelae. Poster presented at Rheumatology 2019

Background RA flares are common and disabling. They are described in terms of worsening pain, swelling, or other symptoms. We aimed to determine characteristics, antecedants and sequelae of painful and inflammatory flare subtypes during the first 11... Read More about Disease Activity Flares and Pain Flares in an early rheumatoid arthritis inception cohort; characteristics, antecedants and sequelae.

Do we make decisions for other people based on our predictions of their preferences?: evidence from financial and medical scenarios involving risk (2019)
Journal Article
Batteux, E., Ferguson, E., & Tunney, R. J. (2019). Do we make decisions for other people based on our predictions of their preferences?: evidence from financial and medical scenarios involving risk. Thinking and Reasoning, 26(2), 188-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2019.1592779

The ways in which the decisions we make for others differ from the ones we make for ourselves has received much attention in the literature, although less is known about their relationship to our predictions of the recipient’s preferences. The latter... Read More about Do we make decisions for other people based on our predictions of their preferences?: evidence from financial and medical scenarios involving risk.

Trajectories of pain predict disabilities affecting daily living in arthritis (2019)
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James, R. J., Walsh, D. A., & Ferguson, E. (2019). Trajectories of pain predict disabilities affecting daily living in arthritis. British Journal of Health Psychology, 24(3), 465-496. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12364

Purpose: To examine the interplay between pain and disability in arthritis when adjusting for patient heterogeneity in pain progression. There is consistent evidence to suggest that people experience osteoarthritis heterogeneously, with subgroups of... Read More about Trajectories of pain predict disabilities affecting daily living in arthritis.

Discrete trajectories of resolving and persistent pain in people with rheumatoid arthritis despite undergoing treatment for inflammation: results from three UK cohorts (2019)
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McWilliams, D. F., Dawson, O., Young, A., Kiely, P., Ferguson, E., & Walsh, D. A. (2019). Discrete trajectories of resolving and persistent pain in people with rheumatoid arthritis despite undergoing treatment for inflammation: results from three UK cohorts. Journal of Pain, 20(6), 716-727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2019.01.001

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an example of human chronic inflammatory pain. Modern treatments suppress inflammation, yet pain remains a major problem for many people with RA. We hypothesised that discrete RA subgroups might display favourable or unfa... Read More about Discrete trajectories of resolving and persistent pain in people with rheumatoid arthritis despite undergoing treatment for inflammation: results from three UK cohorts.

The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor (2019)
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Dienes, K., Gartland, N., & Ferguson, E. (2019). The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor. British Journal of Health Psychology, 24(2), 265-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12352

Objectives The cortisol awakening response (CAR) and cortisol reactivity to an acute laboratory stressor both involve steep increases in cortisol secretion and are associated with preparing the body to deal with stressors ahead. Alterations in bot... Read More about The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor.

A Meta-Analysis Taxonomizing Empathy in Schizophrenia (2018)
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Varachhia, S., Ferguson, E., & Doody, G. (2018). A Meta-Analysis Taxonomizing Empathy in Schizophrenia. HSOA Journal of Psychiatry, Depression & Anxiety, 4, Article 016. https://doi.org/10.24966/PDA-0150/100016

Background: Trait empathy is integral to relationship development and maintenance. Therefore, impairment in this ability can have an adverse effect on many domains of life including social, sexual, and marital. Previous reviews show in schizophrenia,... Read More about A Meta-Analysis Taxonomizing Empathy in Schizophrenia.

Blood donor behaviour, motivations and the need for a systematic cross-cultural perspective: the example of moral outrage and health and non-health based philanthropy across seven countries (2018)
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Ferguson, E., Dorner, L., France, C. R., France, J. L., Masser, B., Lam, M., …Scerri, J. (2018). Blood donor behaviour, motivations and the need for a systematic cross-cultural perspective: the example of moral outrage and health and non-health based philanthropy across seven countries. ISBT Science Series, 13(4), 375-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/voxs.12471

Background: Blood donation is a prosocial altruistic act that is motived by the mechanisms that underlie altruism (e.g., warm-glow, reciprocity, fairness/trust). Because there is consistent evidence that altruism and its mechanisms show cross-cultura... Read More about Blood donor behaviour, motivations and the need for a systematic cross-cultural perspective: the example of moral outrage and health and non-health based philanthropy across seven countries.

Psychosocial characteristics of blood donors influence their voluntary non-medical lapse (2018)
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Merz, E., Ferguson, E., & van Dongen, A. (2018). Psychosocial characteristics of blood donors influence their voluntary non-medical lapse. Transfusion, 58(11), 2596-2603. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.14891

Background: Approximately 10% of Dutch donors lapse yearly. Common reasons are non-voluntary medical issues (e.g., low Hemoglobin), reaching the upper age limit, and voluntary (e.g., own request, non-response). Little is known about predictors of vol... Read More about Psychosocial characteristics of blood donors influence their voluntary non-medical lapse.

Costless and costly prosociality: correspondence among personality traits, economic preferences, and real world prosociality (2018)
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Ferguson, E., Zhao, K., O'Carroll, R., & Smillie, L. (2019). Costless and costly prosociality: correspondence among personality traits, economic preferences, and real world prosociality. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(4), 461-471. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618765071

Prosociality can either be costly (e.g., donating to charity) or costless (e.g. posthumous organ donation). Whereas links between personality and costly prosociality and have been explored, links with costless prosociality and personality are at pres... Read More about Costless and costly prosociality: correspondence among personality traits, economic preferences, and real world prosociality.

When the relatively poor prosper: the Underdog Effect on charitable donations (2018)
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Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E. (2019). When the relatively poor prosper: the Underdog Effect on charitable donations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48(1), 108-127. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764018794305

In fundraising, it is common for the donor to see how much a charity has received so far. What is the impact of this information on a) how much people choose to donate and b) which charity they choose to donate to? Conditional cooperation suggests th... Read More about When the relatively poor prosper: the Underdog Effect on charitable donations.

From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults (2018)
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Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, D. B., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2018). From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 241, 475-483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.074

Background: Although many suicide risk factors have been identified, there is still relatively little known about the factors that differentiate those who think about suicide from those who make a suicide attempt. Aims: Using the integrated motivat... Read More about From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults.

The colorectal surgeon’s personality may influence the rectal anastomotic decision (2018)
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Moug, S., Henderson, N., Tiernan, J., Bisset, C., Ferguson, E., Harji, D., …Fearnhead, N. (2018). The colorectal surgeon’s personality may influence the rectal anastomotic decision. Colorectal Disease, 20(11), 970-980. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.14293

Aim. Colorectal surgeons regularly make the decision to anastomose, defunction or form an end colostomy when performing rectal surgery. This study aimed to define personality traits of colorectal surgeons and explore any influence of such traits on t... Read More about The colorectal surgeon’s personality may influence the rectal anastomotic decision.

Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: a national prevalence study of young adults (2018)
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O’Connor, R. C., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Drummond, J., Ferguson, E., …O'Carroll, R. E. (2018). Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: a national prevalence study of young adults. BJPsych Open, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.14

Background: There are few prevalence studies of suicide attempts (SAs) and non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH). Aims: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of thoughts of NSSH, suicidal thoughts, NSSH and SAs among 18-34 year olds in Scotland for t... Read More about Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: a national prevalence study of young adults.

Positive Clinical Psychology and Schema Therapy (ST): the development of the Young Positive Schema Questionnaire (YPSQ) to complement the Young Schema Questionnaire 3 Short Form (YSQ-S3) (2018)
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Louis, J. P., Wood, A. M., Lockwood, G., Ho, M. R., & Ferguson, E. (2018). Positive Clinical Psychology and Schema Therapy (ST): the development of the Young Positive Schema Questionnaire (YPSQ) to complement the Young Schema Questionnaire 3 Short Form (YSQ-S3). Psychological Assessment, 30(9), 1199-1213. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000567

Negative schemas have been widely recognized as being linked to psychopathology and mental health, and they are central to the Schema Therapy (ST) model. This study is the first to report on the psychometric properties of the Young Positive Schema Qu... Read More about Positive Clinical Psychology and Schema Therapy (ST): the development of the Young Positive Schema Questionnaire (YPSQ) to complement the Young Schema Questionnaire 3 Short Form (YSQ-S3).

A clinical assessment tool to improve the use of pain relieving treatments in knee osteoarthritis (2018)
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Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Frowd, N., Marshall, L., Stocks, J., Fernandes, G., Valdes, A., …Walsh, D. (2018). A clinical assessment tool to improve the use of pain relieving treatments in knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(Supplement 1), S231-S232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2018.02.483

Purpose: Approximately 1 in 4 individuals in the UK over the age of 55 experience knee pain (KP), predominantly due to osteoarthritis (OA). Following treatment targeted at the affected knee, pain relief is reported in only 60%–80% of individuals with... Read More about A clinical assessment tool to improve the use of pain relieving treatments in knee osteoarthritis.

General and disease-specific pain trajectories as predictors of social and political outcomes in arthritis and cancer (2018)
Journal Article
James, R. J. E., Walsh, D. A., & Ferguson, E. (2018). General and disease-specific pain trajectories as predictors of social and political outcomes in arthritis and cancer. BMC Medicine, 16, Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1031-9

Background: While the heterogeniety of pain progression has been studied in chronic diseases, it is unclear the extent to which patterns of pain progression among people in general as well as across different diseases impacts on social, civic and po... Read More about General and disease-specific pain trajectories as predictors of social and political outcomes in arthritis and cancer.

Does observability affect prosociality? (2018)
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Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E. (2018). Does observability affect prosociality?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1875), Article 20180116. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0116

The observation of behaviour is a key theoretical parameter underlying a number of models of prosociality. However, the empirical findings showing the effect of observability on prosociality are mixed. In this meta-analysis, we explore the boundary c... Read More about Does observability affect prosociality?.

Central Bank interest rate decisions, household indebtedness, and psychiatric morbidity and distress: evidence from the UK (2018)
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Boyce, C. J., Delaney, L., Ferguson, E., & Wood, A. M. (2018). Central Bank interest rate decisions, household indebtedness, and psychiatric morbidity and distress: evidence from the UK. Journal of Affective Disorders, 234, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.03.003

Background: Central banks set economy-wide interest rates to meet exclusively economic objectives. There is a strong link between indebtedness and psychiatric morbidity at the individual level, with interest rates being an important factor determinin... Read More about Central Bank interest rate decisions, household indebtedness, and psychiatric morbidity and distress: evidence from the UK.

Traits associated with central pain augmentation in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort (2018)
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Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Frowd, N., Marshall, L., Stocks, J., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., …Walsh, D. A. (2018). Traits associated with central pain augmentation in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. PAIN, 159(6), 1035–1044. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001183

This study aimed to identify self-report correlates of central pain augmentation in individuals with knee pain. A subset of participants (n=420) in the Knee Pain and related health In the Community (KPIC) baseline survey undertook pressure pain thres... Read More about Traits associated with central pain augmentation in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort.