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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Jun 30

I’m hugely grateful to Imogen Keites, @dansteward.bsky.social and Rachel Rahman for their work on this review!

Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Jun 30

I wanted to share the first paper from my PhD, a qualitative meta-synthesis of how individuals understand their own self-harm, an often overlooked factor when it comes to policy and healthcare provision

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Jun 30

Den Unterschied zwischen beiden zu verstehen, kann zunächst kompliziert sein! Ich habe einen deutschsprachigen Artikel geschrieben, der die wichtigsten Typen sowie ihre Stärken und Schwächen erklärt:

Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Jun 30

Understanding the difference between be complicated at first. I’ve written a German-language article explaining the key types and their strengths and weaknesses:

www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com/themen/einfh...

Eine Einführung in Forschungsdesigns in der Psychologie — Psychologie leicht gemacht

In der Psychologie nutzen Forscher je nach Fragestellung und Zielsetzung unterschiedliche Studientypen. Die drei Haupttypen sind experimentelle, deskriptive und Korrelationsstudien. Dieser Artikel gib...

www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Jun 30

Understanding the difference between be complicated at first. I’ve written a German-language article explaining the key types and their strengths and weaknesses:

www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com/themen/einfh...

Eine Einführung in Forschungsdesigns in der Psychologie — Psychologie leicht gemacht

In der Psychologie nutzen Forscher je nach Fragestellung und Zielsetzung unterschiedliche Studientypen. Die drei Haupttypen sind experimentelle, deskriptive und Korrelationsstudien. Dieser Artikel gib...

www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Jun 28

Looking even more forward to discussing the contributions in this panel as earlier this week this excellent paper by Jana Uher was published which refers to the work of multiple presenters:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

#SPRKrakow2025 #MixedMethods #QualitativeMethods #PhilSky #Psychometrics

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Somerville College, Oxford @somervillecollege.bsky.social · Apr 3

Our brilliant JRF Dr Emma Soneson @emmasoneson.bsky.social was on the BBC last night discussing the mental health of Oxfordshire's children and young people: "When people think about Oxfordshire they think of this magnificent university town and forget about a lot of the inequalities."

Children's mental health 'worse in deprived Oxfordshire areas'

The director of public health presented an overview of the mental health of children to councillors.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · May 2

My German-language website is live again, where I post accessible summaries of key topics in psychology. The newest post: Ein Überblick die Gestaltpsychologie.
Please let me know if there are any key topics in psychology you would like me to cover!

www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com/themen/gesta...

Gestaltpsychologie — Psychologie leicht gemacht

Ein Überblick über ein Schlüsselparadigma der Psychologie des 20. Jahrhunderts.

www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Apr 19

You can read the first paper from my PhD here bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Apr 19

I am incredibly grateful to my supervisors at Aberystwyth University for their expert guidance and support over the last 4 years. I’m planning to publish two more papers from my thesis in the near future- keep an eye out!

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Apr 19

I’m excited to share that my minor revisions for my thesis have been accepted and my PhD is finally complete! My thesis is titled “Paving the way for new conceptualisations of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI): a mixed methods sequential exploration”

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Apr 3

📰New paper from @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #suicidecultures PhD researcher (and now postdoctoral researcher with @d-liveability.bsky.social) Emily Yue.

The paper considers statistics about ethnicity as 'tricky tools' in suicide prevention work 👇

catalystjournal.org/index.php/ca...

Ethnicity Statistics as Tricky Tools in “Post-Racial” Britain: Celebrating the Lives and Obscuring the Deaths of Mixed-Race Populations | Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience

catalystjournal.org

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Feb 6

If you are a clinician, researcher, or person with lived experience of psychosis please help the GALENOS project prioritise what to investigate in the context of cognitive impairment in psychosis
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/gal...

GALENOS LSR5 Prioritisation

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Jan 6

This is an excellent read. An eloquent, logical, and well thought out analysis of a topic that’s becoming increasingly controversial.

Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Jan 4

Gender Identity, Biological Sex, and Psychopathology: Back to Basics

Pronouns are linguistic and social tools, not representations of sexual physiology.

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/gender-ide...

Gender Identity, Biological Sex, and Psychopathology

Back to Basics

www.psychiatrymargins.com

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Dec 10

Also with @fionar.bsky.social, @thomytonia.bsky.social @profemilysena.bsky.social (plus others not on Bluesky).

Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Dec 10

[New publication alert!] Examining the therapeutic potential of exercise in PTSD, led by Simonne Wright.

It's been fantastic to be a part of this along with @virginiachiocchia.bsky.social, @toshi-frkw.bsky.social @clairefriedrich.bsky.social rich.bsky.social
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-7...

wellcomeopenresearch.org

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Dec 6

“We have created a science of bureaucrats, of meaningless repetitive tasks, of obsession with a quantitative metrics of productivity that no longer bear any relation to desirable output.” @bayesianboy.bsky.social

www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/philoso...

"Philosophy in the Trenches and Laboratory Benches of Science": An Essay by Mel Andrews

"Philosophers are trained in the kind of abstract critical reasoning that is problematically absent from the sciences today."

www.thephilosopher1923.org

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Nov 20

What are your research interests?

Some of mine 👇

Self-injury, mental healthcare policy and provision, bodily autonomy, queer theory, trans and non-binary lives, Foucauldian discourse analysis, phenomenology, mixed-methods, and evidence synthesis.

Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Nov 18

What are your research interests?

Some of mine👇

LGBTQA+ young people, sexual orientation and gender identity, queer theory, intersectionality, health inequalities, mental health needs, suicidality, critical suicide theories, trauma exposure, socio-ecological model, mixed methods, phenomenology.

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Nov 19

📣 Publication: A systematic scoping review on risk and protective factors for suicidality among LGBTQ+ young people

➡️ The first review to use the socio-ecological model to understand these factors

➡️ And, an intersectional lens to examine within-group differences

👇👇

doi.org/10.1002/jad....

Risk and protective factors for suicidality among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) young people, from countries with a high global acceptance index (GAI), within the context of the socio‐ecological model: A scoping review

Introduction Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) young people experience higher prevalence rates of suicidality than their heterosexual and/or cisgender peers. However, there is ...

doi.org

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Nov 14

This is thought provoking and provides fantastic (co-produced!) recommendations. A must read for researchers working with trans & gender diverse individuals

Emma Soneson @emmasoneson.bsky.social · Nov 14

*NEW PUB: Making the most of imperfect gender data*

Adolescent research must reflect today’s evolving gender landscape, especially for trans & gender diverse (TGD) young people.

Our new Perspective outlines how to work with existing, imperfect data 🧵

mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/27/1...

Trans and gender diverse identities in adolescent health research: making the most of imperfect data

Advancing adolescent health research necessitates deliberate design and analysis that accurately captures the rapidly evolving world in which adolescents live and the ways in which they understand and...

mentalhealth.bmj.com

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Jaycee Kennett @jayceekennett.bsky.social · Nov 8

I'm excited to announce the publication of our living systematic review protocol:

"Cognitive bias modification for social anxiety: protocol for a living systematic review of human studies and meta-analysis"

wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-6...

wellcomeopenresearch.org