Abby Dunn

ORCID: 0000-0003-1911-414X
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Research Areas
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • German Literature and Culture Studies
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Mental Health via Writing
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

University of Surrey
2024

University of Sussex
2020-2024

King's College School
2015

King's College London
2015

Quarter-life crisis (QLC) is a popular term for developmental episodes that occur during early adulthood (18-30). Our aim was to explore what linguistic themes are associated with this phenomenon as discussed on social media. We analyzed 1.5 million tweets written by over 1,400 users from the United Kingdom and States referred QLC, comparing their posts those used control set of who were matched age, gender period activity. Logistic regression uncover significant associations between words,...

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00341 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2020-03-06

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is associated with challenges around emotional intensity and interpersonal difficulties. The children of parents BPD are at risk poorer outcomes in terms their own mental health, educational wellbeing. being a parent can also exacerbate the symptoms those traits. There pressing need to understand experience these determine what support would be appropriate useful. To explore compare experiences needs traits understanding practitioners who work them....

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01913 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2020-08-07

Ascertaining whether mental health service users have children is a clinical requirement in UK services, and acknowledgement of patient's parenting role necessary to enable engagement with their experience facilitate support, both which are associated improved outcomes for the parent-child dyad. The current study sought investigate practice practitioners working adult services regard following: patients children; patients; construct 'think patient as parent'.Self-report online/paper survey...

10.1111/bjc.12330 article EN cc-by British Journal of Clinical Psychology 2021-10-05

Admiration is a social emotion that developmentally formative in emerging adulthood; admired adults act as mentors, role models, and sources of inspiration to this age-group. The present study explored who what admire their elders, across four countries (UK, Iran, China, Russia). A total 525 participants provided written descriptions an figure. Across all cultures, care generativity was the most common theme. Cross-cultural differences emerged for themes limitations difficulties (most...

10.1177/2167696815601945 article EN Emerging Adulthood 2015-08-21

Background Many parents with a mental illness report desire for both recognition of their parental role and support themselves children. However, are often fearful negative judgements from professionals about ability to be parent, which inhibits raising concerns children clinical teams. Consequently, an essential first step supporting families is proactively identify patients parents, although evidence indicates this not consistently part services. Professionals could play pivotal in guiding...

10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1463823 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychiatry 2024-10-23

Anxiety is the most common childhood mental health condition and associated with impaired child outcomes, including increased risk of difficulties in adulthood. runs families: when a parent has anxiety, their 50% higher chance developing it themselves. Environmental factors are predominant intergenerational transmission anxiety and, these, parenting processes play major role. Interventions that target parents to support them limit impact any anxiogenic behaviors reduced children. A brief...

10.2196/40707 article EN cc-by JMIR Research Protocols 2022-08-30

The use of a second informant (co-respondent) is common method identifying potential bias in outcome data (e.g., parent-report child outcomes). There is, however, limited evidence regarding methods increasing response rates from co-respondents. financial incentives associated with higher levels engagement and follow-up collection online surveys. This study investigated whether paid to index participants an trial parenting-focused intervention, would lead co-respondent collection.

10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101267 article EN cc-by Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2024-02-08

Introduction When parents of dependent children are treated in psychiatric inpatient hospital, it typically involves separation parent and child for the duration treatment, which can be highly distressing to dyad result disruption parent-child relationship. Parents who have experienced hospitalisation expressed a desire their parenting identity recognized appropriately engaged with during treatment. This recognition includes provision interventions support them as limit impact mental health...

10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1365981 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychiatry 2024-04-02

Parent-report questionnaires are a common method of generating data on child outcomes in mental health studies. A second report from another person who knows the (co-respondent) is implemented to reduce bias and increase objectivity. The success this approach dependent engagement co-respondents, which can be difficult. Financial incentives used return clinical trials, promote referral rates online marketing. This protocol describes use an embedded randomised controlled trial (RCT)...

10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101090 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2023-02-14

Background Mental health workers are subject to high levels of occupational stress which is associated with poorer and wellbeing impaired patient outcomes. For individuals operating in environments, reducing challenge at home, particular around parenting, has been found generalize into improvements the professional domain. The present study sought investigate effectiveness feasibility brief targeted workplace intervention support terms their parental role. Design/Methodology An uncontrolled...

10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854065 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2022-06-23

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Anxiety is the most common childhood mental health condition and associated with impaired child outcomes, including increased risk of difficulties in adulthood. runs families: when a parent has anxiety, their 50 per cent higher chance developing it themselves. Environmental factors are predominant intergenerational transmission anxiety and, these, parenting processes play major role. Interventions that target parents to support them limit impact any anxiogenic...

10.2196/preprints.40707 preprint EN 2022-07-06
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