David Sheffield
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1562233 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David Sheffield |
| NOMBRES | David |
| APELLIDO | Sheffield |
| FIRMA | SHEFFIELD D |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Derby |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9121-1783 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 48 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Cognitive biases in individuals with chronic pain
Chronic Pain (CP) significantly impairs quality of life, making it critical to understand the psychological factors that contribute to its onset and persistence. This study investigated interpretation biases (IB) and memory biases (MB) in 153 individuals (CP = 77; non-pain controls = 76). Participants completed tasks assessing IB using ambiguous scenarios, and MB via surprise short-term recall and delayed recognition (after one month) of pain/ill…
Introducing Heritage Connectedness
Humans have a deep desire for connectedness. A sense of relationship with heritage potentially stands as an important form of connectedness that matters for both personal and planetary wellbeing. Exploring the concept of heritage connectedness is the overarching aim of this paper. Focus groups and interviews were used to understand what heritage connectedness means to people. Then, using a new heritage connectedness measurement approach, a large-…
How are nature exposures and nature connectedness related to well‐being and environmentalism in the population of England
The twin crises of mental and planetary health can benefit from understanding how visiting nature and nature connectedness are related to well‐being and environmentalism. These relationships are complicated by (1) the quality of neighbourhood nature, which can influence both nature visit behaviour and nature connectedness, as well as well‐being and environmentalism; (2) the interplay between visiting nature and nature connectedness in these relat…
Green pathways to mental health
We aimed to evaluate the mental health benefits and possible mechanisms of objective and subjective treescape exposures whilst also accounting for relationships with residential area greenspace in general. Independent variables were objective measures of residential neighbourhood tree cover density and woody linear features, and a subjective measure of perceived neighbourhood treescape richness. Outcome variables were four standard measures of po…
Wellbeing and burnout in schoolteachers
Schoolteachers are a profession at high risk for workplace burnout. The Jobs Demands-Resource model is useful in understanding burnout in this population. However, a better understanding of what psychological and physiological factors serve as demands and resources, and how these might interact to predict burnout is needed. In this study, we obtained cardiac activity (Heart Rate Variability) over a working day, as well as self-reported stress and…
A replication and development of the Short Cognitive Mediation Beliefs Questionnaire (CMBQ-S)
The Cognitive Mediation Beliefs Questionnaire is a 15-item tool that assesses individuals' emotion beliefs about the cognitive mediation of emotions. It measures two emotion beliefs: stimulus-response generation beliefs and cognitive mediation change beliefs. This study aimed to reduce the number of items and test the validity of a briefer version of the Cognitive Mediation Beliefs Questionnaire. We combined data from 13 unpublished data sets col…
Rebuilding human-nature connections in children and adolescents
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Systematic Review of Explicit Instruments Measuring Nature Connectedness
This systematic review assesses the methodological quality of manuscripts focusing on scales that explicitly measure nature connectedness. A literature search in six electronic databases was conducted using a search strategy based on PICO guidelines. Only peer-reviewed primary research available in English language, published between 2000 and 2021, meeting the scope of this review were included. Data from 35 studies were narratively analyzed. The…
Effects of Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) and Nature Therapy on Mental Health
Shinrin-yoku, immersing oneself in nature using one’s senses, has been receiving increased attention internationally. While most of the existing studies have focused on physical health, this systematic review and meta-analysis examined the mental health impacts of shinrin-yoku, using the PRISMA guidelines (PROSPERO registry: BLINDED). Of 497 articles retrieved on databases including PubMed/MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Science Direct and Google Scholar, twe…
Facilitating the planning and evaluation of narrative intervention reviews
The Impact of a “Three Good Things in Nature” Writing Task on Nature Connectedness, Pro-nature Conservation Behavior, Life Satisfaction, and Mindfulness in Children
This research explores the relationships between nature connectedness, pro-nature conservation behavior, life satisfaction, and mindfulness in children aged 9–11 years and assesses the impact of a three good things in nature writing intervention. Participants were assigned to either an experimental condition, writing about three good things in nature (previously adapted from a positive psychology intervention), or a control condition, writing abo…
What is the role of stress cardiovascular reactivity in health behaviour change? A systematic review, meta-analysis and research agenda
Positive Psychology for Mental Wellbeing of UK Therapeutic Students
This study aimed to examine the relationships between mental wellbeing and positive psychological constructs in therapeutic students (psychotherapy and occupational therapy students). The number of therapeutic students has increased recently; however, they suffer from poor mental health, which may be improved by potentiating their positive psychological constructs, bypassing mental health shame. Therapeutic students ( n = 145) completed measures …
Exploring Buddhism as a ‘Tool’ to Support Well-Being
Buddhism is an ancient religion and philosophy of living that is practised worldwide. More recent interest in mindfulness as a practice and intervention in the West has highlighted Buddhist-derived concepts as useful in supporting health and well-being. As a result, the desire to understand Buddhism in its more complete form has strengthened. Although research into mindfulness and compassion is growing, there is a new interest in second-generatio…
Where the wild things are! Do urban green spaces with greater avian biodiversity promote more positive emotions in humans?
Urban green space can help mitigate the negative impacts of urban living and provide positive effects on citizens’ mood, health and well-being. Questions remain, however, as to whether all types of green space are equally beneficial, and if not, what landscape forms or key features optimise the desired benefits. For example, it has been cited that urban landscapes rich in wildlife (high biodiversity) may promote more positive emotions and enhance…
The Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Eudaimonic Well-Being
Social ecological interventions to increase physical activity in children and young people living with and beyond cancer
Does a natural environment enhance the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)? Examining the mental health and wellbeing, and nature connectedness benefits
Within these hyperporous walls
Through this paper, we explore unbundling, the separation of various aspects of education, resources, teaching and assessment (Ossiannilsson et al., 2015) and rebundling, where these activities are “recombined into new configurations with little loss of functionality” (Ge et al., 2004, p. 1). We chart the evolution of online learning at the University of Derby, from a small-scale learning and certification bundle to a rebundled online university …
Roles of Positive Psychology for Mental Health in UK Social Work Students
Despite high shame about mental health symptoms among UK social work students, positive psychological approaches to their mental health have not been investigated in depth. Emotional resilience has been a core skill in social work practice; however, its relationship with mental health is still unclear. Therefore, the primary purposes of this cross-sectional study were to (i) examine the relationships between mental health and positive psychologic…
Assessing Domain Specificity in the Measurement of Mathematics Calculation Anxiety
An online, cross-sectional approach was taken, including an opportunity sample of 160 undergraduate students from a university in the Midlands, UK. Exploratory factor analysis indicated a parsimonious, four-factor solution: abstract maths anxiety , statistics probability anxiety , statistics calculation anxiety , and numerical calculation anxiety . The results support previous evidence for the existence of a separate “numerical anxiety” or “arith…
A Smartphone App for Improving Mental Health through Connecting with Urban Nature
In an increasingly urbanised world where mental health is currently in crisis, interventions to increase human engagement and connection with the natural environment are one of the fastest growing, most widely accessible, and cost-effective ways of improving human wellbeing. This study aimed to provide an evaluation of a smartphone app-based wellbeing intervention. In a randomised controlled trial study design, the app prompted 582 adults, includ…
Mental Health Attitudes, Self-Criticism, Compassion and Role Identity among UK Social Work Students
Although many social work students suffer from mental health symptoms, the majority of them do not seek help, because of shame. Accordingly, the purposes of this study were to evaluate social work students’ attitudes for mental health problems, and explore relationships among shame, mental health symptoms, self-criticism, self-compassion and role identity. First, eighty-four UK female undergraduate social work students completed a measure of atti…
Brief report
To test the hypothesis that self-compassion predicts better physical health and that this is partially mediated through health-promoting behaviours, 147 adults completed self-report measures of self-compassion, health-promoting behaviours and physical health. Self-compassion and health-promoting behaviours were negatively associated with physical symptom scores. Self-compassion was positively associated with health-promoting behaviours. A bootstr…
Beyond knowing nature
Feeling connected to nature has been shown to be beneficial to wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. General nature contact and knowledge based activities are often used in an attempt to engage people with nature. However the specific routes to nature connectedness have not been examined systematically. Two online surveys (total n = 321) of engagement with, and value of, nature activities structured around the nine values of the Biophila Hyp…
Brief report
To test the hypothesis that self-compassion predicts better physical health and that this is partially mediated through health-promoting behaviours, 147 adults completed self-report measures of self-compassion, health-promoting behaviours and physical health. Self-compassion and health-promoting behaviours were negatively associated with physical symptom scores. Self-compassion was positively associated with health-promoting behaviours. A bootstr…
Mental Health Attitudes, Self-Criticism, Compassion and Role Identity among UK Social Work Students
Although many social work students suffer from mental health symptoms, the majority of them do not seek help, because of shame. Accordingly, the purposes of this study were to evaluate social work students’ attitudes for mental health problems, and explore relationships among shame, mental health symptoms, self-criticism, self-compassion and role identity. First, eighty-four UK female undergraduate social work students completed a measure of atti…
The impact of a school-based gardening intervention on intentions and behaviour related to fruit and vegetable consumption in children
A total of 77 children (34 boys, 43 girls, mean age ± standard deviation = 9 ± 1 years) participated in this study; 46 children (intervention) undertook a 12-week school gardening programme and 31 children acted as controls. Measures of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and fruit and vegetable consumption were taken pre- and post-intervention. Repeated measures analysis of variance and hierarchical regression analysis indicated that the interventio…
Stress and Risky Decision Making
Stressful situations hinder judgement. Effects of stress induced by anticipated public speaking on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) were examined. The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) was used to examine the relationship between reflective thinking and IGT performance. The stress manipulation increased blood pressure and was associated with poorer IGT and CRT performance. Stressed participants were slower to avoid the disadvantageous decks. Moreover, …
Exploring Buddhism as a ‘Tool’ to Support Well-Being
Buddhism is an ancient religion and philosophy of living that is practised worldwide. More recent interest in mindfulness as a practice and intervention in the West has highlighted Buddhist-derived concepts as useful in supporting health and well-being. As a result, the desire to understand Buddhism in its more complete form has strengthened. Although research into mindfulness and compassion is growing, there is a new interest in second-generatio…
Roles of Positive Psychology for Mental Health in UK Social Work Students
Despite high shame about mental health symptoms among UK social work students, positive psychological approaches to their mental health have not been investigated in depth. Emotional resilience has been a core skill in social work practice; however, its relationship with mental health is still unclear. Therefore, the primary purposes of this cross-sectional study were to (i) examine the relationships between mental health and positive psychologic…
The Impact of Social Work Student Failure upon Practice Educators
Journal Article The Impact of Social Work Student Failure upon Practice Educators Get access Fern Basnett, Fern Basnett * Fern Basnett is a senior lecturer in social work at Staffordshire University. David Sheffield is a reader in psychology at Staffordshire University. *Correspondence to Fern Basnett. Social work Department, Brindley Building, Staffordshire University, Leek road,, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DF. E-mail: [email protected] Se…
Blood pressure reactions to the cold pressor test and the prediction of ischaemic heart disease
Introduction Exposure to poor environmental conditions has been associated with deterioration of physical and mental health, and with reduction of cognitive performance. Environmental conditions may also influence cognitive development of children, but epidemiological evidence is scant. In developed countries, children spend 930 hours per year in a classroom, second only to time spent in their bedroom. Using continuous sensing technology, we inve…
Daily events and somatic symptoms
In order to examine the lagged relationship between daily events and somatic symptoms, 48 students completed the Students Assessment of Daily Experience Questionnaire and the Somatic Symptoms subscale of the General Health Questionnaire for five days. Undesirable events were correlated with somatic symptoms three to four days later
Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
OBJECTIVE: This study tested the hypothesis that coronary artery disease patients with higher depression scores have lower heart rate variability during daily life. METHOD: Thirty-three men and nine women, ranging in age from 46 to 79, with coronary artery disease and exercise-induced ischemia were studied. The standard deviation of normal R-R intervals (SDNN) and average heart rate were obtained from 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monit…
Blood Pressure Recovery Predicts Acute Illnesses
East Tennessee State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carnegie Mellon University
Depressive Symptoms and Heart Rate Variability
Sheffield, D. PhD; Sheps, D.S. MD; Light, K.C. PhD; Freedland, K.E. PhD; Carney, R.M. PhD; Coghlan, C.G. MD; Cohen, J.D. MD; Goldberg, A.D. MD; Pepine, C.J. MD; Stone, P.H. MD; Kaufmann, P.G. PhD; McMahon, R.P. PhD Author Information
Blood Pressure Reactions to Cold Pressor and the Prediction of Ischaemic Heart Disease
Carroll, D.; Smith, G. Davey; Willemsen, G.; Sheffield, D.; Sweetnam, P.M.; Gallacher, J.J.E.; Elwood, P.C. Author Information
Blood pressure reactions to the cold pressor test and the prediction of ischaemic heart disease
Introduction Exposure to poor environmental conditions has been associated with deterioration of physical and mental health, and with reduction of cognitive performance. Environmental conditions may also influence cognitive development of children, but epidemiological evidence is scant. In developed countries, children spend 930 hours per year in a classroom, second only to time spent in their bedroom. Using continuous sensing technology, we inve…
Symposium Synopsis
s of Papers for 1999 Annual Meeting: Symposium: Social Interactions, Relationships, and Cardiovascular Response
Measuring the Expression of Induced Emotion in Standardized Patient Actors
Blood Pressure Responses to Marital Support
s of Papers for 1999 Annual Meeting: Symposium: Social Interactions, Relationships, and Cardiovascular Response
Race and Sex Differences in Cutaneous Pain Perception
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine race and sex differences in cutaneous pain perception. METHODS: Pain perception was measured using a suprathreshold evaluation of pain intensity and pain unpleasantness to a series of thermal stimuli in 27 whites (14 men and 13 women) and 24 African Americans (12 men and 12 women). Blood pressure, depressive symptoms, anxiety state levels, and negative mood were assessed before pain testing to…
Sex, Gender, and Blood Pressure
OBJECTIVE: The current study investigated whether the relationship between sex and experimental pain report was explained by systolic blood pressure (SBP) at rest or during pain task, by gender-role socialization as assessed by the Bem Sex Role Inventory, or both. The influence of gender-role socialization on pain report is often inferred but rarely studied. METHODS: Fifty female and 54 male healthy, young adults completed the Bem Sex Role Invent…
Social Support and Experimental Pain
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this experimental study was to supplement and expand on clinical research demonstrating that the provision of social support is associated with lower levels of acute pain. METHODS: Undergraduates (52 men and 49 women) performed the cold pressor task either alone or accompanied by a friend or stranger who provided active support, passive support, or interaction. Pain perception was measured on a 10-point scale. RESULTS: P…
Cardiovascular Reactivity and Development of Preclinical and Clinical Disease States
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to evaluate the evidence for the hypothesis that cardiovascular reactivity can predict the development of preclinical (elevated blood pressure, ventricular remodeling, carotid atherosclerosis) and/or clinical cardiovascular disease states. METHODS: A review of the literature was conducted examining prospective studies. RESULTS: Three large epidemiological studies with long-term follow-up periods (20 year…
A quantitative and qualitative study of changes in the use of learning outcomes and distractions by students and tutors during a biology poster assessment
The anti-nociceptive response to sweet ingesta is related to the palatability of the solution rather than its sweetness
Diary Keeping and Well-Being
In a pilot study, 177 female students completed a diary-keeping survey and measures of well-being. Diary keepers reported lower well-being than non-diary keepers
The Impact of Social Work Student Failure upon Practice Educators
Journal Article The Impact of Social Work Student Failure upon Practice Educators Get access Fern Basnett, Fern Basnett * Fern Basnett is a senior lecturer in social work at Staffordshire University. David Sheffield is a reader in psychology at Staffordshire University. *Correspondence to Fern Basnett. Social work Department, Brindley Building, Staffordshire University, Leek road,, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DF. E-mail: [email protected] Se…
Illness perceptions and obesity. Obesity related illness representations vary according to BMI category
Hemodynamic responses to active and passive coping tasks and the prediction of future blood pressure in T hai participants
Cardiovascular responses to mental stress tests have been related to future blood pressure ( BP ) levels. However, most studies have been completed in N orth A merica and E urope; only one study has been conducted in A sia. Therefore, the study explored whether cardiovascular responses to mental stress predict future resting BP in T hailand. Hemodynamic measures were obtained from 101 healthy adults before, during and after mental arithmetic, a s…
Reflective Self-Attention
There is much to be gained from understanding the individual differences that predict our connection to nature, as those that are more connected tend to be more caring toward the environment and benefit from better well-being. Study 1 ( n = 137) found that reflective self-attention and mindful attention significantly predicted connection to nature, while anxious self-attention had a borderline significant negative association. With the introducti…
The impact of a school-based gardening intervention on intentions and behaviour related to fruit and vegetable consumption in children
A total of 77 children (34 boys, 43 girls, mean age ± standard deviation = 9 ± 1 years) participated in this study; 46 children (intervention) undertook a 12-week school gardening programme and 31 children acted as controls. Measures of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and fruit and vegetable consumption were taken pre- and post-intervention. Repeated measures analysis of variance and hierarchical regression analysis indicated that the interventio…
Stress and Risky Decision Making
Stressful situations hinder judgement. Effects of stress induced by anticipated public speaking on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) were examined. The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) was used to examine the relationship between reflective thinking and IGT performance. The stress manipulation increased blood pressure and was associated with poorer IGT and CRT performance. Stressed participants were slower to avoid the disadvantageous decks. Moreover, …
Beyond knowing nature
Feeling connected to nature has been shown to be beneficial to wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. General nature contact and knowledge based activities are often used in an attempt to engage people with nature. However the specific routes to nature connectedness have not been examined systematically. Two online surveys (total n = 321) of engagement with, and value of, nature activities structured around the nine values of the Biophila Hyp…
An investigation into problematic smartphone use
Background and aims Over the last decade, worldwide smartphone usage has greatly increased. Alongside this growth, research on the influence of smartphones on human behavior has also increased. However, a growing number of studies have shown that excessive use of smartphones can lead to detrimental consequences in a minority of individuals. This study examines the psychological aspects of smartphone use particularly in relation to problematic use…
Brief report
To test the hypothesis that self-compassion predicts better physical health and that this is partially mediated through health-promoting behaviours, 147 adults completed self-report measures of self-compassion, health-promoting behaviours and physical health. Self-compassion and health-promoting behaviours were negatively associated with physical symptom scores. Self-compassion was positively associated with health-promoting behaviours. A bootstr…
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