Nikki Kiyimba
Biographic Data
| ID | 187276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikki Kiyimba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikki |
| FAMILY NAME | Kiyimba |
| SIGNATURE | KIYIMBA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6506-8880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Promoting a digital ethics of care: A digital cognitive interruption to facilitate U.K. adolescents’ empathy in online spaces
In debating who takes responsibility for adolescent’s online activity, expectations are that a multi-systemic approach is needed. In this paper, the voices of 11–18-year-olds, teachers, and mental health practitioners in focus group conversations were analysed using thematic analysis. Results indicated that young people demonstrated empathy in situ during data collection. However, when reporting on conversations in digital spaces, they complained…
Towards a suicide-responsive police culture: Police Experiences of Working With Suicide
Across the globe suicide rates are creating concern, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) argues that suicide is the responsibility of everyone. The WHO recognises that police have an important role in suicide prevention and the management of mental health crises. We suggest that police officers and staff are inevitably impacted by the emotional labour of meeting the demands of this aspect of the role. We argue for more research attention on t…
“Is Everybody Comfortable?”#xd; Thinking Through Co-design Approaches to Better Support Girls’ Physical Activity in Schools
Of interest across the domains of sport, education and health in the UK and internationally is the challenge of engaging girls in physical activity. There has been increasing support for novel approaches that take seriously the notion of ‘co-design’: i.e. involving girls in decision-making processes that directly and indirectly affect their engagement with physical activity. Given this approach is still in its infancy, this study set out to explo…
Give My Child a Label: Strategies of Epistemic Corroboration in Case-Building within Child Mental Health Assessments
Child mental health services are in rising demand, but increasingly overstretched and difficult for families to access. This article examines rhetorical techniques used by parents seeking a mental health diagnosis for their child. Using recordings of consultations from a child mental health clinic (UK) with 28 families, analysis focuses on the use of 'epistemic corroboration', a strategy by which third-party candidate diagnoses are reported to su…
Discourses of Psychological Trauma
Reflecting on cultural meanings of spirituality/wairuatanga in post-traumatic growth using the Māori wellbeing model of Te Whare Tapa Whā
This paper engages with the notion of universality by critically exploring the concepts of trauma and post-traumatic growth from a cultural perspective. Drawing on the indigenous Māori model of wellbeing “Te Whare Tapa Whā”, the inter-relationships between family relationships, physical wellbeing, mental and emotional health, and spirituality are examined as a holistic model. Within the cultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand, we make a case for…
Discourses of Psychological Trauma
Reflective interventionist conversation analysis
A distinction has been drawn between basic (pure) conversation analysis (CA) and applied CA. Applied CA has become especially beneficial for informing areas of practice such as health, social care and education, and is an accepted form of research evidence in the scientific rhetoric. There are different ways of undertaking applied CA, with different foci and goals. In this article, we articulate one way of conducting applied CA, that is especiall…
“I belong to the days of the dinosaurs”: Extreme case formulation in therapeutic practice
Establishing quality in discursive psychology: Three domains to consider
This paper introduces quality markers common to Discursive Psychology (DP) – a qualitative approach for examining talk and text. We offer a guide for researchers using DP and reviewers evaluating DP research studies. Specifically, we describe a framework involving three key domains, including: quality in data collection and management, quality in the process of analysis, and quality as related to validity and reliability. For each domain, we intr…
Building a case for accessing service provision in child and adolescent mental health assessments
In everyday conversations, people put forward versions of events and provide supporting evidence to build a credible case. In environments where there are potentially competing versions, case-building may take a more systematic format. Specifically, we conducted a rhetorical analysis to consider how in child mental health settings, families work to present a credible ‘doctorable’ reason for attendance. Data consisted of video-recordings of 28 fam…
Discursive Psychology: Implications for Counseling Psychology
In this article, we present discursive psychology (DP), a qualitative approach that focuses on the study of conversational and textual materials, including everyday interactions. Although DP is well-established methodologically and theoretically, and is used widely in Europe and in the Commonwealth countries, it is relatively unknown in counseling psychology in the United States. As such, the purpose of this article is to provide a general overvi…
The use of why questions in child and adolescent mental health assessments
Questions form the basis of mental health assessments and yet there is limited empirical evidence about the linguistic structure of question formats in these clinical environments. While many types of questions are used, the focus of this research was on why-prefaced questions asked to children. Interaction analysis was employed to interrogate the data, paying specific attention to the interactional organisation of how ‘why-prefaced’ questions we…
The risk of secondary traumatic stress in the qualitative transcription process: A Research Note
It is recognised that transcribing is not merely a neutral and mechanical process, but is active and requires careful engagement with the qualitative data. Whether the researcher transcribes their own data or employs professional transcriptionists the process requires repeated listening to participants' personal narratives. This repetition has a cumulative effect on the transcriptionist and hearing the participants' personal narratives of a sensi…
An exploration of the possibility for secondary traumatic stress among transcriptionists: A grounded theory approach
While there is a small, growing literature considering the psychological safety of researchers, little attention has been paid in the qualitative literature to the wellbeing of transcriptionists. Transcriptionists play an integral and essential role in qualitative research but are often overlooked in terms of the emotional impact of the work. Using grounded theory methodology, transcriptionists were interviewed to ascertain their experiences of t…
The risk of secondary traumatic stress in the qualitative transcription process: A Research Note
It is recognised that transcribing is not merely a neutral and mechanical process, but is active and requires careful engagement with the qualitative data. Whether the researcher transcribes their own data or employs professional transcriptionists the process requires repeated listening to participants' personal narratives. This repetition has a cumulative effect on the transcriptionist and hearing the participants' personal narratives of a sensi…
An exploration of the possibility for secondary traumatic stress among transcriptionists: A grounded theory approach
While there is a small, growing literature considering the psychological safety of researchers, little attention has been paid in the qualitative literature to the wellbeing of transcriptionists. Transcriptionists play an integral and essential role in qualitative research but are often overlooked in terms of the emotional impact of the work. Using grounded theory methodology, transcriptionists were interviewed to ascertain their experiences of t…
Establishing quality in discursive psychology: Three domains to consider
This paper introduces quality markers common to Discursive Psychology (DP) – a qualitative approach for examining talk and text. We offer a guide for researchers using DP and reviewers evaluating DP research studies. Specifically, we describe a framework involving three key domains, including: quality in data collection and management, quality in the process of analysis, and quality as related to validity and reliability. For each domain, we intr…
Discursive Psychology: Implications for Counseling Psychology
In this article, we present discursive psychology (DP), a qualitative approach that focuses on the study of conversational and textual materials, including everyday interactions. Although DP is well-established methodologically and theoretically, and is used widely in Europe and in the Commonwealth countries, it is relatively unknown in counseling psychology in the United States. As such, the purpose of this article is to provide a general overvi…
Towards a suicide-responsive police culture: Police Experiences of Working With Suicide
Across the globe suicide rates are creating concern, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) argues that suicide is the responsibility of everyone. The WHO recognises that police have an important role in suicide prevention and the management of mental health crises. We suggest that police officers and staff are inevitably impacted by the emotional labour of meeting the demands of this aspect of the role. We argue for more research attention on t…
Give My Child a Label: Strategies of Epistemic Corroboration in Case-Building within Child Mental Health Assessments
Child mental health services are in rising demand, but increasingly overstretched and difficult for families to access. This article examines rhetorical techniques used by parents seeking a mental health diagnosis for their child. Using recordings of consultations from a child mental health clinic (UK) with 28 families, analysis focuses on the use of 'epistemic corroboration', a strategy by which third-party candidate diagnoses are reported to su…
Building a case for accessing service provision in child and adolescent mental health assessments
In everyday conversations, people put forward versions of events and provide supporting evidence to build a credible case. In environments where there are potentially competing versions, case-building may take a more systematic format. Specifically, we conducted a rhetorical analysis to consider how in child mental health settings, families work to present a credible ‘doctorable’ reason for attendance. Data consisted of video-recordings of 28 fam…
An exploration of the possibility for secondary traumatic stress among transcriptionists: A grounded theory approach
While there is a small, growing literature considering the psychological safety of researchers, little attention has been paid in the qualitative literature to the wellbeing of transcriptionists. Transcriptionists play an integral and essential role in qualitative research but are often overlooked in terms of the emotional impact of the work. Using grounded theory methodology, transcriptionists were interviewed to ascertain their experiences of t…
The risk of secondary traumatic stress in the qualitative transcription process: A Research Note
It is recognised that transcribing is not merely a neutral and mechanical process, but is active and requires careful engagement with the qualitative data. Whether the researcher transcribes their own data or employs professional transcriptionists the process requires repeated listening to participants' personal narratives. This repetition has a cumulative effect on the transcriptionist and hearing the participants' personal narratives of a sensi…
The use of why questions in child and adolescent mental health assessments
Questions form the basis of mental health assessments and yet there is limited empirical evidence about the linguistic structure of question formats in these clinical environments. While many types of questions are used, the focus of this research was on why-prefaced questions asked to children. Interaction analysis was employed to interrogate the data, paying specific attention to the interactional organisation of how ‘why-prefaced’ questions we…
Discursive Psychology: Implications for Counseling Psychology
In this article, we present discursive psychology (DP), a qualitative approach that focuses on the study of conversational and textual materials, including everyday interactions. Although DP is well-established methodologically and theoretically, and is used widely in Europe and in the Commonwealth countries, it is relatively unknown in counseling psychology in the United States. As such, the purpose of this article is to provide a general overvi…
Building a case for accessing service provision in child and adolescent mental health assessments
In everyday conversations, people put forward versions of events and provide supporting evidence to build a credible case. In environments where there are potentially competing versions, case-building may take a more systematic format. Specifically, we conducted a rhetorical analysis to consider how in child mental health settings, families work to present a credible ‘doctorable’ reason for attendance. Data consisted of video-recordings of 28 fam…
Reflective interventionist conversation analysis
A distinction has been drawn between basic (pure) conversation analysis (CA) and applied CA. Applied CA has become especially beneficial for informing areas of practice such as health, social care and education, and is an accepted form of research evidence in the scientific rhetoric. There are different ways of undertaking applied CA, with different foci and goals. In this article, we articulate one way of conducting applied CA, that is especiall…
“I belong to the days of the dinosaurs”: Extreme case formulation in therapeutic practice
Establishing quality in discursive psychology: Three domains to consider
This paper introduces quality markers common to Discursive Psychology (DP) – a qualitative approach for examining talk and text. We offer a guide for researchers using DP and reviewers evaluating DP research studies. Specifically, we describe a framework involving three key domains, including: quality in data collection and management, quality in the process of analysis, and quality as related to validity and reliability. For each domain, we intr…
Discourses of Psychological Trauma
Reflecting on cultural meanings of spirituality/wairuatanga in post-traumatic growth using the Māori wellbeing model of Te Whare Tapa Whā
This paper engages with the notion of universality by critically exploring the concepts of trauma and post-traumatic growth from a cultural perspective. Drawing on the indigenous Māori model of wellbeing “Te Whare Tapa Whā”, the inter-relationships between family relationships, physical wellbeing, mental and emotional health, and spirituality are examined as a holistic model. Within the cultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand, we make a case for…
Discourses of Psychological Trauma
“Is Everybody Comfortable?”#xd; Thinking Through Co-design Approaches to Better Support Girls’ Physical Activity in Schools
Of interest across the domains of sport, education and health in the UK and internationally is the challenge of engaging girls in physical activity. There has been increasing support for novel approaches that take seriously the notion of ‘co-design’: i.e. involving girls in decision-making processes that directly and indirectly affect their engagement with physical activity. Given this approach is still in its infancy, this study set out to explo…
Give My Child a Label: Strategies of Epistemic Corroboration in Case-Building within Child Mental Health Assessments
Child mental health services are in rising demand, but increasingly overstretched and difficult for families to access. This article examines rhetorical techniques used by parents seeking a mental health diagnosis for their child. Using recordings of consultations from a child mental health clinic (UK) with 28 families, analysis focuses on the use of 'epistemic corroboration', a strategy by which third-party candidate diagnoses are reported to su…
Towards a suicide-responsive police culture: Police Experiences of Working With Suicide
Across the globe suicide rates are creating concern, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) argues that suicide is the responsibility of everyone. The WHO recognises that police have an important role in suicide prevention and the management of mental health crises. We suggest that police officers and staff are inevitably impacted by the emotional labour of meeting the demands of this aspect of the role. We argue for more research attention on t…
Promoting a digital ethics of care: A digital cognitive interruption to facilitate U.K. adolescents’ empathy in online spaces
In debating who takes responsibility for adolescent’s online activity, expectations are that a multi-systemic approach is needed. In this paper, the voices of 11–18-year-olds, teachers, and mental health practitioners in focus group conversations were analysed using thematic analysis. Results indicated that young people demonstrated empathy in situ during data collection. However, when reporting on conversations in digital spaces, they complained…
Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works)