Kirsten Mcewan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3470600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsten Mcewan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsten |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcewan |
| SIGNATURE | MCEWAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Derby |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0945-0521 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact of nature connectedness on loneliness among university students living away from home: The mediating roles of meaningfulness, peace of mind, and resilience
Loneliness is a growing mental health concern globally. Since the advent of smartphone and internet use, urban youth have been disproportionately affected by loneliness. Disconnecting from tech and connecting with nature could be a solution to reducing loneliness. This study explored the relationship between nature connectedness and loneliness in urban youth, examining the novel and potentially mediating variables of meaningfulness, peace of mind…
Examining the impact of a forest bathing intervention on well-being in urban youth: A field experiment from India
A controlled trial comparing the impact of guided forest bathing or a mindful urban walk on heart rate, blood pressure, and mood in young Thai adults
In Thailand, cardiovascular disease and mental health cause a large health and economic burden, with 10% of Thai adults and 32% of adolescents reporting depression. Forest bathing (FB) (mindful nature walking) is growing in popularity globally as a preventative health intervention. Most FB research compares FB with a non‐active control of unguided urban walking, finding improved health and well‐being in FB but not the urban condition. This contro…
Improvements in Compassion and Fears of Compassion throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Study
During large-scale disasters, social support, caring behaviours, and compassion are shown to protect against poor mental health outcomes. This multi-national study aimed to assess the fluctuations in compassion over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents (Time 1 n = 4156, Time 2 n = 980, Time 3 n = 825) from 23 countries completed online self-report questionnaires measuring the flows of compassion (i.e., Compassionate Engagement and Actio…
The Fears of Compassion in Sport Scale: A short, context-specific measure of fear of self-compassion and receiving compassion from others validated in UK athletes
Objective Despite the many benefits of compassion, athletes fear being compassionate. To provide a valid and reliable psychometric tool for sport researchers and practitioners, we developed and validated a Fears of Compassion in Sport Scale (FCSS), based on an existing measure of fears of compassion in general life domains.Method We generated FCSS items measuring sport-specific fear of self-compassion (FSC) and receiving compassion from others (F…
Can compassion-focused imagery be used as an attention bias modification treatment
The Feasibility and Impact of Practising Online Forest Bathing to Improve Anxiety, Rumination, Social Connection and Long-Covid Symptoms: A Pilot Study
Online Forest bathing resulted in significant improvements in well-being and symptom severity and could be considered an accessible and inexpensive adjunct therapy for Long-COVID patients. Where people have limited access to in-person nature, virtual nature may offer an alternative to improve health and well-being outcomes
This Is What the Colour Green Smells Like!’: Urban Forest Bathing Improved Adolescent Nature Connection and Wellbeing
After the session, the participants expressed enjoying the social aspects of being part of a group and being present in the moment by noticing nature. They expressed the effects of this as immediately calming and relaxing. Urban forest bathing improved nature connection and wellbeing in adolescents and could be implemented and/or signposted by schools and youth charities
Developing a whole-school mental health and wellbeing intervention through pragmatic formative process evaluation: A case-study of innovative local practice within The School Health Research network
Formative, pragmatic process evaluations can support researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in developing robust scientific evidence-bases for acceptable and feasible local innovations that do not already have a clear evidence base. The case of a whole-school restorative approach provides a case example of how such an evaluation may be undertaken
The magic of the mundane: The vulnerable web of connections between urban nature and wellbeing
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: A Meta-analysis
The good things in urban nature: A thematic framework for optimising urban planning for nature connectedness
Crisis management for people with dementia at home: Mixed‐methods case study research to identify critical factors for successful home treatment
Best practice in dementia care is support in the home. Yet, crisis is common and can often result in hospital admission with adverse consequences. The objective of this mixed-methods case study research was to identify the critical factors for resolving crisis for a person with dementia living at home. The research was an in-depth investigation of what happens during crisis for people with dementia and how it is managed by a Home Treatment Crisis…
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…
Availability of breastfeeding peer support in the United Kingdom: A cross‐sectional study
Peer support is recommended by the World Health Organization for the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding, and this recommendation is included in United Kingdom (U.K.) guidance. There is a lack of information about how, when, and where breastfeeding peer support was provided in the U.K. We aimed to generate an overview of how peer support is delivered in the U.K. and to gain an understanding of challenges for implementation. We surveyed a…
A Descriptive Study of Feelings of Arrested Escape (Entrapment) and Arrested Anger in People Presenting to an Emergency Department Following an Episode of Self-Harm
Feelings of entrapment and arrested anger are common in people who self-harmClinicians could benefit from increased awareness and measures of arrested flight and arrested angerDiscussing these concepts and experiences appears to be useful to people who have self-harmedFurther research is needed on how best to help people with such experiences
Fears of compassion: Development of three self‐report measures
Objectives. There is increasing evidence that helping people develop compassion for themselves and others has powerful impacts on negative affect and promotes positive affect. However, clinical observations suggest that some individuals, particularly those high in self‐criticism, can find self‐compassion and receiving compassion difficult and can be fearful of it. This study therefore developed measures of fear of: compassion for others , compass…
Effects of intranasal oxytocin on 'compassion focused imagery
This study explored the effects of oxytocin on Compassion Focused Imagery (CFI), that is, imagining another "mind" being deeply compassionate to oneself, and the interaction of these effects with self-criticism and feeling socially safe with others. Forty-four healthy participants (29 men and 15 women) completed self-report measures of self-criticism, attachment style, and social safeness before taking part in a double-blind randomized placebo co…
Cultural differences in shame-focused attitudes towards mental health problems in Asian and Non-Asian student women
This study explored differences in shame-focused attitudes to mental health problems in Asian and non-Asian students. The ‘Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems’ (ATMHP) is a self-report scale designed for this study to measure: external shame (beliefs that others will look down on self if one has mental health problems); internal shame (related to negative self-evaluations); and reflected shame (believing that one can bring shame to family/co…
Cultural differences in shame-focused attitudes towards mental health problems in Asian and Non-Asian student women
This study explored differences in shame-focused attitudes to mental health problems in Asian and non-Asian students. The ‘Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems’ (ATMHP) is a self-report scale designed for this study to measure: external shame (beliefs that others will look down on self if one has mental health problems); internal shame (related to negative self-evaluations); and reflected shame (believing that one can bring shame to family/co…
Fears of compassion: Development of three self‐report measures
Objectives. There is increasing evidence that helping people develop compassion for themselves and others has powerful impacts on negative affect and promotes positive affect. However, clinical observations suggest that some individuals, particularly those high in self‐criticism, can find self‐compassion and receiving compassion difficult and can be fearful of it. This study therefore developed measures of fear of: compassion for others , compass…
Effects of intranasal oxytocin on 'compassion focused imagery
This study explored the effects of oxytocin on Compassion Focused Imagery (CFI), that is, imagining another "mind" being deeply compassionate to oneself, and the interaction of these effects with self-criticism and feeling socially safe with others. Forty-four healthy participants (29 men and 15 women) completed self-report measures of self-criticism, attachment style, and social safeness before taking part in a double-blind randomized placebo co…
A Descriptive Study of Feelings of Arrested Escape (Entrapment) and Arrested Anger in People Presenting to an Emergency Department Following an Episode of Self-Harm
Feelings of entrapment and arrested anger are common in people who self-harmClinicians could benefit from increased awareness and measures of arrested flight and arrested angerDiscussing these concepts and experiences appears to be useful to people who have self-harmedFurther research is needed on how best to help people with such experiences
Availability of breastfeeding peer support in the United Kingdom: A cross‐sectional study
Peer support is recommended by the World Health Organization for the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding, and this recommendation is included in United Kingdom (U.K.) guidance. There is a lack of information about how, when, and where breastfeeding peer support was provided in the U.K. We aimed to generate an overview of how peer support is delivered in the U.K. and to gain an understanding of challenges for implementation. We surveyed a…
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…
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: A Meta-analysis
The good things in urban nature: A thematic framework for optimising urban planning for nature connectedness
Crisis management for people with dementia at home: Mixed‐methods case study research to identify critical factors for successful home treatment
Best practice in dementia care is support in the home. Yet, crisis is common and can often result in hospital admission with adverse consequences. The objective of this mixed-methods case study research was to identify the critical factors for resolving crisis for a person with dementia living at home. The research was an in-depth investigation of what happens during crisis for people with dementia and how it is managed by a Home Treatment Crisis…
Developing a whole-school mental health and wellbeing intervention through pragmatic formative process evaluation: A case-study of innovative local practice within The School Health Research network
Formative, pragmatic process evaluations can support researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in developing robust scientific evidence-bases for acceptable and feasible local innovations that do not already have a clear evidence base. The case of a whole-school restorative approach provides a case example of how such an evaluation may be undertaken
The magic of the mundane: The vulnerable web of connections between urban nature and wellbeing
Can compassion-focused imagery be used as an attention bias modification treatment
The Feasibility and Impact of Practising Online Forest Bathing to Improve Anxiety, Rumination, Social Connection and Long-Covid Symptoms: A Pilot Study
Online Forest bathing resulted in significant improvements in well-being and symptom severity and could be considered an accessible and inexpensive adjunct therapy for Long-COVID patients. Where people have limited access to in-person nature, virtual nature may offer an alternative to improve health and well-being outcomes
This Is What the Colour Green Smells Like!’: Urban Forest Bathing Improved Adolescent Nature Connection and Wellbeing
After the session, the participants expressed enjoying the social aspects of being part of a group and being present in the moment by noticing nature. They expressed the effects of this as immediately calming and relaxing. Urban forest bathing improved nature connection and wellbeing in adolescents and could be implemented and/or signposted by schools and youth charities
Improvements in Compassion and Fears of Compassion throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Study
During large-scale disasters, social support, caring behaviours, and compassion are shown to protect against poor mental health outcomes. This multi-national study aimed to assess the fluctuations in compassion over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents (Time 1 n = 4156, Time 2 n = 980, Time 3 n = 825) from 23 countries completed online self-report questionnaires measuring the flows of compassion (i.e., Compassionate Engagement and Actio…
The Fears of Compassion in Sport Scale: A short, context-specific measure of fear of self-compassion and receiving compassion from others validated in UK athletes
Objective Despite the many benefits of compassion, athletes fear being compassionate. To provide a valid and reliable psychometric tool for sport researchers and practitioners, we developed and validated a Fears of Compassion in Sport Scale (FCSS), based on an existing measure of fears of compassion in general life domains.Method We generated FCSS items measuring sport-specific fear of self-compassion (FSC) and receiving compassion from others (F…
A controlled trial comparing the impact of guided forest bathing or a mindful urban walk on heart rate, blood pressure, and mood in young Thai adults
In Thailand, cardiovascular disease and mental health cause a large health and economic burden, with 10% of Thai adults and 32% of adolescents reporting depression. Forest bathing (FB) (mindful nature walking) is growing in popularity globally as a preventative health intervention. Most FB research compares FB with a non‐active control of unguided urban walking, finding improved health and well‐being in FB but not the urban condition. This contro…
Examining the impact of a forest bathing intervention on well-being in urban youth: A field experiment from India
Impact of nature connectedness on loneliness among university students living away from home: The mediating roles of meaningfulness, peace of mind, and resilience
Loneliness is a growing mental health concern globally. Since the advent of smartphone and internet use, urban youth have been disproportionately affected by loneliness. Disconnecting from tech and connecting with nature could be a solution to reducing loneliness. This study explored the relationship between nature connectedness and loneliness in urban youth, examining the novel and potentially mediating variables of meaningfulness, peace of mind…
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychological intervention (6 works) · Compassion (5 works)