Abigail Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 4271680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abigail Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abigail |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1524-473X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Treat yourself
Temptations are ubiquitous in daily life. In the present studies, we examined reflective justifications for indulging in these temptations. In Study 1, people reported deserving pleasurable activities (at the expense of goal pursuits) after imagining positive events for which they were responsible or negative events for which they were not responsible. In Study 2, participants reported more indulging and less goal progress when they considered ne…
Eating with Friends, Family or Not at All
The paper draws on findings from a study called ‘Families and Food in Hard Times’, which is examining food poverty among children and families in three European countries. In the UK , qualitative interviews were carried out with 45 11–15 year olds and their parents or carers. Young people's narratives reveal food poverty as a multi‐dimensional experience, including hunger, poor quality food and social exclusion. Analysis suggests a limited degree…
How do children and their families experience food poverty according to UK newspaper media 2006–15
This paper contributes to scholarship concerned with media representations of poverty by exploring newspaper coverage of food poverty as experienced by UK children and families. Our content analysis of six contrasting print newspapers from 2006–15 finds that reporting of children's and families’ food poverty begins in 2011, peaks in 2014 and is dominated by articles about foodbanks. Narrative analysis identifies differences as well as similaritie…
Evidence on public health interventions in humanitarian crises
The Institutionalisation of ‘TongNian’ and ‘childhood’ in China and Britain
This article engages with the question of how theorisation of the social construction of childhood can be applied across cultural contexts, taking China and Britain as examples. The paper draws on collaborative dialogue between scholars from the People's Republic of China and Britain, and literatures from both Anglophone and Mandarin sources. It takes forward emergent work on theorising childhood from diverse global perspectives by focusing on th…
Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times
By using examples from food and domestic life in England during 1950, this paper examines the use of narrative archival sources as a methodological alternative to researching everyday food practices by traditional research methods, such as interviewing. Through the analysis of three diaries written for the Mass Observation Archive, and the everyday food practices expressed in these diaries, we consider the benefits and challenges of using narrati…
The temporality of food practices
Drawing on the findings of a qualitative study of 48 families with young children (aged 1.5–10 years), which investigated the influence of employment on children’s diets, this article focuses on the place of childhood memories and intergenerational relations in the transmission of family food practices. The article highlights the temporal nature of family food practices. First, it examines the intergenerational transmission of food practices in r…
Mingling together’
The promotion of social inclusion of disabled children and their families is currently high on the UK political agenda. Research shows that disabled children and their families are highly disadvantaged, both economically and socially. This paper reports some of the findings of a qualitative study, entitled On Holiday! , which involved analysing the views of 297 people across six local authority research sites in England including 86 disabled chil…
Advocacy for disabled children and young people
Recent policy has emphasized the need for advocacy services for children and young people, developments that have gone hand‐in‐hand with greater levels of participation of young people in decision‐making. Advocacy for disabled young people is especially important, as they are a particular vulnerable group and have, traditionally, been even more excluded from decisions about matters affecting their lives. This paper reports the findings, as they r…
Someone of Your Own to Love’
Previous research has shown that children and young people who are looked after are vulnerable to poor life outcomes, including early pregnancy. This paper examines how experiences of being looked after may contribute to teenage pregnancy. Using in‐depth interviews, data were collected from 63 young people recently looked after who are aged 15–24 and 78 professionals, across four research sites. The young people reported feelings of loneliness, r…
Teenage Pregnancy among Young People in and Leaving Care
Previous research has shown that looked after children and young people are vulnerable to poor life outcomes, including early pregnancy. Abigail Knight, Elaine Chase and Peter Aggleton discuss findings from a Department of Health-funded study on teenage pregnancy among young people in and leaving care. Using in-depth interviews, data were collected from 63 recently looked after young people aged 15 to 24 and from 78 associated professionals from …
A profile of childminding
After friends and relatives, childminders are the most common form of child care. This paper reports the results from a postal survey of a nationally representative sample of over 1,000 childminders. Results are reported concerning childminders' training and employment histories, working conditions, motivation, commitment and satisfaction with their work. Two groups of childminders emerge; a group where childminding may be a passing phase in thei…
Viewpoint
VIEWPOINT: REVISIONISM AND REVOLUTION: MEXICO COMPARED TO ENGLAND AND FRANCE Get access Alan Knight Alan Knight University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 134, Issue 1, February 1992, Pages 159–199, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/134.1.159 Published: 01 February 1992
Private Enterprise and Public Intervention
Journal Article A. Knight. Private Enterprise and Public Intervention Get access Private Enterprise and Public Intervention. By A. Knight. (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1974. Pp. 223. £4.75 hardback, £2.65 paperback.) Keith Cowling Keith Cowling University of Warwick, Coventry. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 336, 1 December 1974, Pages 1004–1006, https://doi.org…
Teenage Pregnancy among Young People in and Leaving Care
Previous research has shown that looked after children and young people are vulnerable to poor life outcomes, including early pregnancy. Abigail Knight, Elaine Chase and Peter Aggleton discuss findings from a Department of Health-funded study on teenage pregnancy among young people in and leaving care. Using in-depth interviews, data were collected from 63 recently looked after young people aged 15 to 24 and from 78 associated professionals from …
The temporality of food practices
Drawing on the findings of a qualitative study of 48 families with young children (aged 1.5–10 years), which investigated the influence of employment on children’s diets, this article focuses on the place of childhood memories and intergenerational relations in the transmission of family food practices. The article highlights the temporal nature of family food practices. First, it examines the intergenerational transmission of food practices in r…
Viewpoint
VIEWPOINT: REVISIONISM AND REVOLUTION: MEXICO COMPARED TO ENGLAND AND FRANCE Get access Alan Knight Alan Knight University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 134, Issue 1, February 1992, Pages 159–199, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/134.1.159 Published: 01 February 1992
Advocacy for disabled children and young people
Recent policy has emphasized the need for advocacy services for children and young people, developments that have gone hand‐in‐hand with greater levels of participation of young people in decision‐making. Advocacy for disabled young people is especially important, as they are a particular vulnerable group and have, traditionally, been even more excluded from decisions about matters affecting their lives. This paper reports the findings, as they r…
How do children and their families experience food poverty according to UK newspaper media 2006–15
This paper contributes to scholarship concerned with media representations of poverty by exploring newspaper coverage of food poverty as experienced by UK children and families. Our content analysis of six contrasting print newspapers from 2006–15 finds that reporting of children's and families’ food poverty begins in 2011, peaks in 2014 and is dominated by articles about foodbanks. Narrative analysis identifies differences as well as similaritie…
Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times
By using examples from food and domestic life in England during 1950, this paper examines the use of narrative archival sources as a methodological alternative to researching everyday food practices by traditional research methods, such as interviewing. Through the analysis of three diaries written for the Mass Observation Archive, and the everyday food practices expressed in these diaries, we consider the benefits and challenges of using narrati…
Mingling together’
The promotion of social inclusion of disabled children and their families is currently high on the UK political agenda. Research shows that disabled children and their families are highly disadvantaged, both economically and socially. This paper reports some of the findings of a qualitative study, entitled On Holiday! , which involved analysing the views of 297 people across six local authority research sites in England including 86 disabled chil…
Private Enterprise and Public Intervention
Journal Article A. Knight. Private Enterprise and Public Intervention Get access Private Enterprise and Public Intervention. By A. Knight. (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1974. Pp. 223. £4.75 hardback, £2.65 paperback.) Keith Cowling Keith Cowling University of Warwick, Coventry. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 336, 1 December 1974, Pages 1004–1006, https://doi.org…
Viewpoint
VIEWPOINT: REVISIONISM AND REVOLUTION: MEXICO COMPARED TO ENGLAND AND FRANCE Get access Alan Knight Alan Knight University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 134, Issue 1, February 1992, Pages 159–199, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/134.1.159 Published: 01 February 1992
A profile of childminding
After friends and relatives, childminders are the most common form of child care. This paper reports the results from a postal survey of a nationally representative sample of over 1,000 childminders. Results are reported concerning childminders' training and employment histories, working conditions, motivation, commitment and satisfaction with their work. Two groups of childminders emerge; a group where childminding may be a passing phase in thei…
Someone of Your Own to Love’
Previous research has shown that children and young people who are looked after are vulnerable to poor life outcomes, including early pregnancy. This paper examines how experiences of being looked after may contribute to teenage pregnancy. Using in‐depth interviews, data were collected from 63 young people recently looked after who are aged 15–24 and 78 professionals, across four research sites. The young people reported feelings of loneliness, r…
Teenage Pregnancy among Young People in and Leaving Care
Previous research has shown that looked after children and young people are vulnerable to poor life outcomes, including early pregnancy. Abigail Knight, Elaine Chase and Peter Aggleton discuss findings from a Department of Health-funded study on teenage pregnancy among young people in and leaving care. Using in-depth interviews, data were collected from 63 recently looked after young people aged 15 to 24 and from 78 associated professionals from …
Advocacy for disabled children and young people
Recent policy has emphasized the need for advocacy services for children and young people, developments that have gone hand‐in‐hand with greater levels of participation of young people in decision‐making. Advocacy for disabled young people is especially important, as they are a particular vulnerable group and have, traditionally, been even more excluded from decisions about matters affecting their lives. This paper reports the findings, as they r…
Mingling together’
The promotion of social inclusion of disabled children and their families is currently high on the UK political agenda. Research shows that disabled children and their families are highly disadvantaged, both economically and socially. This paper reports some of the findings of a qualitative study, entitled On Holiday! , which involved analysing the views of 297 people across six local authority research sites in England including 86 disabled chil…
The temporality of food practices
Drawing on the findings of a qualitative study of 48 families with young children (aged 1.5–10 years), which investigated the influence of employment on children’s diets, this article focuses on the place of childhood memories and intergenerational relations in the transmission of family food practices. The article highlights the temporal nature of family food practices. First, it examines the intergenerational transmission of food practices in r…
Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times
By using examples from food and domestic life in England during 1950, this paper examines the use of narrative archival sources as a methodological alternative to researching everyday food practices by traditional research methods, such as interviewing. Through the analysis of three diaries written for the Mass Observation Archive, and the everyday food practices expressed in these diaries, we consider the benefits and challenges of using narrati…
Evidence on public health interventions in humanitarian crises
The Institutionalisation of ‘TongNian’ and ‘childhood’ in China and Britain
This article engages with the question of how theorisation of the social construction of childhood can be applied across cultural contexts, taking China and Britain as examples. The paper draws on collaborative dialogue between scholars from the People's Republic of China and Britain, and literatures from both Anglophone and Mandarin sources. It takes forward emergent work on theorising childhood from diverse global perspectives by focusing on th…
Eating with Friends, Family or Not at All
The paper draws on findings from a study called ‘Families and Food in Hard Times’, which is examining food poverty among children and families in three European countries. In the UK , qualitative interviews were carried out with 45 11–15 year olds and their parents or carers. Young people's narratives reveal food poverty as a multi‐dimensional experience, including hunger, poor quality food and social exclusion. Analysis suggests a limited degree…
How do children and their families experience food poverty according to UK newspaper media 2006–15
This paper contributes to scholarship concerned with media representations of poverty by exploring newspaper coverage of food poverty as experienced by UK children and families. Our content analysis of six contrasting print newspapers from 2006–15 finds that reporting of children's and families’ food poverty begins in 2011, peaks in 2014 and is dominated by articles about foodbanks. Narrative analysis identifies differences as well as similaritie…
Treat yourself
Temptations are ubiquitous in daily life. In the present studies, we examined reflective justifications for indulging in these temptations. In Study 1, people reported deserving pleasurable activities (at the expense of goal pursuits) after imagining positive events for which they were responsible or negative events for which they were not responsible. In Study 2, participants reported more indulging and less goal progress when they considered ne…
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