Coping using positive reinterpretation in parents of children with cerebral palsy

“I just see nothing. It’s literally just black”: a qualitative investigation into congenital aphantasia
Pounder, Z., Agosto, G., Mackenzie, J.-M. and Cheshire, A. 2025. “I just see nothing. It’s literally just black”: a qualitative investigation into congenital aphantasia. Cogent Psychology. 12 (1) 2574255. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2025.2574255

“I just see nothing. It’s literally just black”: a qualitative investigation into congenital aphantasia
Zoë Pounder, Grazia Agosto, Jay-Marie Mackenzie and Anna Cheshire 2025. “I just see nothing. It’s literally just black”: a qualitative investigation into congenital aphantasia. Cogent Psychology. 12 (1) 2574255. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2025.2574255

Intersectionality and Long COVID: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Ethnic Minority Groups in the UK
Lotankar, Y., Cheshire, A., Ridge, Damien T., Chew-Graham, C., Smyth, N., Knowles, C., Gopal, D. and Kingstone, T. 2025. Intersectionality and Long COVID: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Ethnic Minority Groups in the UK. Health Expectations. 28 (5) e70413. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70413

“Paradoxical bio-citizenship: Examining healthy eating from lay and professional perspectives.”
Alison Fixsen, Damien Ridge, Anna Cheshire and Panagiota Tragantzopoulou 2025. “Paradoxical bio-citizenship: Examining healthy eating from lay and professional perspectives.”. Social Science & Medicine. 381 118187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118187

Doctors’ and nurses’ eating practices during shift work: Findings from a qualitative study
Sum, K., Cheshire, A., Ridge, Damien T., Sengupta, D. and Deb, D.S. 2024. Doctors’ and nurses’ eating practices during shift work: Findings from a qualitative study. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 83 (OCE2), p. E204. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0029665124004282

‘You Are Not Alone, We’ve Got You’: Power Plays, Devotion, and Punishment on Healthy Eating and Pro-Eating Disorder Websites
Tragantzopoulou, P., Fixsen, Alison, Ridge, Damien T. and Cheshire, A. 2024. ‘You Are Not Alone, We’ve Got You’: Power Plays, Devotion, and Punishment on Healthy Eating and Pro-Eating Disorder Websites. Qualitative Health Research. 34 (12), pp. 1216-1230. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241238628

Changing and unfinished narratives of the mental health impact of HIV in the UK
Ridge, Damien T., Catalan, J., Cheshire, A. and Hedge, B. 2024. Changing and unfinished narratives of the mental health impact of HIV in the UK. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 5 100386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100386

“We make something with the flower, but feel like I make with myself something”: The role of a community arts project supporting women who have experienced human trafficking
Birkett, J. and Cheshire, A. 2024. “We make something with the flower, but feel like I make with myself something”: The role of a community arts project supporting women who have experienced human trafficking. Journal of Community Psychology. 52 (1), pp. 244-257. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23095

The interactive dimensions of encounters in HIV care: From trauma to relational traumatic growth
Jose Catalan, Damien Ridge, Barbara Hedge and Anna Cheshire 2022. The interactive dimensions of encounters in HIV care: From trauma to relational traumatic growth. Health Expectations. 25 (6), pp. 3114-3123. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13619

‘Joining a group was inspiring’: a qualitative study of service users’ experiences of yoga on social prescription
Cheshire, A., Richards, R. and Cartwright, T. 2022. ‘Joining a group was inspiring’: a qualitative study of service users’ experiences of yoga on social prescription. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 22 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03514-3

Orthorexia Nervosa: the Medicalization of Extreme Healthy Eating Practices
Fixsen, Alison and Cheshire, Anna 2022. Orthorexia Nervosa: the Medicalization of Extreme Healthy Eating Practices. in: Harbusch, Martin (ed.) Troubled Persons Industries: The Expansion of Psychiatric Categories beyond Psychiatry, Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 147-170

A Population-Practice-Based Model to Understand How Yoga Impacts on Human Global Functioning: A Qualitative Study
Cheshire, A. and Cartwright, T. 2021. A Population-Practice-Based Model to Understand How Yoga Impacts on Human Global Functioning: A Qualitative Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 27 (11), pp. 991-1001. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2021.0104

Common Negative Thoughts in Early Motherhood and Their Relationship to Guilt, Shame and Depression
Law, N.K., Hall, P.L. and Cheshire, A. 2021. Common Negative Thoughts in Early Motherhood and Their Relationship to Guilt, Shame and Depression. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 30, p. 1831–1845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01968-6

HIV-related stigma in the UK then and now: to what extent are we on track to eliminate stigma? A qualitative investigation
Hedge, B., Devan, K., Catalan, J., Cheshire, A. and Ridge, Damien T. 2021. HIV-related stigma in the UK then and now: to what extent are we on track to eliminate stigma? A qualitative investigation. BMC Public Health. 21 1022. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11000-7

Exchange of medicinal plant information in California missions
Joe Rayl McBride, Rita Yolanda Cavero, Anna Liisa Cheshire, María Isabel Calvo and Deborah Lea 2020. Exchange of medicinal plant information in California missions. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 16 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-020-00388-y

Sick of the sick role: narratives of what ‘recovery’ means to people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis
Cheshire, A., Ridge, Damien T., Clark, L.V. and White, P. 2020. Sick of the sick role: narratives of what ‘recovery’ means to people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. Qualitative Health Research. 31 (2), pp. 298-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320969395

Atlas Men’s Well-being Programme: Evaluation Report Atlas 2.0
Sebah, I., Cheshire, A. and Ridge, Damien T. 2020. Atlas Men’s Well-being Programme: Evaluation Report Atlas 2.0.

An Exploration of the Help-Seeking Experiences of Patients in an Allied Professions-Led Rapid Access Chest Pain Pathway – A Qualitative Study
Stain, N., Cheshire, A., Ross, C. and Ridge, Damien T. 2020. An Exploration of the Help-Seeking Experiences of Patients in an Allied Professions-Led Rapid Access Chest Pain Pathway – A Qualitative Study. BMJ Open. 10 e040468. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040468

What are the key features of Orthorexia Nervosa and influences on its development? A qualitative investigation?
Cheshire, A., Berry, M. and Fixsen, Alison 2020. What are the key features of Orthorexia Nervosa and influences on its development? A qualitative investigation? Appetite. 155 104798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104798

The Social Construction of a Concept- Orthorexia Nervosa: Morality Narratives and Psycho-politics
Fixsen, Alison, Cheshire, A. and Berry, M. 2020. The Social Construction of a Concept- Orthorexia Nervosa: Morality Narratives and Psycho-politics. Qualitative Health Research. 30 (7), pp. 1101-1113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320911364

The Changing Narratives of Death, Dying, and HIV in the United Kingdom
Catalan, J., Ridge, Damien T., Cheshire, A., Hedge, B. and Rosenfeld, D. 2020. The Changing Narratives of Death, Dying, and HIV in the United Kingdom. Qualitative Health Research. 30 (10), pp. 1561-1571. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320922510

Guided graded exercise self-help for chronic fatigue syndrome: Patient experiences and perceptions
Cheshire, A., Ridge, Damien T., Clarke, L. and White, P.D. 2020. Guided graded exercise self-help for chronic fatigue syndrome: Patient experiences and perceptions. Disability and Rehabilitation. 42 (3), pp. 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1499822

Evaluation of the Westminster REFRAME Workshop for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Staff and Junior Doctors: 2018/19
Sebah, I., Shaw, P. and Cheshire, A. 2019. Evaluation of the Westminster REFRAME Workshop for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Staff and Junior Doctors: 2018/19. London University of Westminster. https://doi.org/10.34737/v45x8

Evaluation of the Westminster REFRAME Workshop for North Kensington General Practitioners: 2019
Sebah, I., Shaw, P. and Cheshire, A. 2019. Evaluation of the Westminster REFRAME Workshop for North Kensington General Practitioners: 2019. London University of Westminster.

Yoga4Health on social prescription: a mixed methods evaluation
Cartwright, T., Richards, R., Edwards, A. and Cheshire, A. 2019. Yoga4Health on social prescription: a mixed methods evaluation.

Westminster REFRAME workshops for foundation year doctors 2016-2017: Evaluation report
Cheshire, A. 2017. Westminster REFRAME workshops for foundation year doctors 2016-2017: Evaluation report. London Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster.

Westminster REFRAME workshops for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital staff: Evaluation report
Cheshire, A. 2017. Westminster REFRAME workshops for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital staff: Evaluation report. London Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster.

GPs’ perceptions of resilience training: a qualitative study
Cheshire, A., Hughes, J., Lewith, G., Panagioti, M, Peters, D., Simon, C. and Ridge, Damien T. 2017. GPs’ perceptions of resilience training: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice. 67 (663), pp. e709-e715. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X692561

Influences on GP coping and resilience: a qualitative study in primary care
Cheshire, A., Ridge, Damien T., Hughes, J., Peters, D., Panagioti, M., Simon, C. and Lewith, G. 2017. Influences on GP coping and resilience: a qualitative study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 67 (659), pp. E428-E436. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690893

Graded Exercise Therapy guided Self-hElp Treatment (GETSET) for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomised controlled trial in secondary care
Clark, L.V., McCrone, P., Ridge, Damien T., Cheshire, A., Vergara-Williamson, M., Pesola, F. and White, P.D. 2016. Graded Exercise Therapy guided Self-hElp Treatment (GETSET) for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomised controlled trial in secondary care. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 85, pp. 59-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.146

Why patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis improve or deteriorate with graded exercise therapy
Cheshire, A., Ridge, Damien T., Clark, L. and White, P. 2016. Why patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis improve or deteriorate with graded exercise therapy. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 85, p. 59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.145

REFRAME: Resilience training for GPs
Lynch, S., Lown, M., Rajasingami, D., Peters, D., Ridge, Damien T., Cheshire, A., Fismer, K., Stewart-Brown, S, Lewith, H., Jagger, O. and Lewith, G. 2016. REFRAME: Resilience training for GPs. InnovAiT. 9 (6), p. 356–360. https://doi.org/10.1177/1755738016646396

Beyond maternal death: improving the quality of maternal care through national studies of ‘near-miss’ maternal morbidity
Knight, M., Acosta, C., Brocklehurst, P., Cheshire, A., FItzpatrick, K., Hinton, L., Jokinen, M., Kemp, B., Kurinczuk, J.J., Lewis, G., Lindquist, A., Locock, L., Nair, M., Patel, N., Quigley, M., Ridge, Damien T., Rivero-Arias, O., Sellers, S. and Shah, A. 2016. Beyond maternal death: improving the quality of maternal care through national studies of ‘near-miss’ maternal morbidity. Programme Grants for Applied Research. 4 (9) 9. https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar04090

Graded Exercise Therapy Guided Self-Help Trial for Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (GETSET): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Interview Study
Clark, L.V., Mccrone, P., Ridge, Damien T., Cheshire, A., Vergara-Williamson, M., Pesola, F. and White, P.D. 2016. Graded Exercise Therapy Guided Self-Help Trial for Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (GETSET): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Interview Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 5 (2), p. e70. https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.5395

How do we improve men’s mental health via primary care? An evaluation of the Atlas Men’s Well-being Pilot Programme for stressed/distressed men
Cheshire, A., Peters, D. and Ridge, Damien T. 2016. How do we improve men’s mental health via primary care? An evaluation of the Atlas Men’s Well-being Pilot Programme for stressed/distressed men. BMC Family Practice. 17 (13). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0410-6

Atlas Men’s Well-being Programme: Evaluation Report
Cheshire, A. and Ridge, Damien T. 2015. Atlas Men’s Well-being Programme: Evaluation Report. London Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster.

An individualised yoga programme for multiple sclerosis: a case study
Powell, L. and Cheshire, A. 2015. An individualised yoga programme for multiple sclerosis: a case study. International Journal of Yoga Therapy. 25 (1), pp. 127-134 IJYT-D-15-00006R2. https://doi.org/10.17761/1531-2054-25.1.127

Gender comparisons in non-acute cardiac symptom recognition and subsequent help-seeking decisions: a mixed methods study protocol
Ridge, Damien T., Cheshire, A. and Stain Nolan 2014. Gender comparisons in non-acute cardiac symptom recognition and subsequent help-seeking decisions: a mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open. 4 (10), p. e005742. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005742

Patient outcomes and experiences of an acupuncture and self-care service for persistent low back pain in the NHS: a mixed methods approach
Cheshire, A., Polley, M.J., Peters, D. and Ridge, Damien T. 2013. Patient outcomes and experiences of an acupuncture and self-care service for persistent low back pain in the NHS: a mixed methods approach. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 13 (1), p. 300. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-13-300

Evaluation of the experience led commissioning in end of life care project
Cheshire, A. and Ridge, Damien T. 2012. Evaluation of the experience led commissioning in end of life care project. University of Westminster. https://doi.org/London

Is it feasible and effective to provide osteopathy and acupuncture for patients with musculoskeletal problems in a GP setting? A service evaluation
Cheshire, A., Polley, M.J., Peters, D. and Ridge, Damien T. 2011. Is it feasible and effective to provide osteopathy and acupuncture for patients with musculoskeletal problems in a GP setting? A service evaluation. BMC Family Practice. 12 (49), p. 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-49

A preliminary evaluation of a massage program for children who have been sexually abused and their non-abusing mothers
Powell, L.A. and Cheshire, A. 2010. A preliminary evaluation of a massage program for children who have been sexually abused and their non-abusing mothers. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 19 (2), pp. 141-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538711003627256

Children's experiences of their participation in a training and support programme involving massage
Powell, L.A., Cheshire, A. and Swaby, L. 2010. Children's experiences of their participation in a training and support programme involving massage. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 16 (1), pp. 47-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2009.06.013

The psychosocial well-being of parents of children with cerebral palsy: a comparison study
Cheshire, A., Barlow, J.A. and Powell, L.A. 2010. The psychosocial well-being of parents of children with cerebral palsy: a comparison study. Disability and Rehabilitation. 32 (20), pp. 1673-1677. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638281003649920

"New skills and abilities to enable me to support my pupils in a forward thinking positive way": a Self-Discovery Programme for teachers in mainstream school
Powell, L.A. and Cheshire, A. 2008. "New skills and abilities to enable me to support my pupils in a forward thinking positive way": a Self-Discovery Programme for teachers in mainstream school. International Journal of Special Education. 23 (2), pp. 56-87.

The Training and Support Programme (involving basic massage) for parents of children with cerebral palsy: An implementation study
Barlow, J., Powell, L. and Cheshire, A. 2007. The Training and Support Programme (involving basic massage) for parents of children with cerebral palsy: An implementation study. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 11 (1), pp. 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2006.03.002

Use of complementary and alternative medicine for children with brain injury in the United Kingdom [1]
Cheshire, A., Powell, L. and Barlow, J. 2007. Use of complementary and alternative medicine for children with brain injury in the United Kingdom [1]. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 13 (7). https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2007.7158

The Training and Support Programme for parents of children with Cerebral Palsy: A process evaluation
Powell, L., Barlow, J. and Cheshire, A. 2006. The Training and Support Programme for parents of children with Cerebral Palsy: A process evaluation. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 12 (3), pp. 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2006.02.006

Psychological well-being among mothers of children with cerebral palsy
Barlow, J.H., Cullen-Powell, L.A. and Cheshire, A. 2006. Psychological well-being among mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Early Child Development and Care. 176 (3-4), pp. 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/0300443042000313403