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- 2025-04-18
One size fits all? A comparative review of policy-making in the area of research impact evaluation in the UK, Poland and Norway
The Impact Agenda, introduced with Research Excellence Framework 2014 (REF), constituted a revolution in research evaluation in the UK. ‘Research impact’ (impact of scholarly work outside of academia) became one of three profiles under which research quality is evaluated. This shift in the British evaluation system was followed, and often emulated, by policy-makers around the world. Among them are Norway and Poland. In 2015–18, Norway experimented with impact evaluation using an REF-style impact case study model. It took a light-handed approach, not tying the exercise to funding. Poland has copied elements of the REF verbatim, embedding them within an evaluation framework which is linked funding. The article offers a perspective on impact evaluation regulations adopted in the three countries. There are several analogies between them, including definitions of impact, use of case studies as the basis for evaluation, structure of the impact template, use of English as the language of evaluation, and expert/peer review model of evaluation. They differ when it comes to the mode of introduction of the exercise (gradual vs. shift), aims of the exercise, and level of transparency of the policy-making and evaluation process. The main goal of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of the three approaches to impact evaluation against the backdrop of the respective broader science systems. It also provides first inroads into two fundamental questions: (1) How does the articulation of research impact change depending on the goals of the exercise and the broader academic and social context; and (2) How do the effects of the exercise differ from one national context to another?Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2025
Psychologiczne interwencje internetowe o skuteczności popartej dowodami naukowymi: wyzwania, dobre praktyki i rekomendacje
Cel: Liczba oddziaływań psychologicznych dostarczanych za pomocą nowych technologii, takich jak aplikacje, chatboty, platformy internetowe, czyli tzw. interwencji internetowych, dynamicznie rośnie. Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia zaleca ich rozwijanie ze względu na dostępność – zarówno w kontekście wykluczenia geograficznego i ekonomicznego, jak i ograniczonej liczby psychoterapeutów oraz długiego czasu oczekiwania na usługi w obszarze zdrowia psychicznego. Interwencje internetowe, dostarczane jako samodzielne programy lub uzupełnienie tradycyjnej pomocy psychologicznej i psychoterapii, mają skuteczność potwierdzoną licznymi metaanalizami. Jednak część rozwiązań, które pojawiają się na rynku nie jest tworzona na podstawie modeli teoretycznych, a ich efektywność pozostaje niezbadana lub zbadana w sposób niewystarczający. Niniejszy artykuł, bazując na narracyjnym przeglądzie literatury, pozycjonuje interwencje internetowe jako rozwiązania oparte na dowodach, a jednocześnie omawia najważniejsze z wyzwań stojących przed tą dziedziną badań i praktyki klinicznej. Tezy: Najważniejsze obecnie wyzwania to: (1) trudności w klasyfikowaniu i nazywaniu interwencji internetowych; (2) konieczność dostarczania wysokiej jakości dowodów naukowych potwierdzających efektywność konkretnej interwencji, a nie tylko jej podstaw teoretycznych; (3) wzięcie pod uwagę specyficznych aspektów interwencji internetowych, takich jak współprojektowanie rozwiązań, doświadczenia użytkownika, cyfrowe przymierze terapeutyczne czy grywalizacja. W artykule przedstawiono aktualne praktyki dotyczące interwencji, omówiono przykłady regulacji oraz potrzeby i oczekiwania użytkowników w zakresie ich bezpiecznego wyboru i użytkowania. Konkluzja: Interwencje internetowe są praktykami opartymi na dowodach naukowych. Biorąc pod uwagę obecny stan regulacji, należy szczególnie zadbać, aby jasno komunikować, w jaki sposób skuteczność danej interwencji została zbadana w odniesieniu do standardów, co umożliwi świadomy wybór interwencji pacjentom i profesjonalistom.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2025-07
BERTAgent: The Development of a Novel Tool to Quantify Agency in Textual Data
Pertaining to goal orientation and achievement, agency is a fundamental aspect of human cognition and behavior. Accordingly, detecting and quantifying linguistic encoding of agency are critical for the analysis of human actions, interactions, and social dynamics. Available agency-quantifying computational tools rely on word-counting methods, which typically are insensitive to the semantic context in which the words are used and consequently prone to miscoding, for example, in case of polysemy. Additionally, some currently available tools do not take into account differences in the intensity and directionality of agency. In order to overcome these shortcomings, we present BERTAgent, a novel tool to quantify semantic agency in text. BERTAgent is a computational language model that utilizes the transformers architecture, a popular deep learning approach to natural language processing. BERTAgent was fine-tuned using textual data that were evaluated by human coders with respect to the level of conveyed agency. In four validation studies, BERTAgent exhibits improved convergent and discriminant validity compared to previous solutions. Additionally, the detailed description of BERTAgent’s development procedure serves as a tutorial for the advancement of similar tools, providing a blueprint for leveraging the existing lexicographical data sets in conjunction with the deep learning techniques in order to detect and quantify other psychological constructs in textual data. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2025-10
Experiences of sexual health and intimate relationships in women with lipedema: a qualitative study
Aim: To explore the experiences of sexual health and intimate relationships in women with lipedema. Design: A qualitative interview study. Methods: Sixteen women with lipedema recruited from a national lipedema association group in Sweden participated. Data were collected between October 2023 and February 2024 and analysed using content analysis. Results: Four main categories were identified. Being burdened by body shame highlighted the women's body dissatisfaction, difficulties in self-acceptance and shame when being naked in front of their partners. Being hindered by an aching and heavy body captured the experiences of bodily pain and heaviness in intimate situations. Being torn between desire and avoidance revealed that the women longed for intimacy but adopted different strategies to avoid it. Being affected by what is said and what is left unsaid showed the role of the partner's approach as well as the strain of not discussing sexual problems with partners or healthcare providers. Conclusion: Women with lipedema experience physical, psychological and relational challenges in sexual life and intimacy. Still, these challenges remain unaddressed in healthcare settings. Implications for the Profession and Patient Care: Nurses and midwives should, in their unique role in encountering women throughout their lifespans, address and invite dialogues on sexual-related concerns of women affected by lipedema. Impact: The study findings provide insights into how lipedema affects women's sexual health and intimate relationships and offer new knowledge that can be applied when planning targeted interventions to promote the sexual health and well-being of women with lipedema. Reporting Method: Adherence to the EQUATOR guidelines and COREQ checklist. Patient or Public Contribution: Two patient representatives from a lipedema association group contributed to this study by distributing study information to their members.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2025-06-11
Reveal or conceal your body? Differential manifestations of self-objectification are related to different patterns for women
Body concealment, namely the attitudes and strategies specifically aimed at avoiding the other’s gaze towards one’s body, is here advanced as a relevant manifestation of chronic self-objectification. We juxtapose it to body exposure, that is the pursuit of being the object of others’ gaze. Three validation studies conducted in Italy (Studies 1 and 2) and the UK (Study 3), and an additional focus group, showed that body concealment and exposure are distinct responses, both positively linked to self-objectification. Importantly, distinct dimensions of self-objectification were associated with body concealment and body exposure: the internalization of the observer’s perspective was linked to body concealment via body shame; the internalization of objectifying ideals, instead, was associated with greater exposure (Study 4, Italy). Notably, body concealment, but not body exposure, was related to health issues typically linked to self-objectification, such as depression and disordered eating (Study 5, UK). Together, these studies (Ntotal = 2853) introduce body concealment as a new phenomenon within the sexual objectification framework, distinct from body exposure. From a theoretical perspective, this distinction reconciles seemingly contradictory evidence. From an applied point of view, body concealment has specific negative implications for women’s well-being, deserving the attention of scholars and practitioners.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article