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Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a global issue associated with significant adverse consequences for women who experience it. Despite extensive research on social and behavioural factors, the role of neuropsychological variables in IPVAW perpetration remains underexplored. The purpose of this study is to examine whether neuropsychological performance indicators during childhood and early adolescence (ages 8, 10 and 11), specifically attention, working memory, verbal intelligence quotient (IQ), performance IQ and total IQ, are associated with IPVAW perpetration in early adulthood.

This study used longitudinal cohort data (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children study), examining neuropsychological assessments during childhood (ages 8, 10 and 11) and IPVAW perpetration in early adulthood. Statistical analyses, including logistic regression, were used to analyse neuropsychological performance and its association with IPVAW perpetration in early adulthood.

Overall, male IPVAW perpetrators and non-perpetrators displayed similar neuropsychological performance. In addition, none of the cognitive functions assessed at ages 8, 10 and 11 were associated with subsequent IPVAW perpetration in early adulthood.

This study underscores the need for research on longitudinal risk factors for IPVAW perpetration focusing on the development of effective prevention strategies and intervening at early ages.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to analyse the neuropsychological performance in childhood of male IPVAW perpetrators at 21.5 years and non-perpetrators using longitudinal data.

The link between sleep disturbance and aggression among forensic psychiatric patients is well established. However, the relationship between subjective experience of sleep quality and sleep hygiene, reported head injury, age, neuropsychological functioning and risk within these populations remains poorly understood. A study is described examining the relationships between these factors in a sample of individuals deemed a “grave and immediate” risk toothers. The aim of this study is to explore these relationships in more detail.

A service evaluation project examining the prevalence of self-reported sleep dysfunction, age and the relationship with neuropsychological functioning, reported head injury and dynamic risk appraisals of a UK high secure psychiatric patient sample is described (n = 84).

Self-reported poor sleep quality and poor sleep hygiene is present among 65% of patients, especially those in admission and high dependency wards. Whilst there are no differences between those with a self-reported head injury history in sleep quality, there is in sleep hygiene. Older patients also report more sleep hygiene problems. The combination of poor sleep quality, poor sleep hygiene and performance within selective aspects of executive functioning tasks has some relationship with dynamic risk.

The importance of sleep management and cognitive remediation is discussed, as is the need for more robust research and inclusion of an assessment of sleep within forensic neuropsychological and psychiatric evaluations.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine the relationship of sleep disturbance, neuropsychological functioning and head injuries and risk within a high secure psychiatric patient sample.

Therapeutic landscapes can be beneficial for patients recovering from cognitive and behavioural impairments. The therapeutic garden in the Royal Talbot rehabilitation centre (RTRC) located in Kew, Melbourne is a precedent for its nature design outdoor spaces and horticultural therapy (HT) program for patients with cognitive impairments due to brain and spinal cord injuries. There have been no studies into the physical design of the RTRC therapeutic garden.

This case study unveils the critical design themes, and dominant physical elements of the RTRC therapeutic garden through site observation and analysis over the course of two months, a semi-structured interview with a key staff, and graphical representations using integrated photography and collaborative digital tools of AutoCAD and Adobe Photoshop.

Seven critical design themes are identified for the RTRC garden: (1) space layout and organization, (2) physical and visual access, (3) pathway and facility, (4) multisensory vegetation, (5) amenity, wayfinding and seasonal interest, (6) cognitive stimulation, (7) utility and HT. Qualitative and quantitative data analysed in visual and descriptive format reveal multisensory vegetation, amenity, wayfinding and seasonal interest, and utility and HT are the top three most pivotal critical design themes in the RTRC therapeutic garden.

The findings of this case study can be used to impart knowledge about the design of therapeutic landscape settings for cognitive impairments to design professionals and the public.

There is no case study has been conducted for this precedent of therapeutic garden in the Royal Talbot rehabilitation centre that targets for cognitive impairment patients. With the increasing awareness in medical and healthcare environments, this case study would help to inject mutual understanding, generate knowledge and design awareness among design professionals and public, and to cultivate more good quality healthcare settings.

The term transgenerational trauma describes a process whereby trauma responses may be transmitted through a number of generations. This paper aims to increase understanding of the mechanisms behind transgenerational trauma by tracing the transmission of the effects of the author’s grandfather’s post-traumatic stress disorder, arising from his involvement in some of the worst actions of WWI, through his mother to himself.

The approach uses the autoethnographic paradigm to elucidate some of the mechanisms involved in the transmission of trauma responses from one generation to the next.

The paper demonstrates how upsetting childhood experiences of the author had their origin in his mother’s wartime experience a decade earlier, which themselves were influenced by his grandfather’s wartime experience 30 years before that.

The originality of the research rests on the fact that it is a study of three generations of one particular family. However, its value lies in the applicability of its results in a wider context.

The literature highlights that health care in the UK is not always well adapted to meet the needs of individuals from different cultural backgrounds and within the context of the asylum system. This study aims to explore culturally adapted health support in the context of wider social and community support, to enable post-migration growth and ameliorate the impact of migratory grief.

A community based participatory approach was used. The research team, and community organisation supporting this group, collaborated as equals to foster trust and reciprocity in research. Two focus groups were run in Arabic with a professional interpreter with 14 male participants from six different countries, all with lived experience of the asylum process.

The findings are reported under three major themes: pre-migration experiences (home, journeys and disaster), post-migration stress (suffering and meaning) and post-migration growth (hope, kinship and healing).

The findings suggest that group interventions and peer support are beneficial and acceptable across diverse backgrounds and immigration statuses, though further research is needed to assess the effectiveness of different group based well-being interventions across cultures.

Our study confirmed the priority of social determinants of health such as housing, food insecurity and social inclusion, which therefore require joined up approaches in policy between health, voluntary and local government sectors. At a policy level, further emphasis should be placed on creating structures to support these elements to prevent longer term impacts of migratory grief on emerging mental health conditions and enable coping with stress.

This study confirmed the key role of meaningful activities (such as physical activity, volunteering and cooking), daily routine, culturally acceptable food, access to places of worship, purpose and activities which offer distraction and fulfilment in shaping grief reactions following loss.

This study confirms that migratory grief is a distinct process that requires careful detection by culturally adapted conversations and language. It suggests how to adapt well-being interventions to support post-traumatic growth and the unique potential for group based interventions outside of Home Office accommodation to reduce psychopathology due to migratory grief.

This study seeks to address the existing knowledge gap by investigating the dual impact of work−life balance (WLB) on women’s well-being in the workplace within Egyptian society. In addition, this study aims to elucidate the mechanisms through which WLB influences employee well-being by examining its effects across the three dimensions of well-being.

This study used a mixed method, combining qualitative and quantitative methods, to examine the relationship between WLB and women’s well-being. The sample consisted of 100 university-educated married women employed in various industries in Egypt including engineering, medicine, academia, civil aviation, manufacturing and banking.

Human resource experts and leaders recognized the significant impact of family obligations on women’s well-being in the workplace. This study aligns with the theoretical perspective that women in the specific sectors studied face numerous challenges in their work environments due to the interplay between WLB and familial responsibilities.

This study had several limitations that should be acknowledged. First, the trigger events considered were limited to those documented in existing literature and participant responses, potentially overlooking other significant triggers. Second, the participants were predominantly from a specific geographic region, namely, Cairo, Egypt which may limit the generalizability of the study’s findings. In addition, relying on the participants’ memory to report trigger events introduces the possibility of inaccurate recall or memory bias. Furthermore, the instrument used to assess trigger events did not capture participant demographics or psychographics, which could have influenced reported trigger events.

This study addresses the need to examine the impact of work−family conflict on women’s well-being in the workplace. Drawing on theories and perspectives from successful women, this study aimed to construct and validate a framework that captures the balance between family conflict and well-being within the professional environment. The results are presented to participants in their respective firms and organizations.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the usage of digital technologies (DTs) in improving the mental health of workers on construction sites.

A mixed research approach was used in the study, which comprised a questionnaire survey and two phases of semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling was used to determine the interviewees and respondents of the questionnaire survey. Weighted mean rating (WMR) and manual content analysis were used to rank and evaluate the collected data.

The findings of this study revealed bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, work-related stress and depression as the six most significant mental disorders (MDs) among the construction workforce and 30 causes for them. Moreover, 27 symptoms were related to the six most significant MDs, and sweating was the most significant symptom among them. Despite that, 16 DTs were found to be suitable in mitigating the causes for the most significant MDs.

There are numerous studies conducted on the application of DTs to construction operations. However, insufficient studies have been conducted focusing on the application of DTs in improving the mental health of workers at construction sites. This study can thus influence the use of DTs for tackling the common causes for MDs by bringing a new paradigm to the construction industry.

Given the growing concern about employees' well-being, numerous researchers have investigated the causes and effects of occupational stress. However, a review study on identifying existing research topics and gaps is still deficient in the extant literature. To fill this gap, this review study aims to present a bibliometric and science mapping approach to review the state-of-the-art journal articles published on occupational stress in the construction industry.

A three-fold comprehensive review approach consisting of bibliometric review, scientometric analysis and in-depth qualitative discussion was employed to review 80 journal articles in Scopus.

Through qualitative discussions, mainstream research topics were summarized, research gaps were identified and future research directions were proposed as follows: versatile stressors and stress model; an extended subgroup of factors in safety behavior; adaptation of multiple biosensors and bio-feedbacks; evaluation and comparison of organizational stress interventions; and incorporation of artificial intelligence and smart technologies into occupational stress management in construction.

The findings of this review study present a well-rounded framework to identify the research gaps in this field to advance research in the academic community and enhance employees' well-being in construction.

A recent Ministry of Justice inquiry highlighted the need for more awareness of neurodivergent conditions in the Criminal Justice System. Although evidence suggests a prevalence rate of 25% for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) within the UK prison population, there is no research to date that has explored the experiences of people with ADHD in prison. Therefore, this study aims to address this gap in the literature.

Data was collected within an adult male Category B prison. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with eight prisoners who had a formal diagnosis of ADHD. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to look for patterns across the data that addressed the research question.

Five themes were generated from the analysed data that included “The unsuitability of the prison environment”; “The impact of the prison regime”; “A lack of resources”; “The importance of staff and prisoner relationships”; and “Response to medication”.

The findings of this study may be difficult to generalise given the specific characteristics of the participants. The participants were all adult males with a formal diagnosis of ADHD, taking prescribed medication, recruited from one prison and all resided on one wing that had been adapted to support neurodivergent people. Although qualitative research is not intended to be generalisable in the broad sense, the findings of this study may be transferable to individuals in other settings who share similar characteristics with the current study where parallels can be drawn.

Participants described the prison environment as being unresponsive to their neurodiverse needs. Findings support the need for awareness training for staff along with a compassionate approach to working relationships and psycho-educational work for prisoners for all to have a better understanding of the needs of this group of people.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there are currently no qualitative studies that have sought to learn from individuals living with ADHD in prison themselves.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding control measures have harmed the mental health of professionals working in the construction industry. Existing research has also indicated that demographic characteristics are leading variables causing differences in individual’s perceptions on mental health and psychosocial hazardous factors. Combining these, this research aims to compare the differences and similarities of the perceived mental health outcomes and psychosocial hazards among construction professionals with different demographic characteristics during the pandemic.

Using a questionnaire survey, data were collected from 531 construction professionals working in Chinese construction companies, which were analyzed quantitatively using mean score comparative analysis, Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal–Wallis H test, as well as Spearman’s correlation analysis.

The results indicate that construction professionals with different ages, years of working experience and positions are exposed to different psychosocial hazards, resulting in different mental health conditions during the pandemic. Age and years of working experience are also strong predictors of the level of depression and anxiety experienced by construction professionals; that is, mental ill health tends to decrease with the increase of age and experience. Male department/unit heads, working in a company office environment for a private company and aged 31–40 years old with 11–20 years of working experience, tend to have the best mental health condition. In contrast, psychosocial hazards are more likely to produce the most serious impact on male site-based construction professionals working for a state-owned company, either with less than one year of working experience or in a senior management position.

Despite the significant contribution of the construction industry to the global economy, the differences and similarities of the mental health outcomes and psychosocial hazards among construction professionals with different demographic characteristics during the pandemic remain unknown. This research, therefore, reveals the mental health outcomes and psychosocial hazard impacts among different types of construction professionals during the pandemic. Specifically, this research unveils the important personal characteristics which are closely associated with poor mental health and the stronger impacts of psychosocial hazards on the mental health of construction professionals during the pandemic. The results are valuable for governments and construction companies to formulate targeted mental health intervention strategies during future public health emergencies.