All Outputs (7)

No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being (2022)
Book Chapter
Wright-Bevans, K., & Lamont, A. (2022). No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being. In The Oxford Handbook of the Positive Humanities (278-285). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064570.013.24

This chapter explores the specific role of the arts and humanities in developing well-being through community and social support. The authors review research evidence from the arts (music, drama, dance, art, crafts) and humanities (history, literatur... Read More about No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being.

Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development (2020)
Journal Article
Wright Bevans, K., Murray, M., & Lamont, A. (2020). Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3228

Intergenerational practice (IP) is an approach within community health promotion which aims to bring older and younger community members together in collaborative activity. Little research has critically examined the assumptions and values within IP... Read More about Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development.

Using PAR to promote social justice for older people and people with intellectual disabilities (2020)
Journal Article
Wright Bevans, K., & Richards, M. (2020). Using PAR to promote social justice for older people and people with intellectual disabilities. International Review of Qualitative Research, 13(2), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940844720934367

Qualitative research methods and participatory action research (PAR) share many intrinsic and complementary qualities. We present two cases, one adopted a broader PAR approach, a health promotion project with men with intellectual disabilities, and t... Read More about Using PAR to promote social justice for older people and people with intellectual disabilities.

Why disadvantaged older adults engage in community consultation: a world café study (2020)
Journal Article
Wright Bevans, K., Walker, A., & Vosper, E. (2020). Why disadvantaged older adults engage in community consultation: a world café study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 30(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2467

Community consultation is increasingly favoured as a means of ensuring that health services adequately meet population needs, yet research, has highlighted the frequency of inadequate and tokenistic consultation. Our aim was to address the gap in und... Read More about Why disadvantaged older adults engage in community consultation: a world café study.

Singing in later life: the anatomy of a community choir (2018)
Journal Article
Lamont, A., Murray, M., Hale, R., & Wright-Bevans, K. (2018). Singing in later life: the anatomy of a community choir. Psychology of Music, 46(3), 424-439. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735617715514

Previous research has highlighted the individual and social benefits of participation in arts activities for physical, psychological and social well-being. However, less is known about the transformative community aspects of the arts and very few stu... Read More about Singing in later life: the anatomy of a community choir.

Methods for Community Research, Action and Change (2017)
Book Chapter
Murray, M., & Wright-Bevans, K. (2017). Methods for Community Research, Action and Change. In Applied qualitative research in psychology. Bloomsbury Publishing

Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands (2014)
Journal Article
Sherman, S., Follows, H., Mushore, A., Hampson-Jones, K., & Wright-Bevans, K. (2014). Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.06.001

False memories can be created using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm. This paradigm has been used to induce false memories for words, pictures and has been extended to induce false memories of brand names. We present the first experimental... Read More about Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands.