Professor Val Morrison
Professor in Psychology

Links
- https://www.pearson.com/nl/en_NL/higher-education/subject-catalogue/psychology/Morison-Bennett-Introduction-to-Healt-Psychology-5e.html
Our fab textbook, an Introduction to Health Psychology, adopted as a core text in many psychology departments and medical and health departments in the UK and Europe
Postal address
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Perceived barriers and facilitators of staff recruiting participants to a randomised controlled trial of a community rehabilitation intervention following hip fracture
Kathryn Harvey, Penelope Ralph, Llinos Haf Spencer, Morrison, V., Lemmey, A., Miriam Golding-Day, Susanna Dodd, Ben Hardwick, Shanaz Dorkenoo, Sophie Hennessey & Nefyn Williams, 18 Dec 2024, In: Trials. 25, 826, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Getting back or giving back: understanding caregiver motivations and willingness to provide informal care
Zarzycki, M. & Morrison, V., 2021, In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 9, 1, p. 636-661 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why do they care? A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of personal and relational motivations for providing informal care
Zarzycki, M., Seddon, D., Bei, E. & Morrison, V., Jul 2023, In: Health Psychology Review. 17, 3, p. 344-376 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cross-country variations in the caregiver role: evidence from the ENTWINE-iCohort study
Zarzycki, M., Vilchinsky, N., Bei, E., Ferraris, G., Seddon, D. & Morrison, V., 26 Mar 2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 1, p. 898 898.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How Culture Shapes Informal Caregiver Motivations: A Meta-Ethnographic Review
Zarzycki, M., Seddon, D., Bei, E., Dekel, R. & Morrison, V., Aug 2022, In: Qualitative Health Research. 32, 10, p. 1574-1589 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Informal caregiver motivations, values, challenges and gains: A photovoice and interpretative phenomenological analysis of interrelationships
Zarzycki, M., Seddon, D. & Morrison, V., May 2023, In: Journal of Health Psychology. 28, 6, p. 568–582 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supporting individuals with an acquired brain injury: An interpretative phenomenological study exploring the everyday lives of caregivers
Zarzycki, M., Seddon, D., Petrovic, M. & Morrison, V., 17 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Qualitative Health Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cultural and societal motivations for being informal caregivers: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis
Zarzycki, M., Morrison, V., Bei, E. & Seddon, D., Jun 2023, In: Health Psychology Review. 17, 2, p. 247-276 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Fracture in the Elderly Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation (FEMuR): A phase II randomised feasibility study of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation package following hip fracture
Williams, N., Roberts, J., Din, N., Totton, N., Charles, J., Hawkes, C., Morrison, V., Hoare, Z., Williams, M., Pritchard, A. W., Alexander, S., Lemmey, A., Woods, R., Sackley, C., Logan, P., Edwards, R. & Wilkinson, C., 5 Oct 2016, In: BMJ Open. 2016, 6, e012422.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing a multidisciplinary rehabilitation package following hip fracture and testing in a randomised feasibility study: Fracture in the Elderly Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation (FEMuR)
Williams, N., Roberts, J., Din, N., Charles, J., Totton, N., Williams, M., Mawdesley, K., Hawkes, C., Morrison, V., Lemmey, A., Edwards, R., Hoare, Z., Pritchard, A., Woods, R., Alexander, S., Sackley, C., Logan, P., Wilkinson, C. & Rycroft-Malone, J., Aug 2017, Health Technology Assessment, 21, 44.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Protocol for a definitive randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a community-based rehabilitation programme following hip fracture: fracture in the elderly multidisciplinary rehabilitation-phase III (FEMuR III)
Williams, N., Dodd, S., Hardwick, B., Clayton, D., Edwards, R. T., Charles, J. M., Logan, P., Busse, M., Lewis, R., Smith, T. O., Sackley, C., Morrison, V., Lemmey, A., Masterson-Algar, P., Howard, L., Hennessy, S., Soady, C., Ralph, P., Dobson, S. & Dorkenoo, S., 16 Oct 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 10, p. e039791Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fracture in the Elderly Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation (FEMuR): study protocol for a phase II randomised feasibility study of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation package following hip fracture [ ISRCTN22464643 ]
Williams, N. H., Hawkes, C. A., Din, N. U., Roberts, J. L., Charles, J. M., Morrison, V. L., Hoare, Z. S., Edwards, R. T., Alexander, S., Andrew, G., Lemmey, A. B., Woods, R. T., Sackley, C., Logan, P., Hunnisett, D. S., Mawdesley, K. J. & Wilkinson, C. E., 7 Apr 2015, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 1, 13, p. 1-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating the cognitive precursors of emotional response to cancer stress: Re-testing Lazarus's transactional model
Wilkinson, C. E., Morrison, V. L., Hulbert-Williams, N. J., Morrison, V., Wilkinson, C. & Neal, R. D., 1 Feb 2013, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 18, 1, p. 97-121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anxiety, depression and quality of life after cancer diagnosis: what psychosocial variables best predict how patients adjust?
Wilkinson, C. E., Morrison, V. L., Hulbert-Williams, N. J., Neal, R. D., Morrison, V., Hood, K. & Wilkinson, C., 1 Aug 2012, In: Psycho-Oncology. 21, 8, p. 857-867Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Patients’ and Carers’ perspectives and preferences for gynaecological cancer follow up after treatment in Wales
Timmis, L., Morrison, V., Stuart, N. S. A., Leeson, S. C., Whitaker, R., Williams, N. H., Yeo, S. T., Aslam, R. H. & Edwards, R., 2014, p. 18.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Matching and accepting assistive technology in multiple sclerosis: A focus group study with people with multiple sclerosis, carers and occupational therapists
Squires, L. A., Williams, N. & Morrison, V. L., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Health Psychology. 24, 4, p. 480-494 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The physical and psychological impact of using a computer-based environmental control system: a case study
Squires, L. A., Rush, F., Hopkinson, A. & Morrison, V. L., 1 Sept 2013, In: Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 8, 5, p. 434-43Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of an evidence-based complex intervention for community rehabilitation of patients with hip fracture using realist review, survey and focus groups
Roberts, J. L., Din, N. U., Williams, M., Hawkes, C., Charles, J., Hoare, Z., Morrison, V., Alexander, S., Lemmey, A., Sackley, C., Logan, P., Wilkinson, C., Rycroft-Malone, J. & Williams, N., 11 Oct 2017, In: BMJ Open. 7, 10, e014362.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mixed methods process evaluation of an enhanced community-based rehabilitation intervention for elderly patients with hip fracture
Roberts, J. L., Pritchard, A. W., Williams, M., Totton, N., Morrison, V., Din, N. U. & Williams, N. H., 8 Aug 2018, In: BMJ Open. 8, 8, p. e021486Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Caregiving in the Illness Context
Revenson, T. A., Griva, K., Luszczynska, A., Morrison, V., Panagopoulou, E., Vilchinsky, N. & Hagedoorn, M., 2016, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing. (Pivot)Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition
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An oral history of health psychology in the UK.
Quinn, F., Chater, A. & Morrison, V., Sept 2020, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 25, 3, p. 502-518 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trial of Optimal Personalised Care After Treatment for Gynaecological cancer (TOPCAT-G): a study protocol for a randomised feasibility trial
Pye, K., Totton, N., Stuart, N., Whitaker, R., Morrison, V., Edwards, R. T., Yeo, S. T., Timmis, L. J., Butterworth, C., Hall, L., Rai, T., Hoare, Z., Neal, R. D., Wilkinson, C. & Leeson, S., 23 Nov 2016, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2, 67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does coping mediate the relationship between familism and caregiver outcomes?
Parveen, S., Morrison, V. & Robinson, C., 2014, In: Aging and Mental Health. 18, 2, p. 255-259Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Involving minority ethnic communities and diverse experts by experience in dementia research: The Caregiving HOPE Study
Parveen, S., Barker, S., Kaur, R., Kerry, F., Mitchell, W., Happy, A., Fry, G., Morrison, V., Fortinsky, R. & Oyebode, J., 1 Nov 2018, In: Dementia. 17, 8, p. 990-1000 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention interventions targeting healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: a scoping review
Okeah, B., Huws, J. & Morrison, V., 4 Aug 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 8, e051983.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of poly-drug use upon the criminal activities of heroin users
Morrison, V., 1987, In: Addiction. 82, p. 899-906Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Communicating the diagnosis of serious incurable illness: Motor Neurone Disease
Morrison, V., 1996, In: Palliative Medicine. 10, p. 23-34Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observation and snowballing: Useful tools for research into illicit drug use ?,
Morrison, V., 1988, In: Social Pharmacology. 2, p. 247-271Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scottish cocaine users: wealthy snorters or delinquent smokers?
Morrison, V., 1991, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 28, 3, p. 269-271Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Multinational Longitudinal Study Incorporating Intensive Methods to Examine Caregiver Experiences in the Context of Chronic Health Conditions: Protocol of the ENTWINE-iCohort
Morrison, V., Zarzycki, M., Vilchinsky, N., Sanderman, R., Lamura, G., Fisher, O., Ferraris, G., Elayan, S., Buskens, E., Bei, E., Looijmans, A., Angelini, V. & Hagedoorn, M., 12 Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 2, 821.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gaining longitudinal accounts of carers’ experiences using IPA and photograph elicitation
Morrison, V. & Williams, K., 4 Dec 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 521382.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trial of Optimal Personalised Care After Treatment - Gynaecological cancer (TOPCAT-G): a randomised feasibility trial
Morrison, V., Spencer, L., Totton, N., Pye, K., Yeo, S. T., Butterworth, C., Hall, L., Whitaker, R., Edwards, R., Timmis, L., Hoare, Z., Neal, R., Wilkinson, C. & Leeson, S., 1 Feb 2018, In: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 28, 2, p. 401-411Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mood as a predictor of disability and survival in patients newly diagnosed with ALS/MND
Morrison, V., 1999, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 4, 2, p. 127-136Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predictors of carer distress following stroke.
Morrison, V., 1999, In: Reviews in Clinical Psychology. 9, 3, p. 265-271Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perceived risk of tropical disease in Malawi: evidence of unrealistic pessimism and the irrelevance of beliefs of personal control.
Morrison, V., 1999, In: Psychology, Health and Medicine. 4, 4, p. 361-368Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Crime amongst heroin, alcohol and cannabis users
Morrison, V., 1988, In: Medicine and Law. 7, p. 185-193Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychoactive substance use & related behaviours of regular illicit drug users
Morrison, V., 1989, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 23, 2, p. 95-101Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The relationship between crime and opioid use
Morrison, V., 1989, In: Addiction. 85, p. 1929-1943Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Licit and Illicit Drug Initiations and Alcohol Related Problems amongst Illicit Drug users in Edinburgh.
Morrison, V., 1991, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 27, p. 19-27Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Impact of HIV upon Injecting Drug Users: a Longitudinal Study
Morrison, V., 1991, In: AIDS Care. 3, 2, p. 197-205Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Starting, Switching and Stopping : Users Explanations of Illicit Drug Use.
Morrison, V., 1991, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 27, p. 213-217Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving emotional outcomes following acute stroke: a preliminary evaluation of a workbook-based intervention
Morrison, V., 1998, In: Scottish Medical Journal. 43, p. 52-53Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perceived control, coping and recovery from disability following stroke
Morrison, V., 1999, In: Psychology and Health. 14, p. 181-192Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Drug problems and patterns of service use amongst illicit drug users in Edinburgh,
Morrison, V., 1990, In: Addiction. 85, p. 547-554Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An assessment of the impact of behavioural cognitions on function in patients partaking in a trial of early home-based progressive resistance training after total hip replacement surgery
Morrison, V. L., Okoro, T., Morrison, V., Maddison, P. J., Lemmey, A. B. & Andrew, J. G., 1 Mar 2013, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 35, 23, p. 2000-2007Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting caregiver gains: A longitudinal study
Morrison, V. L., Parveen, S. & Morrison, V., 1 Nov 2012, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 17, 4, p. 711-723Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spouse control beliefs and predicting recover from stroke: General and specific control measures
Morrison, V. L., Molloy, G. J., Johnston, M., Pollard, B., Morrison, V., Bonetti, D., Joice, S. & MacWalter, R., 1 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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An Introduction to Health Psychology, 2nd Edition
Morrison, V. L., Morrison, V. & Bennett, P., 1 Jan 2009, Pearson Education.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Predictors of distress following an acute stroke: Disability, control cognitions, and satisfaction with care.
Morrison, V. L., Morrison, V., Johnston, M. & MacWalter, R., 1 May 2000, In: Psychology and Health. 15, 3, p. 395-407Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ethnicity, familism and willingness to care: Important influences on caregiver mood?
Morrison, V. L., Parveen, S., Morrison, V. & Robinson, C. A., 30 Aug 2012, In: Aging and Mental Health. 17, 1, p. 115-124Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review