Findings and outputs from the study
Details of outputs from the study, including papers and conference presentations, can be found here.
Initial results from the survey element of the study were published as part of the 25th Report on the British Social Attitudes survey. Our chapter is available to download for free in electronic form from the following site:
http://www.yudu.com/britishsocialattitudes-25threport-chapter7
The launch of the report generated significant media coverage. Among those pieces which focused on our work in particular was this article from the Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5600811.ece
And this one from the New Statesman
http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/01/british-social-therapy-friends
The team has also given a number of papers at UK and international conferences:
Emotional Boundaries: The relationship between formal and informal emotional support in the UK, Social Policy Association Conference, Edinburgh, June 2008
Surveying Emotions, Royal Geographic Society Conference, August 2008
Talking about Emotions Talk: Researching What Passes Between People, Vital Signs Conference, ESRC Methods, Manchester, Sepetember 2008
The Someone to Talk To Study: Using Research to Rethink the Therapeutic Turn, COSCA conference, Stirling, Sepetember 2008
Triumph of the therapeutic?, British Sociological Association, Cardiff, April 2009
Being there: Mixed methods, emotions and reflexivity, Institute of Education, Theory and Methods Seminar Series, Stirling University May 2009.
'Not going there': Limits to the professionalisation of emotional lives, American Sociological Association Conference, San Franscisco, August 2009
'Roar on the other side of silence' British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Glasgow, April 2010
Researching Emotional Lives World Congress of Sociology, Sweden, July 2010
Getting Through: Biographies, Mental Wellbeing and Social Change , Sweden, July 2010
Not so random acts of kindness: Being There as Practice', British Sociological Association, LSE, London, April 8th 2011
Invited seminar papers and lectures
Therapeutic Culture: Linking Theory and Research, University of British Columbia, August 2008
Emotional Lives and Kinship at Tier Zero, Keyword Seminar Presentation, DASS, Stirling University , 25th November 2010
Researching Closeness Seminar, Morgan Centre, Manchester University, Nov 10th 2010
The Stubbornly Persistent and The Half There: Researching Emotional Lives, CRFR Emotions Seminar Series, Edinburgh University, February 16th, 2011
Recent articles:
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Brownlie, J.(2011) 'Not going there: limits to the professionalisation of our emotional lives' Sociology of Health and Illness 33(1):130-144
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Brownlie, J. (forthcoming, Sept 2011) ' "Being there": Multidimensionality, reflexivity and the study of emotional lives' British Journal of Sociology
- Brownlie, J. and Anderson, S. (2011) ‘Build it and they will come? Understanding public views of ‘emotions talk’ and the talking therapies British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 39(1):53-66
- Brownlie, J. (2009) ‘Age of grief in a time of talk’ Sociological Research Online, Volume 14, Issue 5, Accessible at: http://www.socresonline.org.uk/14/5/22.html
The Someone To Talk To Study – Engagement with policy and practice seminar 2nd Dec 2009 On 2 December 2009, the Someone To Talk To team hosted an event at Stirling University for practitioners and policy makers aimed at bridging the gap that sometimes exists between academic research and the world of practice. Around 40 participants from a range of backgrounds (including the Scottish Government, voluntary sector service providers and the health service) heard two presentations on the findings of the study and then took part in a workshop session aimed at distilling possible implications for practice and policy and identifying future directions for the research.Feedback from the day was highly positive and the research team are now working with several organisations on further analysis of existing data and in identifying areas for future research See |
The Someone To Talk To Study –Knowledge Exchange events and outputs Members of the team were invited to contribute to two recent events relating to pychological therapies. The first on the 17th March was a multiprofessional conference, organised by NHS Education for Scotland, entitled 'Psychological Interventions: Hitting the Target', at which we presented data on older people's views and experiences of emotional support. Following on from that, on the 22nd April we were invited to present at a smaller Framing Meeting for policymakers and practitioners working specifically in the area of improving access to psychological therapies for older people. Slides from these presentations are in the process of being circulated more widely to all psychologists working with older people in Scotland. See
Preliminary analysis of the qualitative data has also been used as part of a study for NHS Health Scotland examining public views and experiences of ‘escape places’. This is part of a wider project aimed at generating quantitative indicators on mental health for the Scottish Government. A research briefing on the project findings was published by CRFR (Centre for Research on Families and Relationships) in June 2011. A PDF version of this briefing is available at
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Forthcoming
The project is now complete though the team to continue to work on analysing findings from the study and are currently working on a book based on the research to be published in 2012.
The final report for the ESRC can be found here:
The team are also currently working on an impact report for the ESRC and links to this report will be available on this website later this year.
Further details about seminars and conferences linked to the project in 2011 will be made available in due course.
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