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Winner of the poster competition ran during Northumbria's Open Research and Reproducibility Conference 2023. Poster entries showcase open research practice in student work.

Preregistration of a study protocol assessing the effects of an online positive expressive writing intervention on mental wellbeing relative to a guided imagery intervention.

Entries to the poster competition ran during Northumbria's Open Research and Reproducibility Conference as part of Open Research Week 2023. Poster entries showcase open research practice in student and academic work. Titles WINNER Positive expressive writing interventions, subjective health and wellbeing: A systematic review, Lauren Hoult, Dr Michael Smith, Prof Mark Wetherell & Dr Trudi Edginton WINNER Micro-detectives: Forensic profiling with microbes, Nengi Ogbanga, Andrew Nelson, Darren Smith & Noemi Procopio WINNER Cementochronology: About the “tree rings” in our teeth, Valentina Perrone, Patrick Randolph-Quinney & Noemi Procopio Larger, more powerful studies: More work. But big rewards!, David Smailes Promote (or learn about) open research via a Reproducibilitea Journal Club, David Smailes To explore how a Breastfeeding Closed Facebook group administered by volunteers with additional breastfeeding training influences women’s experiences, particularly for those women for whom breastfeeding is not their cultural norm, Deborah Wade Impact of symptoms and disease severity on digital mobility outcomes in COPD, D. Megaritis, J. Buekers, T. Bonci, E. Hume, L. Alcock, A. Yarnall, E. M. Amigo, P. Brown, C. Buckley, S. Del Din, C. Echevarria, C. Mazzà, L. Rochester, J. Garcia Aymerich & I. Vogiatzis Growing my research village, Fiona Crouch Dying to Care. A constructivist grounded theory study identifying what factors prepare student nurses to care for dying patients, Helen Merlane Development of Innovative MODular Building System with Enhanced Fire, Environmental, Structural and Thermal Performance (MOD-FEST), Heshachanaa Rajanayagam How does garment cut influence the perception of attractiveness in the male somatotype? A comparative study of the focus of attraction on specific areas of the male body and its adaptation to inform garment cut in the UK, Jenni Moore The more-than-digital scrapmap: Exploring the generative possibilities of qualitative digital data, Joanna Hume Technological visuo-cognitive training in Parkinson’s disease: Preliminary findings from a pilot randomised controlled trial, Julia Das, Gill Barry, Rodrigo Vitorio, Richard Walker, Claire McDonald, Rosie Morris & Samuel Stuart Library support for open research: How the University Library can support you to make your work more open…, Leah Maughan & Rachel Branson A Phenomenological study into the experience of training to perform Intermittent Self Catheterisation (ISC) from the perspective of the Patient and the Nurse, Marion Haskin Be thankful to be joyful: Gratitude writing for wellbeing, Michael A. Smith & Yasmin Colborne Improving cultural understanding and 21st century skills with COIL, Ngoc D. Nguyen, Vilma B. Liwan & Thao T. P. Mai ‘It helps make the fuzzy go away’: Autistic adults’ reflections upon nature and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic and across the life course, Dr Samantha Friedman Diagnosing relativistic electron distributions in the Van Allen radiation belts, S. Killey, I.J. Rae, S. Chakraborty, A.W. Smith, S.N. Bentley, M. R. Bakrania, R. Wainwright, C.E.J. Watt, & J. K. Sandhu

Preregistration of a protocol for a pilot study assessing the efficacy and feasibility of a brief online positive expressive writing intervention, relative to a mindfulness (guided imagery) intervention and neutral (control) writing activity, when delivered for 20 minutes on a single day with the main outcome being changes in state anxiety.

Preregistration of a protocol for a systematic review that aims to synthesise the literature investigating the effects of positive expressive writing interventions on subjective physical and psychological wellbeing in the general population.

Preregistration of a protocol for a study assessing the effects of two brief positive expressive writing interventions (intensely positive experiences, best possible self) on state mood, perceived workload and cardiovascaulr reactivity following an acute social stressor.

Preregistration of a protocol for a study that aims to investigate the immediate, mid-term (2 weeks) and long-term (3 months) effects of a three day online positive expressive writing intervention on self-reported perceived stress, anxiety and physical symptoms, relative to a neutral control writing activity and a guided imagery activity.

Preregistration of a protocol for a study using a Delphi method to gain expert consensus and feedback on the neutral writing activity that is employed as a control condition within experimental expressive writing research.