The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on women: female care workers are at forefront crisis and facing increased health risks; women disproportionately affected by employment drop related to lockdowns social distancing measures; they exposed an alarming increase in domestic violence shouldering heavier burdens home times restricted movement. In other words, exa...

© 2007 Sage Public THOMAS G. PATTERSON recently graduated from the Doctoral Programme in clinical psychology at the University of Warwick and Coventry University, UK, where he completed a research thesis on the measurement of unconditional positive self-regard. He is currently employed as a clinical psychologist with North Warwickshire NHS Trust, UK, working across adult and older adult special...