Journal Club: Knitting for anxiety and compassion fatigue
Anxiety and compassion fatigue are common experiences for nurses. Join Clinical Psychologists Dr Mia Hobbs and Dr Paula Redmond as we discuss two research papers investigating the impact of knitting on mental health for nurses. The research studies both describe the...
Journal Club: Crochet improves attention
This month we are discussing a paper published in Scientific Reports (part of the prestigious Nature group of peer-reviewed scientific journals) about how crochet may improve attention. You can read the full paper here. This is a study by neurologists into how crochet...
Journal Club: Promoting health through yarncraft
This month Dr Paula Redmond and I discuss another research paper into knitting and mental health. The paper we discuss is: Joanna Nordstrand, A. Birgitta Gunnarsson & Greta HäggblomKronlöf (2024) Promoting health through yarncraft: Experiences of an online...
Journal Club: The Benefits of Knitting for Personal and Social Wellbeing in Adulthood
This is our second bonus episode for anyone wanting to know or read more about the research into how knitting can benefit our mental well-being. Dr Mia Hobbs and Dr Paula Redmond will be reading one research paper a month and discussing it in our journal club podcast....
