My research focusses on the development of occupational support strategies to reduce work related stress in frontline health & social care professionals. I am also interested in assessing the work related factors that impact occupational well-being and engage in research that aims to inform the development of social interventions to support the recovery of people with mental health diagnoses.
- A pre and post evaluation of the communication and interaction training programme for professionals in dementia care, Trees, S., James, I., Stapleton, S., Rippon, D. 1 Jun 2025, In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice
- Facilitators and barriers to engaging in expressive writing among health and social care professionals, Smith, M., Hoult, L., Rippon, D., O’Brien, N., Branley-Bell, D., Byrne-Davis, L., Collins, C., Gallagher, S., Kinman, G., Mark, A., O’Connor, D., Vedhara, K., Williams, G., Wetherell, M. 25 Aug 2025, In: PLoS One
- Facilitators and barriers to engaging in expressive writing among health and social care professionals, Smith, M., Hoult, L., Rippon, D., O'Brien, N., Branley-Bell, D., Byrne-Davis, L., Collins, C., Gallagher, S., Kinman, G., Mark, A., O'Connor, D., Vedhara, K., Wetherell, M. 28 Oct 2024
- The role of self-efficacy and self-esteem in mediating positive associations between functional social support and psychological wellbeing in people with a mental health diagnosis, Rippon, D., Shepherd, J., Wakefield, S., Lee, A., Pollet, T. 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Mental Health
- Work-Related Stressors and Regular Periods of Recovery: Toward Restoring Physical, Psychological, and Social Resources, Rippon, D. 27 Sep 2024, Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior and Environmental Health, Singapore, Springer
- The impact of briefly observing faces in opaque facial masks on emotion recognition and empathic concern, Shepherd, J., Rippon, D. 1 Feb 2023, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Informal Caregivers of People with Parkinson’s Disease Residing in the UK: A Qualitative Study, Rippon, D., Hand, A., Dismore, L., Caiazza, R. 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
- Elevated Levels of Hair Cortisol Concentrations in Professional Dementia Caregivers, Rippon, D., McDonnell, A., Bristow, M., Smith, M., McCreadie, M., Wetherell, M. 2 Nov 2021, In: Stress
- The sources of adversity in the delivery of mental healthcare in prisons, Rippon, D., Smith, M., Dyer, W. 2021, In: Wellbeing, Space and Society
- A Grounded Theory Study on Work Related Stress in Professionals who Provide Health & Social Care for People who Exhibit Behaviours that Challenge, Rippon, D., McDonnell, A., Smith, M., McCreadie, M., Wetherell, M. 27 Feb 2020, In: PLoS One
- Psychology PhD December 18 2018
- Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2018
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