Numerous international organizations have defined specific forms of abuse, but finding an agreed definition for abuse in institutional settings is difficult. Therefore, the UK health policy’s recent definition will be used in this essay. Institutional abuse has been defined as a lack of positive response to complex needs, rigid routines…

Baumeister (1995) defines the self as a multifaceted structure that consists of the body, the social identity; which is thought to be a combination of factors that become a part of the body, for example, one’s name and social roles, and lastly, the self as an active agent in decision…

Motivation has been defined as a course of action of activating, maintaining and directing behaviour towards a chosen goal. According to Ryan & Deci (2000) being motivated is to be enthused to do a certain action. Someone motivated will feel encouraged to complete a task, whereas, someone who does not…

The traditional residential student experience has become the norm for university life¹. Pascarella and Terenzini (2005) found this is because residence halls have a social-psychological environment which is "qualitatively different" to living off campus. Supposedly living on campus offers students a greater chance to socialise and be involved in extracurricular…

Research highlights that very few popular sources discuss parental child abduction compared to academic sources. According to Talwar & Nye¹, 500 children a year are abducted by their parents from the UK; however, this figure is debatable as not all abductions are reported. …

Located in the inner-London borough of Southwark, Peckham is a diverse area with over 15,000 residents as of 201⁵¹ ². In the past few decades, Peckham has experienced gentrification twice; the first in the late 1970s, which attracted artists, and the second, which the ward is still experiencing, began in…