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Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development (2020)
Journal Article
Wright Bevans, K., Murray, M., & Lamont, A. (2020). Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3228

Intergenerational practice (IP) is an approach within community health promotion which aims to bring older and younger community members together in collaborative activity. Little research has critically examined the assumptions and values within IP... Read More about Tensions in intergenerational practice guidance: intergroup contact versus community development.

Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments (2017)
Journal Article
Taylor, J., Lamont, A., & Murray, M. (2017). Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments. Psychology and Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2017.1375496

Objective: There is increasing evidence of both health and appearance risks associated with sunbed use. At the same time, the sunbed industry promotes the benefits of using sunbeds, and the image of a tanned skin as attractive and healthy arguably re... Read More about Talking about sunbed tanning in online discussion forums: Assertions and arguments.

The narrative psychology of community health workers. (2015)
Journal Article
Murray, M., & Ziegler, F. (2015). The narrative psychology of community health workers. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(3), 338 - 349. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314566615

Community health psychology is an approach which promotes community mobilisation as a means of enhancing community capacity and well-being and challenging health inequalities. Much of the research on this approach has been at the more strategic and p... Read More about The narrative psychology of community health workers..

The growth and the stagnation of work stress: Publication trends and scientific representations 1960-2011 (2014)
Journal Article
Väänänen, A., Murray, M., & Kuokkanen, A. (2014). The growth and the stagnation of work stress: Publication trends and scientific representations 1960-2011. History of the Human Sciences, 116 - 138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695114525168

Stress at work is a frequent subject of scientific research. In most of this, the unit of analysis has been the employee and his or her work stress. Historical, cultural and macro-contextual approaches have rarely been included in the analytical fram... Read More about The growth and the stagnation of work stress: Publication trends and scientific representations 1960-2011.