Outputs (77)

From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd (2022)
Journal Article
Keshavarzi, S., Askari-Nodoushan, A., Ruhani, A., & Cakal, H. (2023). From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd. Journal of Youth Studies, 26(7), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2053664

Understanding what youth aspire is widely considered to be a critical step towards recognizing further changes in societies. This article explores young people’s aspirations, including personal and collective desires, in a less-studied social setting... Read More about From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd.

Frankly, we do give a damn: improving patient outcomes with swearing (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., & Washmuth, N. B. (2022). Frankly, we do give a damn: improving patient outcomes with swearing. Archives of Physiotherapy, 12(1), 6 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40945-022-00131-8

BACKGROUND: Words can change the way a patient thinks, feels, and performs. Swearing, or uttering a word that is considered taboo, is an often-ignored part of our language, even though over 50% of the population swears "sometimes" or "often". If used... Read More about Frankly, we do give a damn: improving patient outcomes with swearing.

Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors. (2022)
Journal Article
Cakal. (2022). Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors. PloS one, e0264421 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264421

The present research investigates the individual and aggregate level determinants of support for thin-centred ideology parties across 23 European countries. Employing a multilevel modelling approach, we analysed European Social Survey data round 7 20... Read More about Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors..

Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood (2022)
Journal Article
Lamont, A., & Crich, J. (2022). Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Popular Music Education, 6(1), 25-43. https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme_00073_1

While much is known about the influence of peers and parents in developing musical memories and preferences, the wider family context has not yet been considered. We present novel empirical evidence from surveys (N = 100) with young adults and interv... Read More about Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood.

Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play (2022)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2022). Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.774085

Imaginative pretend play is often thought of as the domain of young children, yet adults regularly engage in elaborated, fantastical, social-mediated pretend play. We describe imaginative play in adults via the term "pretensive shared reality;" Share... Read More about Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play.

Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales (2022)
Journal Article
Hermolle, M., Andrews, S. J., & Huang, C. (2022). Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221076162

The #MeToo movement has facilitated a growing awareness in the UK of rape stereotypes but there has been little research on how accurately rape is perceived in this region, especially regarding demographics such as ethnicity and age. This study recru... Read More about Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales.

A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education (2022)
Journal Article
Harrison, E. D., Hulme, J. A., & Fox, C. L. (in press). A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education. Europe's Journal of Psychology, https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.3669

Bullying in higher education (HE) has been relatively under-researched; despite its likely prevalence and impact on student wellbeing there is scant understanding of students’ lived experiences of bullying. We conducted online and physical focus grou... Read More about A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education.

Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Vestergren, S., & Stott, C. (2022). Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS one, 17(2), Article e0264618. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264618

Shopping behaviour in response to extreme events is often characterized as "panic buying" which connotes irrationality and loss of control. However, "panic buying" has been criticized for attributing shopping behaviour to people's alleged psychologic... Read More about Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using Absolutist Word Frequency from Online Searches to Measure Population Mental Health Dynamics (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Using Absolutist Word Frequency from Online Searches to Measure Population Mental Health Dynamics. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06392-4

Purpose
The assessment of population mental health relies on survey data from representative samples, which come with considerable costs. Drawing on research which established that absolutist words (e.g. never) are semantic markers for depression, w... Read More about Using Absolutist Word Frequency from Online Searches to Measure Population Mental Health Dynamics.

Effect of speed on flow and enjoyment for driving and rollercoasters (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., Dowber, H., Barrie, A., & Almeida, S. (2022). Effect of speed on flow and enjoyment for driving and rollercoasters. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 276-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.02.001

Worldwide, road traffic injuries are the eighth highest cause of death, and campaigns targeting excessive speed are a common approach to tackling this issue. Yet one element missing from these campaigns is acknowledgment that speed is inherently enjo... Read More about Effect of speed on flow and enjoyment for driving and rollercoasters.