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Tolerating uncertainty: Perceptions of the future for ageing parent-carers and their adult children with intellectual disabilities (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Tolerating uncertainty: Perceptions of the future for ageing parent-carers and their adult children with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12221

Background
Improved life expectancy means that more adults with intellectual disabilities are now living with ageing parents. This study explored older families' perceptions of the future.

Methods
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with n... Read More about Tolerating uncertainty: Perceptions of the future for ageing parent-carers and their adult children with intellectual disabilities.

Awareness and knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer in female students: A survey (with a cautionary note) (2015)
Journal Article
Minshall, C., Coombes, R., Cooper, J., Redman, C., Sherman, S., & Nailer, E. (2015). Awareness and knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer in female students: A survey (with a cautionary note). Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 76 -80. https://doi.org/10.3109/01443615.2015.1041886

We conducted a survey to explore levels of awareness and knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer in 170 female students and whether mode of data collection (online vs. paper) affected the results. 27% of women named HPV as a cause... Read More about Awareness and knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer in female students: A survey (with a cautionary note).

The relation between bulimic symptoms and the social withdrawal syndrome during early adolescence (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The relation between bulimic symptoms and the social withdrawal syndrome during early adolescence. Eating Behaviors, 177-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.09.008

Objective
The short-term longitudinal study tested the hypothesis that there was a prospective relation between the social withdrawal syndrome and Bulimic symptoms during early adolescence.

Method
Ninety-six adolescents (47 males, mean age = 13... Read More about The relation between bulimic symptoms and the social withdrawal syndrome during early adolescence.

Feedback to the Future (2015)
Presentation / Conference
(2015, September). Feedback to the Future. Presented at Feedback to the Future, Keele University

‘Assessment and feedback’ are the experiences with which students report least satisfaction in the National Student Survey. University tutors are keen to find methods of delivering good feedback which helps students to learn; however, with increased... Read More about Feedback to the Future.

“Please, I need help, please!”: Reflections on Involving Undergraduate Psychology Students in a Conversation Analytic Study of 999 and 101 Police Calls (2015)
Journal Article
Kent, A., Melia, C., Marok, P., & Waterman, C. (2015). “Please, I need help, please!”: Reflections on Involving Undergraduate Psychology Students in a Conversation Analytic Study of 999 and 101 Police Calls. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin,

This paper describes a summer Research Assistantship Scheme undertaken by three undergraduate students in the School of Psychology at Keele University. The research used a conversation analytic approach to explore interactions during emergency and no... Read More about “Please, I need help, please!”: Reflections on Involving Undergraduate Psychology Students in a Conversation Analytic Study of 999 and 101 Police Calls.

The influence of teacher feedback on children's perceptions of student-teacher relationships. (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The influence of teacher feedback on children's perceptions of student-teacher relationships. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 276 - 288. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12070

BACKGROUND: Teachers can deliver feedback using person ('you are clever') or process terms ('you worked hard'). Person feedback can lead to negative academic outcomes, but there is little experimental research examining the impact of feedback on chil... Read More about The influence of teacher feedback on children's perceptions of student-teacher relationships..

Development of the attitudes to domestic violence questionnaire for children and adolescents (2015)
Journal Article
Fox, C., Gadd, D., & Sim, J. (2015). Development of the attitudes to domestic violence questionnaire for children and adolescents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2506 - 2525. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514553115

To provide a more robust assessment of the effectiveness of a domestic abuse prevention education program, a questionnaire was developed to measure children's attitudes to domestic violence. The aim was to develop a short questionnaire that would be... Read More about Development of the attitudes to domestic violence questionnaire for children and adolescents.

That's my teacher! Children's ability to recognize personally familiar and unfamiliar faces improves with age (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). That's my teacher! Children's ability to recognize personally familiar and unfamiliar faces improves with age. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 704. https://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.704

Adults’ ability to recognize unfamiliar faces across images that capture within-person variability is poor, whereas their familiar face recognition is extremely good (Jenkins, White, Van Montford & Burton, 2011). Very little is known about children’s... Read More about That's my teacher! Children's ability to recognize personally familiar and unfamiliar faces improves with age.