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Internally displaced persons and the Cyprus peace process (2019)
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Cakal, H. (2019). Internally displaced persons and the Cyprus peace process. International Political Science Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512119872057

The article focuses on Greek Cypriot internally displaced persons and their attitudes towards the island’s reunification talks. We utilize quantitative data from two representative sample surveys, conducted in 2016–2017, which probed respondents on t... Read More about Internally displaced persons and the Cyprus peace process.

Effects of extreme ritual practices on psychophysiological well-being (2019)
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(2019). Effects of extreme ritual practices on psychophysiological well-being. Current Anthropology, 699-707. https://doi.org/10.1086/705665

Extreme ritual practices involving pain and suffering pose significant risks such as injury, trauma, or infection. Nonetheless, they are performed by millions of people around the world, and are often culturally prescribed remedies for a variety of m... Read More about Effects of extreme ritual practices on psychophysiological well-being.

The digital divide: Examining socio-demographic factors associated with health literacy, access and use of internet to seek health information (2019)
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Protheroe. (2019). The digital divide: Examining socio-demographic factors associated with health literacy, access and use of internet to seek health information. Journal of Health Psychology, 1668-1675. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317695429

This article aims to examine the socio-demographic characteristics associated with access and use of Internet for health-related purposes and its relationship with health literacy. Data were drawn from a health literacy survey (N?=?1046) and analysed... Read More about The digital divide: Examining socio-demographic factors associated with health literacy, access and use of internet to seek health information.

Barriers and motivators for uptake of cervical cancer prevention strategies in Eastern Europe: Perspective from Latvia (2019)
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Pčolkina, K., Sherman, S., MOSS, E., Redman, C., Zodzika, J., Rezeberga, D., …Viberga, I. (2019). Barriers and motivators for uptake of cervical cancer prevention strategies in Eastern Europe: Perspective from Latvia. https://doi.org/10.15570/actaapa.2019.27

Introduction The incidence of cervical cancer in Eastern European countries is high, however uptake of available prevention strategies is suboptimal. We explored the knowledge, behaviours and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention strategie... Read More about Barriers and motivators for uptake of cervical cancer prevention strategies in Eastern Europe: Perspective from Latvia.

Awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention among migrant Eastern European women in England (2019)
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Sherman, S., Tincello, D., Moss, E., & Patel, H. (2019). Awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention among migrant Eastern European women in England. Journal of Medical Screening, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141319869957

Objectives It has been hypothesized that, in England, the rise in incidence of cervical cancer and the fall in screening coverage might be attributable in part to the effect of migration of Eastern European born women. We explored the attitudes and... Read More about Awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention among migrant Eastern European women in England.

Deficits in prospective memory following damage to the medial subdivision of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus. (2019)
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Cona, G., Laera, G., Edelstyn, N., & Bisiacchi, P. S. (2019). Deficits in prospective memory following damage to the medial subdivision of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus. Journal of Neuropsychology, 398-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12154

Identifying the neurocognitive mechanisms that lead individuals remembering to execute an intention at the right moment (prospective memory, PM) and how such mechanisms are influenced by the features of that intention is a fundamental theoretical cha... Read More about Deficits in prospective memory following damage to the medial subdivision of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus..

The Social Psychological Processes of ‘Procedural Justice’: Concepts, Critiques and Opportunities (2019)
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Stott. (2019). The Social Psychological Processes of ‘Procedural Justice’: Concepts, Critiques and Opportunities. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 421-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895818780200

Contemporary research on policing and procedural justice theory (PJT) emphasises large-scale survey data to link a series of interlocking concepts, namely perceptions of procedural fairness, police legitimacy and normative compliance. In this paper w... Read More about The Social Psychological Processes of ‘Procedural Justice’: Concepts, Critiques and Opportunities.

A longitudinal study of the effects of internet use on subjective well-being (2019)
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(2019). A longitudinal study of the effects of internet use on subjective well-being. Media Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1624177

This study examined how internet use is related to subjective well-being, using longitudinal data from 19 nations with representative online samples stratified for age, gender, and region (N = 7122, 51.43% women, Mage = 45.26). Life satisfaction and... Read More about A longitudinal study of the effects of internet use on subjective well-being.

A test of the micro‐expressions training tool: Does it improve lie detection? (2019)
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Jordan, S., Brimbal, L., Wallace, D. B., Kassin, S. M., Hartwig, M., & Street, C. N. (2019). A test of the micro‐expressions training tool: Does it improve lie detection?. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 16(3), 222-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1532

The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of the micro-expressions training tool (METT) in identifying and using micro-expressions to improve lie detection. Participants (n = 90) were randomly assigned to receive training in micro-exp... Read More about A test of the micro‐expressions training tool: Does it improve lie detection?.

Student Pro-sociality: Measuring Institutional and Individual Factors that Predict Pro-social Behaviour at University (2019)
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Stiff, C., Rosenthal-Stott, H. E., Wake, S., & Woodward, A. (2019). Student Pro-sociality: Measuring Institutional and Individual Factors that Predict Pro-social Behaviour at University. Current Psychology, 920-930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00256-3

Students operate within a bounded social context and often face decisions regarding whether to pursue selfish or group-level benefit. Yet little work has examined what predicts their behaviour towards fellow students. This work addresses this gap b... Read More about Student Pro-sociality: Measuring Institutional and Individual Factors that Predict Pro-social Behaviour at University.

National identification and support for discriminatory policies: The mediating role of beliefs aboutlaïcitéin France (2019)
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(2019). National identification and support for discriminatory policies: The mediating role of beliefs aboutlaïcitéin France. European Journal of Social Psychology, 924-937. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2576

In France, laïcité is a legal principle enforcing State secularism. However, research indicates that Modern (vs. traditional) beliefs about laïcité (ML) help legitimate prejudice against minorities. From Social Identity Theory, we hypothesized that M... Read More about National identification and support for discriminatory policies: The mediating role of beliefs aboutlaïcitéin France.

Artificial neural networks reveal individual differences in metacognitive monitoring of memory (2019)
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Zakrzewski, A. C., Wisniewski, M. G., Williams, H. L., & Berry, J. M. (2019). Artificial neural networks reveal individual differences in metacognitive monitoring of memory. PloS one, 14(7), Article e0220526. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220526

Previous work supports an age-specific impairment for recognition memory of pairs of words and other stimuli. The present study tested the generalization of an associative deficit across word, name, and nonword stimulus types in younger and older adu... Read More about Artificial neural networks reveal individual differences in metacognitive monitoring of memory.

An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being (2019)
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Lamont. (2019). An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being. Music & Science, 205920431986171 - 205920431986171. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059204319861719

Research on choirs and other forms of group singing has been conducted for several decades and there has been a recent focus on the potential health and well-being benefits, particularly in amateur singers. Experimental, quantitative, and qualitativ... Read More about An Agenda for Best Practice Research on Group Singing, Health, and Well-Being.

Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making (2019)
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Francis, K., Gummerum, M., Ganis, G., Howard, I. S., & Terbeck, S. (2019). Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making. Psychopharmacology, 236, 3477 - 3496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-019-05314-z

Rationale Hypothetical moral dilemmas, pitting characteristically utilitarian and non-utilitarian outcomes against each other, have played a central role in investigations of moral decision-making. Preferences for utilitarian over non-utilitarian re... Read More about Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making.

Some thoughts on qualitative research in psychology in Europe (2019)
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(2019). Some thoughts on qualitative research in psychology in Europe. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 508 - 512. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2019.1605279

This short commentary reflects upon some of the current debates about qualitative methods within European psychology. It notes that the rebirth of qualitative methods towards the end of the twentieth century often coupled an epistemological challenge... Read More about Some thoughts on qualitative research in psychology in Europe.

A Corpus Study of “Know”: On The Verification of Philosophers’ Frequency Claims about Language (2019)
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Hansen, N., Porter, J., & Francis, K. (2019). A Corpus Study of “Know”: On The Verification of Philosophers’ Frequency Claims about Language. Episteme, 18, 242-268. https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2019.15

AbstractWe investigate claims about the frequency of “know” made by philosophers. Our investigation has several overlapping aims. First, we aim to show what is required to confirm or disconfirm philosophers’ claims about the comparative frequency of... Read More about A Corpus Study of “Know”: On The Verification of Philosophers’ Frequency Claims about Language.

“We’re not just sat at home in our pyjamas!”: a thematic analysis of the social lives of home educated adolescents in the UK (2019)
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(2019). “We’re not just sat at home in our pyjamas!”: a thematic analysis of the social lives of home educated adolescents in the UK. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 501-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-018-0398-5

A common perception of home education is that despite potential beneficial educational outcomes, children who are home educated lack social experiences and therefore show poor social development. However, previous research in this area suggests that... Read More about “We’re not just sat at home in our pyjamas!”: a thematic analysis of the social lives of home educated adolescents in the UK.