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A survey of knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among healthcare professionals across the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Sherman, S., Cohen, C., Denison, H., Bromhead, C., & Patel, H. (2019). A survey of knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among healthcare professionals across the UK. European Journal of Public Health, 30(1), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz113

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection implicated in 5% of cancers worldwide including most cervical cancer cases. In the UK, the HPV vaccine has been offered routinely to girls aged 11-13 since 2008 while c... Read More about A survey of knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among healthcare professionals across the UK.

The effect of episodic retrieval on inhibition in task switching: a diffusion model analysis. (2019)
Journal Article
Grange. (2019). The effect of episodic retrieval on inhibition in task switching: a diffusion model analysis. Psychological Research, 1965-1999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-019-01206-1

Inhibition in task switching is inferred from [Formula: see text] task repetition costs: slower response times and poorer accuracy for ABA task switching sequences compared to CBA sequences, thought to reflect the persisting inhibition of task A acro... Read More about The effect of episodic retrieval on inhibition in task switching: a diffusion model analysis..

Independent Recollection-Familiarity Ratings: Similar Effects of Levels-of-Processing Whether Amount or Confidence is Rated (2019)
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Williams, H., & Bodner, G. E. (2019). Independent Recollection-Familiarity Ratings: Similar Effects of Levels-of-Processing Whether Amount or Confidence is Rated. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(2), 94-99. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000161

Independent recollection-familiarity (RF) ratings are sometimes collected to measure subjective experiences of recollection and familiarity during recognition. Although the RF ratings task purports to measure the ‘degree’ to which each recognition st... Read More about Independent Recollection-Familiarity Ratings: Similar Effects of Levels-of-Processing Whether Amount or Confidence is Rated.

Hearing Loss Affects Infants’ Visual Processing and Cognitive Development (2019)
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Monroy, C. (2019). Hearing Loss Affects Infants’ Visual Processing and Cognitive Development. Hearing Journal, 72(5), 26. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hj.0000559501.44308.ce

Hearing loss affects up to three of every 1,000 live births in the United States.1 Recent research has shown that hearing loss from birth has cascading effects on development that extend beyond the auditory system. Deaf children exhibit poorer perfor... Read More about Hearing Loss Affects Infants’ Visual Processing and Cognitive Development.

Different Definitions of the Non-recollection-based Response Option(s) Change how People use the “Remember” Response in the Remember/Know Paradigm (2019)
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Williams, H., & Lindsay, D. S. (2019). Different Definitions of the Non-recollection-based Response Option(s) Change how People use the “Remember” Response in the Remember/Know Paradigm. Memory and Cognition, 47, 1359-1374. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-019-00938-0

In the Remember/Know paradigm, a Know response can be defined to participants as a high-confidence state of certainty or as a low-confidence state based on a feeling of familiarity. To examine the effects of definition on use of responses, in two exp... Read More about Different Definitions of the Non-recollection-based Response Option(s) Change how People use the “Remember” Response in the Remember/Know Paradigm.

'I didn't realise I was such a sausage': men's accounts of whole-body scanning, body image, and expected changes in health-related behaviours. (2019)
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Grogan, S., O’Brien, D., Brownbridge, K., Gill, S., Cole, J., & Armitage, C. J. (2019). 'I didn't realise I was such a sausage': men's accounts of whole-body scanning, body image, and expected changes in health-related behaviours. Psychology and Health, 550 - 568. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2018.1549326

OBJECTIVE: Whole-body scanning is now available in stores to assist buyers in choosing well-fitting clothes. This study was designed to investigate men's accounts of scanning, body image and expectations of behaviour change. DESIGN: Ten men aged 18-3... Read More about 'I didn't realise I was such a sausage': men's accounts of whole-body scanning, body image, and expected changes in health-related behaviours..

The Dark Triad and Facebook Surveillance: How Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, But Not Narcissism Predict Using Facebook To Spy On Others (2019)
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Stiff, C. (2019). The Dark Triad and Facebook Surveillance: How Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, But Not Narcissism Predict Using Facebook To Spy On Others. Computers in Human Behavior, 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.044

The Dark Triad of personality – Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy – has been shown to influence a variety of behaviours. Typically, high levels of these traits predict engaging in behaviour at the periphery of what is considered socially... Read More about The Dark Triad and Facebook Surveillance: How Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, But Not Narcissism Predict Using Facebook To Spy On Others.

Taboo gesticulations as a response to pain (2019)
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Jacobs, M., van Beest, I., & Stephens, R. (2019). Taboo gesticulations as a response to pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 397-406. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2018-0321

Prior research indicates that swearing increases pain tolerance and decreases pain perception in a cold pressor task. In two experiments, we extend this research by testing whether taboo hand gesticulations have a similar effect. Study 1 focused on m... Read More about Taboo gesticulations as a response to pain.

‘I Have Seen the Opportunities that Science Brings’: An Evaluation of an Intervention to Encourage Girls to Persist in Science Subjects (2019)
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(2019). ‘I Have Seen the Opportunities that Science Brings’: An Evaluation of an Intervention to Encourage Girls to Persist in Science Subjects. Educational Forum, 199-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2019.1576820

Women are underrepresented in science careers. To overcome this, it is important to explore how to encourage girls to continue to study science. This intervention involved girls aged 12–14 attending interactive science sessions at a university. Girls... Read More about ‘I Have Seen the Opportunities that Science Brings’: An Evaluation of an Intervention to Encourage Girls to Persist in Science Subjects.

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Effects of Empathy and Responsibility in Muslim Leaders’ Mediated Responses to Extremist Attacks (2019)
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Noor, M. (2019). Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Effects of Empathy and Responsibility in Muslim Leaders’ Mediated Responses to Extremist Attacks. Media Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584570

Muslim American leaders are often called upon to publicly respond to violent attacks carried out by Muslim extremists. Yet it is unclear what types of responses are most likely to satisfy non-Muslim Americans and ultimately improve attitudes toward M... Read More about Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Effects of Empathy and Responsibility in Muslim Leaders’ Mediated Responses to Extremist Attacks.

Opium of the People? National Identification Predicts Wellbeing Over Time (2019)
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(2019). Opium of the People? National Identification Predicts Wellbeing Over Time. British Journal of Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12398

Social group membership and its social-relational corollaries – e.g., social contact, trust, and support – is prophylactic for health. Research has tended to focus on how direct social interactions between members of small-scale groups (i.e., a local... Read More about Opium of the People? National Identification Predicts Wellbeing Over Time.

Relationships between Parent-Reported Parenting, Child-Perceived Parenting, and Children’s Mental Health in Taiwanese Children (2019)
Journal Article
Huang. (2019). Relationships between Parent-Reported Parenting, Child-Perceived Parenting, and Children’s Mental Health in Taiwanese Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16061049

The current study examines the relationship between parents’ and children’s reports of parenting and their effects on children’s mental health symptoms. Six hundred and sixty-six parent-child dyads in Taiwan participated in this study. The parents an... Read More about Relationships between Parent-Reported Parenting, Child-Perceived Parenting, and Children’s Mental Health in Taiwanese Children.

Impact of Cognitive Profile on Impulse Control Disorders Presence and Severity in Parkinson's Disease (2019)
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(2019). Impact of Cognitive Profile on Impulse Control Disorders Presence and Severity in Parkinson's Disease. Frontiers in Neurology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.00266

Background Impulse control disorders (ICDs) and related behaviors are frequent in Parkinson's disease (PD). Mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) and dementia (PDD), both characterized by heterogeneous cognitive phenotypes, are also commonly reported i... Read More about Impact of Cognitive Profile on Impulse Control Disorders Presence and Severity in Parkinson's Disease.

'You're in this world now': Students', teachers', and parents' experiences of school transition and how they feel it can be improved. (2019)
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(2019). 'You're in this world now': Students', teachers', and parents' experiences of school transition and how they feel it can be improved. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 206-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12273

BACKGROUND: Primary-secondary school transition is a major life event for 11-year-old children in the United Kingdom and can also be a stressful period for parents and teachers. However, most research focuses on the impact of transition on children's... Read More about 'You're in this world now': Students', teachers', and parents' experiences of school transition and how they feel it can be improved..

Police call-takers' first substantive question projects the outcome of the call (2019)
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Kent, A., & Antaki, C. (2019). Police call-takers' first substantive question projects the outcome of the call. Applied Linguistics, 640-661. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amz002

Police call-takers need to gather as much data as is needed, as quickly as possible, to determine whether and what action should be taken. On analysing 514 calls to a UK centre handling emergency (999) and non-emergency (101) calls, we find that th... Read More about Police call-takers' first substantive question projects the outcome of the call.

Childhood poly-victimization and children’s health: A nationally representative study (2019)
Journal Article
Feng, J., Hsieh, Y., Hwa, H., Huang, C., Wei, H., & Shen, A. C. (2019). Childhood poly-victimization and children’s health: A nationally representative study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 91, 88-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.02.013

Although research on the negative effects of childhood poly-victimization is substantial, few studies have examined the relationship between poly-victimization and younger children’s physical health and diseases.

Sharenting: Pride, affect and the day‐to‐day politics of digital mothering (2019)
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Lazard, L., Capdevila, R., Dann, C., Locke, A., & Roper, S. (2019). Sharenting: Pride, affect and the day‐to‐day politics of digital mothering. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13(4), Article ARTN e12443. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12443

The coming together of parenting and routine posting on social networking sites has become a visible and recognisable theme, and the term “sharenting” has found a place in everyday talk to describe some forms of parental digital sharing practices. Ho... Read More about Sharenting: Pride, affect and the day‐to‐day politics of digital mothering.