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The effect of aging on response congruency in task switching: a meta-analysis (2019)
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Grange. (2019). The effect of aging on response congruency in task switching: a meta-analysis. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 389-396. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx122

Objectives: Response congruency effects in task switching are the observed slowing of response times for incongruent targets which afford more than one response (depending on task) in comparison to congruent stimuli that afford just one response re... Read More about The effect of aging on response congruency in task switching: a meta-analysis.

The Impact of Exposure to Media Coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games on Mixed Physical Ability Interactions (2019)
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Noor. (2019). The Impact of Exposure to Media Coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games on Mixed Physical Ability Interactions. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 104-120. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2387

The current work assessed the impact of the 2012 Paralympic Games on psychological factors operating during interactions between physically disabled and nondisabled group members. In a two-wave longitudinal design, the pre- to post-Paralympic increas... Read More about The Impact of Exposure to Media Coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games on Mixed Physical Ability Interactions.

Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (2019)
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Andrews, S. J. (2019). Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 252-264. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3472

This study examined whether the implementation of Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (1999) improved lawyers' questioning strategies when examining child witnesses in England. The government's Section 28 pilot study involved ju... Read More about Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act.

Transition and adaptability in educational and organizational contexts (2019)
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(2019). Transition and adaptability in educational and organizational contexts. Psychology Teaching Review,

The Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology (DART-P) hosted a symposium at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference 2018, at which the concepts of transition and adaptability were explored within the context of high... Read More about Transition and adaptability in educational and organizational contexts.

How participation in collective action changes relationships, behaviours, and beliefs: An interview study of the role of inter- and intragroup processes (2019)
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Vestergren, S., Drury, J., & Hammar Chiriac, E. (2019). How participation in collective action changes relationships, behaviours, and beliefs: An interview study of the role of inter- and intragroup processes. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 76-99. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v7i1.903

Research has shown that numerous psychological changes can occur in and through collective action. Previous research on psychological consequences of participation in collective action has mainly focused on one change at a time and has rarely include... Read More about How participation in collective action changes relationships, behaviours, and beliefs: An interview study of the role of inter- and intragroup processes.

Does Task Activation in Task Switching Influence Inhibition or Episodic Interference? (2019)
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Grange, J. (2019). Does Task Activation in Task Switching Influence Inhibition or Episodic Interference?. Experimental Psychology, 393 -404. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000423

N-2 repetition costs in task switching refer to slower responses to ABA sequences compared to CBA sequences, reflecting the persisting inhibition of task A across the ABA sequence. The magnitude of inhibition is thought to be sensitive to activation... Read More about Does Task Activation in Task Switching Influence Inhibition or Episodic Interference?.

The Role of Emergent Shared Identity in Psychosocial Support among Refugees of Conflict in Developing Countries (2019)
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Alfadhlil, K., Güler, M., Cakal, H., & Drury, J. (2019). The Role of Emergent Shared Identity in Psychosocial Support among Refugees of Conflict in Developing Countries. International Review of Social Psychology, 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.176

In spite of the harsh conditions that refugees of conflicts experience for many years in exile in developing countries, there is evidence showing that refugees of conflict help each other. This study aimed to explore one possible mechanism underlying... Read More about The Role of Emergent Shared Identity in Psychosocial Support among Refugees of Conflict in Developing Countries.

Enabling an Evidence Based Approach to Policing Football in the UK (2019)
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Stott. (2019). Enabling an Evidence Based Approach to Policing Football in the UK. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 977-994. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pay102

Across the last 10 years, the policing of demonstrations in the UK has witnessed substantive change in terms of both statutory guidance and operational practices. With this study, we highlight how the policing of football crowds in the UK has, to dat... Read More about Enabling an Evidence Based Approach to Policing Football in the UK.

The effect of practice on inhibition in task switching: Controlling for episodic retrieval (2019)
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Grange, J. (2019). The effect of practice on inhibition in task switching: Controlling for episodic retrieval. Acta psychologica, 59 - 72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.10.006

Previous work has shown that extended practice leads to a reduction in a key measure of cognitive inhibition during task switching: The n-2 task repetition cost. However, it has been demonstrated that this n-2 task repetition cost is increased by a n... Read More about The effect of practice on inhibition in task switching: Controlling for episodic retrieval.

Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand (2018)
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Sherman, S., Bartholomew, K., Denison, H., Patel, H., MOSS, E., Douwes, J., & Bromhead, C. (2018). Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197648

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection that is implicated in 99.7% of cervical cancers and several other cancers that affect both men and women. Despite the role that HPV plays in an estimated 5% of all canc... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand.

Internet Addiction: A Closer Look at Multidimensional Parenting Practices and Child Mental Health (2018)
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Hsieh, Y., Shen, A. C., Wei, H., Feng, J., Huang, S. C., & Hwa, H. (2018). Internet Addiction: A Closer Look at Multidimensional Parenting Practices and Child Mental Health. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 21(12), 768-773. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2018.0435

This study aimed to examine how both psychosocial variables (authoritative, authoritarian, and shaming, and parent-child relationships) and psychological symptoms were associated with Internet addiction, while controlling for the sociodemographic var... Read More about Internet Addiction: A Closer Look at Multidimensional Parenting Practices and Child Mental Health.

Playing in the UEFA Europa League Does Not Adversely Affect English Premier League or La Liga Performance (2018)
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Stephens, R., Bosworth, G., & Shepherd, T. A. (2018). Playing in the UEFA Europa League Does Not Adversely Affect English Premier League or La Liga Performance. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 4(1 (Special Issue Sport Psychology)), https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4010002

Purpose: This article presents data challenging the widely held but untested view that concurrently playing mid-week Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Europa League matches adversely affects domestic league performance. Method: Over... Read More about Playing in the UEFA Europa League Does Not Adversely Affect English Premier League or La Liga Performance.

The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden (2018)
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Stott. (2018). The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden. Soccer and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2018.1553777

Evidence of the value of increased supporter involvement in football governance is limited and existing work focuses primarily on the boardroom, rather than on managing problems associated with fan behaviour (e.g. violence, pyrotechnics). Moreover, r... Read More about The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden.

Dopaminergic neurotransmission in patients with Parkinson’s disease and impulse control disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of PET and SPECT studies (2018)
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Martini, A., Dal Lago, D., Edelstyn, N., Salgarello, M., Lugoboni, F., & Tamburin, S. (2018). Dopaminergic neurotransmission in patients with Parkinson’s disease and impulse control disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of PET and SPECT studies. Frontiers in Neurology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.01018

Background Around 30% Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients develop impulse control disorders (ICDs) to D2/3 dopamine agonists and, to a lesser extent, levodopa. We aim to investigate striatal dopaminergic function in PD patients with and without ICD.... Read More about Dopaminergic neurotransmission in patients with Parkinson’s disease and impulse control disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of PET and SPECT studies.

Can we forgive a militant outgroup member?: The role of perspective-taking (2018)
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Noor. (2018). Can we forgive a militant outgroup member?: The role of perspective-taking. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 246-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12328

Whereas previous research has commonly studied the effects of perspective-taking for harmless targets, we examined whether the effect of perspective-taking might extend to a violent outgroup target. That is, our target not only held members of the ad... Read More about Can we forgive a militant outgroup member?: The role of perspective-taking.

‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices (2018)
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Ford, R., & Cole, J. M. (2018). ‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices. Psychology of Women and Equalities Review, 1(2), 33-43. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2018.1.2.33

The ease with which we can now create digital selves means that virtual environments such as video games can be playgrounds for experimenting with alternative identities. Extensive experimental research exists examining what determines our virtual se... Read More about ‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices.

‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games (2018)
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Cole, J. M., & Grogan, S. (2018). ‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games. Psychology of Women and Equalities Review, 1(2), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2018.1.2.19

Although various authors have argued women’s bodies in video games are unrealistically thin and large breasted, few studies have asked women who make frequent use of video games to discuss their experiences of viewing these kinds of images. In the pr... Read More about ‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games.