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Longitudinal associations between younger children's humour styles and psychosocial adjustment (2018)
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James, L. A., & Fox, C. L. (2018). Longitudinal associations between younger children's humour styles and psychosocial adjustment. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36(4), 589-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12244

Whilst a multitude of studies have examined links between different styles of humour and aspects of adjustment, longitudinal research is noticeably lacking. Following a study which identified bidirectional associations between humour styles and psych... Read More about Longitudinal associations between younger children's humour styles and psychosocial adjustment.

An experimental examination of object-directed ritualized action in children across two cultures. (2018)
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Kapitany. (2018). An experimental examination of object-directed ritualized action in children across two cultures. PloS one, e0206884 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206884

Ritualized actions are common in daily life, and prevalent across cultures. Adults have been shown, under experimental conditions, to treat objects subjected to ritualized action as special and different relative to objects subjected to non-ritualize... Read More about An experimental examination of object-directed ritualized action in children across two cultures..

Romantic involvement and adolescents' academic and psychosocial functioning in Chinese societies (2018)
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Li, X., Huang, C. S., & Shen, A. C. (2019). Romantic involvement and adolescents' academic and psychosocial functioning in Chinese societies. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.036

This study explores the effects of romantic involvement and dating behaviors on adolescent academic and psychosocial functioning in Chinese societies, where adolescent dating is generally discouraged and believed to generate adverse outcomes. Adolesc... Read More about Romantic involvement and adolescents' academic and psychosocial functioning in Chinese societies.

'So many women suffer in silence': a thematic analysis of women's written accounts of coping with endometriosis. (2018)
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Grogan, S., Turley, E., & Cole, J. (2018). 'So many women suffer in silence': a thematic analysis of women's written accounts of coping with endometriosis. Psychology and Health, 1364 - 1378. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2018.1496252

OBJECTIVE: To understand women's experiences of coping with endometriosis, and impact on their lives. DESIGN: Women accessed an online questionnaire through a U.K.-based endometriosis charity website. METHODS: Thirty-four women, aged 22-56 years, wit... Read More about 'So many women suffer in silence': a thematic analysis of women's written accounts of coping with endometriosis..

A Longitudinal Investigation of Trust Beliefs in Physicians by Children with Asthma and their Mothers: Relations with Children’s Adherence to Medical Regimes and Quality of Life (2018)
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(2018). A Longitudinal Investigation of Trust Beliefs in Physicians by Children with Asthma and their Mothers: Relations with Children’s Adherence to Medical Regimes and Quality of Life. Child: Care, Health and Development, 879-884. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12604

Objective The study examined the relations between trust beliefs in physicians, adherence to prescribed medical regimes, and quality of life for children with asthma and their mothers. Methods One hundred and 43 children with asthma (116 males,... Read More about A Longitudinal Investigation of Trust Beliefs in Physicians by Children with Asthma and their Mothers: Relations with Children’s Adherence to Medical Regimes and Quality of Life.

The disclosure of alleged child sexual abuse: an investigation of criminal court transcripts from Scotland (2018)
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Skinner, G. C., Andrews, S. J., & Lamb, M. E. (2019). The disclosure of alleged child sexual abuse: an investigation of criminal court transcripts from Scotland. Psychology, Crime and Law, 25(5), 458-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316x.2018.1538415

This study systematically assessed children’s disclosure processes and lawyers’ questioning about children’s disclosures in the courtroom. We analysed transcripts of 72 trials in which 5- to 17-year-old children testified as alleged victims of sexual... Read More about The disclosure of alleged child sexual abuse: an investigation of criminal court transcripts from Scotland.

Playing Well With Others: The Role of Opponent and Intergroup Anxiety in the Reduction of Prejudice Through Collaborative Video Game Play (2018)
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Stiff, C., & Kedra, P. (2018). Playing Well With Others: The Role of Opponent and Intergroup Anxiety in the Reduction of Prejudice Through Collaborative Video Game Play. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000210

Recent work on the social effects of video gaming has moved away from the view they are detrimental, and has instead demonstrated how they may be a force for good. One example is how collaborative intergroup play can reduce prejudice between groups.... Read More about Playing Well With Others: The Role of Opponent and Intergroup Anxiety in the Reduction of Prejudice Through Collaborative Video Game Play.

Evidence for the Influence of Social Dominance Orientation and Intergroup Relations on the Stigma of Schizophrenia (2018)
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(2018). Evidence for the Influence of Social Dominance Orientation and Intergroup Relations on the Stigma of Schizophrenia. European Journal of Health Psychology, 133 - 139. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000018

Abstract. The stigma of schizophrenia is an intergroup phenomenon associated with issues of social power. We consider that the concept of stigma power should be extended to include intergroup relations that go beyond the aspect of the relation betwe... Read More about Evidence for the Influence of Social Dominance Orientation and Intergroup Relations on the Stigma of Schizophrenia.

The evolving normative dimensions of 'riot': toward an elaborated social identity explanation (2018)
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Stott. (2018). The evolving normative dimensions of 'riot': toward an elaborated social identity explanation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 834-849. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2376

The question of how normative form changes during a riot, and thus how collective behaviour spreads to different targets and locations, has been neglected in previous research, despite its theoretical and practical importance. We begin to address thi... Read More about The evolving normative dimensions of 'riot': toward an elaborated social identity explanation.

Policing football crowds in Sweden (2018)
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Stott, C., Havelund, J., & Williams, N. (2018). Policing football crowds in Sweden. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1080/14043858.2018.1513679

The policing football crowds in Sweden is underpinned by a national coordination approach based upon a set of conflict reducing principles and supported by crowd theory (Reicher et al., 2004). The approach is referred to as the Special Police Tactic... Read More about Policing football crowds in Sweden.

Impulse control disorder in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of cognitive, affective and motivational correlates (2018)
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Martini, A., Dal Lago, D., Edelstyn, N. M., Grange, J. A., & Tamburin, S. (2018). Impulse control disorder in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of cognitive, affective and motivational correlates. Frontiers in Neurology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.00654

Background In Parkinson’s disease (PD), impulse control disorders (ICDs) develop as side-effect of dopaminergic replacement therapy (DRT). One hypothesis is that DRT overdoses less-severely affected dopamine-modulated circuits on which cognition, aff... Read More about Impulse control disorder in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of cognitive, affective and motivational correlates.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of one-session treatment (OST) versus multisession cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for specific phobias in children: protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (2018)
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Wright, B. D., Cooper, C., Scott, A. J., Tindall, L., Ali, S., Bee, P., …Wilson, J. (2018). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of one-session treatment (OST) versus multisession cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for specific phobias in children: protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8(8), e025031. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025031

Specific phobias (intense, enduring fears of an object or situation that lead to avoidance and severe distress) are highly prevalent among children and young people. Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is a wellestablished, effective interven... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of one-session treatment (OST) versus multisession cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for specific phobias in children: protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial.

How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time: A case study of an environmental campaign (2018)
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Vestergren, S., Drury, J., & Hammar Chiriac, E. (2018). How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time: A case study of an environmental campaign. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(4), 855-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12270

Previous research on collective action has suggested that both intra- and intergroup interactions are important in producing psychological change. In this study, we examine how these two forms of interaction relate to each other over time. We present... Read More about How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time: A case study of an environmental campaign.

A meta-methodology to enhance pluralist qualitative research: One man’s use of socio-sexual media and midlife adjustment to HIV (2018)
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Madill, A., Flowers, P., Frost, N., & Locke, A. (2018). A meta-methodology to enhance pluralist qualitative research: One man’s use of socio-sexual media and midlife adjustment to HIV. Psychology & Health, 33(10), 1209-1228. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2018.1475670

Our aim is to offer and illustrate a novel meta-methodology to enhance the rigour of method selection and understanding of results in pluralist qualitative research (PQR).

Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands (2018)
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Rowley, M., Gilman, H., & Sherman, S. (2018). Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 402-409. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000199

Celebrities are used within advertisements in an attempt to impact positively on consumers’ attitudes towards brands, purchase intentions, and ad believability. However, the findings from previous research on the effects of celebrity liking on brand... Read More about Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands.

Intra-Individual Variability of Error Awareness and Post-error Slowing in Three Different Age-Groups (2018)
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(2018). Intra-Individual Variability of Error Awareness and Post-error Slowing in Three Different Age-Groups. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00902

Background: Error awareness (EA) and post-error slowing (PES) are two crucial components of an adequate performance monitoring because, respectively, they allow being aware of an error and triggering performance adjustments following unexpected event... Read More about Intra-Individual Variability of Error Awareness and Post-error Slowing in Three Different Age-Groups.

Posting Selfies and Body Image in Young Adult Women: The Selfie Paradox (2018)
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Grogan, S., Rothery, L., Cole, J., & Hall, M. (2018). Posting Selfies and Body Image in Young Adult Women: The Selfie Paradox

This exploratory study was designed to investigate how young women make sense of their decision to post selfies, and perceived links between selfie posting and body image. Eighteen 19-22 year old British women were interviewed about their experiences... Read More about Posting Selfies and Body Image in Young Adult Women: The Selfie Paradox.