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Internet Addiction: A Closer Look at Multidimensional Parenting Practices and Child Mental Health (2018)
Journal Article
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.

Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand (2018)
Journal Article
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.

Playing in the UEFA Europa League Does Not Adversely Affect English Premier League or La Liga Performance (2018)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Longitudinal associations between younger children's humour styles and psychosocial adjustment (2018)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
(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)
Journal Article
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.

Social Media and Cyberactivism (2018)
Book Chapter
Stiff, C. Social Media and Cyberactivism. In M. Keep, D. J. Kuss, C. Fullwood, & A. Attrill-Smith (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpsychology (369-393). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198812746.013.21

When created, social media was merely a somewhat frivolous method of disseminating media to others within an online network. Since then it has evolved to become a key facet of online life. This chapter examines how social media has fostered cyberacti... Read More about Social Media and Cyberactivism.

Playing Well With Others: The Role of Opponent and Intergroup Anxiety in the Reduction of Prejudice Through Collaborative Video Game Play (2018)
Journal Article
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.

The evolving normative dimensions of 'riot': toward an elaborated social identity explanation (2018)
Journal Article
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.