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‘Surely a little discretion isn’t too difficult’? The discursive construction of discretion in users’ comments on UK newspaper articles about public breastfeeding (2023)
Journal Article
Kent, A., Meredith, J., & Budds, K. (2023). ‘Surely a little discretion isn’t too difficult’? The discursive construction of discretion in users’ comments on UK newspaper articles about public breastfeeding. Psychology & Health, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2226688

Objective: This paper explores how discourses of discretion are constructed in online discussions about breastfeeding in public.

Method and Measures: We analysed 4204 online newspaper comment threads from 15 UK-based publications using Discursive... Read More about ‘Surely a little discretion isn’t too difficult’? The discursive construction of discretion in users’ comments on UK newspaper articles about public breastfeeding.

Innovations in qualitative research (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Kilby, L., Locke, A., Frith, H., & Peel, E. (2023, July). Innovations in qualitative research. Presented at 18th European Congress of Psychology, Brighton, UK

Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems (2023)
Thesis
Beer, O. M. (2023). Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems. (Thesis). Keele University

Emotions shape and enrich our conscious experiences. Despite the interdisciplinary consensus that emotions are fundamental to understanding human behaviour, there are limited investigations into emotion and emotion regulation in the daily lives of no... Read More about Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems.

Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community (2023)
Thesis
Williams, N. S. (2023). Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community. (Thesis). Keele University

This PhD thesis was written as part of a programme of research conducted by the Enable Project into the policing of domestic football events in Sweden. Between 2014 and 2016 Enable had conducted a series of Participant Action Research based observati... Read More about Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community.

Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources (2023)
Thesis
Moore, S. B. (2023). Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources. (Thesis). Keele University

Previous research has highlighted the importance of attention in the allocation of visual short-term memory (vSTM) resources. However, much of this research examined performance across a single feature dimension (e.g., colour), disregarding the poten... Read More about Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources.

An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake (2023)
Journal Article
Fisher, S. A., A. Fisher, S., Francis, K. B., B. Francis, K., & Townsend, L. (2023). An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake. Inquiry, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2023.2220359

Since Austin’s introduction of the locutionary-illocutionary-perlocutionary distinction, it has been a matter of debate within speech act theory whether illocutionary acts like promising, warning, refusing and telling require audience ‘uptake’ in ord... Read More about An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake.

The role of common ingroup identity in promoting social change among tribes in Nigeria (2023)
Journal Article
Cocco, V. M., Vezzali, L., Kola-Daisi, T. I., & Çakal, H. (in press). The role of common ingroup identity in promoting social change among tribes in Nigeria. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 136843022311620. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231162038

The present research aims to probe the associations of one-group perceptions with collective action intentions among majority group members, by relying on a non-WEIRD sample, that is, from a tribal context in Nigeria. Considering their role in contac... Read More about The role of common ingroup identity in promoting social change among tribes in Nigeria.

Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset) (2023)
Journal Article
Terry, J., Ross, R. M., Nagy, T., Salgado, M., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Sarfo, J. O., …Field, A. P. (in press). Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset). Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.80

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students from 100 universities in 35 countries, collected in 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creat... Read More about Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset).

Formation of Hatred Emotions Toward Afghan Refugees in Iran: A Grounded Theory Study (2023)
Journal Article
Ruhani, A., Keshavarzi, S., Kizik, B., & Cakal, H. (2023). Formation of Hatred Emotions Toward Afghan Refugees in Iran: A Grounded Theory Study. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000685

Most studies on refugee–host relations focus on attitudes toward refugees based on ethnic and religious differences. In the current research, we focus on how negative attitudes toward refugees are formed in a non-Western, Educated, Industrialized, Ri... Read More about Formation of Hatred Emotions Toward Afghan Refugees in Iran: A Grounded Theory Study.

Recognition, remember-know, and confidence judgments: no evidence of cross-contamination here! (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, H. L., Bodner, G. E., & Lindsay, D. S. (2023). Recognition, remember-know, and confidence judgments: no evidence of cross-contamination here!. Memory, 31(7), 905-917. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2207804

We report three experiments designed to reveal the mechanisms that underlie subjective experiences of recognition by examining effects of how those experiences are measured. Prior research has explored the potential influences of collecting metacogni... Read More about Recognition, remember-know, and confidence judgments: no evidence of cross-contamination here!.

UKRN Open Research Training Resources and Priorities Working Paper (2023)
Working Paper
Grange, J. A., De'Bell, H., Munafo, M., Stafford, T., Partridge, A., & Jacobs, N. UKRN Open Research Training Resources and Priorities Working Paper

UKRN Open Research Programme has released its first working paper about training priorities and resources aimed at accelerating the uptake of high quality open research practices.

A Physical Therapist Who Swears: A Case Series (2023)
Journal Article
Trummer, G., Stephens, R., & Washmuth, N. B. (in press). A Physical Therapist Who Swears: A Case Series. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - Clinical Communications, 6, jrmcc010277. https://doi.org/10.2340/jrmcc.v6.10277

Swearing deserves attention in the physical therapy setting due to its potential positive psychological, physiological, and social effects. The purpose of this case series is to describe 2 cases in which a physical therapist swears in the clinical se... Read More about A Physical Therapist Who Swears: A Case Series.

‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown (2023)
Journal Article
Cocking, C., Vestergren, S., Ntontis, E., & Luzynska, K. (2023). ‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown. PloS one, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283080

Despite undeniable hardship, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic also saw an outpour of community solidarity and mutual aid towards those in need. This study explored why people participated in mutual aid during the pandemic as well as the factors tha... Read More about ‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown.

The effects of secondary stressors, social identity, and social support on perceived stress and resilience: Findings from the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Ntontis, E., Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Stöckli, S., Milfont, T. L., Tuominen, J., …Vestergren, S. (2023). The effects of secondary stressors, social identity, and social support on perceived stress and resilience: Findings from the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 88, Article 102007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102007

Primary stressors are direct outcomes of extreme events (e.g., viruses, floodwater) whereas secondary stressors stem from pre-disaster life circumstances and societal arrangements (e.g., illness, problematic pre-disaster policies) or from inefficient... Read More about The effects of secondary stressors, social identity, and social support on perceived stress and resilience: Findings from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness (2023)
Journal Article
Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Gelpí, R. A., Stöckli, S., Jeftić, A., Ch’ng, B., …Vestergren, S. (2023). Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness. Health Psychology, 42(4), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001268

OBJECTIVE: Vaccines are an effective means to reduce the spread of diseases, but they are sometimes met with hesitancy that needs to be understood.

METHOD: In this study, we analyzed data from a large, cross-country survey conducted between June a... Read More about Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness.