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When An Injured Group’s Socio-Economic Status Signals Forgiveness Expectancy In Perpetrators: The Moderating Role of SDO (2022)
Journal Article
Noor. (2022). When An Injured Group’s Socio-Economic Status Signals Forgiveness Expectancy In Perpetrators: The Moderating Role of SDO. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000615

We investigated whether and when perpetrators might expect to be forgiven as a function of their own social dominance orientation and the injured group’s perceived socio-economic status. In a between-subjects design (N = 298), British participants im... Read More about When An Injured Group’s Socio-Economic Status Signals Forgiveness Expectancy In Perpetrators: The Moderating Role of SDO.

Speed and Consolidation: Warren Meck’s Early Ideas about Temporal Reference Memory and some Later Developments (2022)
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Wearden, J. H., & Jones, L. A. (2022). Speed and Consolidation: Warren Meck’s Early Ideas about Temporal Reference Memory and some Later Developments. Timing and Time Perception, 11(1-4), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134468-bja10049

This article is initially focussed on Warren Meck’s early work on temporal reference memory, in particular the idea that some drug manipulations affect ‘memory storage speed’. Meck’s original notion had links to an earlier literature, not usually rel... Read More about Speed and Consolidation: Warren Meck’s Early Ideas about Temporal Reference Memory and some Later Developments.

Improving HPV Vaccine Uptake in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: An Umbrella Review of Interventions (2022)
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Edwards, D., Bennett, C., Sherman, S., Karafillakis, E., Prue, G., Sarıca Çevik, H., …Kelly, D. (2022). Improving HPV Vaccine Uptake in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: An Umbrella Review of Interventions. Brussels: European Cancer Organisation

Anxiety predicts impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s Disease: clinical relevance and theoretical implications (2022)
Journal Article
Di Rosa, E., Mapelli, D., Ronconi, L., Macchia, E., Gentili, C., Bisiacchi, P., & Edelstyn, N. (2022). Anxiety predicts impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s Disease: clinical relevance and theoretical implications. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 220-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.01.052

Patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) often present symptoms of anxiety, depression and apathy. These negative affect manifestations have been recently associated with the presence of Impulsive-Compulsive Behaviours (ICBs). However, their relation w... Read More about Anxiety predicts impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s Disease: clinical relevance and theoretical implications.

Effect of swearing on strength: Disinhibition as a potential mediator (2022)
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Atkins, K., Stephens, R., Dowber, H., Barrie, A., & Almeida, S. (2022). Effect of swearing on strength: Disinhibition as a potential mediator. PsyArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dfyc8

Introduction: Swearing fulfils positive functions including benefitting pain relief and physical strength. Here we present three experiments assessing a possible psychological mechanism, increased state disinhibition, for the effect of swearing on ph... Read More about Effect of swearing on strength: Disinhibition as a potential mediator.

From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd (2022)
Journal Article
Keshavarzi, S., Askari-Nodoushan, A., Ruhani, A., & Cakal, H. (2023). From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd. Journal of Youth Studies, 26(7), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2053664

Understanding what youth aspire is widely considered to be a critical step towards recognizing further changes in societies. This article explores young people’s aspirations, including personal and collective desires, in a less-studied social setting... Read More about From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd.

From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd (2022)
Journal Article
Cakal, H., Keshavarzi, S., Askari-Nodoushan, A., & Ruhani, A. (2023). From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd. Journal of Youth Studies, 26(7), 823-842. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2053664

Understanding what youth aspire is widely considered to be a critical step towards recognizing further changes in societies. This article explores young people's aspirations, including personal and collective desires, in a less-studied social setting... Read More about From dreams to possibilities: the role of gender and family income in aspirations among youth in the city of Yazd.

Frankly, we do give a damn: improving patient outcomes with swearing (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., & Washmuth, N. B. (2022). Frankly, we do give a damn: improving patient outcomes with swearing. Archives of Physiotherapy, 12(1), 6 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40945-022-00131-8

BACKGROUND: Words can change the way a patient thinks, feels, and performs. Swearing, or uttering a word that is considered taboo, is an often-ignored part of our language, even though over 50% of the population swears "sometimes" or "often". If used... Read More about Frankly, we do give a damn: improving patient outcomes with swearing.

Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors. (2022)
Journal Article
Cakal. (2022). Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors. PloS one, e0264421 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264421

The present research investigates the individual and aggregate level determinants of support for thin-centred ideology parties across 23 European countries. Employing a multilevel modelling approach, we analysed European Social Survey data round 7 20... Read More about Why people vote for thin-centred ideology parties? A multi-level multi-country test of individual and aggregate level predictors..

Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood (2022)
Journal Article
Lamont, A., & Crich, J. (2022). Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Popular Music Education, 6(1), 25-43. https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme_00073_1

While much is known about the influence of peers and parents in developing musical memories and preferences, the wider family context has not yet been considered. We present novel empirical evidence from surveys (N = 100) with young adults and interv... Read More about Where do our music preferences come from? Family influences on music across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood.

Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play (2022)
Journal Article
Kapitany. (2022). Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.774085

Imaginative pretend play is often thought of as the domain of young children, yet adults regularly engage in elaborated, fantastical, social-mediated pretend play. We describe imaginative play in adults via the term "pretensive shared reality;" Share... Read More about Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play.

Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales (2022)
Journal Article
Hermolle, M., Andrews, S. J., & Huang, C. (2022). Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221076162

The #MeToo movement has facilitated a growing awareness in the UK of rape stereotypes but there has been little research on how accurately rape is perceived in this region, especially regarding demographics such as ethnicity and age. This study recru... Read More about Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales.

Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Vestergren, S., & Stott, C. (2022). Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS one, 17(2), Article e0264618. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264618

Shopping behaviour in response to extreme events is often characterized as "panic buying" which connotes irrationality and loss of control. However, "panic buying" has been criticized for attributing shopping behaviour to people's alleged psychologic... Read More about Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education (2022)
Journal Article
Harrison, E. D., Hulme, J. A., & Fox, C. L. (in press). A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education. Europe's Journal of Psychology, https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.3669

Bullying in higher education (HE) has been relatively under-researched; despite its likely prevalence and impact on student wellbeing there is scant understanding of students’ lived experiences of bullying. We conducted online and physical focus grou... Read More about A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education.

Using Absolutist Word Frequency from Online Searches to Measure Population Mental Health Dynamics (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Using Absolutist Word Frequency from Online Searches to Measure Population Mental Health Dynamics. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06392-4

Purpose The assessment of population mental health relies on survey data from representative samples, which come with considerable costs. Drawing on research which established that absolutist words (e.g. never) are semantic markers for depression, w... Read More about Using Absolutist Word Frequency from Online Searches to Measure Population Mental Health Dynamics.

Effect of speed on flow and enjoyment for driving and rollercoasters (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., Dowber, H., Barrie, A., & Almeida, S. (2022). Effect of speed on flow and enjoyment for driving and rollercoasters. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 276-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.02.001

Worldwide, road traffic injuries are the eighth highest cause of death, and campaigns targeting excessive speed are a common approach to tackling this issue. Yet one element missing from these campaigns is acknowledgment that speed is inherently enjo... Read More about Effect of speed on flow and enjoyment for driving and rollercoasters.

Effect of swearing on strength: Disinhibition as a potential mediator (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., Dowber, H., Barrie, A., Almeida, S., & Atkins, K. (2023). Effect of swearing on strength: Disinhibition as a potential mediator. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(2), 305-318. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221082657

Swearing fulfils positive functions, including benefitting pain relief and physical strength. Here we present two experiments assessing a possible psychological mechanism, increased state disinhibition, for the effect of swearing on physical strength... Read More about Effect of swearing on strength: Disinhibition as a potential mediator.

The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism. (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism. Psychology of Violence, https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000414

Objective: This research examines the interface between ideological passion and the dark tetrad personality traits to predict violent (vs. peaceful) political activism. Meta-analytic research shows that ideological obsessive passion (OP) is one of th... Read More about The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism..

Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour (2022)
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Francis, K., & McNabb, C. (2022). Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769177

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose significant health, economic, and social challenges. Given that many of these challenges have moral relevance, the present studies investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic is influencing moral decision-making... Read More about Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour.

Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour (2022)
Journal Article
Francis, K. B., & McNabb, C. B. (2022). Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769177

This is the first (published) empirical research study to longitudinally investigate the moralisation of covid-related behaviours through the course of the pandemic and its relationship to utilitarian principles. The study tested individuals prior to... Read More about Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour.