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The power of swearing: What we know and what we don’t (2022)
Journal Article
Stapleton, K., Loveday, C., Stephens, R., & Beers Fägersten, K. (2022). The power of swearing: What we know and what we don’t. Lingua, -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2022.103406

Swearing produces effects that are not observed with other forms of language use. Thus, swearing is powerful. It generates a range of distinctive outcomes: physiological, cognitive, emotional, pain-relieving, interactional and rhetorical. However, we... Read More about The power of swearing: What we know and what we don’t.

A review of gamified approaches to encouraging eco-driving (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, R. (in press). A review of gamified approaches to encouraging eco-driving. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.970851

Eco-driving is a style of driving that minimizes energy consumption, while gamification refers to the use of game techniques to motivate user engagement in non-game contexts. This paper comprises a literature review assessing applying gamification to... Read More about A review of gamified approaches to encouraging eco-driving.

Effect of swearing on strength: Disinhibition as a potential mediator (2022)
Journal Article
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.

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.

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.