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Swearing as a response to pain: a cross-cultural comparison of British and Japanese participants (2017)
Journal Article
Robinson, S., Stephens, R., & Robertson, O. (2017). Swearing as a response to pain: a cross-cultural comparison of British and Japanese participants. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 267-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.07.014

Background and aims Research suggests swearing can moderate pain perception. The present study assessed whether changes in pain perception due to swearing reflect a “scripting” effect by comparing swearing as a response to pain in native English and... Read More about Swearing as a response to pain: a cross-cultural comparison of British and Japanese participants.

Does Emotional Arousal Influence Swearing Fluency? (2017)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., & Zile, A. (2017). Does Emotional Arousal Influence Swearing Fluency?. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 983-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-016-9473-8

This study assessed the effect of experimentally manipulated emotional arousal on swearing fluency. We hypothesised that swear word generation would be increased with raised emotional arousal. The emotional arousal of 60 participants was manipulated... Read More about Does Emotional Arousal Influence Swearing Fluency?.

Does familial risk for alcohol use disorder predict alcohol hangover? (2017)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., Holloway, K., Grange, J., Kruisselbrink, D., Owen, L., & Jones, K. (2017). Does familial risk for alcohol use disorder predict alcohol hangover?. Psychopharmacology, 1795-1802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-017-4585-x

Aims Positive family history of alcohol use disorder (FHP), a variable associated with propensity for alcohol use disorder (AUD), has been linked with elevated hangover frequency and severity, after controlling for alcohol use. This implies that han... Read More about Does familial risk for alcohol use disorder predict alcohol hangover?.