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Alcohol brief intervention in a university setting: a small-scale experimental study. (2015)
Journal Article
Dombrowski, S. U., McClatchey, K., & Boyce, M. (2017). Alcohol brief intervention in a university setting: a small-scale experimental study. Journal of Health Psychology, 22(7), 886-895. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315617331

Alcohol misuse among university students is commonplace. This study aimed to assess whether Alcohol Brief Intervention would be effective in reducing hazardous alcohol consumption in students compared to an alcohol information leaflet. Participants... Read More about Alcohol brief intervention in a university setting: a small-scale experimental study..

Mirror mirror on the ward, who’s the most narcissistic of them all? Pathologic personality traits in health care (2015)
Journal Article
Bucknall, V., Burwaiss, S., MacDonald, D., Charles, K., & Clement, R. (2015). Mirror mirror on the ward, who’s the most narcissistic of them all? Pathologic personality traits in health care. Canadian Medical Association journal, 187(18), 1359-1363. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151135

Background: Stereotypes in medicine have become exaggerated for the purpose of workplace amusement. Our objective was to assess the levels of “dark triad” personality traits expressed by individuals working in different health care specialties in com... Read More about Mirror mirror on the ward, who’s the most narcissistic of them all? Pathologic personality traits in health care.

The benefit of context for facial-composite construction (2015)
Journal Article
Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., & Speers, K. E. (2015). The benefit of context for facial-composite construction. British Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(4), 281-290. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2014-0022

Purpose - The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of a whole-face context during facial composite production facilitates construction of facial composite images. Design/Methodology - In Experiment 1, constructors viewed a celeb... Read More about The benefit of context for facial-composite construction.

The impact of irrelevant auditory facial descriptions on memory for target faces: implications for eyewitness memory (2015)
Journal Article
Marsh, J. E., Demaine, J., Bell, R., Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., Roer, J. P., & Buchner, A. (2015). The impact of irrelevant auditory facial descriptions on memory for target faces: implications for eyewitness memory. Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(4), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2014-0029

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential susceptibility of eyewitness memory to the presence of extraneous background speech that comprises a description consistent with, or at odds with, a target face. Design/method... Read More about The impact of irrelevant auditory facial descriptions on memory for target faces: implications for eyewitness memory.

Developing a theory-informed interactive animation to increase physical activity among young people with asthma. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Murray, J., Todoran, A., Williams, B., & Hoskins, G. (2015, September). Developing a theory-informed interactive animation to increase physical activity among young people with asthma

The current paper describes the development of a theory-informed interactive animation and which aims to increase levels of physical activity in young people with asthma. The project adopts a multi-disciplinary theoretical perspective, applying knowl... Read More about Developing a theory-informed interactive animation to increase physical activity among young people with asthma..

Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, F., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2015, June). Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015

This paper is concerned with how online information contributes to the determination of personal reputations. The term “personal reputation” in this context means the reputation of private individuals, rather than corporate identity and brand. The pa... Read More about Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online..

Articulatory imaging implicates prediction during spoken language comprehension (2015)
Journal Article
Drake, E., & Corley, M. (2015). Articulatory imaging implicates prediction during spoken language comprehension. Memory and Cognition, 43(8), 1136-1147. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-015-0530-6

It has been suggested that the activation of speech-motor areas during speech comprehension may, in part, reflect the involvement of the speech production system in synthesising upcoming material at an articulatorily-specified level. In this study we... Read More about Articulatory imaging implicates prediction during spoken language comprehension.

Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers (2015)
Journal Article
Barbosa-Leiker, C., Hollins Martin, C. J., Martin, C. R., & Fleming, S. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 33(5), 504-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2015.1024211

Objective: The aims of this study were to continue the scale development process of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) by refining the scale to make it culturally relevant for US participants, examining the factor structure of the BSS-R, an... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers.

A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy. (2015)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2015). A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy. Counselling psychology review / the British Psychological Society, 30, 21-32

This narrative review summarises findings of research that has shown use of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) to improve psychological outcomes in clinical populations. This article reviews the research studies that have utilised CFT to treat clients... Read More about A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy..

Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us" (2015)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015). Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us". In J. Brown, & N. F. Johnson (Eds.), Children’s Images of Identity: Drawing the Self and the Other (1-13). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers

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