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Assessing gender essentialist beliefs towards youth athletes: Development and preliminary validation of the gender essentialist beliefs towards girls in sport scale (GEGS) (2025)
Journal Article

Despite evidence refuting the legitimacy of inherent and unchanging qualities and the existence of a gender sport continuum, a prevailing gender essentialist ideology persists among coaches. This ideology perpetuates the belief in a binary, hierarchi... Read More about Assessing gender essentialist beliefs towards youth athletes: Development and preliminary validation of the gender essentialist beliefs towards girls in sport scale (GEGS).

Are we capturing individual differences? Evaluating the test–retest reliability of experimental tasks used to measure social cognitive abilities (2025)
Journal Article

Social cognitive skills are crucial for positive interpersonal relationships, health, and wellbeing and encompass both automatic and reflexive processes. To assess this myriad of skills, researchers have developed numerous experimental tasks that mea... Read More about Are we capturing individual differences? Evaluating the test–retest reliability of experimental tasks used to measure social cognitive abilities.

Mindfulness meditation for sleep disturbances among individuals with cognitive impairment: A scoping review (2025)
Journal Article

Background: This scoping review investigates the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in alleviating sleep disturbances among individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). With the rising prevalence of dementia and... Read More about Mindfulness meditation for sleep disturbances among individuals with cognitive impairment: A scoping review.

“I sometimes feel like I can’t win!”: An exploratory mixed-methods study of women’s body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings (2025)
Journal Article

Despite an increase in gym memberships, women are less active than men and little is known about the barriers women face when navigating gym spaces. This study explored women’s body image and experiences exercising in gyms. Two-hundred and seventy-ni... Read More about “I sometimes feel like I can’t win!”: An exploratory mixed-methods study of women’s body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings.

"One team member doesn't make a Pride parade": An international study of people's experiences of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer in motorsport (2025)
Journal Article

In this paper we report our qualitative survey research that explored lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) people’s experiences of motorsport. Fifty-nine participants were recruited with support from Motorsport UK and Racing Pride, who p... Read More about "One team member doesn't make a Pride parade": An international study of people's experiences of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer in motorsport.

Surgical decision-making regarding hearing and ear reconstruction in craniofacial microsomia: Exploring caregiver narratives (2025)
Journal Article

Treatment decision-making is an integral but complex part of healthcare, particularly in the context of craniofacial surgeries. The aim of the current study was to explore caregiver narratives to inform future surgical care delivery and best practice... Read More about Surgical decision-making regarding hearing and ear reconstruction in craniofacial microsomia: Exploring caregiver narratives.