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Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by making a noise (2017)
Book
Webb, P. (2017). P. Webb, M. Worley, L. Robinson, J. Street, B. Osgerby, S. Lincoln, …K. Gildart (Eds.), Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by making a noise. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan

This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture. The book’s themes are riots, music and gangs, connecting spectacular expression of youthful disaffection with everyday practices. By so doin... Read More about Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by making a noise.

Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume I: Perceptions (2017)
Book
McCartan, K. F., & Kemshall, H. (2017). Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume I: Perceptions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63567-5

This book, the first of two volumes edited by McCartan and Kemshall, focusses on perceptions of sexual offenders, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and practitioners to both construct and respond to unknown and known sex... Read More about Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume I: Perceptions.

Brexit and devolution (2017)
Journal Article
Greer, A. (2018). Brexit and devolution. Political Quarterly, 89(1), 134-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12442

A report on debates about Brexit in relation to devolution and the relationships between the 'UK' government and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques (2017)
Book
Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Gray, D. (2017). V. Braun, V. Clarke, & D. Gray (Eds.), Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Is there more to qualitative data collection than (face-to-face) interviews? This book answers with a resounding yes, and introduces the reader to a range of exciting, often novel, techniques for collecting qualitative data in the social and health s... Read More about Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques.

Hypothetically speaking: Using vignettes as a stand-alone qualitative method (2017)
Book Chapter
Gray, D., Royall, B., & Malson, H. (2017). Hypothetically speaking: Using vignettes as a stand-alone qualitative method. In V. Braun, V. Clarke, & D. Gray (Eds.), Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques. UK: Cambridge University Press

Experiences of living with and managing episodic tension-type headache in adults: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2017)
Thesis
Rana-Rai, D. Experiences of living with and managing episodic tension-type headache in adults: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/879505

Devinder Rana-Rai Professional Doctorate Health Psychology Experiences of Living with and Managing Episodic Tension-Type Headache in Adults: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Abstract Background: Research relating to the experience... Read More about Experiences of living with and managing episodic tension-type headache in adults: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

'Selfie’-objectification: The role of selfies in self-objectification and disordered eating in young women (2017)
Journal Article
Cohen, R., Newton-John, T., & Slater, A. (2018). 'Selfie’-objectification: The role of selfies in self-objectification and disordered eating in young women. Computers in Human Behavior, 79, 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.027

Existing research demonstrates a relationship between social networking site (SNS) use and body-related concerns and disordered eating amongst females. Preliminary evidence indicates that SNS photo activities (e.g., taking and sharing 'selfies’) may... Read More about 'Selfie’-objectification: The role of selfies in self-objectification and disordered eating in young women.

‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M. (2017, October). ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society, Rutgers University Continuing Education Conference Center, New Jersey

This paper discusses constructions of psychotherapy in the lyrics of popular songs and identifies relevant discourses that are invoked or crafted. Despite a plethora of academic and clinical descriptions of psychotherapy, less research attention has... Read More about ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics.

The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women (2017)
Journal Article
Cohen, R., Newton-John, T., & Slater, A. (2017). The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women. Body Image, 23, 183-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.10.002

© 2017 The present study aimed to identify the specific social networking sites (SNS) features that relate to body image concerns in young women. A total of 259 women aged 18–29 years completed questionnaire measures of SNS use (Facebook and Instagra... Read More about The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women.