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Adaptation and validation of the Child Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (ChEDE-Q) for use in English among adolescents in Urban India (2023)
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Ahuja, L., Diedrichs, P. C., Garbett, K. M., Chaudhry, A., Hasan, F., Uglik-Marucha, N., …Lewis-Smith, H. (2023). Adaptation and validation of the Child Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (ChEDE-Q) for use in English among adolescents in Urban India. Nutrients, 15(17), Article 3836. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15173836

Eating pathology is increasingly common among Indian adolescents. However, brief validated measures of disordered eating in Indian contexts are scarce. This study adapted and validated a culturally appropriate English language version of the Child Ea... Read More about Adaptation and validation of the Child Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (ChEDE-Q) for use in English among adolescents in Urban India.

A short-form drama series created for the digital media environment: A randomised controlled trial exploring effects on girls’ body satisfaction, acceptance of appearance diversity, and appearance-related internalised racism (2023)
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Lewis-Smith, H., Pegram, G., White, P., Ward, L. M., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2023). A short-form drama series created for the digital media environment: A randomised controlled trial exploring effects on girls’ body satisfaction, acceptance of appearance diversity, and appearance-related internalised racism. Body Image, 47, Article 101610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.08.002

‘Edutainment’ micro-interventions are a scalable public health strategy that can challenge media-related body image pressures and race- and weight- based stigma. This study evaluated the impact of viewing a brief, theoretically-informed, short-form d... Read More about A short-form drama series created for the digital media environment: A randomised controlled trial exploring effects on girls’ body satisfaction, acceptance of appearance diversity, and appearance-related internalised racism.

“Just say hi”: Forced migrants’ constructions of local neighbourhoods as spaces of inclusion and exclusion in South Wales (2023)
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Parker, S., & Cornell, J. (2023). “Just say hi”: Forced migrants’ constructions of local neighbourhoods as spaces of inclusion and exclusion in South Wales. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, Article 100147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100147

Integration is often assumed to be a public good and both UK and devolved governments have developed refugee integration strategies to address this aspiration. Within these strategies the development of social bridges with members of the host society... Read More about “Just say hi”: Forced migrants’ constructions of local neighbourhoods as spaces of inclusion and exclusion in South Wales.

Let there be chaos (2023)
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Hadjiosif, M., Thomson, C., Ince, A., Martin, J., & McManus, P. (2023). Let there be chaos. Psychologist, 36(7), 28-39

Miltos Hadjiosif makes the case for autoethnography, in its image, and introduces a set of pieces from his students.

Being a mother with anorexia: A phenomenological study of seeking and receiving professional support for white heterosexual women in the UK (2023)
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Fitzpatrick, M., Clarke, V., Ramsey-Wade, C., & Moller, N. (2023). Being a mother with anorexia: A phenomenological study of seeking and receiving professional support for white heterosexual women in the UK. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(4), 1144-1154. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12687

Mothers are currently under-represented in the literature on anorexia, including research on treatment, with most research focussed on female adolescents. This raises questions about how adult women and particularly those who are mothers, experience... Read More about Being a mother with anorexia: A phenomenological study of seeking and receiving professional support for white heterosexual women in the UK.

Recognising the recovering addict with Honneth: An intervention into the stigmatising language debate in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field (2023)
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Walmsley, I. (2023). Recognising the recovering addict with Honneth: An intervention into the stigmatising language debate in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field. Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 24(3), 220-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/DHS-05-2023-0019

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of the recommendation to replace identity-first language with person-first language on people who self-identify as recovering addicts as part of a recovery programme. Narcotics Anonymous (NA)... Read More about Recognising the recovering addict with Honneth: An intervention into the stigmatising language debate in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field.

Surviving limbo: Critical career capital aspects for entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context (2023)
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Arman, G. (2023). Surviving limbo: Critical career capital aspects for entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context. Career Development International, 28(4), 443-457. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-07-2022-0218

Purpose: The present study explored the adjustment (i.e. survival vs stay) of a unique group of Turkish entrepreneur immigrants in the United Kingdom, whose initial experiences upon their move were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. De... Read More about Surviving limbo: Critical career capital aspects for entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context.

Training health professionals to support patients with appearance-affecting conditions: A pan-European evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy approach to patient communication (2023)
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Zucchelli, F., Persson, M., Argyrides, M., Bigaki, M., Donnelly, O., Drevenšek, M., …Williamson, H. (2023). Training health professionals to support patients with appearance-affecting conditions: A pan-European evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy approach to patient communication. European Journal of Health Communication, 4(3), 53-71. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2023.304

AbstractMultidisciplinary health professionals (HPs) are involved in supporting patients who have conditions that affect their appearance. With appearance-associated distress common in this group, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) an... Read More about Training health professionals to support patients with appearance-affecting conditions: A pan-European evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy approach to patient communication.

Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls (2023)
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Ward, L. M., Jerald, M. C., Grower, P., Daniels, E. A., & Rowley, S. (2023). Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls. Body Image, 46, 324-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.06.015

Objectification theorists argue that routine sexual objectification, experienced interpersonally and via the media, encourages women and adolescent girls to value their external appearance and sexiness above other bodily experiences and competencies.... Read More about Primping, performing, and policing: Social media use and self-sexualization among U.S. White, Black, and Asian-American adolescent girls.

‘You can’t live like I did and grow up normal’: An IPA study of how men diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experienced their early childhood (2023)
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Evans, M., & Dicaccavo, A. (2023). ‘You can’t live like I did and grow up normal’: An IPA study of how men diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experienced their early childhood. Counselling Psychology Review- British Psychological Society, 38(1), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpscpr.2023.38.1.4

Background: There is a lack of attention to how borderline personality disorder (BPD) is conceptualised and understood in relation to men. In this study a sample of men diagnosed with BPD talk about the nature of their childhood experiences allowing... Read More about ‘You can’t live like I did and grow up normal’: An IPA study of how men diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experienced their early childhood.

Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK (2023)
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Craddock, N., Gentili, C., Phoenix, A., White, P., Diedrichs, P. C., & Barlow, F. K. (2023). Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK. Body Image, 46, 246-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.06.010

Colourism is a form of prejudice and discrimination based on skin shade, disadvantaging people of colour with darker skin. This study investigates the relationship between perceived colourism, body image, and psychological wellbeing, considering perc... Read More about Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK.

Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task (2023)
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Parker, S., Earnshaw, D., Penn, E., & Kumari, R. (2023). Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task. Qualitative Research Journal, 23(5), 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-11-2022-0145

Purpose: In recent years the movement of refugees has led to increasing negative media and political discourse about migration in the United Kingdom, particularly as the number of refugees crossing the English Channel has increased. Despite this host... Read More about Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task.

Using chatbot technology to improve Brazilian adolescents' body image and mental health at scale: Randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Matheson, E. L., Smith, H. G., Amaral, A. C. S., Meireles, J. F. F., Almeida, M. C., Linardon, J., …Diedrichs, P. C. (2023). Using chatbot technology to improve Brazilian adolescents' body image and mental health at scale: Randomized controlled trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11, Article e39934. https://doi.org/10.2196/39934

Background: Accessible, cost-effective, and scalable mental health interventions are limited, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where disparities between mental health needs and services are greatest. Microinterventions (ie, brief, st... Read More about Using chatbot technology to improve Brazilian adolescents' body image and mental health at scale: Randomized controlled trial.

"You can't be too skinny. You can't be too fat. I don't know what you are supposed to be.": A qualitative focus group study exploring body image experiences of South Asian women in the UK (2023)
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Mishra, A., Craddock, N., Chan, J., Elwyn, R., Cerea, S., Tan, W. Q., …Turk, F. (2023). "You can't be too skinny. You can't be too fat. I don't know what you are supposed to be.": A qualitative focus group study exploring body image experiences of South Asian women in the UK. Body Image, 46, 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.05.005

British South Asian women may experience unique appearance pressures associated with their intersecting (racialised and gendered) identities; yet qualitative investigations of intersectional understandings of their body image are scarce. The aim of t... Read More about "You can't be too skinny. You can't be too fat. I don't know what you are supposed to be.": A qualitative focus group study exploring body image experiences of South Asian women in the UK.

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and transformative change: Promise, power and solidarity (2023)
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O'Connell, R., Aoláin, F. N., & Malagón Diaz, L. (2024). The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and transformative change: Promise, power and solidarity. Israel Law Review, 57(1), 4-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021223723000031

In 2023 the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement marks its twenty-fifth anniversary. For many the Agreement projects a global image of a successfully concluded end to conflict. However, key aspects of the agreement remain under-enforced or simply undel... Read More about The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and transformative change: Promise, power and solidarity.

Multi-faceted intervention to improve management of antibiotics for children presenting to primary care with acute cough and respiratory tract infection (CHICO): efficient cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Blair, P. S., Young, G., Clement, C., Dixon, P., Seume, P., Ingram, J., …Hay, A. D. (2023). Multi-faceted intervention to improve management of antibiotics for children presenting to primary care with acute cough and respiratory tract infection (CHICO): efficient cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 381(8380), Article e072488. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072488

Objective: To assess whether an easy-to-use multifaceted intervention for children presenting to primary care with respiratory tract infections would reduce antibiotic dispensing, without increasing hospital admissions for respiratory tract infection... Read More about Multi-faceted intervention to improve management of antibiotics for children presenting to primary care with acute cough and respiratory tract infection (CHICO): efficient cluster randomised controlled trial.

Militant animal rights activity: Terrorism, extremism or something else? (2023)
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Monaghan, R., & da Silva, J. R. (in press). Militant animal rights activity: Terrorism, extremism or something else?. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2023.2195066

Since the early 1970s, the United Kingdom (U.K.) has experienced political violence undertaken by militant animal rights actors. This violence has included the use of car bombs and incendiary devices, which are more akin to the tactics of a terrorist... Read More about Militant animal rights activity: Terrorism, extremism or something else?.

A grounded theory of improvisation in therapy: Lessons from decoloniality (2023)
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Blunden, N. (2023). A grounded theory of improvisation in therapy: Lessons from decoloniality. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(4), 882-892. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12634

Grounded theory (GT) is a popular research methodology that has been used in various fields and disciplines. Its researchers face the paradox of their method being grounded in both data and theory, potentially resulting in researcher ambivalence towa... Read More about A grounded theory of improvisation in therapy: Lessons from decoloniality.

Book review of Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1879 to the Present: by David C. Rapoport, New York, Columbia University Press, 2022, 448 pp., £28 (UK) (Paperback), ISBN: 9780231133036 (2023)
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da Silva, J. R. (2023). Book review of Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1879 to the Present: by David C. Rapoport, New York, Columbia University Press, 2022, 448 pp., £28 (UK) (Paperback), ISBN: 9780231133036. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 16(2), 424-426. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2023.2187839