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"They're just tixel pits, man": Disputing the 'reality' of virtual reality pornography through the story completion method (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Wood, M., Wood, G., & Balaam, M. (2017). "They're just tixel pits, man": Disputing the 'reality' of virtual reality pornography through the story completion method. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025762

Pornography is a substantial part of humans' everyday interaction with computers, yet to date the topic has been underconsidered by HCI. Here, we examine some of the common cultural ideals non-experts constructed of a 'new' pornographic experience -... Read More about "They're just tixel pits, man": Disputing the 'reality' of virtual reality pornography through the story completion method.

The utility of multiple synthesized views in the recognition of unfamiliar faces (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, S. P., Dwyer, D. M., & Lewis, M. B. (2017). The utility of multiple synthesized views in the recognition of unfamiliar faces. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(5), 906-918. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1158302

The ability to recognize an unfamiliar individual on the basis of prior exposure to a photograph is notoriously poor and prone to errors, but recognition accuracy is improved when multiple photographs are available. In applied situations, when only l... Read More about The utility of multiple synthesized views in the recognition of unfamiliar faces.

When does repression become political? The use of the language of trauma in the context of violence and anxiety (2017)
Book Chapter
Tavares Furtado, H. (2017). When does repression become political? The use of the language of trauma in the context of violence and anxiety. In E. Eklundh, A. Zevnik, & E. P. Guittet (Eds.), Politics of Anxiety (37-58). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield

In the history of psychoanalytical thought, anxiety is described as a form of fear that lacks an object of reference. Anxious individuals live in a condition of free-floating danger, always acting as though their actions could trigger apocalyptic sce... Read More about When does repression become political? The use of the language of trauma in the context of violence and anxiety.

Upstream: Moving health upstream in urban development planning (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Pilkington, P., Black, D., & Ige, J. (2017, April). Upstream: Moving health upstream in urban development planning. Paper presented at Inaugural Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting, Boston, United States

This paper presented the interim findings from the Upstream project, funded by Wellcome. Upstream seeks to engage those working at strategic levels within urban planning, to determine barriers and facilitators to the more effective integration of hea... Read More about Upstream: Moving health upstream in urban development planning.

Communication and collaboration in sexual abuse working (2017)
Digital Artefact
McCartan, K., & Prescott, D. (2017). Communication and collaboration in sexual abuse working

Over the last couple of months, we have participated in conferences, meetings and collaborations in our home regions of the UK and US as well as abroad (Netherlands, Latvia, Australia, Canada, Germany, Romania, Namibia); a central theme in each locat... Read More about Communication and collaboration in sexual abuse working.

Communication and collaboration in sexual abuse working (2017)
Digital Artefact
McCartan, K., & Prescott, D. (2017). Communication and collaboration in sexual abuse working

Over the last couple of months, we have participated in conferences, meetings and collaborations in our home regions of the UK and US as well as abroad (Netherlands, Latvia, Australia, Canada, Germany, Romania, Namibia); a central theme in each locat... Read More about Communication and collaboration in sexual abuse working.

Annex III - In-depth analysis evaluating the legal, political and institutional framework concerning offshore practices related to tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) of the United Kingdom, as defined in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and the relations of the United Kingdom with those OCTs (2017)
Report
Clegg, P. (2017). Annex III - In-depth analysis evaluating the legal, political and institutional framework concerning offshore practices related to tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) of the United Kingdom, as defined in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and the relations of the United Kingdom with those OCTs

This report focuses on the OCTs of the UK; and especially those located within the Caribbean and West Atlantic. Relations between the UK and its so-called Overseas Territories have been shaped by many centuries of history. More contemporary relations... Read More about Annex III - In-depth analysis evaluating the legal, political and institutional framework concerning offshore practices related to tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) of the United Kingdom, as defined in Annex II of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and the relations of the United Kingdom with those OCTs.

Macrocognition: The science and engineering of sociotechnical work systems (2017)
Journal Article
Ward, P., Hoffman, R. R., Conway, G. E., Schraagen, J. M., Peebles, D., Hutton, R. J. B., & Petushek, E. J. (2017). Macrocognition: The science and engineering of sociotechnical work systems. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(APR), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00515

The increasing complexity of work systems and changes in the nature of workplace technology over the past century have resulted in a substantial shift in the nature of work activities, from those predominated by physical labor toward more cognitively... Read More about Macrocognition: The science and engineering of sociotechnical work systems.

U.K. Army medical and unit welfare officers' perceptions of mental health stigma and its impact on army personnel's mental health help seeking (2017)
Journal Article
Keeling, M., Bull, S., Thandi, G., Brooks, S., & Greenberg, N. (2017). U.K. Army medical and unit welfare officers' perceptions of mental health stigma and its impact on army personnel's mental health help seeking. Military Behavioral Health, 5(3), 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1310682

Mental health stigma and barriers to care (BTC) reportedly impede help seeking among U.K. military personnel. Military service providers’ perceptions of this link were investigated. Secondary thematic analysis of interviews with 21 U.K. Army unit wel... Read More about U.K. Army medical and unit welfare officers' perceptions of mental health stigma and its impact on army personnel's mental health help seeking.

Adapting the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children: A psychometric analysis of the BAS-2C (2017)
Journal Article
Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., Tylka, T., & Slater, A. (2017). Adapting the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children: A psychometric analysis of the BAS-2C. Body Image, 21, 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.03.005

© 2017 Positive body image among adults is related to numerous indicators of well-being. However, no research has explored body appreciation among children. To facilitate our understanding of children's positive body image, the current study adapts a... Read More about Adapting the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children: A psychometric analysis of the BAS-2C.

Risk and those who experience harm (2017)
Digital Artefact
Prescott, D., & McCartan, K. (2017). Risk and those who experience harm

A blog discussing the relationship between being a victim and being a perpetrator of sexual abuse.

Inter-sectoral Transfer of the Food for Life Settings Framework in England (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Gray, S., Means, R., Orme, J., Pitt, H., & Salmon, D. (2018). Inter-sectoral Transfer of the Food for Life Settings Framework in England. Health Promotion International, 33(5), 781-790. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax017

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Organisational settings such as schools, workplaces and hospitals are well recognised as key environments for health promotion. Whilst there is extensive literature on spec... Read More about Inter-sectoral Transfer of the Food for Life Settings Framework in England.

Disgust, shame and the psychosocial impact of skin picking: Evidence from an online support forum (2017)
Journal Article
Anderson, S., & Clarke, V. (2019). Disgust, shame and the psychosocial impact of skin picking: Evidence from an online support forum. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(13), 1773-1784. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317700254

This article examines the accounts of individuals who problematically pick their skin and explores their subjective experiences. In total, 100 problem disclosure statements were taken from posts made to a publicly accessible online skin picking suppo... Read More about Disgust, shame and the psychosocial impact of skin picking: Evidence from an online support forum.

Being Ex-PLISSIT: Addressing visible differences and intimacy with patients (2017)
Journal Article
Sharratt, N. (2017). Being Ex-PLISSIT: Addressing visible differences and intimacy with patients. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 6(3), 144-145. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2017.6.3.144

Having previously discussed the possibility that appearance-altering conditions may impact on the intimate and sexual lives of some patients, this article looks more closely at the Ex-PLISSIT model of interaction which may be deployed in discussing t... Read More about Being Ex-PLISSIT: Addressing visible differences and intimacy with patients.

Jimmy Carter and the sale of the AWACS to Iran in 1977 (2017)
Journal Article
Murray, R. W., & McGlinchey, S. (2017). Jimmy Carter and the sale of the AWACS to Iran in 1977. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 28(2), 254-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2017.1309883

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. It appeared that as 1977 dawned, the political climate in the United States might render multi-billion dollar arms sales into unstable regions a thing of the past. Jimmy Carter triumphed in the presidential elect... Read More about Jimmy Carter and the sale of the AWACS to Iran in 1977.

Reflecting on qualitative research, feminist methodologies and feminist psychology: In conversation with Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2017)
Journal Article
Jankowski, G., Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2017). Reflecting on qualitative research, feminist methodologies and feminist psychology: In conversation with Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke. Psychology of Women Section Review, 19(1), 43-55

Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke met as PhD students at Loughborough University where their research was supervised by pioneering feminist psychologists Professors Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger. They began writing collaboratively about qualitat... Read More about Reflecting on qualitative research, feminist methodologies and feminist psychology: In conversation with Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke.

Engaging stakeholder communities as body image intervention partners: The Body Project as a case example (2017)
Journal Article
Becker, C. B., Perez, M., Kilpela, L. S., Diedrichs, P. C., Trujillo, E., & Stice, E. (2017). Engaging stakeholder communities as body image intervention partners: The Body Project as a case example. Eating Behaviors, 25, 62-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.03.015

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd Despite recent advances in developing evidence-based psychological interventions, substantial changes are needed in the current system of intervention delivery to impact mental health on a global scale (Kazdin & Blase, 2011). Prev... Read More about Engaging stakeholder communities as body image intervention partners: The Body Project as a case example.

Reliability and normative data of computerized dynamic visual acuity tests (2017)
Journal Article
Murray, N., Hunfalvay, M., Roberts, C., & Lange, B. (2017). Reliability and normative data of computerized dynamic visual acuity tests. Vision development and rehabilitation, 3(1), 23-32

Aims: First, to create a standard for testing DVA using all three testing protocols (head still, object moving; head moving, object still; head and object moving). Second, to examine reliability of the tests. Third, provide normative data. Methods:... Read More about Reliability and normative data of computerized dynamic visual acuity tests.