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Weight stigma in maternity care: Women's experiences and care providers' attitudes (2013)
Journal Article
Diedrichs, P. C., Miller, Y. D., Mulherin, K., Miller, Y. D., Barlow, F. K., Diedrichs, P. C., & Thompson, R. (2013). Weight stigma in maternity care: Women's experiences and care providers' attitudes. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13(19), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-19

Background: Weight stigma is pervasive in Western society and in healthcare settings, and has a negative impact on victims' psychological and physical health. In the context of an increasing focus on the management of overweight and obese women durin... Read More about Weight stigma in maternity care: Women's experiences and care providers' attitudes.

'Never judge a book by its cover?': students' understandings of lesbian, gay and bisexual appearance (2013)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N. (2013). 'Never judge a book by its cover?': students' understandings of lesbian, gay and bisexual appearance. Psychology and Sexuality, 4(1), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2013.748261

This research aimed to explore (predominantly heterosexual) students' perceptions of sexuality and appearance. A short qualitative survey, which contained questions about the 'typical appearance' of lesbians, gay men, bisexual and heterosexual people... Read More about 'Never judge a book by its cover?': students' understandings of lesbian, gay and bisexual appearance.

'I am who I am'? Navigating norms and the importance of authenticity in lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of their appearance practices (2013)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., & Spence, K. (2013). 'I am who I am'? Navigating norms and the importance of authenticity in lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of their appearance practices. Psychology and Sexuality, 4(1), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2013.748240

This article explores how lesbian and bisexual women negotiate pressures to look like an authentic lesbian and an authentic individual in their accounts of their clothing and appearance practices. Thirty women responded to a 'paper-and-pen' qualitati... Read More about 'I am who I am'? Navigating norms and the importance of authenticity in lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of their appearance practices.

Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support (2013)
Journal Article
White, J., & Oosterhoff, P. (2013). Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support. Journal of Drug Issues, 43(1), 4-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042612466644

Maternity for opiate users in Vietnam is challenging due to the criminalization of drug use, stigmatization, and poor specialist knowledge among health providers. This article outlines action research conducted among Vietnamese women who had experien... Read More about Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support.

Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction (2013)
Journal Article
Tiggemann, M., Slater, A., Bury, B., Hawkins, K., & Firth, B. (2013). Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction. Body Image, 10(1), 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.08.001

Recent proposals across a number of Western countries have suggested that idealised media images should carry some sort of disclaimer informing readers when these images have been digitally enhanced. The present studies aimed to experimentally invest... Read More about Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction.

“Would you decide to keep the power?”: reflexivity on the interviewer–interpreter–interviewee triad in interviews with female punjabi rheumatoid arthritis patients (2013)
Journal Article
Sanderson, T., Kumar, K., & Serrant-Green, L. (2013). “Would you decide to keep the power?”: reflexivity on the interviewer–interpreter–interviewee triad in interviews with female punjabi rheumatoid arthritis patients. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 12, 511-528

This article presents methodological reflections on the different streams of knowledge that are drawn upon during interpreted interviews and the shifts of power between (1) the interviewer, (2) the interpreter/co-researcher, and (3) the interviewee.... Read More about “Would you decide to keep the power?”: reflexivity on the interviewer–interpreter–interviewee triad in interviews with female punjabi rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Biology, the empathic science (2013)
Journal Article
Meacham, D. E. (2013). Biology, the empathic science. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 44(1), 10-15

The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing (2013)
Journal Article
McClean, S. (2013). The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing. Medical Anthropology, 32(1), 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2012.692741

In the arena of biomedical sciences, technical skills and expert judgment are at a premium, and the standardization and repeatability of an intervention is crucial to help determine, for example, the effectiveness of a new drug in a clinical trial. C... Read More about The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing.

Bristol girls dance project (BGDP): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11-12 year old girls (2013)
Journal Article
Bird, E. L., Powell, J. E., Jago, R., Edwards, M. J., Sebire, S. J., Cooper, A. R., …Blair, P. S. (2013). Bristol girls dance project (BGDP): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11-12 year old girls. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 1003. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1003

BACKGROUND: Many children do not meet current UK physical activity (PA) guidelines. Girls are less active than boys throughout childhood, and the age-related decline in PA, particularly from early adolescence, is steeper for girls than for boys. Danc... Read More about Bristol girls dance project (BGDP): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11-12 year old girls.

Cognitive defusion versus thought distraction in the mitigation of learned helplessness (2013)
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Hooper, N., & McHugh, L. (2013). Cognitive defusion versus thought distraction in the mitigation of learned helplessness. Psychological Record, 63(1), 209-217

Recent research suggests that attempting to avoid unwanted psychological events is maladaptive. Contrastingly, cognitive defusion, which is an acceptance-based method for managing unwanted thoughts, may provide a plausible alternative. The current... Read More about Cognitive defusion versus thought distraction in the mitigation of learned helplessness.

How nature came to be thought: Schelling’s paradox and the problem of location (2013)
Journal Article
Grant, I. H. (2013). How nature came to be thought: Schelling’s paradox and the problem of location. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 44(1), 24-43

In his Predication and Genesis, Wolfram Hogrebe reconstructs Schelling’s Ages of the World along the lines of a theory of predication, while asking, with Schelling, how it is that predication or judgment comes about. In one sense, therefore, the work... Read More about How nature came to be thought: Schelling’s paradox and the problem of location.

Et quoniam est quis tertius homo: Argument, exegesis, and misinterpretation in Aristotle’s Sophistici elenchi (2013)
Journal Article
Gazziero, L. (2013). Et quoniam est quis tertius homo: Argument, exegesis, and misinterpretation in Aristotle’s Sophistici elenchi. Archives d'histoire doctrinale et litteraire du moyen age, 80(1), 7-48. https://doi.org/10.3917/ahdlm.080.0007

© Vrin. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays. Latin commentators came across the « Third Man » for the first time in Aristotle's Sophistici elenchi. The way they dealt with the argument is a fair illustration of how they were both faithf... Read More about Et quoniam est quis tertius homo: Argument, exegesis, and misinterpretation in Aristotle’s Sophistici elenchi.