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The sociology of love (2015)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2015). The sociology of love

In a recent Sociological Review paper Julia Carter​, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, reported on the curious absence of love in young women's account of their relationships. She found that many of these women struggled to talk... Read More about The sociology of love.

Origin stories from a regional placenta tissue collection (2015)
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Fannin, M., & Kent, J. (2015). Origin stories from a regional placenta tissue collection. New Genetics and Society, 34(1), 25-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2014.999153

© 2015 The Author(s). Twenty-three years ago when women and their children were recruited to a longitudinal genetic epidemiological study during pregnancy, placentas were collected at birth. This paper explores the history of a regional placenta biob... Read More about Origin stories from a regional placenta tissue collection.

Increasing children's physical activity through a teaching-assistant led extracurricular intervention: Process evaluation of the action 3:30 randomised feasibility trial (2015)
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Fox, K. R., Powell, J. E., Edwards, M. J., Jago, R., Sebire, S. J., Davies, B., …Fox, K. R. (2015). Increasing children's physical activity through a teaching-assistant led extracurricular intervention: Process evaluation of the action 3:30 randomised feasibility trial. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 156. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1501-3

© 2015 Jago et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: Many children do not engage in recommended levels of physical activity (PA), highlighting the need to find ways to increase children's PA. Process evaluations play an important role in improvin... Read More about Increasing children's physical activity through a teaching-assistant led extracurricular intervention: Process evaluation of the action 3:30 randomised feasibility trial.

What can 1 billion trials tell us about visual search? (2015)
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Mitroff, S. R., Biggs, A. T., Adamo, S. H., Dowd, E. W., Winkle, J., & Clark, K. (2015). What can 1 billion trials tell us about visual search?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000012

Mobile technology (e.g., smartphones and tablets) has provided psychologists with a wonderful opportunity: through careful design and implementation, mobile applications can be used to crowd source data collection. By garnering massive amounts of dat... Read More about What can 1 billion trials tell us about visual search?.

Insider perspectives: Qualitative insight from health visitor practice teachers and managers in 2012/13 (2015)
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Brook, J., & Salmon, D. (2015). Insider perspectives: Qualitative insight from health visitor practice teachers and managers in 2012/13. Journal of Health Visiting, 3(1), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2015.3.1.30

This study was conducted to understand the impact of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan on practice in the South West of England from the perspective of practice teachers and managers. A qualitative approach was used; data from practice teachers... Read More about Insider perspectives: Qualitative insight from health visitor practice teachers and managers in 2012/13.

Learning faces: Similar comparator faces do not improve performance (2015)
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Jones, S. P., Dwyer, D. M., & Lewis, M. B. (2015). Learning faces: Similar comparator faces do not improve performance. PLoS ONE, 10(1), Article e0116707. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116707

Recent evidence indicates that comparison of two similar faces can aid subsequent discrimination between them. However, the fact that discrimination between two faces is facilitated by comparing them directly does not demonstrate that comparison prod... Read More about Learning faces: Similar comparator faces do not improve performance.

Using client-centered psychotherapy embedded within a pluralistic integrative approach to help a client with executive dysfunction: The case of "Judith" (2015)
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Ward, T., & Hogan, K. (2015). Using client-centered psychotherapy embedded within a pluralistic integrative approach to help a client with executive dysfunction: The case of "Judith". Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 11(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.14713/pcsp.v11i1.1883

Executive dysfunction refers to a breakdown within a cluster of cognitive and behavioral processes that regulate, control, and manage the achievement of particular goals. Executive dysfunction can thus encompass problems like disinhibition, poor pla... Read More about Using client-centered psychotherapy embedded within a pluralistic integrative approach to help a client with executive dysfunction: The case of "Judith".

Racist hate crime and the mortified self: An ethnographic study of the impact of victimization (2015)
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Funnell, C. (2015). Racist hate crime and the mortified self: An ethnographic study of the impact of victimization. International Review of Victimology, 21(1), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758014551497

© The Author(s) 2014. This article provides a unique criminological examination of the social situation of victims of racist hate crime, specifically focusing on the consequences of victimization. Based on observational and interview data gathered ov... Read More about Racist hate crime and the mortified self: An ethnographic study of the impact of victimization.

An in-depth appraisal of career termination experiences in professional cricket (2015)
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Roberts, C. M., Mullen, R., Evans, L., & Hall, R. (2015). An in-depth appraisal of career termination experiences in professional cricket. Journal of Sports Sciences, 33(9), 935-944. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2014.977936

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: This qualitative study explored the career termination experiences of 9 male, retired professional cricketers between the ages of 28 and 40 (mean value34, s=4.65 m). The participants took part in retrospective, se... Read More about An in-depth appraisal of career termination experiences in professional cricket.

“Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me”: Gay Men Negotiate Their Visual Identities (2015)
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Clarke, V., & Smith, M. (2015). “Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me”: Gay Men Negotiate Their Visual Identities. Journal of Homosexuality, 62(1), 4-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2014.957119

©, © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study explored how British gay men make sense of their appearance and clothing practices and the pressures and concerns they attend to in discursively negotiating their visual identities. A convenience sample... Read More about “Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me”: Gay Men Negotiate Their Visual Identities.

Ebola, Chikungunya, and the Caribbean: Struggling to prepare and respond (2015)
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Clegg, P. (2015). Ebola, Chikungunya, and the Caribbean: Struggling to prepare and respond. Round Table, 104(1), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2015.1005357

In recent months the Caribbean has faced an epidemic of the Chikungunya virus, which the region has found difficult to control. In May 2014 the Caribbean Health Agency (CARPHA) declared the virus had reached epidemic levels, and since then the number... Read More about Ebola, Chikungunya, and the Caribbean: Struggling to prepare and respond.

Using Brief Cognitive Restructuring and Cognitive Defusion Techniques to Cope With Negative Thoughts (2015)
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Osborne, L. A., Larsson, A., Larsson, A., Hooper, N., Osborne, L., Bennett, P., & McHugh, L. (2015). Using Brief Cognitive Restructuring and Cognitive Defusion Techniques to Cope With Negative Thoughts. Behavior Modification, 40(3), 452-482. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445515621488

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Negative thoughts, experienced by 80% to 99% of the non-clinical population, have been linked to the development of psychopathology. The current study aimed to compare a cognitive restructuring and cognitive defusion tec... Read More about Using Brief Cognitive Restructuring and Cognitive Defusion Techniques to Cope With Negative Thoughts.

Border controls as a dimension of the european union’s counter-terrorism policy: A critical assessment (2015)
Journal Article
Leonard, S. (2015). Border controls as a dimension of the european union’s counter-terrorism policy: A critical assessment. Intelligence and National Security, 30(2-3), 306-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.988447

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This article critically examines the use and effectiveness of border controls in the European Union (EU)’s counter-terrorism policy. It shows that the EU has made substantial progress towards achieving the objectives that i... Read More about Border controls as a dimension of the european union’s counter-terrorism policy: A critical assessment.

On showing and being shown plants: A guide to methods for more-than-human geography (2015)
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Pitt, H. (2015). On showing and being shown plants: A guide to methods for more-than-human geography. Area, 47(1), 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12145

© 2014 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). More-than-human geography challenges researchers to attend to all kinds of beings, including the unique facets and actions of plants. Attention to plants' agency is in its... Read More about On showing and being shown plants: A guide to methods for more-than-human geography.

Older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and palate: A qualitative study exploring aging and appearance (2015)
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Hamlet, C., & Harcourt, D. (2015). Older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and palate: A qualitative study exploring aging and appearance. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 52(2), e32-e40. https://doi.org/10.1597/13-308

© Copyright 2015 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objective: To explore older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P), focusing on aging and appearance. Design: An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study. Pa... Read More about Older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and palate: A qualitative study exploring aging and appearance.

Social comparisons on social media: THE impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood (2015)
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Fardouly, J., Diedrichs, P. C., Vartanian, L. R., & Halliwell, E. (2015). Social comparisons on social media: THE impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood. Body Image, 13, 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.12.002

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. The present study experimentally investigated the effect of Facebook usage on women's mood and body image, whether these effects differ from an online fashion magazine, and whether appearance comparison tendency moderates any of... Read More about Social comparisons on social media: THE impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood.

Thou shalt not covet another man? Exploring constructions of same-sex and different-sex infidelity using story completion (2015)
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Clarke, V., Braun, V., & Wooles, K. (2015). Thou shalt not covet another man? Exploring constructions of same-sex and different-sex infidelity using story completion. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 25(2), 153-166. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2204

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This study explores conceptualisations of same- versus different-sex infidelity in the context of a heterosexual marriage using story completion. A convenience sample of 57 female and male participants completed one o... Read More about Thou shalt not covet another man? Exploring constructions of same-sex and different-sex infidelity using story completion.

DEBATE: Response to McWherter (2015)
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Assiter, A. (2015). DEBATE: Response to McWherter. Journal of Critical Realism, 14(5), 508-517. https://doi.org/10.1179/1476743015Z.00000000080

© W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2015. This contribution to a debate with Dustin McWherter evaluates his claim that Kant is a ‘non-ontologist’ or an ‘anti-ontologist’ and challenges one specific consequence which McWherter argues follows from this attributi... Read More about DEBATE: Response to McWherter.