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Understanding vulnerability to selfharm in times of economic hardship and austerity: A qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Barnes, M. C., Gunnell, D., Davies, R., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Potokar, J., & Donovan, J. L. (2016). Understanding vulnerability to selfharm in times of economic hardship and austerity: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 6(2), Article e010131. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010131

Objective: Self-harm and suicide increase in times of economic recession, but little is known about why people self-harm when in financial difficulty, and in what circumstances self-harm occurs. This study aimed to understand events and experiences l... Read More about Understanding vulnerability to selfharm in times of economic hardship and austerity: A qualitative study.

Calculation error or deliberate omission? A reply to the NHS health check in England: An evaluation of the first 4 years by Robson et al. (2016)
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Ismail, N. (2016). Calculation error or deliberate omission? A reply to the NHS health check in England: An evaluation of the first 4 years by Robson et al

There has been a calculation error, or the lack of explanation on the omission thereof in Figure 1, which shows a flowchart depicting inclusion and exclusion of people eligible for an NHS Health Check and attendance.

"Girls can't play": The effects of stereotype threat on females' gaming performance (2016)
Journal Article
Kaye, L. K., & Pennington, C. R. (2016). "Girls can't play": The effects of stereotype threat on females' gaming performance. Computers in Human Behavior, 59, 202-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.020

© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The current study examined the impact of stereotype threat on female online gamers' performance and further examined whether manipulating the availability of multiple social identities effectivel... Read More about "Girls can't play": The effects of stereotype threat on females' gaming performance.

The Tusk proposal and the Brexit debate: Not a bad deal at all? (2016)
Journal Article
Walzenbach, G. (2016). The Tusk proposal and the Brexit debate: Not a bad deal at all?

Of course ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’, but, as it stands, the Draft proposal for a Council Decision (EUCO 4/16) contains a number of concessions going a long way in the direction of the concerns raised by British Eurosceptics. For... Read More about The Tusk proposal and the Brexit debate: Not a bad deal at all?.

Exploring the Concepts of Recognition and Shame for Social Work (2016)
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Frost, L. (2016). Exploring the Concepts of Recognition and Shame for Social Work. Journal of Social Work Practice, 30(4), 431-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2015.1132689

© 2016 GAPS. Recognition and shame are both concepts that potentially offer social workers a structure to build practice on; two states experienced by both social workers and service users. ‘Recognition’, within social, political and economic thought... Read More about Exploring the Concepts of Recognition and Shame for Social Work.

Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia: The ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony (2016)
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Bishop, M. L., Clegg, P., & Hoefte, R. (2017). Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia: The ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony. Third World Quarterly, 38(2), 356-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1135397

© 2016 Southseries Inc., www.thirdworldquarterly.com. Regional and hemispheric reconfigurations in Latin America and the Caribbean are increasingly mediated by Brazilian power, and the engagement of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana with this emergi... Read More about Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia: The ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony.

Applying the verifiability approach to insurance claims settings: Exploring the effect of the information protocol (2016)
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Harvey, A. C., Vrij, A., Nahari, G., & Ludwig, K. (2017). Applying the verifiability approach to insurance claims settings: Exploring the effect of the information protocol. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 22(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12092

Purpose Lie detection in insurance claim settings is difficult as liars can easily incorporate deceptive statements within descriptions of otherwise truthful events. We examined whether the Verifiability Approach (VA) could be used effectively in in... Read More about Applying the verifiability approach to insurance claims settings: Exploring the effect of the information protocol.

Using self-determination theory to promote adolescent girls' physical activity: Exploring the theoretical fidelity of the Bristol Girls Dance Project (2016)
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Jago, R., Powell, J. E., Bird, E. L., Blair, P. S., May, T., Edwards, M. J., …Jago, R. (2016). Using self-determination theory to promote adolescent girls' physical activity: Exploring the theoretical fidelity of the Bristol Girls Dance Project. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 24, 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.01.009

© 2016 The Authors. Objectives: To report the theory-based process evaluation of the Bristol Girls' Dance Project, a cluster-randomised controlled trial to increase adolescent girls' physical activity. Design: A mixed-method process evaluation of the... Read More about Using self-determination theory to promote adolescent girls' physical activity: Exploring the theoretical fidelity of the Bristol Girls Dance Project.

Networks of violence in the production of young women's trajectories and subjectivities (2016)
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Kidd, A. (2016). Networks of violence in the production of young women's trajectories and subjectivities. Feminist Review, 112(1), 41-59. https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2015.48

© 2016 Feminist Review. This paper focuses on the deployment and interdependence of different expressions of gendered and classed violence in shaping the choices, trajectories and subjectivities of young women on vocational beauty therapy courses. It... Read More about Networks of violence in the production of young women's trajectories and subjectivities.

Appearance, happiness and success: ‘What is beautiful is good' (2016)
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Stock, N. (in press). Appearance, happiness and success: ‘What is beautiful is good'. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 5(1), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2016.5.1.27

In our beauty-obsessed world, where incessant dissatisfaction with appearance is considered to be ‘normal’, it can seem as though those with ‘good looks’ are the ones who have it all. But is it the case that being beautiful can get you further in lif... Read More about Appearance, happiness and success: ‘What is beautiful is good'.

Wearing a gay slogan t-shirt in the higher education classroom: A cautionary tale (2016)
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Clarke, V. (2016). Wearing a gay slogan t-shirt in the higher education classroom: A cautionary tale. Feminism and Psychology, 26(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353515613812

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Evidence from numerous studies suggests that homophobia and heterosexism remain common on university campuses. Since the 1970s LGBT academics have been encouraged to ‘put themselves on the line’ and ‘come out’ in the cla... Read More about Wearing a gay slogan t-shirt in the higher education classroom: A cautionary tale.

A longitudinal study of 340 young people with or without a visible difference: The impact of teasing on self-perceptions of appearance and depressive symptoms (2016)
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Feragen, K. B., & Stock, N. M. (2016). A longitudinal study of 340 young people with or without a visible difference: The impact of teasing on self-perceptions of appearance and depressive symptoms. Body Image, 16, 133-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.01.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Previous research in both the general population and in those with a visible facial difference has identified potential associations between teasing, dissatisfaction with appearance and emotional distress. However, most studies a... Read More about A longitudinal study of 340 young people with or without a visible difference: The impact of teasing on self-perceptions of appearance and depressive symptoms.

Leverhulme international network (2016)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2016). Leverhulme international network

A discussion of the work and practices of an international network.

Mixing alcohol with energy drink (AMED) and total alcohol consumption: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Verster, J. C., Benson, S., Johnson, S. J., Scholey, A., & Alford, C. (2016). Mixing alcohol with energy drink (AMED) and total alcohol consumption: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 31(1), 2-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2513

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. It has been suggested that consuming alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) may increase total alcohol consumption. Aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were (i) to compare alcohol consumption of... Read More about Mixing alcohol with energy drink (AMED) and total alcohol consumption: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Twenty years of stereotype threat research: A review of psychological mediators (2016)
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Pennington, C. R., Heim, D., Levy, A. R., & Larkin, D. T. (2016). Twenty years of stereotype threat research: A review of psychological mediators. PLoS ONE, 11(1), e0146487. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146487

Copyright © 2016 Pennington et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and... Read More about Twenty years of stereotype threat research: A review of psychological mediators.

Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice? (2016)
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Clegg, P., Dunwoodie-Stirton, F., & Cole, P. (2016). Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice?. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 54(1), 46-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2015.1126886

Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the... Read More about Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice?.

Waterpipe tobacco use in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study among university students and stop smoking practitioners (2016)
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Jawad, M., Choaie, E., Brose, L., Dogar, O., Grant, A., Jenkinson, E., …Shahab, L. (2016). Waterpipe tobacco use in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study among university students and stop smoking practitioners. PLoS ONE, 11(1), Article e0146799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146799

© 2016 Jawad et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credi... Read More about Waterpipe tobacco use in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study among university students and stop smoking practitioners.

Bristol Girls Dance Project: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11- to 12-year-old girls (2016)
Journal Article
Jago, R., Edwards, M., Sebire, S., Bird, E., Tomkinson, K., Kesten, J., …Powell, J. (2016). Bristol Girls Dance Project: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11- to 12-year-old girls. Public Health Research, 4(6), https://doi.org/10.3310/phr04060

Background: Many children do not meet UK physical activity (PA) guidelines. Girls are less active than boys, and the age-related decline in activity is steeper for girls. Dance is the favourite form of PA among adolescent girls in the UK. Participati... Read More about Bristol Girls Dance Project: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11- to 12-year-old girls.