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Producing a radio show about psychological science: The story of psychological frontiers (2011)
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Stark, E., Sachau, D., & Albertson, D. N. (2012). Producing a radio show about psychological science: The story of psychological frontiers. Teaching of Psychology, 39(1), 42-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628311430311

The authors describe the development of a campus-based radio show about psychological science. The authors’ goals in creating the show were to inform the public about the science of psychology and to create a teaching and learning resource for facu... Read More about Producing a radio show about psychological science: The story of psychological frontiers.

Comparing thought suppression and mindfulness as coping techniques for spider fear (2011)
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Hooper, N., Davies, N., Davies, L., & McHugh, L. (2011). Comparing thought suppression and mindfulness as coping techniques for spider fear. Consciousness and Cognition, 20(4), 1824-1830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2011.05.013

The current study compared thought suppression, focused attention (mindfulness) and unfocused attention as strategies for managing spider fear. Spider fearful participants were exposed to a strategy induction before completing a Behavioural Approach... Read More about Comparing thought suppression and mindfulness as coping techniques for spider fear.

Parenting and child body mass index: Longitudinal investigation of maternal and paternal influence (2011)
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Taylor, A., Wilson, C., Slater, A., & Mohr, P. (2011). Parenting and child body mass index: Longitudinal investigation of maternal and paternal influence. Australian Journal of Psychology, 63(4), 198-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00024.x

The aim of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between general parenting and body mass index (BMI) status of children between the ages of 4 and 7 in Australia. A nationally representative sample of 4,423 c... Read More about Parenting and child body mass index: Longitudinal investigation of maternal and paternal influence.

A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavior therapy plus bright light therapy for adolescent delayed sleep phase disorder (2011)
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Gradisar, M., Dohnt, H., Gardner, G., Paine, S., Starkey, K., Menne, A., …Trenowden, S. (2011). A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavior therapy plus bright light therapy for adolescent delayed sleep phase disorder. SLEEP, 34(12), 1671-1680. https://doi.org/10.5665/sleep.1432

Objective: To evaluate cognitive-behavior therapy plus bright light therapy (CBT plus BLT) for adolescents diagnosed with delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD). Design: Randomized controlled trial of CBT plus BLT vs. waitlist (WL) control with comparis... Read More about A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavior therapy plus bright light therapy for adolescent delayed sleep phase disorder.

Professional responses to contemporary discourses and definitions of paedophilia (2011)
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McCartan, K. F. (2011). Professional responses to contemporary discourses and definitions of paedophilia. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 13(4), 322-335. https://doi.org/10.1350/ijps.2011.13.4.240

This paper will discuss professionals' contemporary definitions and understandings of paedophilia, based upon empirical qualitative research with a range of professionals working within paedophilia, or in related fields (practitioners, academics and... Read More about Professional responses to contemporary discourses and definitions of paedophilia.

Parent- and child-reported parenting. Associations with child weight-related outcomes (2011)
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Taylor, A., Wilson, C., Slater, A., & Mohr, P. (2011). Parent- and child-reported parenting. Associations with child weight-related outcomes. Appetite, 57(3), 700-706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2011.08.014

The present study aimed to investigate associations of both parent-reported and child-perceived parenting styles and parent-reported parenting practices with child weight and weight-related behaviours. Participants were 175 children (56% female) aged... Read More about Parent- and child-reported parenting. Associations with child weight-related outcomes.

Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity (2011)
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Ellis, D., & Tucker, I. (2011). Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity. Subjectivity, 4(4), 434-450. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2011.15

Theories of affect have become an increasingly popular tool with which to conceptualise and analyse subjectivity. Of particular interest to us in this article are expositions that have sought to bring to the forefront of analysis notions of excess an... Read More about Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity.

A turn to the rights: UK conservative Christian lobby groups and the 'gay debate' (2011)
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Hunt, S. (2011). A turn to the rights: UK conservative Christian lobby groups and the 'gay debate'. Religion and Human Rights, 6(3), 291-313. https://doi.org/10.1163/187103211X592596

The extension of non-heterosexual rights in largely liberal democratic contexts and confirmed in wider international conventions poses a challenge to Christian churches which historically condemned homosexuality and other sexual 'variations' on the b... Read More about A turn to the rights: UK conservative Christian lobby groups and the 'gay debate'.

Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: The case for measuring impact (2011)
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Haywood, K. L., Beresford, P., Staniszewska, S., Adebajo, A., Barber, R., Brady, L. M., …Williamson, T. (2011). Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: The case for measuring impact. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 35(6), 628-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01020.x

While patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care research has progressed successfully in the last decade, a range of difficulties with the evidence base exist, including poor understanding of the concept of impact, limited theoriz... Read More about Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: The case for measuring impact.

Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7 (2011)
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Golombok, S., Readings, J., Blake, L., Casey, P., Marks, A., & Jadva, V. (2011). Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), 1579-1588. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025292

Each year, an increasing number of children are born through surrogacy and thus lack a genetic and/or gestational link with their mother. This study examined the impact of surrogacy on mother-child relationships and children's psychological adjustmen... Read More about Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7.

An audit of rubella IgG antibody status in antenatal women in a NHS Trust over 5 years (2005 - 2009) (2011)
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Matthews, L. A., Lawrance, L., Gray, D., & Gray, S. (2011). An audit of rubella IgG antibody status in antenatal women in a NHS Trust over 5 years (2005 - 2009). Epidemiology and Infection, 139(11), 1720-1726. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268810002748

Rubella, a vaccine-preventable infection. This study examined the antibody status of 11 987 pregnant women during 2005 - 2009. Results showed a non-significant decrease in those with antibody levels of

Reverse traffic: Intersecting inequalities in human egg donation (2011)
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Nahman, M. (2011). Reverse traffic: Intersecting inequalities in human egg donation. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 23(5), 626-633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.08.003

The paper examines a case of cross-border reproductive care that happens in reverse by looking at Israeli-Romanian transnational ova traffic. The state of Israel claims to have the most IVF clinics per capita in the world, some of the highest success... Read More about Reverse traffic: Intersecting inequalities in human egg donation.

Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals (2011)
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Burgoyne, C., Clarke, V., & Burns, M. (2011). Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals. Sociological Review, 59(4), 685-706. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2011.02032.x

Recent legislation in the UK has extended many of the legal and financial rights and responsibilities of heterosexual marriage to same-sex couples who register their partnerships. Prior to the Civil Partnership Act (2004) however, little was known ab... Read More about Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals.

Denuclearisation practices of Kazakhstan: Performing sovereign identity, preserving national security (2011)
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Abzhaparova, A. (2011). Denuclearisation practices of Kazakhstan: Performing sovereign identity, preserving national security. Review of International Studies, 37(04), 1537-1553. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210510001270

In this article, I investigate the processes of the discursive construction of the identity of Kazakhstan as a sovereign and non-nuclear state, and show how the construction and performance of these identities are both productive and the product of N... Read More about Denuclearisation practices of Kazakhstan: Performing sovereign identity, preserving national security.

Termination of psychotherapy: The journey of 10 psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapists (2011)
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Fragkiadaki, E., & Strauss, S. M. (2012). Termination of psychotherapy: The journey of 10 psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapists. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 85(3), 335-350. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8341.2011.02035.x

Objectives. Literature on termination originates mainly from clinical and theoretical accounts as well as practitioners' autobiographical reports. There is, however, a paucity of psychological research on termination. The purpose of this study is to... Read More about Termination of psychotherapy: The journey of 10 psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapists.

Prevalence of health anxiety problems in medical clinics (2011)
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Tyrer, P., Cooper, S., Crawford, M., Dupont, S., Green, J., Murphy, D., …Tyrer, H. (2011). Prevalence of health anxiety problems in medical clinics. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 71(6), 392-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.07.004

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of significant health anxiety (hypochondriasis) in patients aged 16-75 in cardiology, respiratory medicine, neurological, endocrine and gastrointestinal clinics in general hospitals in London, Middlesex and Nor... Read More about Prevalence of health anxiety problems in medical clinics.

Classic text revisited: Slavery and the Penal System (2011)
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Moore, J. M. (2011). Classic text revisited: Slavery and the Penal System. Criminal Justice Matters, 85(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2011.599688

In Slavery and the Penal System Thorsten Sellin set out to prove Gustav Radbruch's 1938 thesis that the modern 'criminal law bears the traits of its origin in slave punishments' (cited at p. viii). Within a relatively short book Sellin charts the his... Read More about Classic text revisited: Slavery and the Penal System.

New students' psychological well-being and its relation to first year academic performance in a UK university (2011)
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Topham, P., & Moller, N. (2011). New students' psychological well-being and its relation to first year academic performance in a UK university. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 11(3), 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2010.519043

Aims: This study (1) profiled the well-being of first year students entering one UK university, and (2) explored whether initial well-being and year end academic performance were correlated. Method: A total of 117 students (mean age 21, 67% female) c... Read More about New students' psychological well-being and its relation to first year academic performance in a UK university.

A longitudinal study of recipients' views and experiences of intra-family egg donation (2011)
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Jadva, V., Casey, P., Readings, J., Blake, L., & Golombok, S. (2011). A longitudinal study of recipients' views and experiences of intra-family egg donation. Human Reproduction, 26(10), 2777-2782. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/der252

BACKGROUND For the past 10 years, we have been carrying out a longitudinal investigation of egg donation families in the UK; a subsample of recipients in these families had a child by egg donation from a sister or sister-in-law. In response to the c... Read More about A longitudinal study of recipients' views and experiences of intra-family egg donation.