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Quality of reporting on patient and public involvement within surgical research a systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Jones, E., Williams-Yesson, B., Hackett, R., Staniszewska, S., Evans, D., & Francis, N. (2015). Quality of reporting on patient and public involvement within surgical research a systematic review. Annals of Surgery, 261(2), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000000768

Copyright © 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Background: Recruitment difficulties are a well-reported concern in surgical literature, which may be improved by patient and public involvement (PPI). PPI within research has been def... Read More about Quality of reporting on patient and public involvement within surgical research a systematic review.

On showing and being shown plants: A guide to methods for more-than-human geography (2015)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Are there any risks? (2015)
Journal Article
Verster, J. C., Alford, C., Scholey, A., & Verster, J. C. (2015). Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Are there any risks?. Nutrition Reviews, 73(11), 796-798. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuv036

There have now been a number of publications, including laboratory studies and surveys, on alcohol mixed with energy drinks. Some authors have highlighted problems associated with consumption of this beverage combination, including reduced perception... Read More about Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Are there any risks?.

DEBATE: Response to McWherter (2015)
Journal Article
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.

The prevention of sexual abuse and violence in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Brown, J., & McCartan, K. (2015). The prevention of sexual abuse and violence in the UK

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors review developments in the prevention of sexual abuse and violence in the UK over the last four decades and introduce the newly-formed NOTA Prevention Committee.

Perspective taking reduces the fundamental attribution error (2015)
Journal Article
Hooper, N., Erdogan, A., Keen, G., Lawton, K., & McHugh, L. (2015). Perspective taking reduces the fundamental attribution error. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4(2), 69-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2015.02.002

© 2015 Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. The fundamental attribution error (FAE) refers to the predisposition for people to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional characteristics, rather than situational causes external to the... Read More about Perspective taking reduces the fundamental attribution error.

One-on-one with Victoria Clarke (2015)
Journal Article
Clarke, V. (2015). One-on-one with Victoria Clarke. Psychologist, 28, 688-688

One place I’m lucky to live somewhere very beautiful – a small town on the southern edge of the Cotswolds. Going for an evening walk, hearing cows mooing… On my first family holiday in the Cotswolds as a teenager I fell in love with the landscape... Read More about One-on-one with Victoria Clarke.

Thematic analysis (2015)
Book Chapter
Clarke, V., Braun, V., & Hayfield, N. (2015). Thematic analysis. In J. Smith (Ed.), Qualitative psychology: A practical guide to research methods (222-248). London: Sage Publications Ltd

Improvement in visual search with practice: Mapping learning-related changes in neurocognitive stages of processing (2015)
Journal Article
Gregory Appelbaum, L., Clark, K., van den Berg, B., Mitroff, S. R., & Woldorff, M. G. (2015). Improvement in visual search with practice: Mapping learning-related changes in neurocognitive stages of processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(13), 5351-5359. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1152-14.2015

© 2015 the authors. Practice can improve performance on visual search tasks; the neural mechanisms underlying such improvements, however, are not clear. Response time typically shortens with practice, but which components of the stimulus–response pro... Read More about Improvement in visual search with practice: Mapping learning-related changes in neurocognitive stages of processing.

Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Moss, T. P., Norman, A., & Moss, T. (2015). Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review. PeerJ, 2015(4), https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.870

© 2015 Norman and Moss. Background. Some individuals with visible differences have been found to experience psychosocial adjustment problems that can lead to social anxiety and isolation. Various models of psychosocial intervention have been used to... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review.

Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Pilkington, P., & Ellis, M. (2015). Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 22(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2013.842594

© 2013, © 2013 Taylor & Francis. All the 11 members of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of the World Health Organization are categorised as low- and middle-income countries. This region has over a quarter of the world's total population but compri... Read More about Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review.

The PhD journey: A guide to applying, starting and succeeding (2015)
Book Chapter
Pennington, C., & Norris, E. (2015). The PhD journey: A guide to applying, starting and succeeding. In E. Norris (Ed.), A Guide for Psychology Postgraduates: Surviving Postgraduate Study (50-54). British Psychological Society

To postgraduates, a PhD may seem like an ideal opportunity to improve research skills prior to future work. However, the application process is a competitive and often challenging experience. This article seeks to de-mystify some of the common questi... Read More about The PhD journey: A guide to applying, starting and succeeding.

The ‘two marxisms’ revisited: Humanism, structuralism and realism in marxist social theory (2015)
Journal Article
Creaven, S., & Creaven, S. (2015). The ‘two marxisms’ revisited: Humanism, structuralism and realism in marxist social theory. Journal of Critical Realism, 14(1), 7-53. https://doi.org/10.1179/1572513814Y.0000000008

© W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2015. The ontological and analytical status of Marxian social theory has been a matter of fierce controversy since Marx’s death, both within and without Marxist circles. A particular source of contention has been over whethe... Read More about The ‘two marxisms’ revisited: Humanism, structuralism and realism in marxist social theory.