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Discursive constructions of eating disorders: A story completion task (2010)
Journal Article
Walsh, E., & Malson, H. (2010). Discursive constructions of eating disorders: A story completion task. Feminism and Psychology, 20(4), 529-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353509350759

Using a post-structualist, discourse analytic framework this study investigates constructions of 'anorexia' and 'bulimia' made by young people. A story completion methodology was employed to allow young people to express their understandings of eatin... Read More about Discursive constructions of eating disorders: A story completion task.

Qualitative methods from psychology (2010)
Book Chapter
Malson, H. (2010). Qualitative methods from psychology. In I. Bourgeault, R. Dingwall, & R. de Vries (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research. London: Sage

Are contemporary media images which seem to display women as sexually empowered actually harmful to women? (2010)
Journal Article
Halliwell, E., Malson, H., & Tischner, I. (2010). Are contemporary media images which seem to display women as sexually empowered actually harmful to women?. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35(1), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684310385217

There has been a shift in the depiction of women in advertising from objectifying representations of women as passive sex objects to agentic sexual representations where the women appear powerful and in control (Gill, 2007a, 2008), and there is subst... Read More about Are contemporary media images which seem to display women as sexually empowered actually harmful to women?.

Deconstructing body weight and weight management (2008)
Book Chapter
Malson, H. (2008). Deconstructing body weight and weight management. In S. Riley, M. Burns, H. Frith, S. Wiggins, & P. Markula (Eds.), Critical Bodies: Representation, Practices and Identities of Weight and Body Management. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

Speaking of home truth: (Re)productions of dyadic-containment in non-monogamous relationships (2008)
Journal Article
Finn, M., & Malson, H. (2008). Speaking of home truth: (Re)productions of dyadic-containment in non-monogamous relationships. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47(3), 519-533. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466607X248921

This paper is a critical exploration of the discursive and socio-historical practice of 'dyadic-containment' as a principle index for how we know, experience, and authenticate romantic relationships. Making intelligible an 'authentic' relationship as... Read More about Speaking of home truth: (Re)productions of dyadic-containment in non-monogamous relationships.

Tracing a matrix of gender: An analysis of the feminine in hospital-based treatment for eating disorders (2008)
Journal Article
Malson, H., & Ryan, V. (2008). Tracing a matrix of gender: An analysis of the feminine in hospital-based treatment for eating disorders. Feminism and Psychology, 18(1), 112-132. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353507084955

Numerous studies have elucidated how a multiplicity of contemporary western cultural ideas and values that constitute 'normal' femininity are enmeshed in and central to the discursive production and regulation of girls' and women's 'eating disordered... Read More about Tracing a matrix of gender: An analysis of the feminine in hospital-based treatment for eating disorders.

Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023
Report
Bovill, H., H, B., J, W., L, B., & H, M. (2023). Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023. Vice Chancellor Challenge Fund

The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023.

Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023
Report
Bovill, H., White, J., Banks, L., & Malson, H. (2023). Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023. Vice Chancellor Challenge Fund

The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023.