Psychology
Recent Submissions
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The impact of comorbidity on the quality of life of people with dementia: findings from the IDEAL study
(Oxford University Press (OUP) for British Geriatrics Society, 2018-11-07)Background: The aim was to investigate the comorbidity profile of people with dementia and examine the associations between severity of comorbidity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and quality of life (QoL). Methods: ... -
Post-fertile Lifespan in Female Primates and Cetaceans
(Springer, 2018-10-30)Popular and scientific interest in menopause in humans has led to increased interest in the extent of post-fertile life in other animals, particularly in long lived social species such as other primates and cetaceans. ... -
Reflections on PPI from the 'Action on Living Well: Asking You' advisory network of people with dementia and carers as part of the IDEAL study.
(SAGE Publications, 2018-10-29)This article describes the work of the 'Action on Living Well: Asking You' group - an involvement group of people with dementia and carers attached to the IDEAL research study. The article describes the work of the group, ... -
Understanding sexual prejudice: The role of political ideology and strategic essentialism
(Wiley, 2018)Despite the increased visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ community, sexual minorities continue to face prejudice and discrimination in many domains. Past research has shown that this prejudice is more prevalent among ... -
Labelling faces as “Autistic” reduces the Inversion Effect
(SAGE Publications / National Autistic Society, 2018-11-01)Does the belief that a face belongs to an individual with autism affect recognition of that face? To address this question, we used the inversion effect as a marker of face recognition. In Experiment 1, participants completed ... -
Children’s CBT skills, Metacognition, Empathy, and Theory of Mind
(Emerald, 2018)Purpose: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an evidence based treatment for common mental health problems that affect children, young people, and adults. The suitability of CBT for children has been questioned because ... -
Inequalities in living well with dementia-The impact of deprivation on well-being, quality of life and life satisfaction: Results from the improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life study
(Wiley for International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology, 2018-09-24)OBJECTIVES: Area level factors, such as deprivation and urban/rural settings, have been associated with variation in local resources and services and health inequality in later life. The aim of this study is to investigate ... -
Soil erosion in East Africa: an interdisciplinary approach to realising pastoral land management change
(IOP Publishing, 2018)Implementation of socially acceptable and environmentally desirable solutions to soil erosion challenges is often limited by (1) fundamental gaps between the evidence bases of different disciplines and (2) an implementation ... -
The efficacy of learning analytics interventions in higher education: A systematic review
(Wiley, 2018)Educational institutions are increasingly turning to learning analytics to identify and intervene with students at risk of underperformance or discontinuation. However, the extent to which the current evidence base ... -
Protocol for the IDEAL-2 longitudinal study: following the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers to understand what contributes to living well with dementia and enhances active life
(BMC, 2018)Background: There is a major need for longitudinal research examining the experiences of people with dementia and their primary carers, as relatively little is known about how the factors associated with capability to ‘live ... -
Relationship between childhood abuse and substance misuse problems is mediated by substance use coping motives, in school attending South African adolescents
(Elsevier / College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 2018)Background: In adults, it has been shown that the relationship between childhood abuse and substance misuse problems is mediated by the belief that substance use helps cope with negative affective states. By contrast, in ... -
The relationship between social rank and spatial learning in pheasants, Phasianus colchicus: Cause or consequence? (dataset)
(University of Exeter, 2018-10-15)This is the dataset used for the Langley et al. (2018) article "The relationship between social rank and spatial learning in pheasants, Phasianus colchicus: Cause or consequence?" published in PeerJ. -
All click, no action? Online action, efficacy perceptions, and prior experience combine to affect future collective action
(Elsevier, 2018-09-14)Social media is increasingly used for social protest, but does internet-enabled action lead to ‘slacktivism’ or promote increased activism? We show that the answer to this question depends on prior level of activism, and ... -
Dementia primary prevention policies and strategies and their local implementation: a scoping review using England as a case study
(IOS Press, 2018)Background: Understanding policy context and how policy is implemented at the local and clinical level is an important precursor to developing preventive strategies focusing on dementia risk reduction in primary healthcare ... -
Low survival of strongly footed pheasants may explain constraints on lateralization
(Springer Nature, 2018-09-13)Brain lateralization is considered adaptive because it leads to behavioral biases and specializations that bring fitness benefits. Across species, strongly lateralized individuals perform better in specific behaviors likely ... -
Size dimorphism and sexual segregation in pheasants: tests of three competing hypotheses (article)
(PeerJ, 2018-09-28)Fine scale sexual segregation outside of the mating season is common in sexually dimorphic and polygamous species, particularly in ungulates. A number of hypotheses predict sexual segregation but these are often contradictory ... -
Goal-directed control in Pavlovian-instrumental transfer
(American Psychological Association, 2018)The current article concerns human outcome-selective Pavlovian-instrumental transfer (PIT), where Pavlovian cues selectively invigorate instrumental responses that predict common rewarding outcomes. Several recent ... -
Automaticity and cognitive control: Effects of cognitive load on cue-controlled reward choice.
(SAGE Publications, 2018-09-10)The extent to which human outcome-response (O-R) priming effects are automatic or under cognitive control is currently unclear. Two experiments tested the effect of cognitive load on O-R priming to shed further light on ... -
Dementia subtype and living well: results from the Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) study
(BMC, 2018-09-11)BACKGROUND: The heterogeneity of symptoms across dementia subtypes has important implications for clinical practice and dementia research. Variation in subtypes and associated symptoms may influence the capability to live ... -
Leaving care and mental health: outcomes for children in out-of-home care during the transition to adulthood
(BMC / World Health Organization (WHO), 2010-05-12)There were 59,500 Children in out-of-home care in England in 2008. Research into this population points to poor health and quality of life outcomes over the transition to adult independence. This undesirable outcome applies ...