Psychology: Recent submissions
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Negative mood induction increases choice of heroin versus food pictures in opiate-dependent individuals: Correlation with self-medication coping motives and subjective reactivity
(Frontiers Media, 1 January 2019)Acute growth in negative affect is thought to play a major role in triggering relapse in opiate-dependent individuals. Consistent with this view, three lab studies have demonstrated that negative mood induction increases ... -
Alcohol consumption among university students in the night-time economy in the UK: A three-wave longitudinal study
(Elsevier / College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 2019)Background. Excessive alcohol consumption is commonly reported in university/college students, and contributes to emerging peer-group relations. Purpose. This study aimed to provide up-to-date longitudinal data on students’ ... -
Construction at work: Multiple identities scaffold professional identity development in academia
(Frontiers Media, 26 March 2019)Identity construction - the process of creating and building a new future self - is an integral part of a person's professional career development. However, at present we have little understanding of the psychological ... -
Resolving not to quit: Evidence that salient group memberships increase resilience in a sensorimotor task
(Frontiers Media, 17 December 2018)There is evidence that the social groups to which people belong can be a source of resilience in challenging times. In this paper, we examine whether social group memberships can also increase resilience in the face of ... -
Predation of artificial nests in UK farmland by magpies (Pica pica): interacting environmental, temporal, and social factors influence a nest's risk
(Springer, 26 May 2019)The recent decline in farmland songbirds in the UK has coincided with increases in the populations of many nest predators. However, studies which have removed nest predators and monitored the response of prey populations ...