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The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety and Worries for Families of Individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK (2021)
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Sideropoulos, V., Dukes, D., Hanley, M., Palikara, O., Rhodes, S., Riby, D., …Van Herwegen, J. (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety and Worries for Families of Individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(6), 2656-2669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05168-5

COVID-19 has affected people across the world. The current study examined anxiety and worries during the first UK national lockdown in March 2020. Parents (n = 402) reported on their own anxiety and worries as well as that of their son/daughter with... Read More about The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety and Worries for Families of Individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK.

Gender differences in BaYaka forager sleep-wake patterns in forest and village contexts (2021)
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Kilius, E., Samson, D. R., Lew-Levy, S., Sarma, M. S., Patel, U. A., Ouamba, Y. R., …Boyette, A. H. (2021). Gender differences in BaYaka forager sleep-wake patterns in forest and village contexts. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 13658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92816-6

Sleep studies in small-scale subsistence societies have broadened our understanding of cross-cultural sleep patterns, revealing the flexibility of human sleep. We examined sleep biology among BaYaka foragers from the Republic of Congo who move betwee... Read More about Gender differences in BaYaka forager sleep-wake patterns in forest and village contexts.

Adolescent development of interethnic attitudes following a social intervention to increase intergroup contact: The moderating role of affective forecasting (2021)
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van Zalk, M., Kotzur, P., Schmid, K., Al Ramiah, A., & Hewstone, M. (2021). Adolescent development of interethnic attitudes following a social intervention to increase intergroup contact: The moderating role of affective forecasting. Developmental Psychology, 57(6), 1000-1017. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001194

This longitudinal, quasi-experimental field study investigated affective forecasting as a moderator of positive intergroup contact effects among adolescents. We also examined a novel mediating mechanism that underlies this effect, namely accuracy of... Read More about Adolescent development of interethnic attitudes following a social intervention to increase intergroup contact: The moderating role of affective forecasting.

Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning (2021)
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Pennycook, G., McPhetres, J., Bago, B., & Rand, D. G. (2022). Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(5), 750-765. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211023652

What are the psychological consequences of the increasingly politicized nature of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States relative to similar Western countries? In a two-wave study completed early (March) and later (December) in the pandemic, we f... Read More about Beliefs About COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Novel Test of Political Polarization and Motivated Reasoning.

The Predictive Utility of Reward-Based Motives Underlying Excessive and Problematic Social Networking Site Use (2021)
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Wadsley, M., Covey, J., & Ihssen, N. (2022). The Predictive Utility of Reward-Based Motives Underlying Excessive and Problematic Social Networking Site Use. Psychological Reports, 125(5), 2485-2516. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211025271

Compulsive seeking of reward is a hallmark feature of drug addiction, but the role of reward is less well understood in behavioural addictions. The present study investigated the predictive utility of ten reward-based motives, which we identified in... Read More about The Predictive Utility of Reward-Based Motives Underlying Excessive and Problematic Social Networking Site Use.

Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic (2021)
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Dougall, I., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2021). Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic. [No known commissioning body]

This report documents the mental health and wellbeing of university staff during the coronavirus pandemic, using survey data collected online in March 2021 from 1,182 staff employed across 92 UK universities. Overall, the survey data suggest that uni... Read More about Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Impact of Including Advantaged Groups in Collective Action Against Social Inequality on Politicized Identification of Observers From Disadvantaged and Advantaged Groups (2021)
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Kutlaca, M., Radke, H. R., & Becker, J. C. (2022). The Impact of Including Advantaged Groups in Collective Action Against Social Inequality on Politicized Identification of Observers From Disadvantaged and Advantaged Groups. Political Psychology, 43(2), 297-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12755

Mobilizing public support is key to a movement's success. Little is known, however, about how movements can achieve this goal and whether involving advantaged group members is beneficial for a movement's cause. In a set of five experiments with conve... Read More about The Impact of Including Advantaged Groups in Collective Action Against Social Inequality on Politicized Identification of Observers From Disadvantaged and Advantaged Groups.

‘Intolerance of Uncertainty’ mediates the relationship between social profile and anxiety in both Williams Syndrome and autism (2021)
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South, M., Hanley, M., Normansell-Mossa, K., Russell, N., Cawthorne, T., & Riby, D. (2021). ‘Intolerance of Uncertainty’ mediates the relationship between social profile and anxiety in both Williams Syndrome and autism. Autism Research, 14(9), 1986-1995. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2554

Anxiety is the most significant mental health concern for both Williams syndrome (WS) and autism. Whilst WS and autism are characterised by some syndrome-specific social differences, less is known about cross-syndrome profiles of anxiety symptoms. Pr... Read More about ‘Intolerance of Uncertainty’ mediates the relationship between social profile and anxiety in both Williams Syndrome and autism.

Effects of Psychopathy on Neurocognitive Domains of Impulsivity in Abstinent Opiate and Stimulant Users (2021)
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Psederska, E., Thomson, N. D., Bozgunov, K., Nedelchev, D., Vasilev, G., & Vassileva, J. (2021). Effects of Psychopathy on Neurocognitive Domains of Impulsivity in Abstinent Opiate and Stimulant Users. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, Article 660810. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.660810

Background: Psychopathy and substance use disorders (SUDs) are both characterized by neurocognitive impairments reflecting higher levels of impulsivity such as reward-driven decision-making and deficient inhibitory control. Previous studies suggest t... Read More about Effects of Psychopathy on Neurocognitive Domains of Impulsivity in Abstinent Opiate and Stimulant Users.

Effects of maternal mental health on prenatal movement profiles in twins and singletons (2021)
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Reissland, N., Einbeck, J., Wood, R., & Lane, A. (2021). Effects of maternal mental health on prenatal movement profiles in twins and singletons. Acta Paediatrica: Nurturing the Child, 110(9), 2553-2558. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15903

Aim: Prenatal experiences, including maternal stress, depression and anxiety, form crucial building blocks affecting the maturation of the fetal central nervous system. Previous research has examined fetal movements without considering effects of mat... Read More about Effects of maternal mental health on prenatal movement profiles in twins and singletons.

Bonobos and chimpanzees preferentially attend to familiar members of the dominant sex (2021)
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Lewis, L. S., Kano, F., Stevens, J. M., DuBois, J. G., Call, J., & Krupenye, C. (2021). Bonobos and chimpanzees preferentially attend to familiar members of the dominant sex. Animal Behaviour, 177, 193-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.04.027

Social animals must carefully track consequential events and opportunities for social learning. However, the competing demands of the social world produce trade-offs in social attention, defined as directed visual attention towards conspecifics. A ke... Read More about Bonobos and chimpanzees preferentially attend to familiar members of the dominant sex.

A person-centred test of multidimensional perfectionism and health in people with chronic fatigue syndrome versus healthy controls (2021)
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Sirois, F. M., Toussaint, L., Hirsch, J. K., Kohls, N., & Offenbächer, M. (2021). A person-centred test of multidimensional perfectionism and health in people with chronic fatigue syndrome versus healthy controls. Personality and Individual Differences, 181, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111036

Theory and evidence suggests that person-centred models may be especially relevant for elucidating the role of perfectionism in health and well-being in those with chronic health conditions. This may be particularly true for conditions, such as chron... Read More about A person-centred test of multidimensional perfectionism and health in people with chronic fatigue syndrome versus healthy controls.

Correlates of hallucinatory experiences in the general population: an international multi-site replication study (2021)
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Moseley, P., Aleman, A., Allen, P., Bell, V., Bless, J., Bortolon, C., …Fernyhough, C. (2021). Correlates of hallucinatory experiences in the general population: an international multi-site replication study. Psychological Science, 32(7), 1024-1037

Hallucinatory experiences can occur in both clinical and nonclinical groups. However, in previous studies of the general population, investigations of the cognitive mechanisms underlying hallucinatory experiences have yielded inconsistent results. We... Read More about Correlates of hallucinatory experiences in the general population: an international multi-site replication study.

Human click-based echolocation: Effects of blindness and age, and real-life implications in a 10-week training program (2021)
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Norman, L. J., Dodsworth, C., Foresteire, D., & Thaler, L. (2021). Human click-based echolocation: Effects of blindness and age, and real-life implications in a 10-week training program. PLoS ONE, 16(6), Article e0252330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252330

Understanding the factors that determine if a person can successfully learn a novel sensory skill is essential for understanding how the brain adapts to change, and for providing rehabilitative support for people with sensory loss. We report a traini... Read More about Human click-based echolocation: Effects of blindness and age, and real-life implications in a 10-week training program.

Character deprecation in fake news: Is it in supply or demand? (2021)
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McPhetres, J., Rand, D. G., & Pennycook, G. (2021). Character deprecation in fake news: Is it in supply or demand?. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220965709

A major focus of current research is understanding why people fall for and share fake news on social media. While much research focuses on understanding the role of personality-level traits for those who share the news, such as partisanship and analy... Read More about Character deprecation in fake news: Is it in supply or demand?.