| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/03/01/33/09 |
| Title | BPS Press Releases September 2015 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Description | 2 September 2015 Psychologists celebrate milestone at BPS conference in Cambridge
8 September 2015 BPS Journal paper on the link between insomnia and the control of emotion. People who are losing the ability to regulate their emotions may be more likely to suffer from insomnia. And if they do, that insomnia is more likely to become persistent.
9-11 September) at the British Psychological Society’s Developmental and Social Psychology Section annual conference.
September 2015: Facebookers with large followings are at increased risk, study shows. Users of social network sites – such as Facebook and LinkedIn - who have large and diverse followings are at an increased risk of reputational, psychological and even physical harm, research by Nottingham Trent University shows. [Presented at a BPS Conference]. [Press Release from Nottingham University]
10 September 2015 Voting influences amongst teens in Scottish independence referendum revealed. Feelings related to national identity trumped general political engagement in determining how teenagers voted in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, according to a study being presented at this year’s British Psychological Society’s (BPS) conference.
11 September 2015 Pressure to be available 24/7 on social media causes teen anxiety and depression
11 Sept 2015 HEADLINE: WSU researchers find negatives in colorectal cancer screening promotion dissuade African-Americans. Researchers at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, have found that uniform messaging that incorporates the negative consequences of avoiding colorectal cancer screening may actually dissuade some audiences from seeking such evaluations. [Research published in British Journal of Health Psychology].
14 September 2015 New Brock research explores recognition of other-race faces. Two pictures of the same face can look very different, which is why many of us don’t like our passport photo. Trying to recognize faces when appearance varies is especially challenging when viewing faces of a different race, new Brock University research has shown. [Research published in British Journal of Psychology]
18 September 2015 ‘I didn’t get the job’: Early career disappointment and wellbeing in old age
18 September 2015 When does an image become a health claim? Images on food and dietary supplement packaging might lead people—appropriately or inappropriately—to infer the health benefits of those products.
23 September 2015 BPS welcomes call for united approach in giving psychological support to refugees
25 September 2015 New research into completers and non-completers of offending behaviour programmes could have implications for practice. University of Leicester study indicates that high-risk and impulsive offenders need extra support to engage with rehabilitation programmes. Legal and Criminological Psychology |
| Format | Digital |
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| AccessStatus | Open |
| Term | Health Psychology |
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