| Description | Press releases and statements of the British Psychological Society BPS
Awaiting Transfer [See BPS website www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy]
3 January 2017 Find a sense of purpose and you're more likely to get rich (Patrick Hill) - press release for Research Digest article about a study published in the Journal of Research in Personality;
4 January 2017 New Year's Honours for Siriol David and Miranda Wolpert - press release
4 January 2017 Joining a crowd transforms us psychologically, with serious health implications (Nick Hopkins) - press release for research digest article by Laura Spinney
4 - 6 January 2017 Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference
1. Promote flexible working to dads and help mums progress at work (Nadia Nagamootoo) - press release
2. Colleagues unlikely to intervene in online workplace bullying (Iain Coyne) - press release
3. You've got mail - personality differences in email use (John Hackston) - press release
4. A winning attitude and personal support is key to success (Amanda Potter, Sarah Linton and Lauren Albrecht) - press release
5. Toxic bosses are bad for your health and bad for your reputation (Abigail Phillips) - press release
6. Leaders and managers should be taught how to 'love' their staff (Fiona Beddoes-Jones) - press release
7. Research reveals gender bias in workplace performance ratings (Psychological Consultancy Ltd) - press release
8. UK employers could do more to encourage staff to switch off at home ( Almuth McDowall) - press release
9. DOP 2016 awards to be presented today - for DOP awards - Practitioner of the Year ( Maureen Dollard), Student Prize for Excellence (Kathryn Pimblett), Academic Contribution to Practice award (Cheryl Travers),
The Volunteer of the Year award (Dr Gail Kinman, Dr Almuth McDowall and Jonathan Cox) and Lifetime Achievement award (Professor Victor Dulewicz).
5 January 2017 Revenge really is sweet: study shows the mood-enhancing effect of retaliation (David Chester and C. Nathan DeWall) - press release for Research Digest article published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology;
6 January 2017 Done tastefully, joke-telling at work could make you appear more confident and competent (Brad Bitterly, Alison Wood Brooks, and Maurice Schweitzer) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Risky business: When humor increases and decreases status.' in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
9 January 2017 British Psychological Society welcomes Theresa May's pledge to introduce new measures to improve mental health care - press release
9 January 2017 If you're fairly young and healthy, moderate exercise will probably be more enjoyable than you think (Bethany Kwan) - press release for Research Digest article about 'What to Expect When You’re Exercising: An Experimental Test of the Anticipated Affect-Exercise Relationship; published in Health Psychology;
10 January 2017 Teenagers' brains process risk differently when mum is around (João Moreira ) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Mother still knows best: Maternal influence uniquely modulates adolescent reward sensitivity during risk taking' published in Developmental Science;
11-12 January 2017 Division of Educational and Child Psychology Annual Conference, Harrogate
1. Educational psychologists explore myths and beliefs around selective schooling - general press release about the conference
2. DECP Distinguished Contribution to Educational Psychology Award to be presented today (Irvine Gersch) - press release
11 January 2017 Paltering feels less bad than lying but will cost you in the long run (Todd Rogers) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others' published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
11 January 2017 The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) and the British Psychological Society (BPS) welcome the Prime Minister's announcement this week to support mental wellbeing in the workplace - press release
12 January 2017 Why conservatives like to use nouns more than liberals do (Aleksandra Cichocka) - press release for Research Digest article about 'On the Grammar of Politics—or Why Conservatives Prefer Nouns' published in Political Psychology;
13 January 2017 Replication success correlates with researcher expertise (but not for the reasons you might think) (Shane Bench) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Does expertise matter in replication? An examination of the reproducibility project: Psychology' published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
16 January 2017 Is creativity something you inherit from your parents?(Mark Roeling ) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Heritability of Working in a Creative Profession' published in Behavioural Genetics;
16 January 2017 UK organisations unite against Conversion Therapy - joint statement from UK Council for Psychotherapy, British Psychoanalytic Council, Royal College of General Practitioners, The College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists, British Psychological Society, The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Association of LGBT Doctors and Dentists; National Counselling Society, Pink Therapy, Scottish Government, Stonewall and NHS Scotland
17 January 2017 How did Darwin decide which book to read next? (Jamie Murdoch) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Exploration and exploitation of Victorian science in Darwin’s reading notebooks' published in Cognition;
18 January 2017 Work stress could be making your commute dangerous (Keren Turgeman-Lupo and Michal Biron) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Make it to work (and back home) safely: the effect of psychological work stressors on employee behaviour while commuting by car' published in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology;
18-20 January 2017 Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference, Hilton, Liverpool
1. Mars and Venus on the therapist's couch (Katie Holloway) - press release
2. Trapped by the game: Why professional footballers don't talk about their mental health (Susan Wood) - press release
3. Free festival will bring psychology to the people of Liverpool - press release concerning fringe festival for the public 'The Future is Now' running alongside the DCP conference
4. Teenage interviewers are just the job in mental health recruitment (Sophie Allan and Dr Emma Hill) - press release
5. Psychology matters: Psychology, politics and public service (Peter Kinderman) - keynote speech about the BPS President;
19 January 2017 If you like sick jokes, maybe it's because you're just so smart (Ulrike Willinger) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Cognitive and emotional demands of black humour processing: the role of intelligence, aggressiveness and mood' published in Cognitive Processing;
19 January 2017 A little discussed effect of therapy: it changes your personality (Brent Roberts) - press release for Research Digest article about 'A Systematic Review of Personality Trait Change Through Intervention' published in Psychological Bulletin;
20 January 2017 ‘Safeguarding cannot be a tick-box exercise’ - press release concerning Northern Ireland Branch's response to Sir Anthony Hart’s report into historical institutional abuse;
20 January 2017 Detectives on the toll of investigating child deaths: it only gets harder (Jason Roach) - press release concerning for Research Digest article about 'Dealing with the Unthinkable: a Study of the Cognitive and Emotional Stress of Adult and Child Homicide Investigations on Police Investigators' published in Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology;
20 January 2017 Nominations sought for British Psychological Society President
20 January 2017 Members of DECP call for secondary schools to offer CBT to pupils - press release for Research Digest article in Times Educational Supplement by Division of Educational Psychology and also BPS report 'Delivering Psychological Therapies in Schools and Communities' by Julia Hardy;
23 January 2017 After half a century of research, psychology can't predict suicidal behaviours better than by coin flip (Joseph Franklin) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Risk Factors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis of 50 Years of Research' published in the Psychological Bulletin;
24 January 2017 An influential theory about emotion and decision-making just failed a new test (Rebecca Wright and Tim Rakow) - press release for Research Digest article about 'Don’t sweat it: Re-examining the somatic marker hypothesis using variants of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task' published in Decision;
25 January 2017 Consultation opens on refugee, asylum seeker, and migrant guidance - request for BPS members responses on draft guidance document;
25 January 2017 Undergraduate Research Assistantship Scheme now open - press release asking for applicants
25 January 2017 Are these uncertain times drawing us into a cycle of dogma and prejudice? (Malgorzata Kossowska) - press release for Research Digest article 'Many faces of dogmatism: Prejudice as a way of protecting certainty against value violators among dogmatic believers and atheists' published in the British Journal of Psychology
25 January 2017 The power of rituals: they calm nerves and boost performance (Alison Woods Brooks) - press release for Research Digest article 'Don’t Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing Anxiety' published in Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes;
27 January 2017 Early bird rates still available for BPS Annual Conference 2017 - press release
27 January 2017 A promising study suggests teachers can train 8-year-olds in Theory of Mind (Federico Bianco and Serena Lecce) - press release for Research Digest article 'Translating child development research into practice: Can teachers foster children’s theory of mind in primary school?' published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology;
30 January 2017 Researchers surprised to find abused children less suggestible (Henry Otgaar) - press release for Research Digest article 'Maltreatment increases spontaneous false memories but decreases suggestion-induced false memories in children' published in in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology
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