| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/03/01/35/02 |
| Title | BPS Press Releases February 2017 |
| Date | 2017 |
| Description | Awaiting Transfer [See BPS website www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy]
1 February 2017 US politicians differed from the public on each of the five main personality traits (Richard Hanania) - press release for Research Digest article 'The personalities of politicians: A big five survey of American legislators' published in Personality and Individual Differences;
1 February 2017 Participants who'd visited more countries cheated more (Jackson Lu) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The dark side of going abroad: How broad foreign experiences increase immoral behavior' published in the Journal of Personality and Social Cognition;
2 February 2017 Timely study looks at the social influences possibly shaping teenagers' prejudice towards immigrants (Marta Miklikowska) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Development of anti-immigrant attitudes in adolescence: The role of parents, peers, intergroup friendships, and empathy' published in the British Journal of Psychology;
3 February 2017 A fear of feeling guilty might be key to some forms of OCD (Gabriele Melli) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The role of guilt sensitivity in OCD symptom dimensions' published in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy;
5 February 2017 Psychology explains how to win an Oscar (Niklas K. Steffens) - press release for Research Digest article 'Genius begins at home: Shared social identity enhances the recognition of creative performance' published in the British Journal of Psychology;
6 February 2017 Research Board Lifetime Achievement Award open - press release
6 February 2017 The reasons why, once we start worrying, some of us just can't stop ( Graham Davey and Frances Meete) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The perseverative worry about: A review of cognitive, affective and motivational factors that contribute to worry perseveration' published in Biological Psychology;
7 February 2017 BPS President Comments After Last Night's Panorama - press statement to BBC One Panorama Programme 'Revealed: Britain's Mental Health Crisis';
7 February 2017 Longest ever personality study finds no correlation between measures taken at age 14 and age 77 (Matthew Harris) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Personality Stability From Age 14 to Age 77 Years' published in Psychology and Aging;
9 February 2017 Are you smarter than a chimpanzee? (Ben Ambridge) - press release for North West England branch event where Dr Ambridge will launch book 'Are you Smarter Than A Chimpanzee';
9 February 2017 We know what will make us happy, why do we watch TV instead? (L. Parker Schiffer and Tomi-Ann Roberts ) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The paradox of happiness: Why are we not doing what we know makes us happy?' published in the Journal of Positive Psychology;
9 February 2017 BPS extremely concerned over Government plans to stop transfer of unaccompanied minors to UK - BPS press statement by Jamie Hacker Hughes, Vice President of the BPS and convenor of the Society’s taskforce on Refugees and Migrants
10 February 2017 Free webinars to support productive, happy and healthy workplaces - press release concerning online occupational health training;
10 February 2017 Clinical psychologist receives Practitioner of the Year Award (Anne Cooke) - press release
10 February 2017 Two-year-olds seem to find helping others as rewarding as helping themselves (Robert Hepach) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The fulfilment of others’ needs elevates children’s body posture' published in Developmental Psychology;
10 February 2017 Polly Toynbee confirmed as BPS Annual Conference 2017 after dinner speaker - press release
13 February 2017 A psychological trick to turn people green: show how environmentalism will help their own goals (Kerrie Unsworth and Ilona McNeill) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Increasing pro-environmental behaviors by increasing self-concordance: Testing an intervention' about paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology;
14 February 2017 Videos from Psychology4Graduates 2016 now available to view - press release on uploading of event videos on YouTube;
14 February 2017 Where do women look when sizing each other up? (Amelia Cundall and Kun Guo ) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Women gaze behaviour in assessing female bodies: the effects of clothing, body size, own body composition and body satisfaction' published in Psychological Research;
15 February 2017 Feeling awe can sometimes be awful (Amie Gordon) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The dark side of the sublime: Distinguishing a threat-based variant of awe' published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology;
16 February 2017 Psychologists say the way we choose to share our good news is rather revealing (Cara Palmer) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'How do people share their positive events? Individual differences in capitalizing, bragging, and mass-sharing' published in the Journal of Individual Differences;
17 February 2017 Two weeks until All Ireland Psychology Undergraduate Careers Event - press release for careers fair in Dublin;
17 February 2017 American women seem to be becoming less stereotypically feminine and more dominant (Constance Jones) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Femininity and Dominance Across the Lifespan: Longitudinal Findings from Two Cohorts of Women' published in the Journal of Adult Development;
20 February 2017 BPS calls for the Government to suspend its benefits sanctions system - press release for joint statement by British Psychological Society, the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, the British Psychoanalytic Council, the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies and the UK Council for Psychotherapy in response to Government consultation 'Improving Lives';
27 February 2017 Society signs open letter calling for benefits sanctions to be suspended - press release concerning joint letter published in The Independent
20 February 2017 BPS President launches dementia report in Wales (Peter Kinderman) - press release for launch of British Psychological Society report 'Psychological dimensions of dementia: Putting the person at the centre of care';
20 February 2017 Psychologists contribute to new guide on medically unexplained symptoms - press release for launch of guide for commissioners of services for people with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) by the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCP-MH). [The JCPMH is a collaboration between 17 organisations, including the British Psychological Society].
20 February 2017 Concerning study says psychotherapy research has a problem with undeclared researcher bias (Klaus Lieb) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Conflicts of interest and spin in reviews of psychological therapies: a systematic review' published in BMJ Open;
21 February 2017 Textbook fail: Rosenhan's classic "On Being Sane In Insane Places" covered without criticism (Scott Lilienfeld) - press release for Research Digest article about paper Coverage of Rosenhan’s “On Being Sane in Insane Places” in Abnormal Psychology Textbooks' published in Teaching of Psychology;
22 February 2017 BPS welcomes new report on mental health problems during and after pregnancy - press release on BPS response to 'Women's Voices' report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists;
22 February 2017 Resist or avoid? Sad study suggests bullying victims are on their own either way - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Workplace mobbing: How the victim’s coping behavior influences bystander responses' published in the Journal of Social Psychology;
22 February 2017 Lifetime achievement awards for Narinder Kapur and Tom McMillan - press release for BPS PPB [Professional Practice Board] awards for applied psychology;
23 February 2017 Could the way we talk to children help them remember their science lessons? (Michelle Leichtman) press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Talking after school: Parents’ conversational styles and children’s memory for a science lesson' published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology;
23 February 2017 Taking a selfie could damage your self-esteem, unless you share it (Youngsoo Shin and Minji Kim and Chaerin Im and Sang Chul Chong) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Selfie and self: The effect of selfies on self-esteem and social sensitivity' published in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences;
23 February 2017 Registration opens for Tackling Bullying In Schools seminar - press release for series of BPS seminar held at Goldsmiths College, University of London;
23 February 2017 Special Issue of the British Journal of Developmental Psychology Available for Free - press release on special issue of journal focussing on religion, culture, and development to be free during 2017;
27 February 2017 BPS President condemns George Freeman's dismissal of people with mental health problems - press statement responding to arguments by George Freeman MP, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister on limiting disability benefits;
27 February 2017 It's all the cuddling - psychologists explore why people who have more sex are happier - press release for Research Digest article about papers 'More Than Just Sex' and 'Affection Mediates the Association Between Sexual Activity and Well-Being' published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin;
28 February 2017 There's a psychological case for paying female managers more than male managers, or giving them more holiday (Hilke Brockmann ) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Why Managerial Women are Less Happy Than Managerial Men' published in the Journal of Happiness Studies. |
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| Language | English |
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| AccessStatus | Open |
| Term | Public Relations |
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| BPS/GB/323 | Davey; Graham C L (1949-); Professor; FBPsS | 1949- |