| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/03/01/35/03 |
| Title | BPS Press Releases March 2017 |
| Date | 2017 |
| Description | British Psychological Society press releases and announcements
Awaiting Transfer [See BPS website www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy]
1 March 2017 NIBPS to co-host open public event on promoting wellbeing and mental health - press release for public lecture 'Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health: Illustrations from research across the lifespan' organised by the British Psychological Society Northern Ireland Branch (NIBPS) and The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). to be held in Dundalk on 22 March 2017
1 March 2017 The Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists - press release concerning The Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN), established by the British Psychological Society as a means of recognising those working in the field of Neuropsychology who have gone on to complete the Society’s Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN).
2 March 2017 High population density seems to shift us into a future-oriented mindset (Oliver Sng) - press release for Research Digest article about a paper 'The Crowded Life Is a Slow Life: Population Density and Life History Strategy' published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology;
3 March 2017 Circle time rituals help children beat the Marshmallow Test of self control (Veronica Rybanska) - press release for Research Digest article about a paper 'Rituals Improve Children’s Ability to Delay Gratification' published in Child Development;
7 March 2017 BPS meet with All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence - press release on meeting of Representatives from the British Psychological Society (BPS) and other psychotherapy organisations who met with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence at Westminster on 28 February. The organisations subsequently agreed to create professional guidance for their members when working with clients who are taking or withdrawing from psychiatric medications.
7 March 2017 Independent reviews of psychological tests - publication by the BPS Psychological Testing Centre of reviews of tests Emotional Processing Scale, Type dynamics and Strength Scope;
8 March 2017 BPS survey for UK universities on gender parity - press release of launch of BPS Research Board survey;
8 March 2017 Society welcomes help for women’s causes on International Women’s Day - press release with statement supporting women-focussed initiatives in the budget, and support for capiang for equitable investment in mental health and the NHS;
8 March 2017 Feeling authentic in a relationship comes from being able to be your best self, not your actual self (Muping Gan and Serena Chen) - press release for Research Digest article about a paper 'Being Your Actual or Ideal Self? What It Means to Feel Authentic in a Relationship ' published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin;
9 March 2017 BPS sponsored symposium to take place at BNA 2017 Festival of Neuroscience - press release on a BPS symposium ‘What is special about social?’ , to be held on 13 April 2017 during the 2017 Festival of Neuroscience;
10 March 2017 Five studies that help explain why social drinking is so rewarding (Michael Sayette) - press release for Research Digest article about a paper 'The effects of alcohol on emotion in social drinkers ' published in Behaviour Research and Therapy;
13 March 2017 Attractive people have shorter relationships and are more interested in alternative partners (Christine Ma-Kellams ) - press release for Research Digest article about a paper 'Attractiveness and relationship longevity: Beauty is not what it is cracked up to be' published in Personal Relationships;
15 March 2017 New study fails to find any psychological benefits of volunteering (Ashley Whillans) - press release for Research Digest article about a paper 'Does volunteering improve well-being?' published in Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology;
15 March 2017 New Savoy survey shows increasing mental health problems in NHS psychotherapists - press release and BPS response to survey by the New Savoy Partnerships [a coalition of organisations that came together in 2007 to persuade government to recognise the value of psychological therapies provided free on the NHS.];
16 March 2017 Young people lack confidence to seek support says BBC School Report survey - press release for a survey conducted with support and advice from Julia Faulconbridge BPS Child Lead for the Division of Clinical Psychology;
16 March 2017 Free Health Psychology workshops to be held in Oxford - announcement of Health Psychology workshops on LifeGuide software and the Person-Based Approach to be held at the University of Oxford on April 4 2017;
16 March 2017 The scientific evidence for microaggressions is weak and we should drop the term, argues review author (Scott Lilienfeld) - press release for Research Digest article about a paper 'Microaggressions Strong Claims, Inadequate Evidence' published in Perspectives on Psychological Science;
17 March 2017 Our response to a Health Select Committee report on suicide prevention - BPS statement;
17 March 2017 BPS publishes Declaration on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - press release for launch of statement;
20 March 2017 Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? (Evangelos Evangelou) - press release for Research Digest article about papers 'Does psychotherapy work? An umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials' and 'Therapy experience in naturalistic observational studies is associated with negative changes in personality' published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica;
21 March 2017 Our motivation to feel good trumps our desire to feel human(Marzena Cypryanska) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Reconsidering research on self-humanizing: The importance of mean comparative judgments' published in the The Journal of Social Psychology;
22 March 2017 People with higher working memory ability suffer more from brain freeze (Jason Sattizahn) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'A closer look at who chokes under pressure' published in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition;
22 March 2017 Spearman Medal winners - announcement of Dr Rachael Jack and Dr Claire Haworth as winners of the BPS Spearman medal;
23 March 2017 Workplace venting makes it harder to bounce back from bad experiences (Evangelia Demeroutia and Russell Cropanzano) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The buffering role of sportsmanship on the effects of daily negative events' published in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology;
23 March 2017 Guidance on historical child abuse to be launched at NIBPS annual conference - general release about Northern Ireland Branch conference 23-24 March 2017 at Ballymascanlon House Hotel in Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland. and launch of BPS 'Guidance on the Management of Disclosures of Non-Recent (Historic) Child Sexual Abuse' (May 2016)
25 March 2017 BPS Scottish Branch Undergraduate Conference 2017 held in Edinburgh - general release about the conference;
28 March 2017 BPS Public Engagement Grants announced - announcement of winners: Fruit and vegetable maths masters: a free mobile app which parents, teachers and childcare staff can use to promote exposure to fruits and vegetables and improve visual maths-based skills (Dr Claire Farrow); I’m a scientist, get me out of here: an online psychology event at imascientist.org.uk, targeting children aged 11-14 and 17-18. (Samuel Smith); Graffiti painting creative workshop: a project for older adults diagnosed with dementia (Shanti Shanker and Ben Hicks). [Education and Public Engagement Board grants for members to promote the relevance of evidence-based psychology to wider audiences, either through direct work or by organising special activities.]
28 March 2017 Society award for psychologist’s work in adoption - announcement of Joanna North for the 2017 Society's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in Practice.
28 March 2017 BPS funds paediatric pain seminars - BPS Research Board grant for seminar at the University of Bath and University of Stirling run by Abbie Jordan and Line Caes;
28 March 2017 Psychologists are working on a fraud-proof brain scan test of deviant sexual interest (Martina Wernicke) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Neural correlates of subliminally presented visual sexual stimuli' published in Consciousness and Cognition;
29 March 2017 BPS welcomes Health Select Committee report on child obesity - statement by the British Psychological Society
29 March 2017 Society award for contribution to adolescent cognitive neuroscience - announcement that Anne-Lise Goddings wins British Psychological Society’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology.
29 March 2017 A scientific measure of our visual imagination shows it is surprisingly limited (Rebecca Keogh and Joel Pearson) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'The perceptual and phenomenal capacity of mental imagery' published in Cognition;
30 March 2017 People who feel connected to nature are more prone to “electrosensitivity” (Zsuzsanna Dömötör ) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Nature relatedness is connected with modern health worries and electromagnetic hypersensitivity' published in the Journal of Health Psychology;
30 March 2017 Healthy eating and maths app awarded BPS grant - announcement that psychologists from Aston University have been awarded a public engagement grant to design an app aimed at boosting children’s consumption of vegetables as well as improving their maths skills.
30 March 2017 BPS welcomes findings of the Second Independent Review of PIP - statement by the British Psychological Society in response to the review of PIP Assessment that says to improve confidence in the system the DWP should evaluate and make publicly available further evidence on the consistency and effectiveness of PIP [Personal Independence Payments[].
31 March 2017 You’re in my space! How preferred interpersonal distance varies across the world (Agnieszka Sorokowska) - press release for Research Digest article about paper 'Preferred Interpersonal Distances A Global Comparison' in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
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| Term | Public Relations |
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