| Description | Press Releases and drafts of press releases from British Psychological Society London Conference held 17-18 December 1990 at City University includes:
List of delegates and speakers, attendees, notes on radio and tv coverage, correspondence including visit by government minister Stephen Dorrell, under-Secretary of State for Health.
Press releases, drafts, contacts, abstracts and summaries
General press release about the conference -
1. Police Schools Liaison: Does it Work? (Mike Hewstone) - contact and notes, release, draft, summary and abstract of paper 'The Social Psychology of Police-Schools Liaison';
2. Teenage Fruit Machine Addicts (Mark Griffiths) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and copy of paper 'Kicking the Habit: A Postal Study of Reformed Adolescent Fruit Machine Addicts';
3. Gender Roles Among Teenagers (Sharon Hall) - press release, contact and notes, abstract and summary of paper 'The Reproduction of Gender Inequalities in the Household';
4. Psychological Preparation for Surgery (Marie Johnston) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of paper 'What Benefits Can Psychological Preparation for Surgery Achieve';
5. Of Course I'm Right, Nurse! (Maeve Ennis) and Now Wash Your Hands (Peter Slade) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summaries of papers given at Health Psychology Section Symposium 'Health Professionals and Health Outcomes';
6. Computer Junkies: A Modern Myth (Margaret Shotton) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of paper 'The Ultimate Interaction: The Study of Computer Dependency';
7. Feeling from Disasters (Jonathan Sime) - press release, contact and coverage notes, biographical notes, abstract and summary of paper 'Group Affiliation and Flight Behaviour in a Crowd Disaster';
8. What's In a Face? (Ray Bull) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstracts of papers at symposium 'Abnormal Facial Appearance';
9. Homelessness Hastens The Spread of Aids (Hilary Klee) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of paper 'Homelessness Among Injecting Drug Users: Implications for the Spread of Aids';
10. Drug Users Need Help to Change Sexual Behaviour (Gerry Mulleady) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of paper 'Heterosexual Behaviour in a Large Cohort of Homosexually Active Men in England and Wales';
11. Helping Disaster Victims: How Do Professionals Cope?(Margaret Mitchell) -press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'Putting It To Rest: Individuals and Organisations Cope with Disaster';
12. Women: Her Sex, Her Self (Christine Dancey) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'The Psychology and Biology of Female Sexual Behaviour';
13. Hush, Your Baby's Listening (Peter Hepper) -press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of paper 'The Development of Fetal Responsiveness to External Auditory Stimulation';
14. Alcohol, Afternoon Sleepiness and Car Driving (Jim Horne) - press release, contact and coverage notes, charts from paper.
15. Alcohol Treatment Agencies Aim for Controlled Drinking (Harold Rosenberg) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of paper 'Controlled Drinking and Alcohol Treatment Practices in Scotland'; and 'Psst... The Really Useful Guide to Alcohol'; was it? by Paul Bennett';
16. Drinks Berate Bad Drivers - With Some Sympathy (Geoff Lowe) - press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of paper 'Drinkers' Attribution of Responsibility in Driving Accidents';
17. Social Psychologists Examine Northern Ireland Conflict (Gerald Finn) press release, contact and coverage notes, abstract and summary of symposium papers.
See also BPS/001/6/01/3/1/1 BPS London Conference programme and abstracts |