| Description | Press Releases and drafts of press releases from British Psychological Society London Conference held 15-16 December 1998 at the Institute of Education includes:
Abstracts, programme, delegate list.
Press releases, drafts, contacts, abstracts and summaries:
General press release about the conference
1. Computers in the Classroom: Girls Lose Out in the Boy Zone (Margaret Hardman) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Gender and the Mediational Role of Computers in Collaborate Classroom Tasks';
2. Broken Homes Affect Boys More Than Girls (Tony Cassidy) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Family Environment, Problem Solving and Psychological Distress in Older Children';
3. Risk Perception and Decision Making in high Risk Group (Lorraine Sherr) press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of papers read in symposium 'Health Risks: Implications for Prevention and Personal Choices'
4. Caught in the Web: A Study of Internet 'Addiction' and its effects (Helen Petrie) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Internet 'Addiction': The Effects of Sex, Age, Depression and Introversion';
5. Struggles With School Life: Listening to Chronically ill Children (Suzanne Wright) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Coping With Chronic Illness and Disability in School: What Support Do Young People Want?';
6. Grandparents Help Out in Family Life - But Should Not 'Interfere' (Jillian Tunaley) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Grandparents and the Family: Support versus Interference';
7. In the Mood for Cricket (Peter Totterdell) - -press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Cricket Focus: Relations Between Mood and Performance in Professional Cricketers';
8. The Voice of Fear (Judy Edworth) -press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'Reacting to Warnings';
9. Lesbians, Gay Man and Family Life (Adrian Coyle) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'Lesbian and Gay Perspectives on the Family' [press release mentions new section 'Lesbian and Gay Psychology - later Psychology of Sexualities';
10. Caring For Patients Is Important (Rani Elwy) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Communicating with Patients: The Role of Empathy, Attitudes and Clinical Experience';
11. Gulf War Syndrome Triggered by Smells of War (Eamon Ferguson) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Gulf War Syndrome: An Associative Mechanism Based on Interleukin-1';
12. Pheromones - An Evolutionary Trick (Karl Grammer) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of papers given at symposium 'Pheromones and Human Behaviour';
13. The Family: Whose Family? (Anne Woolett) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper given at Psychology of Women Section Seminar;
14. The Bails in Their Court: Evaluating Magistrates Bail Decisions - - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of papers given at 'Decision Making' symposium;
15. Worriers Even Worry About What Makes Them Happy (Graham Davey) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'some Causes of Catastrophic Worrying';
16. Students in Debt Have Poor Health (Ron Roberts) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Student Debt and Health - What are the Effects?';
17. Does Every Camera Tell The Whole Truth (Carl Senior) - press release, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'movies Versus Photographs';
18. Students with Unattractive Names Get Better Grades (Phil Erwin) - information sheet, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'Attractiveness of First Names and Academic Achievement'
19. The Effect of Body Image and Self Esteems on Women's Interpersonal Relationships - Information sheet, contact, abstract and summary of paper;
20. The Terms People Use to Describe Femaie Genitalia (Virginia Braun) - information sheet, contact sheet, abstract and summary of paper 'The Vernacular Vagina: Discourses, Bodies, and Meanings;
Copy extracts from The Psychologist on winners of the 1998 BPS Book Award (Adrian Wells and Gerald Matthews); 1998 BPS Award for Distinguished Contributions To The Teaching of Psychology (Edgar Stone) and the Spearman Medal (Francesca Happe) - together with abstract and summary of her paper 'Why Success Is More Interesting Than Failure: Understanding Assets and Deficits in Autism';
See also BPS/001/6/01/03/01/01 for Conference programme and abstracts.
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