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The social class myth of collectivism: A qualitative study of the impact of social class on families’ meal interaction behaviour
(2021-06-16)The class distinction in the Sierra Leonean society is the primary determinant of families access to a balanced diet as well as the level of social interaction at mealtimes. The income earned by families, their status in ... -
Social cognition : Mindreading and its alternatives
(Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2011) -
Social cognition and primacy of movement revisited
(2002)Recent work in psychology and philosophy has emphasized the important role of the motor system in relation to perception and in the origins and operations of social cognition. In a recent TICS review, Wolpert, Grahramani ... -
Social cognitive predictors of intention to test for vCJD in those affected by haemophilia and other clotting disorders
(2014-06-01)Individuals with bleeding disorders are at increased risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. This study explored social cognitive predictors of screening intentions. Ninety men and women with bleeding disorders, recruited ... -
Social Constraints on the Direct Perception of Emotions and Intentions
(2014-04-01)In this paper, we first review recent arguments about the direct perception of the intentions and emotions of others, emphasizing the role of embodied interaction. We then consider a possible objection to the direct ... -
The social construction of women's trade union participation : the role of women-only courses in MSF and TGWU
(2003)Women have struggled for more than a century for equality within trade unions and various forms of separate organising have played a central role in achieving incremental gendered transformation of internal structures ... -
The social context of tuberculosis treatment in urban risk groups in the United Kingdom : a qualitative interview study
(2015-03)OBJECTIVES: There is scant qualitative research into the experiences of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in urban risk groups with complex health and social needs in the UK. This study aimed to describe the social context of ... -
Social Darwinism in Anglophone Academic Journals: A Contribution to the History of the Term
(2004)This essay is a partial history of the term ‘Social Darwinism’. Using large electronic databases, it is shown that the use of the term in leading Anglophone academic journals was rare up to the 1940s. Citations of the term ... -
Social defeat and PTSD symptoms following trauma
(2013-11)Research indicates that constructs relevant to social rank predict a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including mental defeat, alienation, and shame. However, no studies have yet explored a social rank ... -
Social desirability and self-reported driving behaviours: Should we be worried?
(2010)There is widespread use of self-report measures of driving behaviour in the traffic psychology literature, despite the frequent criticism that such measures are subject to social desirability bias. However, no research has ... -
Social dreaming and creativity in South Africa : Imagi(ni)ng the unthought known
(Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018-09-01)In this chapter, we introduce social dreaming and image-making as a visual research method illuminating some of the more unconscious and latent psychic textures of the complexities of the South African psyche and the ... -
Social Dynamics of Knowledge Communication within Higher Education: the case of an Art-Science collaboration
(COPEC - Science and Education Research Council, 2011)At the University of Hertfordshire [UH] in UK we have hosted a series of research projects into the changing nature of the arts as it has been progressively academicized and incorporated into the university community. We ... -
Social ecological interventions to increase physical activity in children and young people living with and beyond cancer: a systematic review
(2020-05-29)Objective: To identify the behaviour change techniques and intervention components associated with the promotion of physical activity (PA) for children and young people living with and beyond cancer. Design and main outcome ... -
Social Exclusion, Education, and youth offending
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Social Factors and Recovery from Mental Health Difficulties : A Review of the Evidence
(2011)Although there is now increasing evidence as to the role played by social factors in contributing to the onset of mental health difficulties, there has been little systematic examination of the role that social factors can ... -
The Social History of Medical Self-Help in 20th-Century England: a Microhistory of a Rural Community
(2020-06-16)This thesis focuses on the health experiences of an Oxfordshire village 1900-1947 and the aim of the study is to obtain a holistic view of the health status and health strategies of one agricultural community. The period ... -
A Social Identity Understanding of Depression: Implications for Onset, Maintenance and Recovery
(2016-05-17)The literature on depression is dominated by theories which focus on individualistic variables, including biological differences, personality, and individual cognition. Whilst the importance of social variables for depression ... -
Social Impact of Food Biotechnology
(European Training and Assessment Foundation, 1998)