The Psychologist, April 2024
'What we do is a way to give back to the community that took me in.' Spotlight on Swansea, through a series of interviews…
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'What we do is a way to give back to the community that took me in.' Spotlight on Swansea, through a series of interviews…
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Editorial, April 2024
From the Editor, Dr Jon Sutton.
‘Wales is trailblazing in this area’
The Senedd committee’s inquiry explored the ways a public health approach to tackling gender-based violence was being applied in Wales, with a particular focus on primary and secondary prevention.
‘So much of my work has come out of a clinical issue for a particular person’
Dr Karen Dodd, the 2024 British Psychological Society’s Practice Board Lifetime Achievement in Psychology Award winner, on her career.
‘Good quality play looks like freedom, autonomy, and flow’
Chartered Psychologist Dr Jennifer Wills Lamacq, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, recently gave evidence at a Levelling Up Housing and Communities Committee (LUHCC) hearing.
‘I’d like to see Psychobiology embedded more into psychological research’
Ella Rhodes spoke to Dr Kyla Pennington (University of Lincoln) about her work as Chair of the BPS Psychobiology Section.
The good, bad and ugly of sport and exercise psychology
Lloyd Emeka (PhD Student, St Mary’s University) with a review of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Sport and Exercise Annual Conference.
‘There's a shift in wanting to do sport differently’
Lloyd Emeka hears from former Olympic rower and author Cath Bishop at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
‘A re-envisioning of Psychology itself’
Emma Young digests some recent research on natural and complex social interactions.
‘Humourbragging’ helps candidates rise to the top
Gently joking about your achievements could boost your job hunt, suggests new research.
Pattern of thinning may predict dementia risk a decade before symptoms
New work from the University of Texas finds pattern of cortical thinning which could enable Alzheimer’s risk stratification through MRI.
Lonely, but not always alone
Research from the US takes a look at the links between time spent alone and loneliness, finding high levels of loneliness in those that spend over 75% of their time with others.
To P or not to P?
Marcus Munafò, our new Associate Editor for Research, on credibility in how psychologists report results.
‘What psychological endeavour is greater than a habitable planet?’
Increasing our connection with nature plays a central role in reversing the decline of biodiversity. Professor Miles Richardson highlights the role psychologists can play in bringing us all closer to nature.
Spotlight on Swansea
Editor Jon Sutton introduces a set of interviews and the concept of specials of The Psychologist at least partly grounded in place…
‘What we do is a way to give back to the community that took me in’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Kate Williams at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
‘Within evolutionary psychology, you get a more mixed bag of political orientations’
Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Dr Andrew Thomas at Swansea University.
‘The communities have got to trust you’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Dr Ceri Phelps at the University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids.
‘The world is starting to realise we were the missing link’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Professor Ian Walker, Head of the School of Psychology, Medicine, Health and Life Science at the University of Swansea.
‘Behaviourism is deeply misunderstood, misrepresented’
Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Professor Simon Dymond at the University of Swansea.
‘We have to acknowledge the food system as a whole’
Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Dr Laura Wilkinson at Swansea University.
‘To be able to have input into government is a real power’
Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Dr Paul Hutchings, Head of School at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
‘There is an optimism in educational psychology’
Ian Florance interviews John Hepburn, educational psychologist and company director. EdPsychs, the company he founded in 2009, exemplifies changes in the role of educational psychologists over the last decades.
‘We have seen this background hum of menace become louder’
Vincent Deary explains to Dara Mojtahedi how the physical and mental load of trying to survive in such difficult times can underpin the breakdown of our health and wellbeing…
Struggling to Breathe – The diary of a Psychiatric In-patient
Written by Niamh Brownlee (Beyond The Pale Books, Belfast), and reviewed by Jill Poots.
Ten books that shaped how I see our weird world
Christopher C. French is the author of 'The Science of Weird Shit: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal', out in March; plus an extract.
Walking in the shoes of psychosis
Sally Marlow on a film which hands direction to people with psychosis.
Arts-based project reveals the untold stories of Pavlov’s dogs
Matthew Adams on the exhibition, 'Pavlov and the Kingdom of Dogs: A Secret History' at 35 North Gallery, Brighton.
Knife crime: Insights, challenges and a call to action
Kevin Browne, Sandra Jareno-Ripoll and Elizabeth Paddock write.
The collapse of leaders
Dr Kate Thompson writes in.
Why we should be more Klopp
Anthony Montgomery, Professor of Occupational and Organizational Psychology at the University of Northumbria Newcastle, on the Liverpool FC manager's announced departure.
We asked… What’s your favourite untold story from the history of Psychology?
... and you responded.
‘I wanted to support children to feel safe’
Sarah McEwen reflects on how working with adopting families involves a deep understanding of attachment and developmental trauma…
From the consultation room to the changing room
Jack Griffiths, an Assistant Psychologist in the NHS, with his reflections of a Psychologist-turned-football-coach.
Dr W. E. C. Gillham 1936-2023
A tribute from Jim Boyle (Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde) and Keith Topping (Emeritus Professor, University of Dundee).
Hellmut Karle 1932-2023
A personal tribute from Carla Stevens.
Phillip Williams 1926-2024
A tribute from Peter Barnes.
From the archive: How working memory works
By Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, Robert Logie.