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Supporting families and children living in poverty and driving change in government policy and public opinion
Professor Greta Defeyter, Director of the Healthy Living Lab at Northumbria University details how they have been providing meals via holiday clubs to support vulnerable children.
View resultTackling health inequalities in the trans community
This LGBT+ History Month, mental health wellbeing practitioner Chaz Hill explains why trans people are still reluctant to seek help for their mental health despite being at much greater risk of long-term poor mental health, and believes greater numbers of trans health staff could help drive change.
View resultDepression in men: suffering in silence
A recent conversation about the suicide of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, prompted me to write this piece on depression in men.
View resultWhat does the Policy Unit do?
Please welcome back Dr Lisa Morrison Coulthard, Lead Policy Advisor for the British Psychological Society, with this piece about what exactly her work (and the work of her team) entails.
View resultShould I be anxious about AI?
This Mental Health Awareness Week we talk artificial awareness anxiety with two members of our Cyberpsychology Section.
View resultEquality, Diversity and Inclusion
Your society needs you
Over the last few years, I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside those BPS members who step forward and take on one of the roles that exist to make the society go round.
View resultProject aims to boost mental health and self-esteem of teenage boys
As International Men’s Day on Sunday seeks to throw the spotlight on making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys, we explore how one project aims to do that.
View resultMoving forwards, together
One clear challenge placed with me on my arrival at the BPS has been to invigorate the structural review.
View resultFashion as a vehicle for change
Professor Carolyn Mair provides some background and information in advance of her talk 'Fashion as a vehicle for change', which is being held in Bournemouth on Tuesday next week.
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Behaviour change is not enough to tackle climate change, we need to rethink our priorities, say psychologists
17 July 2021
Approaching climate change solely as a behavioural issue and telling people to make sacrifices will not drive effective change, say psychologists.
- Climate and environment
BPS signs joint statement on research and development investment
26 March 2024
The society has joined forces with a number of other organisations to call for the UK to be a leading country within the G7 in terms of investment into research and development.
- BPS updates
New BPS Division of Coaching Psychology announced
28 July 2021
We are pleased to welcome the re-designation of the Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) to a new Division of Coaching Psychology after society members voted overwhelming in favour of the resolution at this week’s Annual General Meeting.
- Coaching
BPS responds to NHS People Plan
30 July 2020
The BPS is pleased to see the NHS People Plan 2020-21 acknowledge the importance of psychology and psychological work.
- NHS
New guidelines on job planning for practitioner psychologists
24 November 2023
The BPS has produced new guidelines for practitioner psychologists working in the NHS and social care on navigating the job planning process.
- BPS updates
BPS mentoring service to launch in January
20 December 2022
Following a period of co-production with members, the new BPS mentoring service is set to launch with its first pilot scheme in January.
- BPS updates
BPS urges collective community responsibility to tackle Covid-19
02 November 2021
With Covid-19 cases increasing across the country, and growing pressure on the NHS heading into winter, the BPS is urging action in the community interest to keep everyone safe.
- NHS
New Professional Recognition Route (PRR) to chartership launched for Coaching Psychologists
24 October 2022
The new route will open up opportunities for Coaching Psychologists to achieve chartered status with the BPS.
- BPS updates
- Coaching
BPS announces chair of new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Board
23 June 2022
The BPS is pleased to announce Dr Adam Jowett as the chair of the new BPS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Board.
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
BPS responds to publication of Major Conditions Strategy initial report
15 August 2023
We are encouraged by some elements of the initial report, but delivery as opposed to strategy is key in order to improve health outcomes.
- Government and politics
- NHS
Wanting to make parents proud of exam results can increase anxiety and impact performance, finds new research
07 October 2022
Research into high-stake examinations has highlighted the importance of treating students as individuals to produce the most positive results.
- Education
New competence framework seeks to improve the care of mental health patients in hospitals
24 May 2022
A new competence framework, endorsed by the PBS, has been developed by psychologists in a bid to improve the care of mental health patients with complex needs in hospitals.
- Mental health
- NHS
Obsessive driving fanatics are prone to drive aggressively
17 February 2010
Here’s one for the boys at Top Gear to think about – apparently having an obsessive passion for driving can predispose people towards aggression behind the wheel.
- Social and behavioural
Drive safely with neuroergonomics
29 September 2012
Charles Spence on promoting safe driving through neuroscience-inspired design.
- BPS updates
- Neuropsychology
- Social and behavioural
When to give up driving?
26 September 2012
Pat McKenna gives a personal perspective from 20+ years of assessing fitness to drive.
- BPS updates
- Older people
- Social and behavioural
Driving video game reverses age-related mental decline
04 September 2013
Adults aged 60 to 85 who played a customised driving video game didn’t just get better at the game, they also improved on other tasks tapping memory and attention that decline with age.
- Cognition and perception
- Older people
- Digital and technology
‘Psychology can be the driving force to unite…’
07 February 2022
Ella Rhodes previews the British Psychological Society hosted European Congress of Psychology, to be held in Brighton next year.
- BPS updates
Teaching our children to drive the car of their behaviour
25 July 2022
An exclusive extract from ‘Developing Differently: A Guide for Parents of Young Children with Global Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, or Autism’, by Joshua Muggleton.
- Autism
- Developmental
Time to modernise our attitude towards driving?
22 June 2021
Dr Ilona Singer writes; with additional responses.
- Careers and professional development
- Clinical
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
Will the drive for post-pandemic ‘wellness’ make us sicker?
13 January 2022
The Midlands Psychology Group argue for a 'new and more sober kind of psychology, equipped to stand against the illusions of neoliberalism'.
- Health and wellbeing
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Spatial skills and driving ability: Is there a link?
Series: BPS Branch Awards Volume: 1 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-06-2023
Author(s): Georgia Tomlin
View Spatial skills and driving ability: Is there a link?The impact of a strengths-based approach on employee resilience, drive and innovation
Series: Assessment and Development Matters Volume: 14 Issue: 3
Date of Publication: 01-01-2022
Author(s): Amanda Potter, Monika Mark
View The impact of a strengths-based approach on employee resilience, drive and innovationUnderstanding what drives the coaching working alliance: A systematic literature review and meta-analytic examination
Series: International Coaching Psychology Review Volume: 15 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-01-2020
Author(s): Carolin Graßmann, Carsten C. Schermuly
View Understanding what drives the coaching working alliance: A systematic literature review and meta-analytic examinationDriving forward change for people with intellectual disabilities and the clinical psychologists working with them
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 277
Date of Publication: 01-01-2016
Author(s): Nigel Beail
View Driving forward change for people with intellectual disabilities and the clinical psychologists working with themSocial status: How our drive to dominate manifests itself in everyday life
Series: Psych-Talk Volume: 1 Issue: 73
Date of Publication: 01-09-2012
Author(s): Robert Blakey
View Social status: How our drive to dominate manifests itself in everyday lifeResearch: The relationship between Drive for Muscularity (DFM), Attention to Body Shape (ABS) and Waist-Chest Ratio (WCR) measurements in males
Series: Health Psychology Update Volume: 20 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-01-2011
Author(s): Emma Wardle
View Research: The relationship between Drive for Muscularity (DFM), Attention to Body Shape (ABS) and Waist-Chest Ratio (WCR) measurements in malesCognitive tests to predict referral for a driving assessment in people with dementia
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 110
Date of Publication: 01-04-2010
Author(s): Nadina B. Lincoln, Walter P. Bouman, Kathryrn A. Radford
View Cognitive tests to predict referral for a driving assessment in people with dementiaDrink driving: The effects of alcohol on cognitions and emotions
Series: Health Psychology Update Volume: 18 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-01-2009
Author(s): Rebecca Durrans, Rebecca Lawton
View Drink driving: The effects of alcohol on cognitions and emotionsService users’ experiences of driving with dementia
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 98
Date of Publication: 01-04-2007
Author(s):
View Service users’ experiences of driving with dementiaDementia and driving: The DVLA position
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 98
Date of Publication: 01-04-2007
Author(s): Heather Major
View Dementia and driving: The DVLA positionAttentional capture in driving displays
28-03-2016
- Mahé Arexis
- François Maquestiaux
- Nicholas Gaspelin
- Eric Ruthruff
- André Didierjean
Traffic Offences: Planned or Habitual? Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour and habit strength to explain frequency and magnitude of speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol
06-02-2015
- Florent Lheureux
- Laurent Auzoult
- Colette Charlois
- Sandrine Hardy‐Massard
- Jean‐Pierre Minary
Fitness to drive following cerebral pathology: The Rookwood Driving Battery as a tool for predicting on-road driving performance
24-12-2010
- Pat McKenna
- Vaughan Bell
Simulated driving: The added value of dynamic testing in the assessment of visuo-spatial neglect after stroke
16-10-2018
- Lauriane A. Spreij
- Antonia F. Ten Brink
- Johanna M. A. Visser‐Meily
- Tanja C. W. Nijboer
The Rookwood Driving Battery: Normative older adult performance
31-12-2010
- Janice. Rees
- Pat. McKenna
- Vaughan. Bell
- Emily. Skucek
- E. Nichols
- P. Fisher
High speed driving: Police use of lethal force during simulated incidents
16-12-2010
- Jo Barton
- Aldert Vrij
- Ray Bull
The influence of sensitivity to reward and punishment, propensity for sensation seeking, depression, and anxiety on the risky behaviour of novice drivers: A path model
07-09-2011
- Bridie Scott‐Parker
- Barry Watson
- Mark J. King
- Melissa K. Hyde
A comparison of reported levels and expression of anger in everyday and driving situations
24-12-2010
- Rebecca Lawton
- Amanda Nutter
Validation of a visual attention test as a predictor of driving accident involvement
01-06-1994
- Winfred Arthur
- Mark H. Strong
- John Williamson
Driving aggression in forensic and non-forensic populations: Relationships to self-reported levels of aggression, anger and impulsivity
24-12-2010
- Paul Smith
- Mitch Waterman
- Nic Ward
Curiosity-driven recommendation strategy for adaptive learning via deep reinforcement learning
21-02-2020
- Ruijian Han
- Kani Chen
- Chunxi Tan
The use of a cognitive battery to predict who will fail an on-road driving test
24-12-2010
- Pat McKenna
- Luke Jefferies
- Adrian Dobson
- Neil Frude
Using the theory of planned behaviour to predict observed driving behaviour
10-01-2011
- Mark A. Elliott
- Christopher J. Armitage
- Christopher J. Baughan
Mild social deviance, Type-A behaviour pattern and decision-making style as predictors of self-reported driving style and traffic accident risk
01-05-1993
- Robert West
- James Elander
- Davina French
Cognitive mediators of reactions to a minor life-event: The British driving test
01-02-1984
- J. Mark G. Williams
- Chris R. Brewin
Candidate characteristics driving initial impressions during rapport building: Implications for employment interview validity
15-06-2011
- Murray R. Barrick
- Susan L. Dustin
- Tamara L. Giluk
- Greg L. Stewart
- Jonathan A. Shaffer
- Brian W. Swider
Self-enhancement, crash-risk optimism and the impact of safety advertisements on young drivers
31-12-2010
- Niki Harré
- Susan Foster
- Maree O'Neill