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The Impact of the ‘FRIENDS for Life’ Emotional Resiliency Programme on Anxiety and School Adjustment – A Controlled Evaluation
What are friends for? The Perceptions of Young People in Care about Peer Relationships
May you live until 120
It is a tradition when I was brought up to wish family and friends a long life - how long is long? "May you live to be 120" they would say.
View resultParenting young babies whilst self isolating and social distancing
Following recently announced restrictions for mothers due to give birth, Dr Abigail Wright offers some advice for parents and carers dealing with new babies and young children.
View resultManaging the holiday season during the cost-of-living crisis
As the holiday season approaches, it can bring feelings of joy, excitement, and happiness, but also stress, worry and often sadness against the backdrop of the cost of living crisis. The BPS’s Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) has offered its advice for parents on how to manage the holiday season and their children’s expectations.
View result“If you’re not yourself, who are you going to be?” An Exploration of Gender and Sexuality Diverse Pupils Experiences of Visibility Management in School
Six revision tips for exam success
Chartered Psychologist and senior lecturer in psychology Dr Pete Olusoga shares tips for avoiding burnout, handling stress and approaching self-care during your exam period.
View resultFinding motivation when times are tough - advice for students
Student Ambassador Meg Castro shares her advice for maintaining motivation during difficult times, and how to navigate the peaks and troughs of student life.
View resultStarting your DClinPsy training? Here’s five tips to help you get started
It’s that time of year where, if you’re a clinical psychology trainee, you’ll be embarking on the next step on your journey – starting your DClinPsy training.
View resultBouncing back from failure: Some lessons from sport psychology
On A Levels results day, we caught up with sport psychologist Professor Pete Coffee for some tips on how to respond positively when results might not go our way…
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ConferencePsychology of Women and Equalities SectionPsychology of Women and Equalities Section Annual Conference 2025
23 Jun 2025 - 24 Jun 2025
Join the 2025 POWES conference for feminist scholarship in a friendly setting. Open to all interested in gender, sexuality & equality research at any career stage.
- Children, young people and families
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Health and wellbeing
- LGBTQ+
- Race, ethnicity and culture
- Research
- Sex and gender
- Violence and trauma
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BPS research highlights concerns over spending the festive season alone
07 March 2022
New research from The British Psychological Society (BPS) has found that 41% of people surveyed are worried that a family member, friend or loved one will be lonely this Christmas.
- Health and wellbeing
Experiences, quality time and managing expectations: psychologists offer advice on navigating holiday season with children during the cost of living crisis
15 December 2022
The BPS's Division of Educational and Child Psychology offers its expert advice to manage children’s expectations this festive season, and how to focus on the smaller things that can mean a lot.
- Children, young people and families
Reach out to those you are concerned about this Loneliness Awareness Week, says BPS
12 June 2024
The BPS gives its top tips on how to help others this Loneliness Awareness Week
- Government and politics
- Health and wellbeing
- Mental health
BPS supports #SummerofPlay campaign
04 August 2021
The BPS is delighted to support the #SummerOfPlay campaign which aims to give children the space, time, and freedom to play this summer.
- Children, young people and families
Psychologist gives his top tips to A-Level students for results day
07 August 2024
BPS chartered member Dr Patrick Rosenkranz, gives his expert advice to help students navigate A-Level results day.
- Children, young people and families
- Education
- Teaching and learning
BPS responds to UK Covid-19 deaths exceeding 100,000
27 January 2021
More than 100,000 people have now died from Covid-19 in the UK - a devastating milestone in this pandemic.
- Health and wellbeing
Psychologists warn of ‘forgotten’ children learning at home due to the continuing concrete crisis
06 November 2023
The BPS urges a swift return to face-to-face lessons for those affected by RAAC, and encouragement for those who are still studying remotely.
- Education
- Government and politics
Managing results day anxiety and stress, top tips from psychologists
18 August 2022
Ahead of A Level and GCSE results day, expert psychologists from the British Psychological Society have given their top tips on managing results day stress and anxiety for teenagers and parents.
- BPS updates
Children share experiences of lockdown and offer their tips for coping
03 September 2020
In a new video from the BPS, children reflect on their experiences of lockdown, including shielding, and the impact it’s had on their lives.
- Children, young people and families
- Education
The psychology behind hand cleaning - people need help if hand hygiene is to reduce the spread of Covid-19
07 August 2020
The BPS has produced guidance for the public on how to make hand cleaning a habit, and an effective behavioural approach to effectively reduce Covid-19 cases.
- Health
Government should tackle loneliness or risks national health epidemic, warn psychologists
10 December 2024
Ahead of the festive period, the BPS is calling on the government for urgent intervention to ensure those most in need get the support they require.
- Mental health
- Older people
How to speak to children about trauma and tragedy, Psychologists offer expert advice
01 August 2024
Following the tragic events in Southport, expert psychologists from the BPS give their advice for parents on how to support their children through distressing events.
- Children, young people and families
- Health and wellbeing
The importance of friends
27 July 2021
'Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships' by Robin Dunbar (Little Brown), reviewed by Talia Drew.
- Relationships and romance
- Social and behavioural
Just good friends? Attraction to opposite-sex friends is common and burdensome
16 July 2012
“Every platonic friend I got is some woman I was trying to ****, I made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in the friend zone. ‘Oh no, I’m in the friend zone!'” Chris Rock.
- Relationships and romance
- Sex and gender
- Social and behavioural
The psychology of friends
27 July 2021
We trawled our archive for insights into why friendship matters and how we can connect safely during the pandemic.
- Children, young people and families
- Covid
- Relationships and romance
Books as friends
30 September 2021
Keith Oatley wonders whether Marcel Proust might stand alongside William James as a psychologist, and how fiction may be important for us.
- Emotion
- History and philosophy
The reasons we stay friends with an ex
08 June 2017
Justin Mogilski and Lisa Welling asked a group of 348 volunteers to think of as many reasons as possible for why two former partners might want to remain friends.
- Relationships and romance
- Sex and gender
- Social and behavioural
Siblings - friends or foes?
10 June 2009
Alison Pike, Tina Kretschmer and Judith F. Dunn on what the research says about achieving a harmonious household.
- Children, young people and families
We're surprisingly reluctant to reach out to old friends
21 May 2024
New study explores the dynamics of making contact with a long-lost friend, and the factors that keep us distant.
- Community
- Social and behavioural
Kids with invisible friends have superior narrative skills
07 August 2009
Gabriel Trionfi and Elaine Reese have presented some preliminary evidence that having an imaginary friend could even be beneficial, tending to go hand in hand with superior narrative skills.
- Cognition and perception
- Developmental
Varied friends are the spice of life
10 June 2024
New work ties diversity and belonging to social cohesion and wellbeing.
- Community
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Health and wellbeing
- Race, ethnicity and culture
We prefer to experience good - and bad - events on the same day as a friend
16 February 2021
We prefer to experience both negative and positive events on the same day as a friend - as long as those events aren’t powerfully emotional.
- Social and behavioural
Struggling to stick to a workout routine? Copying your friends might help
11 June 2020
Keeping to goals or new habits is not easy, but copying the strategies that our friends use may provide us with some much needed drive.
- Social and behavioural
- Sport and Exercise
Your childhood best friend’s intelligence probably rubbed off on you
13 February 2018
Picture yourself aged 11: who was your best friend and how smart were they? The answer may have shaped your life more than you think.
- Developmental
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When words matter: Building on the DEEP guidance for Dementia-friendly documents
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 165
Date of Publication: 01-02-2024
Author(s): Heather Eason, Mark Judd, Rebecca Judd, Sally Stapleton
View When words matter: Building on the DEEP guidance for Dementia-friendly documentsPathways into psychology careers event: A reflective account
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 361
Date of Publication: 01-01-2023
Author(s): Emily Friend, Halpana Shritharan, Danielle Robinson
View Pathways into psychology careers event: A reflective accountFriends with benefits: Or how all my work colleagues have enriched my thinking
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 156
Date of Publication: 01-10-2021
Author(s): Jane Simpson
View Friends with benefits: Or how all my work colleagues have enriched my thinkingAge-friendly culture in Greater Manchester
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 152
Date of Publication: 01-10-2020
Author(s): Wendy Gallagher, Emma Horridge, Andrea Winn
View Age-friendly culture in Greater ManchesterMaking Friends: How the friendly group supports children and young people on the autism spectrum
Series: DECP Debate Volume: 1 Issue: 175
Date of Publication: 01-08-2020
Author(s): Clare Otter
View Making Friends: How the friendly group supports children and young people on the autism spectrumFamilies, carers and friends support group in a forensic inpatient mental health service: A new format of carer support
Series: Forensic Update Volume: 1 Issue: 132
Date of Publication: 01-12-2019
Author(s): Arsuffi Lara, Chemerynska Nataliya
View Families, carers and friends support group in a forensic inpatient mental health service: A new format of carer supportReading Friends
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 141
Date of Publication: 01-01-2018
Author(s): Debbie Hicks, Cath Burley
View Reading FriendsDementia-friendly communities: Creating collective stories of hope
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 141
Date of Publication: 01-01-2018
Author(s): Sue Northrop
View Dementia-friendly communities: Creating collective stories of hopeDiscussion paper: Do we get by with a little help from our friends? Social drinking and risk-taking behaviour
Series: PsyPag Quarterly Volume: 1 Issue: 102
Date of Publication: 01-03-2017
Author(s): Marianne Erskine-Shaw
View Discussion paper: Do we get by with a little help from our friends? Social drinking and risk-taking behaviourWorking together: Psychology and dementia friendly communities
Series: FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People Volume: 1 Issue: 137
Date of Publication: 01-01-2017
Author(s): Sue Northrop
View Working together: Psychology and dementia friendly communitiesCountry roads, take me home… to my friends: How intelligence, population density, and friendship affect modern happiness
04-02-2016
- Norman P. Li
- Satoshi Kanazawa
A distant mirror: Memories of parents and friends across childhood and adolescence
24-12-2010
- Carole. Peterson
- Alice. Bonechi
- Andrea. Smorti
- Franca. Tani
Interdependence of depressive symptoms, school involvement, and academic performance between adolescent friends: A dyadic analysis
10-04-2015
- Chong Man Chow
- Cin Cin Tan
- Duane Buhrmester
When friends behave badly: Loneliness and children's expectations of friends and responses to transgressions
23-07-2019
- Rebecca A. Nowland
- Dawn Balmer
- Pamela Qualter
When intergroup contact correlates with gender-prejudice beliefs of emerging adults
22-09-2023
- Joyce J. Endendijk
No smoke without fire: The impact of future friends on adolescent smoking behaviour
12-01-2011
- L. Mercken
- M. Candel
- L. van Osch
- H. de Vries
Show me your friends, I'll tell you your emotions: Emotional fit of immigrant-origin minority youth in cross-cultural friendship networks
21-03-2023
- Alba Jasini
- Jozefien De Leersnyder
- Matteo Gagliolo
- Judit Kende
- Karen Phalet
- Batja Mesquita
Centrality in children's best friend networks: The role of social behaviour
21-10-2013
- Lucy R. Betts
- James Stiller
The transmission of attitudes towards food: Twofold specificity of similarities with parents and friends
06-07-2011
- Margherita Guidetti
- Mark Conner
- Andrew Prestwich
- Nicoletta Cavazza
‘And the best essay is…’: Extended contact and cross-group friendships at school
15-04-2015
- Loris Vezzali
- Sofia Stathi
- Dino Giovannini
- Dora Capozza
- Emilio Paolo Visintin
Low relational mobility leads to greater motivation to understand enemies but not friends and acquaintances
31-08-2017
- Liman Man Wai Li
- Takahiko Masuda
- Hajin Lee
Examining the psychological well-being of refugee children and the role of friendship and bullying
06-05-2019
- Muthanna Samara
- Aiman El Asam
- Ameerah Khadaroo
- Sara Hammuda
Friend influence and susceptibility to influence on emotions towards math: The role of adolescent temperament
29-07-2024
- Noona Kiuru
- Dawn DeLay
- Katja Tervahartiala
- Juho Polet
- Riikka Hirvonen
Dynamic friendship processes related to learning interest: Moderating by class-level social–emotional competency
27-02-2025
- Kexin Qin
- Yimei Zhang
- Tianshu Zhang
- Yehui Wang
Among friends? An examination of friendship and the self-serving bias
16-12-2010
- W. Keith Campbell
- Constantine Sedikides
- Glenn D. Reeder
- Andrew J. Elliot
Sex differences in the structure and stability of children's playground social networks and their overlap with friendship relations
23-12-2010
- Ed Baines
- Peter Blatchford
Sex differences in reactions to outperforming same-sex friends
23-12-2010
- Joyce F. Benenson
- Joy Schinazi
The role of academic performance, prosocial behaviour and friendships on adolescents' preferred studying partners: A longitudinal social network analysis
21-03-2024
- Diego Palacios
- Christian Berger
- Bernardette Paula Luengo Kanacri
- Mark Huisman
- René Veenstra
Stable same-sex friendships with higher achieving partners promote mathematical reasoning in lower achieving primary school children
24-09-2015
- Dawn DeLay
- Brett Laursen
- Noona Kiuru
- Anna‐Maija Poikkeus
- Kaisa Aunola
- Jari‐Erik Nurmi