Psychology

Barron, D., Morgan, K.D., Towell, A., Altemeyer, B. and Swami, V. 2014. Associations between schizotypy and belief in conspiracist ideation. Personality and Individual Differences. 70, pp. 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.040

Swami, V., Voracek, M., Stieger, S., Tran, U.S. and Furnham, A. 2014. Analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories. Cognition. 133 (3), pp. 572-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2014.08.006

Kavanagh, L. and Borrill, J. 2013. Exploring the experiences of ex-offender mentors. Probation Journal. 60 (4), pp. 400-414. https://doi.org/1177/0264550513502247

Tabiowo, E. and Forrester, G.S. 2013. Structured bimanual actions and hand transfers reveal population-level right-handedness in captive gorillas. Animal Behaviour. 86 (5), pp. 1049-1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.010

Swami, V., Malpass, F., Havard, D., Benford, K., Costescu, A., Sofitiki, A. and Taylor, D.A. 2013. Metalheads: the influence of personality and individual differences on preference for heavy metal. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 7 (4), pp. 377-383. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034493

Campana, A.N.N.B., Swami, V., Morgado, F.F.R., Campana, M.B., Morgado, J.J., Ferreira, L. and Tavares, M.D.C.G.C.F. 2013. The brief body avoidance and checking scale for physically active men: development and initial validation. International Journal of Sport Psychology. 44 (6), pp. 531-545. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP2013.44.531

Swami, V. and Tovee, M.J. 2013. Men’s oppressive beliefs predict their breast size preferences in women. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 42 (7), pp. 1199-1207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0081-5

Swami, V., Henry, A., Peacock, N., Roberts-Dunn, A. and Porter, A. 2013. “Mirror, mirror…” A preliminary investigation of skin tone dissatisfaction and its impact among British adults. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. 19 (4), pp. 468-476. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032904

Campana, A.N.N.B., Tavares, M.D.C.G.C.F., Swami, V. and da Silva, D. 2013. An examination of the psychometric properties of Brazilian Portuguese translations of the Drive for Muscularity Scale, the Swansea Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire, and the Masculine Body Ideal Distress Scale. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 14 (4), pp. 376-388. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030087

Taylor, D.A., Szpakowska, I. and Swami, V. 2013. Weight discrepancy and body appreciation among women in Poland and Britain. Body Image. 10 (4), pp. 628-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.008

Swami, V., Neofytou, R.V., Jablonska, J., Thirlwell, H., Taylor, D.A. and McCreary, D.R. 2013. Social dominance orientation predicts drive for muscularity among British men. Body Image. 10 (4), pp. 653-656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.007

Swami, V. 2013. Context matters: investigating the impact of contextual information on aesthetic appreciation of paintings by Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 7 (3), pp. 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030965

Stieger, S., Gumhalter, N., Tran, U.S., Voracek, M. and Swami, V. 2013. Girl in the cellar: a repeated cross-sectional investigation of belief in conspiracy theories about the kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch. Frontiers in Psychology. 4 297. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00297

Swami, V. and Voracek, M. 2013. Associations among men's sexist attitudes, objectification of women, and their own drive for muscularity. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 14 (2), pp. 168-174. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028437

Swami, V., Tran, U.S., Hoffmann Brooks, L., Kanaan, L., Luesse, E.M., Nader, I.W., Pietschnig, J., Stieger, S. and Voracek, M. 2013. Body image and personality: associations between the big five personality factors, actual-ideal weight discrepancy, and body appreciation. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 54 (2), pp. 146-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12014

Forrester, G.S., Quaresmini, C., Leavens, D.A., Mareschald, D. and Thomas, M.S.C. 2013. Human handedness: an inherited evolutionary trait. Behavioural Brain Research. 237, pp. 200-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.037

Mackenzie, J.-M., Borrill, J. and Dewart, H. 2013. Researching suicide, attempted suicide and near-lethal self-harm by offenders in community settings: Challenges for future research. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 12 (1), pp. 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2012.760184

Swami, V., Tovee, M.J. and Harris, A.S. 2013. An examination of ethnic differences in actual-ideal body weight discrepancy and its correlates in a sample of Malaysian women. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health. 6 (2), pp. 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2011.643315

Swami, V. and Tovee, M.J. 2013. Resource security impacts men’s female breast size preferences. PLoS ONE. 8 (3) e57623. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057623

Swami, V. and Szmigielska, E. 2013. Body image concerns in professional fashion models: are they really an at-risk group? Psychiatry Research. 207 (1-2), pp. 113-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.009

Swami, V., Pietschnig, J., Tran, U.S., Nader, I.W., Stieger, S. and Voracek, M. 2013. Lunar lies: the impact of informational framing and individual differences in shaping conspiracist beliefs about the moon landings. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 27 (1), pp. 71-80. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.2873

Swami, V., Pietschnig, J., Stewart, N., Nader, I.W., Stieger, S., Shannon, S. and Voracek, M. 2013. Blame it on patriarchy: greater sexist attitudes are associated with stronger consideration of cosmetic surgery for one’s self and partner. International Journal of Psychology. 48 (6), pp. 1221-1229. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2012.740566

Swami, V. and Monk, R. 2013. Weight bias against women in a university acceptance scenario. Journal of General Psychology. 140 (1), pp. 45-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2012.726288

Swami, V. and Hendrikse, S. 2013. Attitudes toward cosmetic surgery among ethnic minority groups in Britain: cultural mistrust, adherence to traditional cultural values, and ethnic identity salience as protective factors. International Journal of Psychology. 48 (3), pp. 300-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2011.645480

Swami, V. 2013. The influence of the hijab (Islamic head-cover) on interpersonal judgments of women: a replication and extension. in: Marich, J. (ed.) The psychology of women: diverse perspectives from the modern world Hauppauge, NY Nova Science Publishers. pp. 128-140

Ravalier, J., McVicar, A. and Munn-Giddings, C. 2013. The Management Standards Indicator Tool and evaluation of burnout. Occupational Medicine. 63 (2), pp. 145-147. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqs217

Forrester, G.S. and Quaresmini, C. 2013. The right hand man: manual laterality and language. in: Csermely, D. and Regolin, L. (ed.) Behavioural lateralization in vertebrates: two sides of a same coin Berlin Heidelberg Springer. pp. 125-141

Flynn, M. 2013. An exploration of pre-attentive visual discrimination using event-related potentials. PhD thesis University of Westminster School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages https://doi.org/10.34737/8yzqq

Edmunds, S., Hurst, L. and Harvey, K. 2013. Physical activity barriers in the workplace : an exploration of factors contributing to non-participation in a UK workplace physical activity intervention. International Journal of Workplace Health Management. 6 (3), pp. 227-240. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-11-2010-0040

Duecker, F., de Graaf, T.A., Jacobs, C. and Sack, A.T. 2013. Time- and task-dependent non-neural effects of real and sham TMS. PLoS ONE. 8 (9) e73813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073813

Coles, R. and Swami, V. 2013. Feminism and body image: a qualitative investigation. in: Sams, L.B. and Keels, J.A. (ed.) Handbook on body image: gender differences, sociocultural influences, and heath implications Hauppauge, NY Nova Science Publishers. pp. 317-336

Campana, A.N.N.B., Swami, V., Onodera, C.M.K., Tavares, M.D.C.G.C.F. and da Silva, D. 2013. An initial psychometric evaluation and exploratory cross-sectional study of the Body Checking Questionnaire among Brazilian women. PLoS ONE. 8 (9) e74649. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074649

Swami, V., Kannan, K. and Furnham, A. 2012. Positive body image: inter-ethnic and rural-urban differences among an indigenous sample from Malaysian Borneo. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 58 (6), pp. 568-576. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764011415208

Potts, R. and Shanks, D.R. 2012. Can testing immunize memories against interference? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition.. 38 (6), pp. 1780-1785. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028218

Forrester, G.S., Quaresmini, C., Leavens, D.A., Spiezio, C. and Vallortigara, G. 2012. Target animacy influences chimpanzee handedness. Animal Cognition. 15 (6), pp. 1121-1127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0536-4

Swami, V., Inamdar, S., Stieger, S., Nader, I.W., Pietschnig, J., Tran, U.S. and Voracek, M. 2012. A dark side of positive illusions? Associations between the love-is-blind bias and the experience of jealousy. Personality and Individual Differences. 53 (6), pp. 796-800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.004

Swami, V., Nader, I.W., Pietschnig, J., Stieger, S., Tran, U.S. and Voracek, M. 2012. Personality and individual difference correlates of attitudes toward human rights and civil liberties. Personality and Individual Differences. 53 (4), pp. 443-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.015

Swami, V., Mada, R. and Tovee, M.J. 2012. Weight discrepancy and body appreciation of Zimbabwean women in Zimbabwe and Britain. Body Image. 9 (4), pp. 559-562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.05.006

Swami, V. and Jaafar, J.L. 2012. Factor structure of the body appreciation scale among Indonesian women and men: further evidence of a two-factor solution in a non-Western population. Body Image. 9 (4), pp. 539-542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.06.002

Swami, V. 2012. Social psychological origins of conspiracy theories: the case of the Jewish conspiracy theory in Malaysia. Frontiers in Psychology. 3 280. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00280