Dr Kahryn Hughes, Associate Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, has recently confirmed a new publication called “F**k Ups in Social Research: What to do when Research Goes Wrong.” The book, a SAGE publication, will be edited by Dr Kahryn Hughes, Dr Grace Sykes, Dr Anna Tarrant and Prof. Jason Hughes. The proposed…Continue Reading Call for chapters – “F**k Ups in Social Research: What to do when Research Goes Wrong”
Month: June 2021
Has a child you care for been in an ambulance with a painful condition? – Call for Participants
Has a child you care for been in an ambulance with a painful condition? If so we would really like to hear from you. We are designing a research project that aims to improve pain management in children and young people treated by the ambulance service. We are looking for parents/carers of children, or children…Continue Reading Has a child you care for been in an ambulance with a painful condition? – Call for Participants
Exerted running results in altered impact mechanics and footstrike patterns following
Exertion may alter running mechanics and increase injury risk. Effects of exertion following gait-retraining are unknown. Objectives: To determine how exertion effects load rates, footstrike, and cadence in runners following a transition to forefoot strike (FFS) or increased cadence (CAD) gait-retraining. Methods: 33 (9 M, 24 F) healthy rearfoot strike runners were randomized into CAD or FFS…Continue Reading Exerted running results in altered impact mechanics and footstrike patterns following
3D visualisation of psychometric estimates for the ideal male body
Psychological concerns are frequently indexed by psychometric questionnaires but the mental representations that they seek to quantify are difficult to visualise. We used a set of questionnaires designed to measure men’s concept of their bodies including: the Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS; McCreary & Sasse, 2000), the Perceived Sociocultural Pressures Scale (PSPS; Stice, Nemeroff, & Shaw, 1996a),…Continue Reading 3D visualisation of psychometric estimates for the ideal male body
What colour should I wear? How clothing colour affects women’s judgement of other women’s body attractiveness and body size
Research has indicated that female body perception and associated body-viewing gaze behaviour in women viewers can be influenced by a variety of internal and external factors (e.g., own body satisfaction, clothing style, and viewing angle). Although the clothing colour affects women’s visual and aesthetic appearance rated by men or women wearer themselves, its impact on…Continue Reading What colour should I wear? How clothing colour affects women’s judgement of other women’s body attractiveness and body size
Rural gym spaces and masculine physical cultures in an ‘age of change’: Rurality, masculinity, inequalities and harm in ‘the gym
The gym is an increasing site for social research, with much work identifying the importance of understanding gender construction and performance in forming policy to address inequalities in gym access, and harms within gym-going cultures. This paper draws on findings from a multi-year ethnography in rural South-West England to address a gap in the existing…Continue Reading Rural gym spaces and masculine physical cultures in an ‘age of change’: Rurality, masculinity, inequalities and harm in ‘the gym
Voice, equality and education: the role of higher education in defining the political participation of young Europeans
Much attention has been paid by academics and policy-makers in recent decades to declining levels of voter turnout and engagement with traditional political and social institutions in established democracies. These trends are particularly marked amongst young people. Drawing on data from the European Social Survey, this article examines the role of higher education (HE) both…Continue Reading Voice, equality and education: the role of higher education in defining the political participation of young Europeans