Here’s what we found
- General (113)
- Events (0)
- News (36)
- Training (0)
- Psychmag (780)
- Publications (2)
- Journal (2947)
Didn't find what you are looking for? Tell the web team
Research Board
The power of open access in research publishing
Today's blog comes from Andy Tolmie, Chair of the BPS Research Board.
View resultStatement of Policy on Authorship and Publication Credit
This Statement of Policy has been produced by the Research Board to supplement the Code of Ethics and Conduct.
View resultEthics guidelines for internet-mediated research
This document presents guidance on how the code may be interpreted in the context of Internet-mediated research (IMR) and what special considerations may apply.
View resultData Protection Regulation: Guidance for Researchers
Describes the seven key principles of good data handling/processing and also provides more in-depth descriptions of the legal implications, requirements, and exemptions involved.
View resultNeuroethics and the BPS Research Ethics Code: updated discussion paper
This is an updated version of a discussion paper that was originally published by the BPS in 2007.
View resultMember Board
Practice Board
Education and Training Board
The truth about open data
The BPS is committed to supporting and facilitating open research and its underlying principles.
View resultOpen data position statement
The British Psychological Society is committed to supporting and facilitating open research and its underlying principles in the context of academia.
View resultGuidelines for psychologists working with animals
These guidelines will first provide an outline of the legal responsibilities of members of the Society whose research is governed by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
View resultBPS Practice Board award winners announced
04 April 2022
Every year our Practice Board awards recognise the outstanding personal achievements of those who have made significant contributions to psychological knowledge and practice.
- BPS updates
BPS welcomes its new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Board
18 January 2023
The BPS is pleased to introduce the members of its new EDI Strategic Board.
- BPS updates
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
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
Congratulations to the winners of our Practice Board’s Distinguished Contribution to Practice Award
07 June 2023
Dr Dan O’Hare, Professor Leam A. Craig and Dr Kokkwang Lim have been confirmed as the 2023 winners of one of our most prestigious awards.
- BPS updates
Congratulations to the winners of two major society awards
10 November 2023
The BPS Research Board has confirmed the 2023 winners of its Lifetime Achievement Award and Presidents’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge.
- BPS updates
BPS reaction to Research Excellence Framework 2021 results
13 May 2022
The society is pleased to see the results of REF2021 have confirmed the high profile of psychology research in the UK.
- BPS updates
New report explores aspects of rigour in psychology and arts practice research
12 April 2024
The report, produced by the BPS, UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) and Practice as Research Advisory Group UK (PRAG-UK) explores how different terms are understood and used among psychology researchers and arts practice researchers.
- Research
- Research Ethics
New Covid-19 research resources hub
04 December 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences for everyone, including the academic staff and students in psychology departments.
- BPS updates
BPS research explores experiences of Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority postgraduate psychology students and trainees
30 October 2023
The BPS is exploring barriers preventing Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority postgraduate psychology students and trainees from developing their careers.
- BPS updates
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
BPS response to article in the Daily Telegraph
26 April 2021
Professor Carol McGuinness, Interim Chair of the Board of Trustees, responds to an article in the Daily Telegraph.
- BPS updates
Proposal to form a new Environmental Psychology Section
05 June 2024
On 1 March 2024, the Board of Trustees considered a proposal under Rule 27(1) of the Society Rules to form a new section, the BPS Environmental Psychology Section.
- BPS updates
- Climate and environment
Psychological therapy innovator wins BPS President’s Award
08 September 2020
Professor Daniel Freeman, an innovator in the research and treatment of psychosis, is the 2020 recipient of the British Psychological Society’s President’s Award.
- Psychosis and schizophrenia
Boarding school syndrome
07 March 2016
Do we need more research into the 'Strategic Survival Personality'? A letter from Nick Duffell in the April edition.
- Children, young people and families
- Education
Non-human primates in research: humane treatment or human rights?
03 July 2015
We speak to Dr Helen Cassaday (University of Nottingham, and the British Psychological Society's Research Board portfolio holder for animal welfare).
- Animals
- Research Ethics
Research into the mental health of prisoners, digested
13 July 2018
Here we provide a digest of research into the mental health of prisoners.
- Legal, criminological and forensic
- Mental health
Developments in psychology’s Covid research
08 November 2021
Early in the pandemic, there was a rapid shift in the pace of research.
- Research
If your plane gets lost you’d better hope there’s an orienteer on board
29 August 2012
A new study reports that trainee air pilots, including those with considerable experience, fell prey to an elementary mistake in a basic navigation task.
- Cognition and perception
- Decision making
Clever study shows how two minds interact to create the spooky sense that an Ouija board is moving by itself
27 July 2018
Psychologists have proposed an explanation for why Ouija board users feel as though a spirit is moving the planchette (an ornate pointer) and spelling out messages.
- Cognition and perception
- Research
Finally some robust research into whether “diversity training” actually works
10 April 2019
Unfortunately it’s not very promising.
- Social and behavioural
- Work and occupational
Do autism researchers focus on things that autistic people want them to?
19 March 2024
New research from Scotland finds some disconnect between academic and autistic community research priorities.
- Autism
- Methods and statistics
- Neurodiversity
Working at a treadmill desk boosts your memory and concentration, researchers claim
24 March 2015
The researchers came to this conclusion after asking nine students to spend forty minutes reading text and emails on computer while walking at 2.25km/h at a treadmill desk.
- Cognition and perception
- Work and occupational
Plomin and Freeman honoured
05 October 2020
Ella Rhodes reports on British Psychological Society Research Board awards.
- BPS updates
- Periodicals
- Periodicals
Researching virtual communities and electronic support groups: Some practical and ethical considerations on the use of message boards
Series: Health Psychology Update Volume: 16 Issue: 3
Date of Publication: 01-01-2007
Author(s): Neil S. Coulson, Sumaira Malik, Phoenix Kit Han Mo
View Researching virtual communities and electronic support groups: Some practical and ethical considerations on the use of message boardsHow the Industrial Fatigue (later Health) Research Board Developed Psychology, 1919 – 1939
Series: History & Philosophy of Psychology Volume: 8 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-01-2006
Author(s): Frederic Stansfield
View How the Industrial Fatigue (later Health) Research Board Developed Psychology, 1919 – 1939Conducting research in clinical psychology practice: Barriers, facilitators, and recommendations
01-06-2017
- Kirsten V. Smith
- Graham R. Thew
A registered report survey of open research practices in psychology departments in the UK and Ireland
22-03-2024
- Priya Silverstein
- Charlotte R. Pennington
- Peter Branney
- Daryl B. O'Connor
- Emma Lawlor
- Emer O'Brien
- Dermot Lynott
‘Just keep taking them, keep hoping they’ll work’: A qualitative study of adhering to medications for multimorbidity
31-10-2021
- Louise Foley
- Lisa Hynes
- Andrew W. Murphy
- Gerard J. Molloy
Using the theory of planned behaviour to predict pre-service teachers' preferences for scientific sources
08-11-2023
- Bernadette Gold
- Eva Thomm
- Johannes Bauer
The religious conversion and race of a prisoner: Mock parole board members' decisions, perceptions, and emotions
26-09-2012
- Monica K. Miller
- Samuel C. Lindsey
- Jennifer A. Kaufman
Social psychological research on prejudice as collective action supporting emergent ingroup members
17-11-2018
- Mark A. Ferguson
- Nyla R. Branscombe
- Katherine J. Reynolds
Medication adherence for resistant hypertension: Assessing theoretical predictors of adherence using direct and indirect adherence measures
16-07-2018
- Hannah Durand
- Peter Hayes
- Brendan Harhen
- Ann Conneely
- David P. Finn
- Monica Casey
- Andrew W. Murphy
- Gerard J. Molloy
Exploring patient experiences of participating in digital cardiac rehabilitation: A qualitative study
18-09-2023
- Eanna Kenny
- Molly Byrne
- John W. McEvoy
- Susan Connolly
- Jenny McSharry
Boarding versus day-students: A mixed-methods analysis of sleep and its relationship with psychological distress
06-07-2023
- Alexander Reardon
- Kurt Lushington
- Andrew Junge
- Jonathan Crichton
- Alex Agostini
Exploring barriers and enablers to the delivery of Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural interventions in Ireland: A cross-sectional survey study
26-02-2023
- Oonagh Meade
- Maria O'Brien
- Chris Noone
- Agatha Lawless
- Jenny McSharry
- Helen Deely
- Jo Hart
- Catherine B. Hayes
- Chris Keyworth
- Kim Lavoie
- Orla McGowan
- Andrew W. Murphy
- Patrick J. Murphy
- Orlaith O'Reilly
- The Health Psychology Public Advisory Panel
- Molly Byrne
Beyond accessing information: Claiming to understand in child social welfare interviews
15-11-2018
- Clara Iversen
Happily retired! A consensual qualitative research to elaborate theory on resources' categorization, processes and caravans for successful retirement adjustment
24-01-2024
- Ariane Froidevaux
- Géraldine Curchod
- Saskia Degli‐Antoni
- Christian Maggiori
- Jérôme Rossier
The value of core outcome sets in health psychology
01-07-2020
- Karen Matvienko‐Sikar
- Caroline B. Terwee
- Elizabeth Gargon
- Declan Devane
- Patricia M. Kearney
- Molly Byrne
Distributed situation awareness in complex collaborative systems: A field study of bridge operations on platform supply vessels
04-03-2015
- Hilde Sandhåland
- Helle A. Oltedal
- Sigurd W. Hystad
- Jarle Eid
Ethical issues surrounding the study of nocebo effects: Recommendations for deceptive research
14-07-2018
- Rebecca K. Webster
- John Weinman
- G. James Rubin
Urgent issues and prospects at the intersection of culture, memory, and witness interviews: Exploring the challenges for research and practice
19-12-2021
- Lorraine Hope
- Nkansah Anakwah
- Jan Antfolk
- Sonja P. Brubacher
- Heather Flowe
- Fiona Gabbert
- Ellen Giebels
- Wangu Kanja
- Julia Korkman
- Akira Kyo
- Makiko Naka
- Henry Otgaar
- Martine B. Powell
- Hedayat Selim
- Jenny Skrifvars
- Isaac Kwasi Sorkpah
- Emmanuel A. Sowatey
- Linda C. Steele
- Laura Stevens
- Nathanael E. J. Sumampouw
- Paul J. Taylor
- Javier Trevino‐Rangel
- Tanja Veldhuizen
- Jianqin Wang
- Simon Wells
- Anonymous
Social interaction and gender as factors affecting the trajectories of children's engagement and hyperactive behaviour in preschool
17-10-2020
- Madeleine Sjöman
- Mats Granlund
- Anna Karin Axelsson
- Lena Almqvist
- Henrik Danielsson
Solution-focused group therapy for common mental health problems: Outcome assessment in routine clinical practice
09-11-2015
- María Carrera
- Andrés Cabero
- Sonia González
- Nuria Rodríguez
- Carlos García
- Lara Hernández
- Javier Manjón
Urgent issues and prospects at the intersection of culture, memory, and witness interviews: Exploring the challenges for research and practice
19-12-2021
- Lorraine Hope
- Nkansah Anakwah
- Jan Antfolk
- Sonja P. Brubacher
- Heather Flowe
- Fiona Gabbert
- Ellen Giebels
- Wangu Kanja
- Julia Korkman
- Akira Kyo
- Makiko Naka
- Henry Otgaar
- Martine B. Powell
- Hedayat Selim
- Jenny Skrifvars
- Isaac Kwasi Sorkpah
- Emmanuel A. Sowatey
- Linda C. Steele
- Laura Stevens
- Nathanael E. J. Sumampouw
- Paul J. Taylor
- Javier Trevino‐Rangel
- Tanja Veldhuizen
- Jianqin Wang
- Simon Wells
- Anonymous