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Coping with threatened faith identities: Insights from social psychology
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018)
Identity is neither singular nor static. It is characterised by multiple elements – group memberships, personality traits, physical characteristics and so on – each of which will be appended meaning and importance in ...
HIV and gay men in the era of antiretroviral therapy
(The British Psychological Society, 2018)
In the UK, HIV disproportionately affects gay men. Even in the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), social stigma surrounding HIV has persisted, generating adverse consequences for both prevention and care. First, the ...
A "morning-after" pill for HIV? Social representations of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV in the British print media.
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-08-23)
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a biomedical approach to HIV prevention that is administered after a potential exposure to the virus. Although it was originally approved in the UK for occupational exposure to HIV among ...
ESOL: an opportunity for challenging homophobia
(National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA), 2015)
In this article, it is argued that the ESOL context provides an excellent opportunity for challenging homophobic social representations and for enabling some students to explore alternative representations regarding sexuality ...
Social Identity Theory
(SAGE, 2017-05-23)
Political psychology focuses upon a diverse range of contexts, including leadership, policy making, nationalism, racism, political extremism, war, genocide, voting, group mobilization, and many others. Given the centrality ...
Polarised press reporting about HIV prevention: Social representations of pre-exposure prophylaxis in the UK press
(Sage, 2016-05-22)
Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a novel biomedical HIV prevention option for individuals at high risk of HIV acquisition. Although pre-exposure prophylaxis has yielded encouraging results in various clinical trials, opponents ...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Trans Women: A Literature Review
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2018-12-28)
Trans women are a key, yet under-researched, population in the HIV epidemic. However, there remains a paucity of data on the health and wellbeing of trans women at risk of, or living with, HIV in the United Kingdom. This ...
HIV diagnosis and identity processes among men who have sex with men (MSM) in London, Athens and New York.
(British Psyhological Society, 2016)
Given the advent of highly effective antiretroviral therapy, HIV is now considered a manageable chronic condition. However, the social, psychological and indeed physical aspects of living with HIV can be challenging. In ...
Measuring patient satisfaction: Insights from social psychology
(British Psychological Society, 2017-07-01)
This article focuses on patient satisfaction, itself based on patient experience, as a means of tapping into patient quality of care. Current measures of patient satisfaction are inadequate. For instance, some do not ...
Islam and Homosexuality: Identity, Threat and Sexual Health among Muslim Gay
(2018)
Our identities are multifaceted. Throughout the life course, we will join and leave
many different social groups. Some group memberships are transient, such as being
a university student as one eventually graduates and ...
