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...psychology can tell us about teens’ susceptibility to food ads in digital media. ...[An illustration of an ipad with sweets and doughnuts on and a child'd hand pulling a sweet out of the screen. ] Smartphones and social media in the lives of young people are frequently discussed. One topic that gets less of an airing is teens’ exposure to extensive marketing and...

...psychology’, Psychology of sport and exercise, 13(6), pp. 820-829. McGannon, K. R. and Schinke, R. J. (2013) ‘“My first choice is to work out at work; then i don’t feel bad about my kids”: A discursive psychological analysis of motherhood and physical activity participation’, Psychology of sport and exercise, 14(2), pp. 179-188. Roster, C. A. (2007) ‘“Girl...

...psychological ill health. What larger people do experience is the daily stigma of being told their bodies are not aesthetically worthy, and that they take up too much space. Take the phenomenon of the ‘Headless Fatty’ as an example (Cooper, 2007). This is where photos are taken of people of size without their consent and presented only from the neck down which...

...psychological and social development through being exposed to different sporting cultures. [Emma Raducanu serving during a tennis match.] Though many tennis players engage in the sport from an early age, the professional rankings between 14 and 18 years do not reliably predict a player’s future ranking (Li et al., 2020). This is because performance in sport does not...

...psychology, experiences of mental health are also linked to social factors such as housing, employment, poverty or isolation. In addition, other aspects of people’s lives, including their relationships and social networks, their ability to maintain a home and broader living circumstances, as well as their need to access and use welfare and support services, will all...