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Society still tends to sideline girls, so a comedy concentrating on the lives of four young women during the Troubles remains groundbreaking TV.
When perfectionists compare themselves to others on social media, they report feelings of depression and insecurity.
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Psychological services for girls who have been abused and traumatised in their marriages would help alleviate and reduce distress.
This new production from State Theatre Company South Australia and Belvoir explores the messy and contradictory inner selves of pre-teen girls.
When and how teenage girls can consent to contraceptive implants.
There’s a psychological reason why it’s so hard to switch off from the Kardashians – they are master media manipulators.
Because teenage boys and girls behave differently online, girls are more at risk for cyberbullying, and intervention needs to take this into account.
Derry Girls is nostalgic but it’s also a truthful and funny representation of teenage girls growing up during The Troubles.
The UK has the highest rates of self-harm in Europe.
There has been something of a moral panic around sexting – but research suggests that it can create safe, empowering spaces for young people exploring their sexuality.
The Girls Make Your Move ads need to be supported by materials that increase girls’ beliefs in their ability and give them tools for planning to be more active.
Sex education in American classrooms tends to focus on physical acts, disease and pregnancy. It provides little support to teenage boys for their need for emotional intimacy.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Impact, Australian Catholic University
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Assistant Professor of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Reader in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Salford
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Head of Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Public Engagement Project, UMass Amherst
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University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Healthcare Law, Swansea University
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Lecturer in Interprofessional Studies, Swansea University
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PostDoc Research Fellow investigating teenage girls' social media practice., Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, York St John University
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Researcher in Personality and Social Psychology, University of Glasgow
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
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Psychologist, Stellenbosch University
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Visiting Researcher Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
