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Psychological Considerations When Attending for Mammography Screening (2022)
Book Chapter
Pearson, A., & Weinberg, A. (2022). Psychological Considerations When Attending for Mammography Screening. In Digital Mammography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10898-3_12

The pandemic led to a pause in routine breast screening in the UK, with up to one million not being offered appointments (Breast Cancer Now, Almost one million women in UK miss vital breast screening due to COVID-19, 2022). However, according to a Nu... Read More about Psychological Considerations When Attending for Mammography Screening.

Psychology of Democracy (2022)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2022). Psychology of Democracy. In Psychology of Democracy Of the People, By the People, For the People (1 - 22). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.002

Democracy is under attack. Whether from those within its systems who seek to gain at the expense of others, or from without by rival forms of rule. Yet the crises we face as a species demand not only that we recognise the perils of a changing planet,... Read More about Psychology of Democracy.

Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective (2022)
Book Chapter
Coen, S., & Maloney Yorganci, K. (2022). Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective. In A. Weinberg (Ed.), Psychology of democracy : of the people, by the people, for the people (377-402). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.021

This chapter discusses how news contributes to informed citizenship by reviewing the different approaches adopted in the literature to understanding how individuals learn from the news. After reviewing the main theoretical and empirical perspectives... Read More about Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective.

The Mental Well-Being of Politicians (2022)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2022). The Mental Well-Being of Politicians. In Psychology of Democracy Of the People, By the People, For the People (146 - 170). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.009

The mental well-being of politicians is not a fashionable issue. However, the effective functioning and delivery of representative democracy rests heavily on the capacity for those elected to perform their job role and to do so effectively. Despite t... Read More about The Mental Well-Being of Politicians.

Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study (2022)
Book Chapter
Edge, C., Coffey, M., Cook, P., & Weinberg, A. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study. In L. Fitzgerald (Ed.), Women entrepreneurs and employment : past, present and future perspectives. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Aim: To explore employee experiences of nearing or working beyond state pensionable age, and the factors enabling and inhibit them to work for longer. Specifically, the study explored the health, social, workplace and financial barriers and facilitat... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study.

A psychology of Brexit (2020)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2020). A psychology of Brexit. In A. Weinberg, A. Antoniou, & C. Cooper (Eds.), Brexit in the workplace : a psychology of survival? (1-16). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977012.00007

This book is for winners and losers – past, present and future. Brexit is not just
a decision to be rejoiced, regretted or recriminated, but about the adjustments
to working lives which it demands. It is about – and not in any particular order
– p... Read More about A psychology of Brexit.

A psychology of survival? (2020)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2020). A psychology of survival?. In A. Weinberg, A. Antoniou, & C. Cooper (Eds.), Brexit in the workplace : a psychology of survival? (142-157). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977012.00015

The climax and implications of Brexit are profiled in this chapter, taking account of the high stakes politics that held centre stage for so long. Uncertainty and risk are key themes in this national story of political psychology as Boris Johnson bec... Read More about A psychology of survival?.

When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom. In G. Fink (Ed.), Stress : concepts, cognition, emotion, and behavior (195-201). Academic Press/Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800951-2.00023-6

Boredom as a state and understimulation as a stressor are examined in the context of working, with consideration also given to the potential role played by these factors in evolutionary terms. It is suggested that the waste of mental capital engender... Read More about When the work is not enough : the sinister stress of boredom.

Politics, personality and surviving the workplace (2016)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2016). Politics, personality and surviving the workplace. In A. Antoniou, & C. Cooper (Eds.), Coping, personality and the workplace (39-50). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574240-5

How an individual responds to crises and critical incidents at work, both immediately and subsequent to the event, is heavily influenced both by personality characteristics and their use of coping strategies. These can, in turn, be affected by levels... Read More about Politics, personality and surviving the workplace.

Psychological considerations in attending for mammography screening (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, A., & Weinberg, A. (2015). Psychological considerations in attending for mammography screening. In Digital Mammography (83-88). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_10

The UK NHS Breast Screening Programme has set a national minimum rate for uptake of routine invitations at 70 % [1]. In 2012–2013, 2.32 million women aged 50–70 were invited to attend for a routine mammogram, 72.2 % of whom complied. This represented... Read More about Psychological considerations in attending for mammography screening.

Should the job of national politician carry a government health warning? (2011)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2011). Should the job of national politician carry a government health warning?. In A. Weinberg (Ed.), The Psychology of Politicians (123-142). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026482.010

Psychological health remains a fascinating area for research, not least because it integrates so many expressions of the natural human state: emotions, thoughts, actions and well-being. On the side of the equation which is ill-health, these states ar... Read More about Should the job of national politician carry a government health warning?.

The psychology of politicians (2011)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2011). The psychology of politicians. In A. Weinberg (Ed.), The Psychology of Politicians (1-18). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026482.001

Politics is living history. It is about people and their ideas, desires, needs and their striving to debate, negotiate, protest, fight and even die in pursuit of their goals over thousands of years. Political activity has evolved to take place within... Read More about The psychology of politicians.

The relationship between the psychological contract and emotional labour at work and the implications for psychological well-being and organizational functioning (2009)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2009). The relationship between the psychological contract and emotional labour at work and the implications for psychological well-being and organizational functioning. In A. Antoniou, C. Cooper, G. Chrousos, C. Spielberger, & M. Eysenck (Eds.), Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health (397-412). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781848447219.00039

There are many considerations which cross our minds when we look ahead to the day at work; these can range from high levels of satisfaction and fulfilment right through to misery and desperation, depending on our situation both inside and outside of w... Read More about The relationship between the psychological contract and emotional labour at work and the implications for psychological well-being and organizational functioning.