https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33263 2026-08-22T02:31:26Z 2026-08-22T02:31:26Z Nascimento, Bruna Shishane, Kwanele Adair, Lora Ferenczi, Nelli Cao, Xiancai Ackah, Maame Ama Akwama May, Matthew https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33714 2026-08-18T02:01:16Z 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

Title: Attachment, Mate-Retention Strategies, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimisation: A Two-Wave Study in Brazil and the United Kingdom Authors: Nascimento, Bruna; Shishane, Kwanele; Adair, Lora; Ferenczi, Nelli; Cao, Xiancai; Ackah, Maame Ama Akwama; May, Matthew Abstract: The current study examined whether individual differences in attachment orientation, mate-retention tactics (benefit-provisioning and cost-inflicting strategies), and COVID-19-related stressors (impact, uncertainty, and perceived risk) were associated with IPV victimisation across two time points, one month apart, in Brazil and the UK (N = 1416 at Wave 1; N = 353 at Wave 2). Linear mixed-effects models controlled for age, sex, ethnicity, and relationship length. IPV victimisation did not significantly change over time, and COVID-19-related variables were not associated with any form of IPV. Brazilian participants reported higher psychological IPV than UK participants, although no country differences emerged for physical or sexual IPV. Cost-inflicting mate-retention strategies were positively associated with all forms of IPV in both countries, with consistently stronger associations in the UK. Attachment avoidance was positively associated with all forms of IPV in Brazil but was negatively associated with psychological and sexual IPV in the UK. Attachment anxiety and benefit-provisioning strategies were associated with psychological IPV in Brazil only. These findings suggest that associations between attachment, mate-retention strategies, and IPV victimisation may vary across cultural contexts, underscoring the value of culturally sensitive approaches to IPV research and intervention. Description: Data Availability Statement: The full data can be obtained by contacting the corresponding author at nascimento.brunads@gmail.com.

2026-08-12T00:00:00Z De Marco, Marco Da Ronch, Chiara Venneri, Annalena Gallucci, Maurizio https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33688 2026-08-14T10:45:51Z 2026-07-16T00:00:00Z

Title: A cross-sectional study of category fluency serial recall order in Italian individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment from the TREDEM registry: The role of word length Authors: De Marco, Marco; Da Ronch, Chiara; Venneri, Annalena; Gallucci, Maurizio Abstract: Category Fluency (CF) “item-level” scoring methodologies identify neurocognitive processes that are distinct from those of standard quantitative scoring. One of these accounts for words’ serial recall order (SRO) and calculates the correlation between SRO and item-level complexity to operationalise the tendency to name increasingly complex words. We hypothesised this tendency would be altered in individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), to reflect lexical-semantic organisational decline resulting from potential functional alterations of perirhinal cortex. We expected aMCI individuals to show higher correlational indices than people with no objective cognitive decline (NOCD) due to these trends being more influenced by word count than overall complexity. Sixty aMCI and 54 NOCD individuals, recruited by the TREDEM initiative and representative of the North-East Italian population were administered a 1-min “animals” CF. Four complexity features were scored: frequency, age-of-acquisition, typicality and graphemic length. Individual z-converted correlation coefficients were calculated between SRO and complexity. The two groups were then compared via uncorrected t-tests, age- and education-corrected ANCOVAs, and further ANCOVAs also correcting for quantitative CF scores. aMCI individuals named fewer words, and words of lower and more variable complexity. They also showed a significantly stronger “SRO-graphemic length” correlation. This emerged from the uncorrected models and from the first set of ANCOVAs. Significant differences in lexical-semantic organisation exist in aMCI. Length is a diagnostically relevant feature of Italian words generated as part of CF. In line with cross-linguistic generalisability of findings, potential mechanisms differentiating phonological and orthographic length in languages with transparent/opaque orthographies are discussed. Description: Data statement: All raw data collected and scored as part of this project are available on Brunel University of London Figshare repository: https://doi.org/10.17633/rd.brunel.28532192.v1.; Supplementary data are available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393226001995?via%3Dihub#sec20 . .

2026-07-16T00:00:00Z Barbett, L Syropoulos, S Capozzoli, J The C19 Consortium https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33488 2026-06-23T02:01:07Z 2026-01-19T00:00:00Z

Title: Nature connectedness and well-being: Evidence from a multi-national investigation across 75 countries Authors: Barbett, L; Syropoulos, S; Capozzoli, J; The C19 Consortium Abstract: Nature connectedness, a widely used psychological construct which encompasses affective and cognitive aspects of the relationship a person has with nature, has become a central variable of interest in environmental psychology literature. This interest is motivated partially by its enhancing effects on well-being outcomes. However, comprehensive international evaluations of the link between nature connectedness and well-being remain sparse. In this registered report, we propose a secondary analysis of previously collected data to examine how individual differences in nature connectedness relate to multiple aspects of well-being (i.e., purpose in life, hope, mindfulness, life satisfaction, and optimism) across 75 countries (N = 36,803). Within-country and between-country analyses (linear and mixed regressions) suggested that nature connectedness is a robust positive predictor of well-being. Our findings highlight the importance of nature connected for well-being globally, especially for communities with low access to nature and social resources. Description: Supplementary data are available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494425003780?via%3Dihub#appsec1 -- “Final_NCD MH Outcomes_Supplemental Consortium List” is Multimedia component 1 [i.e. the file Suppl-mmc1.pdf below].

2026-01-19T00:00:00Z Bate, S Portch, E Dark, O Bennetts, R https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33324 2026-05-21T02:01:14Z 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Title: A highly sensitive famous face recognition paradigm for prosopagnosia screening Authors: Bate, S; Portch, E; Dark, O; Bennetts, R Abstract: Famous face recognition tasks have traditionally been used to diagnose prosopagnosia, offering striking examples of the inability to recognise highly familiar faces. Yet, their popularity has dwindled with the development of standardised unfamiliar face recognition tasks that are less cumbersome to administer and can readily be implemented online. Here, we argue that there is a danger of omitting measures of familiar face recognition from prosopagnosia screening: not only may this challenge the very definition of the condition, but, with some adjustments, famous face recognition tasks can continue to offer highly sensitive measures of everyday face recognition ability. Thus, we developed and evaluated an online, automated famous face recognition paradigm that can readily be implemented into large-scale screening programmes. This task improves on previous designs by (a) eliminating extrinsic cues to identity by including distractor as well as familiar faces, (b) supporting the use of unseen rather than “iconic” images of celebrities, and (c) offering a method for automated scoring. Multiple versions of the task were found to have high sensitivity in the detection of developmental prosopagnosia. When required, sub-scores collected from the same paradigm can be used to assess performance at different stages of recognition and identification, helping to probe more precise loci of impairment. The latter is important to guide the diagnosis of more complex cases and, potentially, their remediation. Description: Open practices statement: The data for the experiment are available at https://osf.io/wa56h . None of the experiments were preregistered.

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