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A counterfactual and random intercept cross‐lagged panel analysis of the effects of reading frequency on adolescent mental health in a large longitudinal study Open

Helen Wright, Tom Booth, Denis Ribeaud, Manuel Eisner · 2025

Background Reading has been proposed as a protective factor in mental health; however, evaluating this is challenging due to a lack of trials and the possibility of confounding in observational studies. Methods We used the complementary ap…

Workplace bullying and personality change: evidence from a 4-year Swiss panel study Open

Samuel Farley, Karen Niven, David J. Hughes, Tom Booth · 2025

Mental health trajectories surrounding retirement: A longitudinal perspective Open

Xuefei Li, Aja Louise Murray, Tom Booth · 2025

Development and validation of an epigenetic signature of allostatic load Open

J. D. Chamberlain, Daniel Ackermann, Murielle Bochud, Tom Booth, Laurence Chapatte , et al. · 2025

The allostatic load (AL) concept measures physiological dysregulation in response to internal and external stressors that accumulate across the life course. AL has been consistently linked to chronic disease risk across studies. However, t…

Exploring the psychometric robustness of a 5-item version of the WHO ageism experiences scale in a UK adult sample Open

Aja Louise Murray, Xuefei Li, Tom Booth · 2025

Ageism can be defined as stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination based on a person’s age and has been shown in past research to be both common and harmful. In 2016 WHO received a mandate from its Member States to lead a major global cam…

Preliminary validation of the 15-item WHO experiences of ageism scales in a mixed-age UK sample Open

Aja Louise Murray, Xuefei Li, Tom Booth · 2025

Background: Ageism, defined as stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination based on a person’s age is prevalent and negatively impacts individuals and society. In 2016 WHO received a mandate from its Member States to lead the global campaig…

Preliminary validation of the 15-item WHO experiences of ageism scales in a mixed-age UK sample Open

Aja Louise Murray, Xuefei Li, Tom Booth · 2024

Background: Ageism, defined as stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination based on a person’s age is prevalent and negatively impacts individuals and society. In 2016 WHO received a mandate from its Member States to lead the global campaig…

The (Un)Attractiveness of Dark Triad Personalities: Assessing Fictitious Characters for Short‐ and Long‐Term Relationships Open

Yavor Dragostinov, Tom Booth · 2024

Objective The current study assessed how individuals evaluate potential romantic partners who display either low, medium, or high levels of DT traits for short‐term (STR) and long‐term (LTR) relationships. Methods Nine fictitious persons i…

Personality‐sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9‐ to 10‐year‐olds Open

Marcus Witt, Ben Knight, Tom Booth · 2024

The learning and social development benefits associated with pupils collaborating in small groups have been well documented over recent decades; however, research exploring personality as a mediating factor in small group learning is spars…

Nuanced HEXACO: A Meta-Analysis of HEXACO Cross-Rater Agreement, Heritability, and Rank-Order Stability Open

Sam Henry, Will Baker, Denis Bratko, Patrick Jern, Christian Kandler , et al. · 2024

Most Five-Factor Model (FFM) questionnaire items contain unique variance that is partly heritable, stable, and consensually observable, demonstrates consistent associations with age and sex, and predicts life outcomes beyond higher order f…

A new method to assess Monte Carlo convergence Open

R.A. Forster, Tom Booth, Shane P. Pederson · 2024

The central limit theorem can be applied to a Monte Carlo solution if the following two requirements are satisfied: (1) the random variable has a finite mean and a finite variance; and (2) the number N of independent observations grows lar…

Deterministic cost optimization of Monte Carlo weight-window variance-reduction parameters Open

Clell J Solomon, Avneet Sood, Tom Booth, J. Kenneth Shultis · 2024

Improved Criticality Convergence via a Modified Monte Carlo Power Iteration Method Open

Tom Booth, J. E. Gubernatis · 2024

Monte Carlo transport codes typically estimate the fundamental mode of a nuclear system via a power iteration method. If the eigenvalues of the system are denoted $k$₁, $k$₂, $k$₃ ..." with $k$₁ …

A weighted adjoint-source for weight-window generation by means of a linear tally combination Open

Avneet Sood, Tom Booth, Clell J Solomon · 2024

A new importance estimation technique has been developed that allows weight-window optimization for a linear combination of tallies. This technique has been implemented in a local version of MCNP and effectively weights the adjoint source …

Ensuring finite moments in Monte Carlo simulations via iterated ex post sampling Open

Richard R. Picard, Tom Booth · 2024

Towards a taxonomy of personality facets Open

Paul Irwing, David J. Hughes, Alexander Tokarev, Tom Booth · 2023

We describe three studies that together provide a first approximation to a comprehensive taxonomy of unique personality facets. In Study 1, we semantically sorted, removed synonyms, and factor analysed 1772 personality items taken from sev…

Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Open

Joanna M. Wardlaw, Lisa J Woodhouse, Iris Mhlanga, Katherine Oatey, Anna K. Heye , et al. · 2023

Importance Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) is a common cause of stroke (lacunar stroke), is the most common cause of vascular cognitive impairment, and impairs mobility and mood but has no specific treatment. Objective To test the fea…

Data from Metabolic Imaging Detects Low Levels of Glycolytic Activity That Vary with Levels of c-Myc Expression in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Glioblastoma Open

Richard Mair, Alan J. Wright, Susana R�os, De‐En Hu, Tom Booth , et al. · 2023

¹³C MRI of hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate metabolism has been used in oncology to detect disease, investigate disease progression, and monitor response to treatment with a view to guiding treatment in individual patie…

Data from Metabolic Imaging Detects Low Levels of Glycolytic Activity That Vary with Levels of c-Myc Expression in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Glioblastoma Open

Richard Mair, Alan J. Wright, Susana R�os, De‐En Hu, Tom Booth , et al. · 2023

¹³C MRI of hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate metabolism has been used in oncology to detect disease, investigate disease progression, and monitor response to treatment with a view to guiding treatment in individual patie…

Supplementary Table S1 and Figures S1- S5 from Metabolic Imaging Detects Low Levels of Glycolytic Activity That Vary with Levels of c-Myc Expression in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Glioblastoma Open

Richard Mair, Alan J. Wright, Susana R�os, De‐En Hu, Tom Booth , et al. · 2023

Supplementary Table and Figures

Supplementary Table S1 and Figures S1- S5 from Metabolic Imaging Detects Low Levels of Glycolytic Activity That Vary with Levels of c-Myc Expression in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Glioblastoma Open

Richard Mair, Alan J. Wright, Susana R�os, De‐En Hu, Tom Booth , et al. · 2023

Supplementary Table and Figures

The Big Five personality traits and allostatic load in middle to older adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis Open

Tomiko Yoneda, Tristen Lozinski, Nicholas A. Turiano, Tom Booth, Eileen K Graham , et al. · 2023

The (Un)Attractiveness of Dark Triad Personalities: Assessing Fictitious Targets for Short- and Long-Term Relationships Open

Yavor Dragostinov, Tom Booth · 2023

Most of the literature on the attractiveness of Dark Triad traits has focused on female mate choice and low versus high trait levels. This study assessed how people with male and female sexual preferences evaluate potential romantic partne…

Is reading for pleasure in adolescence good for mental health? A counterfactual and within-person analysis in a large longitudinal study Open

Aja Louise Murray, Patrick Errington, Yi Yang, Daniel Mirman, Ingrid Obsuth , et al. · 2023

Purpose: Reading has been proposed to be a protective factor in mental health; however, testing this is made challenging by the vulnerability of the reading-mental health association to confounding. Methods: We used two complementary appro…

Is reading for pleasure in adolescence good for mental health? A counterfactual and within-person analysis in a large longitudinal study Open

Aja Louise Murray, Patrick Errington, Yi Yang, Daniel Mirman, Ingrid Obsuth , et al. · 2023

Reading has been proposed to be a protective factor in mental health; however, testing this is made challenging by the vulnerability of the reading-mental health association to confounding. In this study, we used two complementary approach…

Putting the ABC in ESG: The Role of Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programs in Enhancing ESG Commitments Open

Mark Morrison, Tom Booth, Gina Campbell, Michael Dixon, Robel Sahlu · 2022

Investors and corporate stakeholders increasingly find insights into a corporation’s performance and long-term sustainability through an organization’s Environmental, Social,and Governance (ESG) program. But, even with the increased focus …

Nuanced HEXACO: A Meta-Analysis of HEXACO Cross-Rater Agreement, Heritability, and Rank-Order Stability Open

S. Henry, Will Baker, Denis Bratko, Patrick Jern, Christian Kandler , et al. · 2022

Most Five-Factor Model questionnaire items contain unique variance that is partly heritable, stable, and consensually observable, demonstrates consistent associations with age and sex, and predicts life outcomes beyond higher-order factors…

Test-retest reliability of the HEXACO-100—And the value of multiple measurements for assessing reliability Open

Sam Henry, Isabel Thielmann, Tom Booth, René Mõttus · 2022

Despite the widespread use of the HEXACO model as a descriptive taxonomy of personality traits, there remains limited information on the test-retest reliability of its commonly-used inventories. Studies typically report internal consistenc…

Do personality sex differences mirror personality differences across occupations? Open

Alice Díaz, René Mõttus, Tom Booth, Kätlin Anni · 2021

It has been argued that the sex segregation of the labor market reflects personality sex differences. So far, few studies have used actual occupational titles. This study aims to tackle these limitations as well as to expand previous resea…

To what extent does emotional dysregulation account for aggression associated with ADHD symptoms? An experience sampling study Open

Aja Louise Murray, Jennifer Lavoie, Tom Booth, Manuel Eisner, Denis Ribeaud · 2021

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