All Stories

  1. ‘Make Them Wonder How You Are Still Smiling’: The Lived Experience of Coping With a Brain Tumour

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, April 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  2. “I don't mean extradimensional in a woo-woo sense”: Doing non-explanation in discussions of unidentified aerial phenomena

    Article • Language & Communication, January 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Chris McVittie

  3. Shaping the UK Government’s public communications on COVID-19: general, follower, other?

    Article • Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  4. ‘I love James Blunt as much as I love herpes’ – ‘I love that you're not ashamed to admit you have both’: Attempted insults and responses on Twitter

    Article • Language & Communication, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Chris McVittie

  5. Identifying and Responding to Delirium in Acute Stroke: Clinical Team Members’ Understandings

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, September 2020, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  6. Being conductor of the orchestra: an exploration of district nursing leadership

    Article • British Journal of Community Nursing, May 2020, Mark Allen Group

    Professor Chris McVittie

  7. “A Golly was simply a toy. End of”: Inoculation, attention deflection, and attempted puzzle‐resolution in contesting racism in online discussions

    Article • European Journal of Social Psychology, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  8. Examining abuse in online media

    Article • Social and Personality Psychology Compass, March 2020, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  9. The relationship between adult attachment and coping with brain tumour: the mediating role of social support

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, January 2020, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie, Karen Goodall

  10. A conversation analysis of communicative changes in a time-limited psychotherapy group for mothers with post-natal depression

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  11. Discourse of corruption and anti-corruption

    Article • April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  12. ‘Alternative facts are not facts’: Gaffe-announcements, the Trump administration and the media

    Article • Discourse & Society, December 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  13. ‘Would it not be better to get someone out workin?’: ‘Safe prejudice’ against Polish workers

    Article • European Journal of Social Psychology, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  14. Attachment insecurity and dispositional aggression: The mediating role of maladaptive anger regulation

    Article • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie, Karen Goodall

  15. Expertise in action: Insights into the dynamic nature of expertise in community-based nursing

    Article • Journal of Clinical Nursing, February 2018, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  16. Collaborative Processes in Neuropsychological Interviews

    Article • January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Chris McVittie

  17. Constructing Peace and Violence in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Chris McVittie

  18. It is not quite cricket: Muslim immigrants' accounts of integration into UK society

    Article • European Journal of Social Psychology, June 2017, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  19. “Just an Excuse People Are Just Using These Days”: Attending to and Managing Interactional Concerns in Talk on Exclusion of Immigrants

    Article • Journal of Language and Social Psychology, April 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  20. The European Union and the refugee “crisis”: Inclusion, challenges, and responses

    Article • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, March 2017, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  21. “This is an EU crisis requiring an EU solution”: Nation and transnational talk in negotiating warrants for further inclusion of refugees

    Article • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, March 2017, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  22. “Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?” Identity in Popular Music

    Article • February 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Chris McVittie

  23. Attitudes and Attributions

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Chris McVittie

  24. The Self

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Chris McVittie

  25. ‘If they have a girlfriend, they have five girlfriends’: Accountability and sexism in volunteer workers’ talk about HIV/AIDS in a South African health setting

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  26. The Language of Asylum

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Steve Kirkwood, Professor Chris McVittie

  27. Conclusion

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Steve Kirkwood, Professor Chris McVittie

  28. ‘Just choose the easy option’: students talk about alcohol use and social influence

    Article • Journal of Youth Studies, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  29. 'He's a Cracking Wee Geezer from Pakistan': Lay Accounts of Refugee Integration Failure and Success in Scotland

    Article • Journal of Refugee Studies, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Chris McVittie

  30. The micro and the macro: How discourse of control maintains HIV-related stigma

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, March 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  31. Negotiating Parental Accountability in the Face of Uncertainty for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, February 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  32. Attributions of Agency and Accountability in Practitioners' Talk About Integration

    Article • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Steve Kirkwood, Professor Chris McVittie

  33. The dog that didn't growl: The interactional negotiation of momentary confabulations

    Article • Memory, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  34. ‘It all fits into place’: Psychiatrists’ linguistic strategies in challenging media representations of their profession

    Article • Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, February 2013, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Chris McVittie

  35. The Mutually Constitutive Relationship between Place and Identity: The Role of Place-Identity in Discourse on Asylum Seekers and Refugees

    Article • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, January 2013, Wiley

    Dr Steve Kirkwood, Professor Chris McVittie

  36. ‘They're more than animals’: Refugees' accounts of racially motivated violence

    Article • British Journal of Social Psychology, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Steve Kirkwood, Professor Chris McVittie

  37. The ever-changing meanings of retirement.

    Article • American Psychologist, January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Chris McVittie

  38. Social Psychology, Religion and Inter-Group Relations: Hamas Leaders' Media Talk about their Vision for the Future

    Article • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  39. Living with falls: house-bound older people’s experiences of health and community care

    Article • European Journal of Ageing, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Chris McVittie

  40. ‘This is ordinary behaviour’: Categorization and culpability in Hamas leaders’ accounts of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict

    Article • British Journal of Social Psychology, April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  41. Identities in Context

    Article • April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  42. ‘This is jist my life noo’: Marriage, children and choice in a Scottish fishing community

    Article • Discourse & Society, March 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  43. “There Will Only Be Lots of Chit-Chat”: How Hamas Leaders and Media Interviewers Handle Controversial Topics

    Article • Research on Language and Social Interaction, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  44. How expert psychiatrists formulate criticisms of lay descriptions of psychiatry in front of a lay audience

    Article • Text & Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language Discourse Communication Studies, January 2011, De Gruyter

    Professor Chris McVittie

  45. Aspects of identity in a British Christian sample

    Article • Mental Health Religion & Culture, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  46. Cancer-related psychosocial research: what are the perspectives of cancer care centre users on participation?

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Chris McVittie

  47. A discourse analytic study of ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) sufferers’ experiences of interactions with doctors

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, March 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  48. Imaging the future: Does a qualitative analysis add to the picture?

    Article • Journal of Neuropsychology, March 2010, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  49. Design Issues for Socially Intelligent User Interfaces

    Article • Methods of Information in Medicine, January 2010, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Chris McVittie

  50. Help-seeking in context: Masculine and feminine identities in relation to men's health issues

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Chris McVittie

  51. StartStudent nurses’ gender-based accounts of men in nursing

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Chris McVittie

  52. Harry, Paul and the Filipino Maid: Racial and Sexual Abuse in Local Contexts

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, June 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  53. Birth choice following primary Caesarean section: mothers' perceptions of the influence of health professionals on decision‐making

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, February 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  54. Resisting having learning disabilities by managing relative abilities

    Article • British Journal of Learning Disabilities, December 2008, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  55. Passive and active non-employment: Age, employment and the identities of older non-working people

    Article • Journal of Aging Studies, August 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Chris McVittie

  56. Social Psychology and Discourse

    Article • July 2008, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  57. Organizational knowledge and discourse of diversity in employment

    Article • Journal of Organizational Change Management, May 2008, Emerald

    Professor Chris McVittie

  58. The Select Committee Report on Obesity (2004): The significant omission of parental views of their children's eating

    Article • Critical Public Health, March 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  59. When 2–3% really matters: The (un)importance of religiosity in psychotherapy

    Article • Mental Health Religion & Culture, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  60. Locals, incomers and intra-national migration: Place-identities and a Scottish island

    Article • British Journal of Social Psychology, March 2007, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie

  61. Using topic control to avoid the gainsaying of troublesome evaluations

    Article • Discourse Studies, December 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  62. “You Can’t Fight Windmills”: How Older Men Do Health, Ill Health, and Masculinities

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, July 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  63. Critical Health Psychology, Pluralism and Dilemmas

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, May 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  64. "I intend to donate but …": Non-donors' views of blood donation in the UK

    Article • Psychology Health & Medicine, February 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  65. Femininity, Mental Weakness, and Difference: Male Students Account for Anorexia Nervosa in Men

    Article • Sex Roles, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Chris McVittie

  66. Measures and Understandings: The Authors’ Reply

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, September 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  67. To the Editor

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, September 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  68. Predicting parents' decisions on MMR immunisation: a mixed method investigation

    Article • Family Practice, July 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Chris McVittie

  69. Ethical and practical issues in using visual methodologies: the legacy of research-originating visual products

    Article • Qualitative Research in Psychology, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Chris McVittie

  70. Is Quality of Life a Healthy Concept? Measuring and Understanding Life Experiences of Older People

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, September 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Chris McVittie

  71. Committed to (un)equal opportunities?: ‘New ageism’ and the older worker

    Article • British Journal of Social Psychology, December 2003, Wiley

    Professor Chris McVittie