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Mark Tarrant is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Health Professions, and Psychology. The subfields of study include Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Pharmacy, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's main research topics cover a diverse range related to health and social care. These include:

  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Mark Tarrant has contributed to several academic publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Making connections: Social identification with new treatment groups for lifestyle management of severe obesity" (2020), published in Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • "Tackling loneliness together: A three-tier social identity framework for social prescribing" (2024), published in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • "Shared social identity and perceived social support among stroke groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relationship with psychosocial health" (2022), published in Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • "Singing for people with aphasia (SPA): results of a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of a group singing intervention investigating acceptability and feasibility" (2021), published in BMJ Open
  • "Healthy Parent Carers: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a peer-led group-based health promotion intervention for parent carers of disabled children" (2021), published in Pilot and Feasibility Studies

The frequent co-authors of Mark Tarrant include Raff Calitri, Sarah Dean, Jonathan Pinkney, Ruth A. Lamont, and Jenny Lloyd.

Mark Tarrant's works often appear in several publication venues, notably:

  • BMJ Open
  • Pilot and Feasibility Studies
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • BJGP Open

Best Publications

  • Young people's music in and out of school

    Alexandra Lamont;David J. Hargreaves;Nigel A. Marshall;Mark Tarrant

  • English and American Adolescents' Reasons for Listening to Music

    Mark Tarrant;Adrian C. North;David J. Hargreaves

  • Social Categorization, Self-Esteem, and the Estimated Musical Preferences of Male Adolescents

    Mark Tarrant;Adrian C. North;David J. Hargreaves

  • Adolescent Peer Groups and Social Identity.

    Mark Tarrant

  • Social categorization and empathy for outgroup members.

    Mark Tarrant;Sarah Dazeley;Tom Cottom

  • Can music bring people together? Effects of shared musical preference on intergroup bias in adolescence.

    Sotirios Bakagiannis;Mark Tarrant

  • Social identification-building interventions to improve health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Niklas K Steffens;Crystal J LaRue;Catherine Haslam;Zoe C Walter

  • The effects of music on helping behavior: A field study

    Adrian C. North;Mark Tarrant;David J. Hargreaves

  • Musical preference and taste in childhood and adolescence.

    David J. Hargreaves;Adrian C. North;Mark Tarrant

  • Social identity in adolescence.

    Mark Tarrant;Adrian C. North;Mark D. Edridge;Laura E. Kirk

  • Friendship group identification, multidimensional self-concept, and experience of developmental tasks in adolescence.

    Mark Tarrant;Liam MacKenzie;Lisa A Hewitt

  • Group‐Based Diet and Physical Activity Weight‐Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

    Aleksandra J Borek;Charles Abraham;Colin J Greaves;Mark Tarrant

  • ‘Thinking you're old and frail’: a qualitative study of frailty in older adults

    Krystal Warmoth;Iain A. Lang;Cassandra Phoenix;Charles Abraham

  • Identifying change processes in group-based health behaviour-change interventions: development of the mechanisms of action in group-based interventions (MAGI) framework

    Aleksandra J Borek;Charles Abraham;Colin J Greaves;Fiona Gillison

  • The association between children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a systematic review

    Megan MacMillan;Mark Tarrant;Charles Abraham;Christopher Morris

  • Social Identification Structures the Effects of Perspective Taking

    Mark Tarrant;Raff Calitri;Dale Weston

  • Interventions utilising contact with people with disabilities to improve children's attitudes towards disability: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Megan Armstrong;Christopher Morris;Charles Abraham;Mark Tarrant

  • A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions

    Aleksandra J. Borek;Charles Abraham;Jane R. Smith;Colin J. Greaves

  • Effects of self-categorization on orientation towards health.

    Mark Tarrant;Kathyrn Butler

  • Children’s contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a cross-sectional study

    Megan Armstrong;Christopher Morris;Charles Abraham;Obioha C Ukoumunne

  • Promoting positive orientation towards health through social identity

    Mark Tarrant;Martin S. Hagger;Claire V. Farrow

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Adrian C. North
Adrian C. North Curtin University
Claire V. Farrow
Claire V. Farrow Aston University
David J. Hargreaves
David J. Hargreaves AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Fiona Gillison
Fiona Gillison University of Bath
Chris Code
Chris Code University of Exeter
Mathew P. White
Mathew P. White University of Vienna
Rosemarie McCabe
Rosemarie McCabe City, University of London
Catherine Haslam
Catherine Haslam University of Queensland
Winnifred R. Louis
Winnifred R. Louis University of Queensland

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