Bio
Ron Roberts, PhD, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, is Honorary Lecturer in Psychology at Kingston University, a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He studied at the universities of Sheffield, London and Leicester, and has held previous posts at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of Westminster, King’s College Medical School, University College London, St Bartholomew’s Medical School, Queen Mary College and the Tavistock Institute. He is the author of 60 refereed papers as well as eight books, including Just War: Psychology & Terrorism (2007), Reel to Real: Psychiatry at the Cinema (2011), The New Politics of Experience and The Bitter Herbs (2014) (all with PCCS) and Psychology and Capitalism (2015), and The Off-Modern: Psychology estranged (2017) (Both with Zero Books). He is currently a member of the Psychologists against Austerity group and during the 1980s-1990s wrote for and edited Science for People magazine in the UK. The author has been a frequent media commentator on both national and international media on student sex work (BBC1, Channel 4, BBC World Service, BBC local radio, FDZ (Germany), Rai Uno (Italy).
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Selected Publications
Refereed papers
Roberts, R. (1981) Personal Constructs & Dreaming. New Forum: Journal of the Psychology and Psychotherapy Association 7(3), 60-62. Roberts, R. (1985) Dream Psychology: Where to Next? Changes: Journal of the Psychology and Psychotherapy Association, 3(4), 128-130. Roberts, R., Cyster, R. and McEwen, J. (1988) Alcohol Consumption and the Workplace: Prospects for Change? Public Health, 102, 463-469. Roberts, R. (1988) Factors Influencing Alcohol Consumption in a Workplace Setting. J. Soc. Occupational Medicine, 38, 118-122. Roberts, R. (1988) Hiccups in Alcohol Education. Health Education Journal, 47(2/3), 73-76. Roberts, R. (1988) Recurring Themes and Images in a Series of Consecutive REM Dreams. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 67, 767-777. Roberts, R. (1988) Alcohol and Work: One Company's Experience. In R. Clarke (Ed.) Perspectives on Occupational Health. British Health and Safety Society/Institute of Health Education. Roberts, R. (1990) Psychiatry, Science and Mental Health. Critical Public Health, 4, 15-21. Roberts, R. and Fallowfield, L.J. (1990) The Goals of Cancer Counsellors. Counselling, 1(3) 88-91. Roberts, R. and Fallowfield, L.J. (1990) Who are the Cancer Counsellors? Nursing Times, 86 (36) 32-34. Fallowfield, L.J. and Roberts, R. (1992) Cancer Counselling in the United Kingdom. Psychology and Health, 6, 107-117. Roberts, R., Brunner, E., White, I. and Marmot, M. (1993) Gender Differences in Occupational Mobility and Structure of Employment in the British Civil Service. Social Science and Medicine, 37(12), 1415-1425. Roberts, R., Brunner, E. and Marmot, M. (1995) Psychological factors in the relationship between alcohol and cardiovascular morbidity. Social Science and Medicine, 41(11), 1513-1516. Hemingway, H., Roberts, R., and Marmot, M. (1997) The impact of age, sex and socioeconomic status on the short form 36 (SF-36) general health survey in the Whitehall II study. American Journal of Public Health, 87(9), 1484-1489. Stansfeld, S., Roberts, R. and Foot, S. (1997) Assessing the validity of the SF-36 General Health Survey. Quality of Life Research, 6, 217-224. Roberts, R., Hemingway, H. and Marmot, M. (1997) Psychometric and clinical validity of the SF-36 in the Whitehall II study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 2, 285-300. Roberts, R., Towell, A. and Golding, J. (1998) Student finance and mental health. The Psychologist, 11(10), 489-491. Reid, S., Woodford, S., Roberts, R., Golding, J. and Towell, A. (1999) Health related correlates of gambling on the British National Lottery. Psychological Reports, 84, 247-254. Welch, R., Boorman, S. Golding, J.F., Towell, T. and Roberts, R. (1999) Variations in Self Reported Health by Occupational Grade in the British Post Office: The Q-health project. Occupational Medicine, 49(8), 491-497. Roberts, R., Golding, J., Towell, T. and Weinreb, I.(1999) The Effects of Students’ Economic Circumstances on British Students’ Mental and Physical Health. Journal of American College Health, 48, 103-109. Baker, D., Roberts, R. and Towell, A. (2000) Factors predictive of bone mineral density in eating disordered women: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 27, 29-35. Roberts, R., Golding, J., Towell, T. Reid, S., Woodford, S., Vetere, A. and Weinreb, I. (2000) Mental and physical health in students: The role of economic circumstances. British Journal of Health Psychology, 5(3), 289-297. Roberts, R. (2002) Parapsychology and Postmodernism. The Skeptic 14(4). Roberts, R., O’Connor, T.G., Dunn, J., Golding, J. and the ALSPAC study team. (2004) The effects of child sexual abuse in later family life; mental health, parenting and adjustment of offspring. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(5), 525-545. Roberts, R. (2004) Sanity madness and science: R.D.Laing and critical psychology. Society for Laingian Studies.http://laingsociety.org/colloquia/polofdiagnosis/r.roberts1.htm Roberts, R. (2005) Problems in Replicating Multivariate Models in Quantitative Research. Health Psychology Update, 14(3), 10-16. Roberts, R. (2005) The Response of British Psychology to the Iraq War 2003-2004. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 5(1), 1-9. Roberts, R. (2005) Power & illusion: Perspectives from Laing and Chomsky. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 5(3), 124-131. Roberts, R. (2006) British Psychology’s response to the Iraq War 2003-2004. Clinical Psychology Forum, 157, 24-28. Roberts, R. and Itten, T. (2006) Laing and Szasz: Anti-Psychiatry, Capitalism and Therapy. The Psychoanalytic Review, 93(5). 781-799. Gerrard, E. and Roberts, R. (2006) Student Parents, Hardship and Debt: A qualitative study. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 30(4), 393-403. Roberts, R., Bergström, S. and La Rooy, D. (2007a) Commentary: UK Students and Sex Work: Current Knowledge and Research Issues. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 17, 141-146. Roberts, R., Bergström, S. and La Rooy, D. (2007b) Sex Work and Students: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 31(4), 323-334. Roberts, R. (2008) Psihološka objašnjenja, socijalne reprezentacije i genocid. Kriminalističke teme, 3-4, 19-36. (Psychological explanation, social representations and genocide). Roberts, R., Bećirević, M. and Baker, T. (2009) Children’s Understanding of the War in Iraq: Views from Britain and Bosnia. International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 14 (1), 17-30. Cusick, L., Roberts, R. and Paton, S. (2009) Higher and Further Education Institution Policies on Student and Staff Involvement in Commercial Sex, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 31(2),185-195. Smith, D. and Roberts, R. (2009) Social acceptance; a possible mediator in the association between socio-economic deprivation and under-18 pregnancy rates? Journal of Youth Studies, 12(6), 669-683. Smith, D. & Roberts, R. (2009) Young parents’ perceptions of barriers to antenatal and postnatal care. British Journal of Midwifery, 17 (10), 620-627. Roberts, R. (2010) Looking Back: Madness, Myth and Medicine. The Psychologist, 23(8), 694-695. Roberts, R., Sanders, T, Smith, D. and Myers, E. (2010) Participation in Sex Work: Students’ Views. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 10(2), 145-156. Roberts, R. (2010) Researching Students in Sex Work: Market Values and Academic Freedom. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 10(1), 12-17. Macarie, J-C, and Roberts, R. (2010) Martial Arts and Mental Health. Contemporary Psychotherapy, 2, 1. Spring. http://contemporarypsychotherapy.org/vol-2-no-1/martial-arts-and-mental-health/ Roberts, R. (2011) Psychology at the end of the world: Mind & Behaviour in the Antarctic. The Psychologist, 24(1), 22-25. Smith, D. & Roberts, R. (2011) Young parents; the role of housing in understanding social inequality. Journal of Family Health Care, 21(1), 20-22. Roberts, R. (2011) Sanity, madness & memory: R.D. Laing and the postmodern. International Journal of Psychotherapy, 15(2), 62-74. Smith, D. & Roberts, R. (2011) Social inequality and young pregnancy; the beliefs of young parents in London, UK. Health & Place, 17, 1054-1060. Roberts, R. (2011) Liberation by illusion: Image and reality in the construction of security. Democracy and Security in South-Eastern Europe, 2(8/9), 46-49. Hewer, C. & Roberts, R. (2012) Towards a dynamic model of social memory. Culture & Psychology, 18(2) 167–183. Wahogo, S. & Roberts, R. (2012) Fourth Wave Feminism: Protests and Prospects. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 12(4), 216-220. Roberts, R., Jones, A. & Sanders, T. (2013) Sex work and students in the UK: Providers and Purchasers. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 13(3), 349-363. Richardson, T., Elliot, P & Roberts, R. (2013) The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 33 (8), 1148-1162. Roberts, R & Hewer, H. (2015) Memory, ‘Madness’ and Conflict: A Laingian Perspective. Memory Studies, 8(2), 169-182. Richardson, T., Elliot, P & Roberts, R. (2015) The Impact of Tuition Fees Amount on Mental Health over Time in British Students. Journal of Public Health, 37(3), 412-418. Sagar, T., Jones, D., Tyler, J., Symons, K. & Roberts, R. (2015) Student participation in the sex industry: higher education responses and staff experiences and perceptions. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2015.1056604 Roberts. R., Hallilovic, M., Becirevic, E., & Hewer, C. (2015) Exploring attitudes to NATO in Republika Serpska. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 5(4), 577-599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2015.1070465 Roberts, R. (2016) Off the beaten track. The Psychologist, 29, 620-623. Richardson. T, Elliot, P. Roberts, R. & Jansen, M. (2016) A Longitudinal Study of Financial Difficulties and Mental Health in a National Sample of British Undergraduate Students. Community Mental Health Journal. DOI 10.1007/s10597-016-0052-0 Sagar, T., Jones, D., Tyler, J., Symons, K. & Roberts, R. (2016) Student involvement in the sex industry: Findings from the United Kingdom identifying motivations and experiences. British Journal of Sociology. DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12216. Richardson. T, Elliot, P. & Roberts, R. (2017) Relationship between loneliness and mental health in students. Journal of Public Mental Health, 16(2). DOI: 10.1108/JPMH-03-2016-0013 Roberts, R. (2016) The ethics and politics of student sex work research. INSEP – Journal of the International Network for Sexual Ethics & Politics. In Press. books
Roberts, R., Towell, A. and Golding, J. (2001) Foundations of Health Psychology. Palgrave (Macmillan). Roberts, R. and Groome, D. (Eds.) (2001) Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. London. Arnold & Oxford University Press. Roberts, R. and Groome, D. (Eds.) (2003) Parapsychology. Russian Edition. Roberts, R. (Ed.) (2007) Just war: Psychology and terrorism. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Roberts, R. (2011) Real to Reel. Psychiatry at the cinema. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Itten, T. & Roberts, R. (2014) The new politics of experience & The bitter herbs. Monmouth. PCCS Books. Roberts, R. (2015) Psychology & Capitalism. Winchester. Zero Books. Roberts, T & Itten, T. (2015) Nova Politika Doživ Ljaja. Publikacija Neke Organizajica Sarajevo. Itten, T. & Roberts, R. (2016) Politik der Erhfarung. Gießen. Psychosozial-Verlag. Groome, D. & Roberts, R. (Eds.) (2016) Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. London (2nd Edition). Routledge. Roberts, R. (2017) The Off-Modern. Psychology Estranged. Winchester. Zero Books. book chapters
Roberts, R. (2001) Science and experience. In R. Roberts and D. Groome (Eds.) Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. London. Arnold & Oxford University Press. Mueller, A. and Roberts, R. (2001) Dreams. In R. Roberts and D. Groome (Eds.) Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. London. Arnold & Oxford University Press. Roberts, R. (2001) Gateways to the Mind: Society and the Paranormal. In R. Roberts and D. Groome (Eds.) Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. London. Arnold & Oxford University Press. Roberts, R. and Zelenyanszki, C. (2002) Student mental health: Degrees of debt. In N. Stanley and J. Manthorpe (Eds.) Students’ mental health needs: Problems and responses. London. Jessica Kingsley. Roberts, R. (2007) British psychology’s response to the invasion and occupation of Iraq. In R. Roberts (Ed.) Just war: Psychology and terrorism. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Roberts, R. (2007) Power Illusion and Control: Families, States and Conflict. In R. Roberts (Ed.) Just war: Psychology and terrorism. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Roberts, R. (2007) Sleepwalking into totalitarianism: Democracy centre politics and terror. In R. Roberts (Ed.) Just war: Psychology and terrorism. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Roberts, R., Bećirević, M., and Tenenbaum, H. (2007) Children and war: Making sense of Iraq. In R. Roberts (Ed.) Just war: Psychology and terrorism. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Harper, D., Roberts, R and Sloboda, J. (2007) A psychology for peace? In R. Roberts (Ed.) Just war: Psychology and terrorism. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Roberts, R., Bećirević, E. & Paul, S. (2011) Truth and Denial: Psychological Perspectives on Reconciliation in Bosnia. In R. J. Elford (Ed.) Just Reconciliation: The practice and morality of making peace. New International Studies in Applied Ethics volume 6. Oxford. Peter Lang. Roberts, R. & Itten (2012) Laing and Szasz Revisited: Anti-Psychiatry, Capitalism and Therapy. In T, Itten & C. Young (Ed.) R D Laing: 50 years since ‘The Divided Self’. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Roberts, R. (2012) Sanity, madness & memory: R.D. Laing and the post-modern. In T, Itten & C. Young (Ed.) R D Laing: 50 years since ‘The Divided Self’. Ross-On-Wye. PCCS Books. Roberts, R. (2016) Introduction. In Marxism and psychology. Remarx Publishing. Roberts, R. (2016) Science and experience. In Groome, D. & Roberts, R. (Eds.) Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. London (2nd Edition). Hove. Psychology Press. Roberts, R. (2016) Dreams. In Groome, D. & Roberts, R. (Eds.) Parapsychology: The science of unusual experience. London (2nd Edition). Hove. Psychology Press. Roberts, R. (2017) From alienation to estrangement. In C. Hewer & E. Lyons (Eds.) Handbook of political psychology. London. Routledge. Forthcoming. Roberts, R. (2017) Social influence and malevolent authority: Obedience revisited. In C. Hewer & E. Lyons (Eds.) Handbook of political psychology. London. Routledge. Forthcoming. |