Article

Roberts, Ron [Reviewer] (2022) Psychology in the Covid-19 dreamland. Book Review of: 'The psychology of COVID-19' by Joel Vos Sage. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 35(3), pp. 1121-1123. ISSN (print) 1072-0537

Roberts, Ron and Itten, Theodor (2021) Francis Huxley and the human condition. The Psychologist, 34, pp. 68-71. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron (2020) An obsession with theory? The Psychologist, 33, p. 6. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron (2018) Hopeful possibilities of resistance. The Psychologist, 31, p. 7. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Richardson, Thomas, Yeebo, Mma, Jansen, Megan, Elliott, Peter and Roberts, Ron (2018) Financial difficulties and psychosis risk in British undergraduate students : a longitudinal analysis. Journal of Public Mental Health, 17(2), pp. 61-68. ISSN (print) 1746-5729

Richardson, Thomas, Elliott, Peter, Roberts, Ron and Jansen, Megan (2017) A longitudinal study of financial difficulties and mental health in a national sample of British undergraduate students. Community Mental Health Journal, 53(3), pp. 344-352. ISSN (print) 0010-3853

Richardson, Thomas, Elliott, Peter and Roberts, Ron (2017) Relationship between loneliness and mental health in students. Journal of Public Mental Health, 16(2), pp. 48-54. ISSN (print) 1746-5729

Sagar, Tracey, Jones, Debbie, Symons, Katrien, Tyrie, Jacky and Roberts, Ron (2016) Student involvement in the UK sex industry : motivations and experiences. The British Journal Of Sociology, 67(4), pp. 697-718. ISSN (print) 0007-1315

Roberts, Ron (2016) A time for much thought and new action? The Psychologist,

Roberts, Ron (2016) Off the beaten track. The Psychologist, 29, pp. 620-623. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Richardson, T., Elliott, P. and Roberts, R. (2015) The impact of tuition fees amount on mental health over time in British students. Journal of Public Health, 37(3), pp. 412-418. ISSN (print) 1741-3842

Sagar, Tracey, Jones, Deborah, Symons, Katrien, Bowring, Joanne and Roberts, Ron (2015) Student participation in the sex industry : higher education responses and staff experiences and perceptions. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 37(4), pp. 400-412. ISSN (print) 1360-080X

Roberts, Ron (2015) Ron Roberts reflects on psychology's ambivalent relationship to conflict. Psychology Cultures,

Roberts, R. and Hewer, C.J. (2015) Memory, madness and conflict: a Laingian perspective. Memory Studies, 8(2), pp. 169-182. ISSN (print) 1750-6980

Roberts, Ron, Halilovic, Majda, Becirevic, Edina and Hewer, Christopher J. (2015) Exploring attitudes to NATO in Republika Srpska. Global Discourse, 5(4), pp. 579-599. ISSN (print) 2326-9995

Roberts, Ron (2014) A rough guide to higher education (part one). Left Unity,

Roberts, Ron (2014) The psychodynamics of film. Book review of: 'Visible mind : movies, modernity and the unconscious' by Christopher Hauke. The Psychologist, 27(1), p. 52. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Richardson, Thomas, Elliott, Peter and Roberts, Ronald (2013) The relationship between personal unsecured debt and mental and physical health : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 33(8), pp. 1148-1162. ISSN (print) 0272-7358

Roberts, Ron (2013) Letter: Methodological shortcomings of biological research. The Psychologist, 26(7), p. 468. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron (2013) Guest blog : Dr. Ron Roberts - Kingston University, London. Student Sex Work Project,

Roberts, Ron, Jones, Amy and Sanders, Teela (2013) Students and sex work in the UK : providers and purchasers. Sex Education: sexuality, society and learning, 13(3), pp. 349-363. ISSN (print) 1468-1811

Roberts, Ron (2013) Szasz, reason & responsibility. Asylum : the magazine for democratic psychiatry, 20(1), pp. 11-12. ISSN (print) 0955-2030

Roberts, Ron (2012) Thomas Szasz (1920 - 2012) Life, liberty and politics. Asylum : the magazine for democratic psychiatry, 19(4), pp. 3-4. ISSN (print) 0955-2030

Roberts, Ron (2012) A moral abyss? Psychologist, 25(11), pp. 800-801. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Wahgo, S. and Roberts, R. (2012) Fourth wave feminism : protests and prospects. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 12(4), pp. 216-220. ISSN (print) 1471-7646

Hewer, C.J. and Roberts, R. (2012) History, culture and cognition: towards a dynamic model of social memory. Culture & Psychology, 18(2), pp. 167-183. ISSN (print) 1354-067X

Smith, Debbie M. and Roberts, Ron (2011) Social inequality and young pregnancy: the causal attributions of young parents in London, UK. Health & Place, 17(5), pp. 1054-1060. ISSN (print) 1353-8292

Roberts, Ron (2011) Letter: Kanazawa strikes again. The Psychologist, 24(7), pp. 478-479. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Smith, Debbie and Roberts, Ron (2011) Young parents; the role of housing in understanding social inequality. The Journal of Family Health Care, 21(1), pp. 20-22. ISSN (print) 1474-9114

Roberts, Ronald (2011) Psychology at the end of the world. The Psychologist, 24(1), pp. 22-25. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron (2011) Liberation by illusion : image and reality in the construction of security. Democracy and Security in Southeastern Europe(8-9), pp. 46-49. ISSN (print) 1986-5708

Roberts, Ron (2011) Sanity, madness & memory : R.D. Laing and the post-modern. International Journal of Psychotherapy, 15(2), ISSN (print) 1356-9082

Roberts, Ron (2010) Madness, myth and medicine. The Psychologist, 23(8), pp. 694-695. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ronald (2010) Book Review of: 'Safer sex in the city: the experience and management of street prostitution' by David Canter, Marie Ioannou and Donna Youngs. The Psychologist, 23(5), p. 402. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Macarie, Iulius-Cezar and Roberts, Ron (2010) Martial arts and mental health. Contemporary Psychotherapy, 2(1),

Roberts, R., Sanders, T., Smith, D. and Myers, E. (2010) Participation in sex work : students' views. Sex Education: sexuality, society and learning, 10(2), pp. 145-156. ISSN (print) 1468-1811

Roberts, R. (2010) Researching students in sex work : market values and academic freedom. The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 10(1), pp. 12-17. ISSN (print) 1471-7646

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), pp. 669-683. ISSN (print) 1367-6261

Smith, Debbie and Roberts, Ron (2009) Young parents’ perceptions of barriers to antenatal and postnatal care. British Journal of Midwifery, 17(10), pp. 620-627. ISSN (print) 0969-4900

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), pp. 185-195. ISSN (print) 1360-080X

Roberts, Ron, Becirevic, Majda and Baker, Tracy (2009) Children's understanding of the war in Iraq : views from Britain and Bosnia. International Journal of Childrens Spirituality, 14(1), pp. 17-30. ISSN (print) 1364-436X

Roberts, Ronald, Bergstrom, Sandra and La Rooy, David (2007) Sex work and students : an exploratory study. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 31(4), pp. 323-334. ISSN (print) 0309-877X

Roberts, Ronald, Bergstom, Sandra and La Rooy, David (2007) Commentary: UK students and sex work : current knowledge and research issues. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 17(2), pp. 141-146. ISSN (online) 1052-9284

Roberts, Ronald (2007) Psiholoska objasnjenja, socijalne reprezentacije I genocid [Psychological explanation, social representations and genocide]. Kriminalisticke teme [Journal of Criminal Justice Issues], 6(3-4), pp. 19-36. ISSN (print) 1512-5505

Gerrard, Eve and Roberts, Ronald (2006) Student parents, hardship and debt : a qualitative study. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 30(4), pp. 393-403. ISSN (print) 0309-877X

Roberts, Ron and Itten, Theodor (2006) Laing and Szasz : anti-psychiatry, capitalism, and therapy. The Psychoanalytic Review, 93(5), pp. 781-800. ISSN (print) 0033-2836

Roberts, Ron (2006) Precursors of genocide. The Psychologist, 19(6), p. 341. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron (2006) British psychology's response to the Iraq War 2003-2004. Clinical Psychology Forum, 157, pp. 24-48. ISSN (print) 1473-8279

Roberts, Ron (2005) Models of terrorism. The Psychologist, 18(10), p. 599. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron (2005) Power and illusion : perspectives from Laing and Chomsky. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 5(3), pp. 123-131. ISSN (print) 1471-7646

Roberts, R. (2005) Problems in replicating multivariate models in quantitative research. Health Psychology Update, 14(3), pp. 10-16. ISSN (print) 0954-2027

Roberts, Ron (2005) Iraq - should the BPS have a view? The Psychologist, 18(4), pp. 198-199. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, R. (2005) The response of British psychology to the Iraq war 2003-2004. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 5(1), pp. 1-9. ISSN (print) 1471-7646

Roberts, Ronald and Esgate, Anthony (2005) Don't mention the war. The Psychologist, 18(2), p. 198. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron, O'Connor, Tom, Dunn, Judy and Golding, Jean (2004) The effects of child sexual abuse in later family life; mental health, parenting and adjustment of offspring. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(5), pp. 525-545. ISSN (print) 0145-2134

Roberts, Ron (2004) Sanity madness and science : R.D.Laing and critical psychology. Society for Langian Studies,

Roberts, Ron (2003) Electroconvulsive therapy : confusion does not stem from the evidence. BMJ (online), 327, p. 621. ISSN (online) 1468-5833

Roberts, Ron (2002) Prevention is better than the cure. guardian.co.uk,

Roberts, Ronald (2001) Parapsychology and postmodernism. The Skeptic, 14(4), pp. 16-17. ISSN (print) 0959-5228

Roberts, Ron, Golding, John, Towell, Tony, Reid, Steven, Woodford, Sally, Vetere, Arlene and Weinreb, Irene (2000) Mental and physical health in students : the role of economic circumstances. British Journal of Health Psychology, 5(3), pp. 289-297. ISSN (print) 1359-107X

Baker, Dawn, Roberts, Ron and Towell, Tony (2000) Factors predictive of bone mineral density in eating-disordered women : a longitudinal study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 27(1), pp. 29-35. ISSN (print) 0276-3478

Roberts, Ron (1999) Debts of despair. The Guardian, Feb 2, vi.

Reid, S., Woodford, S. J., Roberts, R., Golding, J. F. and Towell, A. D. (1999) Health-related correlates of gambling on the British National Lottery. Psychological Reports, 84(1), pp. 247-254. ISSN (print) 0033-2941

Roberts, R., Welch, R., Boorman, S., Golding, J. F. and Towell, T. (1999) Variations in self reported health by occupational grade in the British Post Office : The Q-health project. Occupational Medicine, 49(8), pp. 491-497. ISSN (print) 0962-7480

Roberts, Ron, Golding, John, Towell, Tony and Weinreb, Irene (1999) The effects of economic circumstances on British students' mental and physical health. Journal of American College Health, 48(3), pp. 103-109. ISSN (print) 0744-8481

Roberts, Ron (1998) Culture shock and jet lag do not explain neuropsychiatric side effects of mefloquine. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 316, p. 1980. ISSN (print) 1759-2151

Roberts, Ron, Golding, John and Towell, Tony (1998) Student finance and mental health. Psychologist, 11(10), pp. 489-491. ISSN (print) 0952-8229

Roberts, Ron, Hemingway, Harry and Marmot, Michael (1997) Psychometric and clinical validity of the SF-36 in the Whitehall II study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 2(4), pp. 285-300. ISSN (print) 1359-107X

Hemingway, H., Nicholson, A., Stafford, M., Roberts, R. and Marmot, M. (1997) The impact of socioeconomic status on health functioning as assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire : the Whitehall II Study. American Journal of Public Health, 87(9), pp. 1484-1490. ISSN (print) 0090-0036

Stansfeld, S. A., Roberts, R. and Foot, S.P. (1997) Assessing the validity of the SF-36 General Health Survey. Quality of Life Research, 6(3), pp. 217-224. ISSN (print) 0962-9343

Roberts, Ron, Brunner, Eric and Marmot, Michael (1995) Psychological factors in the relationship between alcohol and cardiovascular morbidity. Social Science & Medicine, 41(11), pp. 1513-1516. ISSN (print) 0277-9536

Roberts, Ron, Brunner, Eric, White, Ian and Marmot, Michael (1993) Gender differences in occupational mobility and structure of employment in the British Civil Service. Social Science & Medicine, 37(12), pp. 1415-1425. ISSN (print) 0277-9536

Fallowfield, Lesley and Roberts, Ron (1992) Cancer counselling in the United Kingdom. Psychology & Health, 6(1-2), pp. 107-117. ISSN (print) 0887-0446

Roberts, R. and Fallowfield, L. (1990) Who supports the cancer counsellors? Nursing Times, 86(36), pp. 32-34. ISSN (print) 0954-7762

Roberts, Ron and Fallowfield, Lesley (1990) The goals of cancer counsellors. Counselling : The Journal of the British Association for Counselling, 1(3), pp. 88-91. ISSN (print) 0264-9977

Roberts, Ron (1990) Psychiatry, science and mental health : arguments against medical tyranny. Critical Public Health, 1(4), pp. 15-21. ISSN (print) 0958-1596

Roberts, Ron (1988) Recurring themes and images in a series of consecutive REM dreams. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 67(3), 767-777E. ISSN (print) 0031-5125

Roberts, Ron, Cyster, Richard and McEwen, James (1988) Alcohol consumption and the workplace : prospects for change? Public Health, 102(5), pp. 463-469. ISSN (print) 0033-3506

Roberts, Ron (1988) Hiccups in alcohol education. Health Education Journal, 47(2-3), pp. 73-76. ISSN (print) 0017-8969

Roberts, Ron (1988) Factors influencing alcohol consumption in a workspace setting. Occupational Medicine, 38(4), pp. 118-122. ISSN (print) 0962-7480

Roberts, Ron (1984) Tumbling dice. Personal Computer News, 80, pp. 12-13.

Book

Roberts, Ron (2023) The psychology of people, power and politics: through the looking glass. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 128p. ISBN 9781527507272

Boym, Svetlana and Roberts, Ron [Editor] (2022) The Origins of Nostalgia : Memories and Reflections. New York, U.S. : Bloomsbury Publishing. 168p. ISBN 9781501389931

Itten, Theodor and Roberts, Ron (2022) Francis Huxley : Ein Leben für die Sozialanthropologie [Francis Huxley : A Life for Social Anthropology]. Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer Nature. 453p. ISBN 9783658388966

Roberts, Ron and Itten, Theodor (2021) Francis Huxley and the human condition : anthropology, ancestry and knowledge. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 318p. ISBN 9780367553692

Vos, Joel, Roberts, Ron and Davies, James (2019) Mental health in crisis. London, U.K. : Sage Publications Limited. 168p. ISBN 9781526492203

Roberts, Ron (2018) Capitalism on campus : sex work, academic freedom and the market. Winchester, U.K. : Zero Books. 164p. ISBN 9781785358005

Groome, David and Roberts, Ron (2017) Parapsychology : the science of unusual experience. 2nd ed. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 246p. ISBN 9781138916401

Roberts, Ron (2017) The off-modern : psychology estranged. Alresford, U.K. : Zero Books. 214p. ISBN 9781785355950

Roberts, Ron (2015) Psychology and capitalism : the manipulation of mind. Winchester, U.K. : Zero Books. 125p. ISBN 9781782796541

Itten, Theodor and Roberts, Ron (2014) The new politics of experience and the bitter herbs. Monmouth, UK : PCCS Books. 281p. ISBN 9781906254742

Roberts, Ron (2011) Real to reel : psychiatry at the cinema. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. 129p. ISBN 9781906254421

Roberts, Ron, ed. (2007) Just war : psychology and terrorism. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. 272p. ISBN 9781898059929

Roberts, Ron, Towell, Tony and Golding, John F. (2001) Foundations of health psychology. Basingstoke, UK : Palgrave. 303p. ISBN 0333738586

Roberts, Ron and Groome, David, eds. (2001) Parapsychology : the science of unusual experience. London : Arnold (Hodder Headline). 186p. ISBN 0340761687

Book Section

Roberts, Ron (2021) Antarctica, human adaptation, and space. In: Foscari, Giulia, (ed.) Antarctic Resolution. Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Muller Publishers. pp. 571-573. ISBN 9783037786406

Roberts, Ron (2020) Psychology estranged : mind, culture, and capitalism. In: Nehring, Daniel , Madsen, Ole Jacob , Cabanas, Edgar , Mills, China and Kerrigan, Dylan, (eds.) The Routledge international handbook of global therapeutic cultures. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 372-384. ISBN 9780367110925

Roberts, Ron (2018) From alienation to estrangement : political thought and psychology. In: Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 54-72. ISBN 9781118982396

Roberts, Ron (2018) Social influence and malevolent authority : obedience revisited. In: Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 271-291. ISBN 9781118982396

Roberts, Ron and Hewer, Christopher J. (2018) A critical history of research methods. In: Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 28-53. ISBN 9781118982396

Roberts, Ron and Itten, Theodor (2012) Laing and Szasz revisited: anti-psychiatry, capitalism and therapy. In: Itten, Theodor and Young, Courtenay, (eds.) R.D. Laing : 50 years since 'The divided self'. Ross-on-Wye, U.K. : PCCS Books. pp. 260-279. ISBN 9781906254469

Roberts, Ron (2012) Sanity, madness & memory : R.D. Laing and the post-modern. In: Itten, Theodor and Young, Courtenay, (eds.) R.D. Laing : 50 years since 'The divided self'. Ross-on-Wye, U.K. : PCCS Books. pp. 202-217. ISBN 9781906254469

Roberts, Ron, Becirevic, Edina and Paul, Stephen (2011) Truth and denial: psychological perspectives on reconciliation in Bosnia. In: Elford, R. John, (ed.) Just reconciliation: the practice and morality of making peace. Bern, Switzerland : Peter Lang. pp. 129-146. (New International Studies in Applied Ethics, (6)) ISSN (print) 1663-0033 ISBN 9783034301657

Roberts, Ron (2007) British psychology's response to the invasion and occupation of Iraq. In: Roberts, Ron, (ed.) Just War: Psychology and Terrorism. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. pp. 46-60. ISBN 9781898059929

Roberts, Ron, Becirevic, Majda and Tenenbaum, Harriet (2007) Children and war : making sense of Iraq. In: Roberts, Ron, (ed.) Just War: Psychology and Terrorism. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. pp. 170-180. ISBN 9781898059929

Roberts, Ron (2007) Power, illusion and control : families, states and conflict. In: Roberts, Ron, (ed.) Just War: Psychology and Terrorism. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. pp. 160-169. ISBN 9781898059929

Roberts, Ron (2007) Sleepwalking into totalitarianism: democracy, centre politics and terror. In: Roberts, Ron, (ed.) Just War: Psychology and Terrorism. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. pp. 181-198. ISBN 9781898059929

Harper, David, Roberts, Ron and Sloboda, John (2007) A psychology for peace? In: Roberts, Ron, (ed.) Just War: Psychology and Terrorism. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. pp. 213-234. ISBN 9781898059929

Roberts, Ron and Zelenyanszki, Christiane (2002) Degrees of debt. In: Stanley, Nicky and Manthorpe, Jill, (eds.) Students' mental health needs: problems and responses. London, UK : Jessica Kingsley. pp. 107-120. ISBN 1853029831

Mueller, Antje and Roberts, Ron (2001) Dreams. In: Roberts, Ron and Groome, David, (eds.) Parapsychology: the science of unusual experience. London : Arnold (Hodder Headline). pp. 86-101. ISBN 0340761687

Roberts, Ron (2001) Gateways to the mind : society and the paranormal. In: Roberts, Ron and Groome, David, (eds.) Parapsychology: the science of unusual experience. London : Arnold (Hodder Headline). pp. 156-162. ISBN 0340761687

Roberts, Ron (2001) Science and experience. In: Roberts, Ron and Groome, David, (eds.) Parapsychology: the science of unusual experience. London : Arnold (Hodder Headline). pp. 7-18. ISBN 0340761687

Conference or Workshop Item

Roberts, R. and Smith, D. (2006) Student health and well-being. In: Ninth International Congress of Behavioral Medicine; 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2006, Bangkok, Thailand. (Unpublished)

Smith, D. and Roberts, R. (2006) Attitudes to abortion and pregnancy in young parents : does relative affluence matter? In: Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference; 13-15 Sep 2006, Colchester, England. (Unpublished)

Roberts, R. (2002) What leads to stability in parent-child relationships? Studying parent-child conflict using multilevel modelling. In: BPS Developmental Psychology Section Annual Conference; 5-8 September 2002, Brighton, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Moving Image/Broadcast

Ashcroft, Ross [Presenter], Krause, Nihara [Contributor] and Roberts, Ron [Contributor] (2019) Making your anxiety our business. (TV show). (Renegade Inc)

Sound Recording

Roberts, Ronald [Interviewee] (2008) Cosa non si fa per pagarsi gli studiosa. Intervista di Amalia Carosi. La radio ne parla. (Radio broadcast).

Thesis

Roberts, Ron (1986) In the midnight hour : systems theory and dreaming. (PhD thesis), University of Leicester, .