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Robert Jefferson Snowden

Robert Jefferson Snowden

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Psychology

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Overview

Robert Jefferson Snowden is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Psychology, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology. They have also contributed to research in Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their research work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Personality Traits and Psychology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Well-Being and Psychological Distress: Impact Upon a Single Country" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Secondary school students' perception of the online teaching experience during COVID-19: The impact on mental wellbeing and specific learning difficulties" (2021), published in British Journal of Educational Psychology
  • "Reliability and validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in the assessment of risk for institutional violence: A cautionary note on DeMatteo et al. (2020)" (2020), published in Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • "Development and psychometric properties of the Knowledge and Attitudes to Mental Health Scales (KAMHS): a psychometric measure of mental health literacy in children and adolescents" (2021), published in BMC Pediatrics
  • "Psychological distress and resilience in first responders and health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021), published in Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Their research has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • BMC Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment

Robert Jefferson Snowden has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Nicola S. Gray
  • Nicola J. Simkiss
  • Jennifer Pink
  • James Knowles
  • Chris O'Connor

Best Publications

  • Prediction of violence and self-harm in mentally disordered offenders: a prospective study of the efficacy of HCR-20, PCL-R, and psychiatric symptomatology.

    Nicola S. Gray;Charlotte Hill;Andrew Mcgleish;David Timmons

  • Motion perception in the ageing visual system: Minimum motion, motion coherence, and speed discrimination thresholds

    Robert Jefferson Snowden;Emma Kavanagh

  • Speed perception fogs up as visibility drops

    Robert Jefferson Snowden;Nicola Stimpson;Roy A. Ruddle

  • An implicit test of the associations between children and sex in pedophiles.

    Nicola Susan Gray;Anthony Brown;Malcolm J. MacCulloch;Jennifer Smith

  • The effects of surround contrast on contrast thresholds, perceived contrast and contrast discrimination

    Robert Jefferson Snowden;Stephen T. Hammett

  • Predicting future reconviction in offenders with intellectual disabilities: the predictive efficacy of VRAG, PCL-SV, and the HCR-20.

    Nicola Susan Gray;Suzanne Fitzgerald;John Taylor;Malcolm J. MacCulloch

  • A taxometric analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV): further evidence of dimensionality.

    Glenn D. Walters;Nicola Susan Gray;Rebecca L. Jackson;Kenneth W. Sewell

  • The relationship between trauma and beliefs about hearing voices: a study of psychiatric and non-psychiatric voice hearers.

    E. M. Andrew;Nicola Susan Gray;Robert Jefferson Snowden

  • Faking of the implicit association test is statistically detectable and partly correctable

    Dario Cvencek;Anthony G. Greenwald;Anthony S. Brown;Nicola S. Gray

  • Shifts in perceived position following adaptation to visual motion

    Robert Jefferson Snowden

  • Predicting violent reconvictions using the HCR-20

    Nicola S. Gray;John Taylor;Robert Jefferson Snowden

  • Forensic psychology: Violence viewed by psychopathic murderers.

    Nicola Susan Gray;Malcolm J. MacCulloch;Malcolm J. MacCulloch;Jennifer Smith;Mark Morris

  • Relative efficacy of criminological, clinical, and personality measures of future risk of offending in mentally disordered offenders: a comparative study of HCR-20, PCL:SV, and OGRS.

    Nicola Susan Gray;Robert Jefferson Snowden;Sophie MacCulloch;Helen Phillips

  • The Effect of Contrast upon Perceived Speed: A General Phenomenon?

    M. R. Blakemore;Robert Jefferson Snowden

  • Is global motion really based on spatial integration of local motion signals

    Andrew T. Smith;Robert J. Snowden;Alan B. Milne

  • Impulsivity and psychopathy: Associations between the Barrett Impulsivity Scale and the Psychopathy Checklist revised

    Robert Jefferson Snowden;Nicola Susan Gray

  • Phantom motion aftereffects – evidence of detectors for the analysis of optic flow

    Robert Jefferson Snowden;A. B. Milne

  • Which schizotypal dimensions abolish latent inhibition

    Nicola Susan Gray;Michelle Fernandez;Jayne Williams;Roy Allan Ruddle

  • Implicit measurement of sexual associations in child sex abusers: role of victim type and denial.

    Anthony Brown;Nicola Susan Gray;Robert Jefferson Snowden

  • The pupil's response to affective pictures: Role of image duration, habituation, and viewing mode.

    Robert J. Snowden;Katherine R. O'Farrell;Daniel Burley;Jonathan T. Erichsen

  • BRIEF REPORTS An Implicit Test of the Associations Between Children and Sex in Pedophiles

    Nicola S. Gray;Anthony S. Brown;Malcolm J. MacCulloch;Jennifer Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola S. Gray
Nicola S. Gray Swansea University
Craig S. Neumann
Craig S. Neumann University of North Texas
Peter Muris
Peter Muris Maastricht University
Oliver Braddick
Oliver Braddick University of Oxford
Alan B. Milne
Alan B. Milne University of Aberdeen
Raymond A. Knight
Raymond A. Knight Brandeis University
Robert D. Hare
Robert D. Hare University of British Columbia
John L. Taylor
John L. Taylor Northumbria University
Donald R. Lynam
Donald R. Lynam Purdue University West Lafayette

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