Ruth is a researcher with an interest in the interplay between the environment and person centred factors and how they influence mental health and behaviour. She has recently been involved in the Computerised Life Events Assessment Record (CLEAR) project, creating a new online system that can be used to measure life events contextually as well as capture measures of mental health, social support and demographics.
Part of the centre for abuse and trauma studies
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-6197-9975
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Spence, Ruth and Kagan, Lisa and Nunn, Stephen and Bailey-Rodriguez, Deborah and Fisher, Helen L. and Hosang, Georgina M. and Bifulco, Antonia (2022) The moderation effect of secure attachment on the relationship between positive events and wellbeing. PsyCh Journal . ISSN 2046-0260 (Published online first)
Spence, Ruth and Horvath, Miranda A. H. and Dalton, Charlotte T. and Davies, Kari (2022) Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on reporting of rape, serious sexual offences, and domestic abuse in one English police force. Journal of Gender-Based Violence . ISSN 2398-6808 (Published online first)
Bifulco, Antonia and Jacobs, Catherine and Oskis, Andrea and Bunn, Amanda and Spence, Ruth (2021) The child attachment style interview (Child-ASI) and depression: preliminary findings. Educational and Child Psychology , 38 (1). pp. 62-74. ISSN 0267-1611
Spence, Ruth and Kagan, Lisa and Kljakovic, Moja and Bifulco, Antonia (2021) Understanding trauma in children and young people in the school setting. Educational and Child Psychology , 38 (1). pp. 87-98. ISSN 0267-1611
Bifulco, Antonia and Spence, Ruth and Kagan, Lisa (2020) Life events and emotional disorder revisited: research and clinical applications. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780367371579 (Accepted/In press)
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