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Dr Ruth Spence
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Biography &
QualificationsRuth 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 https://catsresearch.org.uk/
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InterestsSelected publications
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The Computerised Life Event and Assessment (CLEAR) online measure of life events: reliability, validity and association with depression
Bifulco, Antonia and Spence, Ruth and Nunn, Stephen and Kagan, Lisa and Bailey-Rodriguez, Deborah and Hosang, Georgina M. and Taylor, Matthew and Fisher, Helen L. (2018) The Computerised Life Event and Assessment (CLEAR) online measure of life events: reliability, validity and association with depression. JMIR Mental Health . ISSN 2368-7959 (Accepted/In press)
Adolescent attachment style in residential care: the attachment style interview and vulnerable attachment style questionnaire
Bifulco, Antonia and Jacobs, Catherine and Ilan-Clarke, Yael and Spence, Ruth and Oskis, Andrea (2017) Adolescent attachment style in residential care: the attachment style interview and vulnerable attachment style questionnaire. British Journal of Social Work, 47 . pp. 1880-1883. ISSN 0045-3102
Help-seeking in emerging adults with and without a history of mental health referral: a qualitative study
Spence, Ruth and Owens-Solari, Matthew and Goodyer, Ian (2016) Help-seeking in emerging adults with and without a history of mental health referral: a qualitative study. BMC Research Notes, 9 . ISSN 1756-0500
Factors associated with variation in hospital use at the end of life in England
Bardsley, Martin and Georghiou, Theo and Spence, Ruth and Billings, John (2016) Factors associated with variation in hospital use at the end of life in England. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care . ISSN 2045-435X (Published online first)
View more publicationsMeasuring life events and their association with clinical disorder: a protocol for development of an online approach
Spence, Ruth and Bunn, Amanda and Nunn, Stephen and Hosang, Georgina and Kagan, Lisa and Fisher, Helen L. and Taylor, Matthew and Bifulco, Antonia (2015) Measuring life events and their association with clinical disorder: a protocol for development of an online approach. JMIR Research Protocols, 4 (3). e83. ISSN 1929-0748
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Impact- Working with Youth In Mind who specialise in online psychological measurement
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