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
Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
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Spence, Ruth and Harrison, Amy and Bradbury, Paula and Bleakley, Paul and Martellozzo, Elena and DeMarco, Jeffrey (2023) Content moderators’ strategies for coping with the stress of moderating content online. Journal of Online Trust and Safety . ISSN 2770-3142 (Accepted/In press)
Ward, Jennifer and Spence, Ruth (2022) Criminal court sentencing: the case for specialist ‘young adult’ courts. British Journal of Criminology . ISSN 0007-0955 (Published online first)
Spence, Ruth and Kagan, Lisa and Nunn, Stephen and Bailey-Rodriguez, Deborah and Fisher, Helen L. and Hosang, Georgina M. and Bifulco, Antonia (2022) Life events, depression and supportive relationships affect academic achievement in university students. Journal of American College Health , 70 (7). pp. 1931-1935. ISSN 0744-8481
Davies, Kari and Spence, Ruth and Cummings, Emma and Cross, Maria and Horvath, Miranda A. H. (2022) Understanding sexual violence and factors related to police outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology , 13 . pp. 1-13. ISSN 1664-1078
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 , 11 (4). pp. 541-549. ISSN 2046-0260
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