Dr Richard Rowe BSc, MSc, PhD

Qualifications

BSc (Manchester), MSc, PhD (Reading)

Teaching and administrative duties

I am Director of our MSc Psychological Research course. I lecture in quantitative methods for this MSc and also on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, the taught programme offered by the Social Science Faculty's Doctoral Training Centre and the MSc in Occupational Psychology. At undergraduate level, I organise and teach on the Research Methods module at Level 2 and contribute to the Level 2 Developmental Psychology module.

Research Interests

Antisocial Behaviour
I am interested in the causes, correlates, and outcomes of antisocial behaviour in childhood and adolescence. In particular my work focusses on the identification of meaningful subtypes of antisocial behaviour. For example I have addressed the relationships between oppositionality and conduct disorder, and the role of callous and unemotional traits.

Risky Driving Behaviour
My work addresses the psychological factors that put young drivers at increased risk of crash. This includes both skill based factors, such as hazard perception, and style based factors such as speeding. I have been involved in developing and evaluating interventions to reduce risky driving in young people in collaboration with Sheffield City Council.

Anticipation skills in real world tasks
Developing from my interest in driving skills, I am interested in the development of anticipatory skills in real-world tasks. This has led to the development of video-based measures of anticipation in tennis. I am particularly interested in the extent to which neuroimaging can inform our understanding of the cognitive processes involved.

Quality of Life in Chronic Illness
This work addresses predictors of quality of life in survivors of cancer. I am currently supervising a project examining whether an educational intervention can improve psychosocial functioning in children with leukaemia.

Key Research Funding

Safety Drive: A theoretically driven intervention to reduce risk-taking in young drivers. HEIF 4 KT Project Fund. £9659. PI: Richard Rowe. 2011.

Does an interactive child-centred workshop reduce treatment-related distress and improve QOL in children with leukaemia? National Institute of Health Research. £248,907. PI: Guy Makin (Manchester). 2011-2014.

Effects of smoking history on cancer care and Quality of Life in advanced lung cancer. Weston Park Trust. 3 years. £158,000. PI: Sarah Danson. 2009-2012.

Immediate and longer term consequences for men who bank sperm prior to cancer treatment. Cancer Research UK. 3 years. £225,000. PI: Christine Eiser. 2008-2011.

Alcohol Education and Research Council. Drinking to the future: Adult outcomes of adolescent alcohol involvement. 1 year. £49,767. PI Jim McCambridge (London School of Hygiene). 2007-2009.

Activities and Distinctions

• Invited paper in Journal of Abnormal Psychology Special Section addressing "Building an evidence base for DSM-5 conceptualizations of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder" (published November 2010, editors Dustin Pardini, Paul Frick, Terrie Moffitt).
• 2002 American Psychological Association New Researcher award for Applied Experimental Psychology.
• External Examiner Developmental Psychology MSc (Sheffield Hallam University)
• External Examiner undergraduate Psychology degree (University of Worcester)

Key Publications

McCambridge, J., McAlaney, J., & Rowe, R. (2011). Adult Consequences of Late Adolescent Alcohol Consumption: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies. PLOS Medicine, 8(2).

Barclay, N. L., Eley, T. C., Maughan, B., Rowe, R., & Gregory, A. M. (2011). Associations between diurnal preference, sleep quality and externalizing behaviours: a behavioural genetic analysis. Psychological Medicine, 41(5), 1029-1040.

Rowe, R., Maughan, B., Moran, P., Ford, T., Briskman, J., & Goodman, R. (2010). The role of callous and unemotional traits in the diagnosis of conduct disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(6), 688-695.

Rowe, R., Costello, E. J., Angold, A., Copeland, W. E., & Maughan, B. (2010). Developmental Pathways in Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(4), 726-738.

Moran, P., Rowe, R., Flach, C., Briskman, J., Ford, T., Maughan, B., et al. (2009). Predictive Value of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Large Community Sample. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(11), 1079-1084.

Rowe, R., Horswill, M. S., Kronvall-Parkinson, M., Poulter, D. R., & McKenna, F. P. (2009). The Effect of Disguise on Novice and Expert Tennis Players' Anticipation Ability. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 21(2), 178-185.

Rowe, R., Rijsdijk, F. V., Maughan, B., Hosang, G. M., & Eley, T. C. (2008). Heterogeneity in antisocial behaviours and comorbidity with depressed mood: a behavioural genetic approach. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(5), 526-534.

View a full list of Richard Rowe's publications.

Current Postgraduate Students

• Patrycja Piotrowska (Social inequalities and antisocial behaviour)
• Stephanie Bramley (The effects of music on gambling)