| Post: | Lecturer in Psychology |
| Location: | Pevensey 1 1C12 |
| Email: | R.De-Visser@sussex.ac.uk |
| Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 6585 |
| UK: | (01273) 876585 |
| International: | +44 1273 876585 |
Biography
BSc (Melbourne); GDip Health Psych (La Trobe); PhD (La Trobe)
Role
Lecturer - Department of Psychology and Brighton and Sussex Medical SchoolResearch
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My research interests include:gender and health-related behaviour; young people's health behaviour; sexual health; linking quantitative and qualitative methods.
Teaching
Department of Psychology - Qualitative and quantitative methods in psychology
Department of Psychology - Psychology through the lifespan
Brighton and Sussex Medical School - Module 101 - Clinical skills
Brighton and Sussex Medical School - Module 102 - Foundations of health and illness
Brighton and Sussex Medical School - Module 103 - Heart, lungs, and blood
Brighton and Sussex Medical School - Module 202 - Neuropsychology and behaviour
Brighton and Sussex Medical School - Module 203 - Reproduction and endocrinology
Publications
Palmer, M., Larkin, M., de Visser, R. & Fadden, G. (in press) Developing an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach to focus group data. Qualitative Research in Psychology.
Larkin, M., Clifton, E. & de Visser, R. (2009) Making sense of 'consent' in a constrained environment. International Journal of Law & Psychiatry, 32, 176-183. [abstract]
masculinity and young men's health-related behaviour
de Visser, R., Smith, J. & McDonnell, E. (2009) "That's not masculine": masculine capital and health-related behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 1047-1058. [abstract]
de Visser, R. (2009) "I'm not a very manly man": Qualitative insights into young men's masculine subjectivity. Men & Masculinities, 11, 367-371. [abstract]
de Visser, R. (2009) Young men, masculinity and alcohol. In: A. Broom & P. Tovey (Eds) Men's Health: Body, Identity and Social Context. New York: Wiley. [more information here]
de Visser, R. & Smith, J. (2007) Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men. Psychology & Health, 22, 595-614. [abstract]
de Visser, R. & Smith, J. (2007) Young men's ambivalence toward alcohol. Social Science & Medicine, 64, 350-362. [abstract]
de Visser, R. & Smith, J. (2006) Mister in between: a case study of masculine identity and health-related behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 685-695. [abstract]
sexual relationships and sexual health
de Visser, R. & McDonell, E. (2008) Correlates of parents' reports of acceptability of Human Papilloma Virus vaccination for their school-aged children. Sexual Health, 5, 331-338. [abstract]
de Visser, R. & McDonald, D. (2007) Swings and roundabouts: Management of jealousy in heterosexual swinging couples. British Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 459-476. [abstract]
sexual behaviour and sexual health: the Australian Study of Health & Relationships
Richters, J., de Visser, R., Rissel, C., Grulich, A. & Smith, A. (2008) Demographic and Psychosocial Features of Participants in Bondage and Discipline, "Sadomasochism" or Dominance and Submission (BDSM): Data from a National Survey. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 1660-1668. [abstract]
de Visser, R., Rissel, C., Richters, J. & Smith, A. (2007) The impact of sexual coercion on psychological, physical, and sexual well-being in a representative sample of Australian adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 676-686. [abstract]
de Visser, R., Smith, A., Richters, J. & Rissel, C. (2007) Associations between religiosity and sexual behaviour and attitues in a representative sample of Australian adults. Archives of Sexual Behvior, 36, 33-46. [abstract]
de Visser, R., Rissel, C., Smith, A. & Richters, J. (2006). Sociodemographic correlates of smoking, drinking, injecting drug use, and sexual risk behaviour in a representative sample of Australian young people. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13, 153-162. [abstract]
Millett, C., Wen, L., Rissel, C., Smith, A., Richters, J., Grulich, A. & de Visser, R. (2006) Smoking and erectile dysfunction: findings from a representative sample of Australian men. Tobacco Control, 15, 136-139. [abstract]
Richters, J., de Visser, R., Rissel, C. & Smith, A. (2006) Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of orgasm in a national survey. Journal of Sex Research, 43, 217-226.*
* awarded 2006 Hugo G Beigel Award for 2006 by Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality *
Richters, J., Smith, A., de Visser, R., Grulich, A. & Rissel, C. (2006) Circumcision in Australia: prevalence and effects on sexual health. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 17, 547-554. [abstract]
de Visser, R., Smith, A. & Richters, J. (2005). Can we generalise to the broader population from studies of sexual behaviour among university students? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29, 436-441.
Smith, A., de Visser, R. & Rissel, C. (2005) Random digit dialing and directory based samples in telephone surveys of HIV risk: a comparison from the Australian Study of Health and Relationships. Annals of Epidemiology, 15, 232-5. [abstract]
de Visser R, Smith, A., Rissel, A., Righters, J & Grulich, Al. (2003) Sex in Australia: Experiences of sexual coercion among a representative sample of adults. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, 198-203.
Richters, J., Grulich, A., de Visser, R., Smith, A. & Rissel, C. (2003) Sex in Australia: Contraceptive practices among a representative sample of women. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27, 210-6.
+ full list available from R.De-Visser@sussex.ac.uk
condom use among heterosexual young adults
de Visser, R. (2007) Why do heterosexual young adults who are using reliable contraception also use condoms? Results from a diary-based prospective longitudinal study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 305-313. [abstract]
de Visser, R. (2005) One size fits all? Promoting condom use for STI prevention among heterosexual young adults. Health Education Research, 20, 557-66. [abstract]
de Visser, R. (2004) Delayed application of condoms, withdrawal, and negotiation of safer sex among heterosexual young adults. AIDS Care, 16, 315-322 [abstract]
de Visser, R. & Smith, A. (2004) Which intention? Whose intention? Condom use and theories of individual decision making. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 9, 193-204. [abstract]
de Visser, R. & Smith, A. (2001) Relationship between sexual partners influences rates and correlates of condom use. AIDS Education and Prevention, 13, 413-427. [abstract]
de Visser, R. & Smith, A. (2000) When always isn't enough: Implications of the late application of condoms for the validity and reliability of self-reported condom use. AIDS Care, 12, 221-4. [abstract]
de Visser, R. & Smith, A. (2000) Inconsistent users of condoms: A challenge to traditional models of health behaviour. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 6, 41-46. [abstract]
de Visser, R. & Smith, A. (2000) Predictors of heterosexual condom use: Characteristics of the situation are more important than characteristics of the individual. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 4, 265-279. [abstract]
living with HIV / AIDS
de Visser, R. & Grierson, J. (2002) Use of alternative therapies by people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia. AIDS Care, 14, 599-606 [abstract]
Grierson, J., de Visser, R. & Bartos, M. (2001) More cautious, more optimistic: Australian people living with HIV/AIDS, 1997-1999. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 12, 670-6 [abstract]
Ezzy, D., de Visser, R. & Bartos, M. (1999) Poverty, disease progression and employment among people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia. AIDS Care, 11, 405-414. [abstract]
Ezzy, D., de Visser, R., Grubb, I. & McConachy, D. (1998) Employment, accommodation, finances and combination therapy: the social consequences of living with HIV/AIDS in Australia. AIDS Care, 10, 189-199. [abstract]