R Roberts

Biographic Data

ID3613841
NAMER Roberts
GIVEN NAMESR
FAMILY NAMERoberts
SIGNATUREROBERTS R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Westminster
ORCID0000-0003-2416-9268
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS54
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1947
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX3

  • Word, like Fire

    R Roberts, Rosemary A RobertsARTICLEJournal of American History2014

  • The Two-Fisted Testing Ground of Manhood

    R Roberts, Rita D RobertsARTICLEJournal of American History2014

    Journal Article "The Two-Fisted Testing Ground of Manhood": Boxing and the Academy Get access Randy Roberts Randy Roberts Distinguished professor of history at Purdue University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 101, Issue 1, June 2014, Pages 188–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jau298 Published: 01 June 2014

  • Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner

    R Roberts, Rodney C RobertsARTICLEJournal of American History2013Cited by: 1

    On October 25, 1970, the night before Muhammad Ali ended his government-imposed exile and returned to the boxing ring to fight Jerry Quarry, he and his entourage watched films of the legendary and controversial fighter Jack Johnson. Ali and Johnson seemed to be cut from the same cloth: both were great black showmen, hounded by the government, and forced into exile. The next night, during the Quarry fight, Ali's assistant trainer and cornerman, Dr…

  • A Level Playing Field

    R Roberts, Roy E RobertsARTICLEJournal of American History2012

    Gerald L. Early is a master essayist. As demonstrated in Tuxedo Junction (1989) and The Culture of Bruising (1989), his métier is the graceful movement from the specific event to the general principle. Beginning an essay with an observation about a boxer or a musician, he soon segues to a discussion of a universal meaning, usually centered on race in America. In A Level Playing Field Early continues his exploration of the juncture where race and …

  • Factors associated with depression symptoms in high school students in São Paulo, Brazil

    Open AccessLC Zinn-Souza, Roberta Nagai et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2008Cited by: 1References: 15

    OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with depression symptoms in high school students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study involving high school students was conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, 2001. A total of 724 students aged 14-18 years answered questionnaires on life and health conditions. Another questionnaire was applied to working (44.8%) and unemployed (22.9%) students to collect information on working conditions. Factors associa…

  • Quality of Life Comparison Between the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and Amiodarone

    J Irvine, Paul Dorian et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1999

    s of Papers for 1999 Annual Meeting: Symposium: Psychosocial Factors in Malignant Cardiac Arrhythmias and Their Treatment with Implanted Defibrillators

  • Health-Related Correlates of Gambling on the British National Lottery

    Open AccessSteve Reid, Sally Woodford et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1999

    The National Lottery has been estimated as being played by 65% of the adult British population. This study investigated whether higher average weekly spending on the Lottery is associated with various health-related variables. Results from a survey of 482 British adults (mean age = 33.3 yr.), consisting of 107 students and 375 people in employment, indicated that those who spent more on the Lottery had significantly poorer social functioning (Soc…

  • Assessing the validity of the SF-36 General Health Survey

    Open AccessStephen Stansfeld, S A Stansfeld et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research1997

  • The impact of socioeconomic status on health functioning as assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire

    Harry Hemingway, A Nicholson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1997Cited by: 44References: 27

    OBJECTIVES: This study measured the association between socioeconomic status and the eight scale scores of the Medical Outcomes Study short form 36 (SF-36) general health survey in the Whitehall II study of British civil servants. It also assessed, for the physical functioning scale, whether this association was independent of disease. METHODS: A questionnaire containing the SF-36 was administered at the third phase of the study to 5766 men and 2…

  • Comparative assessment of tourist generating markets for New Zealand

    Open AccessBrian D Henshall, R RobertsARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1985Cited by: 4References: 15

  • Résultats d'une étude anthropologique d'un groupe d'étudiants de la région nantaise

    Open AccessR Roberts, R Robert et al.ARTICLECahiers du Centre de recherches…1983

    Robert R., Resche F., Pineau Henri. Résultats d'une étude anthropologique d'un groupe d'étudiants de la région nantaise. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIII° Série. Tome 10 fascicule 2, 1983. pp. 177-193

  • Le culte des crânes humains aux époques préhistoriques

    Open AccessA Glory, Anne-Cécile Glory et al.ARTICLECahiers du Centre de recherches…1947Cited by: 4

    Glory A., Robert R. Le culte des crânes humains aux époques préhistoriques. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, IX° Série. Tome 8, 1947. pp. 114-133