Rob Saunders
Biographic Data
| ID | 3849083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rob Saunders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rob |
| FAMILY NAME | Saunders |
| SIGNATURE | SAUNDERS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7077-8729 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Assessing Epistemic Trust in Common Mental Health Disorders: The Clinical Validation of ETMCQ, Measurement Invariance and Control Group Comparison
Epistemic trust is the capacity of an individual to assimilate new information and engage with their surroundings. This study focused on the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) among individuals seeking treatment for common mental health issues (N = 378) compared to a non-clinical group (N = 357). The study aimed to validate the ETMCQ clinically, assess its consistency across clinical groups and community controls, and …
Intervention provision and engagement in Colombia’s Papsivi – a national psychosocial support service for over half a million victims of armed conflict
This study provides insights into support provision for civilian victims of conflict indicating that psychosocial support provision can be managed effectively at very large scales
Difference-in-resonance: The more-than-human dramaturgy of Alloyed Bodies and the Human–Robot Experience (HRX) Theatre
The Effects of Parallel Instrument Instruction Using Mandolin for Beginning Violin
Parallel instrument (PI) instruction with mandolin, as examined in a quasi-experimental intervention study, improves aural and executive technique skills in beginning violin pedagogy. The primary research questions of the study are twofold: (a) Does instruction with the PIs, violin and mandolin, improve pitch accuracy compared to instruction on violin alone in beginning students? and (b) Are students using PIs better able to audiate harmonic func…
Armed conflict exposure types are not equally associated with access to psychosocial support: A study of over 8 million victims of the Colombian armed conflict
Background: The Colombian armed conflict has endured for almost 60 years. Colombia has a national psychosocial support service, called PAPSIVI, which is the largest initiative in history to address the psychosocial needs of civilians. Aims: Understand the extent to which PAPSIVI reaches priority groups and provides access to psychosocial support for victims of the conflict, something only previously tested in small studies. Methods: We used anony…
The role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news
Epistemic trust ‐ defined as readiness to regard knowledge, communicated by another agent, as significant, relevant to the self, and generalizable to other contexts–has recently been applied to the field of developmental psychopathology as a potential risk factor for psychopathology. The work described here sought to investigate how the vulnerability engendered by disruptions in epistemic trust may not only impact psychological resilience and int…
Exploring perspectives on how to improve psychological treatment for women from minoritised ethnic communities: A qualitative study with service users
BACKGROUND: Women are disproportionately impacted by depression and anxiety disorders and in particular, women from minoritised ethnic communities experience inequalities in access to outcomes of psychological treatment for these disorders. Better understanding from the views of service users about the factors that impact their access to, and experiences of care could help to optimise treatment for these groups. METHOD: This study explored experi…
Sociodemographic, economic, and academic factors linked with resilience in university students during covid-19 pandemic: A Brazilian cross-sectional study
The study's findings revealed that sociodemographic, economic, and academic variables were significantly associated with resilience scores in undergraduates from Minas Gerais during the covid-19 pandemic. These findings can help universities develop target strategies to promote students' resilience and reduce the risk of poor mental health among this population
Trends, challenges, and priorities for shared decision making in mental health: The first umbrella review
BACKGROUND: Shared decision making (SDM) is a health communication model promoting patient-centered care that has not been routinely utilized in mental health. Inconsistent definitions, models, measurement tools, and lack of sufficient evidence for the effectiveness of SDM interventions are potential contributors to the limited use of SDM in mental health. AIMS: (1) Provide the first systematic analysis of global development trends and challenges…
Implementing peer support in higher education: A feasibility study
Background: When experiencing mental distress, many university students seek support from their peers. In schools and mental health services, formalised peer support interventions have demonstrated some success but implementation challenges have been reported. This study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability and safety of a novel manualized peer support intervention and associated data collection processes. Methods: A longitudinal mixed …
Moving beyond the mirror: Relational and performative meaning making in human–robot communication
Current research in human–robot interaction often focuses on rendering communication between humans and robots more ‘natural’ by designing machines that appear and behave humanlike. Communication, in this human-centric approach, is often understood as a process of successfully transmitting information in the form of predefined messages and gestures. This article introduces an alternative arts-led, movement-centric approach, which embraces the dif…
The impact of mental health support for the chronically ill on hospital utilisation: Evidence from the UK
Reasons behind the rising rate of involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act (1983): Service use and cost impact
Sympathy for the Devil? Uncovering Inhibitors and Enablers of Emotional Engagement Between Zoo Visitors and the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisi
This article explores enablers and inhibitors of emotional engagement between visitors and Tasmanian devils at Healesville Sanctuary, Australia. A qualitative research approach was utilized including 44 interviews (ten with staff and 34 with visitors) and eight hours of observations of 622 visitors. Findings are presented in relation to six themes: (a) visitors’ motivations for viewing Tasmanian devils, (b) visitors’ emotional responses to Tasman…
On Track: A Slippery Mechanic-Robotic Performance
This article explores the production of ON TRACK, a performative installation, whose slippery, smelly narrative emerges from the interactions and interferences between a mechanical mop, a troupe of robotic brushes and spilling viscous fluids. The machinic assemblage performs ‘other ways of knowing’, unfolding where the programmed and choreographed meet the messy and unknown. The work was created within the e-MobiLArt project
The Ecology of Adolescent Substance Abuse Service Utilization
This paper presents an ecological‐community model toward the explanation of variation in patterns of substance abuse (SA) service utilization among adolescents who are enrolled in Tennesssee's Medicaid program (TennCare). Guided by a theoretical framework that draws from the social ecology work of Bronfenbrenner and health services utilization models promoted by Aday and Andersen, we apply a social indicators approach toward explaining the impact…
Birds and marine mammals in southwestern Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada
The southwestern part of Foxe Basin is a little known region of the Canadian Arctic, being difficult to access during the summer because of heavy and unpredictable ice conditions. Surveys of birds and marine mammals in the area were carried out by lightweight expeditions in the summers of 1994 and 1995, using sea-kayaks, as well as a Peterhead boat from the nearest community, at Repulse Bay. The area supports important populations of narwhal, bow…
Integrating Data from Multiple Public Sources: Opportunities and Challenges for Evaluators
This article aims to inform evaluators about issues involved in using and integrating administrative databases from public agencies. With the growing focus on monitoring and oversight of public programs for health, mental health and substance abuse problems, existing data sets in public agencies became an important source of evaluation and planning information. The focus of this article is on the methods used to find, integrate and analyze multip…
The Ecology of Adolescent Substance Abuse Service Utilization
This paper presents an ecological‐community model toward the explanation of variation in patterns of substance abuse (SA) service utilization among adolescents who are enrolled in Tennesssee's Medicaid program (TennCare). Guided by a theoretical framework that draws from the social ecology work of Bronfenbrenner and health services utilization models promoted by Aday and Andersen, we apply a social indicators approach toward explaining the impact…
Integrating Data from Multiple Public Sources: Opportunities and Challenges for Evaluators
This article aims to inform evaluators about issues involved in using and integrating administrative databases from public agencies. With the growing focus on monitoring and oversight of public programs for health, mental health and substance abuse problems, existing data sets in public agencies became an important source of evaluation and planning information. The focus of this article is on the methods used to find, integrate and analyze multip…
Integrating Data from Multiple Public Sources: Opportunities and Challenges for Evaluators
This article aims to inform evaluators about issues involved in using and integrating administrative databases from public agencies. With the growing focus on monitoring and oversight of public programs for health, mental health and substance abuse problems, existing data sets in public agencies became an important source of evaluation and planning information. The focus of this article is on the methods used to find, integrate and analyze multip…
The Ecology of Adolescent Substance Abuse Service Utilization
This paper presents an ecological‐community model toward the explanation of variation in patterns of substance abuse (SA) service utilization among adolescents who are enrolled in Tennesssee's Medicaid program (TennCare). Guided by a theoretical framework that draws from the social ecology work of Bronfenbrenner and health services utilization models promoted by Aday and Andersen, we apply a social indicators approach toward explaining the impact…
Birds and marine mammals in southwestern Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada
The southwestern part of Foxe Basin is a little known region of the Canadian Arctic, being difficult to access during the summer because of heavy and unpredictable ice conditions. Surveys of birds and marine mammals in the area were carried out by lightweight expeditions in the summers of 1994 and 1995, using sea-kayaks, as well as a Peterhead boat from the nearest community, at Repulse Bay. The area supports important populations of narwhal, bow…
On Track: A Slippery Mechanic-Robotic Performance
This article explores the production of ON TRACK, a performative installation, whose slippery, smelly narrative emerges from the interactions and interferences between a mechanical mop, a troupe of robotic brushes and spilling viscous fluids. The machinic assemblage performs ‘other ways of knowing’, unfolding where the programmed and choreographed meet the messy and unknown. The work was created within the e-MobiLArt project
Sympathy for the Devil? Uncovering Inhibitors and Enablers of Emotional Engagement Between Zoo Visitors and the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisi
This article explores enablers and inhibitors of emotional engagement between visitors and Tasmanian devils at Healesville Sanctuary, Australia. A qualitative research approach was utilized including 44 interviews (ten with staff and 34 with visitors) and eight hours of observations of 622 visitors. Findings are presented in relation to six themes: (a) visitors’ motivations for viewing Tasmanian devils, (b) visitors’ emotional responses to Tasman…
Reasons behind the rising rate of involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act (1983): Service use and cost impact
Implementing peer support in higher education: A feasibility study
Background: When experiencing mental distress, many university students seek support from their peers. In schools and mental health services, formalised peer support interventions have demonstrated some success but implementation challenges have been reported. This study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability and safety of a novel manualized peer support intervention and associated data collection processes. Methods: A longitudinal mixed …
Moving beyond the mirror: Relational and performative meaning making in human–robot communication
Current research in human–robot interaction often focuses on rendering communication between humans and robots more ‘natural’ by designing machines that appear and behave humanlike. Communication, in this human-centric approach, is often understood as a process of successfully transmitting information in the form of predefined messages and gestures. This article introduces an alternative arts-led, movement-centric approach, which embraces the dif…
The impact of mental health support for the chronically ill on hospital utilisation: Evidence from the UK
Trends, challenges, and priorities for shared decision making in mental health: The first umbrella review
BACKGROUND: Shared decision making (SDM) is a health communication model promoting patient-centered care that has not been routinely utilized in mental health. Inconsistent definitions, models, measurement tools, and lack of sufficient evidence for the effectiveness of SDM interventions are potential contributors to the limited use of SDM in mental health. AIMS: (1) Provide the first systematic analysis of global development trends and challenges…
The role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news
Epistemic trust ‐ defined as readiness to regard knowledge, communicated by another agent, as significant, relevant to the self, and generalizable to other contexts–has recently been applied to the field of developmental psychopathology as a potential risk factor for psychopathology. The work described here sought to investigate how the vulnerability engendered by disruptions in epistemic trust may not only impact psychological resilience and int…
Exploring perspectives on how to improve psychological treatment for women from minoritised ethnic communities: A qualitative study with service users
BACKGROUND: Women are disproportionately impacted by depression and anxiety disorders and in particular, women from minoritised ethnic communities experience inequalities in access to outcomes of psychological treatment for these disorders. Better understanding from the views of service users about the factors that impact their access to, and experiences of care could help to optimise treatment for these groups. METHOD: This study explored experi…
Sociodemographic, economic, and academic factors linked with resilience in university students during covid-19 pandemic: A Brazilian cross-sectional study
The study's findings revealed that sociodemographic, economic, and academic variables were significantly associated with resilience scores in undergraduates from Minas Gerais during the covid-19 pandemic. These findings can help universities develop target strategies to promote students' resilience and reduce the risk of poor mental health among this population
The Effects of Parallel Instrument Instruction Using Mandolin for Beginning Violin
Parallel instrument (PI) instruction with mandolin, as examined in a quasi-experimental intervention study, improves aural and executive technique skills in beginning violin pedagogy. The primary research questions of the study are twofold: (a) Does instruction with the PIs, violin and mandolin, improve pitch accuracy compared to instruction on violin alone in beginning students? and (b) Are students using PIs better able to audiate harmonic func…
Armed conflict exposure types are not equally associated with access to psychosocial support: A study of over 8 million victims of the Colombian armed conflict
Background: The Colombian armed conflict has endured for almost 60 years. Colombia has a national psychosocial support service, called PAPSIVI, which is the largest initiative in history to address the psychosocial needs of civilians. Aims: Understand the extent to which PAPSIVI reaches priority groups and provides access to psychosocial support for victims of the conflict, something only previously tested in small studies. Methods: We used anony…
Assessing Epistemic Trust in Common Mental Health Disorders: The Clinical Validation of ETMCQ, Measurement Invariance and Control Group Comparison
Epistemic trust is the capacity of an individual to assimilate new information and engage with their surroundings. This study focused on the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) among individuals seeking treatment for common mental health issues (N = 378) compared to a non-clinical group (N = 357). The study aimed to validate the ETMCQ clinically, assess its consistency across clinical groups and community controls, and …
Intervention provision and engagement in Colombia’s Papsivi – a national psychosocial support service for over half a million victims of armed conflict
This study provides insights into support provision for civilian victims of conflict indicating that psychosocial support provision can be managed effectively at very large scales
Difference-in-resonance: The more-than-human dramaturgy of Alloyed Bodies and the Human–Robot Experience (HRX) Theatre
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 works)