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Professor Richard de Visser

Professor of Psychology
E: r.o.devisser@bsms.ac.uk

PA: Sonia Khan
E: PrimarycareDA@bsms.ac.uk
T: 01273 644 143
Location: Watson Building, Falmer BN1 9PH

Areas of expertise: Health Psychology, Public Health

Research areas: Health behaviour, behaviour change interventions, gender and health, mixed methods research

Biography

Richard de Visser has conducted research in health psychology and public health for over 25 years, and has received awards for his individual and group teaching. He is co-author of the textbook, Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare, which is now in its third edition (Sage, 2021). Richard completed a BSc in psychology at the University of Melbourne, and a PhD at the Australian Research centre in Sex, Health & Society. He then undertook post-doctoral work at Birkbeck College, University of London before moving to Sussex.

Research

Richard’s research interests span a broad range of topics in health psychology, including: sexuality and relationships; gender and health; alcohol use; use of health services; and cross-cultural analyses. He has expertise in qualitative and quantitative methods, intervention studies, and mixed-methods designs.

Teaching

Richard is the Psychology Discipline Lead for Years 1 and 2 in BSMS. He teaches on the following modules:

101 – Clinical Skills

102 – Foundations of Health & Illness

103 – Heart, Lungs & Blood

104 – Nutrition, Metabolism and Excretion

201 – Clinical Skills

203 – Reproduction & Endocrinology

204 – Musculoskeletal & Immune systems

404 – Individual Research Project

He also teaches on several modules delivered by the University of School of Psychology.

Selected publications

Ayers, S. & de Visser, R.O. (2021) Psychology for Medicine & Health Care (3^rd Edition). London: Sage. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/psychology-for-medicine-and-healthcare/book267595

de Visser, R.O., Conroy, D., Davies, E.L., Cooke R. (2021). Understanding motivation to adhere to guidelines for alcohol intake, physical activity, and fruit and vegetable intake among UK university students. Health Education & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198120988251

de Visser, R.O., Mushtaq, M., Naz, F. (2021) Masculinity beliefs and willingness to seek help among young men in the United Kingdom and Pakistan. Psychology, Health & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2020.1847301

de Visser, R.O., Graber, R., Abraham, S.C.S., Hart, A., Memon, A. (2020). Resilience-based alcohol education: Developing an intervention; evaluating feasibility and barriers to implementation using mixed methods. Health Education Research, 35, 123-133. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyaa006

de Visser, R.O. & Piper, R. (2020). Short-and longer-term benefits of temporary alcohol abstinence during “Dry January” are not also observed among adult drinkers in the general population: prospective cohort study. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 55, 433-438. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agaa025

de Visser, R.O., Richters, J., Rissel, C.E., Grulich, A.E., Simpson, J.M., Rodrigues, D.F. & Lopes, D. (2020). Romantic jealousy: A test of social cognitive and evolutionary models in a population-representative sample of adults. Journal of Sex Research, 57, 498-507. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2019.1613482

Carolan, S. & de Visser, R.O. (2018). Employees' perspectives on the facilitators and barriers to engaging with digital mental health interventions in the workplace: qualitative study. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Mental Health, 19; 5(1):e8. https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.9146

de Visser, R.O., Robinson, E. & Bond, R. (2016). Voluntary temporary abstinence from alcohol during "Dry January" and subsequent alcohol use. Health Psychology, 35, 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000297

de Visser, R.O., Graber, R., Hart, A., Abraham, C., Scanlon, T., Watten, P. & Memon, A. (2015). Using qualitative methods within a mixed-methods approach to developing and evaluating interventions to address harmful alcohol use among young people. Health Psychology, 34, 349-360. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000163

de Visser, R.O & McDonnell, E.J. (2013) Man points: Masculine capital and young men’s health. Health Psychology, 32, 5-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029045

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