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PUBLICATIONS BY FRASER WATTS

Books

Watts, F. N & Williams, M. (1988). The Psychology of Religious Knowing. Cambridge,

Cambridge University Press. (Reissued in paperback, 1994 London, Geoffrey Chapman.).

Watts, F. (ed.) (1998) Science Meets Faith. London, SPCK.

Watts, F. (ed.) (2000) Christians and Bioethics. London, SPCK.

Watts, F. (ed.) (2001) Perspectives on Prayer. London, SPCK.

Watts, F, Nye, R. & Savage, S. (2002). Psychology for Christian Ministry. London, Routledge.

Watts, F. (2002) Theology and Psychology. Basingstoke, Ashgate.

Watts, F & Gulliford L. (2004) Forgiveness in Context. Edinburgh, T & T Clark.

Journal Articles

Watts, F. (1991) Cognition, the world and God: A response to Arnheim. New Ideas in Psychology 9, 21-24.

Watts, F. (1991) Enabling authority: A psychological perspective. Modern Churchman, 33, 11-19.

Watts, F. (1994) 'Nothing but a pack of neurones'. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 1, 275- 279.

Watts, F. (1995) Hell on earth. Epworth Review, 22, 80-87.

Watts, F. (1995) Science and eschatology. Modern Believing, 36, 46-52.

Watts, F. (1997) Are science and religion in conflict? Zygon, 32, 125-138.

Watts, F. (1997) Psychological and religious perspectives on emotion. Zygon, 32, 243-260 (reprinted from the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion).

Watts, F. (2000) Psychological research questions about yoga. Mental Health, Religion and Culture , 3. 71-84.

Watts, F. (2002) Transsexualism and the Church. Theology and Sexuality, 9, 63-85.

Watts, F. (2002) Evolution, Human Nature, and Christianity, Epworth Review, 29, 24-31.

Book Chapters

Watts, F. (1996) The ends of humanity. In V. Brummer & M. Sorot (Ed.) Happiness, Well-being and the Meaning of Life . Kampen, Pharos.

Watts, F. (1998) Science and religion as complementary perspectives. In N. H. Gregersen and W. van Huyssteen (eds.) Rethinking Theology and Science: Six Models for the Current Dialogue . Grand Rapids, Fortress Press.

Watts, F. (1998) Towards a theology of consciousness. In J. Cornwell (ed.) Consciousness and

Human Identity . New York, Oxford University Press.

Watts, F. (1998) Revelation and the mind. In V. White (ed.) Lincoln Lectures on Revelation.

Lincoln Cathedral Publications.

Watts, F. (1999) Cognitive neuroscience and religious consciousness. In R. J. Russell, N.

Murphy, T. Meyering & M. Arbib (eds.) Neuroscience and the Person.Vatican City State, Vatican Observatory & Berkeley, California, Centre for Theology and Natural Science.

Watts, F. (1999) Psychology and theology. In C. Southgate et al (ed.) Science and Religion – A Special Relationship ? Edinburgh, T & T Clark.

Watts, F. (2000) The multi-faceted nature of human personhood: psychological and theological perspectives. In H. Gregersen , W. B. Dress and U Gorman (eds.)

The Person: Perspectives from Science and Theology . Edinburgh, T & T Clark.

Watts, F. (2000) Subjective and objective hope: propositional and attitudinal aspects of eschatology. In J . Polkinghorne & M. Welker (eds.) The End of the World and the Ends of God . Trinity Press International.

Watts, F. (2000) Artificial intelligence. In R. L. Herrmann (ed.) Ten Scientists Consider Humility Theology . Philadelphia, Templeton Foundation Press.

Watts, F. (2000) Brain science and religious experience. In R. Stannard (ed.) God for the 21st Century . Philadelphia, Templeton Foundation Press.

Watts, F (2001) Shame, sin and guilt. In A McFadyen & M Sarot (eds) Forgiveness and Truth. Edinburgh, T & T Clark.

Watts, F. (2002) Interacting cognitive subsystems and religious meanings. In R Joseph (ed.) Neurotheology: Brain, Science, Spirituality, Religious Experience. San Jose, California University Press.

Watts, F. (2004) Reductionism: methodological and ideological. In European Commission (eds) Modern Biology and Visions of Humanity. Brussels, de Boeck.

Watts, F. (2004) The Glory of God Revealed in Natural Science. In M Chapman (ed.) Celebrating Creation: Affirming Catholicism and the Revelation of God’s Glory. London, DLT.

Watts, F. (in press) The nature of light perspectives from theology and science In G. Ward (ed) Illumination.

Watts, F. (in press) Human dignity: concepts and experiences. In K. Soulen and L. Woodhead (eds.) The Dignity of Humanity.

Dictionary and Encyclopedia Articles

Watts, F. (1993) Psychological Science and Christian Thought. In: A. E. McGrath (ed.) The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Christian Thought . Oxford, Basil Blackwell.

Watts, F. (2000) Psychology. In A. Hastings (ed.) Oxford Companion to Christian Thought. Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Watts, F. (2001) Psychology of religion. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (ed.) International

Encyclopaedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences . Oxford, Elsevier Science.

Watts, F. (2003) Psychology. In J. W. V. van Huyssteen et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. New York, Macmillan Reference.

Watts, F. (2003) Prayer and Meditation In J. W. V. van Huyssteen et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia

of Science and Religion. New York, Macmillan Reference.

Watts, F. & Turner, L. (2003) Self. In J. W. V. van Huyssteen et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Science and Religion . New York, Macmillan Reference.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Books

Watts, F.N. & Bennett, D.H. (1983/1991) Theory and Practice of Psvchiatric Rehabilitation. Chichester: John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. (1985) (ed.) New Developments in Clinical Psychology. Leiccster: British Psychology Society.

Williams, J.M.G., Watts, F.N., MacLeod, C.M. and Mathews, A. (1988/1997). Cognitive Psychology and Emotional Disorders. Chichester, John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. (ed) (1988). New Developments in Clinical Psychology. Volume 2. Leicester, British Psychological Society.

Parry, G. & Watts, F.N. (eds) (1989). Skills and Methods in Mental Health Research. Hove, Lawrence Erlbaum.

Watts, F.N. (1990) The Efficacy of Clinical Applications of Psvchologv: An Overview of Research. Cardiff: Shadowfax Publishing.

Watts, F.N. (ed) (1993) Neuropsychological Perspectives on Emotion. Hove, Lawrence Erlbaum.

Baddeley, A.D., Wilson, B.A. and Watts, F.N. (eds) (1995) Handbook of Memory Disorders. Chichester, John Wiley.

Articles and Chapters on Cognition and Emotion

Watts, F.N. & Blackstock, A.J. (1987) Lang's theory of emotional imagery. Cognition and Emotion, 1,391-405.

Dalgleish, T. & Watts, F.N. (1990) Biases of attention and memory in disorders of anxiety and depression. Clinical Psvchological Review, 10, 589-604.

Watts, F.N. (1992) Clinical implications of some current theories of the emotions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 31, 153-167.

Watts, F.N. (1993) The current state of jealousy: A review of recent books. Cognition and Emotion, 7, 217-223.

East, M. P. & Watts, F. (1999) Jealousy and envy. In T. Dalgleish & M.

Power (eds.) The Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Chichester: John Wiley.

Articles and Chapters on Information Processing in Anxiety

Watts, F.N. & Sharrock, R. (1984) Fear and time estimation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 59, 597-598.

Watts, F.N. & Sharrock, R. (1984) Questionnaire dimensions of spider phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 22, 575-580.

Watts, F.N. & Sharrock, R. (1985) Relationships between spider constructs in phobics. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 58, 149-153.

Watts, F.N., McKenna, F., Sharrock, R. & Trezise, L. (1986) Colour-naming of phobia-related words. British Journal of Psychology, 77, 97-108.

Watts, F.N., Sharrock, R. & Trezise, L. (1986) Detail and elaboration in phobic imagery. Behavioural Psvchotherapy, 14, 115-123.

Watts, F.N. (1986) Cognitive processing in phobias. Behavioural Psvchotherapy, 14, 295-301.

Watts, F.N., Trezise, L. & Sharrock, R. (1986) Processing of phobic stimuli. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 25, 253-259.

Watts, F.N. (1988) Agoraphobia: the changing face of treatment. In F.N. Watts (ed) New Developments in Clinical Psychology. Volume 2. Leicester: British Psychological Society.

Watts, F.N. & Wilkins, A.J. (1989) The role of provocative visual stimuli in agoraphobia. Psychological Medicine, 19, 875-885.

Watts, F.N. (1989) Attentional strategies and agoraphobic anxiety. Behavioural Psychotherapy, 17, 15-26.

Watts, F.N. (1990) The cohesiveness of phobic concepts. In K.J. Gilhooly, et al. (eds) Lines of Thinking: Reflections on the Psvchologv of Thought. Volume 2. Chichester: John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. & Dalgleish, T. (1991) Memory for phobia-related words in spider phobia. Cognition and Emotion, 5, 313-329.

Watts, F.N. and Coyle, K. (1992) Recall bias for stimulus and response anxiety words in spider phobics. Anxiety Research, 4, 315-323.

Watts, F.N., Coyle, K. (1993) Phobics show poor recall of anxiety words. British Journal of Medical Psvchology, 66, 373-382.

Watts, F.N. (1995) An information processing approach to compulsive checking. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2, 69-77.

Articles and Chapters on Cognitive Functioning in Depression

Watts, F.N. & Sharrock, R. (1985) Description and measurement of concentration problems in depressed patients. Psychological Medicine, 15, 317-326.

Watts, F.N. & Sharrock, R. (1987) Cucd recall in depression. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 26,149-150.

Watts, F.N., Morris, L. & MacLeod, A.K. (1987) Recognition memory in depression. Journal of Abnormal Psvchology, 96, 297-299.

Watts, F.N., MacLeod, A.K. & Morris, L. (1988). A remedial strategy for memory and concentration problems in depressed patients. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 12, 185-193.

Watts, F.N., MacLeod, A.K. and Morris, L. (1988). Associations between phenomenal and objective aspects of concentration problems in depressed patients. British Journal of Psychology, 79, 241-250.

Watts, F.N. (1988). Memory deficit in depression: the role of response style. In M. Gruneberg et al (Eds) Practical Aspects of Memory. Volume 2. Chichester, John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. & Cooper, Z. (1989) The effects of depression on structural aspects of the recall of prose. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 98, 150-153.

Watts, F.N., Dalgleish, T., Bourke, P. & Healy, D. (1990) Memory deficit in clinical depression: processing resources and the structure of materials. Psychological Medicine, 20, 345-349.

Watts, F.N. (1993) Problems of memory and concentration. In C. G. Costello (ed) Symptoms of Depression. New York, John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. (1995) Depression and anxiety. In A.D. Baddeley, B.A. Wilson and F.N. Watts (eds) Handbook of Memorv Disorders. Chichester, John Wiley.

Articles and Chapters on Health Psychology, Stress and Insomnia

Watts, F.N. (1980) Behavioural aspects of the management of Diabctes Mellitus: Education, Self-care and metabolic control. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 18,171-180.

Watts, F.N. (1982) Attributional aspects of medicine. In: Attributions and Psvchological Change. C. Antaki and C. Brewin (eds.), Academic Press.

Watts, F.N., Herbert, J., Moore, G.F. and Levey, A. (1986) Approaches to studying, personality and examination anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 7, 243-245.

Herbert, J., Moore, G.F., de la Riva, C., and Watts, F.N. (1986) Endocrine responses and examination anxiety. Biological Psychology, 22, 215-226.

Watts, F.N. (1988). Psychological contributions to the treatment of medical patients. In T.W. Robbins and P.J. Cooper (Eds.) Psvchology for Medical Students. London: Edward Arnold.

Wing, A.M., Watts, F.N. & Sharma, V. (1991) Developmental dynamics of handwriting: Appraising the relation between handwriting and personality. In J. Wann, A. Wing & N. Sovik (eds.) Development of Graphic Skills: Research Perspectives and Personal Implications. London, Academic Press.

Levey, A.B., Aldaz, J.A., Watts, F.N. & Coyle, K. (1991) Articulatory suppression and the treatment of insomnia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 29, 85-89.

Coyle, K. & Watts, F.N. (1991) The factorial structure of sleep dissatisfaction. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 29, 513-520.

Watts, F.N., Webster, S.M., Morley, C.J. & Cohen, J. (1992) Expedition stress, cognitive coping and personality change. British Journal of Psychology, 83, 337-341.

Watts, F.N., Apps, J. and East, M.P. (1993) Personality change produced by expedition stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 15, 603-605

Watts, F.N., Webster, S.M., Morley, C.J. and Cohen, J. (1993). Cognitive strategies in coping iwth expedition stress. European Journal of Personality, 7, 255-266.

Watts, F.N., Coyle, K. and East, M.P. (1994) The contribution of worry to insomnia. British Journal of Clinical Psvchology, 33, 211-220.

East, M.P. & Watts, F.N. (1994) Worry and the suppression of imagery.

Behaviour Research and Therapy , 32, 851-855.

Watts, F.N., Cohen, J. & Toplis, R. (1994) Personality and coping strategies

on a stressful expedition. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 647- 656.

Watts, F.N., East, M.P. & Coyle, K. (1995) Insomniacs' perceived lack of control over sleep. Psychology and Health, 10, 81-95.

Articles and Chapters on General Clinical Psychology

Watts, F.N. (1980) Clinical judgment and clinical training. British Journal of Medical Psvchology, 53, 95-108.

Watts, F.N. (1983) Mental illness: In: The Practice of Clinical Psvchology in Great Britain. A. Liddell (ed.), John Wiley, pp. 69-81.

Watts, F.N. (1989) Experimental abnormal psychology. In G. Parry and F.N. Watts (Eds) Skills and Methods in Mental Health Research. Brighton, Lawrence Erlbaum.

Good, D. & Watts, F.N. (1989). Qualitative research. In G. Parry and F.N. Watts (Eds) Skills and Methods in Mental Health Research. Brighton, Lawrence Erlbaum.

Watts, F.N. (1992) Is psychology falling apart? Presidential Address to the British Psychological Society. The Psychologist, 5, 489-4944.

Articles and Chapters on Behaviour Therapy

Watts, F.N. (1971) Desensitisation as an habituation phenomenon I: Stimulus intensity as determinant of the effects of stimulus lengths. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 9, 209-217.

Watts, F.N. (1971) The treatment of stammering by the intensive practise of fluent speech. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 6.,144-147.

Watts, F.N. (1973) Mechanisms of fluency control in stutterers. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 8, 131-138.

Powell, G.E. & Watts, F.N. (1973) Determinants of expectation in imaginal desensitisation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 37, 246.

Watts, F.N. (1974) The control of spontaneous recovery of anxiety in imaginal desensitisation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 12, 57-59.

Watts, F.N. (1976) Self-Report of anxiety in imaginal desensitisation. British Tournal of Social and Clinical Psvchology, 15, 211-212.

Watts, F.N. (1979) The habituation model of systematic desensitisation. Psychological Bulletin, 86, 627-637.

Articles and Chapters on Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Watts, F.N. (1976) Chapter 21. Social treatments. In H.J. Eysenck & G.D. Wilson (Ed.) A Textbook of human psychologv, MTP Press.

Watts, F.N. (1976) The modification of the employment handicaps of psychiatric patients by behavioural methods. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 30, 487-491.

Watts, F.N. & Yu, P.K. (1976) The structure of attitudes in psychiatric rehabilitation. Journal of Occupational Psvchology, 49, 39-44.

Watts, F.N. & Bennett, D.H. (1977) Previous occupational stability as a predictor of employment after psychiatric rehabilitation. Psychological Medicine, 7, 709-712.

Watts, F.N. (1978) A study of work behaviour in a psychiatric rehabilitation unit. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psvchology, 17, 85-92.

Watts, F.N. & Bennett, D.H. (1978) Social deviance in a day hospital. British Journal of Psychiatry, 132, 455-462.

Watts, F.N. & Everitt, B.S. (1980) The factorial structure of the General Aptitude Test Battery. J ournal of Clinical Psychology, 36, 763-767.

Watts, F.N. & Bennett, D.H. (1983) Introduction: The concept of rehabilitation. In: F.N. Watts and D.H. Bennet (eds.) Theory and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Chichester: John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. & Bennett, D.H. (1983) Neurotic, affective and conduct disorders. In: F.N. Watts and D.H. Bennet (eds.) Theory and Practice of Psvchiatric Rehabilitation. Chichester, John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. (1983) Employment. In: F.N. Watts and D.H. Bennet (eds.) Theorv and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Chichester, John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. (1983) Socialization and social integration. In: F.N. Watts and D.H. Bennet (eds.) Theory and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Chichester, John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. & Bennett, D.H. (1983) Management of the staff team. In: F.N. Watts and D.H. Bennett (eds.) Theorv and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Chichester, John Wiley.

Watts, F.N. & Lavender, A. (1987) Rehabilitation programmes for psychiatric patients. In: S. Lindsey and G.E. Powell (Eds.) A Handbook of Clinical Psvchologv. London, Gower.

Watts, F.N. & Lavender, A. (1987) Assessment in psychiatric rehabilitation. In: S. Lindsey and G.E. Powell (Eds.) A Handbook of Clinical Psychology. London, Gower.

Articles and Chapters on Psychological Therapy

Watts, F.N., Powell, G.E. & Austin, S.V. (1973). The modification of abnormal beliefs. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 46, 359-363.

Watts, F.N. (1975) Individual differences in response to treatment. British Association of the Behavioural Psvchotherapy Bulletin, 17-12.

Watts, F.N. (1977) What sort of cognitive processes are involved in cognitive behaviour therapy? British Association of the Behavioural Psvchotherapy Bulletin, 5, 21-26.

Watts, F.N. (1983) Strategies of clinical listening. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 56,113-123.

Watts, F.N. (1985) Individual-centred cognitive counselling for study problems. British Journal of Counselling and Guidance, 13, 238-247.

Watts, F.N. (1989) Listening processes in psychotherapy. In F. Flach (Ed) Directions in Psvchiatry, Volume 5. London, W.W. Norton.

Watts, F.N. (1990) Aversion to personal body hair: A case study in the integration of behavioural and interpretative methods. British Journal of Medical Psvchology, 63, 335-340.