Browse by ORCID

KHANOLAINEN, D., HALL, A., CRAIG, W., TRACH, J., NOETZEL, J., STAROSTA, L., DHUNGANA-SAINJU, K., BJÄREHED, J., THORNBERG, R., BAYRAM-ÖZDEMIR, S., BJÄREHED, M., GÖRZIG, A., WRIGHT, M., BETTS, L., SWEARER, S. and HYMEL, S., 2025. An international investigation of variability in teacher perceptions of bias-based bullying and their likelihood of intervening. International Journal of Bullying Prevention. ISSN 2523-3653 (Forthcoming)

BETTS, L.R., BAGULEY, T., GARDNER, S.E., MACAULAY, P.J.R. and METWALLY, S.E., 2024. Comparative optimism for judgements about online identity theft. Behavior and Information Technology. ISSN 0144-929X

BICKLEY, O.E., BUGLASS, S.L. and BETTS, L.R., 2024. Social and romantic experiences of banter: perspectives of gay men. Current Psychology. ISSN 1046-1310

ÁLVAREZ-GARCÍA, D., GARCIA FERNANDEZ, T. and BETTS, L., 2024. Anxiety and self-esteem as causes and consequences of cyber-victimization in preadolescence: a longitudinal study. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. ISSN 1889-1861 (Forthcoming)

BETTS, L. and MACAULAY, P., 2024. Comparative optimism and cyberbullying: the role of previous involvement in cyberbullying and technology. International Journal of Developmental Science. ISSN 2192-001X (Forthcoming)

GÖRZIG, A., BETTS, L., MAUNDER, R., MONKS, C., DE AMICIS, L. and BENNETT, S., 2024. Teachers’ responses to identity-based bullying: social inequality, identity and diversity at teacher and school level. International Journal of Bullying Prevention. ISSN 2523-3653 (Forthcoming)

BADRAKH, A., BUGLASS, S.L., BETTS, L.R. and ABELL, L., 2024. The role of digital cues in online banter: a systematic review of adolescents’ and emerging adults' views, uses and interpretations. Current Psychology. ISSN 1046-1310

TENNAKOON, H., BETTS, L., CHANDRAKUMARA, A., SARIDAKIS, G. and HAND, C., 2024. Exploring the effects of personal and situational factors on cyber aggression. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 18 (3): 7. ISSN 1802-7962

SZOLIN, K., 2024. When worlds collide: exploring the user-avatar relationship in videogames. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.

BADRAKH, A., LARKIN, R., BETTS, L. and BUGLASS, S., 2023. Psychosocial wellbeing, problematic social media use, and cyberbullying involvement among Mongolian adolescents. International Journal of Bullying Prevention. ISSN 2523-3653

HOWE, D. and BETTS, L., 2023. Attachment across the lifecourse: a brief introduction. 2nd ed. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350324657

ABELL, L., BUGLASS, S., BETTS, L. and MOROHUNFOLA, T., 2023. “It’s all part of the culture”: undergraduate students’ experiences of banter in university sports clubs and societies. Current Psychology. ISSN 1046-1310

BETTS, L., ABELL, L. and BUGLASS, S., 2023. Comparative optimism and perceptions of specific online risks. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. ISSN 2366-5963

BARFIELD, S., BAILEY, D., BETTS, L. and MUTALE, G., 2023. The short term and long term potential benefits of Early Help in social work for children, young people and families. Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University. (Unpublished)

TURA, F., NOMIKOS, E. and BETTS, L.R., 2022. Prevalence and predictors of poly-victimization of adolescents in England and Wales. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. ISSN 0886-2605

MACAULAY, P., BETTS, L., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2022. Bystander responses to cyberbullying: the role of perceived severity, publicity, anonymity, type of cyberbullying, and victim response. Computers in Human Behavior, 131: 107238. ISSN 0747-5632

BETTS, L., SPENSER, K. and BAGULEY, T., 2022. Describing disclosure of cybervictimization in adolescents from the United Kingdom: the role of age, gender, involvement in cyberbullying, and time spent online. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 183 (1), pp. 40-53. ISSN 0022-1325

HARDING, R., BETTS, L., WRIGHT, D., PEART, S. and SJÖLIN, C., 2021. Adolescent girls' experiences of street harassment: emotions, comments, impact, actions and the law. In: I. ZEMPI and J. SMITH, eds., Misogyny as hate crime. London: Routledge, 121–139. ISBN 9780367903176

SPENCER, K.A., BULL, R., BETTS, L.R. and WINDER, B., 2021. Gender differences in theory of mind, empathic understanding, and moral reasoning in an offending and a matched non-offending population. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. ISSN 0306-624X

BUGLASS, S.L., ABELL, L., BETTS, L.R., HILL, R. and SAUNDERS, J., 2020. Banter versus bullying: a university student perspective. International Journal of Bullying Prevention. ISSN 2523-3653

RODRIGUEZ, C., TORRANCE, M., BETTS, L., CEREZO, R. and GARCÍA, T., 2020. Effects of ADHD on writing composition product and process in school-age students. Journal of Attention Disorders, 24 (12), pp. 1735-1745. ISSN 1087-0547

SPENSER, K., BULL, R., BETTS, L. and WINDER, B., 2020. Underpinning prosociality: age related performance in theory of mind, empathic understanding, and moral reasoning. Cognitive Development, 56: 100928. ISSN 0885-2014

STEER, O., BETTS, L.R., BAGULEY, T. and BINDER, J.F., 2020. "I feel like everyone does it" - adolescents' perceptions and awareness of the association between humour, banter, and cyberbullying. Computers in Human Behavior, 108: 106297. ISSN 0747-5632

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2020. 'The more public it is, the more severe it is': teachers' perceptions on the roles of publicity and severity in cyberbullying. Research Papers in Education. ISSN 0267-1522

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J.F., BETTS, L.R. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2020. Asymmetrical third-person effects on the perceptions of online risk and harm among adolescents and adults. Behaviour and Information Technology. ISSN 0144-929X

MACAULAY, P.J.R., STEER, O.L. and BETTS, L.R., 2020. Factors leading to cyber victimisation. In: V. BENSON and J. MCALANEY, eds., Emerging cyber threats and cognitive vulnerabilities. London: Academic Press, pp. 1-27. ISBN 9780128192047

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2020. "It’s so fluid, it's developing all the time": pre-service teachers' perceptions and understanding of cyberbullying in the school environment. Educational Studies, 46 (5), pp. 590-606. ISSN 0305-5698

MACAULAY, P., BOULTON, M., BETTS, L., BOULTON, L., CAMERONE, E., DOWN, J., HUGHES, J., KIRKBRIDE, C. and KIRKHAM, R., 2020. Subjective versus objective knowledge of online safety/dangers as predictors of children's perceived online safety and attitudes towards e-safety education in the United Kingdom. Journal of Children and Media, 14 (3), pp. 376-395. ISSN 1748-2798

BETTS, L.R., HUNTINGTON, B., IAO, L.-S., DILLON, G.V., BAGULEY, T. and BANYARD, P., 2019. Developing a competency-based education training programme for university tutors. Journal of Competency-Based Education, 4 (4): e01200. ISSN 2379-6154

ABELL, L., BUGLASS, S. and BETTS, L., 2019. Fear of missing out and relational aggression on Facebook. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22 (12), pp. 799-803. ISSN 2152-2715

BUGLASS, S.L., ABELL, L., BETTS, L.R., HILL, R. and SAUNDERS, J., 2019. Banter vs bullying: a student perspective. In: 2nd Annual British Psychological Society Midlands Conference, Derby Enterprise Centre, Derby, 03 September 2019.

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BOULTON, M.J. and BETTS, L.R., 2019. Comparing early adolescents’ positive bystander responses to cyberbullying and traditional bullying: the impact of severity and gender. Journal of Technology in Behavioural Science, 4 (3), pp. 253-261. ISSN 2366-5963

BETTS, L., HUNTINGTON, B., IAO, L.-S., DILLION, G.V., BAGULEY, T. and BANYARD, P., 2019. Developing a competency-based education training programme for university tutors. In: 2nd Annual British Psychological Society Midlands Conference, Derby Enterprise Centre, Derby, 3 September 2019.

ABELL, L., BUGLASS, S. and BETTS, L., 2019. Relational aggression on Facebook: the role of FOMO and avoiding inferiority. In: 2nd Annual British Psychological Society Midlands Conference, Derby Enterprise Centre, Derby, 3 September 2019.

BETTS, L.R., METWALLY, S.H. and GARDNER, S.E., 2019. We are safe but you are not: exploring comparative optimism and cyber bullying. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 4 (3), pp. 227-233. ISSN 2366-5963

BUGLASS, S.L., ABELL, L., BETTS, L.R., HILL, R. and SAUNDERS, J., 2019. Banter vs bullying: a student perspective. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Dublin, Ireland, 4 June 2019.

BETTS, L. and SPENSER, K., 2019. Examining young people's propensity to disclose cyberbullying. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Dublin, Ireland, 4 June 2019.

STEER, O.L., BETTS, L.R., BAGULEY, T. and BINDER, J., 2019. "I feel like everyone does it" - the connection between humour, banter and cyberbullying. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Dublin, Ireland, 4 June 2019.

BETTS, L., RAMOS-DIAZ, J. and COOPLAN, R., 2019. Peruvian elementary teachers' evaluation of bullying behaviours: perceptions of severity, empathy and intent to intervene. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Dublin, Ireland, 4 June 2019.

ABELL, L., BUGLASS, S.L. and BETTS, L., 2019. Relational aggression on Facebook: the role of FOMO and avoiding inferiority. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Dublin, Ireland, 4 June 2019.

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2019. "The name-calling could be the straw that breaks the camel's back": teachers' perspectives on the roles of publicity and severity in cyberbullying. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Dublin, Ireland, 4 June 2019.

GOODWIN, T., HILL, R. and BETTS, L.R., 2019. Psychology information handling in disaster management: managing information in major incidents in order to increase public confidence and community situational awareness. In: British Psychological Society's Annual Conference, Harrogate, 1-2 May 2019.

BETTS, L.R., HARDING, R., PEART, S., SJÖLIN, C., WRIGHT, D. and NEWBOLD, K., 2019. Adolescents' experiences of street harassment: creating a typology and assessing the emotional impact. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 11 (1), pp. 38-46. ISSN 1759-6599

BETTS, L.R., BAGULEY, T. and GARDNER, S.E., 2019. Examining adults' participant roles in cyberbullying. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36 (11-12), pp. 3362-3370. ISSN 0265-4075

SPENCER, K.A., BULL, R., BETTS, L. and WINDER, B., 2019. Executive functioning as a predictive measure of offending behaviour. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 9 (1), pp. 10-22. ISSN 2009-3829

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2018. Perceptions and responses towards cyberbullying: a systematic review of teachers in the education system. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 43, pp. 1-12. ISSN 1359-1789

PREMKUMAR, P., ONWUMERE, J., BETTS, L., KIBOWSKI, F. and KUIPERS, E., 2018. Schizotypal traits and their relation to rejection sensitivity in the general population: the mediation by quality of life, agreeableness and neuroticism. Psychiatry Research, 267, pp. 201-209. ISSN 0165-1781

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BOULTON, M.J. and BETTS, L.R., 2018. Comparing adolescents’ positive bystander responses to cyberbullying and traditional bullying: the impact of severity and gender. In: International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference 2018, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, 15-17 July 2018.

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2018. "It’s so fluid, it's developing all the time": pre-service teachers' perceptions of cyberbullying in the school environment. In: International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference 2018, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, 15-17 July 2018.

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2018. Adolescent bystander responses to traditional and cyber bullying: the impact of empathy and bullying severity. In: 4th Annual Cyberpsychology Research Group (CRUW) Conference, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 21 June 2018.

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2018. "It’s so fluid, it's developing all the time": pre-service teachers' perceptions and understanding of cyberbullying in the school environment. In: NTU Psychology PhD and DPsych Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, 24 May 2018.

BUGLASS, S.L., ABELL, L., BETTS, L.R., HILL, R. and SAUNDERS, J., 2018. Banter vs bullying: a student perspective. In: British Psychological Society's Annual Conference, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, 2-4 May 2018.

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2018. Perceptions and responses towards cyberbullying: a systematic review of teachers in the education system. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2018, East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, May 2018.

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2018. The importance of educational practitioners: a systematic review of perceptions and responses towards cyberbullying. In: Nottingham Trent University School of Social Sciences Research Conference 2018, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, February 2018.

SPENSER, K.A. and BETTS, L.R., 2018. Defining and conceptualizing cyberbullying. In: M. KHOSROW-POUR, ed., Encyclopedia of information science and technology. 4th ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 4168-4177. ISBN 9781522522553

BETTS, L.R., 2018. The nature of cyberbullying behaviours. In: M. KHOSROW-POUR, ed., Encyclopedia of information science and technology. 4th ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 4245-4254. ISBN 9781522522553

BETTS, L.R., HARDING, R., PEART, S., SJÖLIN KNIGHT, C., WRIGHT, D. and NEWBOLD, K., 2017. Adolescents' experiences of street harassment: creating a typology and assessing the emotional impact. In: British Psychological Society, Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Section Annual General Meeting, London, 9 December 2017.

BETTS, L.R., GKIMITZOUDIS, T., SPENSER, K.A. and BAGULEY, T., 2017. Examining the roles young people fulfil in five types of cyber bullying. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34 (7), pp. 1080-1098. ISSN 0265-4075

BETTS, L.R., HILL, R. and GARDNER, S.E., 2017. "There's not enough knowledge out there": examining older adults' perceptions of digital technology use and digital inclusion classes. Journal of Applied Gerontology. ISSN 0733-4648

BETTS, L.R., SPENSER, K.A. and GARDNER, S.E., 2017. Adolescents' involvement in cyber bullying and perceptions of school: the importance of perceived peer acceptance for female adolescents. Sex Roles, 77 (7-8), pp. 471-481. ISSN 0360-0025

MACAULAY, P.J.R., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and KELLEZI, B., 2017. Educational practitioner's perception and response to cyberbullying: a systematic review. In: Institute of Education Postgraduate Research Conference 2017, University of Worcester, 26 October 2017.

BINDER, J.F., BUGLASS, S.L., BETTS, L.R. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2017. Online social network data as sociometric markers. American Psychologist, 72 (7), pp. 668-678. ISSN 0003-066X

WRIGHT, D., BETTS, L., HARDING, R., PEART, S. and SJÖLIN KNIGHT, C., 2017. Investigating children's accounts of street harassment. In: 13th Biennial International Association of Forensic Linguists Conference, The University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 10-14 July 2017.

HARDING, R., BETTS, L., PEART, S., SJÖLIN KNIGHT, C., WRIGHT, D. and NEWBOLD, K., 2017. Street harassment of children and young people of secondary school age: an inter-disciplinary, child-inspired study. In: Social Policy Association Annual Conference 2017, University of Durham, Durham, 10-12 July 2017.

WRIGHT, D., BETTS, L., HARDING, R., PEART, S. and SJÖLIN KNIGHT, C., 2017. Understanding street harassment of children: identifying recurrent behaviours in a corpus of young people's accounts of harassment. In: Corpus Linguistics 2017, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, 24-28 July 2017.

GARDNER, S.E., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and COATES, J., 2017. Coping with school-based peer-victimisation the conditional role of friendship. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2017.

BETTS, L., GKIMITZOUDIS, A. and GARDNER, S.E., 2017. The impact of involvement in cyber bullying on wellbeing during late adolescence and emerging adulthood. In: World Anti-Bullying Forum, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 May 2017.

GARDNER, S.E., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and COATES, J., 2017. Class-based peer-harassment experiences in children's friendship networks. In: Biennial Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, April 2017.

BETTS, L., HARDING, R., PEART, S., SJÖLIN KNIGHT, C., WRIGHT, D. and NEWBOLD, K., 2017. Exploring adolescents’ reports of street harassment: determining commonalities in experiences and negative emotions. In: Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting 2017, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, United States, 6-8 April 2017.

GARDNER, S.E., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and COATES, J., 2017. The role of emotion regulation for coping with school-based peer-victimisation in late childhood. Personality and Individual Differences, 107, pp. 108-113. ISSN 0191-8869

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J.F., BETTS, L.R. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2017. Motivators of online vulnerability: the impact of social network site use and FOMO. Computers in Human Behavior, 66, pp. 248-255. ISSN 0747-5632

BETTS, L.R. and SPENSER, K.A., 2017. Developing the cyber victimisation experiences and cyber bullying behaviours scales. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 178 (3), pp. 147-164. ISSN 0022-1325

BETTS, L.R. and SPENSER, K.A., 2017. "People think it's a harmless joke": young people's understanding of the impact of technology, digital vulnerability, and cyber bullying in the United Kingdom. Journal of Children and Media, 11 (1), pp. 20-35. ISSN 1748-2798

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J.F., BETTS, L.R. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2016. Looking for trouble: A multilevel analysis of disagreeable contacts in online social networks. Computers in Human Behavior. ISSN 0747-5632

GARDNER, S.E., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and COATES, J., 2016. Examining peer-victimisation within children's peer-networks using exponential random graph modelling. In: Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Section Annual Scientific Meeting, British Psychological Society, Tabernacle Street, London, 10 December 2016.

BETTS, L., GKIMITZOUDIS, A., SPENSER, K.A., BAGULEY, T. and GARDNER, S.E., 2016. Examining the roles young people and adults fulfil in cyber bullying. In: British Psychological Society, Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Section Annual General Meeting, London, 10 December 2016.

GARCÍA, T., RODRÍGUEZ, C., BETTS, L., ARECES, D. and GONZÁLEZ-CASTRO, P., 2016. How affective-motivational variables and approaches to learning predict mathematics achievement in upper elementary levels. Learning and Individual Differences, 49, pp. 25-31. ISSN 1041-6080

BETTS, L. and WINDER, B., 2016. Systematic review of the association between peer bullying and sexual offending as an adult. In: HMP Whatton Conference, Whatton, Nottingham, June 2016.

BUGLASS, S., BINDER, J., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2016. Are we all a bit FOMO? Implications of social network site use on psychological wellbeing and online vulnerability. In: ESRC Digital Mental Health Symposium 2016, Nottingham, 10 May 2016.

MALTI, T., AVERDIJK, M., ZUFFIANO, A., RIBEAUD, D., BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and EISNER, M.P., 2016. Children's trust and the development of prosocial behavior. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40 (3), pp. 262-270. ISSN 0165-0254

BETTS, L. and SPENSER, K., 2016. Engagement in cyber bullying and school adjustment: the importance of perceived peer acceptance for girls. In: Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA, 5 April 2016.

BUGLASS, S., BINDER, J., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2016. Looking for trouble: characteristics and consequences of provocateurs on online social networks. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, 26-28 April 2016.

GARDNER, S.E., BETTS, L.R., STILLER, J. and COATES, J., 2016. Responding to school-based victimisation: an asymmetrical perception response bias in self versus others. In: Annual British Psychological Society Conference 2016, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, 26-28 April 2016.

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J.F., BETTS, L.R. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2016. When 'friends' collide: social heterogeneity and user vulnerability on social network sites. Computers in Human Behavior, 54, pp. 62-72. ISSN 0747-5632

BETTS, L.R., 2016. Cyberbullying: approaches, consequences and interventions. Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology . London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137500083

GARCÍA, T., BETTS, L., GONZÁLEZ-CASTRO, P., GONZÁLEZ-PIENDA, J.A. and RODRÍGUEZ, C., 2016. On-line assessment of the process involved in maths problem-solving in fifth and sixth grade students: self-regulation and achievement. Revista Latinoamericana de Investigación en Matemática Educativa, 19 (2), pp. 165-186. ISSN 1665-2436

BETTS, L.R., HOUSTON, J.E., STEER, O.L. and GARDNER, S.E., 2015. Adolescents' experiences of victimization: the role of attribution style and generalized trust. Journal of School Violence. ISSN 1538-8220

ROTENBERG, K.J., WOODS, E.E. and BETTS, L.R., 2015. Development of a scale to assess children's trust in general nurses. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 20 (4), pp. 298-303. ISSN 1744-6155

BINDER, J., BUGLASS, S., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2015. Toward the unknown region: social media data as sociometric markers. In: British Psychological Society, Developmental Section and Social Section Annual Conference, Manchester, 9-11 September 2015.

HILL, R., BETTS, L.R. and GARDNER, S.E., 2015. Older adults' experiences and perceptions of digital technology: (dis)empowerment, wellbeing, and inclusion. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, pp. 415-423. ISSN 0747-5632

METWALLY, S. and BETTS, L., 2015. “It won’t happen to me” – the third person effect and cyberbullying. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2015, Liverpool, 5-7 May 2015.

KENNEDY, M., BETTS, L., DUNN, T., SONUGA-BARKE, E. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2015. Applying Pleck's model of paternal involvement to the study of preschool attachment quality: a proof of concept study. Early Child Development and Care, 185 (4), pp. 601-613. ISSN 0300-4430

SAKAI, A., ROTENBERG, K.J., BETTS, L. and MAESHIRO, K., 2015. Children’s trust belief in peer and loneliness at elementary school: an investigation of the effect of interaction between trust belief in peer and in teacher or parents. Japanese Journal of Personality, 24 (1), pp. 15-25. ISSN 1349-6174

SPENSER, K.A., BETTS, L.R. and DAS GUPTA, M., 2015. Deficits in Theory of Mind, empathic understanding and moral reasoning: a comparison between young offenders and non-offenders. Psychology, Crime & Law, 21 (7), pp. 632-647. ISSN 1068-316X

BETTS, L., STILLER, J., LARKIN, R. and WILLIAMS, G.J., 2015. Development during the early years. In: P. BANYARD, G. DILLON, C. NORMAN and B. WINDER, eds., Essential psychology. 2nd ed. London: Sage, pp. 297-314. ISBN 9781446274811

STILLER, J., BETTS, L., LARKIN, R. and WILLIAMS, G.J., 2015. Development during the school years. In: P. BANYARD, G. DILLON, C. NORMAN and B. WINDER, eds., Essential psychology. 2nd ed. London: Sage, pp. 315-330. ISBN 9781446274811

BETTS, L.R., HOUSTON, J.E. and STEER, O.L., 2015. Development of the multidimensional peer victimization scale–revised (MPVS-R) and the multidimensional peer bullying scale (MPVS-RB). The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 176 (2), pp. 93-109. ISSN 0022-1325

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2015. Do our online social network characteristics make us vulnerable? In: Alternative Futures Conference 2015, Nottingham, January 2015.

DURSLEY, L. and BETTS, L., 2015. Exploring children’s perceptions of the perceived seriousness of disruptive classroom behaviours. Educational Psychology: an International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 35 (4), pp. 416-429. ISSN 0144-3410

GARDNER, S.E. and BETTS, L.R., 2015. Protecting against school-based victimisation: the role of children's friendship. In: T.F. COLBY, ed., Victims and victimization: risk factors, intervention strategies and socioemotional outcomes. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 9781634841818

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J.F., BETTS, L.R. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2015. When 'friends' collide: the impact of social heterogeneity on online vulnerability. In: BPS (British Psychological Society) Developmental Section & Social Section Annual Conference, The Palace Hotel, Manchester, 9-11 September 2015.

BETTS, L.R. and SPENSER, K.A., 2015. "A large can of worms": teachers' perceptions of young people's technology use. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 5 (2), pp. 15-25. ISSN 2155-7144

GKIMITZOUDIS, T., BETTS, L. and SPENSER, K.A., 2014. Young people’s cyber victimisation experiences and cyber bullying behaviours: the role of technological confidence, time spent online, and wellbeing. In: British Psychological Society Developmental Psychology Section Annual Conference 2014, Amsterdam, 3-5 September 2014.

NARAYANAN, A., LAVY, S. and BETTS, L.R., 2014. Attachment orientations, probabilistic orientation, and resilience in India, Israel, and the United Kingdom. In: American Psychological Association 122nd Annual Convention 2014, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., United States, 7-10 August 2014.

SPENSER, K.A. and BETTS, L.R., 2014. “People think it’s a harmless joke when really it could be hurting someone”: young people’s experiences of cyber bullying. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2014, International Convention Centre, Birmingham, 7-9 May 2014.

NARAYANAN, A. and BETTS, L.R., 2014. Bullying behaviors and victimization experiences among adolescent students: the role of resilience. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 175 (2), pp. 134-146. ISSN 0022-1325

NARAYANAN, A. and BETTS, L.R., 2014. Bullying behaviours and victimization experiences among adolescent students: the role of resilience [forthcoming]. The Journal of Genetic Psychology. ISSN 0022-1325

BETTS, L.R. and STILLER, J., 2014. Centrality in children's best friend networks: the role of social behaviour. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32 (1), pp. 34-49. ISSN 2044-835X

BETTS, L.R., 2014. Cyber bullying behaviours. In: M. KHOSROW-POUR, ed., Encyclopedia of information science and technology. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, pp. 6727-6735. ISBN 9781466658882

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2014. Ever present risk? Online vulnerability in ego-centric networks. In: BPS Social Section Annual Conference 2014, Canterbury, September 2014.

KENNEDY, M., BETTS, L.R. and UNDERWOOD, J.D.M., 2014. Moving beyond the mother-child dyad: exploring the link between maternal sensitivity and siblings’ attachment styles. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 175 (4), pp. 287-300. ISSN 0022-1325

BUGLASS, S.L., BINDER, J., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2014. Online vulnerability in ego-centric networks. In: EMU Research Conference 2014, Leicester, September 2014.

BETTS, L.R. and STILLER, J., 2014. Reciprocal peer dislike and psychosocial adjustment in childhood. Social Development, 23 (3), pp. 556-572. ISSN 1467-9507

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J., PETROCCHI, S., LECCISO, F., SAKAI, A., MAESHIRO, K. and JUDSON, H., 2014. An investigation of children's peer trust across culture: is the composition of peer trust universal? British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 38 (1), pp. 33-41. ISSN 0165-0254

BETTS, L.R., 2014. The role of siblings for children's self-esteem. In: J.H. BORDERS, ed., Handbook on the psychology of self-esteem. New York: Nova, pp. 91-102. ISBN 9781631172250

GARDNER, S.E., BETTS, L.R. and HILL, R., 2013. Older adults' experiences of digital inclusion: social facilitator or social inhibitor? In: Annual BPS Conference 2013, Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, April, 2013.

BETTS, L.R., BOSTOCK, L.R., ELDER, T.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2013. Encouraging good writing practice in first-year psychology students writing: an intervention using Turnitin. Psychology Teaching Review, 18 (2), pp. 74-81. ISSN 0965-948X

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L., 2013. Let’s be positive: the effects of the position of positive and negative values and labels on Likert-type scale scores. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 55, pp. 291-299.

BETTS, L.R., TRUEMAN, M., CHIVERTON, L., STANBRIDGE, A. and STEPHENS, J., 2013. Parental rearing style as a predictor of attachment and psychosocial adjustment during young adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30 (6), pp. 675-693. ISSN 0193-3973

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2013. Young children's interpersonal trust consistency as a predictor of future school adjustment. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 34 (6), pp. 310-318. ISSN 0193-3973

ROTENBERG, K.J., BETTS, L.R. and MOORE, J.J., 2013. The relation between children's trust beliefs in peers and retaliation to peer provocation. Journal of Genetic Psychology: Research and Theory on Human Development, 17, pp. 450-456.

BETTS, L.R., 2013. The role of children’s friendships during school transitions. In: S. KAUFMANN and V. MEYER, eds., Friendships: cultural variations, developmental issues and impact on health. New York: Nova, pp. 65-84.

KENNEDY, M., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2012. An investigation of psycho-social differences between children with differing levels of paternal involvement. In: British Psychological Society Developmental Psychology Section Annual Conference 2012, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 5-7 September 2012.

BETTS, L. and STILLER, J., 2012. Children‘s dislike of peers as a predictor of school adjustment and relationship quality. In: Negative Ties and Social Networks Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, 19-20 April, 2012, Budapest, Hungary.

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J., TRUEMAN, M. and STILLER, J., 2012. Examining the components of children's peer liking as antecedents of school adjustment. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30 (2), pp. 303-325. ISSN 0261-510X

ROTENBERG, K.J., BETTS, L.R., EISNER, M. and RIBEAUD, D., 2012. Social antecedents of children’s trustworthiness and trust beliefs. Infant and Child Development, 21, pp. 310-322.

BETTS, L. and HARTLEY, J., 2012. The effects of changes in the order of verbal labels and numerical values on children's scores on attitude and rating scales. British Educational Research Journal, 38 (2), pp. 319-331. ISSN 0141-1926

BETTS, L.R. and HOUSTON, J.E., 2012. The effects of cyber bullying on children’s school adjustment. In: J. JIA, ed., Educational stages and interactive learning: from kindergarten to workplace training. IGI Global, pp. 209-230.

BETTS, L.R. and HOUSTON, J.E., 2012. The effects of cyberbullying on children’s school adjustment. In: J. JIA, ed., Educational stages and interactive learning: from kindergarten to workplace training. Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L.R., 2012. The effects of scale labels and scale values on questionnaire responses. Psy-PAG Quarterly (84), pp. 15-20.

BETTS, L.R. and ELDER, T.J., 2012. The role of social identity threat in determining intergroup trust. In: B.R. CURTIS, ed., Psychology of trust. Nova, pp. 53-74.

KENNEDY, M., BETTS, L. and UNDERWOOD, J., 2011. Do dads make a difference: a reassessment of their role in attachment theory? In: British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 13 September 2011.

SKOUNTI, M. and BETTS, L., 2011. Prevalence of ADHD subtypes worldwide. In: 3rd International Congress on ADHD: From Childhood to Adult Disease, Berlin, Germany, 18 May 2011.

ROTENBERG, K.J., SAKAI, A., BETTS, L.R. and MAESHIRO, K., 2011. Development of a cross-cultural children’s trust belief scale. In: The Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Montreal, Canada, 29 March 2011.

ROTENBERG, K.J., BETTS, L., EISENER, M., RIBEAUD, D., SAKAI, A. and MAESHIRO, K., 2011. A cross-cultural comparison of the components of children's trust. In: Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Conference, Montreal, Canada, 29 March 2011.

BETTS, L.R. and BICKNELL, A.S.A., 2011. Experiencing loneliness in childhood: consequences for psychosocial adjustment, school adjustment, and academic performance. In: S.J. BEVINN, ed., Psychology of loneliness. Nova.

BETTS, L.R., FARRINGTON-FLINT, L., STILLER, J., LARKIN, R. and WILLIAMS, G.J., 2010. Development during the early years. In: P. BANYARD, M.N.O. DAVIES, C. NORMAN and B. WINDER, eds., Essential psychology: a concise introduction. Sage, pp. 257-274. ISBN 9781847875389

FARRINGTON-FLINT, L., BETTS, L.R., LARKIN, R., STILLER, J., TORRANCE, M., WILLIAMS, G. and STILLER, J., 2010. Development during the school years. In: P. BANYARD, M.N.O. DAVIES, C. NORMAN and B. WINDER, eds., Essential psychology: a concise introduction. Sage, pp. 275-295. ISBN 9781847875389

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L., 2010. Four layouts and a finding: the effects of changes in the sequencing of verbal labels and numerical responses on likert-type scale scores. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 13 (1), pp. 17-27. ISSN 1364-5579

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L., 2010. Readers prefer structured abstracts to end with the conclusions. European Science Editing, 36, pp. 94-96.

BETTS, L.R. and CROSS, A., 2010. Reflections on supporting a visually impaired student complete a biological psychology module. Psychology Teaching Review, 16 (1), pp. 58-60. ISSN 0965-948X

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2010. The application of dyadic level analyses to examine young children's specific trust beliefs, peer-reported trustworthiness and reciprocity of trust. In: K.J. ROTENBERG, ed., Interpersonal trust during childhood and adolescence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 110-132.

ROTENBERG, K.J., ADDIS, N., BETTS, L.R., CORRIGAN, A., FOX, C., HOBSON, Z., RENNISON, S., TRUEMAN, M. and BOULTON, M.J., 2010. The relation between trust beliefs and loneliness from childhood to adulthood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, pp. 1086-1100.

BETTS, L., TRUEMAN, M. and STILLER, J., 2009. Friendship quality as a mediator in the relationship between children’s peer acceptance and school adjustment. In: British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, 9 September 2009.

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L., 2009. Common weaknesses in traditional abstracts in the social sciences. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60 (10), pp. 2010-2018. ISSN 1532-2882

BETTS, L.R., ELDER, T.J., HARTLEY, J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2009. Does correction for guessing reduce students' performance on multiple-choice examinations? Yes? No? Sometimes? Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 34 (1), pp. 1-15. ISSN 0260-2938

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L., 2009. Publishing from a thesis: 58 postgraduate views. Higher Education Review : the International Journal of Policy and Practice in Post School Education, 41 (3), pp. 29-44. ISSN 0018-1609

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2009. The early childhood generalized trust belief scale. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24 (2), pp. 175-185. ISSN 0885-2006

UNDERWOOD, J., BANYARD, P., BETTS, L., FARRINGTON-FLINT, L., KERLIN, L., STILLER, J. and YEOMANS, S., 2009. An exploration of the ways technology can support approaches to narrowing the gap for underachieving and low-achieving learners in secondary schools. Final report. Coventry: BECTA.

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2009. An investigation of the impact of young children's self-knowledge of trustworthiness on school adjustment: a test of the realistic self-knowledge and positive illusion models. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27 (2), pp. 405-424. ISSN 2044-835X

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2009. The psychosocial consequences of the coherence of trust beliefs and trustworthiness during early childhood [poster presentation]. In: When Aspects of Trust Collide: Multi-National Research on Discrepancies in Trust. Poster symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, April 2009, Denver, Colorado.

ROTENBERG, K.J., CUNNINGHAM, J., HAYTON, N., HUTSON, L., JONES, L., MARKS, C., WOODS, E. and BETTS, L.R., 2008. Development of a children's trust in general physicians scale. Child: Care, Health and Development, 34 (6), pp. 748-756.

HARTLEY, J., HICKTON, N. and BETTS, L.R., 2008. Exploring the weakness in self-report data. Research Intelligence (104), pp. 22-23.

BETTS, L.R., ELDER, T.J., HARTLEY, J. and BLURTON, A., 2008. Predicting university performance in psychology: the role of previous performance and discipline-specific knowledge. Educational Studies, 34 (5), pp. 543-556. ISSN 0305-5698

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L.R., 2008. Revising and polishing: is it worth the time and effort? Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59 (12), pp. 1870-1877.

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L.R., 2008. Revising and polishing: is it worth the time and effort? In: Writing Development in Higher Education Conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 25-27 June 2008, Glasgow.

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2008. Social preference, social impact, and reciprocal friendships as predictors of children's school adjustment [poster presentation]. In: Peer Relationships in Early Childhood and Their Developmental Significance. Poster symposium at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, University of Würzberg, Würzberg, Germany, 13-17 July 2008, Würzberg, Germany.

ROWLEY, M., ROBINSON, E.J., BETTS, L. and HARTLEY, J., 2008. Undergraduate students' epistemologies of science: dimensions of beliefs about research into psychological and biological development. Psychology: Learning and Teaching, 7 (2), pp. 16-25.

ROTENBERG, K.J., MICHALIK, N., EISENBERG, N. and BETTS, L.R., 2008. The relations among young children's peer-reported trustworthiness, inhibitory control, asocial behavior and preschool adjustment. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23, pp. 288-298.

BETTS, L.R. and ROTENBERG, K.J., 2008. A social relations analysis of young children's trust in their peers across the early years of school. Social Development, 17 (4), pp. 1039-1055. ISSN 1467-9507

HARTLEY, J., BROTHERTON, K. and BETTS, L.R., 2007. Does the gap year work? Social and academic gains from taking a year off study. Research Intelligence, 100, pp. 30-31.

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2007. Examining young children's peer acceptance and school adjustment using the Social Relations Model (SRM). In: British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Plymouth University, August, 2007, Plymouth University.

HARTLEY, J., BETTS, L.R. and MURRAY, W., 2007. Gender and assessment: differences, similarities and implications. Psychology Teaching Review, 13, pp. 34-47.

TARRANT, M., ELDER, T.J. and BETTS, L.R., 2007. Overcoming the intergroup sensitivity effect: evidence from crossed categorization and recategorization models. In: From taking it well to taking it personally: factors that shape responses to interpersonal and intergroup criticism. Symposium conducted at the British Psychological Society Social Section Annual Conference, Kent University, September, 2007., Kent University.

BETTS, L.R. and ROTENBERG, K.J., 2007. Trustworthiness, friendship and self-control: factors that contribute to young children's school adjustment. Infant and Child Development, 16 (5), pp. 491-508.

BETTS, L.R., BOSTOCK, S., ELDER, T.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2007. Using Turnitin as a method of teaching originality in academic writing. In: Higher Education Academy Psychology Network Innovative Technologies Workshop, York University, June, 2007, York University.

BETTS, L.R., 2007. Using Turnitin to teach psychology students good practice in academic writing. In: Teaching Innovation Day 2006-7, Keele University, May, 2007, Keele University.

BETTS, L.R. and ROTENBERG, K.J., 2007. The development of a short-form of the teacher rating of school adjustment. Journal of Psychoeducational Assesment, 25 (2), pp. 150-164. ISSN 0734-2829

HARTLEY, J. and BETTS, L.R., 2007. The effects of spacing and titles on judgement of the effectiveness of structured abstracts. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58 (14), pp. 2235-2340.

BETTS, L.R., ROTENBERG, K.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2006. Examining reciprocity of trust in young children's dyadic relationships [poster presentation]. In: British Psychological Society Social Section Annual Conference, Birmingham, September, 2006, Birmingham.

HARTLEY, J., TRUEMAN, M., BETTS, L.R. and BRODIE, L., 2006. What price presentation? The effects of typographic variables on essay grades. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 31, pp. 523-534. ISSN 0260-2938

BETTS, L.R. and ROTENBERG, K.J., 2006. The role of trustworthiness, friendships and peer acceptance in young children's school adjustment. In: British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Royal Holloway University of London, September, 2006, Royal Holloway University of London.

BETTS, L.R. and ROTENBERG, K.J., 2005. Cross-sectional and longitudinal relations among young children's peer-reported trustworthiness and adjustment to school. In: Trustworthiness in children: conceptual framework and testimony, and testimony as a witness. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

BETTS, L.R. and ROTENBERG, K.J., 2005. Cross-sectional and longitudinal relations among young children's trust beliefs in peers and adjustment to school. In: Trustworthiness in children: conceptual framework and testimony, and testimony as a witness. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

MCGUIRE, S., GILL, P., ROTENBERG, K.J., SEGAL, N.L. and BETTS, L.R., 2005. Sibling trustworthiness: a twin-adoption study [poster presentation]. In: Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

ROTENBERG, K.J., FOX, C.L., BOULTON, M.J. and BETTS, L.R., 2005. The role of consistency between self-knowledge and peer knowledge of social functioning in psychological maladjustment, peer acceptance, and friendship. In: Evaluating self-knowledge: how it develops, how it varies by culture and how it relates to social adjustment. Symposium conducted at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Edinburgh University, September, 2005, Edinburgh University.

BETTS, L.R. and ROTENBERG, K.J., 2005. The role of consistency between self-knowledge and peer knowledge of trustworthiness in children's adjustment to the early school years. In: Evaluating self-knowledge: how it develops, how it varies by culture and how it relates to social adjustment. Symposium conducted at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Edinburgh University, September, 2005, Edinburgh University.