2024
Psychopathy and gaze cueing. (Journal article)
Garofalo, C., Jones, A., Nentjes, L., & Gillespie, S. M. (2024). Psychopathy and gaze cueing.. Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry, 83, 101936. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101936DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101936
2023
Gillespie, S., & Elliott, I. (2023). Latent profiles identified from psychological test data for people convicted of sexual offences in the U.K.. British Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1192/bjp.2023.126DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2023.126
Song, Z., Jones, A., Corcoran, R., Daly, N., Abu-Akel, A., & Gillespie, S. M. (2023). Psychopathic Traits and Theory of Mind Task Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105231. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105231DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105231
Jones, A., Gillespie, S., Pennington, C., Strickland, J., & Robinson, E. (n.d.). Careless responding in online studies is associated with alcohol-use: a mega-analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. doi:10.1037/adb0000924DOI: 10.1037/adb0000924
Gillespie, S. M., Jones, A., & Garofalo, C. (2023). Psychopathy and dangerousness: An umbrella review and meta-analysis. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, 100. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102240DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102240
2022
Gillespie, S. M., Lee, J., Williams, R., & Jones, A. (2022). Psychopathy and response inhibition: A meta-analysis of go/no-go and stop signal task performance. NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS, 142. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104868DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104868
Association between trait mindfulness and symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress: A meta-analysis (Journal article)
Harper, L., Jones, A., Goodwin, L., & Gillespie, S. (2022). Association between trait mindfulness and symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress: A meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.05.027DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.05.027
Daly, N., Jones, A., Garofalo, C., Uzieblo, K., Robinson, E., & Gillespie, S. M. (2022). Coping Using Sex, Health-Related Behaviors, and Mental Health During COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.880454DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.880454
Palix, J., Gillespie, S. M., Abbiati, M., & Abu-Akel, A. (2022). Dynamics of parasympathetic activity in violent incarcerated offenders before, during, and in recovery from an emotional inhibition task. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-022-10872-yDOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10872-y
Abu-Akel, A., Wood, S. J., Upthegrove, R., Chisholm, K., Lin, A., Hansen, P. C., . . . Montag, C. (2022). Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis: evidence from three populations. MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY, 27(7), 2976-2984. doi:10.1038/s41380-022-01543-5DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01543-5
Skin Conductance Responses to a Discrete Threat in Virtual Reality: Associations with Psychopathy and Anxiety (Journal article)
Centifanti, L. C. M., Gillespie, S. M., & Thomson, N. D. (2022). Skin Conductance Responses to a Discrete Threat in Virtual Reality: Associations with Psychopathy and Anxiety. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT, 44(1), 39-50. doi:10.1007/s10862-021-09943-7DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09943-7
Schizophrenia Spectrum, Other Psychotic Disorders and Violence (Chapter)
Song, Z., Corcoran, R., & Gillespie, S. M. (2022). Schizophrenia Spectrum, Other Psychotic Disorders and Violence. In Clinical Forensic Psychology (pp. 269-286). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80882-2_14DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80882-2_14
2021
Gillespie, S., Mitchell, I., Beech, A., & Rotshtein, P. (2021). Processing of emotional faces in sexual offenders with and without child victims: an eye-tracking study with pupillometry. Biological Psychology. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108141DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108141
Gillespie, S. M., Kongerslev, M. T., Bo, S., & Abu-Akel, A. M. (2021). Schizotypy and psychopathic tendencies interactively improve misattribution of affect in boys with conduct problems. EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, 30(6), 885-897. doi:10.1007/s00787-020-01567-8DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01567-8
Brzozowski, A., Gillespie, S. M., Dixon, L., & Mitchell, I. J. (2021). Cardiac Autonomic Function and Psychological Characteristics of Heterosexual Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Physical Aggression. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, 36(7-8), 3638-3661. doi:10.1177/0886260518775748DOI: 10.1177/0886260518775748
Brzozowski, A., White, R. G., Mitchell, I. J., Beech, A. R., & Gillespie, S. M. (2021). A feasibility trial of an instructed breathing course in prison to improve emotion regulation in people with substance use difficulties. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY, 32(2), 308-325. doi:10.1080/14789949.2020.1859589DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2020.1859589
2020
Robinson, E., Gillespie, S. M., & Jones, A. (n.d.). Weight‐related lifestyle behaviors and the COVID‐19 crisis: An online survey study of UK adults during social lockdown. Obesity Science & Practice. doi:10.1002/osp4.442DOI: 10.1002/osp4.442
Gillespie, S. M., Jones, A., Uzieblo, K., Garofalo, C., & Robinson, E. (2020). Coping using sex during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the UK. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.11.002DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.11.002
Gillespie, S., Centifanti, L., & Garofalo, C. (2020). Variants of psychopathy in male and female civil psychiatric patients: Latent profile analyses of the MacArthur Violence Risk dataset. Journal of Criminal Justice.
Jowsey, A. (2020, September 8). Emotional Intelligence and Professional Quality of Life of Healthcare Staff. (University of Liverpool).
Thomson, N., Gillespie, S. M., & Centifanti, L. (n.d.). Callous-Unemotional Traits and Fearlessness: A Cardiovascular Psychophysiological Perspective in Two Adolescent Samples using Virtual Reality. Development and Psychopathology. doi:10.1017/S0954579419001196DOI: 10.1017/S0954579419001196
2019
Emotion regulation mediates relationships between mindfulness facets and aggression dimensions (Journal article)
Garofalo, C., Gillespie, S. M., & Velotti, P. (2019). Emotion regulation mediates relationships between mindfulness facets and aggression dimensions. Aggressive Behavior, 46(1), 60-71. doi:10.1002/ab.21868DOI: 10.1002/ab.21868
Gillespie, S. M., Rotshtein, P., Chapman, H., Brown, E., Beech, A., & Mitchell, I. (2019). Pupil reactivity to emotional faces among convicted violent offenders: The role of psychopathic traits. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(6), 622-632. doi:10.1037/abn0000445DOI: 10.1037/abn0000445
Williams, R., Gillespie, S. M., Elliott, I. A., & Eldridge, H. J. (2019). Characteristics of Female Solo and Female Co-Offenders and Male Solo Sexual Offenders Against Children. SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, 31(2), 151-172. doi:10.1177/1079063217724767DOI: 10.1177/1079063217724767
Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis tendencies: evidence from three populations across the autism-psychosis spectra (Conference Paper)
Abu-Akel, A., Wood, S. J., Upthegrove, R., Chisholm, K., Lin, A., Hansen, P. C., . . . Montag, C. (2019). Psychosocial functioning in the balance between autism and psychosis tendencies: evidence from three populations across the autism-psychosis spectra. In EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY Vol. 56 (pp. S58). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Chapman, H., & Gillespie, S. M. (2019). The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2): A review of the properties, reliability, and validity of the CTS2 as a measure of partner abuse in community and clinical samples. AGGRESSION AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, 44, 27-35. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2018.10.006DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2018.10.006
2018
Gillespie, S. M., Kongerslev, M., Sharp, C., Bo, S., & Abu-Akel, A. (2018). Does Affective Theory of Mind Contribute to Proactive Aggression in Boys with Conduct Problems and Psychopathic Tendencies?. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 49, 906-916. doi:10.1007/s10578-018-0806-8DOI: 10.1007/s10578-018-0806-8
Psychopathy and sexual violence (Chapter)
Gillespie, S. M., Centifanti, L. C. M., & Brewer, G. (2019). Psychopathy and sexual violence. In ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOPATHY AND CRIME (pp. 413-425). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Gillespie, S. M., Garofalo, C., & Velotti, P. (2018). Emotion regulation, mindfulness, and alexithymia: Specific or general impairments in sexual, violent, and homicide offenders?. Journal of Criminal Justice, 58, 56-66. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.07.006DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.07.006
Brzozowski, A., Gillespie, S. M., Dixon, L., & Mitchell, I. J. (2018). Mindfulness Dampens Cardiac Responses to Motion Scenes of Violence. MINDFULNESS, 9(2), 575-584. doi:10.1007/s12671-017-0799-6DOI: 10.1007/s12671-017-0799-6
Gillespie, S. M., Brzozowski, A., & Mitchell, I. J. (2018). Self-regulation and aggressive antisocial behaviour: insights from amygdala-prefrontal and heart-brain interactions. PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW, 24(3), 243-257. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2017.1414816DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2017.1414816
An Evaluation of a Community-Based Psycho-Educational Program for Users of Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., Bailey, A., Squire, T., Carey, M. L., Eldridge, H. J., & Beech, A. R. (2018). An Evaluation of a Community-Based Psycho-Educational Program for Users of Child Sexual Exploitation Material. SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, 30(2), 169-191. doi:10.1177/1079063216639591DOI: 10.1177/1079063216639591
Evidence for benefits in comorbid psychopathy and schizophrenia (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., & Abu-Akel, A. M. (2018). Evidence for benefits in comorbid psychopathy and schizophrenia. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, 193, 472-473. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.047DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.047
Treating Emotion Dysregulation in Antisocial Behavior (Chapter)
Gillespie, S. M., & Beech, A. R. (2018). Treating Emotion Dysregulation in Antisocial Behavior. In Unknown Book (pp. 677-701). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118650868.ch26DOI: 10.1002/9781118650868.ch26
Chapman, H., Gillespie, S. M., & Mitchell, I. J. (2018). Facial affect processing in incarcerated violent males: A systematic review. AGGRESSION AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, 38, 123-138. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2017.10.006DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2017.10.006
2017
Gillespie, S. M., Rotshtein, P., Beech, A. R., & Mitchell, I. J. (2017). Boldness psychopathic traits predict reduced gaze toward fearful eyes in men with a history of violence. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 128, 29-38. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.07.003DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.07.003
Gillespie, S. M., Mitchell, I. J., & Abu-Akel, A. M. (2017). Autistic traits and positive psychotic experiences modulate the association of psychopathic tendencies with theory of mind in opposite directions. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06995-2DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06995-2
Themes in participant feedback on a risk reduction programme for child sexual exploitation material offenders (Journal article)
Dervley, R., Perkins, D., Whitehead, H., Bailey, A., Gillespie, S., & Squire, T. (2017). Themes in participant feedback on a risk reduction programme for child sexual exploitation material offenders. JOURNAL OF SEXUAL AGGRESSION, 23(1), 46-61. doi:10.1080/13552600.2016.1269958DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2016.1269958
THE EFFECT OF CO-OCCURRING AUTISM AND POSITIVE SYMPTOM EXPRESSIONS ON MENTALIZING ABILITIES (Conference Paper)
Abu-Akel, A., Gillespie, S., Apperly, I., & Montag, C. (2017). THE EFFECT OF CO-OCCURRING AUTISM AND POSITIVE SYMPTOM EXPRESSIONS ON MENTALIZING ABILITIES. In SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN Vol. 43 (pp. S158). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2016
Wells, L. J., Gillespie, S. M., & Rotshtein, P. (2016). Identification of Emotional Facial Expressions: Effects of Expression, Intensity, and Sex on Eye Gaze. PLOS ONE, 11(12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168307DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168307
2015
Metacognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia Are Arrested at Extreme Levels of Psychopathy: The Cut-Off Effect (Journal article)
Abu-Akel, A., Heinke, D., Gillespie, S. M., Mitchell, I. J., & Bo, S. (2015). Metacognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia Are Arrested at Extreme Levels of Psychopathy: The Cut-Off Effect. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, 124(4), 1102-1109. doi:10.1037/abn0000096DOI: 10.1037/abn0000096
Relations of Distinct Psychopathic Personality Traits with Anxiety and Fear: Findings from Offenders and Non-Offenders (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., Mitchell, I. J., Satherley, R. -M., Beech, A. R., & Rotshtein, P. (2015). Relations of Distinct Psychopathic Personality Traits with Anxiety and Fear: Findings from Offenders and Non-Offenders. PLOS ONE, 10(11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143120DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143120
Psychopathic traits are associated with reduced attention to the eyes of emotional faces among adult male non-offenders (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., Rotshtein, P., Wells, L. J., Beech, A. R., & Mitchell, I. J. (2015). Psychopathic traits are associated with reduced attention to the eyes of emotional faces among adult male non-offenders. FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 9. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00552DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00552
Similar effects of intranasal oxytocin administration and acute alcohol consumption on socio-cognitions, emotions and behaviour: Implications for the mechanisms of action (Journal article)
Mitchell, I. J., Gillespie, S. M., & Abu-Akel, A. (2015). Similar effects of intranasal oxytocin administration and acute alcohol consumption on socio-cognitions, emotions and behaviour: Implications for the mechanisms of action. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 55, 98-106. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.04.018DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.04.018
Characteristics of Females Who Sexually Offend: A Comparison of Solo and Co-Offenders (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., Williams, R., Elliott, I. A., Eldridge, H. J., Ashfield, S., & Beech, A. R. (2015). Characteristics of Females Who Sexually Offend: A Comparison of Solo and Co-Offenders. SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, 27(3), 284-301. doi:10.1177/1079063214556358DOI: 10.1177/1079063214556358
Acute alcohol consumption and secondary psychopathic traits increase ratings of the attractiveness and health of ethnic ingroup faces but not outgroup faces (Journal article)
Mitchell, I. J., Gillespie, S. M., Leverton, M., Llewellyn, V., Neale, E., & Stevenson, I. (2015). Acute alcohol consumption and secondary psychopathic traits increase ratings of the attractiveness and health of ethnic ingroup faces but not outgroup faces. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, 6. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00025DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00025
Emotional expression recognition and attribution bias among sexual and violent offenders: a signal detection analysis (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., Rotshtein, P., Satherley, R. -M., Beech, A. R., & Mitchell, I. J. (2015). Emotional expression recognition and attribution bias among sexual and violent offenders: a signal detection analysis. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 6. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00595DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00595
2014
The Understanding and Treatment of Sexual Offenders in the 21st Century A neurobiological perspective (Journal article)
Beech, A. R., & Gillespie, S. M. (2014). The Understanding and Treatment of Sexual Offenders in the 21st Century A neurobiological perspective. MONATSSCHRIFT FUR KRIMINOLOGIE UND STRAFRECHTSREFORM, 97(1), 78-84. doi:10.1515/mks-2014-970111DOI: 10.1515/mks-2014-970111
Spontaneous versus deliberate vicarious representations: different routes to empathy in psychopathy and autism (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., McCleery, J. P., & Oberman, L. M. (2014). Spontaneous versus deliberate vicarious representations: different routes to empathy in psychopathy and autism. BRAIN, 137. doi:10.1093/brain/awt364DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt364
2013
Exaggerated Intergroup Bias in Economical Decision Making Games: Differential Effects of Primary and Secondary Psychopathic Traits (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., Mitchell, I. J., Johnson, I., Dawson, E., & Beech, A. R. (2013). Exaggerated Intergroup Bias in Economical Decision Making Games: Differential Effects of Primary and Secondary Psychopathic Traits. PLOS ONE, 8(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069565DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069565
2012
Treating disturbed emotional regulation in sexual offenders: The potential applications of mindful self-regulation and controlled breathing techniques (Journal article)
Gillespie, S. M., Mitchell, I. J., Fisher, D., & Beech, A. R. (2012). Treating disturbed emotional regulation in sexual offenders: The potential applications of mindful self-regulation and controlled breathing techniques. AGGRESSION AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, 17(4), 333-343. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2012.03.005DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2012.03.005