Publications   

JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

Hughes, E. M. & Parkes, K. R. (2007). Work hours and well-being: The roles of work-time control and work-family interference. Work and Stress, 21, 264-278.

Parkes, K. R. (2006).  Physical activity as a predictor of self-rated health: Interactive effects of activity in work and leisure domains.  British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 533-550. Abstract.pdf

Parkes, K. R., Carnell, S. & Farmer, E. (2005).  "Living two lives": Perceptions, attitudes and experiences of spouses of UK offshore workers. Community, Work and Family, 8, 413-437.  ccwf125158[1].pdf

Parkes, K. R. & Razavi, T. D. B. (2004).  Personality and attitudinal variables as predictors of voluntary union membership.  Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 333-347.  paido4a.pdf

Parkes, K. R. (2003). Shiftwork and environment as interactive predictors of work perceptions.  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 8, 266-281. johp03.pdf

Parkes, K. R. (2003). Demographic and lifestyle predictors of body mass index among offshore oil industry workers:  Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings.  Occupational Medicine, 53, 213-221.     http://occmed.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/53/3/213.pdf?ijkey=53lqi0glIaVtQ&keytype=ref

Parkes, K. R. (2002). Age, smoking, and negative affectivity as predictors of sleep patterns among shiftworkers in two environments. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 7, 156-173. JOHP702.pdf

Parkes, K. R. (2002). Shift work and age as interactive predictors of body mass index among offshore workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 28, 64-71. sjweh2802.pdf

Parkes, K. R. (1999). Shiftwork, job type, and the work environment as joint predictors of health outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 4, 256-268. johp99.pdf

Parkes, K. R. (1998). Psychosocial aspects of stress, health and safety on North Sea installations. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 24, 321-333. offrev.pdf

Moyle, P. J. & Parkes, K. R. (1998). The effects of transition stress: A relocation study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 20, 625-646.

Pollard, T. M., Ungpakorn, G., Harrison, G. A., & Parkes, K. R. (1996). Epinephrine and cortisol responses to work: A test of the models of Frankenhaeuser and Karasek. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 18, 229-237.

Parkes, K. R. (1995). The effects of objective workload on cognitive performance in a field setting: A two-period cross-over trial. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 9, S153-S171.

Parkes, K. R., Mendham, C. & von Rabenau, C. (1994). Social support and the demand-discretion model of work stress: Tests of additive and interactive effects in two samples. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 44, 91-113.

Parkes, K. R. (1994). Sleep patterns, shift work, and individual differences: A comparison of onshore and offshore control-room operators. Ergonomics, 37, 827-844.

Parkes, K. R. (1994). Personality and coping as moderators of work stress processes: Models, methods and measures. Work and Stress, 8, 110-129.

Parkes, K. R. & von Rabenau, C. (1993). Work characteristics and well-being among psychiatric health-care staff. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 3, 243-259. rabenau.pdf

Parkes, K. R. (1992). Mental health in the oil industry: A comparative study of onshore and offshore employees. Psychological Medicine, 22, 997-1009.

Parkes, K. R. (1992). Work and health among North Sea oil employees. International Journal of Psychology, 27 (3,4), 598-599.

Parkes, K. R. (1991). Locus of control as moderator: An explanation for additive versus interactive findings in the demand-discretion model of work stress? British Journal of Psychology, 82, 291-312.

Parkes, K. R. (1990). Coping, negative affectivity, and the work environment; additive and interactive predictors of mental health. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75, 399-409.

Parkes, K. R., Styles, E. A., & Broadbent, D. E. (1990). Work preferences as moderators of the effects of paced and unpaced work on mood and cognitive performance: A laboratory simulation of mechanized letter-sorting. Human Factors, 32, 197-216.

Parkes, K. R. (1989). The performance and subsequent employment status of PGCE students; academic and attitudinal predictors. British Educational Research Journal, 15, 231-248.

Parkes, K. R. (1988). Locus of control in three behavioural domains: Factor structure and correlates of the 'Spheres of Control' scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 9, 631-643.

Parkes, K. R. & Rendall, D. (1988). The hardy personality, and its relationship to extraversion and neuroticism. Personality and Individual Differences, 9, 785-790.

Parkes, K. R. (1987). Relative weight, smoking, and mental health as predictors of sickness and absence from work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 72, 275-286.

Parkes, K. R. (1986). Coping in stressful episodes: the role of individual differences, environmental factors and situational characteristics. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1277-1292.

Parkes, K. R. (1986). Locus of control: first-rate questions and second-rate answers? Contemporary Psychology, 31, 515-517. 

Parkes, K. R. (1985). Dimensionality of Rotter's locus of control scale: An application the Very Simple Structure technique. Personality and Individual Differences, 6, 115-119.

Parkes, K. R. (1985). Stressful episodes reported by first-year student nurses: A descriptive account. Social Science and Medicine, 20, 945-953.

Parkes, K. R. (1984). Locus of control, cognitive appraisal and coping in stressful episodes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 655-668.

Parkes, K. R. (1984).  Psychological field study techniques: A critical evaluation.  In: J. Cullen & Siegrist, J. (Eds), Breakdown in human adaptation to stress: Towards a multi-disciplinary approach.  The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.  pp. 53-60.

Parkes, K. R. (1984). Smoking and the Eysenck personality dimensions: an interactive model. Psychological Medicine, 14, 825-834.

Parkes, K. R. (1983). Smoking as a moderator of the relationship between affective state and absence from work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 68, 698-708.

Parkes, K. R. (1982). Field dependence and the factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire in normal subjects. British Journal of Psychiatry, 140, 392-400. .pdf file

Parkes, K. R. (1982). Occupational stress among student nurses: A natural experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 67, 784-796.

Gentry, D. & Parkes, K. R. (1982). Psychologic stress in intensive care unit and non-intensive care unit nursing: A review of the past decade. Heart Lung, 11, 43-47.

Broadbent, D. E., Cooper, P. F., Fitzgerald, P., & Parkes, K. R. (1982). The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and its correlates. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 21, 1-16.

Parkes, K. R. (1981). Field dependence and the differentiation of affective states. British Journal of Psychiatry, 139, 52-58. .pdf file

Parkes, K. R. (1980). Social desirability, defensiveness and self-report psychiatric inventory scores. Psychological Medicine, 10, 735-742.

 

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS AND

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  

Parkes, K. R. (2007).  Shiftwork and Health.  In: S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman & R. West (Eds) Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition).  Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. .pdf file

Parkes, K. R. (2007). 'Working hours in the offshore petroleum industry'  Health and Safety consequences of work-time arrangements in the petroleum industry: Status of knowledge and needs for knowledge. March 2007.  Petroleum Safety Authority, Stavanger, Norway. .pdf file

Parkes, K. R. (2001) Sleep, mood and performance in relation to offshore shift patterns.  In: Workshop on Fatigue. London: Institute of Petroleum.

Parkes, K. R. (2001). "Intervenciones para la gestión del estrés en organizaciones." In: Buendía, J. & Ramos, F. (Eds.) Empleo, Estrés y Salud. Madrid: Psicología Pirámide. pp. 109-129.

Sparkes, T.J. & Parkes, K. R. (1998). Affective reactions to job demand and discretion in daily work. In: Proceedings of the International Work Psychology Conference. Sheffield: Institute of Work Psychology.

Parkes, K. R. (1997). Stress, health and the offshore work environment. In: Proceedings of the Occupational Health Offshore Conference, Aberdeen, 26-28 March 1996. Sudbury: HSE Books. (pp.127-138)

Parkes, K. R. (1997). Estrés, trabajo y salud: Características laborales, contexto ocupacional y diferencias individuales. In: Buendía, J. (Ed.) Estrés laboral y salud. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva. (pp. 79-117).

Parkes, K. R. (1996). Stress, work and health: The role of individual differences. In: A. Bittles (Ed.) Stress: From evolutionary change to biosocial consequences. London: Macmillan. (pp. 113-151).

Parkes, K. R. (1995). Work and well-being among North Sea oil employees. In: P. Collett & A. Furnham (Eds.) Social Psychology at Work: Essays in honour of Michael Argyle. London: Routledge. (pp. 124-141).

Parkes, K. R. (1993). Individual differences and work stress: Personality and coping as moderator variables. In: L. Levi (Ed.). A Healthier Work Environment: Basic Concepts, and Methods of Measurement. Copenhagen: World Health Organization.

Parkes, K. R. (1993). Mental health in the oil industry: A comparison of onshore and offshore employees, with reference to age and Type A behavior. In: Storey, K. and Shrimpton, M. (Eds). Social, Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Health and Safety in the Offshore Oil Industry. St. John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland (pp.52-75).

Parkes, K. R. (1991). Stress, workload and individual differences. In: M. Johnston, M. Herbert, & T. Marteau (Eds.) European Health Psychology: 4th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. Leicester: BPS. (pp. 110-111).

Parkes, K. R. (1989). Personal control in an occupational context. In: A. Steptoe & A. Appels (Eds.) Stress, personal control, and health. Wiley. (pp. 21-47).

Parkes, K. R. (1987). Field dependence and the differentiation of neurotic syndromes: a LISREL analysis. In: P. Cuttance & R. Ecob (Eds.) Structural Modeling by Example: Applications in Educational, Behavioral, and Social Research. New York: Cambridge University Press (pp. 24-50).

Parkes, K. R. (1984). Psychological field study techniques: A critical evaluation. In: J. C. Cullen & J. Siegrist (Eds.) Breakdown in human adaptation to stress, Volume I. Commission of the European Community. Holland: Nijhoff. (pp. 53-60).

 

 

REPORTS PREPARED FOR THE

UK HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE

 

Parkes, K. R. (2007). Social support and musculoskeletal disorders: Literature review and data analyses. Health and Safety Executive. No. 6022/R55.114.

Parkes, K. R., Farmer, E. & Carnell, S. (2004). Psychosocial aspects of work and health in the North Sea oil and gas industry: A survey of FPSO installations, and comparison with platforms and drilling rigs. Research Report 202. Health and Safety Executive, Offshore Safety Division. 

Parkes, K. R., Carnell, S. & Farmer, E. (2004).  Musculo-skeletal disorders, mental health and the work environment.  Research Report 316, Health and Safety Executive, London.

Parkes, K. R. & Swash, S. (2003). Offshore sickbay consultations in relation to age, job factors, and self-reported health. Research Report. MaTSU /8550/3037.  

Parkes, K. R. & Byron, J. (2001). Work, health and safety in the UK oil and gas industry: A survey of onshore sites, and comparisons with offshore installations. Research Report 314/2001. Sudbury: HSE Books.

Parkes, K. R. & Swash, S. (2000). Injuries on offshore oil and gas installations: An analysis of temporal and occupational factors. Research Report, OTO 99-097. 

Parkes, K. R. & Sparkes, T. J. (1998). Organizational interventions to reduce work-related stress: Are they effective? Sudbury: HSE Books. 

Parkes, K. R. & Clark, M. J. (1997). Psychosocial aspects of work and health in the North Sea oil and gas industry. Part V. Offshore work/leave schedules: Data analyses and review. London: HSE. 

Parkes, K. R. & Clark, M. J. (1997). Psychosocial aspects of work and health in the North Sea oil and gas industry. Part IV. The offshore environment in the mid-1990's: A survey of psychosocial factors. Sudbury: HSE Books. 

Parkes, K. R., Clark, M. J. & Payne-Cook, E. (1997). Psychosocial aspects of work and health in the North Sea oil and gas industry. Part III. Sleep, mood, and performance in relation to offshore shift rotation schedules. Sudbury: HSE Books. 

Parkes, K. R. & Razavi, T. D. (1997). Psychosocial aspects of work and health in the North Sea oil and gas industry. Part II. A five-year follow-up study (1990-1995) of offshore and onshore personnel. Sudbury: HSE Books. 

Parkes, K. R. (1997). Psychosocial aspects of work and health in the North Sea oil and gas industry. Part I. A review of the literature. Sudbury: HSE Books 

Parkes, K. R. (1993). Human Factors, Shift Work, and Alertness in the Offshore Oil Industry. London: HMSO.