Research: For the love of Psychology & Science

Research Interests

Dr. Daniel Roberts’ research covers aspects of social, clinical and business psychology.  He has found that most clients consult for family and work-related issues.  Indeed, the family and work environments impact the most on people’s lives.  In addition, people’s skills are determining factors in their performance.  For instance, both parenting practices and children’s abilities are dependent on their respective home environments. 

Questions such as why some people succeed while others fail at the same task, and how and where people acquire their skills have been the focus of Dr. Roberts’ research.  For example, it was found that both family characteristics and individual traits were associated with being successful in various  fields. 

Interestingly, Dr. Roberts’ clinical methods have focused on clients' acquiring skills that are most useful when overcoming barriers to well-being and success.  He has achieved this by helping clients develop more rewarding personal relationships, cope with career and performance issues as well as resolve clinical problems. 

Selected publications

Terrisse, B., Roberts, D. S. L., Palacio-Quintin, E., & MacDonald, B. E.  (1998).  Effects of parenting practices and socioeconomic status on child development.  Swiss Journal of Psychology, 57(2), 114-123.

Roberts, D. S. L., & MacDonald, B. E.  (2000).  Influence of protagonists’ race and salience and participants’ imagery skill on recognition, inferences and perception.  Journal of Mental Imagery, 24(1 & 2), 149-168.

Roberts, D. S. L., & MacDonald, B. E.  (2001).  Relations of imagery, creativity, and socioeconomic status with performance on a stock-market e-trading game.  Psychological Reports, 88, 734-740. 

 Roberts, D. S. L., & MacDonald, B. E.  (2000).  Effects of protagonist’s race and salience and participant’s SES on film/TV inferences and perception.  International Review of Social Psychology / Revue internationale de Psychologie Sociale, 13(1), 7-28.

Roberts, D. S. L., Cowen, P. S., & MacDonald, B. E.  (1996).  Effects of narrative structure and emotional content on cognitive and evaluative responses to film and text.  Empirical Studies of the Arts, 14(1), 33-47.