Professor Mandy Robbins
Professor of Psychology
Professor Mandy Robbins PhD, SFHEA, is a Chartered Psychologist and a member of the American Psychological Association. Prior to her appointment at Wrexham she worked at the universities of Warwick and Bangor where her research focused on personality and individual differences in relationship to religious belief, practice, and wellbeing.
She serves on the editorial board of British Journal for Religious Education, is Associate Editor for the Journal of Empirical Theology and co-editor of the Brill series Studies in Theology and Religion. She has authored five books and over 200 chapters and articles.
Research Projects
| Title | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Review of the impact of the National Youth Strategy for Wales | Researcher | Three phases over two years involving both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Partnership with University of Wales, Trinity St David and Cardiff Met. |
Publications
| Year | Publication | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Psychological Type Profile of Humanists UK: Not Just the Mirror Image of Believers, [DOI] Longden, Gareth;Robbins, M |
Other Publication |
| 2018 | Youth in Education: The Necessity of Valuing Ethnocultural Diversity, JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RELIGION. [DOI] Robbins, Mandy |
Book Review |
| 2017 | Mystical orientation and psychological health: a study among university students in Turkey, [DOI] Robbins, M;Francis, L J;Ok, U |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2017 | Religious affect and personal happiness: a replication among Sunni students in Malaysia, [DOI] Robbins, M;Francis, L J;Tekke, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | The Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude towards Islam: A Study among Students in Pakistan, [DOI] Hamid, Sahar;Robbins, Mandy;Nadeem, T;Khan, T |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | Religion and happiness: A study among university students in Turkey, [DOI] Francis, L J;Ok, U;Robbins, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | The New Indices of Religious Orientation Revised (NIROR): A Study among Canadian Adolescents Attending a Baptist Youth Mission and Service Event, RELIGIONS, 7. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Fawcett, Bruce G.;Robbins, Mandy;Stairs, Dale |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | A hermeneutics of religious education, BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 38. [DOI] Robbins, Mandy |
Book Review |
| 2016 | The psychometric properties of the Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Islam Revised among Sunni students in Malaysia, [DOI] Francis, Leslie J;Tekke, M;Robbins, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | Temperament theory and congregation studies: different types for different services?, [DOI] Robbins, M;Francis, L J;Wright, H |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | The internal consistency reliability of the Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Hinduism among students in India, [DOI] Robbins, M;Francis, L J;Kamble, S V |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2016 | Psychological type profile of Canadian Baptist youth leaders: Implications for Christian education, [DOI] Robbins, M;Francis, L J;Fawcett, Bruce G;Linkletter, J |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | A Complimentary Ministry? The Psychological Type of Clergy Women in the Church in Wales, [DOI] Robbins, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | The cost of a calling? Clergywomen and work in the Church of England, [DOI] Greene, Anne-marie;Robbins, M |
Other Journal |
| 2015 | Learning styles and psychological preferences among Christian disciples, [DOI] Francis, L J;Robbins, M |
Other Journal |
| 2015 | Why are women more religious than men? Testing the explanatory power of personality theory among undergraduate students in Wales, [DOI] Penny, Gemma;Francis, L J;Robbins, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | The psychological type profile of Singaporean Pentecostal pastors: a research report, [DOI] Robbins, M;Kay, William K |
Other Publication |
| 2015 | The psychological type profile of Christians participating in fellowship groups or in small study groups: insights from the Australian National Church Life Survey, MENTAL HEALTH RELIGION & CULTURE, 18. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy;Powell, Ruth |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Do different psychological types look for different things in sermons? A research note, MENTAL HEALTH RELIGION & CULTURE, 18. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Stone, Christopher;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Why are women more religious than men? Testing the explanatory power of personality theory among undergraduate students in Wales, MENTAL HEALTH RELIGION & CULTURE, 18. [DOI] Penny, Gemma;Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Learning Styles and Psychological Preferences among Christian Disciples, RURAL THEOLOGY-INTERNATIONAL ECUMENCIAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES, 13. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Mystical Experience and Psychopathology: A Study Among Secular, Christian, and Muslim Youth in Germany, PASTORAL PSYCHOLOGY, 64. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Ziebertz, Hans-Georg;Robbins, Mandy;Reindl, Marian |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | The Cost of a Calling? Clergywomen and Work in the Church of England, GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION, 22. [DOI] Greene, Anne-marie;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | The psychological type profile of Christians participating in fellowship groups or in small study groups: Insights from the Australian National Church Life Survey, [DOI] Francis, L J;Robbins, Mandy;Powell, Ruth |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2015 | Do different psychological types look for different things in sermons? A research note, [DOI] Francis, Leslie J;Stone, Christopher;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2014 | Fresh expressions: reaching those psychological types conventional forms of church find it hard to reach?, [DOI] Francis, L J;Clymo, J;Robbins, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2014 | The Psychological Type Profile of Readers in the Church of England: Clones of the Clergy or Distinctive Voices?, [DOI] Francis, L J;Jones, Susan H;Robbins, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2014 | The Katz-Francis scale of attitude toward Judaism: Internal consistency reliability and construct validity among female undergraduate students in Israel, [DOI] Yablon, Y B;Francis, L J;Robbins, M |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2014 | Taking responsibility for multiple churches: A study in burnout among Anglican clergywomen in England, [DOI] Robbins, M;Francis, L J |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2013 | Who is called to be a bishop? A study in psychological type profiling of bishops in the Church of England, JOURNAL OF BELIEFS & VALUES-STUDIES IN RELIGION & EDUCATION, 34. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Whinney, Michael;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2013 | Catholic and Charismatic: A Study in Personality Theory within Catholic Congregations, RELIGIONS, 4. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Louden, Stephen H.;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2013 | Are Clergy Serving Yoked Congregations More Vulnerable to Burnout? A Study among Clergy Serving in the Presbyterian Church (USA), STRESS AND HEALTH, 29. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy;Wulff, Keith |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2012 | Assessing attitude towards religion: the Astley-Francis Scale of Attitude towards Theistic Faith, BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 34. [DOI] Astley, Jeff;Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2012 | DENOMINATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE: A STUDY AMONG ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTHERN IRELAND, RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND NATIONAL HERITAGE: EMPIRICAL-THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. Robbins, Mandy |
Conference Publication |
| 2012 | Young people's attitudes to religious diversity: quantitative approaches from social psychology and empirical theology, JOURNAL OF BELIEFS & VALUES-STUDIES IN RELIGION & EDUCATION, 33. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Croft, Jennifer S.;Pyke, Alice;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2011 | Women Priests in the Church of England: Psychological Type Profile, RELIGIONS, 2. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy;Whinney, Michael |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2011 | In Ordained Ministry there Is Neither Male nor Female? The Personality Profile of Male and Female Anglican Clergy Engaged in Multi-parish Rural Ministry, ARCHIVE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION-ARCHIV FUR RELIGIONSPSYCHOLOGIE, 33. [DOI] Brewster, Christine E.;Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2011 | Women ministers of word and sacrament within the United Reformed Church: a health check, JOURNAL OF BELIEFS & VALUES-STUDIES IN RELIGION & EDUCATION, 32. [DOI] Rolph, Jenny;Francis, Leslie J.;Charlton, Rodger;Robbins, Mandy;Rolph, Paul |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2011 | Teaching secondary RE at faith schools in England and Wales: listening to the teachers, JOURNAL OF BELIEFS & VALUES-STUDIES IN RELIGION & EDUCATION, 32. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2010 | Shaping attitude toward Christianity among year seven pupils: the influence of sex, church, home and primary school, Swindells, Tracy;Francis, Leslie J;Robbins, Mandy |
Other Journal |
| 2010 | The Scale Properties of the Adolescent Form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTSA) Among Canadian Baptist Youth, Fawcett, Bruce G;Francis, Leslie J;Robbins, Mandy |
Other Journal |
| 2010 | Personality and the Happiness of Others: A Study among 13- to 15-Year-Old Adolescents, APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-HEALTH AND WELL BEING, 2. [DOI] Francis, Leslie J.;Rolph, Jenny;Rolph, Paul W.;Robbins, Mandy |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2008 | Prayer and psychological health: A study among sixth-form pupils attending Catholic and Protestant schools in Northern Ireland, Francis, L J;Robbins, M;Lewis, Christopher A;Barnes, L P |
Other Journal |
| 2007 | Attitude toward Christianity among secondary school pupils in Northern Ireland: shifts in denominational differences, Francis, L J;Robbins, M;Lewis, Christopher A;Barnes, L P;ap Sio^n, T |
Other Journal |
| 2006 | Sixth form religion in Northern Ireland: the Protestant profile 1968–1998, Francis, L J;Robbins, M;Barnes, L P;Lewis, Christopher A |
Other Journal |
| 2006 | Religiously Affiliated Schools in Northern Ireland: The Persistence of Denominational Differences in Pupils' Religious And Moral Values, Francis, L J;Robbins, M;Barnes, L P;Lewis, Christopher A |
Other Journal |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function |
|---|---|
| British Psychological Society | Chartered Psychologist |
| American Psychological Association | Member |
Committees
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Research Committee | Vice-chair |
Education
| Institution | Qualification | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| University of Wales | PhD | Psychology |
| Trinity College | MPhil | Theology |
| Open University | PGDip | Psychology |
| University of Wales | BA | Archaeology/Theology |
Journal Reviewer or Editor
| Journal Name | Activity |
|---|---|
| British Journal of Religious Education | Editorial Board |
| Journal of Religious Education (Australia) | Editorial Board |
| Journal in Empirical Theology | Editorial Board |