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Richard I. Evans

Richard I. Evans

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IN MEMORIAM

Professor Evans died on April 20, 2015, at the age of 92. Social Psychology Network is maintaining this profile for visitors who wish to learn more about Professor Evans's work.

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I am interested in applying social psychological theory and concepts to prevention of health-threatening behaviors in adolescents, testing conceptual models in applied field-based research in social psychology, and documenting the oral/visual history of psychology through books and videotaped dialogues with notable contributers (e.g., C.G. Jung, Konrad Lorenz, Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, Erik Erikson, Hans Eysenck, Viktor Frankl, Erich Fromm, Ernest Hilgard, R. D. Laing, Rollo May, Gardner Murphy, Henry Murray, Jean Piaget, J. B. Rhine, Carl Rogers, Nevitt Sanford, B. F. Skinner, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and Albert Bandura.)

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Communication, Language
  • Health Psychology
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Self and Identity

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Books:

  • Evans, R. I. (1981). Albert Bandura: The man and his ideas. New York: Praeger Press.
  • Evans, R. I. (1981). Dialogue with B. F. Skinner. Dialogues in Contemporary Psychology Series. New York: Praeger Press.
  • Evans, R. I. (1981). Dialogue with C. G. Jung. Dialogues in Contemporary Psychology Series. New York: Praeger Press.
  • Evans, R. I. (1981). Dialogue with Erik Erikson. Dialogues in Contemporary Psychology Series. New York: Praeger Press.
  • Evans, R. I. (1981). Dialogue with Jean Piaget. Dialogues in Contemporary Psychology Series. New York: Praeger Press.

Journal Articles:

  • Carvajal, S. C., Clair, S. D., Nash, S. G., & Evans, R. I. (1998). Relating optimism, hope, and self-esteem to social influences in deterring substance abuse in adolescents. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 17(4), 443-465.

Other Publications:

  • Evans, R. I. (2000). Erich Fromm. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association and Oxford Press.
  • Evans, R. I. (1998). An historical perspective on effective prevention. In W. J. Bukoski & R. I. Evans (Eds.), National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph Series No. 176, Cost-Benefit/Cost-Effectiveness Research on Drug Abuse Prevention: Implications for Programming and Policy. NIH Publication No. 98-4021 (pp. 37-58.) Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Evans, R. I. (1998). Prevention of Gambling Among Adolescents. Commissioned by the National Research Council, National Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences for a report to the United States Congress by the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
  • Evans, R. I. (1992). Cognitive-psychosocial-behavioral concepts related to predicting and preventing the use by adolescents of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs. In H. Motoaki, J. Misumi, & B. Wilpeert (Eds.), Social Educational, and Clinical Psychology Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Applied Psychology, 3, (pp. 307-333). International Association of Applied Psychology, Kyoto, Japan. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Evans, R. I., Henderson, A. H., Hill, P. C., & Raines, B. E. (1979). Current psychological, social, and educational programs in control and prevention of smoking: A critical methodological review. In U. S. Public Health Services, Smoking and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, (DHEW Publication No. [PHS]79-50099). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Evans, R. I., & Raines, B. E. (1990). Applying a social psychological model across health promotion interventions: Cigarettes to smokeless tobacco. In J. Edwards, R. S. Tinsdale, L. Heath, & E. J. Posavac (Eds.), Social Influence Processes and Prevention (pp. 143-157). New York: Plenum Publishing Company.

Courses Taught:

  • Health Psychology
  • Social Psychology Practium
  • Social Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Grantseeking

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