Dr Erskine focuses on investigating the processes and consequences of avoidant coping, most notably thought suppression and repressive coping. Much of his work investigates why inhibitory processes often result in paradoxical effects extending to thought, emotion and behaviour.
Experience
2013–present
Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Behavioural Medicine, St George's, University of London
Publications
2012
Effect of thought suppression on desire to smoke and tobacco withdrawal symptoms, Psychopharmacology
2012
Behavioural, cognitive and affective consequences of trying to avoid thinking about chocolate, In Chocolate in Health and Nutrition
2011
The psychological effects of considering a move into residential care: An age-related study, Journal of Housing For the Elderly
2011
Thoughts on suppression: My own worst enemy: How trying not to think of an action might lead you down that very path, The Psychologist
2010
Effects of age on phenomenology and consistency of flashbulb memories of September 11 and a staged control event, Psychology and Ageing
2010
Effects of thought suppression on eating behaviour in restrained and non-restrained eaters, Appetite
2010
Resistance can be futile: Investigating behavioural rebound, Appetite
2010
I suppress therefore I smoke: The effects of thought suppression on smoking behaviour, Psychological Science
2008
Ageing, well-being and repressive coping, SIGNPOST - Journal of Dementia and Mental Health Care of Older People
2007
The predictors of thought suppression in young and old adults: Effects of anxiety, rumination and other variables, Personality and Individual Differences
2007
The prevalence of repressive coping style in younger and older adults, Aging and Mental Health
2003
Voluntary involuntariness: Thought suppression and the regulation of the experience of will, Consciousness and Cognition