Mills, R., Okubanjo, A., Acheampong, N., Eaton, N., Di Angelantonio, E., Wood, A., Masser, B., & Ferguson, E. (2025).  Specificity vs inclusivity: Exploring the impact of message type on blood donor recruitment among Black communities in the UK, Health Psychology (In press) 

Wu, Y., Di Angelantonio, E., Kaptoge, S., Wood, AM., Gilchrist, P., Walker, M., Kingston, N., Masser, B., Roberts, D., Ferguson, E., & Kim. (2025) Role of pain and anxiety in mediating relationships between donation history and vasovagal reaction symptoms in blood donors in England. Transfusion (in press) 

Güntürkün, P., Studte, S., Winkler, D., Clement, M.,Tan, JHT., Merz, E-M., Huis in 't Veld, E., & Ferguson, E (2025). Crowding out Effects of Opt-out Defaults: Evidence from Organ Donation Policies. PNAS-Nexus, 4(10), pgaf311. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf311 

Mills R., Di Angelantonio. E., Wetherall. K., Cleare, S., Masser, B., McClelland, H., Melson, J., Niedzwiedz, C.,  O’Connor, D., O’Carroll. R., Robb. K., Scowcroft, E., Watson B., Wood, A., Zortea T., O’Connor, R, Desai, R., Brailsford, SR., & Ferguson E. (2025) The Prosocial Phenotype and Cooperative Health Protective Behaviors: Insights from COVID-19. Health Psychology (in press)

Jacobs, J.,  Booth ,B.,  Lewis-Newby, M.,  Saifee, N., Ferguson, E., Cohn, C.,  Delaney, M., Morley, S.,  Thomas, S., Thorpe, R., Raza, S., Weaver, M., Woo, J., Sharma, D., So-Osman, C., Yurtsever, N., Tormey, C., Waters, A., Goldman, M.,  Yan, M., Fasano, R., Stephens, L., Allen, E., Erikstrup, C., Infanti, L., Schlafer, TD.,  Warner, M., . Winters, JL., Tobian, A., & Bloch, E. (2025). Medical, societal, and ethical considerations for directed blood donation in 2025. Annals of Internal Medicine, 8, 1021–1026. (doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-25-00815 

Ferguson, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Mills, R., Oteng- Attakora, K., Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Angela M Wood, Masser, B., & Okubanjo, A. (2025).Narratives, Emotions, and Slogans: Community Co-designed Campaigns to Recruit Black Blood Donors From the General UK Population. Health Psychology, 44, 1003–1014. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001525 

Mills R., Merz, E-M., Croucher M., Masser B., Brailsford, SR., Smith R., & Ferguson E. (2024). The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes. Transfusion Medicine, 34, 478–490 (doi. 10.1111/tme.13108)

Ferguson, E., Mills, R., Dawe-Lane, E., Khan, Z., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Edge, D., Smith, R., O’Hagan, N., Desai, R., Croucher, M., Eaton, N., & Brailsford, S. R. (2024). Questions on Travel and Sexual Behaviours Negatively Impact Ethnic Minority Donor Recruitment: Effect of Negative Word-of-Mouth and Avoidance. Vox Sanguinis, 119, 1245–1256 (doi. 10.1111/vox.13748).

Mills, R., Okubanjo, A., Acheampong, N., Croucher, M., Eaton, N., Kazi, A., Di Angelantonio, E., Wood, A., Masser, B., Ferguson, E. (2024). The Power of Arts-Based Film Interventions to Encourage Black Blood Donors. Transfusion, 64, 2133-2143. (doi:10.1111/trf.17963) 

Ferguson, E., Bowen, S., Mills, R., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Lawrence, C., Maharaj, R., Starmer, C., Barr, A., Williams, T., Croucher, M., & Brailsford, SR (2024). The Prototypical UK Blood Donor, Homophily and Blood Donation: Blood Donors Are Like You, Not Me. Vox Sanguinis, 119, 1223–1233 (doi. 10.1111/vox.13731)

Ferguson, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Ajayi, O., Osikomaiya, B., Mills, R., & Okubanjo, A. (2024). The Importance of Need-Altruism and Kin-Altruism to Blood Donor Behaviour for Black and White People. Transfusion Medicine, 34, 112-123 (doi. 10.1111/tme.13032)

Graf, C., Oteng-Attakora, K., Ferguson, E., Vassallo, R., Merz, EM.(2024) Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study, Transfusion Medicine Reviews,38, 150809, (doi. 10.1016/j.tmrv.2023.150809)

Shepherd L., O’Carroll, R., & Ferguson E. (2023) Assessing the Influence of Affective Attitudes, Demography and Blood Donor Status on Organ Donor Registration Active Decisions in Opt-Out System. Journal of Health Psychology (In press) (doi. 10.1177/13591053231208531)

Ferguson E., & Mills R. (2023). Exploring the nuances of cooperation in public health – a critical reflection of default policies and reputation effects: a reply to 'Nurturing, nudging and navigating the increasingly precarious nature of cooperation in public health: The cases of vaccination and organ donation' by Larson and Toledo. Global Discourse, 13, 323-343 (Doi. 10.1332/20437897Y2023D000000008)

Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C., Bowen, S., Gemelli, C. N., Rozsa, A., Niekrasz, K., van Dongen, A., Williams, L. A., Thijsen, A., Guerin, N., Masser, B., & Davison, T. E. (2023). Warming up cool cooperators. Nature human behaviour, 7(11), 1917–1932. (doi. 10.1038/s41562-023-01687-6).

Kim, LG., Bolton, T., Sweeting, MJ., Bell, S., Fahle, S., McMahon, A., Walker, M., Ferguson, E., Miflin, G.,  Robert, DJ., ,Di Angelantonio, E., & Wood, AM. (2023). Impact of a post-donation haemoglobin testing strategy on efficiency and safety of whole blood donation in England: a modelling study. Transfusion, 63, 541–551. (doi.org/10.1111/trf.17277)

Shepherd, L., O’Carroll, RE., & Ferguson E (2023). Assessing the Factors that Influence the Donation of a Deceased Family Member’s Organs in an Opt-Out System for Organ. Social Science and Medicine, 317, 116645, (doi. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115545)

Ferguson E., Bowen, S., Lawrence, C., Starmer, C., Barr, A., Davison, K., Reynolds, C., & Brailsford, SR. (2023). Communicating the move to individualized donor selection policy: Framing messages focused on recipients and safety. Transfusion, 63, 171-181(doi. 10.1111/trf.17175).

Chell K, Masser B, Davison TE, Ferguson E. (2022) A typology of strategies that recognize, reward, and incentivize blood donation. Transfusion, 62, 2077-2085. (doi. 10.1111/trf.17053)

Ferguson, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Khan, Z., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Edge, D., & Brailsford, S.R. (2022). Trust and distrust: Identifying recruitment targets for ethnic minority blood donors Transfusion Medicine, 32, 276–287 (doi. 10.1111/tme.12867)

Ferguson E., Edwards ARA, Masser BM. (2022) Simple Reciprocal Fairness Message to Enhance Non-Donor’s Willingness to Donate Blood. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, 89-99 (doi. 10.1093/abm/kaab02).

Ferguson, E. (2022) What Blood and Organ Donation Can Tell Us About Cooperation? Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 202-207 (doi. 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.09.005).

Hyde, M.K., Masser, B. M., Edwards, A.R.A., & Ferguson, E. (2021) Australian perspectives on opt-in and opt-out consent systems for deceased organ donation. Progress in Transplantation, 31, 357-367 (doi. 10.1177/15269248211046023

Ferguson, E. (2021). Strategies and theories to attract and retain blood donors: Fairness, Reciprocity, Equity, and Warm-Glow. ISBT Science Series, 16, 219-225 (doi. 10.1111/voxs.12640)

Ferguson, E. (2021). Inequality Averse and Compassionate Blood Donor: Implication for Interventions. Vox Sanguinis, 116, 862-871 (doi. 10.1111/vox.13088)

Masser, B. M., Ferguson, E., Thorpe, R., Lawrence, C., Davison T. E., Hoad, H.,  &  Gosbell, I. B. (2021) Motivators of and barriers to becoming a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor: a survey study. Transfusion Medicine, 31, 176-185 ‏ (doi. 10.1111/tme.12753)

Sweegers, MG., Twisk, JWR., Quee, FA., Ferguson, E.,van den Hurk, K. (2021). Whole blood donors’ post-donation symptoms diminish quickly but are discouraging: results from 6-day symptom diaries Transfusion, 61, 811-821 (doi.  10.1111/trf.16220).

Masser, BM., Hyde MK., & Ferguson E. (2020). Exploring predictors of Australian community members blood donation intentions and blood donation-related behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transfusion, 60, 2907-2917 (doi. 10.1111/trf.16067)

Masser, BM., Ferguson, E., & Merz, E-M & Williams L. (2020). Beyond description – the predictive role of affect, memory and context on blood donors’ decision-making. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 7:175-185. (doi: 10.1159/000501917)

Isler, O., Isler, B., Kopsacheilis, O., Ferguson, E. (2020) Limits of the social-benefit motive among high-risk patients: A field experiment on influenza vaccination behaviour. BMC Public Health 20, 240. (doi. 10.1186/s12889-020-8246-3)

Ferguson, E., Shichman, R., & Tan, J. H. W. (2020). Lone Wolf Defectors Undermine the Power of the Opt-Out Default. Scientific Reports, 10, 8973. (doi. 10.1038/s41598-020-65163-1)

Ferguson E., Hill A., Lam, M., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Lawrence, C., & Brailsford, S. R. (2020). Typology of Blood Donor Motivations. Transfusion, 60, 2010-2020. (doi. 10.1111/trf.15913)

Ferguson, E., Murray, C., & O’Carroll, RE. (2019) Blood and organ donation: Health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions. Psychology and Health, 34, 1073-1104

(doi. 10.1080/08870446.2019.1603385)

Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E. (2019). Public health messages about antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infection may increase perceived symptom severity reporting. Journal of Health Psychology. 24, 623-627 (doi.  10.1177/1359105316683242

Ferguson, E & Lawrence C. (2019) Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Variation by Blood Donor Career. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 29, 639-651. (doi. 10.4473/TPM26.4.10)

Ferguson, E., Dorner. L., France, C.R.,  France, J. L.,  Masser, B.,  Lam, M.,  Marta, E., Alfieri, S.,  Merz, E-M.,  Adams, B., Huis in ’t Veld, E.,  & Scerri, J. (2018) Blood donor behaviour, motivations and the need for a systematic cross-cultural perspective: The example of moral outrage and health and non-health based philanthropy across seven countries. ISBT Science Series, 13, 375-388. (doi. 10.1111/voxs.12471

Merz, E-M., Ferguson, E., & van Dongen, A. (2018). Psychosocial Characteristics of blood donors influence their voluntary non-medical Lapse. Transfusion, 58, 2596-2603. (doi. 10.1111/trf.14891)

Ferguson, E., Zhao, K. O’Carroll. R. E., & Smillie, L, D. (2019) Costless and Costly Pro-Sociality: Correspondence among Personality Traits, Economic Preferences, and Real World Pro-Sociality. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 461 – 471 (doi. 10.1177/1948550618765071).

Ferguson, E & Lawrence, C. (2018) It’s Only Fair: Blood Donors are More Sensitive to Violations of Fairness Norms than Non-Donors – Converging Psychometric and Ultimatum Game Evidence. Vox Sanguinis. 113, 424-450. (doi. 10.1111/vox.12636)

O’Carroll, R. E., Shepherd, L. Hayes, P. C., & Ferguson, E. (2016). Anticipated Regret and Organ Donor Registration Health Psychology, 35, 1169-1177 (doi. 10.1037/hea0000363)

Ferguson, E. & Lawrence, C.  (2016) Blood donation and altruism: the mechanism of altruism approach. ISBT Science Series, 11 (Suppl. 1), 148–157.

Ferguson, E. (2015) Mechanisms of altruism approach to blood donor recruitment and retention: a review and future directions Transfusion Medicine, 25, 211-226. (doi. 10.1111/tme.12233)

Shepherd, L., O’Carroll, RE., & Ferguson, E. (2014). An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study. BMC Medicine,12, 131. (doi. 10.1186/s12916-014-0131-4)

Evans, R., & Ferguson E. (2014). Defining and Measuring Blood Donor Altruism: A Theoretical Approach from Biology, Economics and Psychology. Vox Sanguinis, 106, 118-126, (doi. 10.1111/vox.12080)

Ferguson E. (2012). The mechanisms of altruism: theoretical, structural and temporal considerations for understanding blood donor altruistic motivations. Richche di Psicologia, 4, 713-714

O'Carroll, R. E., Ferguson, E., Hayes, P. C., & Shepherd, L. (2012) Increasing Organ Donation via Anticipated Regret (INORDAR): Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial BMC Public Health, 12, 169   (doi. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-169)

Fleming, P., Townsend, E., van Hilten, J.A., Spence, A., & Ferguson, E. (2012) Expertise, personal relevance and the use of context-driven heuristic processes in risk perception. Journal of Risk Research, 15, 857-873 (doi.10.1080/13669877.2012.666759)

Ferguson, E, Taylor, M., Keatley, D., Flynn, N., & Lawrence, C. (2012). Blood Donors’ Helping Behavior is Driven by Warm Glow More Evidence For the Blood Donor Benevolence Hypothesis. Transfusion, 52, 2189-2200 (doi. 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03557.x)

McGregor, LM., Ferguson, E., & O’Carroll, RE (2012) Living organ donation: the effect of message frame on an altruistic behaviour  Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 821-832  (doi.10.1177/1359105311423862)

Ferguson, E., Atsma, F., de Kort, W., & Veldhuizen, I. (2012) Exploring the Pattern of Blood Donor Beliefs in First Time, Novice and Experienced Donors: Differentiating Reluctant Altruism, Pure Altruism, Impure Altruism and Warm-Glow Transfusion, 52, 343-355. (doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03279.x)

Ferguson, E., & Corr P. (2012) Blood, Sex, Personality, Power and Altruism. Behavior and Brain Sciences, 35  25-26  (doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001245)

O’Carroll, R. E., Dryden, J., Hamilton-Barclay, T., & Ferguson, E.  (2011) Anticipated regret and organ donor registration – a pilot study Health Psychology, 30, 661-664. (doi. 10.1037/a0024182)

O’Carroll, R. E., Foster, C., McGeechan, G., Sandford, K., & Ferguson, E. (2011) The “ick factor”, anticipated regret and willingness to become an organ donor Health Psychology. 30, 236-245. (doi. 10.1037/a0022379)

Ferguson. E., Spence, A., Townsend, E., Prowse, C., Palmer, J., Fleming, P., & Van Hilten, JA. (2009) What Information is Trust by Whom:  A Multi-Level Analysis of the Stability of the Information Source-Trust Association for Blood Transfusion. Transfusion, 49, 1637-1648.  (doi.  10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02179.x)

Ferguson, E., Farrell, K & Lawrence, C. (2008). Blood Donation is an act of Benevolence Rather Than Altruism. Health Psychology, 27, 327-336. (doi. 10.1037/0278-6133.27.3.327).

Fleming, P., Townsend, E., Lowe, KC., & Ferguson, E. (2007). Social desirability influences on judgements of biotechnology across the dimensions of risk, ethicality and naturalness. Journal of Risk Research, 10, 989-1003.

Ferguson, E., France, CR, Abraham, C., Ditto, B., & Sheeran. P. (2007) Improving Blood Donor Recruitment and Retention: Integrating Social and Behavioral Science Agendas. Transfusion, 47, 1999-2010. (doi. 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01423.x).

Ferguson, E., & Gallagher, L. (2007). Message Framing with Respect to Decisions About Vaccination: The Roles of Frame Valence, Frame Method and Perceived Risk. British Journal of Psychology, 98, 667-680.

Fleming, P., Ferguson E., Townsend, E., Lowe, KC. (2007) Stakeholder perceptions in transfusion medicine: A Pilot field study on risk and ethics for blood and blood substitutes. Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes and Biotechnology, 35, 149-156.

Ferguson, E., & Chandler, S. (2005). A stage model of blood donor behaviour: Assessing voluntary behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 359-372  (doi, 10.1177/1359105305051423)

Ferguson, E., Farrell, K., James, V., & Lowe, K. C. (2004). Trustworthiness of information about blood donation and transfusion in relation to associated knowledge and perceptions of risk: An analysis of UK stakeholder groups. Transfusion Medicine, 14, 205-216

Lowe, K.C., & Ferguson, E. (2003). Benefit and risk perceptions in transfusion medicine: blood and blood substitutes. Journal of Internal Medicine, 253, 498-507.

Farrell, K., Ferguson, E., James, V., & Lowe, KC. (2002). Public perception of the risk of HIV infection associated with blood donation: the role of contextual cues. Transfusion, 42, 679-683.

Ferguson, E & Bibby PA. (2002). Predicting future blood donor returns: past behavior, intentions and observer effects. Health Psychology, 21, 513-518 (doi. 0.1037/0278-6133.21.5.513)

Farrell, K., Ferguson, E., James, V., & Lowe, K. (2001). Confidence in the safety of blood for transfusion: The effect of message framing. Transfusion, 41, 1335-1340.

Lowe, K., Farrell, K., Ferguson, E., & James, V. (2001). Current perceived risk of transfusion in the UK and relevance to the future of acceptance of blood substitutes.  Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobilization Biotechnology, 29, 179-189.

Ferguson, E., Farrell, K., Lowe, K., & James, V. (2001). Current perceived risks of blood transfusion: The roles of stakeholder knowledge and perceptions. Transfusion Medicine, 11, 129-135.

Ferguson, E. (1996) Predictors of future behaviour: A review of the psychological literature on blood donation. British Journal of Health Psychology, 1, 287-308 (doi. 10.1111/j.2044-8287.1996.tb00510.x)

Mills R., Di Angelantonio. E., Wetherall. K., Cleare, S., Masser, B., McClelland, H., Melson, J., Niedzwiedz, C.,  O’Connor, D., O’Carroll. R., Robb. K., Scowcroft, E., Watson B., Wood, A., Zortea T., O’Connor, R, Desai, R., Brailsford, SR., & Ferguson E. (2025) The Prosocial Phenotype and Cooperative Health Protective Behaviors: Insights from COVID-19. Health Psychology (in press)

Ferguson, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Ajayi, O., Osikomaiya, B., Mills, R., & Okubanjo, A. (2024) The Importance of Need-Altruism and Kin-Altruism to Blood Donor Behaviour for Black and White People. Transfusion Medicine, 34, 112-123 (doi. 10.1111/tme.13032)

Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C., Bowen, S., Gemelli, C. N., Rozsa, A., Niekrasz, K., van Dongen, A., Williams, L. A., Thijsen, A., Guerin, N., Masser, B., & Davison, T. E. (2023). Warming up cool cooperators. Nature human behaviour, 7(11), 1917–1932. (doi. 10.1038/s41562-023-01687-6).

Hill, E., Prosser, N., Brown, P., Ferguson, E., Green, M., Kaler, J., Keeling M., & Tildesley, M. (2023). Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, 106019. (Doi. 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106019).

Hill, E.D., Prosser, N.S., Ferguson, E., Kaler, J.  Green, M.J., Keeling, M.J., & Tildesley, M.J. (2022). Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour  PLoS Computational Biology 18, e1010235. (doi. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010235)

Prosser, N.S., Green, M.J., Ferguson, E., Tildesley M.J., Hill, E. M., Keeling, M. J., &  Kaler, J. (2022). Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea. Journal of Dairy Science, 105, 3559-3573  (doi. 10.3168/jds.2021-21386)

Ferguson, E. (2022) What Blood and Organ Donation Can Tell Us About Cooperation? Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 202-207 (doi. 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.09.005).

Ferguson, E., Shichman, R., & Tan, J. H. W. (2020). Lone Wolf Defectors Undermine the Power of the Opt-Out Default. Scientific Reports, 10, 8973. (doi. 10.1038/s41598-020-65163-1)

Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E.  (2019) When the supposedly poor prosper: The Underdog Effects on charitable donations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48, 108-127. (doi. 10.1177/0899764018794305).

Ferguson, E., Quigley, E., Powell, G., Stewart, L., Harrison, F., & Tallentire, H. (2019). To Help or Punish in the Face of Unfairness: Men and Women Prefer Mutually-Beneficial Strategies over Punishment in a Sexual Selection Context. Royal Society Open Science, 6, 181441. (doi. 10.1098/rsos.181441)

Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., Ferguson, E. (2018) Does Observability Effect Prosociality? A Meta Analytic Review. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285, 20180116. (doi. 10.1098/rspb.2018.0116)

Ferguson, E., Zhao, K. O’Carroll. R. E., & Smillie, L, D. (2019) Costless and Costly Pro-Sociality: Correspondence among Personality Traits, Economic Preferences, and Real World Pro-Sociality. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 461 – 471 (doi. 10.1177/1948550618765071).

Zhao, K, Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. (2017) Politeness and Compassion Differentially Predict Adherence to Fairness Norms and Interventions to Norm Violation. Scientific Reports, 7,  3415. (doi. 10.1038/s41598-017-02952-1.006)

Skatova, A., Spence, A., Leygue, C., & Ferguson, E. (2017). Guilty repair sustains cooperation, angry retaliation destroys it. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 46709 (doi:10.1038/srep467).

Ma, L., Tunney, R., & Ferguson, E. (2017). Does Gratitude Enhance Prosociality: A Meta-Analytic Review.  Psychological Bulletin, 143, 601-635. (doi. 10.1037/bul0000103)

Zhao, K., Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. D., (2017). When fair is not equal: Compassion and politeness diverge when predicting allocations of wealth under norms of equity and need. Social Psychological and Personality Sciences, 8 , 847-857. (doi. 10.1177/1948550616683018)

Zhao, K, Smillie, L., & Ferguson, E (2016). Prosocial Personality Traits Differentially Predict Egalitarianism, Generosity, and Reciprocity in Economic Games. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1137, (doi. 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01137)

Ferguson, E., & Flynn, N. (2016). Moral Relativism as a Disconnect Between Behavioural and Experienced Warm Glow. Journal of Economic Psychology, 56, 163-175. (doi. 10.1016/j.jeop.2016.06.002)

Ferguson, E. (2015) Mechanisms of altruism approach to blood donor recruitment and retention: a review and future directions Transfusion Medicine, 25, 211-226. (doi. 10.1111/tme.12233)

Ma, L., Tunney, R., & Ferguson E. (2014) Gratefully received, gratefully repaid: the role of perceived fairness in cooperative interactions PlosOne, 9(12): e114976. (doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0114976)

Skatova, A., & Ferguson, E. (2014) Why do different people choose different university degrees? Motivation and the choice of degree. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1244. (doi.  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01244)

Ferguson, E, Maltby, J., Bibby, P., & Lawrence, C. (2014). Fast to forgive, slow to retaliate: Intuitive responses in the ultimatum game depend on the degree of unfairness. PLoS One, 9, 5 article e96344. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096344)

Evans, R., & Ferguson E. (2014). Defining and Measuring Blood Donor Altruism: A Theoretical Approach from Biology, Economics and Psychology. Vox Sanguinis, 106, 118-126, (doi. 10.1111/vox.12080)

Skatova, A., & Ferguson, E. (2013). Individual differences in behavioural inhibition explain free riding in the public good games when punishment becomes uncertain. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 9, article 3, (doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-9-3)

Skatova, A., & Ferguson, E. (2011). What Makes People Cooperate? Personality Predicts Contribution in the Public Goods Games. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 237-241. (doi. 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.013)

Philips, T., Ferguson, E., & Rijsdijk., F. (2010). A link between altruism and sexual selection: genetic influence on altruistic behaviour and mate preference towards it. British Journal of Psychology, 101, 809-819. (doi. 10.1348/000712610X493494)

Philips, T., Ferguson, E., Reeder, T & Barnard, C. (2008) Mate preference towards altruistic traits suggests a link between human altruism and sexual selection. British Journal of Psychology, 99, 555-572.

Mills, R., Okubanjo, A., Acheampong, N., Eaton, N., Di Angelantonio, E., Wood, A., Masser, B., & Ferguson, E. (2025).  Specificity vs inclusivity: Exploring the impact of message type on blood donor recruitment among Black communities in the UK, Health Psychology (In press)

Wu, Y., Di Angelantonio, E., Kaptoge, S., Wood, AM., Gilchrist, P., Walker, M., Kingston, N., Masser, B., Roberts, D., Ferguson, E., & Kim. (2025) Role of pain and anxiety in mediating relationships between donation history and vasovagal reaction symptoms in blood donors in England. Transfusion (in press)

Güntürkün, P., Studte, S., Winkler, D., Clement, M.,Tan, JHT., Merz, E-M., Huis in 't Veld, E., & Ferguson, E (2025). Crowding out Effects of Opt-out Defaults: Evidence from Organ Donation Policies. PNAS-Nexus, 4(10), pgaf311. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf311

Wetherall. K., Cleare, S., Belkadi, N., . Etherson, EM., Loney, KJ., Mathew, S., Munro, J., Townsend, E., Nock, MK., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, RC. (2025). Emotion processing and electrodermal activity in young people who self-harm. Nature Mental Health (In press)

Mills R., Di Angelantonio. E., Wetherall. K., Cleare, S., Masser, B., McClelland, H., Melson, J., Niedzwiedz, C.,  O’Connor, D., O’Carroll. R., Robb. K., Scowcroft, E., Watson B., Wood, A., Zortea T., O’Connor, R, Desai, R., Brailsford, SR., & Ferguson E. (2025) The Prosocial Phenotype and Cooperative Health Protective Behaviors: Insights from COVID-19. Health Psychology

Thompson, W., Swain, S., Coupland, C., Rees, F., Courtney, P.,  Hall. M., Ferguson, E.,  Walsh, DA., Valdes, AM. Morriss, R., Doherty, M., & Zhang W. (2025) Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort. Sleep Advances, zpaf039, (doi. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf039).

Prosser, NS., Ferguson, E., Kaler, J.,  Hill, EM., Tildesley, MJ., Keeling, MJ., & Gren, MJ. (2025). Between-country differences in psychosocial profiles of British cattle farmers. Veterinary Record (in press)

Ferguson, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Mills, R., Oteng- Attakora, K., Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Angela M Wood, Masser, B., & Okubanjo, A. (2025).Narratives, Emotions, and Slogans: Community Co-designed Campaigns to Recruit Black Blood Donors From the General UK Population. Health Psychology (in press)

Smith, SL., Georgopoulos, V., Ifesemen, OS., James, R.; Ferguson, E., Wakefield, RJ.,  Wilson, D.,  Buckley, P., Platts, D., Ledbury, S., Choy, E., Pickles, T., Rutter-Locher, Z., Kirkham, B., Walsh, DA., & McWilliams, DF. (2025). Validity and contributions to pain from the Central Aspects of Pain questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis. Pain Reports (in press).

Jacobs, J.,  Booth ,B.,  Lewis-Newby, M.,  Saifee, N., Ferguson, E., Cohn, C.,  Delaney, M., Morley, S.,  Thomas, S., Thorpe, R., Raza, S., Weaver, M., Woo, J., Sharma, D., So-Osman, C., Yurtsever, N., Tormey, C., Waters, A., Goldman, M.,  Yan, M., Fasano, R., Stephens, L., Allen, E., Erikstrup, C., Infanti, L., Schlafer, TD.,  Warner, M., . Winters, JL., Tobian, A., & Bloch, E. (2025). Medical, societal, and ethical considerations for directed blood donation in 2025. Annals of Internal Medicine, 8, 1021–1026. (doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-25-00815)

Cong, M., Fergusion, E., Tunney, R., & James, R. (2025). Assessing the Problem and Pathological Gambling Measure (PPGM) factor structure. International Gambling Studies (In press) (doi. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2025.2481846)

Prosser, NS., Edwards, M. Hill, EM., Gow, L., Cavallaro, M., Tildesley,MJ., Keeling, MJ., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., & Green, M (2025). Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England 2016 – 2023. Veterinary Record, e5325 (doi.. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.5325).

 Georgopoulos, V., Smith, S., McWilliams, D. F., Ferguson, E., Wakefield, R., Platts, D., Ledbury, S., Wilson, D., & Walsh, D. A. (2024). Contribution of inflammation markers and quantitative sensory testing (QST) indices of central sensitisation to rheumatoid arthritis pain. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 26, 175. (doi. 10.1186/s13075-024-03407-5).

Mills R., Merz, E-M., Croucher M., Masser B., Brailsford, SR., Smith R., & Ferguson E. (2024). The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes. Transfusion Medicine, 34, 478–490 (doi. 10.1111/tme.13108)

Ferguson, E., Mills, R., Dawe-Lane, E., Khan, Z., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Edge, D., Smith, R., O’Hagan, N., Desai, R., Croucher, M., Eaton, N., & Brailsford, S. R. (2024). Questions on Travel and Sexual Behaviours Negatively Impact Ethnic Minority Donor Recruitment: Effect of Negative Word-of-Mouth and Avoidance. Vox Sanguinis, 119, 1245–1256 (doi. 10.1111/vox.13748).

Ferguson, E., Bowen, S., Mills, R., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Lawrence, C., Maharaj, R., Starmer, C., Barr, A., Williams, T., Croucher, M., & Brailsford, SR (2024). The Prototypical UK Blood Donor, Homophily and Blood Donation: Blood Donors Are Like You, Not Me. Vox Sanguinis, 119, 1223–1233 (doi. 10.1111/vox.13731)

Mõtus, K., Viidu, DA., Kaart, T., & Ferguson, E. Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: association with calf on-farm mortality. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 230, 106283 (doi. 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106283)

Mills, R., Okubanjo, A., Acheampong, N., Croucher, M., Eaton, N., Kazi, A., Di Angelantonio, E., Wood, A., Masser, B., Ferguson, E. (2024). The Power of Arts-Based Film Interventions to Encourage Black Blood Donors. Transfusion, 64, 2133-2143. (doi:10.1111/trf.17963) 

Ferguson, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Ajayi, O., Osikomaiya, B., Mills, R., & Okubanjo, A. (2024) The Importance of Need-Altruism and Kin-Altruism to Blood Donor Behaviour for Black and White People. Transfusion Medicine, 34, 112-123 (doi. 10.1111/tme.13032)

Graf, C., Oteng-Attakora, K., Ferguson, E., Vassallo, R., Merz, EM.(2024). Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study,

Transfusion Medicine Reviews,38, 150809, (doi. 10.1016/j.tmrv.2023.150809)

O’Connor, D.B., Branley-Bell, D., Green, J., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R., & O’Connor, R.C. (in press). Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables. Results from two multi-level studies. Psychology & Health.  (doi. 10.1080/08870446.2023.2281712)

Kouraki, A., Kelly, A., Vijay, A., Gohar, S.,  Astbury, S., Georgopoulos, V., Millar, B., Walsh, D., Bast, T., Ferguson, E., Meni, C., Valdes, AM. (2023).Reproducible microbiome composition signatures of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Journal Computational and Structural Biotechnology, 21, 5326-5336. (doi. 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.035).

Shepherd L., O’Carroll, R., & Ferguson E. (2023) Assessing the Influence of Affective Attitudes, Demography and Blood Donor Status on Organ Donor Registration Active Decisions in Opt-Out System. Journal of Health Psychology (In press) (doi. 10.1177/13591053231208531)

Ferguson E., & Mills R. (2023). Exploring the nuances of cooperation in public health – a critical reflection of default policies and reputation effects: a reply to 'Nurturing, nudging and navigating the increasingly precarious nature of cooperation in public health: The cases of vaccination and organ donation' by Larson and Toledo. Global Discourse, 13, 323-343 (Doi. 10.1332/20437897Y2023D000000008)

Hill, E., Prosser, N., Brown, P., Ferguson, E., Green, M., Kaler, J., Keeling M., & Tildesley, M. (2023). Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, 106019. (Doi. 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106019).

Espahbodi, S., Hogervorst, E, Macnab, TP., Thanoon, A., Fernandes, GS.  Millar, B.,  Duncan, A.,  Goodwin, M., Batt, M., Fuller, CW., Fuller, G.,  Ferguson, E., Bast, T., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2023). Heading frequency and risk of cognitive impairment in retired male professional soccer players. JAMA Open Network, 6(7), e2323822. (doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23822)

Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C., Bowen, S., Gemelli, C. N., Rozsa, A., Niekrasz, K., van Dongen, A., Williams, L. A., Thijsen, A., Guerin, N., Masser, B., & Davison, T. E. (2023). Warming up cool cooperators. Nature human behaviour, 7(11), 1917–1932. (doi. 10.1038/s41562-023-01687-6).

Macnab, TP., Espahbodi, S., Hogervorst, E.,  Thanoon, A., Fernandes, GS., Millar, B., Duncan, A., Goodwin, M.,  Batt, M., Fuller, CW., Fuller, G., Ferguson, E., Bast, T., Doherty, M., & Zhang W. (2023). Cognitive impairment and self-reported dementia in UK retired professional soccer players – a cross-sectional comparative study. Sports Medicine Open, 9(1), 43. (doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00588-2)

van Eijk, N. L., Wetherall. K., Ferguson, E., O'Connor, D., & O'Connor, R.C.  (2023) A latent class analysis using the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour: Understanding suicide risk over 36 months. Journal of Affective Disorders, 336, 9-14 (doi. 10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.028).

James, R., & Ferguson E. Depression, Cognition, and Pain: Exploring Individual, Cultural and Country-Level Effects Across Europe. Journal of Pain, 24, 1104–1115. (doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2023.03.006)

Walsh, DA., Rathbone, J., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Fernandes, GS., Valdes, AN., McWilliams, DF., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Hancox, JE., Vedhara, K., Nair, R., Ferguson, E. (2023). How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5, 100345. (doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100345)

Kim, LG., Bolton, T., Sweeting, MJ., Bell, S., Fahle, S., McMahon, A., Walker, M., Ferguson, E., Miflin, G.,  Robert, DJ., ,Di Angelantonio, E., & Wood, AM. (2023). Impact of a post-donation haemoglobin testing strategy on efficiency and safety of whole blood donation in England: a modelling study. Transfusion, 63, 541–551. (doi.org/10.1111/trf.17277)

Collins, JT., Harwood, RH., Cowley, A., Di Lorito, C., Ferguson, E., Minicucci, MF., Howe, L., Masud, T., Ogliari, G., O’Brien, R., Azevedo, PS., Walsh, DA., & Gladman, JRF. (2023), Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype. Age and Aging, 52, afac306. (doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac306)

Shepherd, L., O’Carroll, RE., & Ferguson E (2023). Assessing the Factors that Influence the Donation of a Deceased Family Member’s Organs in an Opt-Out System for Organ. Social Science and Medicine, 317, 116645, (doi. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115545)

Ferguson, E., Bowen, S., Lawrence, C., Starmer, C., Barr, A., Davison, K., Reynolds, C., & Brailsford, SR. (2023). Communicating the move to individualized donor selection policy: Framing messages focused on recipients and safety. Transfusion, 63, 171-181(doi. 10.1111/trf.17175).

Prosser, NS., Hill, EM., Armstrong, D., Gow, L., Tildesley, MJ., Keeling, MJ., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., & Green. MJ. (2022). Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England. Veterinary Record. 191:e1854. (doi: 10.1002/vetr.1854)

Wilding, S., O’Connor, DB., Ferguson, E., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., Ronan E. O’Carroll, RE., Robb, KA., & O’Connor, RC. (2022). Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. Scientific Reports, 12, 20795. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24240-3).

Wilding, S., O’Connor, D. B., Ferguson E., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., O’Carroll, R. E., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Information seeking, mental health and loneliness: Longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. Psychiatry Research, 17: number 114876 (doi. 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114876)

Viidu, DA., Ferguson, E., Kaart, T., & Mõtus, K. (2022). Calf care workers’ attitudes and personality and their association with calf mortality in large-scale dairy farms. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 14, 959548. (doi. 10.3389/fvets.2022.959548)

Chell K, Masser B, Davison TE, Ferguson E. (2022) A typology of strategies that recognize, reward, and incentivize blood donation. Transfusion, 62, 2077-2085. (doi. 10.1111/trf.17053)

Hill, E.D., Prosser, N.S., Ferguson, E., Kaler, J.  Green, M.J., Keeling, M.J., & Tildesley, M.J. (2022). Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour  PLoS Computational Biology 18, e1010235. (doi. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010235)

Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., McClelland, H., Melson, A.J., Niedzwiedz, C.L.,  O’Carroll, R.E., O’Connor, D.B.,  Platt, S., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Zortea, T., Ferguson, E.,  Robb, K. A., &  O’Connor, R. C. (2022) Longitudinal analyses of the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing Study (COVID-MH) during the second wave of COVID-19

Br J Psych Open, 8 e103; PII S2056472422000588 (doi. 10.1192/bjo.2022.58)

Ferguson, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Khan, Z., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Edge, D., & Brailsford, S.R. (2022). Trust and distrust: Identifying recruitment targets for ethnic minority blood donors Transfusion Medicine, 32, 276–287 (doi. 10.1111/tme.12867)

O’Connor, D.B., Wilding, S., Ferguson, E., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., McClelland, H., Melson, A.J., Niedzwiedz, C.L., O’Carroll, R.E., Platt, S., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Zortea, T., Robb, K.A., O’Connor, R.C. (2022). Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic:  Longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. Journal of Mental Health.  (doi. 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069716)

Espahbodi, S., Fernandes, G. S., Hogervorst, E., Thanoon, A., Batt, M., Fuller, C., Fuller, G., Ferguson, E., Bast, T., Doherty, M,  & Zhang, W. (2022)  Foot and ankle Osteoarthritis and Cognitive impairment in retired UK Soccer players (FOCUS): protocol for a cross-sectional comparative study with general population controls. BMJ Open, 12, e054371 (doi. 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054371)

Kouraki, A., Bast, T., Ferguson, E., & Valdes, A. M. (2022). The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients. Scientific Reports, 12, 943. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-04781-3)

Prosser, N.S., Green, M.J., Ferguson, E., Tildesley M.J., Hill, E. M., Keeling, M. J., &  Kaler, J. (2022). Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea. Journal of Dairy Science, 105, 3559-3573  (doi. 10.3168/jds.2021-21386)

Ghoshal, A., O'Carroll, R., Ferguson, E., Shepherd, L., Doherty, S., Mathew, M., Morgan, K., Doyle, F. (2022). Assessing medical mistrust in organ donation across countries using item response theory. Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 2806-2819 (doi. 10.1177/13591053211064985)

Rilanto, T., Viidu, D-A.,  Kaart, T., Orro, T.,  Viltrop, A.,  Emanuelson, U.,  Ferguson, E.,  Mõtus, K. (2022). Attitudes and personality of farm managers and association with cow culling rates and longevity in large-scale commercial dairy farms. Research in Veterinary Science, 142, 31-42 (doi. 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.11.006)

Ferguson, E. (2022) What Blood and Organ Donation Can Tell Us About Cooperation? Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 202-207 (doi. 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.09.005).

241. Haybatollahi SM, James RJE, Fernandes G, Valdes A, Doherty M, Zhang W, Walsh DA, Ferguson E. (2022). Identifying multiple knee pain trajectories and the prediction of opioid and NSAID medication used: A latent class growth approach. Pain Practice. 22, 210-221,  (doi: 10.1111/papr.13082)

Ferguson E., Edwards ARA, Masser BM. (2022) Simple Reciprocal Fairness Message to Enhance Non-Donor’s Willingness to Donate Blood. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, 89-99 (doi. 10.1093/abm/kaab02).

O’Connor, D.B., Branley-Bell, D., Green, J., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R., & O’Connor, R.C.  (2021). Resilience and Vulnerability Factors Influence Daily Cortisol Levels in Individuals Vulnerable to Suicide. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 142, 312-320 (doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.08.006)

Hyde, M.K., Masser, B. M., Edwards, A.R.A., & Ferguson, E. (2021) Australian perspectives on opt-in and opt-out consent systems for deceased organ donation. Progress in Transplantation, 31, 357-367 (doi. 10.1177/15269248211046023

Ifesemen, O.S., McWilliams, D.F., Ferguson, E., Wakefield, R., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Wilson, D., Platts, D., Ledbury, S., & Walsh, D.A. (2021).. Central Aspects of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CAP-RA): protocol for a prospective observational study. BMC Rheumatology 5, 23 (doi. 10.1186/s41927-021-00187-2)

Gaytan Camarillo, M., Eamonn Ferguson, Ljevar, EV., Spence, A. (2021) Big changes start with small talk: Twitter and climate change in times of Coronavirus pandemic Frontiers in Psychology, article 661395 (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661395)

Ferguson, E. (2021). Strategies and theories to attract and retain blood donors: Fairness, Reciprocity, Equity, and Warm-Glow. ISBT Science Series, 16, 219-225 (doi. 10.1111/voxs.12640)

Doidge, C., Ferguson, E., Lovatt, F., & Kaler, J. (2021). Understanding farmers' naturalistic decision making around prophylactic antibiotic use in lambs using a grounded theory and natural language processing approach. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 186, number 105226 (Doi. 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105226).

James, R., Walsh, D., & Ferguson E. (2021) Using heterogeneity in disease to understand the relationship between health and personality Psychology, Health & Medicine, 27, 1582-1595 (doi. 10.1080/13548506.2021.1903057).

Akin-Akinyosoye, K., James, RJE., McWilliams, DF., Millar, B., das Nair, R., Ferguson E., & Walsh, DA. (2021). The Central Aspects of Pain in the Knee (CAP-Knee) questionnaire; a mixed-methods study of a self-report instrument for assessing central mechanisms in people with knee pain. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 29, 802-814 (doi. 10.1016/j.joca.2021.02.562) 

Ferguson, E. (2021). Inequality Averse and Compassionate Blood Donor: Implication for Interventions. Vox Sanguinis, 116, 862-871 (doi. 10.1111/vox.13088)

Clancy, F., Prestwich, A., Ferguson, E., O’Connor DB. (2021) Cross-Sectional and Prospective Associations between Stress, Perseverative Cognition and Health Behaviours. Psychology and Health (doi. 10.1080/08870446.2020.1867727)

Masser, B. M., Ferguson, E., Thorpe, R., Lawrence, C., Davison T. E., Hoad, H.,  &  Gosbell, I. B. (2021) Motivators of and barriers to becoming a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor: a survey study. Transfusion Medicine, 31, 176-185 ‏ (doi. 10.1111/tme.12753)

Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, DB., O’Carroll  RE., &  O’Connor RC. (2021). Predicting suicidal ideation in a nationally representative sample of young adults: a 12 month prospective study, Psychological Medicine. 52, 3168-3175 (doi.  10.1017/S0033291720005255)

Sweegers, MG., Twisk, JWR., Quee, FA., Ferguson, E.,van den Hurk, K. (2021). Whole blood donors’ post-donation symptoms diminish quickly but are discouraging: results from 6-day symptom diaries Transfusion, 61, 811-821 (doi.  10.1111/trf.16220).

O’Connor, RC., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., McClelland, H., Melson, AJ., Niedzwiedz, CL., O’Carroll, RE.,  O’Connor, DB., Platt, S., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Zortea, T., Ferguson, E., & Robb KA. (2021). Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218, 326-333 (doi. 10.1192/bjp.2020.212)

Masser, BM., Hyde MK., & Ferguson E. (2020). Exploring predictors of Australian community members blood donation intentions and blood donation-related behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transfusion, 60, 2907-2917 (doi. 10.1111/trf.16067)

James, R., & Ferguson E. (2020). The dynamic relationship between pain, depression and cognitive function in a sample of newly diagnosed arthritic adults: a cross-lagged panel model. Psychological Medicine 50, 1663-1671 (doi:10.1017/S0033291719001673)

Masser, BM., Ferguson, E., & Merz, E-M & Williams L. (2020). Beyond description – the predictive role of affect, memory and context on blood donors’ decision-making. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 7:175-185. (doi: 10.1159/000501917)

O’Connor D.B., Branley-Bell, D., Green, J. A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R. E.,  &. O’Connor, R. C. (2020) Effects of Childhood Trauma, Daily Stress and Emotions on Daily Cortisol Levels in Individuals Vulnerable to Suicide. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 129, 92-107. (doi.  10.1037/abn0000482)

de Beurs D., O'Connor, D., Wetherall, K., O'Connor, R., Byrne, S., Ferguson, E. Cleare, S. (2020). Entrapment and suicide risk: the development of the 4-item Entrapment Scale Short-Form (E-SF). Psychiatry Research, 284, 112765. (Doi. 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112765)

Isler, O., Isler, B., Kopsacheilis, O., Ferguson, E. (2020) Limits of the social-benefit motive among high-risk patients: A field experiment on influenza vaccination behaviour. BMC Public Health 20, 240. (doi. 10.1186/s12889-020-8246-3)

Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G. S., Frowd, N., Swaithes, L., Stocks, J., Valdes, A., McWilliams, D. F., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Ferguson, E., & Walsh, D. A. (2020). Baseline self-report 'central mechanisms' trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28, 173-181. (doi. 10.1016/j.joca.2019.11.004)

Millar, B., McWilliams, D., Abhishek, A., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Auer, DP., Chapman, V., Doherty, M., Ferguson, E.,  Gladman, J.,  Greenhaff, PL., Stocks, J., Valdes, AM., & Walsh, DA. (2020).Investigating Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing; a cohort study protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21, 18. (doi 10.1186/s12891-020-03195-4)

Batteux, E., Ferguson, E., & Tunney, R. J. (2020). A mixed methods investigation of end-of-life surrogate decisions among older adults BMC Palliative Care, 19, 44. (doi. 10.1186/s12904-020-00553-w)

Green, L., Kaler, J., Liu, N., & Ferguson E. (2020). Influencing change: when ‘best practice’ changes and the prototypical good farmer turns bad. Frontiers in Vetenary Science, 7: 161.  (doi 10.3389/fvets.2020.00161).

Ferguson, E., Shichman, R., & Tan, J. H. W. (2020). Lone Wolf Defectors Undermine the Power of the Opt-Out Default. Scientific Reports, 10, 8973. (doi. 10.1038/s41598-020-65163-1)

Hewson, D. W., Knudsen, R., Shanmuganathan, S., Ferguson, E.. Hardman, J. D., Bedforth, M. N., &  McCahon, R. A. (2020). Effect of mental rotation skills training on ultrasound-guided task performance by novice operators: a rater-blinded, randomised, controlled study, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 125, 168-174. (doi. 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.090)

McClelland, H., Evans J.J., Nowland, R., Ferguson, E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2020). Loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, 880-896. (doi. 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.004)

Ferguson E., Hill A., Lam, M., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Lawrence, C., & Brailsford, S. R. (2020). Typology of Blood Donor Motivations. Transfusion, 60, 2010-2020. (doi. 10.1111/trf.15913)

Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E.  (2019) When the supposedly poor prosper: The Underdog Effects on charitable donations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48, 108-127. (doi. 10.1177/0899764018794305).

Batteux, E., Ferguson, E., & Tunney, R. J. (2019). Exploring how accountability affects the medical decisions we make for other people. Frontiers in Psychology. 10, article 79, (doi. 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00079)

Varachhia, S., Doody, G., & Ferguson, E. (2019). A Meta-Analysis Taxonomizing Empathy in Chronic Schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatry, Depression and Anxiety, 4, article 016.(doi. : 10.24966/PDA-0150/100016)

McDonald, S., Ferguson, E., Hagger, HS., Foss AJE., & King AJ. (2019). A theory-driven qualitative study exploring issues relating to adherence to topical glaucoma medications. Patient Preference and Adherence. 13, 819-828 (doi. .2147/PPA.S174922)

Dienes, K.A., Gartland, N., & Ferguson, E. (2019). The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor. British Journal of Health Psychology, 24, 265-281 (doi. 10.1111/bjhp.12352)

McWilliams, DF., Dawson, O., Young, A., Patrick DW Kiely, PWD., Ferguson, E., & Walsh, DA (2019). Discrete trajectories of resolving and persistent pain in people with rheumatoid arthritis despite undergoing treatment for inflammation: Results from three UK cohorts. Journal of Pain, 20, 716-727 (doi. 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.01.001)

James, R., Walsh, D., & Ferguson E. (2019). Trajectories of pain predict disabilities affecting daily living in arthritis. British Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 485-496 (doi.10.1111/bjhp.12364)

Ferguson, E., Murray, C., & O’Carroll, RE. (2019) Blood and organ donation: Health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions. Psychology and Health, 34, 1073-1104

(doi. 10.1080/08870446.2019.1603385)

Batteux, E., Ferguson, E., & Tunney, R. J. (2019). Do we make decisions for other people based on our predictions of their preferences? Evidence from financial and medical scenarios involving risk. Thinking and Reasoning. (doi. 10.1080/13546783.2019.1592779).

Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E. (2019). Public health messages about antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infection may increase perceived symptom severity reporting. Journal of Health Psychology. 24, 623-627 (doi.  10.1177/1359105316683242

Batteux, E., Ferguson, E., & Tunney, R. J. (2019). Do our risk preferences change when we make decisions for others? A meta-analysis of self-other differences in decisions involving risk. PLoS One. 14, 5    e0216566  (doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0216566)

de Beurs, D., Fried, E., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., O’Connor, DB., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, RE., & O’Connor, RC. RC. (2019). Exploring the psychology of suicidal ideation: a theory driven network analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 120.  103419  (doi. 10.1016/j.brat.2019.103419)

Batteux, E., Ferguson, E., & Tunney, R. J. (2019) On the likelihood of surrogates taking a simulated approach when making end-of-life decisions for their partner. Medical Decision Making. 9, 651-660 (doi.10.1177/0272989X19862800)

Barnley-Bell, D., O’Connor, DB., Green J., Ferguson, E.,. O’Carroll, RE., & O’Connor, RC. (2019). Distinguishing suicide ideation from suicide attempts: Further test of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour Journal of Psychiatric Research, 117, 100-107. (doi 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.07.007)

Ferguson, E & Lawrence C. (2019) Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Variation by Blood Donor Career. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 29, 639-651. (doi. 10.4473/TPM26.4.10)

Ferguson, E., Quigley, E., Powell, G., Stewart, L., Harrison, F., & Tallentire, H. (2019). To Help or Punish in the Face of Unfairness: Men and Women Prefer Mutually-Beneficial Strategies over Punishment in a Sexual Selection Context. Royal Society Open Science, 6, 181441. (doi. 10.1098/rsos.181441)

McWilliams, D., Rahman, S., James, R., Ferguson, E., Kiely, P., Young, A., & Walsh, D. (2019). Disease Activity Flares and Pain Flares in an early rheumatoid arthritis inception cohort; characteristics, antecedents and sequelae. BMC Rheumatology, 3, 49. (doi. 10.1186/s41927-019-0100-9)

Ferguson, E., Dorner. L., France, C.R.,  France, J. L.,  Masser, B.,  Lam, M.,  Marta, E., Alfieri, S.,  Merz, E-M.,  Adams, B., Huis in ’t Veld, E.,  & Scerri, J. (2018) Blood donor behaviour, motivations and the need for a systematic cross-cultural perspective: The example of moral outrage and health and non-health based philanthropy across seven countries. ISBT Science Series, 13, 375-388. (doi. 10.1111/voxs.12471

Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, DB., O’Carroll, RE.,  & O’Connor, RC. (2018). From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults Journal of Affective Disorders, 241, 475-483. (doi 10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.074)

Moug, S.J., Henderson, N., Tiernan. J., Bisset, C.N., Ferguson, E., Harji, D., Maxwell-Armstrong, C., MacDermid, E., Acheson, A. G., Steele, R.J.C,. Fearnhead, N.S, on behalf of The Edinburgh Delphi Collaborative Group (2018). The Colorectal Surgeon’s personality may influence the rectal anastomotic decision. Colorectal Disease. 20, 970-980. (doi. 10.1111/codi.14293)

Merz, E-M., Ferguson, E., & van Dongen, A. (2018). Psychosocial Characteristics of blood donors influence their voluntary non-medical Lapse. Transfusion, 58, 2596-2603. (doi. 10.1111/trf.14891)

O’Connor, R.C., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Drummond, J., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, D. B & O’Carroll, R.E. (2018). Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm:  a national prevalence study of young adults. British Journal of Psychiatry Open, 4, 142-148 (doi 10.1192/bjo.2018.14)

James, R.J.E., Walsh, D. A., & Ferguson, E. (2018) General and disease specific pain trajectories as predictors of social and political outcomes in arthritis and cancer. BMC Medicine, 16, 51 (doi 10.1186/s12916-018-1031-9)

Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., Ferguson, E. (2018) Does Observability Effect Prosociality? A Meta Analytic Review. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285, 20180116. (doi. 10.1098/rspb.2018.0116)

Boyce, C., Delaney, L., Wood, A & Ferguson, E. (2018) The influence of Central Bank Interest Rates Decisions on Mental Health and Well-Being in the Heavily Indebted Journal of Affective Disorders, 234, 311-317,. (doi. 10.1016/j.jad.2018.03.003).

Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Frowd, N.,  Marshall, L., Stocks, J., Fernandes, G. W. S., Valdes, A.,  McWilliams, D. F., Zhang. W., Doherty, M., Ferguson, E., Walsh, D. A. (2018 Traits associated with central pain augmentation in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. Pain 195, 1035-1044 (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001183)

Ferguson, E., Zhao, K. O’Carroll. R. E., & Smillie, L, D. (2019) Costless and Costly Pro-Sociality: Correspondence among Personality Traits, Economic Preferences, and Real World Pro-Sociality. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 461 – 471 (doi. 10.1177/1948550618765071).

Ferguson, E & Lawrence, C. (2018) It’s Only Fair: Blood Donors are More Sensitive to Violations of Fairness Norms than Non-Donors – Converging Psychometric and Ultimatum Game Evidence. Vox Sanguinis. 113, 424-450. (doi. 10.1111/vox.12636)

Louis, J. P., Wood, A. M., Lockwood, G., Ho, R. M. H., & Ferguson. E. (2018). Positive Clinical Psychology and Schema Therapy (ST): The Development of the Young Positive Schema Questionnaire (YPSQ) to Complement the Young Schema Questionnaire 3 Short Form (YSQ-S3). Psychological Assessment, 30, 1199-1213. (doi. 10.1037/pas0000567)

Spence, A., Goulden, M., Leygue, C., Banks, N., Bedwell, B., Jewell. M., Yang, R & Ferguson, E. (2018). Digital energy visualisations in the workplace: the e-Genie tool. Building Research & Information, 46, 272-283. (doi. 10.1080/09613218.2018.1409569)

O’Connor , DB., Green, JA., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, RE., & O’Connor, RC. (2018).  Effects of childhood trauma on cortisol levels in suicide attempters and ideators. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 88, 9-16. (doi. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.11.004)

Grant C., Kaler J., Ferguson E., O’Kane H., & Green LE. (2018). A comparison of the efficacy of three intervention trial types: postal, group, and one-to-one facilitation, prior management and the impact of message framing and repeat messages on the flock prevalence of lameness in sheep. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 149, 82-91. (doi. 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.11.013)

Liu, N., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., O'Kane, H., & Green, LE. (2018). Sheep farmer attitudes to official farm inspections and the role of sanctions and rewards as motivations to reduce the prevalence of lameness Animal Welfare, 27, 67-79. (doi. 10.7120/09627286.27.1.067)

Batteux, E., Ferguson, E, & Tunney, R. (2017). Risk Preferences in Surrogate Decision Making. Experimental Psychology, 64, 290–297 (doi. 10.1027/1618-3169/a000371)

Leygue C., Ferguson, E & Spence, A. (2017). Saving energy in the workplace: why, and for whom? Journal of Environmental Psychology, 53, 50-62. (doi. 10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.06

Zhao, K, Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. (2017) Politeness and Compassion Differentially Predict Adherence to Fairness Norms and Interventions to Norm Violation. Scientific Reports, 7,  3415. (doi. 10.1038/s41598-017-02952-1.006)

Skatova, A., Spence, A., Leygue, C., & Ferguson, E. (2017). Guilty repair sustains cooperation, angry retaliation destroys it. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 46709 (doi:10.1038/srep467).

Boyce, C. J, Wood, A. M., Delaney, L & Ferguson E (2017). How do Personality and Social Structures Interact with Each Other to Predict Important Life Outcomes? The Importance of Accounting for Personality Change. European Journal of Personality, 31, 279-290. (doi. 10.1002/per.2099).

O’Connor , R. C., Ferguson, E., Scott, F., Smyth, R., McDaid, D., Park, A-La.,  Beautrais, A., & Armitage C. J. (2017) A brief psychological intervention to reduce repetition of self-harm in patients admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt: A randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry, 4, 451-460.  (doi. 0.1016/ S2215-0366(17)30129-3)

Oxtoby, C., Mossop, L., White, K & Ferguson, E. Safety Culture: The Nottingham Veterinary Safety Culture Survey (NVSCS). Veterinary Record, 180, 19. (doi. 1136/vr.104215)

Ma, L., Tunney, R., & Ferguson, E. (2017). Does Gratitude Enhance Prosociality: A Meta-Analytic Review.  Psychological Bulletin, 143, 601-635. (doi. 10.1037/bul0000103)

Zhao, K., Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. D., (2017). When fair is not equal: Compassion and politeness diverge when predicting allocations of wealth under norms of equity and need. Social Psychological and Personality Sciences, 8 , 847-857. (doi. 10.1177/1948550616683018)

O’Connor. D. B., Jessica A. Green, J. A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R. E.,& O’Connor, R. C. (2017). Cortisol reactivity and suicidal behavior: investigating the role of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses to stress in suicide attempters and ideators. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 75, 183-191. (doi. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.10.019)

Wyatt, LA., Moreton BJ., Mappi, PI., Wilson, D., Hill, R., Ferguson, E., Scammell, BE., & Walsh, DA. (2017). Histpathological Subgroups in Knee Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25, 14-22. (doi. 10.1016/j.joca.2016.09.021)

Zhao, K, Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. (2017). Individual Differences in Good Manners rather than Compassion Predict Fair Allocations in Wealth in the Dictator Game. Journal of Personality, 85, 244-256. (doi: 0.1111/jopy.12237)

Ferguson, E., & Lievens, F. (2017). Future Directions in Personality, Occupational and Medical Selection: Myths, Misunderstandings, Measurement, and Suggestions. Advances in Health Science Education. 22, 387-399. (doi. 10.1007/s10459-016-9751-0)

O’Kane, H., Ferguson, E., Kaler, J., &  Green. LE. (2017). Associations between sheep farmer attitudes, beliefs, emotions and personality, and their barriers to uptake of best practice: the example of footrot. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 139, 123-133.(doi. 1016/j.prevetmed.2016.05.009)

Johnson, J., O’Connor, D. B., Jones, C., Jackson, C., Hughes, G. J., & Ferguson, E. (2016). Reappraisal Buffers the Association Between Stress and Negative Mood Measured Over 14 Days: Implications for Understanding Psychological Resilience.  European Journal of Personality, 30, 6080617. (doi: 10.1002/per.2080)

McWilliams, D.F., Ferguson, E., Young, A., Kiely, P.D.W. Walsh, D. A. (2016) Discordant inflammation and pain in early and established rheumatoid arthritis: Latent Class Analysis of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Network and British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register data. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 18, 295. (doi. 10.1186/s13075-016-1186-8).

Zhao, K, Smillie, L., & Ferguson, E (2016). Prosocial Personality Traits Differentially Predict Egalitarianism, Generosity, and Reciprocity in Economic Games. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1137, (doi. 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01137)

Dickins, A., Clark, CCA., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., O’Kane, H., &  Green, LE. (2016). Factors associated with the presence and prevalence of contagious ovine digital dermatitis: a 2013 study of 1136 random English sheep flocks. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 130, 86- 93. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.06.009)

Ferguson, E., & Flynn, N. (2016). Moral Relativism as a Disconnect Between Behavioural and Experienced Warm Glow. Journal of Economic Psychology, 56, 163-175. (doi. 10.1016/j.jeop.2016.06.002)

Boyce, C. J, Wood, A. M., & Ferguson E. (2016). For Better or for Worse: The Moderating Effects of Personality on the Marriage-Life Satisfaction Link. Personality and Individual Differences, 97, 61-66  (doi. 10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.005) 

O’Carroll, R. E., Shepherd, L. Hayes, P. C., & Ferguson, E. (2016). Anticipated Regret and Organ Donor Registration Health Psychology, 35, 1169-1177 (doi. 10.1037/hea0000363)

Boyce, C. J, Wood, A. M., & Ferguson E. (2016) Individual Differences in Loss Aversion: Conscientiousness Predicts How Life Satisfaction Responds to Losses Versus Gains in Income Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 471-484.  (doi. 10.1177/0146167216634060)

O’Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Green, J.A., O’Carroll, R., & O’Connor, R. C. (2016). Cortisol levels and suicidal behavior: A meta-analysis Psychoneuroendocrinology, 63, 370-379. (doi. 1016/j.psyneuen.2015.10.011)

Winter, J., Ferguson, E., Kaler, J& Green, L. (2016) Changes in prevalence of, and risk factors for, lameness in random samples of English sheep flocks: 2004 – 2013. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 122, 121-128.  (doi. 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.09.014)

O’Connor, S., Ferguson, E., Terri, C., House, E., & O’Connor RC. (2016) The Development and Evaluation of the Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (PI-ED). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51, 15-26. (doi. 10.1007/s00127-015-1134-y)

Oxtoby, C., White, K., Ferguson, E., Mossop, L. (2015) We need to talk about error: causes and types of adverse events in veterinary practice, Veterinary Record, 117, (doi. 10.1136/vr.103331)

Ferguson, E. & Lawrence, C.  (2016) Blood donation and altruism: the mechanism of altruism approach. ISBT Science Series, 11 (Suppl. 1), 148–157.

Ferguson, E. (2015) Mechanisms of altruism approach to blood donor recruitment and retention: a review and future directions Transfusion Medicine, 25, 211-226. (doi. 10.1111/tme.12233)

Shafqat , A., Ferguson, E., Thanawala, V., Bedforth, N. M., Hardman, J. G., & McCahon, R. A. (2015)Visuospatial Ability as a Predictor of Novice Performance in Ultrasound – Guided Regional Anesthesia Anesthesiology, 123, 1188-1197. (doi. 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000870)

O’Connor DB, Armitage C., & Ferguson, E. (2015). Randomized Test of an Implementation Intention-Based Tool to Reduce Stress-Induced Eating. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49, 331-343. (doi. 10.1007/s12160-014-9668-x)

Ferguson, E., Buttery, A., Miles, G., Tatalia, C., Clarke, DD.,  Lonsdale, AJ.,  Baxendale, B.,  Lawrence, C. (2014) Self and Peer Assessed Non-Technical Skills In Medical Education: Effects of Emotions and Rater Bias. BMC Medical Education, 14, 240. (doi 0.1186/s12909-014-0240-y)

Ma, L., Tunney, R., & Ferguson E. (2014) Gratefully received, gratefully repaid: the role of perceived fairness in cooperative interactions PlosOne, 9(12): e114976. (doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0114976)

Bedwell, B., Leygue, C., Goulden, M., McAuley, D., Colley, J., Ferguson, E., Banks, N., & Spence, A. (2014). Apportioning energy consumption in the workplace: a review of issues in using metering data to motivate staff to save energy. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 26, 1196-1211. (doi. 10.1080/09537325.2014.978276)

Skatova, A., & Ferguson, E. (2014) Why do different people choose different university degrees? Motivation and the choice of degree. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1244. (doi.  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01244)

O’Connor, DB, Ashley, L., Jones, F., & Ferguson E. (2014). Maladaptive rumination is associated with lower ambulatory blood pressure levels following written emotional disclosure: A multi-level approach. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2, 1067–1077

Leygue, C., Ferguson, E., Skatova, A., & Spence, A. (2014). Energy sharing and energy feedback: How do people react to communal energy displays? Frontiers in Energy Research. (doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2014.00029)

Shepherd, L., O’Carroll, RE., & Ferguson, E. (2014). An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study. BMC Medicine,12, 131. (doi. 10.1186/s12916-014-0131-4)

Lotfipour, S.,  Ferguson, E., Leonard, G., Miettunen, J., Perron, V., Pike, B., Jean RL., Séguin, R., Veillette, S., Moilanen, I.  Mäki, P., Nordström, T., Pausova, Z.,  Veijola, J., Paus, T. (2014) Maternal Cigarette Smoking during Pregnancy Predicts Drug Use Via Externalizing Behavior in Two Community-based Samples of Adolescents. Addiction, 10, 1718-1729. (doi. 10.1111/add.12665)

Ferguson, E, Maltby, J., Bibby, P., & Lawrence, C. (2014). Fast to forgive, slow to retaliate: Intuitive responses in the ultimatum game depend on the degree of unfairness. PLoS One, 9, 5 article e96344. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096344)

Keatley, D., Clarke, D. D., Ferguson, E., & Hagger, M. S. (2014) Effects of Implicit Measures of Self-Determined Motivation, and the Priming of Motivation, on Goal-Directed Behaviour Frontiers in Cognitive Science, 5, article 125, (doi. 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00125)

Ferguson, E., Semper, H., Yates, J., Fitzgerald, J E., Skatova, A., & James, D. (2014). The ‘Dark Side’ and ‘Bright Side’ of Personality:  When Too Much Conscientiousness and Too Little Anxiety Are Detrimental to the Acquisition of Medical Knowledge and Skill. PLoS One, 9, 2 article e8860, (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088606)

Gartland, N., O’Connor, DB., Lawton, R & Ferguson, E. (2014) Investigating the Effects of Conscientiousness on Daily Stress, Affect and Physical Symptom Processes: A Daily Diary Study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19, 311-328. (doi. 10.1111/bjhp.12077)

Evans, R., & Ferguson E. (2014). Defining and Measuring Blood Donor Altruism: A Theoretical Approach from Biology, Economics and Psychology. Vox Sanguinis, 106, 118-126, (doi. 10.1111/vox.12080)

Molloy GJ, O’Carroll RE & Ferguson E (2014) Conscientiousness and Medication Adherence: A Meta-Analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 47, 92-101. (doi. 10.1007/s12160-013-9524-4)

Ferguson, E., & Starmer, C. (2013). Incentives, Expertise and Medical Decisions: Testing the Robustness of Natural Frequency Framing. Health Psychology, 32, 967-977. (doi. 10.1037/a0033720)

O’Connor, RC., Smyth, R., Ferguson, E.,  Ryan, C., & Williams, JMG.  (2013). Psychological Processes and Repeat Suicidal Behavior: A Four Year Prospective Study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 81, 1137-1143. (doi. 10.1037/a0033751)

James, D., Yates  J., Ferguson, E. (2013). Can the 12-item general health questionnaire be used to identify medical students who might 'struggle' on the medical course? A prospective study on two cohorts. BMC Medical Education, 13, pages 48. (doi. 10.1186/1472-6920-13-48)

Higgins, H., Ferguson, E., Smith, RF., Green, MJ. (2013) Using hormones to manage dairy cow fertility: the clinical and ethical beliefs of veterinary practitioners. PLoS One, 8,  e62993. (Doi.  10.1371/journal.pone.0062993)

Ferguson, E., & Lawrence, C. (2013) Normative and Counter-Normative Stress Messages and Symptom Reporting: Implications for Health Promotion and a Methodological Artifact for Stress Research. British Journal of Health Psychology, 18, 279-295. (dio. 10.1111/bjhp.12027)

Skatova, A., & Ferguson, E. (2013). Individual differences in behavioural inhibition explain free riding in the public good games when punishment becomes uncertain. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 9, article 3, (doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-9-3)

Ferguson E. (2013b). Non-Compliance and Instrumental Variables in Behavioral Medicine: A commentary on van Dongen et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine,45, 137-138. (dio. 10.1007/s12160-012-9460-8)

Heym N., Ferguson, E., & Lawrence, C. (2013) The P-psychopathy continuum: Facets of Psychoticism and their associations with psychopathic tendencies. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 773-778. (doi. 10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.001)

Lawrence, C., Ferguson, E., & Maltby, J. (2013) Pro-social and anti-social behaviour. Psychologist, 26, 34-37

Ferguson, E., Ward, J., Skatova, A., Cassaday, HJ., Bibby, PA., & Lawrence, C. (2013) Health Specific Traits Beyond the Five Factor Model, Cognitive Processes, and Trait Expression: Replies to Watson (2012); Matthew’s, (2012) and Haslam, Jetten, Reynolds and Reicher (2012). Health Psychology Review, 7, S85-S103 (doi:10.1080/17437199.2012.701061)

Ferguson, E. (2013) Personality is of central concern to understand health: Towards a theoretical model for health psychology Health Psychology Review, 7, S32-S70 (doi:10.1080/17437199.2010.547985)

Ferguson E. (2012). The mechanisms of altruism: theoretical, structural and temporal considerations for understanding blood donor altruistic motivations. Richche di Psicologia, 4, 713-714

O'Carroll, R. E., Ferguson, E., Hayes, P. C., & Shepherd, L. (2012) Increasing Organ Donation via Anticipated Regret (INORDAR): Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial BMC Public Health, 12, 169   (doi. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-169)

Fleming, P., Townsend, E., van Hilten, J.A., Spence, A., & Ferguson, E. (2012) Expertise, personal relevance and the use of context-driven heuristic processes in risk perception. Journal of Risk Research, 15, 857-873 (doi.10.1080/13669877.2012.666759)

Ferguson, E., James, D., Yates, J., & Lawrence, C. (2012). Predicting Who Applies to Study Medicine: Implication for Diversity in UK Medical Schools. Medical Teacher, 34, 382-391

Ferguson, E, Taylor, M., Keatley, D., Flynn, N., & Lawrence, C. (2012). Blood Donors’ Helping Behavior is Driven by Warm Glow More Evidence For the Blood Donor Benevolence Hypothesis. Transfusion, 52, 2189-2200 (doi. 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03557.x)

Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E. (2012). The role of context stability and behavioural stability in the mere measurement effect: An examination across six behaviours. Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 1041-1052  (doi: 10.1177/1359105311433346)   

Patterson, F., & Ferguson E. (2012). Testing non-cognitive attributes in selection centres: How to avoid being reliably wrong? Medical Education, 46, 240-242

Tonkin, M., Howells, K., Ferguson, E., Clark, A., Newberry, M., & Schalast, N. (2012). Lost in Translation?: Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity of the English Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (EssenCES) Social Climate Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment, 24, 573-580   (doi. 10.1037/a0026267

Ferguson, E., & Bibby (2012) The Protective Quality of Openness to Experience with Respect to All-Cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis and r equivalent from Risk Ratios and Odds Ratios. British Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 85-102. (doi. 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2011.02055.x)

McGregor, LM., Ferguson, E., & O’Carroll, RE (2012) Living organ donation: the effect of message frame on an altruistic behaviour  Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 821-832  (doi.10.1177/1359105311423862)

Ferguson, E., Atsma, F., de Kort, W., & Veldhuizen, I. (2012) Exploring the Pattern of Blood Donor Beliefs in First Time, Novice and Experienced Donors: Differentiating Reluctant Altruism, Pure Altruism, Impure Altruism and Warm-Glow Transfusion, 52, 343-355. (doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03279.x)

Ferguson, E., & Corr P. (2012) Blood, Sex, Personality, Power and Altruism. Behavior and Brain Sciences, 35  25-26  (doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001245)

Veldhuizen, I., Ferguson, E., de Kort, W., Donders, R., Atsma, F. (2011) Exploring the dynamics of the Theory of Planned Behavior in the context of blood donation: Does donation experience make a difference? Transfusion, 51, 2425-2437. (doi. 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03165.x)

Ferguson, E., Heckman, J. J., & Corr P. J. (2011) Personality and Economics: Overview and Proposed Framework Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 201-209. (doi. 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.030

O’Carroll, R. E., Dryden, J., Hamilton-Barclay, T., & Ferguson, E.  (2011) Anticipated regret and organ donor registration – a pilot study Health Psychology, 30, 661-664. (doi. 10.1037/a0024182)

O’Carroll, R. E., Foster, C., McGeechan, G., Sandford, K., & Ferguson, E. (2011) The “ick factor”, anticipated regret and willingness to become an organ donor Health Psychology. 30, 236-245. (doi. 10.1037/a0022379)

Tsim, P., Ferguson, E., Carty, H-M., Baxendale, B., Dhinsa, R., & Maxwell-Armstrong, CA (2011).  Is laparoscopic simulator performance affected by training environment? Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons 93, 169-172

McManus, CI., Ferguson, E., Wakeford, R., Powis, D., & James, D (2011). Predictive validity of the Bio-Medical Admissions Test (BMAT): An evaluation and case study. Medical Teacher, 33, 53-57. (doi. 10.3109/0142159X.2010.525267)

Skatova, A., & Ferguson, E. (2011). What Makes People Cooperate? Personality Predicts Contribution in the Public Goods Games. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 237-241. (doi. 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.013)

Bibby. PA., & Ferguson, E. (2011). Alexithymia, Big 5, Sensation Seeking and Loss Aversion. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 263-266. (doi. 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.001)

Lawrence, C., Deely, X., & Ferguson, E (2010). The black sheep effect and work-related violence: evaluations from multiple perspectives. Journal of Social and Community Psychology, 20, 377-389. (doi. 10.1002/casp.1044)

Philips, T., Ferguson, E., & Rijsdijk., F. (2010). A link between altruism and sexual selection: genetic influence on altruistic behaviour and mate preference towards it. British Journal of Psychology, 101, 809-819. (doi. 10.1348/000712610X493494)

Ingledew, D, Markland, D., & Ferguson E. (2010). Motives for sun-related behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology, 15, 8-20 (doi. 0.1177/1359105309342292)

James, D., Ferguson, E., Powis, D., Bore, M., Munro, D., Symonds, I., & Yates, J. (2009). Graduate entry to medicine:  widening psychometric diversity. BMC: Medical Education, 9, 67. (doi 10.1186/1472-6920-9-67)

Tsim, P., Carty HM., Baxendale, B., Ferguson, E., & Maxwell-Armstrong CA. (2010). Laparoscopic simulator performance: Harrier fighter pilots versus medical and non-medical undergraduates. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 92, 58–61. (doi. 10.1308/147363510X485841)

Ferguson,, E., Williams. L., O’Connor, R.., Howard, S., Hughes, BM., Johnston DW., Allan, JA., O’Connor, DB., Lewis, CA., Grealy, MA., & O’Carroll, RE. (2009). A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 981-986. (doi. 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181bd888b).

Lotfipour, S., Ferguson, E., Leonard, G., Perron, M., Pike, B., Richer, L., Séguin, JR., Toro, R., Veillette, S., Pausova, Z., & Paus, T. (2009) Orbitofrontal Cortex and Drug Use during Adolescence: Role of Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Smoking and BDNF Genotype. Archives of General Psychiatry ,66, 1244- 1252

Ingledew, D, Markland, D., & Ferguson E.  (2009). Three levels of exercise motivation. Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing, 1, 336-355. (doi. 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2009.01015.x)

Ferguson. E., Spence, A., Townsend, E., Prowse, C., Palmer, J., Fleming, P., & Van Hilten, JA. (2009) What Information is Trust by Whom:  A Multi-Level Analysis of the Stability of the Information Source-Trust Association for Blood Transfusion. Transfusion, 49, 1637-1648.  (doi.  10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02179.x)

Yates, J., Smith, J., David James, D., Ferguson, E. (2009) Should applicants to Nottingham University Medical School study a non-science A-level? A cohort study. BMC Medical Education, 2009, 9:5 (doi:10.1186/1472-6920-9-5)

O’Connor, D. B., Jones, F., Conner, M., McMillan, B., & Ferguson, E. (2009). Effects of Conscientiousness and Daily Hassles on Health Behaviors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 184-196. (doi. 10.1007/s12160-009-9087-6)

Ferguson, E., Bibby PA., Rosamond, S., O’Grady, C., Parcell, A., Amos, C., McCutcheon, C., & O’Carroll, R. (2009). Alexithymia, Cumulative Cognitive Feedback and Performance on the Iowa Gambling Task: Differential Response Patterns for Alexithymics. Journal of Personality, 77, 883-902

Ferguson, E. (2009). A taxometric analysis of health anxiety. Psychological Medicine, 39, 277-285. (doi. 10.1017/S0033291708003322).

Heym, N., Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C. (2008).An evaluation of the relationship between Gray's revised RST and Eysenck's PEN: Distinguishing BIS and FFFS in Carver and White's BIS/BAS scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 709–715

Patterson, F., Ferguson, E., & Thomas, S. (2008) Using Job Analysis to Identify Core and Specific Competencies for Three Secondary Care Specialties: Implications for Selection and Recruitment. Medical Education, 42, 1195-1204.

O’Connor D., & Ferguson, E. (2008) Diary methods in health, social and clinical psychology research. Psychologist, 21, 1034-1036.

Philips, T., Ferguson, E., Reeder, T & Barnard, C. (2008) Mate preference towards altruistic traits suggests a link between human altruism and sexual selection. British Journal of Psychology, 99, 555-572.

Ferguson, E. (2008). Health Anxiety Moderates the Day-Time Cortisol Slope. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 487-494

James, D., Ferguson, E., Powis, D., Bore, M., Munro, D., Symonds, I., James, B., Yates, J. (2008). Graduate entry to medicine: widening academic and socio-demographic access. Medical Education, 42, 294-300

Ferguson, E., Farrell, K & Lawrence, C. (2008). Blood Donation is an act of Benevolence Rather Than Altruism. Health Psychology, 27, 327-336. (doi. 10.1037/0278-6133.27.3.327).

Fielding D.E., Ferguson E., Baxendale B., Mannion A., & Maxwell Armstrong C.A. (2008). Assessing laparoscopic skills in the novice: A comparison of undergraduate and graduate entry medical students Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons, 90,246-249

Ferguson E, Prowse C, Townsend E, Spence A, van Hilten J, & Lowe K. (2008). Acceptability of Blood Substitutes. Journal of Internal Medicine, 263, 244-255.

O’Connor, DB., Jones, F., Conner, M., McMillan, B., & Ferguson, E. (2008). Effects of Daily Hassles and Eating Style on Eating Behavior. Health Psychology, 27, S20-S31.

Williams, L.,O’Connor, RC., Howard, S., Hughes, BM., Johnston, DW.,  Hay, JL.,  O’Connor, DB., Lewis, CA., Ferguson, E., Sheehy, N., Grealy MA., &   O’Carroll, RE. (2008). Type D Personality Mechanisms of Effect: The Role of Health-Related Behaviour and Social Support. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 63-69.

Scerri, J., Ferguson, E., & Scerri, C.A. (2007) Health perceptions and adherence to diet. Journal of the Malta College of Pharmacy Practice, 13, 33-36.

Fleming, P., Townsend, E., Lowe, KC., & Ferguson, E. (2007). Social desirability influences on judgements of biotechnology across the dimensions of risk, ethicality and naturalness. Journal of Risk Research, 10, 989-1003.

Jones, F., O’Connor, DB., Conner M., McMillan, B., & Ferguson, E. (2007). Impact of Daily Mood, Work Hours, and Iso-Strain Variables on Self-reported Health Behaviors.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1731-1740.

Ferguson, E., France, CR, Abraham, C., Ditto, B., & Sheeran. P. (2007) Improving Blood Donor Recruitment and Retention: Integrating Social and Behavioral Science Agendas. Transfusion, 47, 1999-2010. (doi. 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01423.x).

Ferguson, E., & Gallagher, L. (2007). Message Framing with Respect to Decisions About Vaccination: The Roles of Frame Valence, Frame Method and Perceived Risk. British Journal of Psychology, 98, 667-680.

Fleming, P., Ferguson E., Townsend, E., Lowe, KC. (2007) Stakeholder perceptions in transfusion medicine: A Pilot field study on risk and ethics for blood and blood substitutes. Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes and Biotechnology, 35, 149-156.

Powis, D., James, D., & Ferguson, E. (2007) Demographic and socio-economic associations with UCAS tariff scores in applicants to medical school. Medical Education, 41, 242-249

Ferguson E., Moghaddam NG & Bibby. (2007) Memory bias in health anxiety is related to the emotional valence of health related words. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 62, 263-274.

Ingledew D., & Ferguson E. (2007) Personality and riskier sexual behaviour: motivational mediators. Psychology & Health, 22, 291-315.

Silvester, J., Patterson, F., Koczwara A., & Ferguson, E. (2007) ‘Trust me…’ Psychological and behavioral predictors of perceived physician empathy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 519-527. (doi. 10.1037/0021-9010.92.2.519).

Moghaddam NG., & Ferguson, E. (2007) Smoking, mood regulation and personality: An event contingent-sampling exploration of potential models and moderation. Journal of Personality, 75, 451478.

Goold, P., Bustard, S., Ferguson, E., Carlin, E., Neale, K., & Bowman, C. (2006). A pilot study in the development of an interactive multimedia learning environment (IMLE) for sexual health interventions: A focus group approach. Health Education Research, 21, 15-25.

Ferguson, E., Daniels, K., & Jones, D. (2006). Negatively oriented personality and negative job-characteristics as predictors of future psychological and physical symptoms: A meta-analytic structural modelling approach. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 45-52.

McManus, IC., Izbal, S., Chandrarajan, A., Ferguson, E., & Leaviss, J. (2005). Unhappiness and dissatisfaction in doctors cannot be predicted by selectors from medical school application forms. BMC: Medical Educations, 5, 38. (doi. 10.1186/1472-6920-5-38)

Ferguson, E., Leaviss, J, Townsend, E., Fleming, P & Lowe, KC. (2005) Perceived safety of donor blood and blood substitutes for transfusion: the role of informational frame, patient groups and stress appraisals. Transfusion Medicine, 15, 401-412

McManus IC., Powis DA., Wakeford, R., Ferguson, E., James, DK., Richards P (2005). Why intellectual aptitude test ate not useful for selecting UK medical students but A-levels could once more be effective. British Medical Journal, 331, 555-559.

O’Connor DB., Ferguson, E., & O’Connor RC. (2005) Intentions to use hormonal male contraception: The role of message framing, attitudes and stress appraisals. British Journal of Psychology, 96, 351-369.

Ferguson, E., & Chandler, S. (2005). A stage model of blood donor behaviour: Assessing voluntary behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 359-372  (doi, 10.1177/1359105305051423).

Patterson, F., Ferguson, E., Lane, P., & Norfolk, T. (2005). New selection system to recruit general practice registrars: preliminary findings from a validation study. British Medical Journal, 330, 711-714. (doi. 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.711).

Ferguson, E., Farrell, K., James, V., & Lowe, K. C. (2004). Trustworthiness of information about blood donation and transfusion in relation to associated knowledge and perceptions of risk: An analysis of UK stakeholder groups. Transfusion Medicine, 14, 205-216

Ferguson, E. (2004) Conscientiousness, emotional stability, perceived control and the frequency, recency, rate and years of blood donor behaviour. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 293-314. (doi. 10.1348/1359107041557011)

Ferguson, E. (2004) Personality as a predictor of hypochondriacal concerns: Results from two longitudinal studies: Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 56, 307-312. (doi. 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00121-1)

Ferguson, E., Cassaday, HJ., & Bibby, P. (2004). Odors and sounds as triggers for medically unexplained symptoms: A fixed occasion diary study of in Gulf War veterans. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 27, 205-214

Ferguson, E., & Cassaday, HJ. Erskind, J., & Delahaye, G. (2004). Individual differences in the temporal variability in medically unexplained symptom reporting. British Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 219-240.

Lowe, K.C., & Ferguson, E. (2003). Benefit and risk perceptions in transfusion medicine: blood and blood substitutes. Journal of Internal Medicine, 253, 498-507.

Silvester, J., Patterson, F., Ferguson, E. (2003). Comparing two attributional models of job performance in retail sales: A field study. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 76, 115-132.

Ferguson, E., James, D., O'Hehir. F & Sanders, A. (2003). A pilot study of the roles of personality, references and personal statements in relation to performance over the 5 years of a medical degree. British Medical Journal, 326, 429-431. (doi. 10.1136/bmj.326.7386.429).

Farrell, K., Ferguson, E., James, V., & Lowe, KC. (2002). Public perception of the risk of HIV infection associated with blood donation: the role of contextual cues. Transfusion, 42, 679-683.

Ferguson, E & Bibby PA. (2002). Predicting future blood donor returns: past behavior, intentions and observer effects. Health Psychology, 21, 513-518 (doi. 0.1037/0278-6133.21.5.513)

Ferguson, E., James, D., & Madely, L. (2002). Factors associated with success in medical school: systematic review of the literature. British Medical Journal, 324, 952-957. (doi. 10.1136/bmj.324.7343.952).

Ferguson, E., & Cassaday, H. (2002). Theoretical accounts of Gulf War syndrome: From environmental toxins to psychoneuroimmunology and neurodegeneration. Behavioural Neurology, 13, 133-147.

Miller, A., Ferguson, E., & Moore, E.  (2002). Parents' and pupils' causal attributions for difficult classroom behaviour. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 72, 27-40.

Ferguson, E.  (2001). Personality and coping traits: A joint factor analysis. British Journal of Health Psychology,6, 311-325.

Farrell, K., Ferguson, E., James, V., & Lowe, K. (2001). Confidence in the safety of blood for transfusion: The effect of message framing. Transfusion, 41, 1335-1340.

Ferguson, E. (2001). Intellect and somatic health: Associations with hypochondriacal concerns, threat appraisals and fainting. Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, 70, 319-327.

Ferguson, E. (2001). The roles of contextual moderation and personality in relation to the knowledge-risk link in the workplace. Journal of Risk Research, 4, 323-340.

Patterson, F., Lane, P., Ferguson, E., & Norfolk, T. (2001). A competency based selection system for general practitioner registrars. British Medical Journal, 323 (7311), 2-3.

Ferguson, E., & Frankis, J. (2001). Sex and sexuality:  The effect of group membership on individual's judgements about self and other HIV risk. Journal of Homosexuality, 41, 119-143.

Lowe, K., Farrell, K., Ferguson, E., & James, V. (2001). Current perceived risk of transfusion in the UK and relevance to the future of acceptance of blood substitutes.  Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobilization Biotechnology, 29, 179-189.

Ferguson, E., Farrell, K., Lowe, K., & James, V. (2001). Current perceived risks of blood transfusion: The roles of stakeholder knowledge and perceptions. Transfusion Medicine, 11, 129-135.

Randall, R., Ferguson, E., & Patterson F.  (2000) Self-assessment accuracy and assessment centre decisions. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 73, 443-459.

Ferguson, E., Sanders, A., O'Hehir, F., & James, D. (2000).  Predictive validity of personal statements and the role of the five factor model of personality in relation to medical training.  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 73, 321-344. (doi. 0.1348/096317900167056).

Ferguson, E., Swairbrick, R., Clare, S., Bignell, C & Anderson, C.  (2000). Hypochondriacal concerns, somatosensory amplification, and primary and secondary cognitive appraisals. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 73, 355-370.

Ferguson, E. (2000). Hypochondriacal concerns and the five-factor model of personality.  Journal of Personality, 68, 705-724.

Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C, & Matthews, G. (2000). Associations between primary appraisals, life events while controlling for depression. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39, 143-155.

Patterson, F., Ferguson, E., Lane, P., Farrell, K., Martlew, J., & Wells, A. (2000). A competency model of general practice:  Implications for selection, training and development. British Journal of General Practice, 50, 188-193.

Miller, A., Ferguson, E & Byrne, I. (2000). Pupils' causal attributions for difficult classroom behaviours. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 70, 85-96.

Ferguson, E.  (1999). A facet and factor analysis of typical intellectual engagement (TIE):  Associations with locus of control and the five-factor model of personality. Social Behavior and Personality, 27, 545-561.

Emmett, C., & Ferguson, E. (1999). Oral contraceptive pill use, decisional balance, risk perception and knowledge:  An exploratory study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 17, 327-343.

Ferguson, E & Cassaday, H (1999). The Gulf War and illness by association. British Journal of Psychology, 90, 459-476

Ferguson, E., Matthews, G., & Cox, T. (1999). The appraisal of life events (ALE) scale: Reliability, and validity. British Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 97-116

Franks, D., Ferguson, E., Rolls, S., & Henderson, F.  (1999). Self-assessments as predictors of Assessment Centre Outcomes: Raw scores versus accuracy scores.  Personnel Review, 28, 124-133

Ferguson, E. (1998). Hypochondriacal concerns, symptom reporting and secondary gain mechanisms. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 71, 281-295

Ferguson, E., & Patterson, F. (1998). The five factor model of personality: Openness a distinct but related construct. Personality and Individual Differences, 24, 789-796.

Miller, A., Ferguson, E., & Simpson, E.  (1998). Perceived effectiveness of rewards and sanctions in primary school: adding in the parental perspective. Educational Psychology, 18, 55-64.

Irving, K., Ferguson, E., Cox, T. & Farnsworth, W. (1997). Nurses' evaluations of sources of information about HIV and AIDS. Journal of the Royal Society for Health, 117, 298-303.

Ferguson, E.  (1997). HIV/AIDS knowledge and HIV/AIDS risk perception: the mediating effects of social comparisons. Work & Stress, 11, 103-117.

Ferguson, E., Kerrin, M., & Patterson, F.  (1997). The use of multidimensional scaling (MDS):  A cognitive mapping technique in occupational settings. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 12, 204-214

Ferguson, E., Singh, A. & Cunningham-Snell, N. (1997). Stress and blood donation: effects of music and previous donation experience. British Journal of Psychology, 88, 277-294. (doi. 0.1111/j.2044-8295.1997.tb02635.x)

Ferguson, E. & Cox, T. (1997). The functional dimensions of coping scale: theory, reliability and validity. British Journal of Health Psychology, 2, 109-129

Silvester, J., Ferguson, E. & Patterson, F. (1997). Comparing spoken attributions by German and British engineers:  Evaluating a culture change programme. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 6, 103-117

Ferguson, E. & Cox, T. (1996). An implicit theory of perceived control. European Psychologist, 1, 271-277.

Ferguson, E. (1996b) Predictors of future behaviour: A review of the psychological literature on blood donation. British Journal of Health Psychology, 1, 287-308 (doi. 10.1111/j.2044-8287.1996.tb00510.x)

Ferguson, E.  (1996a). Hypochondriacal concerns: the roles of raw and calibrated medical knowledge. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1,  315-318

Ferguson, E., & Cheyne, A. (1995). Reactions to organisational change: main and interactive effects. Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, 68, 99-106.

Ferguson, E., Cox, T., Irving, K., Leiter, M., & Farnsworth, W.  (1995). A measure of medical and non-medical students' knowledge and confidence in knowledge of HIV and AIDS: reliability and validity. AIDS Care, 7, 211-228.

Ferguson, E., & Daniel, E. (1995). The Illness Attitudes Scale (IAS): A psychometric analysis in a non-clinical population. Personality and Individual Differences, 18, 463-469

Anderson, N., Alkhader, O., Ferguson, E., Patterson, F., & Cunningham-Snell, N.  (1995). Human resource management group, University of Nottingham, UK. International Journal of Assessment and Selection, 3, 62-66

Cox, T., & Ferguson, E. (1994). Subjective assessments of the work environment. Work & Stress, 8, 98-109

Dodds, A., Ferguson, E., Flannigan, H., Hawes, G., & Yates, L. (1994). The concept of adjustment: a structural model. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 88, 487-498.

Farnsworth, B., Cox, T., Cox, S., & Ferguson, E. (1994). Managing health and safety in hospitals. British Journal of Nursing, 3, 831-836.

Ferguson, E., Dodds, A., Craig, D., Flannigan, H., & Yates, L. (1994).  The changing face of adjustment to sight loss: a longitudinal evaluation of rehabilitation. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 287-306.

Ferguson, E., &  Cox, T.,  Farnsworth, W., Leiter., M & Irving, K. (1994). Nurses' anxieties about biohazards as a function of context and knowledge.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 926-940.

Ferguson, E; Payne, T., & Anderson, N. (1994).  Occupational personality assessment: theory, structure and psychometrics of the OPQ FMX-5 student.  Personality and Individual Differences,  17, 217-225

Anderson, N., Payne, T., Ferguson, E., & Smith, T. (1994). Assessors' decision making: an investigation into information processing and assessor decision strategies in a British assessment centre.  Personnel Review, 23, 52-62

Ferguson, E., Dodds, A., Flannagan, H., & Ng, L. (1994). Perceived control: distinct but related levels of analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 16, 425-432  

Ferguson, E., & Cox, T. (1993). Exploratory factor analysis A user’s guide. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 1, 84 - 94

Ferguson, E. (1993). Rotter's locus of control scale: a ten-item two-factor model. Psychological Reports, 73, 1267-1278 

Dewe, P., Cox, T., & Ferguson, E (1993). Individual strategies for coping with stress at work: a review of progress and directions for future research.  Work and Stress 7, 5-15