Biographical Information

• Appointed to current post at Bolton in 1997
• B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology, Bolton Institute / CNAA, 1988; Ph.D., Manchester 1997; C.Psychol; AFBPsS

Academic Interests

• Individual differences in computer-related attitudes and behaviours
• Retention of students in higher education
• UBCCRU (University of Bolton Computer & Cyberpsychology Research Unit)

Recent Projects

• Computer and driving related anger
• Relationships with computers and their impact upon anger
• Computing and internet related addictions
• Post-higher education job-seeking behaviour and career decision making

Recent Publications

Charlton, J.P., & Danforth, I.D.W. (in press). Validating the distinction between computer addiction and engagement: Online game playing and personality. Behaviour & Information Technology.

Charlton, J.P. (2009). The determinants and expression of computer-related anger. Computers in Human Behavior, 25(6), 1213–1221.

Hewson, C., Charlton, J., & Brosnan, M. (2007). Comparing Online and Offline Administration of Multiple Choice Question Assessments to Psychology Undergraduates: Do assessment modality or computer attitudes influence performance? Psychology Learning and Teaching, 6(1), 37-46.

Charlton, J.P., & Danforth, I.D.W. (2007). Distinguishing addiction and high engagement in the context of online game playing. Computers in Human Behavior, 23(3), 1531-1548.

Charlton, J.P. (2006). How human is your computer? Measuring ethopoeic perceptions of computers. In K. Morgan, C.A. Brebbia, & J.M. Spector (Eds.), The Internet Society II: Advances in Education, Commerce & Governance (pp. 167-176). Southampton: WIT Press.

Charlton, J.P., Barrow, C., & Hornby-Atkinson, P. (2006). Attempting to predict withdrawal from Higher Education using demographic, psychological and educational measures. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 11(1), 31-47.

Ranyard, R., & Charlton, J.P. (2006). Cognitive processes underlying lottery and sports gambling decisions: The role of stated probabilities and background knowledge. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 18(2), 234-254.

Charlton, J.P. (2005). Measuring perceptual and motivational facets of computer control: The development and validation of the Computing Control Scale. Computers in Human Behavior, 21(5), 791-815.

Hewson, C., & Charlton, J.P. (2005). Measuring health beliefs on the Internet: A comparison of paper and Internet administrations of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale. Behavior Research Methods, 37(4), 691-702.

Charlton, J.P., & Danforth, I.D.W. (2004). Differentiating computer-related addictions and high engagement. In K. Morgan, C.A. Brebbia, J. Sanchez, & A. Voiskounsky (Eds.), Human Perspectives in the Internet Society: Culture, Psychology and Gender (pp. 59-68). Southampton: WIT Press.

Humphrey, N., Charlton, J.P., & Newton, I. (2004). The roots of disaffection? Educational Psychology, 24(5), 579-594.

Charlton, J.P. (2002). A factor analytic investigation of computer addiction and engagement. British Journal of Psychology, 93(3), 329-344.

Gamble, A., Gärling. T., Charlton, J., & Ranyard, R. (2002). Euro illusion: Psychological insights into price evaluations with a unitary currency. European Psychologist, 7(4), 302-311.

Ofori, R., & Charlton, J.P. (2002). A path model of factors influencing the academic performance of nursing students. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 38, 507-515.

Ranyard, R., Charlton, J.P., & Williamson, J. (2001). The role of internal reference prices in consumers' willingness to pay judgments: Thaler's beer pricing task revisited. Acta Psychologica, 106, 265-283.

Recent Grants

2004 – 2006: European Social Fund (ESF), Ethnic Differences in Post-HE Job-Seeking Behaviour, £135,000, with R. Ranyard ( University of Bolton).

2004: Learning & Teaching Support Network Psychology, Evaluation and Dissemination of a Tool for Administering Online MCQ Assessments to Psychology Undergraduates, £4,000, with C. Hewson, P. Ramsden (both University of Bolton) and M. Brosnan (University of Bath).

2005: British Educational Communications and Technology Agency. Engagement and Motivation in Games Development Processes, £5,000, with A. Williams, L. Blenkharn, P. Carlisle and R. Ranyard (all University of Bolton).