Dorothy Rowe

Dorothy Rowe (née Conn; 17 December 1930 – 25 March 2019) was an Australian-British psychologist and author, whose area of interest was depression.

[citation needed] Rowe came to England in her forties, working at Sheffield University and was the head of Lincolnshire Department of Clinical Psychology.

Most notably it is the belief in a "Just World" (that the bad are punished and the good rewarded) that exacerbates feelings of fear and anxiety if disaster strikes.

[citation needed] In July 1989, Rowe made an extended appearance on the British television discussion programme After Dark alongside, among others, Steven Rose, Frank Cioffi, The Bishop of Durham and Michael Bentine.

[citation needed] The BBC were required to apologise to Dorothy Rowe in 2009 after the production editing of her radio interview misrepresented her views on the impact of religion in providing structure to people's lives.