Ballesty, KL, Newton-John, TRO, Hennessy, RM, Alperstein, DM, Begley, K & Bulsara, SM 2025, '‘What doesn’t kill you. . .’: A qualitative analysis of factors impacting the quality of life of people living with HIV', Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 17-31.
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Despite viral suppression, people living with HIV (PLHIV) report lower quality of life (QoL) than the general population, negatively impacting treatment adherence and wellbeing. This qualitative study explored factors influencing QoL of PLHIV. Participants completed a QoL questionnaire, with cut-off scores used to allocate participants into Low-Moderate QoL ( n = 11) or High-Very High QoL ( n = 10) focus groups. Thematic analysis indicated convergence across factors perceived to impact QoL, with some notable discrepancies. Socioeconomic stability, social connection and support, maintaining good health, adaptive attitudes and reduced impact of stigma were perceived to improve QoL, while obstacles to connection, ageing and poor HIV literacy in the general population were perceived to worsen QoL in both groups. The Low-Moderate QoL group alone identified socioeconomic stressors and ongoing burden of negative life experiences worsened their QoL. Results are presented in the context of local and global HIV health strategies, with implications for clinical management noted.
Berry, SL, Burton, AL, Rogers, K, Lee, CM & Berle, DM 2025, 'A systematic review and meta‐analysis of eating disorder preventative interventions in schools', European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 390-410.
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AbstractObjectiveAdolescents are particularly susceptible to developing an eating disorder (ED). Therefore, schools are in a unique position to assist in the prevention of EDs for this vulnerable group. To ascertain the current evidence‐base for school‐based ED prevention efforts, we conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials that delivered a school‐based ED prevention intervention and assessed the impact these interventions had on ED symptomatology.MethodElectronic databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus and CENTRAL) were searched for published randomised controlled trials of school‐based ED prevention interventions from inception to 2024. Twelve studies from 11 articles were identified with 7935 participants (mean ages ranging from 12 to 17). Of these studies, six were included in meta‐analyses.ResultsMedia literacy and dissonance‐based interventions reported small to medium effects for ED symptomatology compared to controls at post‐intervention. At three‐to‐six‐month follow‐up, intervention groups reported small negative to medium‐sized positive effects compared to control groups on eating disorder symptomatology.ConclusionsWhile school‐based ED prevention interventions can effectively reduce ED symptomatology post‐intervention, the programs analysed in this review do not reliably demonstrate effectiveness across groups and time. Future research should build upon current interventions to increase effectiveness and include long‐term follow‐ups.
Bowler-Bowerman, P, Newton-John, T, Alperstein, D, Begley, K, Hennessy, R & Bulsara, S 2025, 'Exploring the dimensions of HIV-related stigma: the impact on social connectedness and quality of life', AIDS Care, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 337-348.
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Day, S, Mitchison, D, Mannan, H, Tannous, WK, Conti, J, Dearden, A, Doyle, AK, Gill, K, Hannigan, A, Houlihan, C, Ramjan, L, Rankin, R, Valentine, N & Hay, P 2025, 'Residential versus day program treatment for eating disorders: A comparison of post-treatment outcomes and predictors', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 371, pp. 177-186.
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Dunn, IBJMD, Power, E, Casey, LJ & Wootton, BM 2025, 'Cognitive behavioural therapy for internalizing symptoms in LGBTQ+ people: a preliminary meta-analysis', Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 246-275.
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Fatt, SJ, Prnjak, K, Buckley, GL, George, E, Hay, P, Jeacocke, N & Mitchison, D 2025, 'Further Validation for a Measure of Disordered Eating in an Independent Sample of Male and Female Elite Athletes: The Athletic Disordered Eating (ADE) Scale', International Journal of Eating Disorders, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 400-410.
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ABSTRACTBackgroundElite athletes experience unique pressures and cognitions associated with disordered eating, which may not be appropriately captured by existing tools. The Athletic Disordered Eating (ADE) scale is a recently developed and first measure of disordered eating specifically developed and validated in current and former athletes. This study aimed to provide further validation for the ADE in an independent sample of elite athletes.MethodParticipants were 237 elite athletes (MAge = 26.1, SDAge = 8.6; 75.9% female; 73.0% current athletes) participating in various sports across Australia and the United States. Participants completed an online survey including the ADE, demographic questions, and other measures of eating disorder symptoms (Eating Disorder Examination—Questionnaire Short‐form, Clinical Impairment Assessment), and related constructs. Twenty‐five athletes also completed a clinical interview to determine eating disorder caseness.ResultsThe four‐factor structure of the ADE from the original validation was confirmed. Further, the ADE demonstrated adequate measurement invariance across male and female current and former athletes; internal consistency for the total score and each subscale; convergent and discriminant validity; and criterion‐related validity—with a score of 40 balancing sensitivity and specificity against other scales with established cut‐offs for a likely eating disorder. The high‐risk cut‐off (ADE ≥ 33) had high sensitivity but low specificity in identifying eating disorder cases, as confirmed by the clinical interview.DiscussionThe ADE is a low‐time‐burden screening tool for disordered eating, vali...
Hall, M, Luo, A, Bhullar, N, Moses, K & Wootton, BM 2025, 'Cognitive behaviour therapy for social anxiety disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating different treatment formats', Australian Psychologist, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1-14.
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Hatoum, AH, Abbott, MJ & Burton, AL 2025, 'Measuring early maladaptive schemas (EMS): preliminary development of a brief Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-Brief) *', Clinical Psychologist, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 1-15.
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Le, JT, Watson, P & Le Pelley, ME 2025, 'Effects of outcome revaluation on attentional prioritisation of reward-related stimuli', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 142-162.
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Stimuli associated with rewards can acquire the ability to capture our attention independently of our goals and intentions. Here, we examined whether attentional prioritisation of reward-related cues is sensitive to changes in the value of the reward itself. To this end, we incorporated an instructed outcome devaluation (Experiment 1a), “super-valuation” (Experiment 1b), or value switch (Experiment 2) into a visual search task, using eye-tracking to examine attentional prioritisation of stimuli signalling high- and low-value rewards. In Experiments 1a and 1b, we found that prioritisation of high- and low-value stimuli was insensitive to devaluation of a previously high-value outcome, and super-valuation of a previously low-value outcome, even when participants were provided with further experience of receiving that outcome. In Experiment 2, following a value-switch manipulation, we found that prioritisation of a high-value stimulus could not be overcome with knowledge of the new values of outcomes alone. Only when provided with further experience of receiving the outcomes did patterns of attentional prioritisation of high- and low-value stimuli switch, in line with the updated values of the outcomes they signalled. To reconcile these findings, we suggest that participants were motivated to engage in effortful updating of attentional control settings when there was a relative difference between reward values at test (Experiment 2) but that previous settings were allowed to persist when both outcomes had the same value at test (Experiments 1a and 1b). These findings provide a novel framework to further understand the role of cognitive control in driving reward-modulated attention and behaviour.
Lucca, K, Yuen, F, Wang, Y, Alessandroni, N, Allison, O, Alvarez, M, Axelsson, EL, Baumer, J, Baumgartner, HA, Bertels, J, Bhavsar, M, Byers‐Heinlein, K, Capelier‐Mourguy, A, Chijiiwa, H, Chin, CS, Christner, N, Cirelli, LK, Corbit, J, Daum, MM, Doan, T, Dresel, M, Exner, A, Fei, W, Forbes, SH, Franchin, L, Frank, MC, Geraci, A, Giraud, M, Gornik, ME, Wiesmann, CG, Grossmann, T, Hadley, IM, Havron, N, Henderson, AME, Matzner, EH, Immel, BA, Jankiewicz, G, Jędryczka, W, Kanakogi, Y, Kominsky, JF, Lew‐Williams, C, Liberman, Z, Liu, L, Liu, Y, Loeffler, MT, Martin, A, Mayor, J, Meng, X, Misiak, M, Moreau, D, Nencheva, ML, Oña, LS, Otálora, Y, Paulus, M, Pepe, B, Pickron, CB, Powell, LJ, Proft, M, Quinn, AA, Rakoczy, H, Reschke, PJ, Roth‐Hanania, R, Rothmaler, K, Schlegelmilch, K, Schlingloff‐Nemecz, L, Schmuckler, MA, Schuwerk, T, Seehagen, S, Şen, HH, Shainy, MR, Silvestri, V, Soderstrom, M, Sommerville, J, Song, H, Sorokowski, P, Stutz, SE, Su, Y, Taborda‐Osorio, H, Tan, AWM, Tatone, D, Taylor‐Partridge, T, Tsang, CKA, Urbanek, A, Uzefovsky, F, Visser, I, Wertz, AE, Williams, M, Wolsey, K, Wong, TT, Woodward, AM, Wu, Y, Zeng, Z, Zimmer, L & Hamlin, JK 2025, 'Infants’ Social Evaluation of Helpers and Hinderers: A Large‐Scale, Multi‐Lab, Coordinated Replication Study', Developmental Science, vol. 28, no. 1.
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ABSTRACTEvaluating whether someone's behavior is praiseworthy or blameworthy is a fundamental human trait. A seminal study by Hamlin and colleagues in 2007 suggested that the ability to form social evaluations based on third‐party interactions emerges within the first year of life: infants preferred a character who helped, over hindered, another who tried but failed to climb a hill. This sparked a new line of inquiry into the origins of social evaluations; however, replication attempts have yielded mixed results. We present a preregistered, multi‐laboratory, standardized study aimed at replicating infants’ preference for Helpers over Hinderers. We intended to (1) provide a precise estimate of the effect size of infants’ preference for Helpers over Hinderers, and (2) determine the degree to which preferences are based on social information. Using the ManyBabies framework for big team‐based science, we tested 1018 infants (567 included, 5.5–10.5 months) from 37 labs across five continents. Overall, 49.34% of infants preferred Helpers over Hinderers in the social condition, and 55.85% preferred characters who pushed up, versus down, an inanimate object in the nonsocial condition; neither proportion differed from chance or from each other. This study provides evidence against infants’ prosocial preferences in the hill paradigm, suggesting the effect size is weaker, absent, and/or develops later than previously estimated. As the first of its kind, this study serves as a proof‐of‐concept for using active behavioral measures (e.g., manual choice) in large‐scale, multi‐lab projects studying infants.
Mathews, J, Wootton, BM & Moses, K 2025, 'Psychometric validation of the Specific Phobia Questionnaire in an Australian community sample', Australian Journal of Psychology, vol. 77, no. 1.
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Pennesi, J, Jabs, M, Baillie, S, Hart, L, Hay, P, Mitchison, D, Norton, L, Prnjak, K & Wade, TD 2025, 'Early Warning Signs for Eating Disorders in Children: A Realist Synthesis of Websites Summarizing Caregiver and Consumer Perspectives', International Journal of Eating Disorders, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 583-597.
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ABSTRACTObjectiveA larger number of younger children are being diagnosed with an eating disorder (ED), with parents typically reporting a delay between early warning signs (EWS) and seeking help. The aim of the current investigation was to identify the common EWS for EDs in children noticed by caregivers and consumers as reported on websites to inform earlier detection and intervention.MethodA realist synthesis of websites summarizing caregiver and consumer perspectives on the EWS for EDs in children was conducted by searching Google, Bing, and Yahoo! for all years covered through 24 October 2023.ResultsThe initial search identified 140 websites, of which 62 met criteria for eligibility (93.5% summarized content targeted at caregivers, 6.5% included direct perspectives). Six categories and 24 sub‐categories of EWS were identified across 214 individual EWS. The most common EWS, mentioned in at least 40% of websites, were: excessive or compulsive exercise, any weight loss, obsession or preoccupation with food or food preparation, and cutting out major food groups.DiscussionThis web synthesis identified the EWS of developing EDs in children most reported by caregivers and consumers; however, many of the websites contained subjective interpretations of people's experiences which were unverified and may capture potential bias. Future prospective research is required to verify caregiver and consumer experiences and to explore whether these EWS are predictive of ED onset. These results can then inform early detection strategies for EDs and may assist caregivers in recognizing when clinical assessment for an ED is required.
Plunkett, S, Wootton, BM & Moses, K 2025, 'Psychometric properties of the DSM-5 Panic Disorder Dimensional Scale in an Australian community sample', Australian Psychologist, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 152-161.
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Wang, X, Zhu, C, Ma, Y, Liu, L, Wen, W, Wang, S & Jiang, J 2025, 'Determination of naringin and neohesperidin in 'Quzhiqiao' (Immature fruit of Citrus paradisi 'Changshan Huyou') using graphene-based molecularly imprinted technology', Alexandria Engineering Journal, vol. 110, pp. 99-107.
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Wong, R & Veldre, A 2025, 'Anticipatory prediction in older readers', Memory and Cognition.
Wright, F, Hronis, A, Roberts, R, Roberts, L & Kneebone, I 2025, 'Assessing the abilities of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities to engage in cognitive behaviour therapy: a pilot study', Educational and Developmental Psychologist, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 13-21.
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