A5005853593- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
University of Wollongong
2018-2025
UNSW Sydney
2024-2025
The need to belong resonates widely as a fundamental motivation maintain close, continual human bonds. This commentary integrates findings and conclusions from the special issue of Australian Journal Psychology focused on belongingness loneliness. Deficient belongingness, including specifically belonging in schools, is linked high loneliness, low well-being, poor adjustment, covitality (socioemotional health), impaired sleep, other problems. Several advances theory are highlighted, focus...
Abstract Eating disorders are among the most prevalent in adolescence and can have negative consequences including poor quality of life, medical complications, even death. This study addresses whether normal variations personality relate to eating behavior disorder symptomatology adolescent girls. Participants were a near‐representative sample Australian girls ( n = 1,676). Three traits (neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness) assessed at age 12 again 14, self‐reported weight...
Abstract Introduction Parental personality traits are predicted to influence offspring outcomes through parenting behavior and traits. This study explored whether mother father relate problems in mid‐late adolescence Method In total, 3089 Australian adolescents (1576 boys, 1513 girls; M age = 16.46 ± 0.50 years) their parents completed questionnaires assessing personality, conduct problems, emotional social functioning, antisocial criminal behavior, cigarette smoking drug use, at a single...
Objective: There is some evidence that personality relates to childbearing in adulthood but the importance of for reproductive capacity unknown. This study explored cross-time associations between major dimensions trait and self-reported fertility fecundity. Methods: A representative sample young Australian adults [n = 4501; age range ≈ 18–44 (women), 18–54 (men)] provided information on personality, fertility, intentions, fecundity lifestyle factors (cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption,...
This research sought to test whether sport participation relates the development of trait extraversion across three life phases. Sport and were measured in children aged 10.5 ± 0.5 years (n = 3600), adolescents 14.5 3463), adults with a mean age 49.4 18.0 12,280), corresponding data collected four earlier. There small mean-level decreases during childhood adulthood, large decrease adolescence. Four-year rank-order stability was .58 childhood, .61 adolescence .76 adulthood. associated higher...