ANU Health and Identity Lab
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@anu_lab
Lab group at the Australian National University who research the way our health is shaped by our social relationships and identities. Also love quokkas.
Introducing Wollstonecraft (named after Mary Wollstonecraft, Woolley for short), the newest member of the Health and Identity Lab @anu_lab
The Groups 4 Health psychotherapy program, offered for free at ANU, addresses the social and psychological barriers that higher-weight people often face. Dr Fiona Tito Wheatland shares her story of dealing with weight stigma and learning to accept herself. hercanberra.com.au/active/new-anu…
Our new paper with @MarkStevens2411 Tegan Cruwys & @Laura_J_Ferris in BMJ Open is officially live! We examined young people’s covid-safety behaviours before, during and after a mass gathering event in the first year of the pandemic. Check it out! 1/3 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/7/e…
New paper in SJMSS thanks to Áine Fitzpatrick's brilliant work. We found that norm messages effected people’s performance.. on a beep test! And that how the messages effected people's exertion depended on their identification with the norm reference group. doi.org/10.1111/sms.14…
A bit of news: I’ve just accepted a Lecturer position (a full-time teaching/research position) in the School of Psych at ANU. My teaching will likely be in stats and research methods. It’s good to finally get a bit of stability ☺️ 1/5
Now accepted in Journal of Affective Disorders. This paper led by Tegan Cruwys @alexanderhaslam @ja_rathbone @ElyseJW shows that 12 months on, G4H was better than CBT in protecting against loneliness relapse during COVID restrictions. See full paper psyarxiv.com/tyvhg
