Hot Off the Press: February 2018

View a range of publications from the academic team of the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences during the previous calendar month.

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Barnes, M. L., Bodin, r., Guerrero, A. M., McAllister, R. R. J., Alexander, S. M., & Robins, G. (2017). The social structural foundations of adaptation and transformation in social–ecological systems. Ecology and Society, 22(4). doi:10.5751/ES-09769-220416

Bernard, C. O., Ponsford, J. L., McKinlay, A., McKenzie, D., & Krieser, D. (2017). Do Concussive Symptoms Really Resolve in Young Children? The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 32(6), 413-424. doi:10.1097/htr.0000000000000298

Betts, K. S., Alati, R., Baker, P., Letcher, P., Hutchinson, D., Youssef, G., & Olsson, C. A. (2018). The natural history of risky drinking and associated harms from adolescence to young adulthood: findings from the Australian Temperament Project. Psychological Medicine, 48(1), 23-32. doi:10.1017/S0033291717000654

Bosten, J. M., Goodbourn, P. T., Bargary, G., Verhallen, R. J., Lawrance-Owen, A. J., Hogg, R. E., & Mollon, J. D. (2017). An exploratory factor analysis of visual performance in a large population. Vision Research, 141, 303-316. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2017.02.005

Cao, Y., Boruff, B. J., & McNeill, I. M. (2017). Towards personalised public warnings: harnessing technological advancements to promote better individual decision-making in the face of disasters. International Journal of Digital Earth, 10(12), 1231-1252. doi:10.1080/17538947.2017.1302007

Chen, W., HolcDorf, D., McCusker, M. W., Gaillard, F., & Howe, P. D. L. (2017). Perceptual training to improve hip fracture identification in conventional radiographs. PLOS ONE, 12(12), e0189192. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189192

Chris, G., Barbara, M., Deepika, R., Kate, H., & Harry, L. (2017). Implementing a collaborative mental health care model: the MHPN. Journal of Integrated Care, 25(4), 237-246. doi:10.1108/JICA-06-2017-0014

Dam, N. T. V., Vugt, M. K. v., Vago, D. R., Schmalzl, L., Saron, C. D., Olendzki, A., . . . Meyer, D. E. (2018). Reiterated Concerns and Further Challenges for Mindfulness and Meditation Research: A Reply to Davidson and Dahl. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(1), 66-69. doi:10.1177/1745691617727529

Dam, N. T. V., Vugt, M. K. v., Vago, D. R., Schmalzl, L., Saron, C. D., Olendzki, A., . . . Meyer, D. E. (2018). Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(1), 36-61. doi:10.1177/1745691617709589

de Zambotti, M., Javitz, H., Franzen, P. L., Brumback, T., Clark, D. B., Colrain, I. M., & Baker, F. C. (2018). Sex- and Age-Dependent Differences in Autonomic Nervous System Functioning in Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(2), 184-190. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.09.010

Gibbs, L., Molyneaux, R., Whiteley, S., Block, K., Harms, L., Bryant, R. A., . . . Ireton, G. (2018). Distress and satisfaction with research participation: Impact on retention in longitudinal disaster research. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27, 68-74. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.09.038

Griffiths, S., Murray, S. B., Medeiros, A., & Blashill, A. J. (2017). The tall and the short of it: An investigation of height ideals, height preferences, height dissatisfaction, heightism, and height-related quality of life impairment among sexual minority men. Body Image, 23, 146-154. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.10.001

Lilienfeld, S. O., Miller, J. D., & Lynam, D. R. (2018). Goldwater Rule: Red Line or Guideline? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(1), 33-35. doi:10.1177/1745691617737127

Lilienfeld, S. O., Miller, J. D., & Lynam, D. R. (2018). The Goldwater Rule: Perspectives From, and Implications for, Psychological Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(1), 3-27. doi:10.1177/1745691617727864

Macmillan, M. (2018). Alfred Walter Campbell’s return to Australia. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 27(1), 85-100. doi:10.1080/0964704X.2017.1376796

Major, C. S., Paul, J. M., & Reeve, R. A. (2017). TEMA and Dot Enumeration Profiles Predict Mental Addition Problem Solving Speed Longitudinally. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(2263). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02263

McKinlay, A., Corrigan, J. D., Bogner, J. A., & Horwood, L. J. (2017). Obtaining a History of Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury Using the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method to Elicit Adult Recall. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 32(6), E24-E28. doi:10.1097/htr.0000000000000284

Nelson, B. W., Byrne, M. L., Simmons, J. G., Whittle, S., Schwartz, O. S., O'Brien-Simpson, N. M., . . . Allen, N. B. (2018). Adolescent temperament dimensions as stable prospective risk and protective factors for salivary C-reactive protein. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23(1), 186-207. doi:10.1111/bjhp.12281

Nuyts, S., D'Souza, W., Bowden, S. C., & Vogrin, S. J. (2017). Structural brain abnormalities in genetic generalized epilepsies: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsia, 58(12), 2025-2037. doi:10.1111/epi.13928

Verhallen, R. J., Bosten, J. M., Goodbourn, P. T., Lawrance-Owen, A. J., Bargary, G., & Mollon, J. D. (2017). General and specific factors in the processing of faces. Vision Research, 141, 217-227. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2016.12.014

Vicario, C. M., & Felmingham, K. L. (2018). Slower Time estimation in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 392. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18907-5

Wei, W., Lu, J. G., Galinsky, A. D., Wu, H., Gosling, S. D., Rentfrow, P. J., . . . Wang, L. (2017). Regional ambient temperature is associated with human personality. Nature Human Behaviour, 1(12), 890-895. doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0240-0