Publications

Publications

Below is a selection of recent publications by lab members, organised by year. The names of contributing lab members appear in bold.

  • Austen, E., & Griffiths, S. (2025). Prospective relationships of body appreciation and functionality appreciation with body dissatisfaction and psychological quality of life among sexual minority men. Body Image, 53, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101884

    Austen, E., Hunger, J. M., Bonell, S., & Griffiths, S. (2025). Gaps in measurement: Highlighting anti-fat bias as an underrepresented construct in the modified weight bias internalization scale. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 19(5), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.70057

    Harris, E. A., Moeck, E. K., & Griffiths, S. (2025). Affective trajectories of binge eating, purging, and exercise among sexual minority men. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 58, 939–951. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24406

  • Austen, E., & Griffiths, S. (2024). Body fat and muscularity dissatisfaction are not prospectively associated with psychological wellbeing among sexual minority men: A case for separating within- and between-person variation in examinations of body image phenomena and their outcomes. Body Image, 51, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101783

    Grey, W., Harris, E. A., Kalokerinos, E. K., & Griffiths, S. (2024). On liking how you look and feeling sexy: Quantifying the overlap between sexual desirability and body satisfaction in a sample of Australian Grindr users. Body image, 48, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101676

    Griffiths, S., Whitehead, G., Angelopoulos, F., Stone, B., Grey, W., Dennis, S., & Harris, E. A. (2024). Does TikTok contribute to eating disorders? A comparison of the TikTok algorithms belonging to individuals with eating disorders versus healthy controls. Body Image, 52, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101807

    Harris, E. A., Koval, P., Grey, W., Greenaway, K. H., Kalokerinos, E. K., Griffiths, S. (2024). State gender variability and body satisfaction among sexual minority men. Body Image, 51, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101804

    Walton, C. C., Purcell, R., Henderson, J. L., Kim, J., Kerr, G., Frost, J., Gwyther, K., Pilkington, V., Rice, S., & Tamminen, K. A. (2024). Mental health among elite young athletes: A narrative overview to advance research and practice. Sports Health, 16(2), 166–176. https://doi.org/10.1177/19417381231219230

  • Harris, E. A., & Griffiths, S. The differential effects of state and trait masculinity and femininity on body satisfaction among sexual minority men. Body Image, 45, 34–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.01.007

    Harris, E. A., Hornsey, M. J., Hofmann, W., Jern, P., Murphy, C., Hedenborg, F., & Barlow, F. K. (2023). Does sexual desire fluctuate more among women than men? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 1461–1478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02525-y

Awards

Below is a selection of recent awards received by lab members, organised by year.

    • Melbourne Data Analytic Program Grant: Awarded to Drs. Emily Harris &  Scott Griffiths
    • 3-year Academic Fellowship, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, including funds to support new and ongoing research: Awarded to Dr Emily Harris
    • Seymour Fisher Outstanding Body Image Dissertation Award: Awarded to Dr Emma Austen

    • Best Research Award at the Eating Disorders Alpbach Conference, Austria: 2nd place awarded to Dr Scott Griffiths
    • Visualise Your Thesis (VYT), University of Melbourne: 3rd place awarded to Felicity Angelopoulos

    • Outstanding Graduate Researcher Supervision Award, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences: Awarded to Dr. Scott Griffiths
    • Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship: Awarded to Dr. Scott Griffiths