Ruth Beatson
Biographic Data
| ID | 144452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Beatson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Beatson |
| SIGNATURE | BEATSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Murdoch Children's Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7296-519X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Barriers and facilitators to data-based decision making in Australian early childhood education and care: A qualitative study
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) provides a critical platform for children's development in the early years. To be of benefit to all children, ECEC must deliver on three key areas: availability (quantity), quality and participation (reach and dose). Lead indicators can be derived and applied to help service providers drive equitable systems change. Yet there is little evidence that the ECEC sector is able to utilise lead indicators and d…
Parenting program participation: A mixed methods study of barriers and facilitators in three Australian communities
Barriers and Enablers to Data-Based Decision Making in Australian Place-Based Community Initiatives: A Qualitative Study Informed by the COM-B Model and Theoretical Domains Framework
This study investigated barriers and enablers to collecting, reporting, and using data and evidence-based lead indicators in decision-making. Four Australian place-based initiatives (PBI) focused on improving child health and reducing inequities participated. Eight interviews with PBI leaders revealed barriers and enablers aligned with all three Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation factors of the COM-B model of behaviour. Difficulties sharing …
Evidence bases to inform school improvement plans: Findings from an umbrella review of school quality domains and specific improvement strategies for school leaders and early years specialists
Adolescents at risk of mental health problems in the Covid‐19 pandemic: A prospective population‐based study of the effects of government mandates and school closures
There is increasing evidence that the COVID‐19 pandemic has had substantial mental health impacts for adolescents. Yet, few definitive studies have investigated which adolescents were at higher risk of poor mental health and well‐being during the pandemic. Data were drawn from the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study, a prospective cohort study of students in Australia ( N = 1211). Prevalence of mental health outcomes (depressive symptoms, a…
Effect of Hierarchy Legitimacy on Low Status Group Members' Attributions for Ingroup and Outgroup Failures
Previous research has shown that people have a tendency to explain successes and failures in ways that favor their ingroups relative to outgroups. However, there has been a dearth of research examining whether social-contextual factors such as group status and hierarchy legitimacy moderate such intergroup attributions. Participants in this study were assigned to a low status group, and perceived hierarchy legitimacy was then experimentally manipu…
Mortality Salience and Cultural Cringe: The Australian Way of Responding to Thoughts of Death
Terror Management Theory predicts that mortality salience (MS) instigates cultural worldview defenses, especially among individuals with lower self-esteem. That MS intensifies positive evaluations of pro-U.S. essay authors, and negative evaluations of anti-U.S. essay authors have been documented as supportive evidence. However, the evidence to date may have been limited to where praising for the former and rejection of the latter authors is consi…
What Applied Social Psychology Theories Might Contribute to Community Bushfire Safety Research After Victoria's “Black Saturday”
From 1900 to 2008, bushfires in Australia claimed 552 lives. Partly in response to disastrous fires in 1967 and 1983, a national community bushfire safety policy emerged, summarised as “prepare, stay and defend, or leave early.” On 7 February 2009, “Black Saturday,” Victoria experienced Australia's worst‐ever day of bushfires: 173 people died as a result and more than 2,000 homes were destroyed. Three investigations in the aftermath of the fires …
Attitudes toward Animals: The Effect of Priming Thoughts of Human-Animal Similarities and Mortality Salience on the Evaluation of Companion Animals
Human attitudes toward nonhuman animals are complex and quite contradictory. They can range between extremely negative (animal cruelty) to positive (treating companion animals like human surrogates). Attitudes toward animals are especially negative when people think about human creatureliness and personal mortality. This paper investigates people's attitudes toward highly valued animals (companion animals). The research presented here tested whet…
Whose Fault Is it Anyway? Political Orientation, Attributions of Responsibility, and Support for the War in Iraq
Attitudes toward Animals: The Effect of Priming Thoughts of Human-Animal Similarities and Mortality Salience on the Evaluation of Companion Animals
Human attitudes toward nonhuman animals are complex and quite contradictory. They can range between extremely negative (animal cruelty) to positive (treating companion animals like human surrogates). Attitudes toward animals are especially negative when people think about human creatureliness and personal mortality. This paper investigates people's attitudes toward highly valued animals (companion animals). The research presented here tested whet…
What Applied Social Psychology Theories Might Contribute to Community Bushfire Safety Research After Victoria's “Black Saturday”
From 1900 to 2008, bushfires in Australia claimed 552 lives. Partly in response to disastrous fires in 1967 and 1983, a national community bushfire safety policy emerged, summarised as “prepare, stay and defend, or leave early.” On 7 February 2009, “Black Saturday,” Victoria experienced Australia's worst‐ever day of bushfires: 173 people died as a result and more than 2,000 homes were destroyed. Three investigations in the aftermath of the fires …
Adolescents at risk of mental health problems in the Covid‐19 pandemic: A prospective population‐based study of the effects of government mandates and school closures
There is increasing evidence that the COVID‐19 pandemic has had substantial mental health impacts for adolescents. Yet, few definitive studies have investigated which adolescents were at higher risk of poor mental health and well‐being during the pandemic. Data were drawn from the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study, a prospective cohort study of students in Australia ( N = 1211). Prevalence of mental health outcomes (depressive symptoms, a…
Mortality Salience and Cultural Cringe: The Australian Way of Responding to Thoughts of Death
Terror Management Theory predicts that mortality salience (MS) instigates cultural worldview defenses, especially among individuals with lower self-esteem. That MS intensifies positive evaluations of pro-U.S. essay authors, and negative evaluations of anti-U.S. essay authors have been documented as supportive evidence. However, the evidence to date may have been limited to where praising for the former and rejection of the latter authors is consi…
Attitudes toward Animals: The Effect of Priming Thoughts of Human-Animal Similarities and Mortality Salience on the Evaluation of Companion Animals
Human attitudes toward nonhuman animals are complex and quite contradictory. They can range between extremely negative (animal cruelty) to positive (treating companion animals like human surrogates). Attitudes toward animals are especially negative when people think about human creatureliness and personal mortality. This paper investigates people's attitudes toward highly valued animals (companion animals). The research presented here tested whet…
Whose Fault Is it Anyway? Political Orientation, Attributions of Responsibility, and Support for the War in Iraq
What Applied Social Psychology Theories Might Contribute to Community Bushfire Safety Research After Victoria's “Black Saturday”
From 1900 to 2008, bushfires in Australia claimed 552 lives. Partly in response to disastrous fires in 1967 and 1983, a national community bushfire safety policy emerged, summarised as “prepare, stay and defend, or leave early.” On 7 February 2009, “Black Saturday,” Victoria experienced Australia's worst‐ever day of bushfires: 173 people died as a result and more than 2,000 homes were destroyed. Three investigations in the aftermath of the fires …
Mortality Salience and Cultural Cringe: The Australian Way of Responding to Thoughts of Death
Terror Management Theory predicts that mortality salience (MS) instigates cultural worldview defenses, especially among individuals with lower self-esteem. That MS intensifies positive evaluations of pro-U.S. essay authors, and negative evaluations of anti-U.S. essay authors have been documented as supportive evidence. However, the evidence to date may have been limited to where praising for the former and rejection of the latter authors is consi…
Effect of Hierarchy Legitimacy on Low Status Group Members' Attributions for Ingroup and Outgroup Failures
Previous research has shown that people have a tendency to explain successes and failures in ways that favor their ingroups relative to outgroups. However, there has been a dearth of research examining whether social-contextual factors such as group status and hierarchy legitimacy moderate such intergroup attributions. Participants in this study were assigned to a low status group, and perceived hierarchy legitimacy was then experimentally manipu…
Adolescents at risk of mental health problems in the Covid‐19 pandemic: A prospective population‐based study of the effects of government mandates and school closures
There is increasing evidence that the COVID‐19 pandemic has had substantial mental health impacts for adolescents. Yet, few definitive studies have investigated which adolescents were at higher risk of poor mental health and well‐being during the pandemic. Data were drawn from the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study, a prospective cohort study of students in Australia ( N = 1211). Prevalence of mental health outcomes (depressive symptoms, a…
Barriers and Enablers to Data-Based Decision Making in Australian Place-Based Community Initiatives: A Qualitative Study Informed by the COM-B Model and Theoretical Domains Framework
This study investigated barriers and enablers to collecting, reporting, and using data and evidence-based lead indicators in decision-making. Four Australian place-based initiatives (PBI) focused on improving child health and reducing inequities participated. Eight interviews with PBI leaders revealed barriers and enablers aligned with all three Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation factors of the COM-B model of behaviour. Difficulties sharing …
Evidence bases to inform school improvement plans: Findings from an umbrella review of school quality domains and specific improvement strategies for school leaders and early years specialists
Barriers and facilitators to data-based decision making in Australian early childhood education and care: A qualitative study
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) provides a critical platform for children's development in the early years. To be of benefit to all children, ECEC must deliver on three key areas: availability (quantity), quality and participation (reach and dose). Lead indicators can be derived and applied to help service providers drive equitable systems change. Yet there is little evidence that the ECEC sector is able to utilise lead indicators and d…
Parenting program participation: A mixed methods study of barriers and facilitators in three Australian communities
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Attribution (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works)