Rachel Dryer

Biographic Data

ID1561471
NAMERachel Dryer
GIVEN NAMESRachel
FAMILY NAMEDryer
SIGNATUREDRYER R
AFFILIATIONSAustralian Catholic University
ORCID0000-0002-6607-1712
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The development of students’ thinking skills

    Open AccessEmmanuel Manalo, Maribel Blasco et al.ARTICLEThinking Skills and Creativity2026

    The development of students’ thinking skills, considered indispensable in 21st Century education, relies considerably on the beliefs and teaching practices of their instructors. While a lot has been written by educational researchers on the topic of “teaching thinking”, relatively little has been reported on higher education instructors’ own views and conceptions, priorities, and practices regarding the broad set of thinking skills that they may …

  • Pregnancy-related anxiety and maternal-foetal bond

    Open AccessMelanie Smith, R Brunton et al.ARTICLEActa Psychologica2025References: 4

    The maternal-foetal bond (MFB) is the affectionate relationship between a mother and unborn child, and pregnancy-related anxiety (PrA) is a specific and distinct anxiety. Both are associated with adverse maternal/infant outcomes, but few have examined their relationship. Addressing previous limitations and gaps in the literature, this study examined the relationship between PrA and MFB, and factors (i.e., partner support, pregnancy and foetal sex…

  • Alcohol consumption after pregnancy awareness and the additive effect of pregnancy-related anxiety and child abuse

    Open AccessR Brunton, Rachel DryerARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

    This study examined whether pregnant women alter their alcohol consumption upon pregnancy awareness and any additive effect of a maternal history of child abuse and pregnancy-related anxiety in predicting antenatal alcohol consumption. Pregnant women ( N = 548, M = 31.44, SD = 4.58) completed an online survey consisting of the Pregnancy-related Anxiety Scale, Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire, questions on alcohol consumption and demogra…

  • Design and development of the trauma informed care beliefs scale-brief

    Open AccessNathan Beehag, Rachel Dryer et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2023References: 42

    First trauma informed beliefs scale designed for frontline child welfare carers. • Child welfare carers play the most important role in supporting young people with a history of adverse childhood experiences. • This scale provides a brief, efficient, and accurate method to assess carers’ beliefs about trauma informed care. • Beliefs can be an efficient way to assess the likelihood of carers implementing trauma informed care practices. • The first…

  • Sexual violence and Australian women

    Open AccessR Brunton, Rachel DryerARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Cited by: 1References: 41

  • Childhood abuse, pregnancy-related anxiety and the mediating role of resilience and social support

    Open AccessR Brunton, Tamara Wood et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2022References: 45

    Physical, sexual and psychological abuse were examined as risk factors for pregnancy-related anxiety with resilience and social support as mediators. Pregnant women ( n = 638) completed measures of pregnancy-related anxiety, resilience, perceived social support and childhood abuse. Women with an abuse history had higher pregnancy-related anxiety scores ( m = 64.40) than other women ( m = 55.36). All abuse types independently predicted pregnancy-r…

  • Pregnancy-Related Anxiety, Perceived Parental Self-Efficacy and the Influence of Parity and Age

    Open AccessR Brunton, Nicole Simpson et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Pregnancy-related anxiety is contextualised by pregnancy and is a health concern for the mother and child. Perceived parental self-efficacy is associated with this anxiety and age and parity are identified as influential factors. This research, therefore, predicted that negative perceptions of parental self-efficacy would predict greater pregnancy-related anxiety, moderated by parity and age. Participants ( N = 771) were recruited online and asse…

  • Pregnancy‐related anxiety

    Open AccessCarla Anderson, Carla M Anderson et al.ARTICLEAustralian Psychologist2018Cited by: 1

    ObjectivePregnancy‐related anxiety has been identified as a distinct anxiety associated with adverse outcomes. This partial replication of the seminal study which demonstrated pregnancy‐related anxiety and measures of state/trait anxiety and depression shared little variance, provides additional empirical support for this anxiety type. In addition, the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) was examined together with the contributing role of ne…

  • The Role of Sociocultural Influences on Symptoms of Muscle Dysmorphia and Eating Disorders in Men, and the Mediating Effects of Perfectionism

    Rachel Dryer, Melissa Farr et al.ARTICLEBehavioral Medicine2016

    This study examined the mediating role of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism in the relationship between sociocultural influences (i.e., media, peer, and teasing) and symptoms of muscle dysmorphia (MD) and eating disorders (ED). A nonclinical sample of males (N = 158, Mage = 26.94, SD = 5.50) completed measures of perfectionism, MD, body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and bulimia. Susceptibility to appearance-based messages…

  • Bulimia Nervosa

    Open AccessRachel Dryer, Graham A Tyson et al.ARTICLEAustralian Psychologist2012

    This study examined the explanatory models of bulimia nervosa (BN) held by members of professionals in the medical, psychological, and allied health fields; the general public; and female university students. The participants (N = 787) were presented with 44 potential causal explanations for BN and were asked to rate the importance of each in the development of this condition on a 5‐point rating scale (“unimportant” to “extremely important”). Pri…