Mary Katsikitis
Biographic Data
| ID | 164549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Katsikitis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Katsikitis |
| SIGNATURE | KATSIKITIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Sunshine Coast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1350-7770 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sexual Fantasies and Harmful Sexual Interests
The perpetration of harmful sexual behavior is a global concern, with deviant sexual fantasies identified as a prominent etiological risk factor. However, the concepts of state sexual fantasy characteristics (e.g., vividness and emotionality) and associated trait sexual memory intensity have received minimal investigation concerning harmful sexual interests, formulating the impetus for this research. Two online surveys were conducted in community…
Internet Use by People with Intellectual Disability
Many people with intellectual disability experience digital inequality due to a lack of Internet access; this is known as the digital divide . Digital inequality is also apparent when people with intellectual disability have Internet access, but only use it for a small number of applications (e.g., watching videos and playing games). Recently, it has been suggested that digital inequality also occurs in situations where some Internet users are le…
Terrorism catastrophization
Research has shown that fear associated with ongoing terrorism threat can manifest as terrorism catastrophization (TC), however, factors that predict or moderate TC remain under investigated. The current study investigated whether death anxiety and prejudice significantly predicted TC, and whether perceived control, religiosity, and meaning in life moderated such predictors. Using multiple hierarchical regression analysis (N = 382), the study's p…
Depression, Anxiety, and Acculturative Stress Among Resettled Bhutanese Refugees in Australia
Despite awareness of the difficulties faced by refugees in flight, little is known about their mental health following resettlement. This article investigated rates, predictors, and moderators of anxiety, depression, and acculturative stress among members of the resettled Bhutanese refugee community in northern Queensland. A total of 148 participants (51% male), 18 to 83 years of age, participated in this cross-sectional study. A questionnaire wa…
Like mother, like daughter? An examination of the emotive responses to food
The modelling of sub-clinical eating disorders and emotive responses to food between mothers and their early adolescent daughters was investigated. Twenty dyads viewed images of food and rated their levels of happiness, fear and disgust. Results suggest similarities between mothers’ and daughters’ emotive responses, but the exact nature of this relationship differed across food type and response type. Disordered eating was only related to respons…
The effect of aesthetic versus process images on men’s body satisfaction
Media research has found that brief exposure to idealized images can negatively affect men’s body satisfaction. However, there has been little variation in the types of images previously used in research. This study aimed to test the predictions of body conceptualization theory by comparing the effects of idealized images that focus on aesthetic (body-as-object; BAO) or functional (body-as-process; BAP) dimensions. It was expected that BAO images…
Graduate attributes of the 4-year Australian undergraduate psychology program
This paper outlines the background, process and outcomes for a project that delineated a set of graduate attributes of the 4-year Australian undergraduate psychology program. The nature of the current undergraduate psychology program and its quality assurance system is described, followed by a consideration of current issues in psychology education and training. The processes involved in delineating the six graduate attributes (i.e., knowledge an…
Emotional responses to food, body dissatisfaction and other eating disorder features in children, adolescents and young adults
Encoding and Decoding of Facial Expression
Differences in judgment ratings on the development of smiling and neutral expressions over time were demonstrated with the use of line-drawn representations of facial expressions as stimuli. There was a greater variation in ratings for the different stages of smiling than for the equivalent stages of the neutral expression. Furthermore, the judges' ratings on the degree of smiling varied for the individual encoders or “models,” indicating that th…
Emotional responses to food, body dissatisfaction and other eating disorder features in children, adolescents and young adults
The effect of aesthetic versus process images on men’s body satisfaction
Media research has found that brief exposure to idealized images can negatively affect men’s body satisfaction. However, there has been little variation in the types of images previously used in research. This study aimed to test the predictions of body conceptualization theory by comparing the effects of idealized images that focus on aesthetic (body-as-object; BAO) or functional (body-as-process; BAP) dimensions. It was expected that BAO images…
Depression, Anxiety, and Acculturative Stress Among Resettled Bhutanese Refugees in Australia
Despite awareness of the difficulties faced by refugees in flight, little is known about their mental health following resettlement. This article investigated rates, predictors, and moderators of anxiety, depression, and acculturative stress among members of the resettled Bhutanese refugee community in northern Queensland. A total of 148 participants (51% male), 18 to 83 years of age, participated in this cross-sectional study. A questionnaire wa…
Encoding and Decoding of Facial Expression
Differences in judgment ratings on the development of smiling and neutral expressions over time were demonstrated with the use of line-drawn representations of facial expressions as stimuli. There was a greater variation in ratings for the different stages of smiling than for the equivalent stages of the neutral expression. Furthermore, the judges' ratings on the degree of smiling varied for the individual encoders or “models,” indicating that th…
Like mother, like daughter? An examination of the emotive responses to food
The modelling of sub-clinical eating disorders and emotive responses to food between mothers and their early adolescent daughters was investigated. Twenty dyads viewed images of food and rated their levels of happiness, fear and disgust. Results suggest similarities between mothers’ and daughters’ emotive responses, but the exact nature of this relationship differed across food type and response type. Disordered eating was only related to respons…
Encoding and Decoding of Facial Expression
Differences in judgment ratings on the development of smiling and neutral expressions over time were demonstrated with the use of line-drawn representations of facial expressions as stimuli. There was a greater variation in ratings for the different stages of smiling than for the equivalent stages of the neutral expression. Furthermore, the judges' ratings on the degree of smiling varied for the individual encoders or “models,” indicating that th…
Emotional responses to food, body dissatisfaction and other eating disorder features in children, adolescents and young adults
Graduate attributes of the 4-year Australian undergraduate psychology program
This paper outlines the background, process and outcomes for a project that delineated a set of graduate attributes of the 4-year Australian undergraduate psychology program. The nature of the current undergraduate psychology program and its quality assurance system is described, followed by a consideration of current issues in psychology education and training. The processes involved in delineating the six graduate attributes (i.e., knowledge an…
The effect of aesthetic versus process images on men’s body satisfaction
Media research has found that brief exposure to idealized images can negatively affect men’s body satisfaction. However, there has been little variation in the types of images previously used in research. This study aimed to test the predictions of body conceptualization theory by comparing the effects of idealized images that focus on aesthetic (body-as-object; BAO) or functional (body-as-process; BAP) dimensions. It was expected that BAO images…
Like mother, like daughter? An examination of the emotive responses to food
The modelling of sub-clinical eating disorders and emotive responses to food between mothers and their early adolescent daughters was investigated. Twenty dyads viewed images of food and rated their levels of happiness, fear and disgust. Results suggest similarities between mothers’ and daughters’ emotive responses, but the exact nature of this relationship differed across food type and response type. Disordered eating was only related to respons…
Terrorism catastrophization
Research has shown that fear associated with ongoing terrorism threat can manifest as terrorism catastrophization (TC), however, factors that predict or moderate TC remain under investigated. The current study investigated whether death anxiety and prejudice significantly predicted TC, and whether perceived control, religiosity, and meaning in life moderated such predictors. Using multiple hierarchical regression analysis (N = 382), the study's p…
Depression, Anxiety, and Acculturative Stress Among Resettled Bhutanese Refugees in Australia
Despite awareness of the difficulties faced by refugees in flight, little is known about their mental health following resettlement. This article investigated rates, predictors, and moderators of anxiety, depression, and acculturative stress among members of the resettled Bhutanese refugee community in northern Queensland. A total of 148 participants (51% male), 18 to 83 years of age, participated in this cross-sectional study. A questionnaire wa…
Internet Use by People with Intellectual Disability
Many people with intellectual disability experience digital inequality due to a lack of Internet access; this is known as the digital divide . Digital inequality is also apparent when people with intellectual disability have Internet access, but only use it for a small number of applications (e.g., watching videos and playing games). Recently, it has been suggested that digital inequality also occurs in situations where some Internet users are le…
Sexual Fantasies and Harmful Sexual Interests
The perpetration of harmful sexual behavior is a global concern, with deviant sexual fantasies identified as a prominent etiological risk factor. However, the concepts of state sexual fantasy characteristics (e.g., vividness and emotionality) and associated trait sexual memory intensity have received minimal investigation concerning harmful sexual interests, formulating the impetus for this research. Two online surveys were conducted in community…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (2 works) · Emotive (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)