Gail Moloney
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 179190 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gail Moloney |
| NOMBRES | Gail |
| APELLIDO | Moloney |
| FIRMA | MOLONEY G |
| AFILIACIONES | Southern Cross University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3022-9637 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
I’m still using my body’ – dancing with the lived musical body
The body acquires knowledge through interactions with the world. This knowledge resides in the body and shapes our physical, social and emotional experiences. Older adults possess extensive embodied knowledge, but its expression can be suppressed by environmental and social change, such as relocating to a residential care home (RCH). Dancing is more than movement; it is an embodied activity that involves complex interactions among the body, space…
I am not an anti‐vaxxer
Despite a disproportionate risk of harm from contracting COVID‐19, pregnant women in Australia are reluctant to vaccinate. Drawing from social representations theory, this study investigated lay knowledge associated with women, pregnancy and COVID‐19 vaccination towards the end of the pandemic. Women in regional New South Wales ( N = 103; M age = 39.76) completed an online survey comprising risk/benefit scales and a word association task. Results…
Juggling risks
Pregnant women are at disproportionate risk of harm from contracting COVID‐19, but pregnant women in regional Australia have been less likely to be vaccinated than their non‐pregnant counterparts. This longitudinal research drew from social representations theory to investigate emerging social knowledge associated with the COVID‐19 virus and COVID‐19 vaccination concerning women and pregnancy in regional Australia: One wave of data collected at t…
Hoping for life means waiting for death”
Paediatric organ donation rates in Australia do not match the demand for paediatric organ transplants. Paediatric donations require parents to consent to donate the organs of their child, yet little research exists on how paediatric donation is understood outside of the medical world. Drawing from social representation theory, we examined how paediatric donation was portrayed by the media, the primary source of information about organ donation. F…
Don't forget the context when you are talking about organ donation
The tenuous relationship between beliefs and behaviour is well known. What is less well‐known is how the context in which beliefs are elicited affects the salience of those beliefs and their subsequent effect on behaviour. Drawing from a dialogical approach within social representations theory, beliefs about organ donation were conceptualised as contradictory and interdependent. The context we examined was the collectively‐shared, positively char…
Facebook and older adults
When is the gift given? Organ donation, social representations, and an opportunity to register
The gift of life doctrine underpins Australia's approach to organ donation: in legislation, clinical practice, community awareness campaigns, and educational activities. In this paper, we present an approach that situates an understanding of organ donation within a social representation framework as a system of values, ideas, and practices. In cadaveric donation, the final giving‐of‐the‐gift can never be by the donor, leading us to ask where the …
The importance of Australian national identity to a sense of belonging of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese cultural groups in regional Australia
This study explored the primacy of importance of Australian national identity as underpinning belongingness of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese cultural groups. A mixed-method approach comprised focus groups and interviews was used. Australian national identity did not hold primacy of importance to a sense of belonging in either group, however family identities were of primary importance to both, together with cultural identity of the Chinese. Anglo-Celt…
They’re all tribals’
The theory of psychological essentialism provides an account of how and why some social groups are represented as if they possessed an inhering, immutable and group-defining ‘essence’. Whilst much of the empirical and theoretical work on essentialism has attended to characterising its cognitive components through the utilisation of survey measures, this article, adopting a synthetic discursive psychological approach, examines naturally-occurring …
Using social representations theory to make sense of climate change
Moloney, G., Z. Leviston, T. Lynam, J. Price, S. Stone-Jovicich, and D. Blair. 2014. Using social representations theory to make sense of climate change: what scientists and nonscientists in Australia think. Ecology and Society 19(3): 19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06592-190319
Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Meaning in the Evaluation of Events in World History
The universality versus culture specificity of quantitative evaluations (negative-positive) of 40 events in world history was addressed using World History Survey data collected from 5,800 university students in 30 countries/societies. Multidimensional scaling using generalized procrustean analysis indicated poor fit of data from the 30 countries to an overall mean configuration, indicating lack of universal agreement as to the associational mean…
Contagion in the Representational Field of Water Recycling
Water shortages in Australia have highlighted an urgent need for alternative water sources, and technologically, water recycling is argued to offer the most cost‐effective, environmentally sustainable solution to these shortages. Yet public support for its implementation is low even in the drought‐stricken areas of Australia. Drawing from the theory of social representations, this study addressed community perceptions of water recycling. Three in…
Social representations of refugees
This study investigated social understandings of refugees from Africa in a regional town in NSW, Australia. Drawing from Social Representations Theory (Moscovici, 1984 ), the study investigated whether place of origin (Africa) mediated understandings held about refugees. Two studies were conducted. In the first study, a between‐subjects manipulation using word association tasks revealed that the super‐ordinate term Refugees, and Refugees from Afr…
Social Representations and Identity
Social Representations and Identity
Power, social positioning, identity, and social knowledge construction underpin most contemporary social issues. However, in many instances the topic of study is the issue itself which can lead to an implicit conceptualization of the issue as static, distinct and separable from the identity, and relationships, of the groups to whom the issue pertains. Explicitly drawing from the non-individualistic perspective offered by social representations th…
Messiahs, Pariahs, and Donors
This longitudinal, qualitative study investigated the genesis and transformation of the social representations of organ transplants. A search of the West Australian newspaper, from 1954 to 1995 found 672 articles pertaining to organ transplants. Two distinct, but conflicting, representations emerged in the analyses. In the first representation, found from 1967/68, the surgeon was paramount and organ transplants were iconised as ‘spare part surger…
They’re all tribals’
The theory of psychological essentialism provides an account of how and why some social groups are represented as if they possessed an inhering, immutable and group-defining ‘essence’. Whilst much of the empirical and theoretical work on essentialism has attended to characterising its cognitive components through the utilisation of survey measures, this article, adopting a synthetic discursive psychological approach, examines naturally-occurring …
Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Meaning in the Evaluation of Events in World History
The universality versus culture specificity of quantitative evaluations (negative-positive) of 40 events in world history was addressed using World History Survey data collected from 5,800 university students in 30 countries/societies. Multidimensional scaling using generalized procrustean analysis indicated poor fit of data from the 30 countries to an overall mean configuration, indicating lack of universal agreement as to the associational mean…
Messiahs, Pariahs, and Donors
This longitudinal, qualitative study investigated the genesis and transformation of the social representations of organ transplants. A search of the West Australian newspaper, from 1954 to 1995 found 672 articles pertaining to organ transplants. Two distinct, but conflicting, representations emerged in the analyses. In the first representation, found from 1967/68, the surgeon was paramount and organ transplants were iconised as ‘spare part surger…
Contagion in the Representational Field of Water Recycling
Water shortages in Australia have highlighted an urgent need for alternative water sources, and technologically, water recycling is argued to offer the most cost‐effective, environmentally sustainable solution to these shortages. Yet public support for its implementation is low even in the drought‐stricken areas of Australia. Drawing from the theory of social representations, this study addressed community perceptions of water recycling. Three in…
Social representations of refugees
This study investigated social understandings of refugees from Africa in a regional town in NSW, Australia. Drawing from Social Representations Theory (Moscovici, 1984 ), the study investigated whether place of origin (Africa) mediated understandings held about refugees. Two studies were conducted. In the first study, a between‐subjects manipulation using word association tasks revealed that the super‐ordinate term Refugees, and Refugees from Afr…
When is the gift given? Organ donation, social representations, and an opportunity to register
The gift of life doctrine underpins Australia's approach to organ donation: in legislation, clinical practice, community awareness campaigns, and educational activities. In this paper, we present an approach that situates an understanding of organ donation within a social representation framework as a system of values, ideas, and practices. In cadaveric donation, the final giving‐of‐the‐gift can never be by the donor, leading us to ask where the …
Using social representations theory to make sense of climate change
Moloney, G., Z. Leviston, T. Lynam, J. Price, S. Stone-Jovicich, and D. Blair. 2014. Using social representations theory to make sense of climate change: what scientists and nonscientists in Australia think. Ecology and Society 19(3): 19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06592-190319
The importance of Australian national identity to a sense of belonging of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese cultural groups in regional Australia
This study explored the primacy of importance of Australian national identity as underpinning belongingness of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese cultural groups. A mixed-method approach comprised focus groups and interviews was used. Australian national identity did not hold primacy of importance to a sense of belonging in either group, however family identities were of primary importance to both, together with cultural identity of the Chinese. Anglo-Celt…
Messiahs, Pariahs, and Donors
This longitudinal, qualitative study investigated the genesis and transformation of the social representations of organ transplants. A search of the West Australian newspaper, from 1954 to 1995 found 672 articles pertaining to organ transplants. Two distinct, but conflicting, representations emerged in the analyses. In the first representation, found from 1967/68, the surgeon was paramount and organ transplants were iconised as ‘spare part surger…
Social Representations and Identity
Social Representations and Identity
Power, social positioning, identity, and social knowledge construction underpin most contemporary social issues. However, in many instances the topic of study is the issue itself which can lead to an implicit conceptualization of the issue as static, distinct and separable from the identity, and relationships, of the groups to whom the issue pertains. Explicitly drawing from the non-individualistic perspective offered by social representations th…
Social representations of refugees
This study investigated social understandings of refugees from Africa in a regional town in NSW, Australia. Drawing from Social Representations Theory (Moscovici, 1984 ), the study investigated whether place of origin (Africa) mediated understandings held about refugees. Two studies were conducted. In the first study, a between‐subjects manipulation using word association tasks revealed that the super‐ordinate term Refugees, and Refugees from Afr…
Contagion in the Representational Field of Water Recycling
Water shortages in Australia have highlighted an urgent need for alternative water sources, and technologically, water recycling is argued to offer the most cost‐effective, environmentally sustainable solution to these shortages. Yet public support for its implementation is low even in the drought‐stricken areas of Australia. Drawing from the theory of social representations, this study addressed community perceptions of water recycling. Three in…
Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Meaning in the Evaluation of Events in World History
The universality versus culture specificity of quantitative evaluations (negative-positive) of 40 events in world history was addressed using World History Survey data collected from 5,800 university students in 30 countries/societies. Multidimensional scaling using generalized procrustean analysis indicated poor fit of data from the 30 countries to an overall mean configuration, indicating lack of universal agreement as to the associational mean…
They’re all tribals’
The theory of psychological essentialism provides an account of how and why some social groups are represented as if they possessed an inhering, immutable and group-defining ‘essence’. Whilst much of the empirical and theoretical work on essentialism has attended to characterising its cognitive components through the utilisation of survey measures, this article, adopting a synthetic discursive psychological approach, examines naturally-occurring …
Using social representations theory to make sense of climate change
Moloney, G., Z. Leviston, T. Lynam, J. Price, S. Stone-Jovicich, and D. Blair. 2014. Using social representations theory to make sense of climate change: what scientists and nonscientists in Australia think. Ecology and Society 19(3): 19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06592-190319
The importance of Australian national identity to a sense of belonging of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese cultural groups in regional Australia
This study explored the primacy of importance of Australian national identity as underpinning belongingness of Anglo-Celtic and Chinese cultural groups. A mixed-method approach comprised focus groups and interviews was used. Australian national identity did not hold primacy of importance to a sense of belonging in either group, however family identities were of primary importance to both, together with cultural identity of the Chinese. Anglo-Celt…
When is the gift given? Organ donation, social representations, and an opportunity to register
The gift of life doctrine underpins Australia's approach to organ donation: in legislation, clinical practice, community awareness campaigns, and educational activities. In this paper, we present an approach that situates an understanding of organ donation within a social representation framework as a system of values, ideas, and practices. In cadaveric donation, the final giving‐of‐the‐gift can never be by the donor, leading us to ask where the …
Don't forget the context when you are talking about organ donation
The tenuous relationship between beliefs and behaviour is well known. What is less well‐known is how the context in which beliefs are elicited affects the salience of those beliefs and their subsequent effect on behaviour. Drawing from a dialogical approach within social representations theory, beliefs about organ donation were conceptualised as contradictory and interdependent. The context we examined was the collectively‐shared, positively char…
Facebook and older adults
Hoping for life means waiting for death”
Paediatric organ donation rates in Australia do not match the demand for paediatric organ transplants. Paediatric donations require parents to consent to donate the organs of their child, yet little research exists on how paediatric donation is understood outside of the medical world. Drawing from social representation theory, we examined how paediatric donation was portrayed by the media, the primary source of information about organ donation. F…
Juggling risks
Pregnant women are at disproportionate risk of harm from contracting COVID‐19, but pregnant women in regional Australia have been less likely to be vaccinated than their non‐pregnant counterparts. This longitudinal research drew from social representations theory to investigate emerging social knowledge associated with the COVID‐19 virus and COVID‐19 vaccination concerning women and pregnancy in regional Australia: One wave of data collected at t…
I am not an anti‐vaxxer
Despite a disproportionate risk of harm from contracting COVID‐19, pregnant women in Australia are reluctant to vaccinate. Drawing from social representations theory, this study investigated lay knowledge associated with women, pregnancy and COVID‐19 vaccination towards the end of the pandemic. Women in regional New South Wales ( N = 103; M age = 39.76) completed an online survey comprising risk/benefit scales and a word association task. Results…
I’m still using my body’ – dancing with the lived musical body
The body acquires knowledge through interactions with the world. This knowledge resides in the body and shapes our physical, social and emotional experiences. Older adults possess extensive embodied knowledge, but its expression can be suppressed by environmental and social change, such as relocating to a residential care home (RCH). Dancing is more than movement; it is an embodied activity that involves complex interactions among the body, space…
Psychology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Sociology (11 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Social Representations and Identity (6 obras) · Cultural Differences and Values (5 obras)