Nicole Sugden
Biographic Data
| ID | 5709380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Sugden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole |
| FAMILY NAME | Sugden |
| SIGNATURE | SUGDEN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7010-1136 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Sky is Falling! Examining Disaster Preparedness in Supported Independent Living
With increased occurrence of disasters, disaster preparedness for those living with a disability is paramount. Support workers of people living with a disability are directly implicated in their disaster preparedness, playing a critical role in evacuation and emergency responses, yet little is understood about their preparedness. This mixed-methods study explored attitudes, experiences, and knowledge of 137 Australian support workers working with…
Personality traits as predictors of lurking and the relationship with academic achievement in higher education
Less conscientiousness and more academic hyper-competitiveness are linked to lurking. • Less experience with online forums and more comfort using computers predict lurking Greater lurking is related to lower academic achievement. • Lurking is strategic; thus students may need to develop more self-regulated learning. • Educators should opt for online platforms that promote greater visibility of users. Motivations for online lurking have received r…
Workplace inclusion
The unemployment rate for people with disability in Australia has remained unchanged for decades, despite policy and strategy focus. Therefore, understanding perceptions of those making hiring decisions is important. This research used a qualitative approach interviewing 13 participants who made hiring decisions. Reflexive thematic analysis uncovered four themes about altruistic hiring motivations, organisational culture barriers, sharing of disa…
The structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Zigmond ‐ Snaith, 1983) is widely used; however, its factor structure is unclear, with studies reporting differing unidimensional, two‐factor and three‐factor models. We aimed to address some key theoretical and methodological issues contributing to inconsistencies in HADS structures across samples. We reviewed existing HADS models and compared their fit using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). We…
Discussion forums
Discussion forums are often touted as maximising student participation and learning but concerns around engagement counter any perceived benefits. Often participation is the measure of engagement, and students who do not post are deemed unengaged. To further examine engagement and forums as learning communities, we used analytic data from 270 students enrolled in two online psychology subjects using social network analysis and interviewed 22 stud…
Evaluating student engagement and deep learning in interactive online psychology learning activities
There is growing demand for online learning activities that offer flexibility for students to study anywhere, anytime, as online students fit study around work and family commitments. We designed a series of online activities and evaluated how, where, and with what devices students used the activities, as well as their levels of engagement and deep learning with the activities. A mixed-methods design was used to explore students’ interactions wit…
Investigating the National Adult Reading Test (Nart-2) and Wechsler Test of Adult Reading Test (WTAR) in predicting Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence – Second edition (Wasi-II) scores in an A…
Objective: The NART-2 and WTAR are used to estimate premorbid intellectual functioning. There are concerns about their accuracy. Our aim was to develop models predicting WASI-II scores from the NART-2 and WTAR variables and evaluate their accuracy within an Australian sample.Method: The sample included 145 adults aged 18.91 to 70.64 years (M = 34.70, SD = 13.30), of which 78 were female. Analyses examined the reliability of the word reading tasks…
Detecting changes between two strangers
The current study aims to investigate what factors influence whether adults detect a change between social partners in a brief interaction. In two experiments, we examined whether locale diversity, a stranger’s marginalized minority status (e.g., minority race, minority religious affiliation), and race congruence (e.g., own or other race) influenced the likelihood of being differentiated. Using a change blindness paradigm, an experimenter approac…
Meta-analytic review of infants' preferential attention to familiar and unfamiliar face types based on gender and race
Meta-analytic review of the development of face discrimination in infancy
Infants show facility for discriminating between individual faces within hours of birth. Over the first year of life, infants' face discrimination shows continued improvement with familiar face types, such as own-race faces, but not with unfamiliar face types, like other-race faces. The goal of this meta-analytic review is to provide an effect size for infants' face discrimination ability overall, with own-race faces, and with other-race faces wi…
A review of the HIV-related sexual behaviour of gay men and men who have sex with men
In the last decade studies have identified a myriad of factors associated with continued risky sex in gay men and men who have sex with men. More recently the phenomenon of 'relapse' has been identified among this population. The results of such studies have been fed into the ongoing development of strategies to prevent HIV transmission. This paper critically examines this research--most of which is quantitative--and argues that the usefulness of…
Investigating the National Adult Reading Test (Nart-2) and Wechsler Test of Adult Reading Test (WTAR) in predicting Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence – Second edition (Wasi-II) scores in an A…
Objective: The NART-2 and WTAR are used to estimate premorbid intellectual functioning. There are concerns about their accuracy. Our aim was to develop models predicting WASI-II scores from the NART-2 and WTAR variables and evaluate their accuracy within an Australian sample.Method: The sample included 145 adults aged 18.91 to 70.64 years (M = 34.70, SD = 13.30), of which 78 were female. Analyses examined the reliability of the word reading tasks…
A review of the HIV-related sexual behaviour of gay men and men who have sex with men
In the last decade studies have identified a myriad of factors associated with continued risky sex in gay men and men who have sex with men. More recently the phenomenon of 'relapse' has been identified among this population. The results of such studies have been fed into the ongoing development of strategies to prevent HIV transmission. This paper critically examines this research--most of which is quantitative--and argues that the usefulness of…
Meta-analytic review of the development of face discrimination in infancy
Infants show facility for discriminating between individual faces within hours of birth. Over the first year of life, infants' face discrimination shows continued improvement with familiar face types, such as own-race faces, but not with unfamiliar face types, like other-race faces. The goal of this meta-analytic review is to provide an effect size for infants' face discrimination ability overall, with own-race faces, and with other-race faces wi…
Meta-analytic review of infants' preferential attention to familiar and unfamiliar face types based on gender and race
Detecting changes between two strangers
The current study aims to investigate what factors influence whether adults detect a change between social partners in a brief interaction. In two experiments, we examined whether locale diversity, a stranger’s marginalized minority status (e.g., minority race, minority religious affiliation), and race congruence (e.g., own or other race) influenced the likelihood of being differentiated. Using a change blindness paradigm, an experimenter approac…
Evaluating student engagement and deep learning in interactive online psychology learning activities
There is growing demand for online learning activities that offer flexibility for students to study anywhere, anytime, as online students fit study around work and family commitments. We designed a series of online activities and evaluated how, where, and with what devices students used the activities, as well as their levels of engagement and deep learning with the activities. A mixed-methods design was used to explore students’ interactions wit…
Investigating the National Adult Reading Test (Nart-2) and Wechsler Test of Adult Reading Test (WTAR) in predicting Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence – Second edition (Wasi-II) scores in an A…
Objective: The NART-2 and WTAR are used to estimate premorbid intellectual functioning. There are concerns about their accuracy. Our aim was to develop models predicting WASI-II scores from the NART-2 and WTAR variables and evaluate their accuracy within an Australian sample.Method: The sample included 145 adults aged 18.91 to 70.64 years (M = 34.70, SD = 13.30), of which 78 were female. Analyses examined the reliability of the word reading tasks…
Discussion forums
Discussion forums are often touted as maximising student participation and learning but concerns around engagement counter any perceived benefits. Often participation is the measure of engagement, and students who do not post are deemed unengaged. To further examine engagement and forums as learning communities, we used analytic data from 270 students enrolled in two online psychology subjects using social network analysis and interviewed 22 stud…
The structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Zigmond ‐ Snaith, 1983) is widely used; however, its factor structure is unclear, with studies reporting differing unidimensional, two‐factor and three‐factor models. We aimed to address some key theoretical and methodological issues contributing to inconsistencies in HADS structures across samples. We reviewed existing HADS models and compared their fit using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). We…
Workplace inclusion
The unemployment rate for people with disability in Australia has remained unchanged for decades, despite policy and strategy focus. Therefore, understanding perceptions of those making hiring decisions is important. This research used a qualitative approach interviewing 13 participants who made hiring decisions. Reflexive thematic analysis uncovered four themes about altruistic hiring motivations, organisational culture barriers, sharing of disa…
Personality traits as predictors of lurking and the relationship with academic achievement in higher education
Less conscientiousness and more academic hyper-competitiveness are linked to lurking. • Less experience with online forums and more comfort using computers predict lurking Greater lurking is related to lower academic achievement. • Lurking is strategic; thus students may need to develop more self-regulated learning. • Educators should opt for online platforms that promote greater visibility of users. Motivations for online lurking have received r…
The Sky is Falling! Examining Disaster Preparedness in Supported Independent Living
With increased occurrence of disasters, disaster preparedness for those living with a disability is paramount. Support workers of people living with a disability are directly implicated in their disaster preparedness, playing a critical role in evacuation and emergency responses, yet little is understood about their preparedness. This mixed-methods study explored attitudes, experiences, and knowledge of 137 Australian support workers working with…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 works) · Face recognition and analysis (2 works) · Face Recognition and Perception (2 works) · Focus group (2 works)