Dr Stephanie Quinton
Lecturer
PhD "Cognitive processes inwomen with eating disorders", University of Manchester, UK, (1998 awarded)
MSc Psychology and Health, University of Stirling, UK (1995, distinction)
BSc Psychology and Sports Science, University of Birmingham, UK, (1994, 2i - upper second)
CPsychol - Chartered Health Psychologist, The British Psychological Society and Health Professions Council, UK (registered and practising certificate since January 2005)
Psychologist in Training, NSW Registration Board (provisional registration and undergoing 3 months supervision)
MA Education (Research) "Retention of full-time single honours 1st year undergraduate Psychology students", University of Central Lancashire, UK (2006, distinction)
PGCert RSS - Postgraduate Certificate in Research (PhD) Student Supervision, University of Central Lancashire, UK (2006)
PGCert TLHE - Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Central Lancashire, UK (2002)
Stephanie Quinton
Bio
I was educated in the United Kingdom (Universities of Birmingham, Stirling and Manchester ). After completing my PhD I travelled for a while before starting work in academia in 2000. Whilst at The University of Central Lancashire (UK) I taught and supervised research at both undergraduate and postgraduate (MSc, PhD) levels. I am a chartered Health Psychologist (British Psychological Society, Health Professions Council) and full member of the Australian Psychological Society ( MAPS ). I have facilitated various eating disorder self-help recovery groups for sufferers and carers since 1995 in both the UK and Australia . I joined Charles Sturt University in 2007. My main research interest is the eating disorders and related areas.
Teaching
Since joining Charles Sturt University I have been involved with:
- Foundations of Psychology I – PSY 101 (Subject Coordinator)
- Foundations of Psychology II – PSY 102 (Subject Coordinator)
- Introduction to Psychological Enquiry – PSY 103
- Psychopathology – PSY 304 (DE – distance education)
- Cognition – PSY 307 (DE)
- Psychological Assessment – PSY 404 (DE) (Subject Coordinator)
- Issues in Health Psychology – PSY 427 (DE)
- Psychology Advanced Topics – PSY 429 (DE)
- Eating Behaviour and Disorders (Sub-topic Coordinator)
- Sport Psychology (Sub-topic Coordinator)
- The Clinical Psychologist in Practice – PSY 527 (DE)
Supervision
- Honours research project – PSY 424 (DE)
- Group research project – PSY 436 (DE)
- Research Dissertation PSY 530 (DE - MSc Clinical Psychology)
Research
My main area of interest is the eating disorders and related fields. I have various ongoing projects, some individual and some involving both national and international collaboration. These include the UK ( University of Central Lancashire ), USA ( Florida State University ), Japan ( Temple University ) and Australia (Universities of Sydney and Western Sydney ). Some current projects comprise:
- Emotional expression, unwanted sexual experiences and eating pathology – cross-cultural comparisons in female students.
- Relationship between body shape discrepancies with admired celebrities and body dissatisfaction in young men – rural and metrocentric comparisons.
- Relationships between body shape discrepancies with admired celebrities and disordered eating in young women – an Australian rural and metrocentric comparison.
- Conflict over the expression of anger, state and trait anger, and bulimic symptoms.
- 2D:4D (digit ratio) in clinical (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa) and non-clinical women.
- Alexithymia, loneliness and eating attitudes in non-clinical women (follow-up study).
- Schizotypy, alexithymia and eating attitudes in an unselected sample of women.
- Paranormal beliefs, personality type and dissociative experiences in an unselected sample of women.
- Dieters, motivation and the media – qualitative and content analyses of magazine media.
Recent Research Grants
SEED grant $ 4481 (in-house Faculty of Arts, 2009).
Recent Peer Reviewed Research Publications
Qualter, P., Quinton, S., Wagner, H. & Brown, S. (2009). Alexithymia, interpersonal distrust and loneliness in male and female college students. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39(6), 1461-1479. (ERA draft ranking – B)
Shorter, L., Brown, S. L., Quinton, S. J. & Hinton, L. (2008). Relationships between body shape discrepancies with admired celebrities and disordered eating in young women. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(5), 1364-1377. (ERA draft ranking – B)
Manning, J. T. & Quinton, S. (2007). Digit ratio (2D:4D) is associated with self-reported attractiveness in men and women: evidence from 255116 participants in the BBC internet survey. Journal of Individual Differences, 28, 73-77. (ERA - not yet ranked)
Quinton, S. & Wagner, H. L. (2005). Emotional expression, alexithymia and characteristics associated with eating psychopathology in nonclinical women. Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 1163-1173. (ERA draft ranking – B)
Quinton, S. (2004). Processing of five types of ‘threat' information in anorexic and bulimic women. European Eating Disorders Review, 12, 184–189. (ERA draft ranking – B)
Conference Presentations – Oral (refereed)
Quinton, S. (2008). Favoured Celebrities and Ideal Body Shape in Young Men. Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders Annual Conference. Fremantle , WA , Australia , 29 th – 30 th August, 2008.
Shorter, L., Brown, S. L., Quinton, S. J. & Hinton, L. (2006). Relationships Between Body Shape Discrepancies with Admired Celebrities and Disordered Eating in Young Women. Food and History: Health, Culture, Tourism and Identity. University of Central Lancashire , UK , 29 th June – 1 st July, 2006 .
Quinton, S. J. (2005). Competencies underlying effective independent learning: an emotional intelligence perspective with postgraduate MSc students. International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology 10 th International Conference, University of Durham , UK , 10 th – 14 th July, 2005.
Quinton, S. J. (2005). Digit ratio (2D:4D) in eating disordered women. British Feeding and Drinking Group Annual Conference 2005, University of Wageningen , Holland , 11 th – 12 th April, 2005.
Wagner, H. & Quinton, S. (2004). Alexithymia, ambivalence over emotional expression, and eating attitudes. 28 th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing , China , 8 th – 13 th August, 2004. (Presented by co-author Wagner).
Quinton, S.J., Caswell, N. & Manning, J.T. (2004). Second to Fourth Digit Ratio and Eating Disorders in Women. Human Behaviour and Evolution Society Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, 26th-30th July, 2004.
Quinton, S. & Wagner, H. L. (2004). Emotional expression, alexithymia and characteristics associated with eating psychopathology in non-clinical women. Academy for Eating Disorders 2004 International Conference on Eating Disorders, Orlando, Florida, USA, 29 th April – 2 nd May, 2004.
Quinton, S. (2004). 2 nd to 4 th digit ratio (2D:4D) and eating psychopathology in an unselected sample of women. British Feeding and Drinking Group Annual Conference 2004, University of Bristol , UK , 25 th – 26 th March, 2004.
Conference Posters (refereed)
Quinton, S. (2009). Predictors of body shape dissatisfaction in young men. The 7 th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane , QLD, Australia , 28 th – 29 th August, 2009.
Quinton, S. & Brown, S. L. (2007). Relationship between body shape discrepancies with favoured celebrities and disordered eating in young women. Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders Annual Conference. The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , VIC, Australia , 17 th – 18 th August, 2007.
Quinton, S. J. (2007). Control and self-criticism in relation to eating psychopathology in non-clinical women. Eating Disorders 2007. Imperial College , London , UK , 29 th – 31 st March, 2007.
Quinton, S. & Manning, J. T. (2006). Digit ratio (2D:4D) and prenatal influences on self-reported attractiveness: evidence from the BBC internet survey. British Feeding and Drinking Group Annual Conference 2005, University of Birmingham , UK , 19 th – 21 st April, 2006.
Interpersonal distrust, social loneliness, alexithymia, emotional intelligence and eating pathology in women. Academy for Eating Disorders 2006 International Conference on Eating Disorders, Barcelona, Spain, 7 th – 10 th June, 2006.
Quinton, S. J. (2006). Retention of full-time single honours 1 st year undergraduate Psychology students. Postgraduate Research in Arts Sciences and Humanities (PRASH), University of Central Lancashire , UK , 18 th January, 2006 .
Quinton, S. J. (2005). 2 nd to 4 th digit ratio (2D:4D) in clinical and non-clinical women. European Council on Eating Disorders, 9 th General Meeting, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, 7 th – 9 th September, 2005.
Quinton, S. (2004). Successful implementation of formative assessment as preparation for summative examination in final year undergraduate Psychology students. The Psychology Learning and Teaching Support Network Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , UK , 5 th – 7 th April, 2004.
Membership of Professional Associations and Groups
The British Psychological Society (BPS)
The Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)
Academy for Eating Disorders ( AED ) - USA
Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy ( HEA ) - UK
