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Dr Stephanie Quinton

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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 Stephanie Quinton
Charles Sturt University School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies
Building C6
Bathurst Campus NSW 2640 Australia
Ph:(02) 6338 6118
Fax:(02) 6338 4401
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:

Supervision
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:

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

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