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INTRODUCING Prof. Kyra Hamilton (@kyrahamilton.bsky.social), Director of the Health and Psychology Innovations (HaPI) lab! 🌟 Leading cutting-edge research in health psychology, she is dedicated to driving innovation and improving wellbeing! 🏃‍♀️ #HealthPsychology #ResearchSpotlight #BehaviouralMedicine

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1/3 Tutorial on exploring ecological momentary assessment data is online at AMPPS, with: - Accessible ways to visualize data for better understanding - Models to get some first insights - Further reading boxes for more advanced topics - Reproducible pipeline you can run over your own data

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That’s a wrap on #ASBHM2025! What a fabulous conference, with terrific presentations from members of the HaPI lab and a variety of other amazing researchers. Already excited for #ASBHM2026! 🇳🇿

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Last week, I attended and presented at #ASBHM2025. There were some fantastic keynote speakers, workshops and presentations that have all left me feeling very inspired! It was also great to have so many HaPI lab members in one place. Very grateful for our supportive lab group! 😊

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Editor's Choice paper in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology: 'Testing theory predictions and intervention mechanisms of action in #sport and #exercise #psychology using #meta-analysis' by @martinhagger.bsky.social and me. doi.org/10.1037/spy0...

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A terrific presentation yesterday from @danielbrown919.bsky.social at @asbhm.bsky.social #ASBHM2025 on concerns about ageing and accessing care in LGBTQI+ sistergirl and brotherboy Queenslanders 🏳️‍🌈 Super interesting and important work!

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A courageous presentation on her honours research from Sam O’Brien on self-determined solitude in attachment orientations predicting loneliness. 👫 Amazing work! 👏 @asbhm.bsky.social #ASBHM2025

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A great rapid presentation this morning from HaPI lab member Mac Thi Nhung at @asbhm.bsky.social #ASBHM2025. Her research examines messages promoting compliance behaviour for COVID-19 QR code check ins. 🤧🦠 Amazing work Mac! 👏

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Sensational presentation from HaPI member @tenellemaroney.bsky.social at @asbhm.bsky.social #ASBHM2025 sharing her study on the predictive utility of personality for coping strategy choice! 🏃🏼‍♀️🍕 Amazing work, Ten!

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A very thought provoking, impactful presentation from Alena Gadoury at @asbhm.bsky.social #ASBHM2025 yesterday, conveying her PhD program which will explore prevalence of suicidality in veterinarians, identifying risk factors, and evaluating an intervention. Incredible presentation Alena! 👏

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Kicking off day one of #ASBHM2025 from the HaPI lab yesterday with a fantastic symposium on the structure, mechanisms, and consequences of self-control! 🧠🤔🏃🏻‍♀️🍎 Great work guys! @asbhm.bsky.social @kyrahamilton.bsky.social @martinhagger.bsky.social @jacobkeech.bsky.social @sabrynasas.bsky.social

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New collab in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social w. Emma, Cameron, Kailas, @kyrahamilton.bsky.social. We map the risks for peers with lived-living experience in the AOD sector + highlight the steps needed for workforce wellbeing. @griffith.edu.au @griffithcmh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...

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If you are at #ASBHM2025 this week, check out the line up of presentations from @hapiresearch.bsky.social ! @griffith.edu.au @griffithcmh.bsky.social @asbhm.bsky.social

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If you’re at #ASBHM2025 tomorrow, I’m chairing my first symposium, main room 11am - Advances in Understanding the Structure, Mechanisms, and Consequences of Self-Control for Health and Performance – @martinhagger.bsky.social @kyrahamilton.bsky.social @jacobkeech.bsky.social – come and check it out!

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On tomorrow #ASBHM2025! @sabrynasas.bsky.social chairs & presents at an invited symposia on advances in understanding self-control for health & behaviour with presentations by @griffith.edu.au's @jacobkeech.bsky.social, @kyrahamilton.bsky.social & Uni of California's @martinhagger.bsky.social

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At Brisbane International tennis Tiafoe vs. Mpetshi Perricard with @kyrahamilton.bsky.social

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Great to see Kimberly Birrell play a great winning game against Anastasia Potapova at the Brisbane 🇦🇺 International Tennis Tournament. 🎾 🥇

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‼️NEW PAPER‼️Evidence inhibitory self‐control moderates effects of habit on complex but not simple health behaviors, while initatory self-control is correlated with habit but doesn't moderate its effects on health behavior, with @kyrahamilton.bsky.social @martinhagger.bsky.social

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Peer review is a central pillar of academic publishing, yet qualitative researchers’ experiences of this process have been largely overlooked. “Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Despite compelling arguments for why automaticity should not be assessed via a single, self-report item, circumstances may require a brief measure. In those cases, Gardner et al. recommend ‘Behaviour X is something I do automatically’ iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The annual HaPI Research Lab picnic is always a great way to celebrate the amazing achievements in our group, including recent graduations, publications and PhD milestones! @kyrahamilton.bsky.social @jacobkeech.bsky.social @tenellemaroney.bsky.social @lindsylethbridge.bsky.social

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Landmark report from the WHO on the global status of #DrowningPrevention. A big milestone for the drowning prevention community yet an important reminder of all the work still to do. Find the report here: iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

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#Flooding is one of the most threatening climate-related risks. “Systematic risk mitigation measures are crucial to prevent the loss of lives and livelihoods and reversal of development progress”. www.preventionweb.net/news/flood-r...

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Enhancing Rigor, Quality, & Patient Engagement in Qualitative Research...Applying Reflexive Thematic Analysis to the Experience-Based Co-Design Methodology journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Rebecca Wright, Kavita Chapla, Ashley Booth, Katie Nelson, Anna Peeler, Christy Swain, Sarah Won & David Wu

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Another successful year for the HaPI lab, celebrating our successes together at our traditional end of year picnic in beautiful South Bank, Brisbane 🇦🇺

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So here’s one of my favorite details about the very very very tiresome and thoroughly discredited vaccine-autism thing. Not only has it been Looked Into it has been MAXIMALLY Looked Into. In fact, there is almost nowhere left to look. In 2019, a study came out that was simply titanic…

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Why do even strong intenders sometimes fail to act? Evidence from protection, detection, and risk health behaviors. See Conner & Norman paper in #Health #Psychology dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0...

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Proud of Drs. Wright & Mac, the latest PhD graduates of HaPI lab. Dr. Wright's thesis looked at 'Integrating Digital Health & Behaviour Change Following Bariatric Surgery’ & Dr. Mac's thesis was on ‘Understanding QR Code Check-in & Compliance Behaviour in the COVID-19 Pandemic’. Well done to both 🎓🥂

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"The history of major infectious disease outbreaks in Canada is one of missed opportunity after missed opportunity, betting against the house in nature’s casino." Great one from @drhanwell.bsky.social @mark-ungrin.bsky.social et al #MedSky #IDSky #COVID #H5N1 canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/12/08/g...

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Chater & Loewenstein argue that the most important way in which behavioral scientists can contribute to public policy is by employing their skills to develop and implement value-creating system-level change. DOI: doi.org/10.1017/S014....

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Bluesky's VP of Trust and Safety Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team joins me on the Impossible Tradeoffs podcast to discuss how he and the company are managing the surge of users since the U.S. election. 🎧 Listen Now! anchorchange.substack.com/p/blueskys-a...

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Assessing & Exploring Self-Enacted (SE) Behavior Change Techniques (BCTs). Authors found variations in the usage intensity of SE-BCTs, with similarities & differences emerging between physical activity and nutrition domains. SE-BCTs formed clusters similar to BCTs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Check out this great methods paper by @kyrahamilton.bsky.social and @martinhagger.bsky.social. They outline meta-analytic SEM procedures & methods available to test theory predictions & provide a series of examples that illustrate their application to test theories in sport & exercise psychology.

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New paper in Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology where @martinhagger.bsky.social & me discuss application of analytic techniques combining meta-analysis & multivariate analyses e.g., SEM to test theoretical predictions in synthesized data from multiple studies. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

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‘Many nurses, once hailed as heroes on the front line, are being let down by their employers and govt policy. A worrying disregard for the safety and well-being of healthcare professionals - already struggling with staff shortages and burnout.' Dr Alison Twycross @alitwy rcni.com/nursing-stan...

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Working as a #communiversity is the way of the future for academia… m.youtube.com/watch?v=Utrm...

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We are the Habit Special Interest Group of the European Health Psychology Society. Connect with us if you are a researcher interested in habitual behaviours and surrounding issues! @ehps.bsky.social #habitsig #habits #behaviourchange

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Recording of today's webinar on An Introduction to Registered Reports is now live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lREc... Learn more about what RRs are, why they're needed, examples across study types in Health Psychology and how to get started @ehps.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social

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Slides to today's webinar on An Introduction to Registered Reports by Aoife O'Mahony are here: osf.io/rgkq4 We all found this super useful and hope you do too! 😀 @ehps.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social @ehpssynergy.bsky.social

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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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New analysis suggests that open data practice is now on the edge of becoming a standard, recognized and supported scholarly output, globally. #openscience www.digital-science.com/news/state-o...

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This bill may well fall foul of the implied freedom of political communication by cutting children out of large parts of social media conversation.

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New paper as part of Special Issue 'Self-Control and Self-Regulation' in Current Opinion in Psychology where @martinhagger.bsky.social and me summarize theory and research testing a mechanistic explanation for the trait self-control-health behavior relationship. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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✨ PREPRINT 📖🤩 "Study Preregistration: A How-To Guide" Written for students, this guide outlines the 'what, why, and how' of preregistration, perceived barriers and their solutions, and 10 top tips to adopting and/or critically evaluating this open research practice. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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We are absolutely delighted to have published this fantastic paper from @ginnybraun.bsky.social and @vicclarke.bsky.social in Health Promotion International. A critical review of the reporting of reflexive thematic analysis in Health Promotion International academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

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How do you solve a problem like COREQ? A critique of Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research - ScienceDirect New out (& maybe still uncorrected proofs) from @vicclarke.bsky.social and me. Please share www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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