Senior Research Fellow @Psychunimelb | Sport & Exercise Psychologist | For now, I have mostly disengaged with this platform for obvious reasons…
Melbourne
Joined November 2017
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@JoshFrost77's latest work is really important for advancing how we support coaches in high performance sport. The findings highlight a key problem: The pressure and instability of elite sport was the most important, yet least feasible challenge to address doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-202…
🆕 Delighted to announce the publication of my first original PhD research article in the @BJSM_BMJ 🚨
The study is a first to explore barriers associated with mental health help-seeking among Olympic and Paralympic coaches.
Read the full paper here: tinyurl.com/4r2jk42e
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Article in @ConversationEDU reporting on recent research examining the abuse directed towards Australian Rules football umpires #afl theconversation.com/1-in-5-c…
Really enjoyed working on this one with @emilya_harris and star student Nadia, it was a privilege to learn about and engage with a new performance environment.
We document the ways in which women competing in pole experienced and related to body image doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport…
A privilege and pleasure to be involved in these recently published pieces of work examining mental health support in both the community and elite ends of Australian sport. Both open access:
@Vita_Pilkington et al - doi.org/10.1080/10413200.202…
Vella et al - doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-202…
So great to see this piece out. No doubt it will be a go-to resource for years to come!
Just out now in @NatRevPsych “Compassion as a transdiagnostic target to reduce mental health symptoms and promote well-being" nature.com/articles/s44159-0…
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My third PhD paper has finally been published! 🥳🥳🥳 This study explores sport psychologists' understandings of mental health & illness, their perceptions of their role in this area & their experiences supporting athletes
#athletementalhealth #sport
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Great to see this study out. This one certainly had its challenges along the way, but points to some really promising opportunities for utilising the power of self-compassion in the performing arts.
Hopefully much more to come!
frontiersin.org/journals/psy…
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'Co-production: A resource to guide co-producing research in sport, exercise & health sciences'
New Open Access paper out now! #Principles #Coproduction #IntegratedKnowledgeTranslation
@QualiSEH @DUSportExSci @OliWilliamsPhD @GetYrselfActive @MovingSW
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1/ Our TikTok paper is out! Our study, led by the brilliant @Scott1Griffiths, compared the TikTok algorithms of people w & without eating disorders. If a user has an eating disorder, the next TikTok video they see is ✨4,343%✨ more likely to promote disordered eating
Our study on the TikTok algorithm and eating disorders is finally published (big thx 2 @emilya_harris). We scraped the metadata for ~1 million TikTok videos delivered to users w/ eating disorders versus users w/out eating disorders (i.e. healthy controls) sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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I recently gave a talk for World Mental Health day about youth mental health and digital tech.
Here is a brief summary of this talk for those who might not have a spare 45 minutes to watch the full video.
Link to blog and video: open.substack.com/pub/franki…
@ian_hickie
SO keen for this, can’t wait @GAMeS_RG_
… Twickenham?
🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨
We are excited to announce that the next GAMeS conference will be held in London, UK from 19-21 November 2025.
Even more exciting is that the 3-day event will be held at a world-class sports stadium, but you'll have to wait for that announcement.
#GAMeS2025
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Cost of sport survey
lnkd.in/gE_B8cq2
Chance to win 1 of 5 $100 vouchers
We want to know how much it costs to play sport, so we can develop policy and strategies to minimise the cost to play
Looking for a podcast? Two goodies released today:
I spoke with @trisnasari at CAWRI about our work on self-compassion and performers: soundcloud.com/unimelb/compa…
Plus, check out my good friend @Ed__Barlow on the Two Am I Pod.. it's such a great listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0i9…
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Check out my latest podcast episode “How do teenage brains work?”
We talk about why risk taking during adolescence is actually a positive thing - with tips for parents to help their teens make better decisions.
Just in time for @FluxSociety next week!
omny.fm/shows/psychtalks/how…
📢NEW PhD Opportunity📢
Super excited to offer this opportunity for an international joint-PhD between @UofT & @UniMelb. The project will be supervised by @KA_Tamminen & myself.
Read more & submit an expression of interest through the link below!
findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/…
Nice surprise on a gloomy Friday arvo - Just found out that this paper won the @AustPsych @altmetric Prize for 2023. Thanks to co-authors for helping write such a fun paper, and to (then) twitter for the interest..
New Paper! In @AustPsych w/ @PEPsych @ProfPaulGilbert @JamesNKirby
We discuss the value of #selfcompassion in performer #mentalhealth & describe how psychologists can help start to facilitate this.
Transcripts & audio provided. Check it out & pls share!
doi.org/10.1080/00050067.202…
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UQ Compassion Symposium conference day!! Check out the amazing program of presenters and presentations!! Still time to register... payments.uq.edu.au/UQPCET101…
Finally got around to reading this paper from @i_e_backman and colleagues. Great to see work expanding beyond self-directed compassion in elite sport. I've been pushing this for some time so great to see it explicitly explored. Recommend the read!
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FINALLY it’s arrived. Have had a quick flick through and this text looks so good I can’t wait to dig in properly. The go-to for years to come!
🙏 Nicola, @JamesNKirby @beabaldi
