Domestic and family violence is a pervasive social problem that can have significant, long-term effects for a survivor’s physical and mental health (Queensland Government, 2015). In Australia in 2012, it was estimated that 17.0% of all women and 5.3% of all men had experienced an incident of domestic violence at […]
Barbara Masser
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I was fifteen when I first encountered something struck me as making absolutely no sense. In a sentencing hearing Old Bailey Judge Sir John Leonard declared of a rape victim that “the trauma suffered by the victim was not so great”. He promptly handed out a longer sentence to one […]
Associate Professor Barbara Masser with Alison Gould The University of Queensland; The Australian Red Cross Blood Service Many years ago, way back in the 20th century, some inquisitive soul asked me what I researched. “Blood donor recruitment and retention” I said proudly. Shooting me a look that suggested I had […]
Associate Professor Barbara Masser with Alison Gould The University of Queensland; The Australian Red Cross Blood Service “Hi Kylie, your blood donation is at work! Your blood has gone on to save lives at St Vincent’s Hospital”. My friend proudly showed me the text she had received after her last blood […]
In July this year, I headed off to Albuquerque to present at the annual Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) conference in New Mexico, USA alongside my fellow PhDers, Tulsi Achia, Morgana Lizzio-Wilson. I hadn’t been to a SPSSI conference, or to the States, and I didn’t know […]
Legal decision-making in relation to sexual assault is often influenced by shared social beliefs (schemas). In investigating these beliefs, prior research has confounded different schemas – offence prototypes, sexual script schemas, and victim and perpetrator stereotypes. At this stage, it is unclear which schemas are influential and when, making it difficult […]
It has been a busy time of year for the ASP lab members, and so time to publicly share our good news… Michael Lam was successful in his application for an APA scholarship to begin a PhD with A/Prof Masser in early 2017. Chantelle Baguley had her paper “Deconstructing […]
On Monday night, Associate Professor Blake McKimmie and Associate Professor Barbara Masser from the Applied Social Psychology lab and Associate Professor Mark Horswill from UQ’s School of Psychology were presented with a UQ Excellence in Teaching and Learning award at Customs House by UQ Provost Professor Aiden Byrne. This award […]
I first joined the Applied Social Psychology Lab as part of the Summer Research program at the end of 2012. Having worked for a number of community projects as a support worker and volunteer over the years, I became acutely aware of the need for, and importance of, evidence based […]