Dr Romany McGuffog
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About
In 2020, I completed my Doctor of Philosophy in social psychology at the University of Newcastle under the supervision of A/Prof Mark Rubin, A/Prof Stefania Paolini, and Dr Kylie McIntyre. My PhD investigated sleep as a mediator of the relation between social class and health across four studies of university students around Australia (as well as a small population of students from an Irish university and students from TAFE). My PhD highlighted that improving an individual's sleep could help reduce the impact that being from a lower social class can have on one's mental and physical health. However, it is important that the interventions to improve sleep should be appropriate for people from lower social classes.
From 2019-2021, I worked at Everymind, a mental health and suicide prevention organisation. I worked on various projects including investigating the mental health and wellbeing of small business owners, and evaluating the effectiveness of postvention initiatives in NSW secondary schools. From 2021-2023, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with A/Prof Michelle Kennedy on the Murru Minya project at the University of Newcastle. This project aims to explore the conduct of research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Currently, I work as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof Elizabeth Rieger exploring interpersonal factors and eating disorders.
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Location
Working remotely from Newcastle
Publications
Mersha, A. G., Bryant, J., Rahman, T., McGuffog, R., Maddox, R., & Kennedy, M. (in press, accepted). What are the effective components of group-based treatment programmes for smoking cessation? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
McGuffog. R., Rubin, M., Boyes, M., Caltabiano, M. L., Collison, J., Lovell, G. P., Muldoon, O., & Paolini, S. (2023). Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students. British Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12645
McGuffog, R., Bryant, J., Booth, K., Collis, F., Brown, A., Hughes, J. T., Chamberlain, C., McGhie, A., Hobden, B., Kennedy, M. (2023). Exploring the reported strengths and limitations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: A narrative review of intervention studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 3993. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20053993
McGuffog, R., Chamberlain, C., Hughes, J., Kong, K., Wenitong, M., Bryant, J., Brown, A., Eades, S. J., Griffiths, K. E., Collis, F., Hobden, B., O'Mara, P., Ridgeway, T., Walter, M., & Kennedy, M. (2023). Murru Minya – Informing the development of practical recommendations to support ethical conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: A protocol for a national mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 13, e067054. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067054
Kennedy, M., Bennett, J., Maidment, S., Chamberlain, C., Booth, K., McGuffog, R., Hobden, B., Whop, L. J., & Bryant, J. (2022). Interrogating the intentions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: a narrative review of research outputs since the introduction of Closing the Gap. Medical Journal of Australia, 217(1), 50-57. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51601.
Evans, O., McGuffog, R., Gendi, M., & Rubin, M. (2022). A First Class Measure: Evidence for a Comprehensive Social Class Scale in Higher Education Populations. Research in Higher Education, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-022-09693-9
McGuffog, R., Lyford, B., Triandafilidis, Z., Fitzgeraldson, E., Hazel, G., & Fitzpatrick, S. (2021). Australian family day care educators’ experiences of supporting children’s mental health, and their own mental health and wellbeing. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391211063663
Rubin, M., Evans, O., & McGuffog, R. (2019). Social class differences in social integration at university: Implications for academic outcomes and mental health. In J. Jetten, & K. Peters (Eds.), The social psychology of inequality. Springer.