Journal Articles
Donaldson, Jessica L., Robertson, Alysia M., Cruwys, Tegan, Rathbone, Joanne A., Haslam, Catherine, Chen, Junwen and Dawel, Amy (2025). An intervention to build social identities improves mental health and wellbeing in people with elevated social anxiety: Evidence from a single‐arm clinical trial. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12539
Ferris, Laura J., Kang, Jemima, Rathbone, Joanne A., Cruwys, Tegan, Stevens, Mark, Donaldson, Jessica L., Ranse, Jamie and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2025). Vaccine uptake and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions at a youth mass gathering event: A longitudinal field cohort study. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 65 102853, 102853-65. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102853
Rathbone, Joanne A., Cruwys, Tegan, Western, Kate A. B., Donaldson, Jessica L., Haslam, Catherine, Rieger, Elizabeth, Wheatland, Fiona Tito and Dugdale, Paul (2025). Tackling Loneliness, Ineffective Social Support, and Mental Ill‐Health Among People With Higher Weight. Health Expectations, 28 (2) e70192, e70192-2. doi: 10.1111/hex.70192
Foran, Aoife-Marie, Cruwys, Tegan, Rathbone, Joanne A., Ferris, Laura J., Jetten, Jolanda, McMahon, Grace, Manunta, Efisio, Whelan, Éadaoin and Muldoon, Orla T. (2025). Multiple Group Membership and Trust Protect Against Distress in the Context of Unwanted Sexual Experiences at a Youth Mass Gathering. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8862605251318278. doi: 10.1177/08862605251318278
West, Madeline L., Rathbone, Joanne A., Bilal, Maria, Fernando, Anne Nileshni and Sharp, Gemma (2024). Discussing Weight with Patients in Primary Care in Australia: A Mixed Methods Experimental Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40 (2), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09202-x
Rathbone, Joanne A., Smyth, Lillian and Cruwys, Tegan (2024). A mixed-methods investigation of weight bias reduction in medical students. Fat Studies, 13 (3), 319-337. doi: 10.1080/21604851.2024.2409584
Hill, Briohny, de la Piedad Garcia, Xochitl, Rathbone, Joanne A., Malik, Zanab, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Lawrence, Blake J., Kite, James, Cooper, Kelly, Brody, Timothy R. and Dixon, John B. (2024). Supporting healthcare professionals to reduce weight stigma. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (9), 682-685. doi: 10.31128/ajgp-07-23-6906
Cruwys, Tegan, Selwyn, Joseph, Rathbone, Joanne A. and Frings, Daniel (2024). Discrimination and social identity processes predict impairment and dysfunction among heavy drinkers. Social Science and Medicine, 343 116549, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116549
Rathbone, Joanne A., Cruwys, Tegan, Stevens, Mark, Ferris, Laura J. and Reynolds, Katherine J. (2023). The reciprocal relationship between social identity and adherence to group norms. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62 (3), 1346-1362. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12635
Ferris, Laura J., Cruwys, Tegan, Rathbone, Joanne A., Stevens, Mark and Jiang, Yawei (2023). Managing youth leisure mass gatherings: a coordinated service response for ‘Safer Schoolies’. Leisure Studies, 42 (5), 769-787. doi: 10.1080/02614367.2022.2143877
Cruwys, Tegan, Fong, Polly, Evans, Olivia and Rathbone, Joanne A. (2022). A community-led intervention to build neighbourhood identification predicts better wellbeing following prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 1030637, 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1030637
Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S.Alexander, Rathbone, Joanne A. and Donaldson, Jessica L. (2022). Acceptability and feasibility of an intervention to enhance social group belonging: evidence from three trials of Groups 4 Health. Behavior Therapy, 53 (6), 1233-1249. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2022.06.011
Rathbone, Joanne A., Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda, Banas, Kasia, Smyth, Lillian and Murray, Kristen (2022). How conceptualizing obesity as a disease affects beliefs about weight, and associated weight stigma and clinical decision‐making in health care. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12625
Rathbone, Joanne A, Stevens, Mark, Cruwys, Tegan and Ferris, Laura J (2022). COVID-safe behaviour before, during and after a youth mass gathering event: a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, 12 (7) e058239, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058239
Rathbone, Joanne A., Jetten, Jolanda and Cruwys, Tegan (2022). Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem. Body Image, 41, 156-162. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.02.006
Dittman, Cassandra K. and Rathbone, Joanne A. (2022). ‘I Have to be the Mum and Dad for 4 Weeks Straight’. exploring the experiences and support needs of Australian parents and partners engaged in Fly-In/Fly-Out work practices. Journal of Family Issues, 44 (8), 2138-2161. doi: 10.1177/0192513x211071061
Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Rathbone, Joanne A., Williams, Elyse and Haslam, S. Alexander (2021). Groups 4 Health protects against unanticipated threats to mental health: Evaluating two interventions during COVID-19 lockdown among young people with a history of depression and loneliness. Journal of Affective Disorders, 295, 316-322. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.029
Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Rathbone, Joanne A., Williams, Elyse, Haslam, S. Alexander and Walter, Zoe C. (2021). Groups 4 Health versus cognitive–behavioural therapy for depression and loneliness in young people: randomised phase 3 non-inferiority trial with 12-month follow-up. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220 (3) PII S0007125021001288, 1-8. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.128
Stevens, Mark, Cruwys, Tegan, Rathbone, Joanne A., Ferris, Laura and Graupensperger, Scott (2021). Predicting substance use at a youth mass gathering event: The role of norms and the importance of their source. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 82 (3), 320-329. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2021.82.320
Rathbone, Joanne A., Cruwys, Tegan and Jetten, Jolanda (2021). Non-stigmatising alternatives to anti-obesity public health messages: consequences for health behaviour and well-being. Journal of Health Psychology, 27 (7), 1-14. doi: 10.1177/1359105321999705
Rathbone, Joanne A., Jetten, Jolanda, Barlow, Fiona Kate and Russell, Jasmine (2020). Rethinking the public health approach to obesity. Psychologist, 33 (9), 46-48.
Rathbone, Joanne A., Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2020). When stigma is the norm: how weight and social norms influence the healthcare we receive. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53 (3) jasp.12689, 185-201. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12689
Cruwys, Tegan, Greenaway, Katharine H., Ferris, Laura J., Rathbone, Joanne A., Saeri, Alexander K., Williams, Elyse, Parker, Stacey L., Chang, Melissa X-L., Croft, Nicholas, Bingley, William and Grace, Laura (2020). When trust goes wrong: a social identity model of risk taking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120 (1), 57-83. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000243
Major, Brenda, Rathbone, Joanne A., Blodorn, Alison and Hunger, Jeffrey M. (2020). The countervailing effects of weight stigma on weight-loss motivation and perceived capacity for weight control. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46 (9), 014616722090318-1343. doi: 10.1177/0146167220903184
Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Walter, Zoe C., Rathbone, Joanne and Williams, Elyse (2019). The connecting adolescents to reduce relapse (CARR) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of Groups 4 Health and cognitive behaviour therapy in young people. BMC Public Health, 19 (1) 788, 788. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7011-y
Conference Paper
West, Madeline L., Rathbone, Joanne A., Bilal, Maria, Fernando, Anne Nileshni and Sharp, Gemma (2024). Discussing weight with patients in primary care: a mixed methods experimental study. ANZOS (Australian & New Zealand Obesity Society) Conference 2024, Sydney, Australia, 16-18 October 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2024.09.019
Thesis
Rathbone, Joanne Ashley (2021). Weight stigma and discrimination: psychological and social determinants and the implications for behaviour and health. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/64e6eb9