Publications
Book Chapter
Ferris, Laura J. (2019). Hurt feelings: physical pain, social exclusion, and the psychology of pain overlap. Current Directions in Ostracism, Social Exclusion and Rejection Research. (pp. 100-119) edited by Selma Rudert, Rainer Greifeneder and Kipling Williams. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781351255912
Journal Articles
Ferris, Laura J., Cruwys, Tegan, Young, Tarli, Bastian, Brock and Jetten, Jolanda (2025). Benign masochism in the wild: pleasure predicts social identification at aversive mass gatherings. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2025.2512810
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
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
Hornsey, Matthew J., Tyson, Courtney, Ferris, Laura J., Crimston, Charlie R., Faulkner, Callum and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2025). The cosmic calendar: being reminded of the vastness of time can improve wellbeing. Journal of Positive Psychology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2025.2481039
Knight, Emma B., O’Quinn, Richard, Young, Tarli, Brienza, Justin P. and Ferris, Laura J. (2024). Scoping review of veterans’ disclosure of mental health concerns or medical conditions in the workplace and other settings: study protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (12) e083574, e083574. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083574
Ferris, Laura J., Ludlow, Kristiana, Walker, Nicole, Georgiou, Andrew, Henry, Julie D., Lopez Silva, Claudia, Ha, Diep H., Stormon, Nicole, Walsh, Laurence J., Ivanovski, Saso, Sexton, Christopher, Silveira Schuch, Helena, Tuffaha, Haitham, Zamora, Angelique, Pritchard, Lyndal and Do, Loc G. (2024). Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool (M-OHAT) for residential aged care: A co-design protocol. Healthcare, 12 (19) 1953, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12191953
Ferris, Laura J., Hornsey, Matthew J., Morosoli, José J., Milfont, Taciano L. and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2024). A 30-nation investigation of lay heritability beliefs. Public Understanding of Science, 33 (8), 940-960. doi: 10.1177/09636625241245030
Beckwith, D., Ferris, L.J., Cruwys, T., Hutton, A., Hertelendy, A. and Ranse, J. (2023). Psychosocial interventions and strategies to support young people at mass gathering events: a scoping review. Public Health, 220, 187-195. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.05.006
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
Paterson, E., Paterson, N. A. B. and Ferris, L. J. (2022). Mental health and well‐being of anaesthetists during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a scoping review. Anaesthesia, 78 (2), 197-206. doi: 10.1111/anae.15879
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
Neuhaus, Maike, Young, Tarli, Ferris, Laura J., Grimmel, Charlotte L. M. and Reid, Natasha (2022). A narrative review of peer-led positive psychology interventions: current evidence, potential, and future directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (13) 8065, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138065
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
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
Meurk, Carla, Wittenhagen, Lisa, Steele, Megan L., Ferris, Laura, Edwards, Bronwen, Bosley, Emma and Heffernan, Ed (2020). Examining the use of police and ambulance data in suicide research: a systematic scoping review of data linkage studies. Crisis, 42 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000739
Ferris, Laura J., Jetten, Jolanda, Hornsey, Matthew J. and Bastian, Brock (2019). Feeling hurt: revisiting the relationship between social and physical pain. Review of General Psychology, 23 (3), 320-335. doi: 10.1177/1089268019857936
Ferris, Laura J., Radke, Helena R. M., Walter, Zoe C. and Crimston, Charlie R. (2019). Divide and conquer? Identity, threat, and moral justification of violence at the G20. Australian Journal of Psychology, 71 (3) ajpy.12249, 312-321. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12249
Cruwys, Tegan, Saeri, Alexander K., Radke, Helena R. M., Walter, Zoe C., Crimston, Charlie and Ferris, Laura J. (2019). Risk and protective factors for mental health at a youth mass gathering. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 28 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00787-018-1163-7
Ferris, Laura J., Jetten, Jolanda, Molenberghs, Pascal, Bastian, Brock and Karnadewi, Fika (2016). Increased pain communication following multiple group memberships salience leads to a relative reduction in pain-related brain activity. PLoS One, 11 (9) e0163117, e0163117. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163117
Ferris, Laura J., Jetten, Jolanda, Johnstone, Melissa, Girdham, Elise, Parsell, Cameron and Walter, Zoe C. (2016). The Florence Nightingale effect: Organizational identification explains the peculiar link between others' suffering and workplace functioning in the homelessness sector. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (JAN) 16, 16.1-16.15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00016
Bastian, Brock, Jetten, Jolanda and Ferris, Laura J. (2014). Pain as social glue: shared pain increases cooperation. Psychological Science, 25 (11), 2079-2085. doi: 10.1177/0956797614545886
Conference Papers
Zhang, Mingzhe, Ferris, Laura J., Yue, Lin and Xu, Miao (2024). Emotionally guided symbolic music generation using diffusion models: the AGE-DM approach. MMAsia '24, Auckland, New Zealand, 3 - 6 December 2024. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3696409.3700289
Meurk, Carla, Ferris, Laura J., Wittenhagen, L., Davidson, F., Steele, M., Waterson, E., Bosley, E., Edwards, B. and Heffernan, E. (2020). Partners in Prevention: Understanding and enhancing first responses to suicide crisis situations - Context and methods. TheMHS, Brisbane, Queensland, 27-30 August . Australia: TheMHS Learning Network.
Newspaper Article
Research Reports
Rathbone, J.A., Cruwys, T., Donaldson, J.L., Ferris, L.J. and Stevens, M. (2022). The psychology of Schoolies 2021: Seventh annual report on risk taking, wellbeing, and social connections among school leavers. The Australian National University.
Cruwys, T., Rathbone, J.A., Ferris, L.J. and Stevens, M. (2021). The psychology of Schoolies 2020: Sixth annual report on risk taking, wellbeing, and social connetions among school leavers. The Australian National University.
Cruwys, T., Rathbone, J.A., Ferris, L.J. and Stevens, M. (2020). The psychology of Schoolies 2019: Fifth annual report on risk taking, wellbeing and social connections in attendees of Schoolies. The Australian National University.
Cruwys, T., Rathbone, J.A. and Ferris, L.J. (2019). The Psychology of Schoolies 2018: Fourth annual report on risk taking, wellbeing, and social connections in attendees of Schoolies. The Australian National University: Social Identity and Groups Network (SIGN).
Cruwys, T., Williams, E. and Ferris, L.J. (2018). The psychology of Schoolies 2017: Third annual report of risk taking, wellbeing and social connections in attendees of Schoolies. The Australian National University: Social Identity and Groups Network (SIGN).
Ferris, L. J., Radke, H. R. M., Walter, Z. C. and Crimston, C. R. (2016). Understanding 'Schoolies': Psychosocial Report on Schoolies 2015. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Theses
Ferris, Laura Jane (2018). Feeling hurt: advances in the social psychology of pain. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.347
Ferris, Laura J. (2014). Taking the Hard Road, or Walking Alongside: Dealing With Client Suffering in the Homelessness Sector. Honours Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.