Karen Gregg

teen Mental Health First Aid: 12-month outcomes from a cluster crossover randomized controlled trial evaluation of a universal program to help adolescents better support peers with a mental health problem

Laura M Hart, Amy J Morgan, Alyssia Rossetto, Claire M Kelly, Karen Gregg, Maxine Gross, Catherine Johnson, Anthony F Jorm

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) is a universal mental health literacy, stigma reduction, help-seeking, and suicid..

A qualitative, prospective study of children's understanding of weight gain

Rachel F Rodgers, Eleanor H Wertheim, Stephanie R Damiano, Karen J Gregg, Susan J Paxton

Journal article  |  2019  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

This study examined 3- to 5-year-old children's understandings of increases in body size via a qualitative prospective approach. A..

Psychological predictors of body image attitudes and concerns in young children

Tania E Nichols, Stephanie R Damiano, Karen Gregg, Eleanor H Wertheim, Susan J Paxton

Journal article  |  2018  |  BODY IMAGE

We aimed to examine cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between psychological characteristics, body size, and body imag..

"He's got his father's bias': Parental influence on weight bias in young children

Emma C Spiel, Rachel F Rodgers, Susan J Paxton, Eleanor H Wertheim, Stephanie R Damiano, Karen J Gregg, Sian A McLean

Journal article  |  2016  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Our aim was to explore the role of parents in the transmission of stereotypical body size attitudes and awareness of weight loss s..

"Stop eating lollies and do lots of sports": a prospective qualitative study of the development of children's awareness of dietary restraint and exercise to lose weight

Rachel F Rodgers, Eleanor H Wertheim, Stephanie R Damiano, Karen J Gregg, Susan J Paxton

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

BACKGROUND: Beliefs surrounding the usefulness of dietary restriction and physical activity as means of body shape and size modifi..

Dietary Restraint of 5-Year-Old Girls: Associations with Internalization of the Thin Ideal and Maternal, Media, and Peer Influences

Stephanie R Damiano, Susan J Paxton, Eleanor H Wertheim, Sian A McLean, Karen J Gregg

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS

OBJECTIVE: Understanding socio-cultural factors associated with the development of dieting tendencies is important for preventing ..

Can social factors influence the dietary restraint of girls as young as five?

Stephanie R Damiano, Susan J Paxton, Eleanor H Wertheim, Siân A McLean, Karen J Gregg

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Eating Disorders

Behavioural Management of Headache Triggers: Three Case Examples Illustrating a New Effective Approach (Learning to Cope with Triggers)

Paul R Martin, Moira Callan, Archana Kaur, Karen Gregg

Journal article  |  2015  |  BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

The traditional approach to headache trigger management is to advise avoidance of all triggers, but we have advocated an alternati..

Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers

Stephanie R Damiano, Karen J Gregg, Emma C Spiel, Sian A McLean, Eleanor H Wertheim, Susan J Paxton

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: Body size attitudes and body image form early in life, and understanding the factors that may be related to the develo..

Behavioral management of the triggers of recurrent headache: A randomized controlled trial

Paul R Martin, John Reece, Moira Callan, Colin MacLeod, Archana Kaur, Karen Gregg, Peter J Goadsby

Journal article  |  2014  |  BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY

This study was designed to evaluate the traditional advice to headache sufferers to avoid all triggers ('Avoidance'), and a novel ..