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Fiona Kate Barlow is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their primary research contributions lie in the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work addresses a range of topics prominently featuring Social and Intergroup Psychology, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, as well as the Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment.

Recent published papers include:

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being (2020, American Psychologist)
  • Intergroup contact research in the 21st century: Lessons learned and forward progress if we remain open (2021, Journal of Social Issues)
  • The cosmetic surgery paradox: Toward a contemporary understanding of cosmetic surgery popularisation and attitudes (2021, Body Image)
  • Weight stigma and obesity-related policies: A systematic review of the state of the literature (2021, Obesity Reviews)
  • Surgical satisfaction and quality of life outcomes reported by transgender men and women at least one year post gender-affirming surgery: A systematic literature review (2022, International Journal of Transgender Health)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Chris G. Sibley
  • Matthew J. Hornsey
  • José J. Morosoli
  • Lara M. Greaves
  • Lucía Colodro-Conde

Barlow's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Body Image
  • BMJ Open
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Best Publications

  • The Contact Caveat Negative Contact Predicts Increased Prejudice More Than Positive Contact Predicts Reduced Prejudice

    Fiona Kate Barlow;Stefania Paolini;Anne Pedersen;Matthew J. Hornsey

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.

    Chris G. Sibley;Lara M. Greaves;Nicole Satherley;Marc S. Wilson

  • Nations' income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content: How societies mind the gap

    Federica Durante;Susan T Fiske;Nicolas Kervyn;Amy J C Cuddy

  • Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations

    Joshua M. Tybur;Yoel Inbar;Lene Aarøe;Pat Barclay

  • Social connectedness improves public mental health: Investigating bidirectional relationships in the New Zealand attitudes and values survey:

    Alexander K Saeri;Tegan Cruwys;Fiona Kate Barlow;Samantha Stronge

  • Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Intergroup Contact: Descriptions and Mediators of Positive and Negative Contact Among Majority and Minority Groups

    Lydia E. Hayward;Lydia E. Hayward;Linda R. Tropp;Matthew J. Hornsey;Fiona Kate Barlow

  • Weight stigma in maternity care: women’s experiences and care providers’ attitudes

    Kate Mulherin;Yvette D Miller;Yvette D Miller;Fiona Kate Barlow;Phillippa C Diedrichs

  • Rejected! Cognitions of rejection and intergroup anxiety as mediators of the impact of cross-group friendships on prejudice.

    Fiona Kate Barlow;Winnifred R. Louis;Miles Hewstone

  • Whites for racial justice: How contact with Black Americans predicts support for collective action among White Americans:

    Hema Preya Selvanathan;Pirathat Techakesari;Linda R. Tropp;Fiona Kate Barlow

  • Facebook is Linked to Body Dissatisfaction: Comparing Users and Non-Users

    Samantha Stronge;Lara M. Greaves;Petar Milojev;Tim West-Newman

  • Atoning for Colonial Injustices: Group-Based Shame and Guilt Motivate Support for Reparation

    Jesse A. Allpress;Fiona Kate Barlow;Rupert Brown;Winnifred R. Louis

  • How does exposure to thinspiration and fitspiration relate to symptom severity among individuals with eating disorders? Evaluation of a proposed model

    Scott Griffiths;David Castle;Mitchell Cunningham;Stuart B Murray

  • Barriers to women engaging in collective action to overcome sexism.

    Helena R. M. Radke;Matthew J. Hornsey;Fiona Kate Barlow

  • How to lose weight bias fast! Evaluating a brief anti-weight bias intervention

    Phillippa C. Diedrichs;Fiona Kate Barlow

  • The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice

    Chris G. Sibley;Fiona Kate Barlow

  • An Investigation of Positive and Negative Contact As Predictors of Intergroup Attitudes in the United States, Hong Kong, and Thailand:

    Pirathat Techakesari;Fiona Kate Barlow;Fiona Kate Barlow;Matthew J. Hornsey;Billy Sung

  • Minority report: Social identity, cognitions of rejection and intergroup anxiety predicting prejudice from one racially marginalized group towards another

    Fiona Kate Barlow;Winnifred R. Louis;Deborah J. Terry

  • Theory to social action: A university-based strategy targeting prejudice against Aboriginal Australians

    Anne Pedersen;Fiona Kate Barlow

  • Perceived discrimination predicts increased support for political rights and life satisfaction mediated by ethnic identity: A longitudinal analysis.

    Samantha Stronge;Nikhil K. Sengupta;Fiona Kate Barlow;Danny Osborne

  • Intergroup contact research in the 21st century: Lessons learned and forward progress if we remain open

    Stefania Paolini;Fiona A. White;Linda R. Tropp;Rhiannon N. Turner

  • Rejection as a call to arms: inter-racial hostility and support for political action as outcomes of race-based rejection in majority and minority groups.

    Fiona Kate Barlow;Chris G. Sibley;Matthew J. Hornsey

  • Making Advantaged Racial Groups Care About Inequality: Intergroup Contact as a Route to Psychological Investment:

    Linda R. Tropp;Fiona Kate Barlow

  • The Diversity and Prevalence of Sexual Orientation Self-Labels in a New Zealand National Sample

    Lara M. Greaves;Fiona Kate Barlow;Fiona Kate Barlow;Carol H. J. Lee;Correna M. Matika

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris G. Sibley
Chris G. Sibley University of Auckland
Matthew J. Hornsey
Matthew J. Hornsey University of Queensland
Danny Osborne
Danny Osborne University of Auckland
Winnifred R. Louis
Winnifred R. Louis University of Queensland
Marc S. Wilson
Marc S. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Phillippa C. Diedrichs
Phillippa C. Diedrichs University of the West of England
Nickola C. Overall
Nickola C. Overall University of Auckland
Linda R. Tropp
Linda R. Tropp University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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