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Overview

Scott Griffiths is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and primarily conducts research in the field of psychology, with a substantial focus on clinical psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including pharmacy, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics addressed in Griffiths' research encompass:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Griffiths has contributed to multiple publication venues, most frequently appearing in:

  • Body Image
  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Psychological Assessment

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Griffiths are the following:

  • "Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature," 2022, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review," 2023, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Further development of the 12-item EDE-QS: identifying a cut-off for screening purposes," 2020, BMC Psychiatry
  • "Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research," 2023, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Epidemiology of eating disorders: population, prevalence, disease burden and quality of life informing public policy in Australia-a rapid review," 2023, Journal of Eating Disorders

Co-authors who frequently collaborate with Griffiths include:

  • Deborah Mitchison
  • Sarah Maguire
  • Phillipa Hay
  • Stephen Touyz
  • Siân A. McLean

Best Publications

  • The enigma of male eating disorders: a critical review and synthesis

    Stuart B. Murray;Jason M. Nagata;Scott Griffiths;Jerel P. Calzo

  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature

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  • Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review

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  • Sex differences in the relationships between body dissatisfaction, quality of life and psychological distress

    Scott Griffiths;Scott Griffiths;Phillipa Hay;Deborah Mitchison;Deborah Mitchison;Jonathan M. Mond;Jonathan M. Mond

  • Evolving eating disorder psychopathology: conceptualising muscularity-oriented disordered eating.

    Stuart B. Murray;Scott Griffiths;Jonathan M. Mond

  • Treatment outcomes for anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Stuart B Murray;Daniel S Quintana;Katharine L Loeb;Scott Griffiths

  • The Contribution of Social Media to Body Dissatisfaction, Eating Disorder Symptoms, and Anabolic Steroid Use Among Sexual Minority Men.

    Scott Griffiths;Stuart B. Murray;Isabel Krug;Siân A. McLean

  • DSM-5 full syndrome, other specified, and unspecified eating disorders in Australian adolescents: prevalence and clinical significance

    Deborah Mitchison;Jonathan Mond;Kay Bussey;Scott Griffiths

  • Extending the Masculinity Hypothesis: An Investigation of Gender Role Conformity, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating in Young Heterosexual Men

    Scott Griffiths;Stuart B. Murray;Stephen Touyz

  • Me, my selfie, and I: The relationship between editing and posting selfies and body dissatisfaction in men and women

    Alexandra Rhodes Lonergan;Kay Bussey;Jonathan Mond;Olivia Brown

  • Disentangling body image: The relative associations of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation with psychological distress and eating disorder behaviors in male and female adolescents.

    Deborah Mitchison;Phillipa J Hay;Scott Griffiths;Stuart Benjamin Murray

  • Addressing the barriers to accessing therapy services in rural and remote areas

    Angela Dew;Kim Bulkeley;Craig Veitch;Anita Bundy

  • Self-stigma of seeking treatment and being male predict an increased likelihood of having an undiagnosed eating disorder

    Scott Griffiths;Scott Griffiths;Jonathan M. Mond;Zhicheng Li;Sanduni Gunatilake

  • The prevalence and adverse associations of stigmatization in people with eating disorders

    Scott Griffiths;Jonathan M. Mond;Stuart B. Murray;Stephen Touyz

  • Male clinical norms and sex differences on the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q).

    Kathryn E. Smith;Tyler B. Mason;Stuart Benjamin Murray;Scott Griffiths

  • Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research

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  • The relative importance of dissatisfaction, overvaluation and preoccupation with weight and shape for predicting onset of disordered eating behaviors and depressive symptoms over 15 Years

    Helen Sharpe;Scott Griffiths;Tse Hwei Choo;Marla E. Eisenberg

  • Anabolic steroid use and body image psychopathology in men: Delineating between appearance- versus performance-driven motivations.

    Stuart B. Murray;Scott Griffiths;Jonathan M. Mond;Joseph Kean

  • Epidemiology of eating disorders: population, prevalence, disease burden and quality of life informing public policy in Australia—a rapid review

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  • 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

  • Disordered eating and the muscular ideal

    Scott Griffiths;Stuart B Murray;Stephen Touyz

  • Sex Differences in Quality of Life Impairment Associated With Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescents

    Scott Griffiths;Scott Griffiths;Scott Griffiths;Stuart Benjamin Murray;Caroline Bentley;Kassandra Gratwick-Sarll

  • Young Peoples' Stigmatizing Attitudes and Beliefs about Anorexia Nervosa and Muscle Dysmorphia

    Scott Griffiths;Jonathan M Mond;Stuart B Murray;Stephen Touyz

  • A thematic content analysis of #cheatmeal images on social media: Characterizing an emerging dietary trend

    Eva Pila;Eva Pila;Jonathan M. Mond;Scott Griffiths;Deborah Mitchison

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart B. Murray
Stuart B. Murray University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan Mond
Jonathan Mond University of Tasmania
Deborah Mitchison
Deborah Mitchison University of Technology Sydney
Stephen Touyz
Stephen Touyz University of Sydney
Kay Bussey
Kay Bussey Macquarie University
David J. Castle
David J. Castle University of Tasmania
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
Aaron J. Blashill
Aaron J. Blashill San Diego State University
Anita Bundy
Anita Bundy Colorado State University
Jeanie Sheffield
Jeanie Sheffield University of Queensland

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