Dr Laura Ferris
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Psychology
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Business
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, Rathbone, Joanne A., Stevens, Mark and Jiang, Yawei (2022). Managing youth leisure mass gatherings: A coordinated service response for ‘Safer Schoolies’. Leisure Studies, 1-19. 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. 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
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., 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
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 Paper
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.
Research Report
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.