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Queensland University of Technology
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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Applied Economics not elsewhere classified | Medical Biotechnology | Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Biomaterials | Applied Economics | Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations) | Regenerative Medicine (incl. Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering) | Decision Making
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Information Services not elsewhere classified | Technological and Organisational Innovation | Behaviour and Health | Human Pharmaceutical Products not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences |
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Publications
Exploring sexual orientation beyond genital arousal: Using large-scale online dating contact behavior to study male and female bisexuality
Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Date: 15-03-2021
You should know better! Do health students have different risk attitudes to unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-03-2017
External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-05-2015
Things change with age: Educational assortment in online dating
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2017
Exploring the impact of terminology differences in blood and organ donor decision making
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 09-01-2020
Determinants of online sperm donor success: how women choose
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-10-2016
Preference Versus Choice in Online Dating
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc
Date: 03-2017
Abstract: This study explores factors that influence matches of online dating participants' stated preference for particular characteristics in a potential partner and compares these with the characteristics of the online daters actually contacted. The nature of online dating facilitates exploration of the differences between stated preference and actual choice by participants, as online daters willingly provide a range of demographics on their ideal partner. Using data from the Australian dating website RSVP, we analyze 219,013 contact decisions. We conduct a multivariate analysis using the number of matched variables between the participants' stated preference and the characteristics of the in iduals contacted. We find that factors such as a person's age, their education level, and a more social personality all increase the number of factors they choose in a potential partner that match their original stated preference. Males (relative to females) appear to match fewer characteristics when contacting potential love interests. Conversely, age interaction effects demonstrate that males in their late 60's are increasingly more selective (than females) regarding who they contact. An understanding of how technology (the Internet) is impacting human mating patterns and the psychology behind the participants informs the wider social science of human behavior in large-scale decision settings.
Understanding the Reasons Why Men and Women Do Not Donate Gametes
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-11-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S43032-022-01112-9
Abstract: The global under-supply of sperm and oocyte donors is a serious concern for assisted reproductive medicine. Research has explored self-selected populations of gamete donors and their ex-post rationalisations of why they chose to donate. However, such studies may not provide the necessary insight into why the majority of people do not donate. Utilising the unique open form responses of a large s le ( n = 1035) of online survey respondents, we examine the reasons participants cite when asked: “ Why haven’t you donated your sperm/eggs? .” We categorise these responses into four core themes ( conditional willingness , barriers , unconsidered , and conscientious objector ) and eleven lower-order themes. We find that, on average, women are more conditionally willing (8.2% difference p = 0.008) to participate in gamete donation than men. We also find that women are more likely than men to justify their non-donation based on their reproductive history (21.3% difference p = 0.000) or kin selection and inclusive fitness (5.7% difference p = 0.008). However, compared to women, men are more likely to validate their non-donation based on sociocultural or social norms (6% difference p = 0.000) or religion (1.7% difference p = 0.030). That so many of our study participants report in-principal willingness for future participation in gamete donation speaks to the need for increased research on understanding non-donor population preferences, motivations, and behaviours.
Do the best scholars attract the highest speaking fees? An exploration of internal and external influence
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-07-2014
Masculinity cues, perceptions of politician attributes, and political behavior*
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-09-2020
DOI: 10.1111/ECPO.12164
Abstract: How are masculine‐looking politicians perceived by voters? Are these judgments accurate? We asked Australian survey participants to rate images of unknown‐to‐them Swiss politicians. We find that politicians with prominent markers of masculinity (including facial hair, baldness, and higher facial width‐to‐height ratio) are perceived as less honest and competent. To determine whether these perceptions correlate with political behavior, we exploit two unique features of Swiss politics. First, to check for politician–voter congruence, we match each politician's voting record to that of their constituents on identically worded legislative proposals. We find that bearded politicians are less likely to behave according to constituents' preferences. Second, by exploiting the mandatory disclosure of lobby group affiliations, we show that bearded politicians are less likely to be captured by interest groups. Our results suggest that more masculine‐looking politicians are recognized by both voters and lobby groups as less amenable to being controlled.
What women want in their sperm donor: A study of more than 1000 women's sperm donor selections
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2016
DOI: 10.1016/J.EHB.2016.06.001
Abstract: Reproductive medicine and commercial sperm banking have facilitated an evolutionary shift in how women are able to choose who fathers their offspring, by notionally expanding women's opportunity set beyond former constraints. This study analyses 1546 in idual reservations of semen by women from a private Australian assisted reproductive health facility across a ten year period from 2006 to 2015. Using the time that each s le was available at the facility until reservation, we explore women's preference for particular male characteristics. We find that younger donors, and those who hold a higher formal education compared to those with no academic qualifications are more quickly selected for reservation by women. Both age and education as proxies for resources are at the centre of Parental Investment theory, and our findings further build on this standard evolutionary construct in relation to female mate preferences. Reproductive medicine not only provides women the opportunity to become a parent, where previously they would not have been able to, it also reveals that female preference for resources of their potential mate (sperm donor) remain, even when the notion of paternal investment becomes redundant. These findings build on behavioural science's understanding of large-scale decisions and human behaviour in reproductive medical settings.
Exploring Surgeons’, Nurses’, and Patients’ Information Seeking Behavior on Medical Innovations
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 06-2022
Branding beyond the gender binary
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-05-2022
DOI: 10.1002/MAR.21675
Abstract: Gender is a fundamental pillar of personal identity, and as such, gendered brand personality is an equally important aspect of brand identity, as it enables consumers to express their gender identity through consumption. However, as gender attitudes and identities change to reflect the broader culture, marketers must continuously re‐evaluate how changing gender attitudes and identities will impact consumers' responses to gendered brands. This paper examines the effect of congruence between Gendered Brand Personality and consumer psychological gender on brand outcomes using two online experiments with USA and UK s les. Our findings indicate that congruence between brand gender and psychological gender increases brand equity and purchase intention in brand gender communication contexts including through logo, model, and usage setting. This congruence effect is driven by consumer self‐referencing. A follow‐up qualitative study using a focus group adds additional insights for the congruence effect in terms of potential boundary conditions and alternative underlying mechanisms beyond self‐referencing. These findings suggest that marketers should design their own brand personality to be in line with target consumers' psychological gender.
Selection criteria in the search for a sperm donor: behavioural traits versus physical appearance
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-12-2015
Cognitive Bias and Therapy Choice in Breast Reconstruction Surgery Decision-Making
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 31-01-2022
Clinical vs. exclusively online sperm donors: what’s the difference?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-10-2019
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1540864
Abstract: As the growth of the internet and commercial connection websites increasingly facilitates sperm donation outside of clinical (formal) settings, studies looking into informal (online) donor psychology and behaviour are both extremely warranted and currently under-researched. This study's aim was to identify key differences between informal donor males with a history of clinical donation, and those who exclusively participate in the informal market. The study utilises (N = 112) current informal sperm donors' demographics and personality traits taken from registered members of the connection website PrideAngel (Nov-Dec 2016). This study conducts probit multivariate and interaction analysis of socioeconomic and personality factors to explore key differences in males who have chosen to exclusively donate through connection websites and those with a clinical history. Results from this s le show that exclusively informal donors are more likely to be in some form of committed relationship. Exclusively informal males are also more likely to identify as a sexuality other than heterosexual (e.g. gay, bisexual or asexual). Also, exclusively informal participants exhibit higher average scores for the personality trait agreeableness. Overall, this study demonstrates key differences in the relationship status, sexuality and personality traits of a new and burgeoning group of males and their reproductive psychology and behaviour.
Cognitive and behavioural bias in advance care planning
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1177/26323524221092458
Abstract: We explore cognitive and behavioural biases that influence in idual’s willingness to engage advance care planning (ACP). Because contexts for the initiation of ACP discussions can be so different, our objective in this study was to identify specific groups, particular preferences or uniform behaviours, that may be prone to cognitive bias in the ACP decision process. We collected data from the Australian general public ( n = 1253), as well as general practitioners (GPs) and nurses ( n = 117) including demographics, stated preference for ACP decision-making six cognitive bias tests commonly used in Behavioural Economics and a framing experiment in the context of ACP. Compared to GPs ( M = 57.6 years, SD = 17.2) and the general public (58.1 years, SD = 14.56), nurses on average recommend ACP discussions with patients occur approximately 15 years earlier ( M = 42.9 years, SD = 23.1 p 0.0001 in both cases). There is a positive correlation between the age of the general population and the preferred age for the initial ACP discussion ( ρ = 0.368, p 0.001). Our shared decision-making analysis shows the mean share of doctor’s ACP input is viewed to be approximately 40% by the general public, significantly higher than health professionals (GPs and nurses), who believe doctors should only contribute approximately 20% input. The general public show varying relationships (all p 0.05) for both first ACP discussion, and shared decision-making for five of six cognitive tests. However, for health professionals, only those who exhibit confirmation bias show differences (8.4% higher p = 0.035) of patient’s input. Our framing experiment results show that positive versus negative framing can result in as much as 4.9–7.0% shift in preference for factors most relevant to ACP uptake. Understanding how GPs, nurses and patients perceive, engage and choose to communicate ACP and how specific groups, particular preferences or uniform behaviours, may be prone to cognitive bias in the decision process is of critical importance for increasing future uptake and efficient future healthcare provision.
Online sperm donors: the impact of family, friends, personality and risk perception on behaviour
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.RBMO.2017.08.023
Abstract: As informal sperm donation becomes more prevalent worldwide, understanding donor psychology and interactions is critical in providing effective policy, equitable legislative frameworks and frontline health support to an ever-growing number of global participants. We analyse data of informal sperm donors who were members of the connection website PrideAngel to identify the role and effect of several factors, e.g. kinship, social networks, personality, and risk perception, on behaviour. A key strength of the study is the ability to analyse various factors, such as the level and history of informal donation, risk concerns, number of women to whom donations are informally made and the number of offspring. Our results indicate donors who have also been active in formal clinical settings (compared with those who exclusively donate informally), donate to more women in the informal market and realise more offspring. Donor's sexual orientation also affects activity. From a personality perspective, conscientiousness provides comparative advantage. It is possible this characteristic provides positive externalities, as more conscientious men may be more efficient or organised in a market that requires increased cooperation and communication. The importance of kin and social networks seems to affect frequency of donation only, possibly representing a time constraint (or opportunity cost).
Factors impacting informed consent in cosmetic breast augmentation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2023
Do certain personality traits provide a mating market competitive advantage? Sex, offspring & the big 5
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2019
“I sexually identify as an Attack Helicopter”: Incels, trolls, and non-binary gender politics online
Publisher: University of Illinois Libraries
Date: 10-08-2020
Abstract: Recent public debate on gender identification has provided new alternatives to the traditional binary ergent titles of “man and woman”. Some contributors to this discussion have proposed a more regressive position regarding gender equity and identity awareness, instead choosing to mock online discussion by relabeling their own gender as different forms of military hardware (“attack helicopters”). The describing characteristics of these in iduals are unclear. Using a s le of respondents (N=20) to the 2016 Australian Sex Survey, we explore some key demographics of those identifying as inanimate objects of modern warfare, and those simply rejecting the possibility of non-binary alternatives. Our archetype analysis delineates participant characteristics into two subpopulations of “Incel” and “Troll”, and identifies key differences in their demographics, personality traits and online behaviours. On average, the study population presents as single Caucasian males, high school educated, with average to low incomes, and some degree of non-heterosexual attraction. While cyber aggression and trolling are well researched areas, further qualitative and quantitative research is warranted into new growing sub-populations such as Incels, and how they differ from other in iduals and groups online.
Do Men and Women Know What They Want? Sex Differences in Online Daters’ Educational Preferences
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 22-06-2018
Abstract: Using a unique cross-sectional data set of dating website members’ educational preferences for potential mates ( N = 41,936), we showed that women were more likely than men to stipulate educational preferences at all ages. When members indifferent to educational level were excluded, however, the specificity of men’s and women’s preferences did differ for different age groups. That is, whereas women expressed more refined educational preferences during their years of maximum fertility, their demand specificity decreased with age. Men’s specificity, in contrast, remained stable until the 40s, when it was greater than that of postreproductive women, and then was higher during their peak years of career-earnings potential. Further, when in iduals’ level of education was controlled for, women (compared with men) were more likely to state a higher minimum preference for educational level in a potential mate.
Knowledge, consultation time, and choice in breast reconstruction
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-02-2021
DOI: 10.1093/BJS/ZNAB013
Can Psychological Traits Explain Mobility Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-09-2020
Abstract: The current COVID-19 pandemic is a global, exogenous shock, impacting in iduals’ decision making and behavior allowing researchers to test theories of personality by exploring how traits, in conjunction with in idual and societal differences, affect compliance and cooperation. Study 1 used Google mobility data and nation-level personality data from 31 countries, both before and after region-specific legislative interventions, finding that agreeable nations are most consistently compliant with mobility restrictions. Study 2 ( N = 105,857) replicated these findings using in idual-level data, showing that several personality traits predict sheltering in place behavior, but extraverts are especially likely to remain mobile. Overall, our analyses reveal robust relationships between traits and regulatory compliance (mobility behavior), both before and after region-specific legislative interventions, and the global declaration of the pandemic. Further, we find significant effects on reasons for leaving home, as well as age and gender differences, particularly relating to female agreeableness for previous and future social mobility behaviors. These sex differences, however, are only visible for those living in households with two or more people, suggesting that such findings may be driven by ision of labor.
The Evolution Is Now: Service Robots, Behavioral Bias and Emotions
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Date: 19-10-2020
Assortative mating in the online market for sperm donation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-07-2016
Sexual economic theory & the human mating market
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-08-2019
Man, Woman, “Other”: Factors Associated with Nonbinary Gender Identification
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-09-2018
DOI: 10.1007/S10508-018-1307-3
Abstract: Using a unique dataset of 7479 respondents to the online Australian Sex Survey (July-September 2016), we explored factors relevant for in iduals who self-identify as one of the many possible nonbinary gender options (i.e., not man or woman). Our results identified significant sex differences in such factors in particular, a positive association between female height, higher educational levels, and greater same-sex attraction (female-female) versus a negative effect of lower income levels and more offspring. With respect to sex similarities, older males and females, heterosexuals, those with lower educational levels, and those living outside capital cities were all more likely to identify as the historically dichotomous gender options. These factors associated with nonbinary gender identification were also more multifaceted for females than for males, although our interaction terms demonstrated that younger females (relative to younger males) and nonheterosexuals (relative to heterosexuals) were more likely to identify as nonbinary. These effects were reversed, however, in the older cohort. Because gender can have such significant lifetime impacts for both the in idual and society as a whole, our findings strongly suggest the need for further research into factors that impact gender ersity.
Sex differences in sexual attraction for aesthetics, resources and personality across age
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 19-05-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0250151
Abstract: Because sexual attraction is a key driver of human mate choice and reproduction, we descriptively assess relative sex differences in the level of attraction in iduals expect in the aesthetic, resource, and personality characteristics of potential mates. As a novelty we explore how male and female sexual attractiveness preference changes across age, using a dataset comprising online survey data for over 7,000 respondents across a broad age distribution of in iduals between 18 and 65 years. In general, we find that both males and females show similar distribution patterns in their preference responses, with statistically significant sex differences within most of the traits. On average, females rate age, education, intelligence, income, trust, and emotional connection around 9 to 14 points higher than males on our 0–100 scale range. Our relative importance analysis shows greater male priority for attractiveness and physical build , compared to females, relative to all other traits. Using multiple regression analysis, we find a consistent statistical sex difference (males relative to females) that decreases linearly with age for aesthetics , while the opposite is true for resources and personality , with females exhibiting a stronger relative preference, particularly in the younger aged cohort. Exploring non-linearity in sex difference with contour plots for intelligence and attractiveness across age (mediated by age) indicates that sex differences in attractiveness preferences are driven by the male cohort (particularly age 30 to 40) for those who care about the importance of age, while intelligence is driven by females caring relatively more about intelligence for those who see age as very important (age cohort 40 to 55). Overall, many of our results indicate distinct variations within sex at key life stages, which is consistent with theories of selection pressure. Moreover, results also align with theories of parental investment, the gender similarities hypothesis, and mutual mate choice–which speaks to the fact that the broader discipline of evolutionary mate choice research in humans still contains considerable scope for further inquiry towards a unified theory, particularly when exploring sex-difference across age.
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-04-2022
DOI: 10.1038/S41562-022-01319-5
Abstract: The study of moral judgements often centres on moral dilemmas in which options consistent with deontological perspectives (that is, emphasizing rules, in idual rights and duties) are in conflict with options consistent with utilitarian judgements (that is, following the greater good based on consequences). Greene et al. (2009) showed that psychological and situational factors (for ex le, the intent of the agent or the presence of physical contact between the agent and the victim) can play an important role in moral dilemma judgements (for ex le, the trolley problem). Our knowledge is limited concerning both the universality of these effects outside the United States and the impact of culture on the situational and psychological factors affecting moral judgements. Thus, we empirically tested the universality of the effects of intent and personal force on moral dilemma judgements by replicating the experiments of Greene et al. in 45 countries from all inhabited continents. We found that personal force and its interaction with intention exert influence on moral judgements in the US and Western cultural clusters, replicating and expanding the original findings. Moreover, the personal force effect was present in all cultural clusters, suggesting it is culturally universal. The evidence for the cultural universality of the interaction effect was inconclusive in the Eastern and Southern cultural clusters (depending on exclusion criteria). We found no strong association between collectivism/in idualism and moral dilemma judgements.
O-215 How common is add-on use and how do patients decide whether to use them? A national survey of IVF patients
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-2021
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/DEAB128.026
Abstract: How common is IVF add-on use in Australia, and what drives the use? Most women (82%) had used one or more IVF add-ons and more than half (54%) first learned about the add-ons from their fertility specialist. IVF add-ons are procedures, techniques or medicines which may be considered nonessential to IVF, usually used in attempts to improve the probability of conception and live birth. Despite widespread concern about unproven IVF add-ons, information about the prevalence of their use is limited because these data are not available in national registries or datasets. Women who had undergone IVF in Australia since 2017 were recruited via social media. Women were excluded if they were gestational surrogates, had used a surrogate, or underwent IVF for oocyte donation or elective oocyte cryopreservation only. Eligible women completed an online survey which was open from 21st June to 14th July 2020. Survey questions included demographics, IVF and medical history, and questions specifically about IVF add-ons such as: the type of add-ons used, information sources consulted, and where participants first heard about add-ons. Women also responded to questions about the importance of scientific evidence regarding safety and effectiveness, factors considered in decision-making around add-on use and the presence of any decision regret. A total of 1,590 responses were analyzed after excluding 287 ineligible responses. Participants were generally representative of women who undergo IVF in Australia in terms of age, indication for IVF, and use of ICSI for fertilisation. Most women had used at least one add-on (82%), and these were usually associated with an additional fee (72%). It was most common to first learn about IVF add-ons from the fertility specialist (54%), and most women reported that they and their specialist contributed equally to the decision to use add-ons. on a scale from 0-100, an importance score over 90 was selected by more than half of the participants. Additionally, many (49%) assumed that add-ons were risk-free. Most women experienced regret at the decision to use IVF add-ons (66%), and this regret was greatest among women who experienced IVF failure when using add-ons (83%) and those who believed that the specialist drove the decision to use the add-ons (75%). This was a retrospective survey of IVF patients, therefore it may suffer from bias due to patient recall. It does not consider the perspective of the IVF clinic or fertility specialist. Certain questions may be more prone to biased responses, such as those regarding who contributed to decision making. The high prevalence of add-on use is likely generalizable to other settings where IVF treatment is largely private. Although women viewed scientific evidence as very important, most had used unproven IVF add-ons. This might suggest that women were not aware of the lack of robust evidence to support their use. Not applicable
Beauty, preferences and choice exemplified in the sports market
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 18-11-2022
Pharmacist compliance with therapeutic guidelines on diagnosis and treatment provision
Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)
Date: 17-07-0011
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