Further Enquiries:

North Terrace Campus
Level 4, Hughes Building
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
Email

Telephone: +61 8 8303 5693
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Amanda Taylor

amanda.taylor@adelaide.edu.au

Area of Research

My research aims to investigate the relationship between parenting and child weight-related outcomes, with the view to identifying how parents are able to prevent the development of overweight and obesity. The project will also examine whether parenting may influence psychosocial outcomes that can be associated with overweight, such as low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction.

Memberships

Australian Psychological Society

Awards

Faculty of Health Science Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship 2010
CSIRO Preventative Health Flagship Top-Up Scholarship 2009
Australian Postgraduate Award 2008
Flinders University Medal for Academic Excellence 2006

Psychology Research Interests

Parenting, paediatric obesity, development of eating behaviours, child well-being.

Publications

Taylor, A., Wilson, C., Slater, A., & Mohr, P. (in press). Parenting and child body mass index: Longitudinal investigation of maternal and paternal influence. Australian Journal of Psychology

Taylor, A., Wilson, C., Slater, A., & Mohr, P. (2010). The longitudinal influence of parenting on child weight. The proceedings of the 11 th International Congress on Obesity. Obesity Reviews 11(Suppl. 1), 424.

Taylor , A., Lack, L.C., & Wright, H. (2008). Sleeping-in on the weekend delays circadian phase and increases sleepiness the following week. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 6(3), 172-179