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Dr Sharon Horwood

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Senior Lecturer

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Psychology

Campus

Warrnambool Campus

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University, 2016
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Deakin University, 2008
Bachelor of Arts, Deakin University, 2007

Contact

Research interests

Impacts of problematic technology use on health and wellbeing across the lifespan

Knowledge areas

Personality, human-computer interaction, health and wellbeing

Projects

BlackScreens: Child and adolescent well-being in the smartphone era

Publications

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2023

Persuasive design-related motivators, ability factors and prompts in early childhood apps: A content analysis

S Mallawaarachchi, A Tieppo, M Hooley, S Horwood

(2023), Vol. 139, Computers in Human Behavior, C1

journal article

Associations between adolescent sleep difficulties and active versus passive screen time across 38 countries

A Khan, M Reyad, E Edwards, S Horwood

(2023), Vol. 320, pp. 298-304, Journal of Affective Disorders, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Well‐being during the coronavirus pandemic: The effect of big five personality and COVID‐19 beliefs and behaviors

Sharon Horwood, Jeromy Anglim, Hannah Bereznicki, Joshua Wood

(2023), pp. 1-12, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, London, Eng., C1

journal article

The HEXACO Personality Space Before and After Re-Rotation to Approximate the Big Five Dimensions

Michael Ashton, Kibeom Lee, Jeromy Anglim, Meredith Bucher, Sharon Horwood, Douglas Samuel

(2023), pp. 1-11, Journal of Personality Assessment, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Effects of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Adolescents' Mental Health: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Kazi Ahmed, Sharon Horwood, Asaduzzaman Khan

(2023), Vol. 20, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Champaign, Ill., C1

journal article

Less Evaluative Measures of Personality in Job Applicant Contexts: The Effect on Socially Desirable Responding and Criterion Validity

J Wood, J Anglim, S Horwood

(2023), Journal of Personality Assessment, C1

journal article

Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent-child relations: a scoping review protocol

M Torjinski, S Horwood

(2023), Vol. 12, pp. 1-6, Systematic Reviews, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article
2022

A less evaluative measure of Big Five personality: Comparison of structure and criterion validity

Joshua Wood, Jeromy Anglim, Sharon Horwood

(2022), Vol. 36, pp. 809-824, European Journal of Personality, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Associations of smartphone and tablet use in early childhood with psychosocial, cognitive and sleep factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Mallawaarachchi, J Anglim, M Hooley, S Horwood

(2022), Vol. 60, pp. 13-33, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Adolescent screen time: associations with school stress and school satisfaction across 38 countries

A Khan, E Lee, S Horwood

(2022), Vol. 181, pp. 2273-2281, European Journal of Pediatrics, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Effect of job applicant faking and cognitive ability on self-other agreement and criterion validity of personality assessments

J Wood, J Anglim, S Horwood

(2022), Vol. 30, pp. 378-391, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

"You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't": a qualitative exploration of parent motives for provision of mobile screen devices in early childhood

S Mallawaarachchi, M Hooley, W Sutherland-Smith, S Horwood

(2022), Vol. 22, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Personality and intelligence: A meta-analysis.

Jeromy Anglim, Patrick Dunlop, Serena Wee, Sharon Horwood, Joshua Wood, Andrew Marty

(2022), Vol. 148, pp. 301-336, Psychological Bulletin, Washington, D.C., C1

journal article
2021

Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Personality, and Problematic Smartphone Use

S Horwood, J Anglim

(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 275-281, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, United States, C1

journal article

Self and other ratings of problematic smartphone use: The role of personality and relationship type

S Horwood, J Anglim

(2021), Vol. 116, Computers in Human Behavior, C1

journal article

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Big Five Personality on Subjective and Psychological Well-Being

J Anglim, S Horwood

(2021), Vol. 12, pp. 1527-1537, Social Psychological and Personality Science, C1

journal article

Problematic smartphone use in a large nationally representative sample: Age, reporting biases, and technology concerns

S Horwood, J Anglim, S Mallawaarachchi

(2021), Vol. 122, Computers in Human Behavior, C1

journal article
2020

Predicting Psychological and Subjective Well-Being From Personality: A Meta-Analysis

J Anglim, S Horwood, L Smillie, R Marrero, J Wood

(2020), Vol. 146, pp. 279-323, Psychological Bulletin, United States, C1

journal article
2019

Problematic smartphone usage and subjective and psychological well-being

S Horwood, J Anglim

(2019), Vol. 97, pp. 44-50, Computers in human behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2018

Personality and problematic smartphone use: a facet-Level analysis using the Five Factor Model and HEXACO frameworks

S horwood, J Anglim

(2018), Vol. 85, pp. 349-359, Computers in human behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2017

A critical analysis of the assumptions of Type D personality: comparing prediction of health-related variables with the five factor model

S Horwood, J Anglim

(2017), Vol. 117, pp. 172-176, Personality and individual differences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2016

Statistically modelling the relationships between Type D personality and social support, health behaviors and symptom severity in chronic illness groups

S Horwood, J Anglim, G Tooley

(2016), Vol. 31, pp. 1047-1063, Psychology and Health, England, C1

journal article
2015

Type D personality and the Five-Factor Model : a facet-level analysis

S Horwood, J Anglim, G Tooley

(2015), Vol. 83, pp. 50-54, Personality and individual differences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Examining the prevalence of type-D personality in an Australian population

S Horwood, D Chamravi, G Tooley

(2015), Vol. 50, pp. 212-218, Australian psychologist, St. Lucia, Qld., C1

journal article
2014

Associations between child temperament, maternal feeding practices and child body mass index during the preschool years: a systematic review of the literature

H Bergmeier, H Skouteris, S Horwood, M Hooley, B Richardson

(2014), Vol. 15, pp. 9-18, Obesity reviews, Chichester, England, C1

journal article

Child temperament and maternal predictors of preschool children's eating and body mass index : a prospective study

H Bergmeier, H Skouteris, S Horwood, M Hooley, B Richardson

(2014), Vol. 74, pp. 125-132, Appetite, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2012

Examining temporal regularity in categorical team communication using Sample Entropy

A Strang, S Horwood, C Best, G Funke, B Knott, S Russell

(2012), Vol. 56, pp. 473-477, HFES 2012 : Proceedings of the 56th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, E1-1

conference

Funded Projects at Deakin

Other Public Sector Funding

Evaluating the Impact of Data-driven Alcohol Health Promotion

Dr Nic Droste, Prof Peter Miller, Dr Sharon Horwood

VicHealth

  • 2019: $4,927
  • 2018: $14,782

Evidence gaps advice on loneliness, social isolation and chronic conditions.

Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Prof Vicki White, Prof Beth Crisp, A/Prof Steve Bowe, Prof Adrienne O'Neil, Prof Lana Williams, Dr Lidia Engel, Dr Patrick Owen, A/Prof Matthew Dunn, A/Prof Fiona McKay, Dr James Lucas, Dr Sharon Horwood, Mrs Frances Beard

National Health and Medical Research Council

  • 2021: $32,128

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2023

Sumudu Mallawaarachchi

Thesis entitled: Understanding Early Childhood Mobile Screen Use from a Developmental Perspective

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

Associate Supervisor
2022

Joshua Khalif Wood

Thesis entitled: A Less Evaluative Measure of Big Five Personality: Development and Validation in Low-Stakes and High-Stakes Contexts

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2020

Archna Ranganathan

Thesis entitled: Longitudinal examination of young adult intimate relationships and partner violence

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology