Stephanie J. Tobin
My early research focused on how contextual cues and uncertainty influence social judgments, but in the past six years, my interests have shifted toward the psychology of social media use. My current research focuses on the behaviours, motivations, and experiences on social networking sites that facilitate positive outcomes such as a sense of belonging and well-being, and those that put people at risk for negative outcomes such as disconnection, envy, and addiction. Other areas of interest include attitudes, loneliness, and control.
Primary Interests:
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Internet and Virtual Psychology
- Interpersonal Processes
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Clark, D. M. T., Loxton, N. J., & Tobin, S. J. (2015). Declining loneliness over time: Evidence from American colleges and high schools. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 78-89. doi: 10.1177/0146167214557007
- Clark, D. M. T., Loxton, N. J., & Tobin, S. J. (2015). Multiple mediators of reward and punishment sensitivity on loneliness. Personality and Individual Differences, 72, 101-106. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.016
- Knight, C. G., Tobin, S. J., & Hornsey, M. J. (2014). From fighting the system to embracing it: Control loss promotes system justification among those high in psychological reactance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 139-146. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.012
- Tobin, S. J., Capuozzo, K. I., & Raymundo, M. M. (2012). The effects of primed causal uncertainty and causal importance on persuasion, Social Influence. 7, 269-284. doi: 10.1080/15534510.2012.667572
- Tobin, S. J., & Chulpaiboon, P. (2016). The role of social connection in satisfaction with Instagram photographs. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2, 303-312. doi: 10.1037/tps0000084
- Tobin, S. J., & George, M. P. (2015). Positive affect increases secondary control among causally uncertain individuals. Cognition and Emotion, 29, 401-415. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2014.916253
- Tobin, S. J., Greenaway, K. H., McCulloch, K. C., & Crittall, M. E. (2015). The role of motivation for rewards in vicarious goal satiation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60, 137-143. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2015.05.010
- Tobin, S. J., Loxton, N. J., & Neighbors, C. (2014). Coping with causal uncertainty through alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 580-585. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.11.009
- Tobin, S. J., McDermott, S., & French, L. (2017). The role of group size in reactions to ostracism and inclusion. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1368430217702723
- Tobin, S. J., & Raymundo, M. M. (2010). Causal uncertainty and psychological well-being: The moderating role of accommodation (secondary control). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 371-383. doi: 10.1177/0146167209359701
- Tobin, S. J., & Raymundo, M. M. (2009). Persuasion by causal arguments: The motivating role of perceived causal expertise. Social Cognition, 27, 105-127. doi: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.1.105
- Tobin, S. J., & Tidwell, J. (2013). The role of task difficulty and affect activation level in the use of affect as information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 250-253. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.011
- Tobin, S. J., Vanman, E. J., Verreynne, M., & Saeri, A. K. (2015). Threats to belonging on Facebook: Lurking and ostracism. Social Influence, 10, 31-42. doi:10.1080/15534510.2014.893924
- Tobin, S. J., & Weary, G. (2008). The effects of causal uncertainty, causal importance, and initial attitude on attention to causal persuasive arguments. Social Cognition, 26, 44-65. doi: 10.1521/soco.2008.26.1.44
- Tobin, S. J., & Weary, G. (2003). An on-line look at automatic contrast and correction of behavior categorizations and dispositional inferences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1328-1338. doi: 10.1177/0146167203254611
- Tobin, S. J., Weary, G., Brunner, R. P., Gonzalez, J., & Han, H. A. (2009). Causal uncertainty and stereotype avoidance: The role of perceived category fit. Social Cognition, 27, 917-928. doi: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.6.917
- Vanman, E. J., Baker, R., & Tobin, S. J. (2018). The burden of online friends: The effects of giving up Facebook on stress and well-being. Journal of Social Psychology, 158, 496-507
- Weary, G., Jacobson, J. A., Edwards, J. A., & Tobin, S. J. (2001). Chronic and temporarily activated causal uncertainty beliefs and stereotype usage. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 206-219. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.2.206
- Weary, G., Tobin, S. J., & Reich, D. A. (2001). Chronic and temporary distinct expectancies as comparison standards: Automatic contrast in dispositional judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 365-380. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.3.365
Other Publications:
- Weary, G., Tobin, S. J., & Edwards, J. A. (2010). The causal uncertainty model revisited. In R. M. Arkin, K. C. Oleson, & P. J. Carroll (Eds.), Handbook of the Uncertain Self (pp. 78-100). New York: Psychology Press.
Courses Taught:
- Research Methods/Statistics
- Social Psychology
Stephanie J. Tobin
School of Psychology and Counselling
Queensland University of Technology
Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059
Australia