Overview
Background
Dr Laura Ferris is a Senior Fellow and Clinical Psychologist at the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, UQ Business School. Her research investigates pain, suffering and other intense human experiences, drawing on organisational, clinical, and social psychological approaches. Dr Ferris and her team use integrative mixed methods to examine group formation and cohesion, ostracism, conformity, risk-taking, intergroup threat perception, and broader social identity processes in organisational settings. Her interdisciplinary work is informed by a background in public service, law and justice policy, and multiagency crisis response. Dr Ferris also maintains a private practice in clinical psychology.
Availability
- Dr Laura Ferris is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Law, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
- Masters (Research), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Increased pain communication following multiple group memberships salience leads to a relative reduction in pain-related brain activity
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
2016
Journal Article
The Florence Nightingale effect: Organizational identification explains the peculiar link between others' suffering and workplace functioning in the homelessness sector
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
2016
Other Outputs
Understanding 'Schoolies': Psychosocial Report on Schoolies 2015
Ferris, L. J., Radke, H. R. M., Walter, Z. C. and Crimston, C. R. (2016). Understanding 'Schoolies': Psychosocial Report on Schoolies 2015. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2014
Journal Article
Pain as social glue: shared pain increases cooperation
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
2014
Other Outputs
Taking the Hard Road, or Walking Alongside: Dealing With Client Suffering in the Homelessness Sector
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.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Laura Ferris is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Weakly Supervised Learning for Mental Health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Miao Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Relationship between Destination Image and Young Tourists' Risk-taking: Considering Roles of Psycho-social Factors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gabby Walters, Dr Jie Wang
Media
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