Ash Catton - PhD Candidate

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Hello!
My name is Ash and I'm a PhD Candidate at the University of Canterbury developing a model of sexual victimisation disclosure under the supervision of Professor Martin Dorahy, and Associate Professor Kumar Yogeeswaran.

I'm also a clinical psychology student.

Research interests include:

Sexual victimisation disclosure
- Correlates
- Motivations
- Social Reactions and their effects
Social media
- Cyberbullying
- Online trolling
- Moral outrage
- #MeToo
- Echo chambers and filter bubbles
Psychopathology
- Eating disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- E-Therapy (including Serious Games)
- Internet and Gaming Addictions
- Interoceptive Awareness and Sensitivity
- Shame
Neurodiversity (especially ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Emotional invalidation

I also have a background in, and passion for, academic philosophy.

Publications

Disclosure of Sexual Victimization: Effects of Invalidation and Shame on Re-Disclosure

Ashley K. H. Catton, Martin J. Dorahy, Kumar Yogeeswaran

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Blame Attributions Against Heterosexual Male Victims of Sexual Coercion: Effects of Gender, Social Influence, and Perceptions of Distress

Ashley K. H. Catton, Martin J. Dorahy

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 37(9-10), 2022, NP7014– NP7033

Current Projects

Exploring Barriers and Facilitators of Sexual Violence Disclosure in a Gender Inclusive Paradigm

This study is currently in progress.

Disclosure of Sexual Victimisation: Effects of Invalidation and Shame on Re-Disclosure

This is the first experimental study that lends empirical support to the model, particularly to the connection between emotional invalidation and state shame.

The Sexual Violence Disclosure Processes Model (svDPM)

This is an explanatory model that integrates most of the current literature on disclosure. The (already revised) first draft of this model is provided here.

Pathological Gaming: Assessment and Related Issues

This was a presentation given in 2020 around 'Internet Gaming Disorder', a controversial yet emerging disorder in the literature.

Blame Attributions against Male Victims of Sexual Coercion

Poster presentation of published study

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Recent Writing

Oct 15, 2021

The Suitability of Clark & Wells Cognitive Model of Social Anxiety as a Basis for Treatment Among Adolescents

Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is characterised by an intense and disproportionate fear of social situations, where the individual fears negative evaluation such that the situations are either avoided or endured with much distress (American Psychiatric ...

Sep 9, 2021

Is E-Therapy a solution to the 'mental health crisis'?

(Opinion) Imagine a highway: a popular multi-lane highway designed many years ago to handle peak-hour traffic. Having reached its maximum capacity for peak hour traffic only a few years later, there are now long queues of cars waiting for hours just to...

May 28, 2021

CBT for the Treatment of Emotion Regulation in Children with Suspected Autism Traits

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by deficits in social-emotional interaction, and patterns of restricted and repetitive behaviour or interests (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). While currently subsum...

Oct 31, 2019

The Role of Interoceptive Conditioning in Intuitive Eating (IE) Interventions for Binge Eating: A Conceptual Review

(Psychology) Maladaptive eating behaviour features in a range of psychopathologies. A recent report on national attitudes towards mental health and addiction in New Zealand found widespread concern for the prevalence of eating disorders among young p...

Oct 29, 2019

Content and Context in Kant’s Anthropology

(Psychology/Philosophy) While Kant’s Anthropology from A Pragmatic Point of View may not be immediately considered as relevant to the history of psychology, it is a notable entry into the historical canon for both its content and context. Unlike his p...

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