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

The Sexual Encounters Questionnaire: A Gender-Inclusive Survey of Sexual Victimization Across the Lifespan

Ashley K. H. Catton, Martin J. Dorahy

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2024

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, vol. 38(13-14), 2023, pp. 8332–8356

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

The Moderating Effect of Invalidation on Shame and Attitudes Towards Re-Disclosure

This study is currently being developed.

The Sexual Violence Disclosure Processes Model (svDPM)

A manuscript detailing this theory is currently being prepared for peer review.

Examining the Causal Effects of Social Exclusion on Shame and Dissociative Detachment

This study is currently pending peer review.

The Sexual Encounters Questionnaire: A Gender-Inclusive Survey of Sexual Victimisation Across the Lifespan

This study is currently undergoing peer review.

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.

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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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