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Ph.D. in Social Psychology (Ohio State University)
I received my PhD in Social Psychology from Ohio State University. My research focuses on understanding how people use and are influenced by social media. I am interested in interpersonal goals, social comparison, and feedback and how they affect outcomes such as belonging and well-being.
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- Roper, M. & Tobin, S. (2022). Compassionate Goals, Facebook Use, and Subjective Well-Being: Examining the Roles of Relationship Maintenance and Connectedness. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 25(8), 527–533. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231990
- Nitschinsk, L., Tobin, S. & Vanman, E. (2022). The dark triad and online self-presentation styles and beliefs. Personality and Individual Differences, 194. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/229577
- Tobin, S. & Guadagno, R. (2022). Why people listen: Motivations and outcomes of podcast listening. PLoS ONE, 17(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/229578
- Bouchard, G., Harrigan, I. & Tobin, S. (2021). The use of Facebook in romantic relationships: An actor-partner interdependence mediation model predicting relationship visibility. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(7), 2084–2098. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211423
- Tobin, S. & Graham, S. (2020). Feedback Sensitivity as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Attachment Anxiety and Problematic Facebook Use. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 23(8), 562–566. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200966
- Tobin, S., Chant, G. & Clay, R. (2020). Interpersonal goals as predictors of Facebook use, social capital, and envy. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 23(4), 257–263. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/198303
- Vanman, E., Baker, R. & Tobin, S. (2018). The burden of online friends: the effects of giving up Facebook on stress and well-being. Journal of Social Psychology, 158(4), 496–507. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124694
- Tobin, S., McDermott, S. & French, L. (2018). The role of group size in reactions to ostracism and inclusion. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 21(7), 1014–1033. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124693
- Clark, D., Loxton, N. & Tobin, S. (2015). Declining loneliness over time: Evidence from American colleges and high schools. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(1), 78–89. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124698
- Tobin, S., Vanman, E., Verreynne, M. & Saeri, A. (2015). Threats to belonging on Facebook: lurking and ostracism. Social Influence, 10(1), 31–42. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/124702
- Association between Overparenting, Social Media Use and Anxiety
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Marilyn Campbell - Videogame Rewards and Prosocial Behaviour
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Selen Turkay, Professor Daniel Johnson
- An interpersonal approach to the causes and consequences of motivated reasoning (2018)
- Refining the boundary conditions of system justification theory: Extending our understanding of how and why people justify sociopolitical systems (2016)
- The pursuit of belonging (2015)
- The effect of perceived self-efficacy on self-discrepancies, affect, and motivation (2010)