Dr Stephanie Tobin
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Biography
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.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Research field
Social and personality psychology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Social Psychology (Ohio State University)
Professional memberships and associations
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society of Australasian Social Psychologists
Society of Experimental Social Psychology
Teaching
PYB100 Foundation Psychology
PYB202 Social Psychology
Publications
- McComb, C., Vanman, E. & Tobin, S. (2023). A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Social Media Exposure to Upward Comparison Targets on Self-Evaluations and Emotions. Media Psychology, 26(5), 612–635. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238730
- 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
- Luxford, E., Turkay, S., Frommel, J., Tobin, S., Mandryk, R., Formosa, J. & Johnson, D. (2022). Self-Regulation as a Mediator of the Associations Between Passion for Video Games and Well-Being. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 25(5), 310–315. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231602
- Nitschinsk, L., Tobin, S. & Vanman, E. (2022). The Disinhibiting Effects of Anonymity Increase Online Trolling. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 25(6), 377–383. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/231601
- Tobin, S. & Guadagno, R. (2022). Why people listen: Motivations and outcomes of podcast listening. PLoS ONE, 17(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/229578
- 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
- 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
QUT ePrints
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Supervision
Current supervisions
- PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Trish Obst - PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Daniel Johnson - PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ottmar Lipp - Videogame Rewards and Prosocial Behaviour
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Selen Turkay, Professor Daniel Johnson - Association between Overparenting, Social Media Use and Anxiety
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Marilyn Campbell - PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Marilyn Campbell
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- 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)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.