Emily Newman
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0) 131 651 3945
- Email: emily.newman@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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School of Health in Social Science
University of Edinburgh - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
Background
Emily Newman graduated with a BSc in Psychology and a PhD in Health Psychology from the Institute of Psychological Sciences at the University of Leeds. Emily was previously the Postgraduate Research Director within Clinical Psychology, Programme Director for the PhD and Masters by Research programmes in Clinical Psychology (2014 to 2018), and Programme Director for the Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion) programme (2018 to 2021).
Postgraduate teaching
Emily teaches Biological Psychology on the MSc Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion) programme.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Research summary
Emily’s research interests are disordered eating and body image in the general population, and how these are affected by social media, and internet offending.
Research activity
Emily has recently completed an NSPCC funded project looking at deterrents of viewing online images of child abuse in collaboration with Prof Ethel Quayle, University of Edinburgh, and a Wellcome Trust funded project looking at the effect of gender threat on food choice, in collaboration with Dr Kasia Banas, University of Edinburgh.
In addition, Emily supervises postgraduate and undergraduate projects looking at clinical and subclinical disordered eating behaviours, and media influences on body image and disordered eating.
Research themes
- Eating behaviours and disorders
- Sexual offending
Research groups
- Health Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
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A comparison of the impact of exposure to fit ideal and non-fit ideal body shapes in fitspiration imagery on women
In:
Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107728
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Technical profiles of child sexual exploitation material offenders
(14 pages)
In:
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2022.2148305
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Lawless space theory for online child sexual exploitation material offending
In:
Aggression and Violent Behavior, vol. 68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2022.101809
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Understanding perceived characteristics and causes of orthorexia nervosa in online communities – A Reddit analysis
(20 pages)
In:
Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, vol. 16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2022-5-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Improving child sexual exploitation material investigations: Recommendations based on a review of recent research findings
(31 pages)
In:
The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X221142525
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
An 8-month longitudinal exploration of body image and disordered eating in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
(5 pages)
In:
Eating Behaviors, vol. 46
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101660
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A longitudinal and comparative content analysis of Instagram fitness posts
(13 pages)
In:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, pp. 1-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116845
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Suicidal ideation in offenders convicted of child pornography offences
(14 pages)
In:
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, vol. 40, pp. 365-378
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2560
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Public perceptions of child pornography and child pornography consumers
In:
Archives of sexual behavior, vol. 51, pp. 1173-1185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02196-1
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Technical behaviours of child sexual exploitation material offenders
In:
Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, vol. 17
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)