Ko wai au?
Ko Kā Tiritiri o te Moana nga maunga
Ko Orakaia te awa
Ko Tākitimu te waka
Ko Ngāi Tahu tōku iwi
Ko Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki tōku hāpu
No Taumutu ōku tupuna
Kei Catton raua ko Nutira tōku whanau
Ko Ash tōku ingoa
Hello!
My name is Ash and I'm a PhD Candidate at the University of Canterbury who has finalised the initial version of a model explaining sexual victimisation disclosure, under the supervision of Professor Martin Dorahy, and Associate Professor Kumar Yogeeswaran.
Research interests include:
Ko Kā Tiritiri o te Moana nga maunga
Ko Orakaia te awa
Ko Tākitimu te waka
Ko Ngāi Tahu tōku iwi
Ko Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki tōku hāpu
No Taumutu ōku tupuna
Kei Catton raua ko Nutira tōku whanau
Ko Ash tōku ingoa
Hello!
My name is Ash and I'm a PhD Candidate at the University of Canterbury who has finalised the initial version of a model explaining sexual victimisation disclosure, under the supervision of Professor Martin Dorahy, and Associate Professor Kumar Yogeeswaran.
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
- The relationship between Emotional Invalidation and Shame
I also have a background in, and passion for, academic philosophy.
Publications
Ashley K. H. Catton, Martin J. Dorahy
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2024
Examining the Causal Effects of Social Exclusion on Shame and Dissociative Detachment
A. K. H. Catton, K. Yogeeswaran, M. J. Dorahy
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 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
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.
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
Harmful and Unnecessary
The Treaty Principles Bill, introduced in 2024, is designed to establish a broad and deep understanding in the national consciousness about the meaning of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in legislation, thus promoting widespread understanding ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Courses
Tutoring
Teaching (TA, TAC)
Teaching Assistant Co-Ordinator (2021-23)
Undergraduate course on abnormal and clinical psychology.
Introductory Psychology - Brain, Behaviour and Cognition (PSYC105)
Teaching Assistant (2020)
Entry level undergraduate psychology course.
Teaching Assistant (2019-20, 22)
Undergraduate course on personality psychology.
Supervision
Honours Research Project (PSY470)
Supervisor (2022-3)
Supervisor of Honours level theses: - An Inclusive Paradigm of Measuring How Sexual Victimisation is Dealt With and Disclosed
Other Pages
A collection of my reflective (i.e., non-academic) writings on various topics.
A collection of my reflective (i.e., non-academic) writings on various topics.