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Dr Ross Hollett

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5638
Email: r.hollett@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7146-3879

Ross is a Senior Psychology Lecturer and the Course Coordinator of the undergraduate psychology program within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

  • PSY2102 - Fundamentals of Psychological Inquiry
  • PSY2204 - Learning, Memory and Cognition
  • PSY5128 - Research Skills.

Background

Ross Hollett completed his PhD at the University of Western Australia in 2015. Since his appointment at Edith Cowan University, he has primarily taught research methods and statistics to undergraduate and postgraduate students in addition to engaging in research and research supervision.

Ross' research focuses on how media and marketing influence psychological outcomes and behaviour, primarily using experimental methods. He utilises a wide variety of measurement techniques in his work, including eye tracking, skin conductance and reaction time tasks. Ross is a member of the Experimental Psychology Unit at Edith Cowan University.

Professional associations

  • 2024 - Archives of Sexual Behaviour Journal (Editorial Board Member)
  • 2025 - Public Health Association of Australia (Member)

University and National Teaching awards

  • 2019: Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Research areas and interests

  • Media Exposure and Body Image
  • Sexual Objectification and Gaze Behaviour
  • Advertising and Health Behaviours

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2015.
  • Honours in Psychology, The University of Western Australia, 2010.
  • Bachelor of Science(Psychology), The University of Western Australia, 2009.

Research Outputs

2026

Journal Articles

  • Hollett, R., Mills, B., Godrich, S., Butt, J., Trapp, G. (2026). Length and Framing of Anti-Junk Food Ads Impact Inclinations to Consume Junk Food Among Normal Weight, Overweight, and Adults With Obesity. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37(2), Article number e70159. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70159.

2025

Journal Articles

  • Hollett, R., Butt, J., Mills, B., Godrich, S., Trapp, G., Devine, A. (2025). An anti‐junk food ad from a sports commercial break reduced junk food consumption inclinations, yet junk food ads had minimal to no impact. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(1), Article number e943. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.943.
  • Fraser, A., Hollett, R., Speelman, C., Rogers, S. (2025). Behavioural Realism and Its Impact on Virtual Reality Social Interactions Involving Self-Disclosure. Applied Sciences, 15(6), article number 2896. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15062896.
  • Rogers, S., Brown, N., Goulding, M., Campbell, K., Mills, B., Hollett, R., Cruickshank, T., Nosaka, K. (2025). Reliability and Validity of the Brief Emotional Experience Scale (BEES) as a Measure of Emotional Well-Being. Behavioral Sciences, 15(5), Article number 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050643.
  • Hollett, R., Fairclough, J., Butt, J., Mills, B. (2025). Exposure to preference-matched alcohol advertisements from national sports broadcasts increases short-term alcohol consumption inclinations in risky drinkers. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(1), article number e894. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.894.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Fraser, A., Branson, I., Hollett, R., Speelman, C., Rogers, S. (2024). Do realistic avatars make virtual reality better? Examining human-like avatars for VR social interactions. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 2(2), Article number 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100082.
  • Hollett, R., Bhusal, M., Gilani, Z., Harms, C., Griffiths, S. (2024). Experimental evidence that activewear retail imagery elicits physiological, attentional and self-reported markers of body image threat in women. Body Image, 51(2024), article number 101778. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101778.
  • Hollett, R., West, H., Craig, C., Marns, L., McCue, J. (2024). Evidence That Pervasive Body Gaze Behavior in Heterosexual Men Is a Social Marker for Implicit, Physiological, and Explicit Sexual Assault Propensities. Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal, 53(10), 3795-3807. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02953-y.

2023

Journal Articles

2022

Journal Articles

  • Hollett, R., Tomkinson, S., Illingworth, S., Power, B., Harper, T. (2022). Evidence that digital game players neglect age classification systems when deciding which games to play. PLoS One, 17(2), Article Number: e0263560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0263560.
  • Hollett, R., Rogers, S., Florido, P., Mosdell, B. (2022). Body Gaze as a Marker of Sexual Objectification: A New Scale for Pervasive Gaze and Gaze Provocation Behaviors in Heterosexual Women and Men. Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal, 51(6), 2759-2780. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02290-y.
  • Rogers, S., Hollett, R., Li, Y., Speelman, C. (2022). An Evaluation of Virtual Reality Role-Play Experiences for Helping-Profession Courses. Teaching of Psychology, 49(1), 78-84. https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628320983231.
  • Fraser, A., Branson, I., Hollett, R., Speelman, C., Rogers, S. (2022). Expressiveness of real-time motion captured avatars influences perceived animation realism and perceived quality of social interaction in virtual reality. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 3(2022), article number 981400. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2022.981400.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Hollett, R., McMahon, M., Monson, R. (2021). Associating Psychological Factors With Workplace Satisfaction and Position Duration in a Sample of International School Teachers. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(20 January 2021), Article number 601554. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601554.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Hollett, R., Gignac, G., Milligan, S., Chang, P. (2020). Explaining lecture attendance behavior via structural equation modeling: Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior. Learning and Individual Differences: journal of psychology and education, 81(July), Article number 101907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2020.101907.
  • Hollett, R., Morgan, H., Chen, N., Gignac, G. (2020). Female Characters from Adult-Only Video Games Elicit a Sexually Objectifying Gaze in Both Men and Women. Sex Roles: a journal of research, 83(1-2), 29–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01096-y.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Janson, D., Harms, C., Hollett, R., Segal, R. (2019). Differences between Men and Women Regarding Early Maladaptive Schemas in an Australian Adult Alcohol Dependent Clinical Sample. Substance Use and Misuse, 54(2), 177-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1480038.
  • Hollett, R., Gately, N. (2019). Risk intentions following pill test scenarios are predicted by MDMA use history and sensation seeking: A quantitative field study at an Australian music festival. Drug and Alcohol Review, 38(5), 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12936.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Hollett, R., Stritzke, WG., Edgeworth, P., Weinborn, M. (2017). Changes in the Relative Balance of Approach and Avoidance Inclinations to Use Alcohol Following Cue Exposure Vary in Low and High Risk Drinkers. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(May 2017), Article number 645. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00645.

Research Projects

  • Using eye movements to investigate the effect of experimental exposure to video game violence against women on subsequent attentional biases to violent and sexual material, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2017, 2017 ‑ 2019, $30,000.
  • Algorithmic Matching of Employee Attributes with Employer Contexts and Needs, AusIndustry, Innovation Connections Grant, 2018 ‑ 2019, $99,998.
  • Development and validation of a new objectification scale, Edith Cowan University, School of Arts and Humanities Research Grant Scheme 2017, 2017 ‑ 2018, $2,000.
  • Current and national need to understand the effectiveness of implementing pill testing facilities at music festivals in Australia as a form of harm prevention, Edith Cowan University, School of Arts and Humanities Research Grant Scheme 2016, 2016 ‑ 2017, $11,950.
  • Why some students attend lectures and why some do not, and how this pattern changes across the course of the semester?, Edith Cowan University, School of Arts and Humanities Research Grant Scheme 2016, 2016 ‑ 2017, $3,600.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Impact of Targeted Pro-Alcohol and Anti-Alcohol Advertisements on Alcohol Craving, Drinking Intentions and Purchasing Intentions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Cognitive Impact of Background Music on Reading Comprehension: Investigating Effects of Music Type and Individual Differences

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The relative weight given to psychology's ethical principles by the public and psychologists

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Bridging the Virtual Divide: Realistic Avatars for Enhancing Self-Disclosure in Social VR and Therapy
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