Publications

2025

Moradi, A., Tahmasebi, E., Parhoon, H., & Jobson, L. (2025). Distinguishing between Iranian adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder and high and low depressive symptoms: The role of cognitive and emotional variables. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 17(4), 695–704. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001639

2024

Fisher, S., King, K., Paton, D., Gee, G., & Jobson, L. (2024). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s groups and social and emotional wellbeing: a scoping review. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 20(1), 146–156. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801241235285

Jobson, L., Qiu, L. S., Wong, J., Li, H., Lies, J., Lau, W., Bryant, R. A., & Liddell, B. J. (2024). Cultural differences in appraisals of control and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), Article 2358685. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2358685

Madsen, J., Jobson, L., Slewa-Younan, S., Li, H., & King, K. (2024). Mental health literacy among Arab men living in high-income Western countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Social Science & Medicine, 346, Article 116718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116718

McEwen, C., Alisic, E., Whyman, T., Alkarra, J., & Jobson, L. (2024). Exploring how youth with refugee backgrounds navigate moral challenges associated with the refugee experience: A qualitative study. Traumatology, 30(4), 730-738. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000474

Wills, M. N., Rodaughan, J., Jobson, L., Adams, K., & Murrup-Stewart, C. (2024). Yarning about e-mental health tools: First Nations Australian youth perspectives of well-being and e-health. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 20(1), 225–233. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801241235370

2023

Whyman, T., Murrup-Stewart, C., Young, M., Carter, A., & Jobson, L. (2023). ‘Lateral violence stems from the colonial system’: settler-colonialism and lateral violence in Aboriginal Australians. Postcolonial Studies, 26(2), 183-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688790.2021.2009213

Zolfa, R., Moradi, A., Mahdavi, M., Parhoon, H., Parhoon, K., & Jobson, L. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of written exposure therapy in addressing posttraumatic stress disorder in Iranian patients with breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 32(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6037

Jobson, L., Matharu, T. K., Kulendran, S., Sivakumar, V. D., Lee, Q. Y., Li, H., & Haque, S. (2023). Exploring the associations between social support and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among Malaysian and Australian trauma survivors. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(1), [2192962]. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2192962

Mashayekhi, S., Moradi, A. R., Mirabolfathi, V., Hasani, J., Farahimanesh, S., & Jobson, L. (2023). False memory, attentional bias and future thinking among people living with HIV with posttraumatic stress disorder. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(1), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4026

2022

Jobson, L., Haque, S., Abdullah, S. Z., Lee, B., Li, H., Reyneke, T., Tan, B. K. W., Lau, W., & Liddell, B. (2022). Examining Cultural Differences in the Associations between Appraisals and Emotion Regulation and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder in Malaysian and Australian Trauma Survivors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), [1163]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031163

Jobson, L., Willoughby, C., Specker, P., Wong, J., Draganidis, A., Lau, W., & Liddell, B. (2022). Investigating the associations between cognitive appraisals, emotion regulation and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among Asian American and European American trauma survivors. Scientific Reports, 12(1), [18127]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22995-3

Gentile, V., Jobson, L., Carter, A., & Adams, K. (2022). Much being Written about Us, not much being Written with Us: Examining how alcohol and other drug use by indigenous Australians is portrayed in Australian Government policies and strategies: A discourse analysis. International Journal of Drug Policy, 109, [103855]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103855

Hansford, M., & Jobson, L. (2022). Sociocultural context and the posttraumatic psychological response: Considering culture, social support, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(4), 669-679. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001009

Mirabolfathi, V., Schweizer, S., Moradi, A., & Jobson, L. (2022). Affective working memory capacity in refugee adolescents. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(6), 983–988. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000552

2021

Sadat Zia, M., Afkhami, E., Taher Neshat-Doost, H., Tavakoli, M., Mehrabi Kooshki, H., & Jobson, L. (2021). A brief clinical report documenting a novel therapeutic technique (MEmory Specificity Training, MEST) for depression: A summary of two pilot randomized controlled trials. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 49(1), 118-123. doi:10.1017/S1352465820000417

Hansford, M., & Jobson, L. (2021). Social Support and Self-Construal as Moderators of Lifetime Trauma Exposure on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms. Traumatology, 27(2), 205-214. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000281

2020

Lies, J., Drummond, S. P. A., & Jobson, L. (2020). Longitudinal investigation of the relationships between trauma exposure, post-migration stress, sleep disturbance, and mental health in Syrian refugees. European journal of psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1825166. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1825166

MoshirPanahi, S., Moradi, A. R., Ghaderi, B., McEwen, C., & Jobson, L. (2020). Predictors of positive and negative post-traumatic psychological outcomes in a sample of Iranian cancer survivors. British journal of health psychology, 25(3), 390–404. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12412

Mihailova, S., & Jobson, L. (2020). Cross-cultural exploration of the characteristics, content and themes of intrusive autobiographical memories recalled during depression. Memory, 28(5), 701-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1767143

Amanda Nagulendran & Laura Jobson (2020) Exploring cultural differences in the use of emotion regulation strategies in posttraumatic stress disorder, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11:1, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1729033

Mihailova, S., & Jobson, L. (2020). The impact of depression and culture on responses to intrusive autobiographical memories: Cognitive appraisals, cognitive avoidance, and brooding rumination. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59(1), 66-79. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12232

Wu, Y., He, Z., & Jobson, L. (2020). Maternal Reminiscing and Autobiographical Memory Features of Mother-Child Dyads in a Cross-Cultural Context. Child development, 91(6), 2160–2177. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13430

2019

Murrup-Stewart, C., Searle, A. K., Jobson, L., & Adams, K. (2019). Aboriginal perceptions of social and emotional wellbeing programs: A systematic review of literature assessing social and emotional wellbeing programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians perspectives. Australian Psychologist, 54(3), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12367

Lies, J., Mellor, A., Jobson, L., & Drummond, S. P. A. (2019). Prevalence of sleep disturbance and its relationships with mental health and psychosocial issues in refugees and asylum seekers attending psychological services in Australia. Sleep Health, 5(4), 335-343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2019.06.002

Bernardi, J., Dahiya, M., & Jobson, L. (2019). Culturally modified cognitive processing therapy for Karen refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 26(5), 531-539. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2373

Bernardi, J., & Jobson, L. (2019). Investigating the Moderating Role of Culture on the Relationship Between Appraisals and Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(5), 1000-1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702619841886

Wu, Y., & Jobson, L. (2019). Maternal Reminiscing and Child Autobiographical Memory Elaboration: A Meta-Analytic Review. Developmental Psychology, 55(12), 2505-2521. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000821