Rate My Professor Amanda Duffy

Dr. Amanda Duffy is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, where she has built her academic career following the completion of her PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2005. She lectures in social psychology, supervises honours and postgraduate students on research projects related to peer relations, and contributes to initiatives within the Griffith Centre for Mental Health and the Violence Research and Prevention Program. Duffy's research centers on social groups and relationships among children, adolescents, and young adults. She is particularly interested in the social dynamics of bullying and victimization, including how peer group processes, social identities, group norms, and empathy influence aggressive and defending behaviors. Her work also explores cyber-victimization and cyber-bullying on social network sites, appearance-related pressures from social media leading to body image concerns in young women, the effectiveness of self-compassion and self-esteem interventions, and young adults' self-regulatory responses to career goal discrepancies.

Duffy has an extensive publication record with highly cited works that have advanced understanding in developmental and applied psychology. Key publications include 'Cognitive–behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders in children: Long-term (6-year) follow-up' (2001), 'Peer groups, social identity, and children's bullying behavior' (2009), 'Understanding the relationship between cyber-victimisation and cyber-bullying on Social Network Sites: The role of moderating factors' (2018), 'Appearance-related social networking sites and body image in young women: Testing an objectification-social comparison model' (2020), 'The effectiveness of self-compassion and self-esteem writing tasks in reducing body image concerns' (2017), 'Does a Facebook-enhanced Mindful Self-Compassion intervention improve body image? An evaluation study' (2020), and 'Negative Career Goal Discrepancy and Goal Adjustment in Emerging Adults' (2024). As a Chief Investigator, she received funding from the Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP190101170. Her research informs interventions for youth mental health, peer aggression prevention, and career development, with collaborations across psychology subfields demonstrating her impact on the academic community.