Rate My Professor Natalie Loxton

Dr. Natalie Loxton is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and a PhD. Her research focuses on the intersection of personality, impulsivity, and reward sensitivity, particularly in relation to addictive behaviours, including substance use disorders, food addiction, and eating disorders. Loxton's work examines reinforcement sensitivity theory, personality traits in psychopathology, body image issues, and interventions such as those addressing statistics anxiety among psychology students. She has supervised doctoral students on topics including biosocial cognitive interventions for impulsivity, equivalence testing in psychological research, and preclinical human studies on impulsivity in addiction contexts. Previously, she served as a Research Fellow in the School of Psychology at Queensland University of Technology.

Loxton has authored numerous influential publications in the field. Key works include 'The role of impulsivity in the development of substance use and eating disorders' (2004, 1297 citations), 'Reward drive and rash impulsiveness as dimensions of impulsivity: Implications for substance misuse' (2004, 719 citations), 'The relationship between sociocultural pressure to be thin and body dissatisfaction in preadolescent girls' (2003, 433 citations), 'Alcohol abuse and dysfunctional eating in adolescent girls: The influence of individual differences in sensitivity to reward and punishment' (2001, 413 citations), and 'Food addiction’ and its association with a dopaminergic multilocus genetic profile' (2013, 234 citations). Her research has garnered over 4,600 citations on ResearchGate and she serves on the editorial board of the journal Appetite. Loxton contributes to teaching, including courses on personality psychology, and is involved in higher degree research supervision within Griffith Health. Her Google Scholar profile verifies her affiliation and email.