UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Mr Taylor Winter

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Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Email: taylor.winter@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3690158

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Language: English

Investigating factors and inter-relationships that influence wellbeing using a range of research methods.

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Fields of Research

Research of resilience factors and disruptors of psychological wellbeing.
Study of authoritarianism and how it can fluctuate due to environmental factors.
Using statistical techniques to model complex behavioural relationships.

Researcher Summary

Currently, I am investigating how different societal and group factors can elicit transient changes in an individuals levels and types of authoritarian state. I use a range of longitudinal and momentary data with a focus on Bayesian methods and structural equation modelling.

More broadly, I use a number of data sources, including surveys, administrative data, and experimental data, to understand wellbeing. This is a complex topic that can involve a broad range of variables such as an individuals environment, relationships, or even physical health.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Psychology: Health Psychology ; Social Psychology
Statistics: Applied Statistics

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Fox R., Johnson FN., Winter T. and Jose PE. (2023) The Māori Cultural Embeddedness Scale (MaCES): Initial Evidence of Structural Validity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000590.

Mason A., Riordan BC., Morley K., Winter T., Haber P. and Scarf D. (2023) High Risk or Risky Highs: Understanding the Links Between Alcohol and Cannabis Use on the Transition From Suicidal Ideation to Attempts in Australian Men. Archives of Suicide Research http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2199801.

Mason A., Riordan BC., Winter T., Conner TS., Sibley CG. and Scarf D. (2023) Effects of vaping on uptake and cessation of smoking: Longitudinal analysis in Aotearoa New Zealand adults. Drug and Alcohol Review 42(6): 1587-1594. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13702.

Riordan BC., Winter T., Carey KB., Conner TS., Moradi S., Jang K., Reid KE., Mason A. and Scarf D. (2023) A combined web based intervention and ecological momentary intervention for reducing alcohol use among incoming first-year university students: Results from a three-arm randomised controlled trial. Addictive Behaviors 136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107471.

Winter T., Riordan BC., Pakpour AH., Griffiths MD., Mason A., Poulgrain JW. and Scarf D. (2023) Evaluation of the English Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Its Relationship with Behavior Change and Political Beliefs. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 21(1): 372-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00342-9.

Godward J., Riordan BC., Winter T., Ashton JC., Hunter J. and Scarf D. (2022) Lung Cancer Attracts Greater Stigma than Other Cancer Types in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Oncology 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2183055.

Mason A., Winter T., Riordan BC., Griffiths MD. and Scarf D. (2022) Evaluation of the English Version of the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS) among an Adolescent Sample. Psych 4(4): 961-968. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psych4040071.

Poulgrain JW., Bremner NM., Zimmerman H., Jao CW., Winter T., Riordan BC., Bizumic B., Hunter J. and Scarf D. (2022) Why So Serious? An Attempt to Mitigate the Short-Term Harmful Effects of the Film Joker on Prejudice toward People with Mental Illness. Behavioral Sciences 12(10) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12100384.

Rapana W., Winter T., Fox R., Riordan BC., Kulkarni R., Waitoki W. and Scarf D. (2022) Indigenous people in Aotearoa New Zealand are overrepresented in cannabis convictions. Harm Reduction Journal 19(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00613-9.

Riordan BC., Winter T., Flett JAM., Mason A., Scarf D., Jose PE. and Conner TS. (2022) Does the Fear of Missing Out Moderate the Relationship Between Social Networking Use and Affect? A Daily Diary Study. Psychological Reports 125(6): 3084-3099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00332941211040441.

Scarf D., Lim A., Riordan BC., Winter T., Mason A., Rapsey CM. and Graham S. (2022) A Longitudinal Study of Depression Before, During, and Following the COVID-19 Nation-Wide Lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health 34(4): 420-422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10105395221074536.

Winter T., Jose PE., Riordan BC., Bizumic B., Ruffman T., Hunter JA., Hartman TK. and Scarf D. (2022) Left-wing support of authoritarian submission to protect against societal threat. PLoS ONE 17(7 July) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269930.

Winter T., Riordan BC., Bizumic B., Hunter J., Jose PE., Duckitt J. and Scarf D. (2022) Longitudinal Change in Authoritarian Factors as Explained by Political Beliefs and a Distrust of Science. Frontiers in Political Science 4 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.886732.

Winter T., Riordan BC., Scarf D. and Jose PE. (2022) Conspiracy beliefs and distrust of science predicts reluctance of vaccine uptake of politically right-wing citizens. Vaccine 40(12): 1896-1903. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.039.

Graham S., Mason A., Riordan B., Winter T. and Scarf D. (2021) Taking a Break from Social Media Improves Wellbeing through Sleep Quality. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 24(6): 421-425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0217.

Raubenheimer JE., Riordan BC., Merrill JE., Winter T., Ward RM., Scarf D. and Buckley NA. (2021) Hey Google! will New Zealand vote to legalise cannabis? Using Google Trends data to predict the outcome of the 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum. International Journal of Drug Policy 90 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103083.

Riordan BC., Raubenheimer J., Ward RM., Merrill JE., Winter T. and Scarf D. (2021) Monitoring the sentiment of cannabis-related tweets in the lead up to New Zealand's cannabis referendum. Drug and Alcohol Review 40(5): 835-841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13184.

Winter T., Conner TS. and Jose PE. (2021) Identifying profiles of affective change: An ecological momentary assessment of flourishers.. Emotion 21(3): 584-594. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000741.

Winter T., Riordan BC., Conner TS. and Jose P. (2021) Methodological and conceptual complexities of assessing relationships between single-occasion CRP inflammation and daily affect. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health 14 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100240.

Winter T., Riordan BC., Hunter JA., Tustin K., Gollop M., Taylor N., Kokaua J., Poulton R. and Scarf D. (2021) A Longitudinal Study of Mental Wellbeing in Students in Aotearoa New Zealand Who Transitioned Into PhD Study. Frontiers in Psychology 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.659163.

Scarf D., Riordan BC. and Winter T. (2020) The association between New Zealand adolescents’ normative perceptions of pornography use and their frequency of pornography use. New Zealand Medical Journal 133(1522): 180-182.

Scarf D., Zimmerman H., Winter T., Boden H., Graham S., Riordan BC. and Hunter JA. (2020) Association of Viewing the Films Joker or Terminator: Dark Fate With Prejudice Toward Individuals With Mental Illness. JAMA network open 3(4): e203423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3423.

Surace A., Riordan BC. and Winter T. (2019) Do New Zealand sexual minorities engage in more hazardous drinking than non-sexual minorities? Drug and Alcohol Review 38(5): 519-522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12940.

Trevis KJ., McTavish E., Winter T., Fu Y., McTavish J., Wilson B., Oliver J. and Franz EA. (2019) Harnessing the Brain’s Neuro-Compensatory Processes: Lessons from a High-Functioning Person with Complete Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. Neuropsychologie clinique et appliquée 3(Fall 2019): 120-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.46278/j.ncacn.20190513.

Winter T., Riordan BC., Surace A. and Scarf D. (2019) Association between experience of racial discrimination and hazardous alcohol use among Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. Addiction 114(12): 2241-2246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14772.

Pittar N., Winter T., Falland-Cheung L., Tong D. and Waddell JN. (2018) Scalp simulation – A novel approach to site-specific biomechanical modeling of the skin. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 77: 308-313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.09.024.

Falland-Cheung L., Waddell JN., Lazarjan MS., Jermy MC., Winter T., Tong D. and Brunton PA. (2017) Use of agar/glycerol and agar/glycerol/water as a translucent brain simulant for ballistic testing. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 65: 665-671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.09.034.

Franz EA., Fu Y., Moore M., Winter T., Mayne T., Debnath R. and Stringer C. (2016) Fooling the brain by mirroring the hand: Brain correlates of the perceptual capture of limb ownership. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 34(5): 721-732. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/RNN-150622.

Tong DC., Winter TJ., Jin J., Bennett AC. and Waddell JN. (2015) Quantification of subconcussive impact forces to the head using a forensic model. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 22(4): 747-751. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2014.11.018.

Winter TJ. and Franz EA. (2014) Implication of the anterior commissure in the allocation of attention to action. Frontiers in Psychology 5(MAY) http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00432.

Future Research

Expert elicited Bayesian priors
Modelled estimates using complex survey designs
Structural equation modelling of non-linear relationships
Authoritarian state and leadership
Effects of discrimination and stigma on physical and mental health

Key Methodologies

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Structural Equation Modelling
Bayesian Statistics
Complex survey methodology
Psychometrics
Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI)
Administrative data