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Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Executive function
  • Psychological assessment
  • Statistics
  • Cognitive neuropsychology

Available to supervise research students

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About Jessica Scarfo

Dr Jessica Scarfo is a psychology lecturer and research academic with the College of Sport, Health and Engineering and the Institute for Health & Sport.

Jessica is passionate about teaching and has extensive lecturing and convening experience in the discipline of psychology across the undergraduate program. Jessica also supervises Honours, Masters, and co-supervises PhD students in completing their research theses in psychology in the areas of cognition and interoception.

Jessica has completed her Bachelor of Psychological Studies (Honours) and her PhD in the areas of cognition and psychological assessment, both degrees here at VU. She also has completed a teaching qualification (Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education). Jessica is proud to be a successful product of the place where she now works, and feels this gives her a valuable insight into the experience of VU students.

Before pursuing her academic career Jessica worked in aged care, which has fostered her passion to further enhance her studies within the field of psychology.

Qualifications

  • PhD Psychology, Victoria University, Australia, 2019
  • BPsychSC (Hons), Victoria University, Australia, 2012
  • Graduate Certificate in Block Teaching, Victoria University, Australia, 2023

Key publications

Year Citation
2024 Grimble, N., Scarfo, J., Katherveloo, J., Ganci, M., Ball, M., & Suleyman, E. (240401). The relationship between interoceptive emotional awareness, neuroticism, and depression, anxiety, and stress. PLoS ONE, 19(4),

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299835

2024 Sambol, S., Sans, E., Scarfo, J., Kirkovski, M., & Ball, M. (240401). A latent profile approach to the study of conspiracy belief: Identifying the role of executive functioning. Personality and Individual Differences, 220

doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112537

2024 Camilleri, L., Kirkovski, M., Scarfo, J., Jago, A., & Gill, P. R. (240101). Understanding the Meat-Masculinity Link: Traditional and Non-Traditional Masculine Norms Predicting Men s Meat Consumption. Ecology of Food and Nutrition,

doi: 10.1080/03670244.2024.2361818

2023 Van, Bael., Ball, M., Scarfo, J., & Suleyman, E. (231201). Assessment of the mind-body connection: preliminary psychometric evidence for a new self-report questionnaire. BMC Psychology, 11(1),

doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01302-3

2023 Sambol, S., Suleyman, E., Scarfo, J., & Ball, M. (230601). A true reflection of executive functioning or a representation of task-specific variance? Re-evaluating the unity/diversity framework. Acta Psychologica, 236

doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103934

2023 Camilleri, L., Richard, Gill., Scarfo, J., & Jago, A. (230501). Resolving the masculinity dilemma: Identifying subtypes of male meat consumers with latent profile analysis. Food Quality and Preference, 108

doi: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.104890

2023 Scarfo, J., Emra, Suleyman., & Ball, M. (230501). 20 years on: Confirmation of P. Anderson's (2002) paediatric model of executive functioning in a healthy adult sample. Heliyon, 9(5),

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15504

2023 Wilson, L. A., Scarfo, J., Suleyman, E., Rehm, I. C., & Baldwin, P. A. (230215). A latent factor approach to the Saving Inventory - Revised: Congeneric evaluation of construct and content validity. Journal of Affective Disorders, 323 (689-697).

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.013

2022 Sambol, S., Suleyman, E., Scarfo, J., & Ball, M. (220201). Distinguishing between trait emotional intelligence and the five-factor model of personality: additive predictive validity of emotional intelligence for negative emotional states. Heliyon, 8(2),

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08882

2022 Potoczny, C., Gill, P. R., Ohtsuka, K., & Scarfo, J. (220101). Mindfulness and impulsive urgency are related but not interacting predictors of disordered gambling. Journal of Gambling Issues, 50 (132-144).

doi: 10.4309/PYDQ5415

Research funding for the past 5 years

Funding details for this researcher are currently unavailable.

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

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Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
3 PhD Associate supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (3) Associate supervisor

Other supervision of research students

Supervised 5 Honours students and 2 Masters students to completion (as primary supervisor). Currently supervising 4 PhD students (as associate supervisor).

Teaching activities & experience

Jessica is the unit convenor of the following units APP2013 Psychology 2a and APS2040 Quantitative Social Research Methods. 

Careers

Details of this Researcher's career are currently unavailable.