Yolanda Martins

My primary research interests lie in the interaction of social, cultural, and individual difference variables involved in human eating behaviour, particularly with respect to food choices, food preference and food neophobia. I have strong interests in self-presentational strategies/issues involved in "risky" health-related behaviours (particularly dietary restraint), self-other discrepancies in body image and size perception, and preference for and behavioural effects (if any) of human pheromones.

Publications (2006 -)

Martins, Y. and Tiggemann, M. (2008, in press) The shape of things to come: gay men's satisfaction with specific body parts. Psychology of Men and Masculinity.

Martins, Y., Tiggemann, M., and Churchett, L. (2008, in press). Hair today, gone tomorrow: a comparison of body depilation in gay and heterosexual men. Body Image.

Martins, Y., Young, R. L., and Robson, D. C. (2008). Feeding and eating behaviors in children with autism and typically developing children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Tiggemann, M., Martins, Y., and Churchett, L. (2008, in press). Unexplored parts of men's body image. Journal of Health Psychology.

Tiggemann, M., Martins, Y., and Churchett, L. (2008). Unexplored parts of men's body image. Journal of Health Psychology.

Martins, Y., Tiggemann, M., and Kirkbride, A. (2007).Those Speedos become them: The role of self-objectification in gay and heterosexual men's body image. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 634 – 647.

Tiggemann, M., Martins, Y., and Kirkbride, A. (2007). Oh to be lean and muscular: Body image ideals in gay and heterosexual men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 8, 15 – 24.

Martins, Y. (2006). Dietary experiences and food acceptance patterns from infancy through early childhood: Encouraging variety seeking behaviour. Food, Culture, and Society, 9, 287-298.

Martins, Y., & Pliner, P. (2006). Ugh! That's disgusting!: Identification of the characteristics of foods underlying rejections based on disgust. Appetite, 46, 75-85.

Research Grants (2006 -)

Martins, Y. & Tiggemann, M. An experimental investigation of self- objectification and its consequences in heterosexual men. 2006, $3,000, Faculty Research Support Grant.

Refereed Conference Proceedings (2006 -)

Martins, Y., & Young, R. L. (2006, November). A comparison of eating and feeding behaviours in children with autism and typically developing children. Poster presentation at the World Autism Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.

Further information is available from Yolanda Martin's website