Tracey Wade

Main research interest is in the area of eating disorders - bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. In this area my specific research interests include: risk factors, diagnostic and classificatory issues; treatment, prevention, genetic and environmental risk factors, the impact of perfection.

Publications (2006- )

Oxlad, M., Wade, T. D., Hallsworth, L., & Koczwara, B. (2008, in press). "I’m living with a chronic illness, not…dying with cancer”: A qualitative study of Australian women’s self-identified concerns and needs following primary treatment for breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care.

Wade, T. D., Tiggemann, M., Bulik, C. M., Fairburn, C. G., Wray, N. R., & Martin, N. G. (2008, in press). Shared temperament risk factors for anorexia nervosa: A twin study. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Wade, T. D., Treloar, S. A., Martin, & N. G. (2008, in press). Shared and unique risk factors between lifetime purging and objective binge eating: A twin study. Psychological Medicine.

Oxlad, M., & Wade, T. D. (2008). Longitudinal risk factors for adverse psychological functioning 6-Months after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 79 – 92.

Wade, T. D. (2007). Epidemiology of eating disorders: creating opportunities to move the current classification paradigm forward. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, S27-S30.

Wade, T. D., Gillespie, N., & Martin, N. G. (2007). A comparison of early family life events amongst monozygotic twin women with lifetime anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or major depression. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, 679-686

Bulik, C. M., Hebebrand, J., Keski-Rahkonen, A., Klump, K. L., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Mazzeo, S. E., & Wade, T. D. (2007). Genetic Epidemiology, Endophenotypes, and Eating Disorder Classification. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, S52-S60.

Oxlad, M., Wade, T. D., Hallsworth, L., Koczwara, B. (2007, in press). "I’m living with a chronic illness, not…dying with cancer”: A qualitative study of Australian women’s self-identified concerns and needs following primary treatment for breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care.

Pleva, J., & Wade, T. D. (2007). Guided self-help versus pure self-help for perfectionism: a randomised controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 849-1084.

Steele, A. L., Corsini, N., Wade T. D. (2007). The Interaction of Perfectionism, Perceived Weight Status, and Self-Esteem to Predict Bulimic Symptoms: The Role of 'Benign' Perfectionism. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1647-1655.

Wade T. D. (2007). A retrospective comparison of purging type disorders: Eating Disorder Otherwise Not Otherwise Specified and Bulimia Nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, 1-6.

Wade T. D., Bulik, C. M. (2007). Shared genetic and environmental risk factors between undue influence of body shape and weight on self evaluation and dimensions of perfectionism. Psychological Medicine, 37, 635-644.

Oxlad M, Stubberfield J, Stuklis R, Edwards J, Wade TD. (2006). Psychological risk factors for cardiac-related hospital readmission within 6-months of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61, 775-781.

Wade, T. D., Bergin, J. L., Tiggemann, M., Bulik, C. M., & Fairburn, C. G. (2006). Prevalence and long-term course of lifetime eating disorders in an adult Australian twin cohort. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 121-128.

Oxlad, M., & Wade, T. (2006). Application of a chronic illness model as a means of understanding pre-operative psychological adjustment in coronary artery bypass graft patients. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 401-419.

Wilksch, S., Tiggemann, M., & Wade, T. (2006). The impact of interactive school-based media literacy lessons for reducing internalisation of media ideals in young adolescent girls and boys. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 39, 385-393.

Pleva, J., & Wade, T. (2006). The mediating effects of misinterpretation of intrusive thoughts on obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Behavior Research and Therapy, 44, 1471-1479.

Wade, T., Bergin, J. L., Martin, N. G., Gillespie, N. A., & Fairburn, C. G. (2006). A transdiagnostic approach to understanding eating disorders: A twin study examining a dimensional model. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 510-517.

Wilsdon, A., & Wade, T. (2006). Executive function in anorexia nervosa: Exploration of the role of obsessionality, depression and starvation. Journal of Psychiatrc Research, 40, 746-754.

Wade, T. D., Crosby, R. D., & Martin, N. G. (2006). Use of latent profile analysis to identify eating disorder phenotypes in an adult Australian twin cohort. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 1377-1384.

Frayne, A., & Wade, T. (2006). A comparison of written emotional expression and planning with respect to bulimic symptoms and associated psychopathology. European Eating Disorders Review, 14, 329-340.

Miller-Lewis, L., Wade, T. D., & Lee, C. (2006). Psychosocial risk factors for pregnancy risk-taking. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, 17-30.

Wade, T. D., Bergin, J. L., Tiggemann, M., Bulik, C. M., & Fairburn, C. G. (2006). Prevalence and long-term course of lifetime eating disorders in an adult Australian twin cohort. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40,121-128.

Oxlad, M., Stubberfield, J., Stuklis, R., Edwards, J., & Wade, T. D. (2006). Psychosocial risk factors for increased post-operative length of hospital stay following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 179-190.

Kemps, E., Tiggemann, M., Wade, T., Ben-Tovim, D., & Breyer, R. (2006). Selective working memory deficits in anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 14, 97-103.

Research Grants (2006 -)

Wade, T. D. & Nixon, R. D. V. Research support for clinical treatment outcome studies. 2007, $9,000, Flinders University Research Infrastructure Block Grant.

Wade, T. Guided self-help for bulimia nervosa: comparison of three different approaches. 2007, $12,000, Flinders Research Grant.

Wade, T. Risk factors for the development of eating disorder phenotypes and endophenotypes in adolescent twins. 2006, $263,500, NH&MRC.

Wade, T. D., & Nixon, R. D. V. Research support for clinical treatment outcome studies. 2006, $9,000, Flinders University Research Infrastructure Block Grant.

Conference Papers (2006 -)

Bergin, J. L. & Wade, T. D. (2006, August). The cognitive model of Bulimia Nervosa: A direct evaluation. Eating Disorder Research Society Annual Meeting. Port Douglas, Australia.

Wade, T. W., Tiggemann, M., Bulik, C. M., Fairburn, C. & Martin, N. G. (2006, August). Shared personality risk factors for anorexia nervosa: A twin study. Eating Disorder Research Society Annual Meeting. Port Douglas, Australia.

Wilksch, S. W. & Wade, T. D. (2006, August). A controlled comparison of school-based perfectionism and media literacy programs for reducing eating disorder risk factors in adolescent females. Eating Disorder Research Society Annual Meeting. Port Douglas, Australia.

Wade, T. D. (2006, June). A preliminary examination of the first 8 people entered into a new anorexia nervosa treatment trial. Academy for Eating Disorders: International Conference on Eating Disorders. Barcelona, Spain.

Bergin, J., & Wade, T. D. (2006, June). Understanding persistence in anorexia nervosa: An investigation of motivational issues. Academy for Eating Disorders: International Conference on Eating Disorders. Barcelona, Spain.

Steele, A., & Wade, T. D. (2006, June). Evaluating a cognitive self-help approach in the treatment of bulimia nervosa using a randomized controlled design. Academy for Eating Disorders: International Conference on Eating Disorders. Barcelona, Spain.

Wilksch, S., & Wade, T. D. (2006, June). The impact of an interactive school-based media literacy program for reducing eating disorder risk factors in young adolescent girls and boys. Academy for Eating Disorders: International Conference on Eating Disorders. Barcelona, Spain

Further information is available from Tracey Wade's website