Alex Agostini

Dr Alex Agostini

Program Director: Undergraduate Psychology Programs

School of Social Work and Social Care

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Science

Available For Media Comment.

Having completed her PhD in the area of adolescent sleep in 2018, Dr Alex Agostini is interested in researching the associations between sleep and health in all ages. This ranges from investigating the relationships between sleep and growth in children and adolescents through to assessing whether coping mechanisms and dietary intakes are associated in shift working populations. Alex is also passionate about education, having been involved in teaching across all levels at UniSA from foundation studies through to graduate diplomas.

Year Citation
2024 Agostini, A., & Centofanti, S. (2024). Normal Sleep in Children and Adolescence. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 47(1), 1-14.
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2023 Reardon, A., Lushington, K., & Agostini, A. (2023). Adolescent sleep, distress, and technology use: weekday versus weekend. Child And Adolescent Mental Health, 28(1), 108-116.
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2023 Reardon, A., Lushington, K., Junge, A., Crichton, J., & Agostini, A. (2023). Boarding versus day-students: a mixed-methods analysis of sleep and its relationship with psychological distress. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(4), 1146-1170.
DOI Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2022 Warland, J., Footner, S., Beaufoy, G., Stocker, J., & Agostini, A. (2022). Giving sleep position advice in pregnancy: will we make women anxious?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(4), 536-541.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2022 Agostini, A., Centofanti, S. A., Colella, A., Devine, L., Dingle, C., Galindo, H., . . . Dorrian, J. (2022). The relationships between coping styles and food intake in shiftworking nurses and midwives: a pilot study. Industrial health, 60(5), 470-474.
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2021 Agostini, A., & Centofanti, S. (2021). Normal sleep in children and adolescence. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 30(1), 1-14.
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2019 Agostini, A. (2019). Objective data contribute to the school start time debate. Sleep, 42(2), 1-3.
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2019 Agostini, A., Lushington, K., & Dorrian, J. (2019). The relationships between bullying, sleep, and health in a large adolescent sample. Sleep and biological rhythms, 17(2), 173-182.
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2018 Agostini, A., Pignata, S., Camporeale, R., Scott, K., Dorrian, J., Way, A., . . . Lushington, K. (2018). Changes in growth and sleep across school nights, weekends and a winter holiday period in two Australian schools. Chronobiology International, 35(5), 691-704.
DOI Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC14
2018 Agostini, A., Lushington, K., Kohler, M., & Dorrian, J. (2018). Associations between self-reported sleep measures and dietary behaviours in a large sample of Australian school students (n = 28,010). Journal of Sleep Research, 27(5), e12682-1-e12682-6.
DOI Scopus30 WoS29 Europe PMC25
2017 Agostini, A., Carskadon, M. A., Dorrian, J., Coussens, S., & Short, M. A. (2017). An experimental study of adolescent sleep restriction during a simulated school week: changes in phase, sleep staging, performance and sleepiness. Journal of sleep research, 26(2), 227-235.
DOI Scopus55 WoS48 Europe PMC41
2015 Short, M. A., Agostini, A., Lushington, K., & Dorrian, J. (2015). A systematic review of the sleep, sleepiness, and performance implications of limited wake shift work schedules. Scandinavian journal of work, environment and health, 41(5), 425-440.
DOI Scopus45 Europe PMC27

  • What 300,000 young Australian students tell us about bullying?, Resilient Youth Australia Limited, 15/03/2019 - 31/12/2019

Courses I teach

  • BEHL 3012 Health Psychology (2025)
  • BEHL 3029 Psychophysiology of Sleep (2025)
  • BEHL 3012 Health Psychology (2024)

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