Imogen Holdsworth
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
I am a Masters by Research (Psychology) candidate in the Develop Well Lab at the University of Adelaide. My research investigates how autism, social anxiety, and related traits impact children's understanding of, perception of, and engagement in the social world around them.
I am also passionate about the areas of mental health and wellbeing, neurodiversity, LGBTQIA+, individual differences, and developmental psychology.
My Masters research investigates how autism, social anxiety, and related traits impact children's understanding of, perception of, and engagement in the social world around them.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2025 - 2025 Academic Tutor/Marker University of Adelaide 2025 - 2025 Student Wellbeing Advisory Group Member University of Adelaide 2023 - 2024 Research Intern Royal Life Saving South Australia 2023 - ongoing M.Phil Candidate University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency French Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2022 - 2022 University of Adelaide Australia Honours Degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science 2019 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychological Science -
Research Interests
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2025 Holdsworth, I., Taylor, A., & Nelson, N. (2025). Children's Emotional Expression Recognition and Production: Effects of Autistic, Socially Anxious, and Alexithymic Traits. In Oral Presentations, Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC) and Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) 2025. Sydney, New South Wales. 2022 Van Der Zant, T., Holdsworth, I., Palmer, K., Rayner, C., Tuza, A., & Nelson, N. (2022). Emotional Expressions in Infant's Environment. In Oral Presentations, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference 2022. Adelaide, South Australia. 2022 Van Der Zant, T., Holdsworth, I., Palmer, K., Rayner, C., Tuza, A., & Nelson, N. (2022). Emotional Expressions in Infant's Environment. In Oral Presentations, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference 2022. Adelaide, South Australia. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2024 Holdsworth, I., Palmer, K., Rayner, C., Tuza, A., Van Der Zant, T., & Nelson, N. (2024). Characteristics of Adults' Facial Expressions As Seen By Infants. Poster session presented at the meeting of Experimental Psychology Conference 2024. Adelaide, South Australia. 2023 Holdsworth, I., & Culkin, J. (2023). The role of water safety programs in the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD and their families. Poster session presented at the meeting of World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2023. Perth, Western Australia.
Tutor in Psychology IA (Semester 1, 2025)
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