
Dr Kristi Urry
Lecturer
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
I am a lecturer in the School of Psychology, with a focus on teaching qualitative research methods in psychology.
My research is broadly situated in the field of health psychology and spans a range of topics and foci including sexuality and sexual health (care and rights), LGBT-QIA health, provision of person-centred health care, and healthcare systems as social structures. I work with colleagues across a range of institutions and disciplines including psychology, nursing, medicine, and criminology.
My work is broadly situated in the field of health psychology and spans a range of topics and foci including sexuality and sexual health (care and rights), LGBT-QIA health, provision of person-centred health care, and healthcare systems as social structures. I work with colleagues across a range of institutions and disciplines including psychology, nursing, medicine, and criminology.
My main program of research builds on my PhD, which I completed in the School of Psychology in 2020. My project, Sexuality and sexual health in mental health care settings: Perceptions of psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health nurses in Australia, was supervised of Professor Anna Chur-Hansen, Dr Carole Khaw, and Dr Brett Scholz. I used critical qualitative methodologies to explore how Australian mental health clinicians conceptualise sexuality, sexual health, and the relationship between sexuality and mental health and distress; and how they account for their reported practice choices, such as including or excluding aspects of sexuality from their everyday practice. The project findings contribute to current discussions around ethical practice, best care, and training standards regarding sexuality in mental health settings. My work aims to improve people's experiences and outcomes in mental healthcare by promoting a broader consideration of sexuality and sexual health within mental health services.
Research project supervision
I am open to discussing research projects within the field of health psychology and that are aligned with my research interests with honours and masters students. I generally use qualitative research methods, but other approaches may be considered as appropriate.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Lecturer (Level B) University of Adelaide 2021 - 2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate Flinders University 2020 - 2020 Lecturer (Level B) University of Adelaide 2019 - 2020 Research assistant Flinders University -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 - 2020 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Medicine (Psychology) 2010 - 2013 The Univeristy of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychology (Honors) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Feo, R., Urry, K., Conroy, T., & Kitson, A. L. (2023). Why reducing avoidable hospital readmissions is a ‘wicked’ problem for leaders: A qualitative exploration of nursing and allied health perceptions. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(3), 1031-1043.
Scopus2 WoS32023 Urry, K., Hunter, S., Feo, R., & Scholz, B. (2023). Qualitative Story Completion: Opportunities and Considerations for Health Research. Qualitative Health Research, 33(4), 345-355.
2023 Urry, K., Breakey, G. R., Scholz, B., & Chur-Hansen, A. (2023). Approaches for improving sexuality and sexual health care in mental health settings: A qualitative study exploring clinicians' own perspectives.. International journal of mental health nursing.
2022 Hindes, S., & Urry, K. (2022). How COVID-19 is (and is not) changing the way we talk about sex and dating: A critical analysis of sex advice during the pandemic. Sexualities, 25 pages.
2022 Urry, K., Chur-Hansen, A., & Khaw, C. (2022). ‘It’s Not Really a Part of Standard Practice’: Institutional Silencing of Sexuality Within Australian Mental Health Settings. Qualitative Health Research, 32(3), 543-555.
Scopus2 WoS22020 Urry, K. L., & Chur-Hansen, A. (2020). Who decides when people can have sex? Australian mental health clinicians’ perceptions of sexuality and autonomy. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(13-14), 2188-2199.
Scopus9 WoS10 Europe PMC42019 Urry, K., Chur-Hansen, A., & Khaw, C. (2019). ‘It's just a peripheral issue’: a qualitative analysis of mental health clinicians’ accounts of (not) addressing sexuality in their work. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 28(6), 1278-1287.
Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC52019 Pearce, S., Urry, K., Sultan, A. J. M., & Challans, B. (2019). Locating the self: The sticky, shifting processes of knowledge-making, boundary-tracing and coming home. Writing From Below, (Space and Place). 2018 Urry, K., Burns, N., & Baetu, I. (2018). Age-related differences in sequence learning: findings from two visuo-motor sequence learning tasks. British Journal of Psychology, 109(4), 830-849.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC42015 Urry, K., Burns, N., & Baetu, I. (2015). Accuracy-based measures provide a better measure of sequence learning than reaction time-based measures. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1158-1-1158-14.
Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC62015 Baetu, I., Burns, N., Urry, K., Barbante, G., & Pitcher, J. (2015). Commonly-occurring polymorphisms in the COMT, DRD1 and DRD2 genes influence different aspects of motor sequence learning in humans. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 125, 176-188.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2017 Urry, K. L. (2017). (Non)Disclosure of sexual identity in sexuality research: Reflexive account from a queer researcher. In Qualitative Methods in psychology Conference 2017. Aberystwyth, Wales. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2017 Urry, K., Chur-Hansen, A., & Khaw, C. (2017). Who decides when people can have sex? Mental healthcare providers’ perceptions of sexuality and autonomy. Poster session presented at the meeting of 10th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology. Loughborough, England. 2016 Baetu, I., Pitcher, J., Urry, K., & Burns, N. (2016). Individual differences in sequence learning correlate with polymorphisms in dopaminergic genes. Poster session presented at the meeting of Personality and Individual Differences. Elsevier BV.
2016 Burns, N., Baetu, I., & Urry, K. (2016). Implicit learning: the Serial Reaction Time Task and intelligence. Poster session presented at the meeting of Personality and Individual Differences. Elsevier BV.
2023
- Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives (Year 2)
- Doing Research in Psychology (Year 2): Qualitative research methods
- Psychology, Science & Society (Year 3)
- Research in Psychology (Year 1): Qualitative research methods
2022
- Advanced Career and Research Skills (Year 3, advanced stream): Qualitative research methods
- Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives (Year 2)
- Doing Research in Psychology (Year 2): Qualitative research methods
- Psychology, Science & Society (Year 3)
- Psychology Skills & Applications (Year 1)
- Research Internship (Year 2/3)
2021
- Applied Quantitative and Qualitative Methods (Online Graduate Diploma of Psychology, Advanced: Year 4): Developed video-based qualitative research methods teaching materials to be included within the course, ongoing.
2020
- Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives (Year 2)
- Perception and Cognition (Year 3): Course Coordinator
- Perception and Cognition (Year 3): Perception
- Psychological Skills and Applications (Year 1)
2018
- Psychology, Science & Society (Year 3): Tutor
2017
- Psychology, Science & Society (Year 3): Tutor
2016
- Learning and Behaviour (Year 3): Tutor
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Representative International Society of Critical Health Psychology Executive Commmittee n/a (International committee) Australia 2017 - 2018 Chair 2018 Postgraduate Gender, Sex and Sexualities Conference Committee University of Adelaide Australia 2016 - 2017 Representative School Committee - School of Psychology The University of Adelaide - 2015 - ongoing Member 2016 Postgraduate gender and Sexualities Conference Committee - - -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2016 - ongoing Member Australian Psychological Society Australia -
Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
Date Title Type Institution Country 2020 - ongoing Peer review for Supportive Care in Cancer Peer Review Supportive Care in Cancer - 2020 - ongoing Peer Review for Community Mental Health Journal Peer Review Community Mental Health Journal - 2019 - ongoing Peer review for Sexual and Relationship Therapy Peer Review Sexual and Relationship Therapy - 2018 - 2019 Guest editor for Writing From Below Editorial Writing From Below - 2017 - ongoing Peer review for Writing From Below Peer Review Writing From Below - 2017 - ongoing Peer review for Journal of Health Psychology Peer Review Journal of Health Psychology -
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