Dan Miller, PhD, BPsych(Hons), BA-BJourn, is a Lecturer in Psychology at James Cook University. His primary areas of research are sex, media, and mental health, with particular focus on pornography use and its impact on behaviours and attitudes. This research has been featured in media publications including New Scientist, Yahoo News, Fatherly, Inverse, PsyPost, and AskMen. Dr Miller has also been involved with research projects in the areas of wellbeing and teaching in higher education. He is the Australian collaborator on the International Sex Survey, a large-scale survey tracking sexual wellbeing in over 40 nations. 

Teaching

• PY2107: Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Behaviour (Level 2; SIN & TSV)
• PY3106: Historical Narratives: Foundations of Modern Psychology (Level 3; SIN & TSV)

Interests

Research

• Media effects
• Sexuality
• Social cognition
• Wellbeing
• Psychometrics

Teaching

• Research methods and statistical analysis
• History and philosophy of psychology

Experience

• 2019 to present - Lecturer, Psychology, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Social and personality psychology (5205)
• Clinical and health psychology (5203)
• Applied and developmental psychology (5201)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)
• Public health (2004)

Awards

• 2022 - ECR Open Access Champion (Overall Winner)
• 2020 - ECR Open Access Champion (Highly Commended)
• 2017 - Inclusive Practice Award

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Journal Articles

• B?the B, Koós M, Nagy L, Kraus S, Demetrovics Z, Potenza M, Michaud A, Ballester-Arnal R, Batthyány D, Bergeron S, Billieux J, Briken P, Burkauskas J, Cárdenas-López G, Carvalho J, Castro-Calvo J, Chen L, Ciocca G, Corazza O, Csako R, Fernandez D, Fernandez E, Fournier L, Fujiwara H, Fuss J, Gabrhelík R, Gewirtz-Meydan A, Gjoneska B, Gola M, Grubbs J, Hashim H, Islam M, Ismail M, Jiménez-Martínez M, Jurin T, Kalina O, Klein V, Költ? A, Lee C, Lee S, Lewczuk K, Lin C, Liverpool John Moores University’s Research Team -, Lochner C, López-Alvarado S, Lukavská K, Mayta-Tristán P, Milea I, Miller D, Orosová O, Orosz G, Sungkyunkwan University’s Research Team -, Ponce F, Quintana G, Quintero Garzola G, Ramos-Diaz J, Rigaud K, Rousseau A, De Tubino Scanavino M, Schulmeyer M, Sharan P, Shibata M, Shoib S, Sigre Leirós V, Sniewski L, Spasovski O, Steibliene V, Stein D, Strizek J, Štulhofer A, Ünsal B and Vaillancourt-Morel M (2023) Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12 (2). pp. 393-407
• Krause A, Scott W, Foong B, Goh K, Wake S, Miller D and Garvey D (2023) Listening to music to cope with everyday stressors. Musicae Scientiae, 27 (1). pp. 176-192
• Lee C, Lin C, Koós M, Nagy L, Kraus S, Demetrovics Z, Potenza M, Ballester-Arnal R, Batthyány D, Bergeron S, Billieux J, Burkauskas J, Cárdenas-López G, Carvalho J, Castro-Calvo J, Chen L, Ciocca G, Corazza O, Csako R, Fernandez D, Fernandez E, Fujiwara H, Fuss J, Gabrhelík R, Gewirtz-Meydan A, Gjoneska B, Gola M, Grubbs J, Hashim H, Islam M, Ismail M, Jiménez-Martínez M, Jurin T, Kalina O, Klein V, Költ? A, Lee S, Lewczuk K, Lochner C, López-Alvarado S, Lukavská K, Mayta-Tristán P, Milea I, Miller D, Orosová O, Orosz G, Sungkyunkwan University’s Research Team , Ponce F, Quintana G, Garzola G, Ramos-Diaz J, Rigaud K, Rousseau A, Scanavino M, Schulmeyer M, Sharan P, Shibata M, Shoib S, Sigre-Leirós V, Sniewski L, Spasovski O, Steibliene V, Stein D, Strizek J, Ünsal B, Vaillancourt-Morel M, Van Hout M and B?the B (2023) The eleven-item Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-11): Cross-cultural psychometric evaluation across 42 countries. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 165. pp. 16-27
• Li W, Miller D, Leow T, Heward C, Li Y, Yang F and Yu H (2023) The relationship between mindfulness and mental distress in Chinese people during the COVID-19 pandemic: Moderating effects of infection severity of region and mediating effects of resilience and self-efficacy. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 17.
• Maher K, Krause A and Miller D (in press) The Impact of COVID-19 on Tertiary Statistics Teaching Practices in Australia. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology,
• Miller D, Noble P, Medlen S, Jones K and Munns S (2023) Brief Research Report: Psychometric properties of a cognitive load measure when assessing the load associated with a course. The Journal of Experimental Education, 91 (2). pp. 401-410
• Norsworthy C, Dimmock J, Miller D, Krause A and Jackson B (2023) Psychological Flow Scale (PFS): Development and Preliminary Validation of a New Flow Instrument that Measures the Core Experience of Flow to Reflect Recent Conceptual Advancements. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 8 (2). pp. 309-337
• Somoray K and Miller D (2023) Providing detection strategies to improve human detection of deepfakes: An experimental study. Computers in Human Behaviour, 149.
• Miller D and Stubbings-Laverty R (2022) Does Pornography Misinform Consumers? The Association between Pornography Use and Porn-Congruent Sexual Health Beliefs. Sexes, 3 (4). pp. 578-592
• Miller D and McBain K (2022) The content of contemporary, mainstream pornography: a literature review of content analytic studies. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 17 (2).

Book Chapters

• Miller D (2023) The Contents and Consumption of Porn: Who is Watching What Exactly? In: Sex Education Research: A Look Between the Sheets. Routledge, New York, NY, USA, pp. 107-117
• Miller D and Anderson R (2022) Men’s Sexual Preferences. In: The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology, 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 3-23

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 40+ research outputs authored by Dr Daniel Miller from 2013 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• The impact of mental health and associated factors on international students? dropout intentions ? a case for Australian universities (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• The Efficacy of Tabletop Gaming for Improvement of Mental Health and Self-Concepts (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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