School of Health & Wellbeing

Ms Ana Carolina de Barros

  • Research Associate (Public Health)

Biography

My background training is in social psychology, with a particular interest in sexuality/sexual diversity and relationships/relationship diversity. I have worked on projects about sexual minority identities (particularly bisexuality/plurisexuality), what it means for a relationship to be "romantic" in the context of Western sociocultural norms, and how academics/lecturers with mental illnesses navigate academic institutions and careers. I am currently working as a research associate with the Natsal-4 project.

I have extensive training in both qualitative methods (including interpretative phenomenological analysis, reflexive thematic analysis, and grounded theory) and statistical methods (including SEM and multilevel modelling).

Publications

Prior publications

Article

Elise J. Matthews, Jan M. Gelech, Ana Carolina de Barros, Somaya A. Al-Ja’afreh, Osla Godwin (2026) The Meaning of Childhood Disability Among Immigrant and Refugee Parents: Integrative Review and Lifeworld Approach The Family Journal Crossref. (doi: 10.1177/10664807261436780)

Ana Carolina de Barros, Terri A. Croteau, Shannon Forrester, Lori Bradford, Judy Jaunzems Fernuk, Jake Bergen, Simonne Horwitz, Jordan Wellsch, Vicki Squires, Jan Gelech (2026) Perceived Changes in Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions Among Postsecondary Students Following Instructors’ Disclosures of Mental Illness and/or Neurodiversity Journal of Education Crossref. (doi: 10.1177/00220574261419744)

Bianca Wilhelm, Ana Carolina de Barros, Sam Connolly, Greg van Anders, Sari van Anders (2025) Visualizing plurisexuality via sexual configurations theory. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity Crossref. (doi: 10.1037/sgd0000889)

Simonne Horwitz, Jan Gelech, Jordan Wellsch, Ana Carolina de Barros, Terri Croteau, Jake Bergen, Shannon Forrester, Lori Bradford, Judy Jaunzems Fernuk (2025) Postsecondary instructors’ disclosures of mental illness and neurodiversity in the classroom: motives and means suggest four disclosure types Teaching in Higher Education Crossref. (doi: 10.1080/13562517.2025.2521377)

Ana Carolina de Barros, Emily R. L Lackie, Sari M. van Anders (2025) Sex, Attraction, and Social Norms: Distinguishing Romantic and Non-Romantic Relationships in Non-Sexual Contexts Archives of Sexual Behavior Crossref. (doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03163-w)

Lydia Victoria Kula Mathi, Bianca S. Wilhelm, Ana Carolina de Barros, Daniel Cardoso, Sam Connolly, Greg van Anders, Sari M. van Anders (2025) Diversity in Partner Number Sexuality via Sexual Configurations Theory Archives of Sexual Behavior Ana Carolina de Barros. ISSN 1573-2800 (doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-03072-4)

Ana Carolina de Barros, Bidushy Sadika, Terri A. Croteau, Melanie A. Morrison, Todd G. Morrison (2023) Associations between subcategories of disgust sensitivity and homonegativity: examining intergroup contact as a moderator Psychology & Sexuality Crossref. (doi: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2090270)

Ana Carolina de Barros, Todd G. Morrison (2023) Development and validation of the Positive Bisexual Identity (PBI) scale Psychology & Sexuality Crossref. (doi: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2057868)

Joshua W. Katz, Ana Carolina de Barros, Todd G. Morrison (2021) Ambiguous Sex in Critical Receptions to Ari Aster’s Midsommar Sexuality & Culture Crossref. (doi: 10.1007/s12119-021-09863-4)

Ana Carolina de Barros (2020) “Gay Now”: Bisexual Erasure in Supernatural Media from 1983 to 2003 Journal of Bisexuality Crossref. (doi: 10.1080/15299716.2020.1732258)