Recent PhD Completions (since 2000) |
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2008
Talitha Best
'Just a spoonful of sugar' -
saccharide effects on cognition and well-being in middle-aged adults.
Supervisor: Dr Eva Kemps
Levina Clark
Sociocultural and psychological influences on girls' body image.
Supervisor: Professor Marika Tiggemann
Alicia Ellis
Cognitive and social support factors in ASD, PTSD and depression in children and adolescents following single-incident trauma.
Supervisor: Dr Reg Nixon
Sean Fitzgibbon
A machine learning approach to brain computer interfacing.
Supervisor: Professor Richard Clark
Jodie Harris
The development and comparative evaluation of intensive sleep retraining
treatment for chronic primary insomnia.
Supervisor: Professor Leon Lack
Hannah Keage
The neurocognitive profiles of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder predominately inattentive and combined subtypes and the effects of stimulant medication.
Supervisor: Professor Richard Clark
James Sauer
Using multiple confidence assessments to discriminate studied from unstudied faces.
Supervisor: Professor Neil Brewer
2007
Carolyn Boyd
Generativity: An investigation of its relationship to psychological well-being in adulthood.
Supervisor: Professor Mary Luszcz
Pam Carroll
Peer teasing and victimisation of young people with craniofacial conditions: advancing interventions.
Supervisor: Professor Rosalyn Shute
Hayley Dohnt
Body Image Concerns in Young Girls: The Role of Peer and Media Influences.
Supervisor: Professor Marika Tiggemann
Toby Freeman
The Role of Health Professionals in the Prevention of Smoking- and Alcohol-Related Harms: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain the Impact of Organisational Variables on Work Behaviours.
Supervisors: Dr Paul Williamson, Professor Ann Roche (NCETA), Dr Ken Pidd (NCETA) and Dr Natalie Skinner (NCETA). Gareth Furber
Psychosocial change over time in post acute coronary syndrome patients: Description, prediction and influence.
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracey Wade
Shriyani Maine
Parental support for youth: A parenting programme for youth suicide prevention.
Supervisor: Professor Rosalyn Shute
Anna Steele
Evaluating three cognitive guided self-help interventions in the treatment of Bulimia Nervosa
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracey Wade
Simon Wilksch
A School-Based Media Literacy Program for Reducing
Eating Disorder Risk Factors in Young Adolescents: A controlled Evaluation.
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracey Wade
2006
Rebekah Doley
An Examination of a Model of Serial Arson in Australia.
Supervisor: Dr Julie Mattiske
John Barnes
Clinician Cognitions: The Influence of Persuasive Message Factors in Client
Presentation.
Supervisor: Professor Neil Brewer
Jeremy Mercer
Insomniacs' misperception of wake insted of sleep.
Supervisor: Professor Leon Lack
Rachel Newson ‘Move it or lose it’: An Active Lifestyle as a Factor
for Successful Cognitive Ageing.
Supervisor: Dr Eva Kemps
Jessica Pleva
Perfectionism and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: Implications for Assessment,
Theory and Treatment.
Supervisor. Associate Professor Tracey Wade
Rachel Roberts
The Adjustment of young people with craniofacial conditions: stressors,
positive experiences and coping
Supervisor. Professor Rosalyn Shute
Amy Slater
Gender differences in adolescent sport participation and body image: The role of self-objectification.
Supervisor. Professor Marika Tiggemann
Melissa Zschorn
Cognitive appraisal in parents who have a child with a physical disability.
Supervisor. Professor Rosalyn Shute
2005
Michael Gradisar
An investigation into acute finger temperature changes prior to sleep
onset
Supervisor: Professor Leon Lack
Amber Keast
Children's eyewitness identification
Supervisor: Professor Neil Brewer
Patricia Kent
Are deficits in naming & construction performance preclinical symptoms
of dementia?
Supervisor: Dr.
Janet Bryan
Ian McKee
Revenge: Situational and dispositional influences on personal retribution
Supervisor: Professor Norman Feather
Kathryn Moores
Investigating working memory abnormalities in post traumatic stress
disorder using functional MRI
Supervisor: Associate Professor Richard Clark
Melissa Oxlad
Psychological risk factors for adverse physical and psychological outcomes
following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracey Wade
Darren Weber
ERP indices of attention and working memory processes in post-traumatic
stress disorder
Supervisor:Associate Professor Richard Clark
2004
Ivan Atkinson
Issues in ADHD management: The development and application
of a multisystemic framework
Supervisors: Dr. Julie Robinson & Professor
Rosalyn Shute
Amber Brooks
Thesis Title: The Recuperative Value of Daytime Naps
Supervisor: Professor Leon Lack
Lauren Miller-Lewis
Identifying psychosocial risk factors for pregnancy
risk-taking and pregnancy in Australian Adolescents:
A longitudinal investigation
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Tracey Wade
Ken Pidd
The work-related drug use of adolescent apprentices:
Planned behaviour from the perspective of social identity
theory
Supervisor:
Sophie Pointer
Olfactory cues and autobiographical memory
Supervisor: Professor Nigel Bond & Professor
Mary Luszcz
Diane Pomeroy
Spatiotemporal patterns of brain activity related to memory
supervisor: Associate Professor Richard Clark
Carolyn Semmler
The effects of post-identification feedback on eyewitness confidence
Supervisor: Professor Neil Brewer
Nathan Weber
Confidence-accuracy calibration in face recognition
Supervisor: Professor Neil Brewer
2003
Marie Andrew
Thesis Title: Psychosocial outcome after cardiac surgery: Application
of a coping model to understand predictors and the role of neuropsychological
deficits
Supervisor: Professor Mary Luszcz
Cherrie Galletly
Thesis Title: An investigation of working memory dysfunction in schizophrenia
Supervisor: Associate Professor Richard Clark
Anne Gannoni
Thesis Title: Children's adaptation to chronic illness
Supervisor: Associate Professor Rosalyn Shute
Duane Hargreaves
Media influences on adolescent body image: Experiments
investigating the role of appearance schemas
Supervisor: Professor Marika Tiggemann
Maryanne Loughry
Thesis Title: The psychological well-being of Vietnamese children, who were formally unaccompanied asyslum seekers after their return from detention
Supervisor: Dr. Julie Robinson
Matthew Smout
Thesis Title: The development of harm-reduction approaches to alcohol and related problems in young adults
Supervisor: Professor Peter Wilson and Dr. Robert Lynd-Stevenson
Willem van Steenbrugge
Thesis Title: Bilingual lexical access during word - and sentence processing: An ERP study
Supervisor: Associate Professor Richard Clark
Peter Strelan
A model for predicting the perceived cost and benefits of
performance-enhancing drug use among elite athletes
Supervisor: Dr. Robyn Young and Dr Robert
Boeckmann
Michelle Tuckey
Thesis Title: Eyewitness memory and schemas
Supervisor: Professor Neil Brewer
Helen Wright
Thesis Title: The efficacy of a portable light device for bright light therapy
Supervisor: Professor Leon Lack
2002
Anthony Kneebone
Thesis Title: Neuropsychological aspects of coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Supervisor: Professor Mary Luszcz
Natalie Skinner
Thesis Title: The dynamics of threat and challenge appraisals
Supervisor: Professor Neil Brewer
Eva Strinovich
Thesis Title: Two and three year old children's peer orientation, styles of play and social competence in same-age and mixed-age day care classes
Supervisor: Dr. Julie Robinson
Paul Williamson
Thesis Title: The role of expectation and uncertainty in the relationship between statistics anxiety and achievement
Supervisor: Dr. Julie Mattiske
Gillian Zimmermann
Thesis Title: Improving the psychological management of weight reduction: An evaluation of cognitive - behavioural interventions
Supervisor: Professor Peter Wilson and Professor Marika Tiggemann
2001
Sharon Watts
Thesis Title: Partners of problem-drinkers: Context, coping and the coping process
Supervisor: Professor Peter Wilson
2000
Carol-Ann Cayley
Thesis Title: Discrimination between self-report measures of anxiety and depression: A systematic approach using confirmatory factor analysis
Supervisor: Professor Peter Wilson
Krysten Kemp
Thesis Title: An evaluation of mediation and litigation in the resolution of child residency and contact disputes at the Family Court of Australia
Supervisor: Professor Peter Wilson
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