2014 Psychology HDR completions, Psychology, Macquarie University
Awarded the Vice Chancellor's Commendation
Doctor of Philosophy | ||
Name | Thesis Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
Dr Samantha Maree Adams | Feeling less than human: The causes and consequences of dehumanisation from the target's perspective | Dr Trevor Case |
Dr Farah Deeba | The assessment, impact and management of psychological reactions to trauma among Bangladeshi children | Prof Ron Rapee |
Dr Amanda Elizabeth Ferguson | An Exploration of Employee Engagement in Medical Contexts | Prof Julie Fitness |
Dr Miriam Kate Forbes | A latent variable approach to understanding the relationships between sexual dysfunctions and depressive and anxiety disorders | Dr Carolyn Schniering |
Dr Sue-Anne Greig | The Determinants of Emotionally Healthy Parenting and the Transmission of Emotion Regulation from Parent to Child | Dr Carolyn Schniering |
Dr Owen Scott Gwinn | Adaptive face processing and the role of norms | A/Prof Kevin Brooks |
Dr Thenille Braun Janzen | Rhythmic Movement: the Role of Expectancy and Skill in Event and Emergent Timing | Prof Bill Thompson |
Dr Alex Knopman | Neuropsychological functioning, FDG-PET hypometabolism and post-surgical seizure outcome in medically intractable focal epilepsy. | Prof Dick Stevenson |
Dr Sze-Chun Lee | Early characterisation and treatment of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder | Dr Melanie Porter |
Dr Timothy Andrew Marsh | Empathy modulation and coalition management: An evolutionary theory of moral judgement and prejudice | Dr Simon Boag |
Dr Wendy Gay Roncolato | Maternal Orientation in Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: Infant Caregiving Practices and Maternal Adjustments | A/Prof Cathy McMahon |
Dr Jay Michael Spence | The acceptability and evaluation of Internet-delivered treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | Prof Nick Titov |
Dr Katelin Amy Sutton | An exploration of gossip as an intrasexual competition strategy | Dr Megan Oaten |
Dr James Webb | Predictors of effort test failure during neuropsychological evaluation in cases of traumatic brain injury | Dr Jennifer Batchelor |
Dr Siham Yahya | The Right to Love in Spite of the Tribe: The interaction between culture, religion, and social pressure, on interfaith and cross-cultural dating and marriage | Dr Simon Boag |
Doctor of Philosophy with the degree Master of Clinical Psychology | ||
Dr Heidi Brummert Lennings | The Role of Children's Coping Self-Efficacy Beliefs in the Context of Parental Conflict: Implications for Children's Psychological Adjustment | A/Prof Kay Bussey |
Dr Anna-Lisa Camberis | Psychological Maturity and the Transition to Parenthood: A Study of Older First-Time Mothers | A/Prof Cathy McMahon |
Dr Rhiannon Julie Fogliati | The Effect of Cross-Examination on Children's Report | A/Prof Kay Bussey |
Dr Carly Jan Johnco | Learning Cognitive Restructuring in Later Life: The Role of Cognitive Flexibility on Cognitive Restructuring Skill Acquisition in Older Adults with Anxiety and Depression | Prof Ron Rapee Co-Supervisor: Dr Viviana Wuthrich |
Dr Josephine Kearney | A Longitudinal Analysis of Disclosure and the Psychosocial Outcomes of Adolescent Information Management | A/Prof Kay Bussey |
Dr Catherine Quinn | Social Cognitive Processors Associated with Underage Drinking and Alcohol-related Harm | A/Prof Kay Bussey |
Dr Dusanka Tadic | Age differences in wellbeing: the role of emotion regulation, cognitive biases and coping | Dr Viviana Wuthrich |
Doctor of Philosophy with the degree Master of Clinical Neuropsychology | ||
Dr Genevieve Lauren Yu Jing Quek | The Modulatory Effects of Attention and Spatial Location on Masked Face-Processing: Insights from the Reach-to-Touch Paradigm | A/Prof Matthew Finkbeiner |
Doctor of Philosophy with the degree Master of Organisational Psychology | ||
Dr Nicole Jennifer Weeks | Dynamic Hypothesis Testing: Mechanisms that drive decisions under uncertainty | A/Prof Colin Wastell |
Doctor of Psychology (Organisational Psychology) | ||
Dr Jeffrey Edward Brown | Stakeholder Perceptions of Selection: Analysis of applicants' and stakeholders' perceptions of methods used to select medical students in undergraduate medical education | A/Prof Barbara Griffin |
Dr Laura Catherine Kirby | Developing Experimental Methodologies for Examining the Proactivity Process | Dr Ben Searle |
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology) | ||
Dr Louise Barrett | The Rehabilitation of Prospective Memory. | Dr Jennifer Batchelor |
Dr Gabrielle Brawn | Adaptive functioning and reading in Williams syndrome (WS), a genetic disorder (microdeletion on chromosome 7) | Dr Melanie Porter |
Dr Jessica Massey | The effect of psychological distress on cognitive outcome following mild traumatic brain injury | Dr Susanne Meares |
Dr Sally McSwiggan | An evaluation of the content of capacity reports written by psychologists, psychiatrists, and geriatricians for adult guardianship | Dr Susanne Meares |
Dr Thomas Morris | Structural & Functional Asymmetries in Alzheimer's Disease | Dr Jennifer Batchelor |
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) | ||
Dr Sinead Berry | Understanding Mind-Mindedness: Maternal Correlates and the Experience of Parenting, Parenting Behaviour and Child Behaviour | A/Prof Cathy McMahon |
Dr Diane Hsiao Yuan Chew | Exploring the Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and the Utility of a Rejection-abuse Cycle Model of IPV on a Male and Female Singapore Prison Sample. | A/Prof Jac Brown |
Dr Bridget Davis | Cognitive-Affective Processing: Pursuing the Therapeutic Implications of the Interacting Cognitive Subsystems Model | A/Prof Andrew Baillie |
Dr Carmen Lorena Germain | An Investigation of Anger Regulation in Two Clinical Groups: Veterans with Combat-PTSD and Individuals with High Trait Anger | A/Prof Maria Kangas |
Dr Katherine McGill | An Examination of Predictors of Mental Health, Efficacy and Dissemination of a Group Education Program for Carers of People with Depression | Dr Carolyn Schniering |
Dr Amanda Mullin | Randomised controlled trial - treating anxiety and depression in tertiary students online | Prof Nickolai Titov |
Dr Lee Taylor | Drug use in pregnancy: an exploration of a high risk, drug abusing group of Australian women and their infants | Prof Ron Rapee |
Master of Philosophy | ||
Dr Penelope Anne Faure | Improving Career Transition Success | A/Prof Doris McIlwain |
Dr Tahnee Susan Nicholson | Incivility and recovery: Relationships at the day, the person and the team level | A/Prof Barbara Griffin |