Theses Passed 2000 - 2001

Scroll this page for details of theses passed for 2000 and 2001. For other years, go to:

• Theses Passed 2007
• Theses Passed 2006
• Theses Passed 2005
• Theses Passed 2004
• Theses Passed 2003
• Theses Passed 2002

DECEMBER 2001

Vicky Flory
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: Assessment and remediation of lexical reading impairments
Supervisor/s: Dr Anne Castles

Ann Keong Yap
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Prepulse inhibition and attentional biases in depression and anxiety
Supervisor/s: Dr Nick Allen

NOVEMBER 2001

Kate Crowley
PhD
Thesis title: Sleep-related electrophysiological indices of normal aging
Supervisor/s: Prof John Trinder, Dr Ian Colrain and A/Prof Vicki Anderson

Jacinta Gracey
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: The impact of cognitive impairment on the pain experience in hospitalised and community dwelling older adults
Supervisor/s: Prof John Trinder and A/Prof Stephen Gibson

Laura Sorbello
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: The role of attachment, self-complexity and attributional style in understanding reported violence in intimate relationships
Supervisor/s: Dr Jenny Boldero

Victoria White
PhD
Thesis title: Genetic and environmental influences on extraversion, neuroticism and smoking uptake: a longitudinal twin study of adolescents growing to young adulthood
Supervisor/s: Prof Alexander Wearing and A/Prof John Hopper

Monica Williams
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: Visual processing deficits in subgroups of developmental dyslexia
Supervisor/s: Dr Anne Castles and Dr Geoff Stuart

OCTOBER 2001

Kathy Armstrong
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Dynamic processes during skill acquisition: The role of cognitive abilities, emotion, metacognition and attention
Supervisor/s: Dr Janice Langan-Fox

Martin Baker
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Quality of life after road trauma: An exploratory study
Supervisor/s: A/Prof David Horne

Carla Thompson
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: Hemispheric asymmetries of attention: A multiple experiment study
Supervisor/s: Dr Mike Nicholls

SEPTEMBER 2001

Dion Gee
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: Fantasy and sexual offending: A grounded theory analysis
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Tony Ward

AUGUST 2001

Mary Cooke
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Factors affecting utilisation of prenatal diagnosis in subsequent pregnancies in couples with a child with cystic fibrosis
Supervisor/s: Dr Nancy McMurray

Bronwyn Gale
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: Psychological determinants of fear of crime - an exploration of differential effects using a multidimensional model
Supervisor/s: Dr David Rawlings

JULY 2001

Robyn Gallucci
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Temporal lobe memory function in schizophrenia
Supervisor/s: Dr Greg Savage and Dr Chris Davis

Zeta Bierenkrant
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: The role of self-focused attention, self discrepancies and self efficacy, in anxiety and depression
Supervisor/s: Dr Jenny Boldero

Sarah McKinnon
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: The relationship between monitoring and blunting coping styles and the experience of chemotherapy in cancer patients
Supervisor/s: A/Prof David Horne

Bridget Ryburn
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: A comparison of Asperger Syndrome and early hydrocephalus as two potential manifestations of the syndrome of nonverbal learning disabilities
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Vicki Anderson and Prof Roger Wales

MAY 2001

Karen Bird
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: The relationship between behavioural and cognitive performance of DSV-IV ADHD subtypes over time
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Vicki Anderson

Cressida MacCuspie-Moore
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: The clock drawing test for dementia of the alzheimer's type
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Michael Saling and A/Prof Vicki Anderson

APRIL 2001

Terry Bowles
PhD
Thesis title: A model of measure and adaptive change
Supervisor/s: Prof Barry Fallon

Adrian Donoghue
DPsych
Thesis title: The role of personality, coping, and appraisal in the recovery from hysterectomy
Supervisor/s: Prof Henry Jackson

Susan Schlegel
DPsych
Thesis title: The cognitive basis of thought disorder in schizophrenia: evidence from lexical priming
Supervisor/s: Dr Greg Savage and Dr Chris Davis

Simon Smith
PhD
Thesis title: Overestimation of sleep onset latency: A consequence of transient arousals
Supervisor/s: Prof John Trinder

MARCH 2001

Annette Ostermeyer
DPsych
Thesis title: Interventions for body image disturbance in anorexia nervosa inpatients
Supervisor/s: Dr Nola Rushford

JANUARY 2001

Fiona Swee-Lin Price
PhD
Thesis title: Intercultural contact, ethnocentrism and the mediating role of epistemology
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Di Bretherton

DECEMBER 2000

Gregory Murray
PhD
Thesis title: Seasonality, personality and the circadian regulation of mood
Supervisor/s: Dr Nick Allen and Prof John Trinder

Jacqueline Paul
MPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Conflict and depression amongst parents and adolescents: The impact of a community-based parenting program on resolution strategies and depressive symptomotology
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Di Bretherton

OCTOBER 2000

Donita Baird
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Prediciting return to work status following a low back injury
Supervisor/s: Dr Nancy McMurray

Kitty Wu
PhD
Thesis title: Evaluation of attentional and behavioural inhibition deficits in children with attention-deficits/hyperactivity disorder: a task-set switching paradigm
Supervisor/s: Dr Vicki Anderson and Dr Umberto Castiello

AUGUST 2000

Sarah Field
PhD
Thesis title: Discourse production in temporal lobe epilepsy
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Michael Saling and Prof Roger Wales

Gene Hodgins
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Risk factos for post-trauma reactions in police officers: A longitudinal study
Supervisor/s: Dr Mark Creamer and A/Prof Richard Bell

Simon Kennedy
PhD
Thesis title: The relationship between anxiety vulnerability and stress in the cognitive processing of threat-related information
Supervisor/s: Dr Mark Creamer

Sophie Kyriacopoulos
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: The analysis of non-verbal memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: The search for a measure of right mesial temporal lobe function
Supervisor/s: Dr David Andrewes

Silvana Micallef
DPsych (Neuro)
Thesis title: Arithmetic learning difficulties in children: A cognitive-neuropsychological analysis
Supervisor/s: Prof Margot Prior

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