Recent Theses Passed

Scroll this page for details of theses passed for 2004 and 2005. For other years, go to:

• Theses Passed 2007
• Theses Passed 2006
• Theses Passed 2003
• Theses Passed 2002
• Theses Passed 2001
• Theses Passed 2000

DECEMBER 2005

Penny Gray
MPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Evaluating Training Effectiveness: Assessing Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Supervisor: A/Prof Richard Bell

Jonathan Payne
DPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)
Thesis title: Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Orienting in Vision and Touch: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study
Supervisor/s: Prof Jason Mattingley, Dr Christopher Chambers

Stuart Wilkinson
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Understanding Mediation: The Significance of Opening Phase Dynamics in Effective Dispute Resolution
Supervisor/s: Prof Pip Pattison, A/Prof Di Bretherton

NOVEMBER 2005

Paul Bain
PhD
Thesis title: The Characteristics and Implications of Conceptual Beliefs About Human Values
Supervisor: A/Prof Yoshi Kashima, A/Prof Nick Haslam

Fiona McIntosh
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Perspectives on stress claims: a comparative study
Supervisor: Prof Alex Wearing

Christopher Barnaby Nelson
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: The Creative Process: A Phenomenological and Psychometric Investigation of Artistic Creativity
Supervisor: Dr David Rawlings

Bitten Tun-Anderson
PhD
Thesis title: Change Through Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Phenomenology of Transformation in the Sense of Self
Supervisor: A/Prof Jenny Boldero, Dr Jennifer McIntosh, Dr Peter Parker

Renee Wright
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress or Simply Burnout? An Empirical Study of the Effect of Trauma Therapy on Mental Health Professionals
Supervisor: Dr Lynne Eccleston, Professor Grant Devilly

OCTOBER 2005

Adam Hall
PhD
Thesis title: The Role of Coping in Rehabilitation From Sport Injury: The Application of an Integrated Approach
Supervisor: A/Prof Robert Reeve

Rosamund Lethbridge
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Cognitive Vulnerability and Negative Life Events as Predictors of Subsequent Depression Relapse and Depressive Symptoms in a Depression Remitted Sample
Supervisor: A/Prof Nick Allen
 
Marilee Martens
PhD
Thesis title: Williams Syndrome: Links Between Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour
Supervisor/s: Dr Sarah Wilson and Prof David Reutens

SEPTEMBER 2005

Rubina Alpitsis
PhD
Thesis title: The Predictive Capacity of Memory Complaint for Future Memory Decline
Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Saling

AUGUST 2005

Julie Botten
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: An Investigation of Corporate Fitness Centres, Psychological Well-Being and Exercise Behaviour
Supervisors: Dr Nancy McMurray, Dr Prasuna Reddy

Susan David
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Emotional Intelligence: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, and its Role in Coping and Well-Being
Supervisor: Prof Henry Jackson

Julie Janev
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: An Analysis of the Context Reinstatement and Report-All Mnemonics in the Cognitive Interview
Supervisors: A/Prof Virginia Holmes, Dr Chris Davis

Sophie Oh
DPsych (Health)
Thesis title: Patient Perceptions of Quality of Care and the Underlying Beliefs of Nurses in the Provision of Quality Care
Supervisors: Prof Alex Wearing, Dr Rivka Witenberg

JULY 2005

Jason Buttigieg
MSc (Research)
Thesis title: Mood Disorder and the Parahippocampal Gyrus in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Quantitative MRI Volumetry Study
Supervisor: A/Prof Stephen Bowden

Peter Kremer
PhD
Thesis title: Imagery Rehearsal and Athletic Performance: A comprehensive investigation of processes and mechanisms using bio-informational theory
Supervisor: A/Prof Nick Allen

Bronwyn Leigh
DPsych (Health)
Thesis title: Risk Factors for Antenatal Depression, Postnatal Depression and Parenting Stress
Supervisor: Prof Jeannette Milgrom

Lisa Phillips
PhD
Thesis title: A Prospective Study of the Relationship Between Stress, Coping and the Onset of Psychosis in a High Risk Group
Supervisors: Dr Nancy McMurray, A/Prof Jane Edwards, Dr Shona Francey

Helena Schutz
PhD
Thesis title: Body Comparison and Quality of Same-Sex Peer Friendships: Their Relationship With Body Dissatisfaction and Disturbed Eating in Adolescent Girls
Supervisors: Prof Susan Paxton, A/Prof Yoshi Kashima

JUNE 2005

Vivienne Howe
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: The Relationship Between Structure and Function in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Caused by Hippocampal Sclerosis
Supervisors: Prof Mark Cook, A/Prof David Andrewes

Pippa McKelvie
MSc (Research)
Thesis title: Discrimination of Foreign Language Speech Contrasts
Supervisor: Dr Chris Davis

Rachael Palmer
MPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Employee Well-being: Predictors of Stability and Change
Supervisor: Professor Alex Wearing

Antonio Paolini
MPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)
Thesis title: Fast Inhibition Alters First Spike Timing in Auditory Brainstem Neurons: Implications for a Time-Frequency Code
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Wilson

Paula Verity
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: The Relationship Between Creativity, Personality and Offending Behaviour
Supervisor: Dr David Rawlings

MAY 2005

Bridget Bassilios
DPsych (Health)
Thesis title: Physical exercise activity in individuals with schizophrenia
Supervisors: Prof Fiona Judd, Prof Pip Pattison

Peter Caputi
PhD
Thesis title: Modelling structure in binary implication grids
Supervisor: Prof Pip Pattison

Sharon Code
PhD
Thesis title: Personality and occupational stress: motives and big five traits as predictors of health and well being
Supervisor: A/Prof Janice Langan-Fox

Felicity Davis
MPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Current usage of Australian employee assistance programs
Supervisor: Dr Prasuna Reddy

Martina Jovev
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Psychosocial functioning in personality disordered individuals
Supervisor: Prof Henry Jackson

Pauline Lee
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Knowledge sharing and Team Performance: The Role of Leadership and Trust
Supervisors: Prof Leon Mann, Prof Alex Wearing, Dr Prasuna Reddy

Primrose Letcher
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Longitudinal recursors of anxiety in adolescence
Supervisor: A/Prof Ann Sanson

Cassie Milchman
DPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)
Thesis title: Quantification of discrete structures in the limbic system in vivo
Supervisor: A/Prof Stephen Bowden

APRIL 2005

Georgina Camplin
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Associate-learning in early Alzheimer's disease and the healthy elderly
Supervisors: A/Prof Michael Saling, Dr Greg Savage

Anna Clark
PhD
Thesis title: Coordinating on common ground: how stereotype sharedness contributes to the maintenance of stereotypes in communication
Supervisor: A/Prof Yoshi Kashima

Linda Gonzalez
PhD
Thesis title: Memory functioning in children with lesional temporal lobe epilepsy and their peers: Insights from a reappraisal of visio-spatial memory
Supervisors: Prof Vicki Anderson, dr Simon Harvey, Dr Stephen Wood

Karen Hendricks
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: The relationship between creativity, dimensions of normal personality and scales of personality disorder among artists and nonartists
Supervisor: Dr David Rawlings

Louisa Hoey
DPsych (Health)
Thesis title: Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment of prostate cancer patients and their partner
Supervisor: Dr Nancy McMurray

Helen Mursell
DPsych (Clinical Child)
Thesis title: Fostering social resilience for the transition from primary to secondary school
Supervisor: Prof Margot Prior

David Neal
PhD
Thesis title: Stereotypes and affect: two pragmatic forces in the construction of social judgement
Supervisor: A/Prof Yoshi Kashima

David Weintrob
PhD
Thesis title: The neural correlates of verbal memory impairment in left temporal lobe epilepsy
Supervisors: A/Prof Michael Saling, Prof David Reutens

Felicity Whitworth
PhD
Thesis title: Neuropsychological changes in Parkinson's disease: The place of subjective experience
Supervisor: A/Prof Richard Bell

MARCH 2005

Heidi Chapman
PhD
Thesis title:Selective Attention for Motor Action: fMRI and Kinematic Studies
Supervisors: Dr Simon Cropper, Dr Ross Cunnington, Dr Umberto Castiello

Adam Mckay
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: The Role of Semantics in Reading Aloud
Supervisors: Dr Chris Davis, A/Professor Anne Castles, Dr Greg Savage

FEBRUARY 2005

Biliana Agin
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Facial emotion processing and responding in individuals at risk for psychopathology
Supervisor: A/Prof Nick Allen

Penny Darbyshire
MSc (Research)
Thesis title: Satisfaction and Delight: A comparison using experimental design and emotion theory
Supervisor: A/Prof Richard Bell

Helen Fawkner
PhD
Thesis title: Body image attitudes in men: An examination of the antecedents and consequent adjustive strategies and behaviours
Supervisor: Dr Nancy Mcmurray

David Forbes
PhD
Thesis title: Personality and psychopathology in the prediction of symptom change following multimodal treatment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
Supervisors: Prof Mark Creamer, A/Professor Nick Allen

Kalaichelvi Ganesalingam
PhD
Thesis title: Behaviour problems, social skill deficits and self-regulation following paediatric traumatic brain injury
Supervisors: A/Prof Ann Sanson, Professor Vickie Anderson

Benjamin Haste
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: The psychological contract and normative contract strength in the organization
Supervisors: Dr Garry Robins, Prof Pip Pattison

Anina Rich
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: An investigation of the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying lexical-colour synaesthesia
Supervisor: Prof Jason Mattingley

JANUARY 2005

David Morrell
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: Procedural Fairness for Young Offenders: Judgements of Secondary School Students
Supervisor: A/Prof Jeanette Lawrence

DECEMBER 2004

Sunil Singh Bhar
PhD
Thesis title: Self-Ambivalence in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Supervisor: A/Prof Mike Kyrios

NOVEMBER 2004

Patricia Di Parsia
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Emotional and Attentional Processes in Clinical Depression: A Startle Modification Approach to Understanding Dysfunctional Affective Processes
Supervisor: A/Prof Nick Allen

Christine Ernest
DPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)
Thesis title: Emotional Reactivity Following Unilateral Temporal Lobectomy
Supervisors: Dr David Andrewes, A/Prof Nick Allen

Melinda Norris
PhD
Thesis title: Dispositional and Situational Approaches to Coping: A three-year longitudinal study of coping use and perceived effectiveness
Supervisor: Prof Alex Wearing

Donald Yeo
DPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)
Thesis title: Testing Cognition with Playing Cards: A New Paradigm
Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Saling

OCTOBER 2004

Gabrielle Ostrognay
PhD
Thesis title: The Structure and Influence of Transformational Leadership on Employee Well-Being and Performance
Supervisor: Prof Alex Wearing

SEPTEMBER 2004

Sarah Durkin
PhD
Thesis title: Reducing and Preventing Adolescent Body Dissatisfaction
Supervisors: Prof Susan Paxton, A/Prof Yoshi Kashima

Anna Ratajzak
MPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Organisational Culture and Commitment in Small to Medium Sized Organizations
Supervisor: Dr Prasuna Reddy

AUGUST 2004

Asha Bedar
PhD
Thesis title: Children Exposed to Interparental Violence in Pakistan: Experiences, Perceptions and Responses
Supervisor: Dr Nancy McMurray

Robyn Dwyer
MPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: The Circadian System and the Structure of Human Mood: Further Evidence for a PA System in Action
Supervisors: Dr Greg Murray, A/Prof Nick Allen

Assaf Semadar
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Interpersonal Competencies and Managerial Performance: The Role of Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Self-efficiency, Self-monitoring and Political Skill
Supervisor: Dr Garry Robins

Kylie Ward
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Objective Measurement of Motivation: Construct Validity and Other Measurement Issues
Supervisor: A/Prof Richard Bell

Carissa Wong
PhD
Thesis title: Message Framing and Stages of Change: Smokers' Perception of and Responses to Anti-Smoking Information
Supervisor: Dr Nancy McMurray

JULY 2004

Gerke Witt
DPsych (Clinical)
Thesis title: Neuroticism and Circadian Rhythmicity
Supervisor: Dr Greg Murray, A/Prof Nick Allen

JUNE 2004

Mariko Babauta
DPsych (Health)
Thesis title: Psychosocial Adjustment to Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Supervisor: Dr Nancy McMurray

Dale Bagshaw
PhD
Thesis title: Verbal Abuse and Adolescent Identities: Marking the Boundaries of Gender
Supervisors: A/Prof Diane Bretherton, Dr Fiona McDermott

Sophie Keele
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Emotional Intelligence: Construct Validity and Other Measurement Issues
Supervisor: A/Prof Richard Bell

Gabrielle Unsworth
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: Style of Player: A Clarifying Approach to the Violent Videogame Debate
Supervisors: Prof Tony Ward, Professor Grant Devilly

MAY 2004

Jacqueline Anderson
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Long-term Cognitive Sequelae of First-Ever Stroke: A Particular Focus on Lacunar Infarction
Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Saling

Andrea Chester
PhD
Thesis title: Presenting the Self in Cyberspace: Identity Play in MOOs
Supervisor: A/Prof Diane Bretherton

Rudi Crncec
DPsych (Clinical - Child Specialisation)
Thesis title: Examination of the Mozart Effect in Children
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Wilson, Prof Margot Prior

Amie Foran
MPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)
Thesis title: Psychopathologies in the Epilepsies
Supervisor: A/Prof Stephen Bowden

Evrim March
MPsych/PhD
Thesis title: Language Use in Normal Ageing and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type: The Uses of Nouns and Deixis in Turkish and Australian English Speakers
Supervisors: Prof Pip Pattison, Prof Roger Wales

Janine Walker
PhD
Thesis title: Psychosocial and Physical Adjustment in Young Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia
Supervisors: Prof Henry Jackson, Prof Geoffrey Littlejohn

MARCH 2004

Ayse Bilge Boratav
PhD
Thesis title: The Role of Child Temperament, Sociocognitive Abilities, Parenting and Social Context in the Development of Prosocial Behaviour
Supervisor: A/Prof Ann Sanson

Monique Crundall
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: Descriptive Model of Self-Representation and Coping in the Family Court
Supervisor: Prof Tony Ward

Robyn Stargatt
PhD
Thesis title: Neuropsychological Outcomes of Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Tumours: A Prospective Analyses
Supervisor: Prof Vicki Anderson

Georgina Swinburne
DPsych (Clinical Child)
Thesis title: The Influence of Parental Anxiety and Child Rearing Factors on the Outcome of the Treatment of Children with Anxiety Disorders in a Child Mental Health Clinic
Supervisor: Prof Margot Prior

Jaimie Terzi
MA (Cognitive Science)
Thesis title: The Folk Psychology of Cognition Comparing Lay People's and Psychologist's Conceptions of Intrusive Thoughts
Supervisor: Dr Mike Kyrios

Fiona Zandt
DPsych (Clinical Child)
Thesis title: Repetitive Behaviour and Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents with High Functioning Autism and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Supervisors: Prof Margot Prior, Dr Mike Kyrios

FEBRUARY 2004

Maxine Braithwaite
DPsych (Health)
Thesis title: Depression and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Supervisor: Prof Jeannette Milgrom

JANUARY 2004

Richard Cash
DPsych (Forensic)
Thesis title: Assessment of Substance Use: Determinants of Self-Report Veracity Amongst Opiate Dependent Outpatients
Supervisor: Prof Tony Ward

Julia Clancy
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: The Effects of Time Pressure on the Utilisation of Planning Information in Critical Incident Management
Supervisor: Prof Alex Wearing

Helen Siddel
DPsych (Organisational/Industrial)
Thesis title: Towards Understanding Self-Other Difference
Supervisor: A/Prof Richard Bell

Theses Passed 2007 / 2006 / 2003 / 2002 / 2001 / 2000