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Publications

The following information is an extract of the ReCAP 2006 Annual Report outlining the publications for the School of Psychology in 2006.

Books

Hosie, P.J., Sevastos, P.P., & Cooper, C.L. (2006). Happy-Performing Mangers: The impact of affective wellbeing and intrinsic job satisfaction in the workplace. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Marsh, A. M., & Dale, A. (2006). Addiction counselling: Content and process. Victoria: IP Communications.

Piek, J. (2006). Infant Motor Development. United States of America: Human Kinetics.

Book Chapters

Berry, J. W., Westin, C., Virta, E., Vedder, P. H., Rooney, R. M., Sang, D. (2006). Design of the study: Selecting Societies of Settlement and Immigrant Groups. In J. W. Berry, J. S. Phinney, D. L. Sam, and P. H. Vedder (Eds.), Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition: Acculturation, Identity and Adaptation Across National Contexts., pp. 15-46. USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Keehner, M., & Atkinson, J. (2006). Working memory and deafness: Implications for cognitive development and functioning. In S. J. Pickering (Ed.), Working Memory and Education., pp. 189-218. New York: Elsevier Science.

Levy. F., Bennett, K., Hartman. C., Hay, D.A., & Sergeant, J. (2006). A twin study of conduct disorder and ADHD: Is extreme Conduct Disorder different? In R. D. Oades (Ed.), Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) and the hyperkinetic syndrome (HKS): Current ideas and ways forward, pp. 23-34. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Roberts, L. D., Smith, L. M., & Pollock, C.M. (2006). Modelling stages of behaviour in social virtual communities. In S.Dasgupta (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies., pp. 321-328. New York:
Idea Group.

Roberts, L. D., Smith, L. M., & Pollock, C.M. (2006). Communicating in synchronous text-based virtual communities. In S.Dasgupta (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies., pp. 42-48. New York:
Idea Group.

Roberts, L. D., Smith, L. M., & Pollock, C.M. (2006). Psychological sense of community in virtual communties. In S.Dasgupta (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies., pp. 390-396. New York:
Idea Group.

Refereed Journal Articles

Bennett, K., Hay, D. A., Piek, J., Pearsall-Jones, J. G., Levy, F., & Martin, N. (2006). The Australian Twin ADHD Project: Current Status and Future Directions. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9, 718-726.

Bishop, B., & Browne, A. (2006). There is nothing so practical as...: building myths in community psychology. The Australian Community Psychologist, 18, 68-73.

Bishop, B., Colquhoun, S., & Johnson, G. (2006). Psychological Sense of Community: An Australian Aboriginal Experience. Journal of Community Psychology, 34, 1-7.

Bishop, B., Johnson, K., & Browne, A. (2006). Understanding of persons in community psychology: A grounded holism? The Australian Community Psychologist, 18, 20-30.

Bishop, B., Vicary, D. A., Andrews, H., & Pearson, G. (2006). Towards a culturally appropriate mental health research process for Indigenous Australians. The Australian Community Psychologist, 18, 31-41.

Browne, A., & Bishop, B. (2006). Iatrogenesis, community psychology and natural resource management. The Australian Community Psychologist, 18, 74-79.

Downs, J. A., Roberts, C. M., Blackmore, M., Le Souef, P. N., & Jenkins, S. C. (2006). Benefits of an education programme on the self-management of aerosol and airway clearance treatments for children with cystic fibrosis. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 3, 19-27.

Dyck, M. J., Piek, J., Hay, D. A., Smith, L. M., & Hallmayer, J. (2006). Are abilities abnormally interdependent in children with autism? Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35, 20-33.

Egan, S. J., & Nathan, P. (2006). Decrease in health service use and cost following group treatment of patients with personality disorders. Psychiatric Bulletin, 30, 470-470.

Grant, J. (2006). Training counselors to work with complex clients: Enhancing emotional responsiveness through experiential methods. Counselor Education and Supervision, 45, 218-230.

Grant, J., Thornton, J. A., & Chamarette, C. (2006). Residential placement of intra-familial adolescent sex offenders. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 315, 1-5.

Hay, D. A., & Preedy, P. (2006). Meeting the educational needs of multiple birth children. Early Human Development, 82, 397-403.

Jeffs, M. A., Rooney, R. M., & Bishop, B. (2006). Unipolar depression across cultures: a Delphi analysis of the methodological and conceptual issues confronting the cross-cultural study of depression. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 5.

Keehner, M., Guerin, S. A., Miller, M. B., Turk, D. J., & Hegarty, M. (2006). Modulation of neural activity by angle of rotation during imaged spatial transformations. NeuroImage, 33, 391-398.

Keehner, M., Lippa, Y., Montello, D. R., Tendick, F., & Hegarty, M. (2006). Learning of spatial skill for surgery: How the contributions of abilities change with practice. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 487-503.

Kos, J. M., Richdale, A. L., & Hay, D. A. (2006). Children with ADHD and their teachers: A review of the literature. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 53, 147-160.

Levy, F., Hay, D. A., & Bennett, K. (2006). Genetics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A current review and future prospects. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 53, 5-20.

Martin, N., Levy, F., Piek, J., & Hay, D. A. (2006). A genetic study of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Reading Disability: Aetiological overlaps and implications. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 53, 21-34.

Martin, N., Piek, J., & Hay, D. A. (2006). DCD and ADHD: A genetic study of their shared aetiology. Human Movement Science, 25, 110-124.

McDougall, M. R., Hay, D. A., & Bennett, K. (2006). Having a co-twin with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9, 148-154.

Miyahara, M., & Piek, J. (2006). Self-esteem of children and adolescents with physical disabilities: quantitative evidence from meta-analysis. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 18, 219-234.

Miyahara, M., Piek, J., & Barrett, N. C. (2006). Accuracy of drawing in a dual-task and a resistance-to-distraction study: Motor or attention deficits? Human Movement Science, 25, 100-109.

Pedersen, A., Dudgeon, P., Watt, S., & Griffiths, B. W. (2006). Attitudes towards Indigenous Australians: The issue of "special treatment". Australian Psychologist, 41, 85-94.

Piek, J., Baynam, G.B., & Barrett, N. C. (2006). The relationship between fine and gross motor ability, self-perceptions and self-worth in children and adolescents. Human Movement Science, 25, 65-75.

Priddis, L. E., & Howieson, N. (2006). Clinical use of the Adult Attachment Interview: The Adult Attachment Interview: Could it contribute to clinical decision-making? The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology, 7, 4-11.

Rees, C. S., & Savva, D. (2006). Manualised cognitive-behavioural therapy in the intensive treatment of adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Change, 23, 200-220.

Roberts, C. M. (2006). Embedding mental health promotion programs in school contexts: The Aussie Optimism Program. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 30, 1-4.

Roberts, C.M., Mazzucchelli, T., Studman, L., & Sanders, M. (2006). Behavioral family intervention for children with developmental disabilities and behavioral problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35, 180-193.

Rooney, R.M., Roberts, C.M., Kane, R.T., Pike L., Winsor, A., White, J., & Brown, A. (2006). The prevention of depression in 8- to 9-year-old children: A pilot study. Australian Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 16, 76-90.

Rooney, R. M., Wright, B., & O'Neill, K. (2006). Issues faced by carers of people with a mental illness from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: carers' and practitioners' perceptions. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 5.

Schofield, M.J., Grant, J., Holmes, S.A., & Barletta, J. (2006). The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia: how the federation model contributes to the field. International Journal of Psychology, 41, 163-169.

Schwenke, H., Hudd, S., & Vicary, D.A. (2006). Sibling relationships in the care system: Attachment, separation and contact issues. Children Australia, 31, 5-11.

Sergeant, J., Piek, J. & Oosterlaan, J. (2006). ADHD and DCD: A relationship in need of research. Human Movement Science, 25, 76-89.

Straker, L.M., Pollock, C.M., & Burgess-limerick, R. (2006). Towards evidence-based guidelines for wise use of computers by children. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 36, 1045-1053.

Straker, L. M., Pollock, C. M., & Burgess-limerick, R. (2006). Excerpts from CybErg 2005 discussion on preliminary guidelines for wise use of computers by children. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 36, 1089-1095.

Straker, L. M., Pollock, C. M., Zubrick, S.R., & Kurinczuk, J. (2006). The association between information and communication technology exposure and physical activity, musculoskeletal and visual symptoms and socioeconomic status in 5-year-olds. Child: Care, Health and Development, 32, 343-351.

Truman, A., & Hennessey, N. (2006). The locus of naming difficulties in children with dyslexia: evidence of inefficient phonological encoding. Language and Cognitive Processes, 21, 361-393.

Vicary, D. A., Tennant, J., Garvie, T., & Adupa, C. (2006). Can you hear me? The active engagement of Aboriginal children in the development of social policy by non-Aboriginals. Children Australia, 31, 21-26

Williams, C. J. (2006). Teacher judgments of the language skills of children in the early years of schooling. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 22, 135-154.

Other Contributions to Journals

Bishop, B. (2006). How irresistible is the seagull imperative? Countering the 'dead hand of academe'. The Australian Community Psychologist, 18, 86-87.

Refereed Conference Publications

Grant, J., & Mullings, B. (2006). Is there empirical support for the psychoanalytic psychotherapies? Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia: Does it work? Exploring effectiveness in counselling and psychotherapy (pp. 40-54).

Hird, K. M., Brown, R.,& Kirsner, K. (2006). Stability of lexical deficits in primary progressive aphasia: evidence from natural language. Proceedings of the 44th annual meeting of the Academy of Aphasia Victoria (pp. 147-148).

Hosie, P. J., Sevastos, P., & Travaglione, A. (2006). Are happy managers more productive? Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, Engagement & Change.

Hosie, P. J., Sevastos, P., & Travaglione, A. (2006). Implications of the 'happy-performing managers' proposition. Proceedings of the Australian Centre for research in employment and work Conference 2006.

Wise, M., Straker, L. M., Mathiassen, S., & Pollock, C. M. (2006). ITKids: Variation in muscle activity among school children when using different information and communication technologies. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, 42nd Annual Conference: New Technology: Putting a macro & Micro into Context.

Other Conference Publications

Piek, J.P., Gasson, N., & Garry, M. (2006) Guest Editors: Approaches to sensory-motor development in infants and children. Human Movement Science, 25. 1-3.

Straker, L. M., Burgess-limerick, R., Pollock, C. M., Coleman, J., & Skoss, R. (2006). IT Kids: Is a high computer display more physically demanding for children? Meeting Diversity in Ergonomics: Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress.

Straker, L. M., O'Sullivan, P., Kendall, G. E., Sloan, N., Pollock, C. M., Smith, A., & Perry, M. (2006). IT Kids: Exposure to computers and adolescents' neck posture and pain. Meeting diversity in Ergonomics: Proceedings of the international Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress.

Research Reports to Clients

Pintabona, Y., & Roberts, C. (2006). Aussie Optimism Dissemination Project Report for December 2005. For the Office of Mental Health - WA Department of Health and WA Department of Education and Training.

Roberts, C., & Pintabona, Y. (2006). Aussie Optimism Dissemination Project Report for June 2006. For the Office of Mental Health - WA Department of Health and WA Department of Education and Training.

Morrow, R. (2006). Reading, writing and responsibility: young carers and education. For the Institute of Child Protection, ACU National and Carers Australia.

Manuals

Redmond, M., Nesa, M., Roberts, C., Rooney, R., & Taylor, B. (2006). Aussie Optimism: Whole School Program. Perth: Curtin University of Technology.

Pophillat, E., Rooney, R., & Roberts, C. (2006). Aussie Optimism: Feelings and Friends Program Teacher Resource. Perth: Curtin University of Technology.