Table of Contents
Social ecology of information exchange in networked teams: Lessons from biological
motor control
Eugene Aidman, Christina Stothard............................................................................................1
Auditory biological motion processing: The eyes alone don‟t have it!
Lauren Bartsch, Rick Van der Zwan, David Cottrell, Anna Brooks………...............................7
The impact of a measure of social support on individual morale, distress, and satisfaction
Gavin J.Beccaria, M.Anthony Machin……………………………………………..…………12
Mothers who kill repeatedly: Is justice possible when mothers violate stereotypes of
benevolence?
Sharmila Betts, Jane Goodman-Delahunty……………………………………………………17
Systematic graded exposure in vivo in multidisciplinary chronic pain management
groups: Can it enhance outcomes?
Vida V.Bliokas, Tania K.Cartmill………………………………………………….…………22
Puberty blues: The relationship between pubertal development, gender, coping, stress,
and psychological adjustment
Laura Boscaglia, Sophia Xenos, John Reece………………………………………...………..27
The role of a rational conceptual context as a framework for effective therapy: Evidence
from practice-based experience
Penny J.Brabin………………………………………………………………………..……….32
Interhemispheric differences in processing biological motion cues
Anna Brooks, Elena Clara, Alira Capararo, Coralia MacHatch, Rick van der Zwan……...….37
Intergenerational family communication about mammography: Young women‟s
perceptions, intentions and experiences
Jessica L.Browne, Amy Y.C.Chan…………………………………………………………....42
The relationship among conceptions of knowledge, approaches to learning, personality,
and academic success
Lorelle J.Burton……………………………………………………………………………….47
Civil liability for cyber bullying in schools: A new challenge for psychologists, schools
and lawyers
Des Butler……………………………………………………………………………………..52
Apathy in drink-spiking protective behaviours amongst university students
Nerina J.Caltabiano, Marie L.Caltabiano……………………………………………………..57
Social barriers to breastfeeding explored using the social representations theoretical
framework
Sandra Canney, Gail Moloney…………………………………………………………...……62
Counterfactual thinking in response to hypothetical breast cancer scenarios: A pilot
study
Amy Y.C.Chan, Sandra C.Jones, Karen Rich…………………………………..…………….67
“If only…”: Counterfactual thinking heightens women‟s sense of responsibility
regarding mammography screening
Amy Y.C.Chan, Sandra C.Jones, Karen Rich……………………………………………...…72
A social representations analysis of hypothetical organ allocation decisions
Kylie Clark, Gail Moloney……………………………………………………………..……..77
Organisational connectedness and well-being
Wendell Cockshaw, Ian
Shochet…………………………………………………………..........................................….83
Cognitive functioning in the later years: The contribution of estrogen replacement
therapy (ERT) and psychosocial variables to episodic memory performance
M.Elizabeth Collerson, Nancy Pachana, Michael S.Humphreys………………………..……88
Can work preferences (personality based) differentiate between employees scoring high
or low in general mental health?
Genevieve V.S.Colling, Richard E.Hicks……………………………………………………..93
Very superstitious: Dissociation, control and unusual beliefs
Francesca E.Collins………………………………………………………………………...…98
Cognitive behavioural therapy with adjunctive pharmacotherapy in the treatment of
alcohol use disorders: Summary of Australian data
Jason P.Connor, Gerald F.X.Feeney, Ross Young…………………………………..………103
The relative impacts of sexual orientation and gender on perceptions of domestic
violence
Laura L.Cook, Nadine Pelling…………………………………………………………...…..108
Focus group findings: Successful aging of Australian baby boom career women
Lyn Courtney, Nerina Caltabiano, Marie Caltabiano………………………………………..113
The impact of self-efficacy and pain on the quality of life of persons with spinal cord
injury
Ashley Craig, Yvonne Tran, James Middleton………………………………………..……..118
Seclusion – Demographics and beyond
Lynn Davies, Rick Van der Zwan, Doug Andrews………………………………………….123
Applying the elaboration likelihood model to assess the credibility of Indigenous
Australian suspects
Sowmya Devaraj, Jane Goodman-Delahunty…………………………………………..……128
The selection of controlled gambling in Australian problem gambling treatment services
Nicki Dowling……………………………………………………………………………….133
The application of the transtheoretical model to problem gambling
Nicki Dowling, Eileen Clancy Browne, Amelia McDermott………………………….…….138
Attachment style, gender and time spent online as predictors of internet “addiction”
Michele J.Fleming, Tania L.Harrison………………………………………………………..143
Calibration in tennis: The role of feedback, gender, and expertise
Gerard J.Fogarty, Anthony Ross……………………………………………………………..148
Disclosing a hepatitis C diagnosis: Stigmatised if you do, isolated if you don‟t
Margaret Fry, Glen Bates…………………………………………………………………….153
A dissociative pathway between companion animal bonding and enhanced human health
Jacqueline R.Gately, Francesca E.Collins, Felicity C.L.Allen……………………...……….159
Can multimedia facilitate jury understanding of DNA evidence?
Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Lindsay Hewson………………………………………………...164
Intimate partner abuse among Australian students: Prevalence and attitudes
Celeste Grant, Sophia Xenos, David Smith, John Reece………………………………...…..169
Adolescents and physical activity: The role of attitudinal, normative and control beliefs
Kyra Hamilton, Katherine M.White………………………………………………………....175
Evaluation of a group behavioural family intervention for families of young children
with developmental disabilities
Justin M.D.Harrison, Anthony P.Thompson………………………………………………...180
Goal involvement, sport related self-confidence, and competitive anxiety in elite athletes
Nathalie Hassmén, Peter Hassmén…………………………………………………………..185
Personality factors related to amotivation in elite athletes
Nathalie Hassmén, Peter Hassmén…………………………………………………………..190
Football coaches recovering from burnout
Peter Hassmén, Göran Kenttä, Sören Hjälm…………………………………………..……..196
Multidimensional aspects of acculturation and the psychological adjustment of Sinhala
immigrants in Australia
Malkanthi G.Hettiarachchi, Trang Thomas……………………………………………….…201
The relationship between attachment style and adjustment to bereavement among Hong
Kong Chinese
Samuel M.Y.Ho, George Bonanno, Cecilia L.W.Chan, Claudia P.Y.Wong…….......………206
Explanatory style and posttraumatic growth after bereavement: A study among college
students in Hong Kong
Samuel M.Y.Ho, Jasmine Chung………………………………………………………...…..211
A social identity approach to party drug use and associated harm minimisation
Adam Hynes, Lucy Zinkiewicz……………………………………………………...………216
Enhancing adolescent wellbeing: Coping skills training for girls
Clare A.Ivens, Lucy M.Goode, Erica Frydenberg……………………………………..…….222
Cyberbullying by young people: A criminal matter for psychologists?
Sally Kift…………………………………………………………………………………..…228
Do individuals differ on the degree to which they value experiences?
Lauren Krause, Julie Fitness………………………………………………………………....233
56% of respondents in a Queensland sample report significant pain: Examining the
nature of significant pain in a community sample
Cathryne P.Lang, Karen A.Sullivan, Patsy Yates……………………………………...…….236
Empathy as a mediator between parental attachment and adolescent aggression
Filomena Lay, Diane Szarkowicz, Graham Tyson…………………………………………..242
Understanding engagement in the middle years of school: Relationships with coping and
wellbeing
Jodie Lodge, Erica Frydenberg, Elizabeth Freeman, Esther Care………………….………..247
Cross-cultural training for orientation student leaders
Anita S.Mak……………………………………………………………………………….....252
Drink spiking: An examination of prevalence and predictors – Part 2
Bridget A.McPherson, David I.Smith, Lisa M.Negri …..…………………………….……..257
Experiences and needs of family members of someone with BPD
Wenda G.McPherson, Roslyn Galligan ………………………………………………….….262
Promoting adult resilience in the workplace: Synthesizing mental health and work-life
balance approaches
Prudence Millear, Poppy Liossis, Ian Shochet, Herbert Biggs, Maria Donald…….………..267
The relationship of social anxiety to Erickson‟s life stages
Kathleen A.Moore, David Mellor…………………………………………………………....272
Distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy eating behaviour: A personality trait
perspective
Kathryn Mullen, Jeff Patrick………………………………………………………………...277
Generation X women: Can they have it all?
Kylie D.Murphy, Trang Thomas………………………………………………………….....282
Parenting Practices and their Relationship to Resilience in Preschool Children
Annette Mutimer, John Reece, Jan Matthews.........................................................................287
Repeated measures of psychological change in residential clients of an alcohol and drug
treatment program
John Nolan, Anthony Thompson…………………………………………………………….292
Cognitive and personality predictors of financial literacy among adult Australians
Kathryn L.Noon, Gerard J.Fogarty…………………………………………………….…….297
Victim credibility in acquaintance rape cases: The influence of complainant intoxication
and expectations about alcohol-involved sexual behaviour
Kate O’Brien, Jane Goodman-Delahunty………………………………………………..…..302
Motivation to motherhood
Filia Papadimitriou, Roger Cook………………………………………………………….....307
Expatriates‟ goal orientation, self-efficacy, and cross-cultural work adjustment
Helen M.Parker, Anita S.Mak……………………………………………………………….312
Do Christian concepts and principles have a place in academia? A case study in
integration
Nola L.Passmore…………………………………………………………………………......317
Predictors of psychological distress in people with recently diagnosed spinal cord injury
Kathryn Nicholson Perry, Michael Nicholas, James Middleton……………………...……..322
Media perceptions of the jury: Myth or reality?
Jessica Pratley, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, David Tait…………………………………..….327
The transition to university: Factors predicting academic performance in undergraduate
students
Tara Quinlivan, Sophia Xenos, Andrea Chester, John Reece…………………………...…..332
Local and global cues are incorporated into perceptions of biological motion
Russell J Reid, Anna Brooks, Olaf Blanke, Rick Van der Zwan………………........………337
Dissociation as an outcome of childhood trauma, adult personality, and adjustment
Helene M.Richardson, Greg Murray, Glen Bates……………………………………………342
Dissociation.Is it continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis
Helene M.Richardson, Greg Murray, Ben Williams……………………………...…………347
Psychosocial Correlates of Resilience in Early Adulthood
Adrian J.Schembri, John Reece…………………………………………………………..….352
Cancer survivors as providers of peer support: Their reasons for volunteering
Caroline A.Schwerkolt, Kathleen A.Moore………………………………………………….357
Building resilience in emergency service personnel through organisational structures
Jane Shakespeare-Finch………………………………………………………………….…..362
Group „debriefing‟ following „critical incidents‟: The controversies, lessons to be learnt,
and new directions and practices in supporting the mental health of staff and others
following „critical incidents‟
Liz Short……………………………………………………………………………………..366
Benefits of legal parentage recognition of non-birth mothers in families of lesbian
couples
Liz Short…………………………………………………………………………………..…371
Attachment, sense of coherence, and psychological health in adolescents and young
adults: Test of a mediating model
Andrew Staniforth, Ross B.Wilkinson………………………………………………………376
Psychological correlates of training load among athletes
Peter C.Terry, Sandor A.Galambos, Jared West, Cristina A.Iizuka……………...………….381
Exploring resilience in Indigenous Australian adolescents
Helen Thomas, John Reece, Sophie Xenos……………………………………………...…..387
Do smoking cues make you want to smoke? And is it your parents fault?
Serena R.Thorpe, Richard E.Hicks…………………………………………………..………392
HEAT: Building social capital
Carol Tutchener……………………………………………………………………...………397
BRAVO! Building resilience and victim‟s optimism: An intervention program for
victims of school bullying
Emma Wade, John Reece, Emma Little……………………………………………………..401
Putting fluid intelligence into the selection pot with crystallized intelligence and
personality measures
James R.Warn, William R.Bowman, Jordan B.Peterson……………………………...……..406
Concern about the use of the new ecological paradigm scale on Australian populations
Hannah Whittle, Rick Van der Zwan, Anna Brooks………………………………….……..411
The relationship between negative mood states and fatigue
Nirupama Wijesuriya, Yvonne Tran, Ashley Craig…………………………………………415
The adjustment of African refugee resettlers in a regional Australian city
Jennifer S.Wilson, Anthony Thompson…………………………………………………..….420
Time in therapy: Psychologists‟ reactions to working within treatment time limits
Tracey Wright, Christopher Lennings…………………………………………………...…..425
Burnout in mental health clinicians working with borderline personality disorder
Laura J.Younis, Ross M.King…………………………………………………………….….430