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Bibrowska, Sophie

"Getting ready for work":  A group program with unemployed people to evaluate the practice of attunement.
Supervisor: Ross Williams/Allan Patience

Cassar, Kylie

Perceptions, beliefs and management of diabetes among Australians of Maltese, Vietnamese and Anglosaxon ethinc groups.
Supervisor: Gordon Emmerson

Bliss, Angela

An investigation into the role of melatonin in relation to psychogenic and nocturnal vasomotor symptoms during menopause.
Supervisor: Dot Bruck

Bloomfield, Leonie

A Theory of Masculinity: The importance of social cultural and psychological factors in explaining risk factors and illness among men.
Supervisor: Gerard Kennedy

Borg, Victoria

The role of family environment, social support and coping strategies in the life satisfaction of Maltese adolescents
Supervisor: Cynthia Fan

Callander, Rosemary

Successful coping with a diagnosis of breast cancer
Supervisor: Cynthia Fan

Deans, Cecil

An investigation into the responses & coping resources of registered general nurses who have been recipients of aggressive behaviour in the workplace.
Supervisor: Suzie Dean

Evers, Kaylene

An investigation & comparison of the psychosocial effects of multiple sclerosis.
Supervisor: Adrian Fisher

Fahey, Carmel

The psychodynamics of false-self personality: Destructive effects of power inequalities.
Supervisor: Ross Williams

Field, Jan Masters

A comparison of Behavioural Responses to Anxiety between Professional Pilots of Different Cultures.
Supervisor: Adrian Fisher

Field, Samantha

Burnout in health professionals "Who cars for the carers?" Qualitative techniques.
Supervisor: Marion Kostanski/Ross Williams

Gilley, Timothy

Enhancing learning readiness in early childhood within the family: Evaluation of theory and practice in a multicultural context.
Supervisor: Suzie Dean/Cynthia Fan

Graham, Anne

Pathways in young adulthood: Experiences following a suicide attempt.
Supervisor: Ross Williams

Grimwade, Jo

The Social & interpersonal processes in seeking child psychology services.
Supervisor: Suzie Dean

Gruis, Michael

The relationship between health status, health locus of control beliefs and daydream patterns of adult medical patients.
Supervisor: Denise Charman

Hanley, Francine

A qualitative study to investigate a “postural model” for the psychology of the female body.
Supervisor: Sue Moore/ Anne Graham

Heilberg, Marie

Life threatening illness: Longitudinal study of trauma.
Supervisor: Denise Charman

Jackson, Kathy

Children's Expression of Emotion in 4 cultures: What do parents worry about?
Supervisor: Cyntha Fan

Jones, Lisa

Perceptions of success outcomes and the effects of payment on satisfaction in psychologists supervision relationship
Supervisor: Heather Gridley/Dot Bruck

Kershaw, Kerri

Psychosocial implications of living with chronic illness: focus on Huntington’s Disease.
Supervisor: Isaac Prilleltensky

Kouzma, Nadya

The Interactions between academic stress, coping and cognitive appraisals and attributions, self-esteem and depression.
Supervisor: Gerard Kennedy

Michaelson, Reina

Evaluation of a school-based sexual abuse prevention program for adolescents
Supervisor: Denise Charman

Mills, Robyn

Empowering Health Professionals to Empower Patients: observing, developing and implementing intervention strategies for a psychological empowerment program.
Supervisor: Yoland Wadsworth

Milosevic, Dusan

Prevention of youth delinquency - 1995.
Supervisor: Adrian Fisher

Mulcahy, Jane

The optimal post trauma duration of psychological intervention with chronic back pain sufferers
Supervisor: Denise Charman

Quartermain, Susan

Disclosure of sexual abuse: The effect of age and the child/perpetrator interpersonal relationship and its relationship to level of psychological functioning
Supervisor: Suzie Dean

Palermo, Josie

The Influence of Gender (Masculinity/Feminity) on career achievement in hierarchical organisations.
Supervisor: Jenni Rice

Saflekas, Steve

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and executive dysfunction in children
Supervisor: Alan Tucker

Satyen, Lata

Cognitive Psychology - Effect of video game playing on divided attention encoding and retrieval processes in memory
Supervisor: Keis Ohtsuka

Saunders, Jane

The psychology of difference: a phenomenological approach to cultural identity and reconciliation
Supervisor: Ross Williams

Saunders, Wendy

Decision-making model of behaviour in office fires.
Supervisor: Wally Karnilowicz

Schmidt Neven, Ruth

An enquiry into how professionals from multiple discfiplines construe and learn to change their constructs and narratives of the human and mental health problems of their clients.
Supervisor: Isaac Prilleltensky

Smyrnios, Stephanie

Social functioning social cognition & executive functions in children with Asperger's Syndrome 
Supervisor: Alan Tucker

Vittorino, Renzo

Acculturation and family relationships among Spanish speaking Latin American Immigrants in Victoria.
Supervisor: Suzie Dean

Walker, Sally

Risk and protective factors associated with body image in adolescent males.
Supervisor: Marion Kostanski

Walpole, Lynette

Midwives experiences and responses to managing pregnancy loss.
Supervisor: Bernadette Hood/Anne Graham

Williams, Patricia

A training needs analysis of the personnel selection task: a consideration of EEO and quality issues
Supervisor: John Alder