Curtin Psychology

13/11/2024

Recently, we celebrated 60 years of at . Over 100 current and former staff, and valued industry and community partners, joined in the celebration 🎉 Check out this video documenting the history.

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This video documents the history of psychology at Curtin University as told by staff who worked at Curtin in psychology from the early 1970s to the present.

08/11/2024

PhD student Chloe Jones outlining how the links between social media use and mental health are less convincing when research uses directly observed measures from mobile data.

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25/07/2023

Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity focusing on mental health and wellbeing for people with breast cancer, supervised by Chloe Maxwell-Smith, Kylie Hill, and Lauren Breen

21/06/2023

Delighted to announce that James Clarke's PhD thesis “The Performance of Emotional Labour in Psychologists Conducting Psychotherapy” has been passed by the Dean of Graduate Studies. Congratulations to Dr Clarke and his supervisors Emeritus Professor Clare Rees, Professor Lauren Breen, and Dr Brody Heritage

15/03/2023

https://tedxkingspark.org/talk/six-myths-about-grief-to-bust-for-yourself-and-your-loved-ones/

Our very own Professor Lauren Breen discussing the experience of grief and associated myths in this TEDx talk

You may never experience love, but you’ll definitely experience grief. Like most people, you won’t feel ready. This hopeful, touching and sensitive talk tells you how to navigate tough times with compassion and communication.

16/01/2023

How should we treat people involved in the justice system and how can we better design the system to improve structural inequalities that exist. Professor Stuart Kiner discusses current treatment of justice-involved people

Prisons | Dr Stuart Kinner “People are sent to prison as punishment, not for punishment.” The appalling treatment of children at Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre urges us to rethink how we treat some of society’s most vulnerable people. People who have spent time in prison are generally mor...

10/01/2023

How might social media use be shaping our attention and emotion?
Our own Dr Patrick Clarke and PhD student Tamsin Mahalingham discussed this and other social media use related issues in a recent episode of podcast

https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/podcasts/screen-time-and-our-attention-span/

10/01/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/24/you-should-have-already-booked-it-how-to-plan-for-a-holiday-in-2023?CMP=share_btn_tw

Prof Barbara Mullan and Dr Caitlin Liddelow discuss some of their research into travel, planning and quality of Life

When looking for value for money, or simply a place to stay it’s never been more important to be organised. But how does one plan to plan?

13/12/2022

In further great news, Ida Best’s PhD thesis “Developing the Expectations of Motherhood Scale: Identifying maternal expectations and symptoms of depression and anxiety during pregnancy” was also accepted.

Huge congratulations to Dr Best and her supervisory team Assoc Prof Rosanna Rooney, Prof Lauren Breen, Dr Vincent Mancini, Assoc Prof Sarah Egan, Dr Robert Kane, and Ms Susanne Somerville

13/12/2022

Some great postgrad news to round out the year. Callan Lavery’s Master of Research dissertation “Does heart rate variability better differentiate individuals with and without an anxiety disorder at rest or during stress? “ was recently accepted. Congratulation to Callan and his supervisors, Prof Peter McEvoy and Dr Patrick Clarke

04/11/2022

In more great PhD news, Tess Fletcher's thesis 'Determinants of Alcohol Use Intentions in Pregnancy: Implications for Health Promotion' was recently approved for graduation.
Big congratulations to Dr Fletcher and her supervisory team: Professor Barbara Mullan, and Dr Amy Finlay-Jones

04/11/2022

Great news on the PhD front, Emily Jones' thesis 'The Transdiagnostic Role and Treatment of Perfectionism in Adolescents' was recently approved for graduation. Congratualtions to Dr Jones and her supervisors, A/Prof Trevor Mazzucchelli, A/Prof Sarah Egan, and Dr Joel Howell