School of Psychology

School of Psychology Research Results

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The Impact of Leader Integrity on Subordinate Behaviour	A summary of results from a Masters project completed in 2012
Psychological influences on blushing	A summary of results from a BPsych project completed in 2011
Role of the Right Hemisphere Sentence Comprehension	A summary of results from a PhD project completed in 2012
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the guiltiest of them all? A study of Guilt in Young Adults Across Cultures	A summary of results of Honours research project conducted in 2011
The interrelationship of affect, depression, attributional style and imposter phenomenon	A summary of results of Honours research project conducted in 2011
Visual Imagery and Reading Enjoyment: A Situation Model Investigation	A summary of results of Honours research project conducted in 2011
Positivity towards asylum seekers: The role of priming of similarity/difference and emotion	A summary of results from a BPsych project conducted in 2011
Does Incidental Anxiety Increase Stereotyping in Evaluative Judgement?	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
The Relationship between Sleep Patterns and Attention in Primary School Children.	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
"Mateship is what people choose to do, it's not what they are forced to do": On the importance of autonomy and social identity in group-based helping.	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
Locus of control as a mediator between attachment and conflict resolution style: Singaporeans and Australians compared:	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
Situation Models and Language Comprehension:	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
Hemispheric Differences in the temporal updating in short narrative situation models using a LDT:	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
Driving Simulator Study - Measuring Static Billboard Distraction on Cognitive Functioning:	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
Situation Models of Mental Maps:	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
Entering the Story World: Individual differences in situation modelling ability and reading enjoyment:	Summary of results of Honours research project completed in 2011
Stress and Coping amongst Care Workers in Nursing Homes for the Elderly	A summary of results from a Masters project completed in May, 2011
Imagery and the cerebral hemispheres: A situation model analysis	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in May, 2011
The Effect of Anxiety on the Application of Stereotypes	A summary of results from a BPsych project completed in Dec, 2010
Experiences of Participation in Collective Action	A summary of results from a PhD project completed in January, 2011
Effects of Perceived and Aerobic Fitness on Wellbeing, Job Stress, and Life Stress	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in November, 2010
Examining the impact of work habits, commitments and thoughts on the sleep, stimulant consumption and psychological well-being of chronotypes.	A summary of results from a Masters project completed in May, 2011
Psychological and physiological effects of neck pain treatment	A summary of results from a Masters project completed in April, 2011
“Giving guilt the flick”: An investigation of ‘guilt-free’ morality for mothers in infant feeding discussions.	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in Nov, 2010
Motivations for volunteering in Animal Assisted Therapy	A summary of results from a Masters project completed in Dec, 2010
Bilingual Selves, Language Choice & Emotional Accessibility in Therapy	A summary of results from a PhD project will be available in August 2012
Fear of Emotion in Adolescents: The Modified Affective Control Scale for Adolescents.	A summary of results from a DPsych thesis completed in 2010.
A peer-education model of health promotion for children of West African refugees	A summary of results from a research project conducted by Professor Peter Drummond and Dr Berndatte Wright completed in Dec 2010
Being Muslim in Australia: Experiences of discrimination and protective factors for integration	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in February, 2011
An Examanation of the Mediating Role of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) on the Relationship Between Psychological Empowerment and Job Satisfaction in the Casual Hospitality Employment of Western Australia.	A summary of results from a Masters project completed in Dec 2009
Right Hemispheric Use of Image Processing During Language Comprehension	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in June, 2010
The Role of Social Identity Processes in Motivating and Sustaining Volunteerism in Victim Support Organisations	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in November, 2010
A comparison of the Ergonomics of Alphabetical and Numerical Sequences of Different Lengths and the Influence of Presentation on Data Entry and Recall Tasks	A summary of results from a Masters project completed in November, 2010.
The Effect of Working Hours on Workers' Non-Work Time	A summary of results from a BPsych project completed in November, 2010.
Auditory presentation of sentences in hemispheric sentence comprehension	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in May, 2010.
Perception of Leadership Ability and its Effect on Career Advancement: An Australian Middle Management Context.	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in June, 2010.
Effect of limb pain on scalp tenderness during motion sickness	A summary of results from a PhD project completed in June, 2010.
Using a headache diary as an educational tool	A summary of results from a BPsych project completed in June, 2010.
Does Niacin Increase the Likelihood of blushing	A summary of results from a Masters research project completed in June, 2010.
Zygapophyseal joint pain: thermal hypersensitivity and the development of neuritis following cervical radiofrequency neurotomy - psychophysical investigations.	A summary of results from a Masters research project completed in June, 2010.
Psychology and Natural Science: The Relation Between the Natural Scientific Attitude, the Theoretical Attitude and the Life-World in Ethnomethodology and Phenomenology	A summary of results from a PhD project completed in May, 2010.
Automatic Fact Retrieval in Simple Arithmetic: A Study of Problem Size Effects	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in May, 2010.
The effects of music familiarity and music as a working memory load on arithmetic task performance	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in May 2010
Opinions about Issues Affecting Indigenous Australians and Motivators of Social Action	A summary of research conducted as part of a PhD in November 2009.
Religion and Australian Society	A summary of research conducted by Dr Paul Bain.
The efficacy and psychophysiological correlates of dual attention tasks in eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)	A summary of results from a PhD study completed in Decmeber, 2009.
The Effectiveness of Different Coping Styles on Levels of Reported Stress at University	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in November, 2009.
Effectiveness of Intervention Techniques that Deter Recreational Drug Use: A Qualitative Analysis	A summary of results from a BPsych project completed in Dec, 2009.
Gender in sports	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in November, 2009
What makes a Task Interesting? The Relationship between Item Difficulty, Coping Potential, Personality and Interest	A summary of results from a Honours project completed in November, 2009.
A longitudinal, qualitative and quantitative study of the nature of the Psychological Contract: the relationship between perceived organisational support, perceived contract breach and organisational commitment.	A summary of findings from a Masters research project available in Feb/March, 2010.
Legal Perspectives on the Evidence of Child Complainants of Sexual Abuse	A summary of reulsts from an Honours project completed in November, 2009.
Thinking about social issues: Deciding what is fair	A summary of results from BPsych group project completed in 2009.
Differential Management and Supervisory Influence Tactics and their Effect on Safety Performance Outcomes.	A summary of finidngs from a Masters research project - available July, 2010.
The effects of distractors on accuracy and speed across different levels of mathematical ability.	A summary of findings from an Honours research project.
Perceptions of Control of Space as a Factor in Responsibility Attribution and Behavioural Intent Towards Another Person’s Litter.	A summary of findings from an Honours research project - available in November 2009.
Does fear of pain determine how we respond to painful stimuli?	A summary of findings from a PhD project completed in 2009.
Blocking the painful effects of electrical stimulation in inflamed skin	A summary of findings from a PhD project completed in 2009.
A Daily Diary Study of Job Characteristics, Work Engagement & the Work-Life Interface	A summary of findings from a Masters project in Organisational Psychology, completed Dec 2010.
Work Commitment in IT Professionals	A summary of findings from this Masters project will be available from December 2009.
University education and satisfaction in long term romantic relationships	This honours project is currently ongoing. A summary of the results will be available here from 1st of November 2009.
The Influence of Individual Differences and Organisational Factors on Employee Engagement	A summary from a Masters projects available in Dec 2009.
Confidentiality issues in school-based relationship counselling	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in June, 2009.
The influence of luminance, size and speed on perceptual reentry in a motion-induced blindness experiment	A summary of results from an Honours project available in Nov 2009.
Do New Drivers Model their Parent's Driving Patterns	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in 2009.
Effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for insomia: A randomised controlled trial	A summary of results from a Masters project will be available in Dec 2010.
Job Satisfaction and Happiness	A summary of results from an BPsych project will be available in Nov 2009.
The Work-Study Balance: Examining the Effects of Mental Workload, Sleep, and Hours of Study, Work, and Carer Responsibilities on Mental Fatigue in a Tertiary Student Population.	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in 2009.
A Study into the Relationship between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation and Satisfaction with Pay and Benefits in Western Australia	A summary of results from a Master of Applied Psychology dissertation conducted in 2009.
Mechanisms underlying fear reduction during exposure	A summary of results from a BPsych project conducted in 2009
Women’s understanding and expression of femininity in contemporary Australian culture	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in July 2009
Attitudes towards government policies to address climate change	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in May 2009
Urban Biodiversity: A Social Psychological Investigation into Landscape Preference within the Suburban Backyard.	A summary of results from a BPsych project conducted in 2008
Preadolescent extra-curricular activities	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in 2008
Temperature Effects on Emotional Experiences and Body Language	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in 2008
The influence of psychological and physiological characteristics of television viewing	A summary of results will be available mid-November, 2008
Passenger, Driver Distraction and Motor Vehicle Crashes.	A summary of results from a BPsych project conducted in 2008
Sunglasses and Scrutiny in Socially Evaluative Situations.	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in 2008
Repetition Priming In Sentence Comprehension	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in 2008
Factors affecting asymmetry of physiological responses to pain	Which factors affect asymmetry of physiological responses to pain?
Right hemisphere language processing	An integration of contextual information in sentences
The Relationship Context of Sexual Behaviour	A summary of findings will be available by early-mid 2008.
The Psycho-physiological Correlates of Relaxation:	A summary of findings will be made available to participants at the end of October, 2008.
Hope, recovery and schizophrenia: The experience of caring and coping:	A summary of results from an Honours project completed in 2008.
Efficacy, Helping and Attributes:	Summary of results of fourth year BPsych study titled: Efficacy, Helping and Attributes.
The Effects of Stress of the Wellbeing of Refugee Advocates:	Summary of results of Honours research project in this area.