Program: Tuesday 4 October | Wednesday 5 October | Thursday 6 October | Friday 7 October
Poster Program: Tuesday 4 October | Wednesday 5 October | Thursday 6 October | Friday 7 October
Post conference workshop: Saturday 8 October
 

Monday October 3, 2011

Welcome Reception

6.00pm – 8.00pm

Exhibition Hall, National Convention Centre

 

Tuesday October 4, 2011

 

Time

Royal Theatre

Bradman Theatrette

Menzies Theatrette

Nicholls Theatrette

Sutherland Theatrette

Derwent/Fitzroy Room

Murray Room

Swan Room

Torrens Room

 

7am

Delegate Registration

 

8.30 – 10am

Opening Keynote address - Kelly Brownell

Don Byrne (C)

 

Royal Theatre

 

Causes and prevention of obesity: Is there the courage for change?

 

 

10.00 – 10.30

Morning Tea

 

10.30 – 12pm

Symposium

 

Eating, shape, and weight concerns: Evidence for contributing and maintaining factors

 

Elizabeth Rieger (C)

 

The role of adolescent stress in body image and body change strategies

Kristen Murray

 

Intolerance of uncertainty as a maintenance factor in eating disorder symptomatology

Alice Heikkonen

 

Shared group membership: A necessary condition for social influence in eating behavior

Tegan Cruwys

 

Adolescent peer relationships and the importance of physical characteristics

Stephanie Hawke

 

 

Symposium

 

KidsMatter initiatives – from theory to practice

 

Lyn Littlefield (C)

 

KidsMatter Primary

Lynette O’Grady

 

KidsMatter Early Childhood

Jo Cole

 

KidsMatter Transition to School: Parent Initiative

Lee Oliver

 

Forum

 

Continuing professional development for the psychology profession in Australia: A brave new world

 

Louise Roufeil (C)

Jac Smit

Paul Campbell

Judy Malone

 

Symposium

 

From theory, through evidence to practice in psychology education

 

Dawn Darlaston-Jones (C)

 

Applying theory to achieve ‘best practice’ in psychology education

Sharon McCarthy

 

From Avatar to Liyarn Ngarn: Utilising film as a device in anti-racism education

Dawn Darlaston-Jones

 

Developing capstone units as a means of linking theory and practice in psychology education

Sharon McCarthy

 

A collaborative learning and critical reflexivity model of anti-racism education

Dawn Darlaston-Jones & Ashleigh Owen

Individual Research Papers: Children’s Behavioural Disorders

 

Low Omega 3 in Red Blood cell essential fatty acid profile of children with ADHD and autism may underpin the disorders

Jacques Duff

 

Changes in brain electrical activity of boys with ADHD following neurotherapy

Jacques Duff

 

The clinical utility and ecological validity of Neurofeedback Training as a treatment modality for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Michelle Aniftos

 

 

How to session

 

ACCU: The adolescent cannabis check up

 

Etty Matalon

 

 

Forum

 

Supervision and peer supervision: Standards and guidelines face demands and fears

 

Denise Charman(C)

John Alder

Nadine Pelling Rebecca Mathews

 

 

Symposium

 

What do we know about the well-being of Australia’s oldest-old? Charting new territory using the DYNOPTA dataset

 

Davina French (C)

 

Deriving prevalence and identifying predictors of transition to depression for the older Australians in the DYNOPTA project

Richard Burns

 

Alcohol use and depression: From middle age to the oldest old

Robert Tait

 

Intra-individual and inter-individual effects of cognitive impairment on decline in hearing during late life

Kim Kiely

 

How is your health? The meaning of self-rated health changes with advancing age among older Australian adults

Davina French

 

How to session

 

The therapist’s shadow: We all have a dark side

 

Meryem Brown

Jillian Bull

 

 

12pm – 1pm

Keynote address –Barbara Gillam

2010 Distinguished Contribution to Science Award Recipient

 

Gina Geffen (C)

 

Royal  Theatre

 

Perception of occlusion in early renaissance and Australian Aboriginal Art

 

1pm – 2pm

 

College of Health Psychologists AGM

College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists AGM

 

Psychology and Cultures Interest Group AGM

College of Counselling Psychologists AGM

Rural and Remote Psychology Interest Group AGM

 

 

2pm – 3.30pm

Symposium

 

Body image and health in context

 

Marie Caltabiano (C)

 

Mapping moment-by-moment changes in state body image

Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewic

 

Qualitative exploration of lived experiences of women with permanent, non-facial scars

Lee Kofman

 

Promoting fit bodies, healthy eating and physical activity among Indigenous Australian men

Lina Ricciardelli

 

Symposium

 

Current research on the psychology of relationships: Some fundamental and applied questions

 

Ross Wilkinson (C)

 

The role of attachment and network social support in predicting depression and anxiety in people experiencing arthritis

Gery Karantzas

 

The effect of infant care arrangements on the psychological health and relationship quality of couples

Ross Wilkinson

 

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment in a Malaysian context: A preliminary study

Shereen Zulkefly

 

Attachment, trait optimism, and explanatory style: Working models as the basis for a positive outlook on life and relationships

Ross Wilkinson

 

Invited Session (College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists)

 

Collaborative problem solving - cognitive and social processes and their implications for integration in the curriculum

 

Esther Care

 

 

Symposium

 

Psychosocial interventions in oncology

 

Vikki Knott (C)

 

Background: Psychosocial interventions in oncology

Vikki Knott

 

Psychosocial service use: A qualitative exploration from the perspective of rural cancer patients

Kate Gunn

 

Facilitating decision making among women with breast cancer: Development and piloting an interactive decision support tool

Kerry Sherman

 

The development of an online psychological intervention for men with prostate cancer

Katherine Chisholm

 

Low intensity psychological interventions for patients and their carers

Suzanne Chambers

 

Forum

 

The Australian Psychological Society Reconciliation Action Plan Scorecard 2010-11

 

Heather Gridley (C)

Simon Crowe

Christine King

Tom Calma

Liz Orr

Yvonne Clarke

 

 

 

 

 

How to session

 

The diagnosis and management of hoarding problems:

An open mini-workshop

 

Michael Kyrios, Richard Moulding & Maja Nedeljkovic

 

Symposium

 

Psychological problems and psychosocial development in university students

 

Miles Bore (C)

 

The mental health and illness of medicine and psychology students

Suzanne Stevens

 

Normal within themselves: Axis II symptoms in first year psychology students.

Peta Apostolatos

 

The relationship between eating disorder symptoms and mindfulness and their influence on body image, identity, personality and quality of life in psychology students.

Emma Prowse

 

Why are they not flourishing: Late adolescence, emerging adulthood or excessive demands and uncertainty?

Miles Bore

 

 

How to session

 

Mindfulness and CBT

 

Bob Rich

Michael Anderson

 

 

 

 

Additional Conference Workshop 1

 

Supervisor and supervisee perspectives on clinical supervision: Advanced workshop on managing relationship and other challenges

 

Sabine Hammond

 

 

Note: Delegates must register separately for each workshop.

3.30pm – 4pm

Afternoon Tea

4pm – 5.30pm

Symposium

 

Implementing health care reform: Integrative approaches to physical and mental health

 

Jan Gudkovs (C)

 

Defining complex needs: Incidence of co-morbidity in patients referred for psychological treatment

Luis Vitetta

 

An integrative model for patients with physical and mental health needs

Jan Gudkovs

 

The psychologist’s role in a multidisciplinary team

Jan Duggan

 

Care for the carers – a vital ingredient for sustainable change

Mark Cary

Symposium

 

Building the capacity of undergraduate students

 

Jaqueline Cranney (C)

 

Building leadership skills in undergraduate psychology students

Lynne Cohen

 

Work integrated learning curriculum for undergraduate psychology: A case study

Annissa O’Shea

 

Learning-oriented assessment for future-oriented learning

Lynne Harris

 

Self theories of intelligence and maths anxiety in a first year statistics cohort

Taryn Swan

 

 

 

 

 

Forum

 

The report is written, but where’s the action?

 

Janet Fletcher (C)

Vicki McKenzie

Robin Harvey

 

 

Symposium

 

Student research in psycho-oncology

 

Vikki Knott (C)

 

Exploring cultural beliefs concerning health and ill health (cancer) among Chinese-Australian immigrants

Ethel Chung

 

The role of illness attribution and cultural views of cancer in determining participation in Cancer-Smart lifestyle among Chinese and Western youth in Australia

Celine Wei

 

Exploring the psychosocial impact of cancer and Adolescents and Young Adults with cancer

Helen Wilson

 

Attitudes towards death and dying among CALD communities in receipt of palliative care

Gwenda Gilligan

 

Non-disclosure of complementary therapy use in oncology:  Development of a model for effective communication between doctor and patient

Laura McLaughlan

 

Forum

 

Psychology, the APS and mothering: Supporting mothers and mothering at a personal and professional level

 

Heather Gridley (C)

Emma Sampson

Kylie Cann

Colleen Turner

Catherine D’Arcy

 

How to session

 

Journal publishing 101: Getting your articles published

 

Mark Robertson (C)

Simon Crowe

Michael Kyrios

Patrick Heaven

Graham Tyson

Alfred Allan

 

Invited Forum (College of Counselling Psychologists)

Forum

 

Science, research, evidence based practice and practice based evidence in counselling psychology

 

Elaine Hoise (C)

Roger Cook

Jan Grant

Sophie Holmes

Tom Schick

Marilyn Cobain

 

 

Individual Research Papers: Testing

 

Nicholas Voudouris (C)

 

Use of the TREAD scale with young people at risk of abuse in romantic relationships

Kylie Murphy

 

Prototypes as a screening tool for mental illness

Richard Ziolkowski

 

Factorial and concurrent validity of two anxiety measures and anxiety responses among vision-impaired people

Janian Barron

 

A new behavioural measure of academic procrastination

Mark Collins

 

 

 

Additional Conference Workshop 1 continued

 

Supervisor and supervisee perspectives on clinical supervision: Advanced workshop on managing relationship and other challenges

 

Sabine Hammond

 

Note: Delegates must register separately for each workshop.

 

7.00pm – 10.00pm

Delegate Networking Dinner

 

Rydges, Capital Hill Canberra

 

Note: Delegates must register for the Networking Dinner.