Program 2008 APS Annual Conference (updated 16/9/08)
23 – 27 September 2008, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart

 

Tuesday 23 Sept  | Wednesday 24 Sept  | Thursday 25 Sept  | Friday 26 Sept  | Saturday 27 Sept

 

Tuesday 23 September

Meeting Rooms

Time

Concert Hall

 

Ballroom 1

 

Ballroom 2

 

Ballroom 3

 

Chancellor Room 6

 

Harbour View Room 1

 

Harbour View Room 2

 

Poster sessions

7.30am – 5pm

Registration and Exhibition

9 – 10.30am

Official Conference Opening Ceremony

 

Keynote Speaker: Professor David Uzzell

The challenge of climate change; the challenge for psychology

 

10.30 – 11am

Morning Tea

 

11am- 12.30pm

Environment Individual Papers

 

 

Reser, J.

(CCOM) ‘Climate change’ is far more than climate change.

 

Rathzel, N.

Critical Psychology – an approach for changing environmental behaviour change policies

 

Bagot, K.

Restorative environments: The relationship between nature in school playgrounds and children’s attention in school classrooms

 

Burke, S. (C)

Climate Change and the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing

 

 

(CEDP) Educational and Developmental College Symposium

 

Heaven, P. (C)

The social and emotional development of adolescents

Leeson, P

Ciarrochi, J.

Heaven, P.

(CCLIN)Clinical College Forum

 

 

Wilmoth, D. (C)

Professional Issues for Clinical Psychologists

Wilmoth, D. Leong, C. Cichello, A.

Resilience Individual Papers

 

 

Hutchinson, A.

The biological origins of well-being: investigating the relationships between temperament, character strengths and resilience.

 

Maginness, A. (C)

The Subjective Experience of Resilience – A Qualitative Study

 

McIvor, D.

Modelling community resilience: A means-end chain theory analysis of hazard cognitions and preparedness

 

Lederman, M.

Emerging adulthood in Australia: The role of psychosocial factors

 

 

Online Individual Papers

 

 

Hirakis, E.

‘Beating the Rush’: A web-based intervention for amphetamine use

 

Posen, L. (C)

Cutting edge technologies in independent practice: Using Virtual Reality and biofeedback approaches to anxiety disorders

 

 

 

(CFP) Forensic College Forum

 

 

Dear, G. (C)

How do the obligations of expert witnesses reporting psychological test data clash with the APS Code of Ethics and what do we do about it?

Ethics Education Forum

 

 

Morrissey, S. (C)

Embedding ethics education and training in psychology

Morrissey, S.

Davidson, G.

Reddy, P.

Poster Session 1

 

Moore, K. (C)

 

Wilson, L.

Identifying the Attitudinal, Normative, and Control Beliefs Underlying Psychologist’ Willingness to Integrate Complementary and Alternative Therapies into Psychological Practice

 

Cashion, L.

Reliability and validity of group administration of the Eyes Test – Children’s Version: An Australian normative study

 

Dinnel, D.

A trait-state model of statistics achievement: An examination of gender and self-worth protective differences

 

12.30 –1.30pm

LUNCH

Psychology and the Environment Interest Group AGM
 
APS College of Clinical Psychology AGM
APS College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists AGM
Fellows Forum: The Professional Journey
Q&A with Amanda Gordon
Jeffrey Bond
Jeanette Milgrom
Rosemary Laver
Trevor Waring

APS College of Forensic Psychology AGM

 

 

1.30 – 3pm

National Registration and Accreditation Forum

 

Littlefield, L. (C)

The impending national registration and accreditation scheme for psychologists

 

Stark, A.

Grenyer, B.

Waring, T.

Montgomery, I.

 

(CEDP) Educational and Developmental College Symposium

 

 

Howe, W. (C)

Adaptation and Norming of Cognitive and Achievement Tests in other Countries – Issues and Outcomes

Martin, F.

Hannan, T.

McGrew, K.

 

Law Enforcement Symposium 1

 

 

 

Cotton, A. (C)

Primary psychological interventions in a law enforcement workplace: Educating managers

Clews, L.

Arblaster, W.

Horvath, H.

Torres, C.

Mindfulness Individual Papers

 

 

 

Cayoun, B.A.

The role of somatosensory feedbackin Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: three cases treated with Mindfulness-Integrated CBT

 

Wickham, R.

A mindfulness-based therapy for binge-eating in females: a proposed effectiveness study using a multiple-case study design

 

O’Donovan, A. (C)

Mindfulness-based treatment for bulimia nervosa and binge-eating: Findings from a randomised control trial

 

Substance Use Individual Papers

 

 

 

Dear, G.

Balancing drug use and parental responsibilities: The challenges faced by mums who use amphetamines

 

Connor, J.P. (C)
Future directions in Alcohol Use Disorder treatment research

Early Career Research Award

 

Gilmartin, T.

Binge Drinking in Young Australians: The Underlying Beliefs, Prediction of and Cluster Analysis

 

Gruenert, S.

A brief skills-based alcohol education program with adults with long-term substance dependencies: Preliminary results from a randomised controlled trial

 

(CFP) Forensic College Individual Papers

 

 

Yoxall, J.

Patterns of elevated PAI validity indices in an Australian psycho-legal sample: Implications for assessment

 

Yule, S. (C)

Investigative psychology practice in NSW – the contribution of emerging research

 

Lennings, C.

Risk Assessment in Child Abuse: Structured and clinical assessment compared

 

Allan, M.M.

Psychometric properties of Scheier and Carver’s Life Orientation Test in a sample of prisoners

 

 

Relationship Symposium

 

 

 

Wilkinson, R.B. (C)

Relationship changes and challenges: Personal and organisational applications

Mulcahy, R.

Musgrove, E.

Fallon, B.

 

Posters Session 2

(CEDP) Educational and Developmental College

 

Bowles, T. (C)

 

Finlay, A.

From problem to solution: Working together to make a difference

 

Cashion, L.

Advanced theory of mind in Chinese-Australian, Greek-Australian and a general community sample of Australian Children

 

Gleeson, G.

Learning difficulties and cognitive processes assessment: A model for clinical practice

 

Treeby, M.S.

Assessing practice effort and performance outcomes following failure induced shame

 

Finlay, B.

Accepting the ODDS (Oppositional and Defiant Disorder: Moving students from exclusion to inclusion while promoting resilience and wellbeing

 

 

3 – 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30-5.00pm

 

(CEDP) Educational and Developmental College Forum

 

Fletcher, J. (C)

Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Towards a National Approach?

Fletcher, J.

Warren, A.

Gray, K.

 

Law Enforcement Symposium 2

 

 

Cotton, A. (C)

Primary psychological interventions in a law enforcement workplace: Educating managers

Cotton, A.

Clews, L.

Arblaster, W.

Horvath, H.

Torres, C.

Lifeline Symposium

 

 

Lindner, H. (C)

Collaboration between APS and Lifeline Australia

Woodward, A.

Beaton, S.

Rickwood, D.

Depression Symposium

 

 

Ricciardelli, L.A. (C)

Depression Across the Lifespan

Ricciardelli, L.

Skouteris, H.

Mellor, D.

McCabe, M.

(CFP) Forensic Individual Papers

 

 

Crawley, T. (C)

Attentional and attributional biases in impulsive aggressive young women

 

Burke, K.J

What makes a happy cop? Longitudinal predictors of police officer well-being

 

Watt, B.

Gender differences in violent behaviour among a community sample

 

Lodge, J.

A multidimensional evaluation of the new family law system

 

Psychotherapy Symposium

 

 

Deighton, R. (C)

What brings about change? Insight and emotion regulation in brief psychotherapy with the problem gambler

Hosking, G.

Morris, D.

Deighton, R.

Poster Session 3

Child/Family

 

Martin, F. (C)

 

Roberts, R.

Emotional and behavioural problems of children referred to a Child Development Unit

 

Amon, K.

Exploring the use of biofeedback video games to help children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)

 

Bussey, K.

Children’s reporting of a witnessed adult transgression: Implications for child sexual abuse disclosures

 

Chan, A.

Preschool children’s counterfactual inferences: The causal length effect revisited

 

Hornsby, Z.C.

Changing aggressive behaviour in schools through increasing levels of belongingness

 

Maher Liversage, L.K.

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