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25.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Professor Penelope Hasking titled Transdiagnostic mechanisms involved in non-suicidal self-injury, risky drinking and disordered eating: Impulsivity, emotion regulation and alexithymia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1583661 We tested potential transdiagnostic factors linking dysregulated behaviours. Difficulty controlling impulses when upset may be one such mechanism.

25.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Caitlin Liddelow and Professor Barbara Mullan titled Motivations for volunteering time with older adults: A qualitative study. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232718 Enabling older adults to remain at home requires organisations to consider different workforce models to support these initiatives. Volunteers are often used by organisations providing such services. Fulfilling volunteers’ desires for interest, social connection, ...self-growth, recognition, and support appeared conducive to positive volunteering experiences. Twitter: @caitlinliddelow @mullanbarbara

25.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Elizaveta Novoradovskaya, A/Professor Barbara Mullan, Professor Penelope Hasking and Dr Hannah Uren titled My Cup of Tea: Behaviour Change Intervention to Promote Use of Reusable Hot Drink Cups. Impact statement: A behaviour change intervention was implemented within the University, testing one of the three intervention strategies to increase the use of a reusable coffee cup: intervention targeting values towards the environment, int...ention-based intervention, habit-based intervention, and a control condition. Providing memorable information that evoked environmental values in combination with providing a solution to the problem (a free reusable cup) was found to be the most effective behaviour change strategy. Moreover, change happened through the mechanism of habit formation and was more effective for those who cannot withstand uncertainty. Interventions like this can be applied to other pro-environmental behaviours with the ultimate goal to reduce waste. Twitter: @mint_motion1, @MullanBarbara, @hannahvuren, @HPBMRG See more

24.01.2022 Check out this new publication by Professor Barbara Mullan and PhD student Caitlin Liddellow titled A Habit-Based Randomised Controlled Trial to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: the Impact of the Substituted Beverage on Behaviour and Habit Strength. This study demonstrates that an implementation intention-based intervention achieved substantial reductions in sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and habits. It also indicates that hedonic liking for SSBs and ...alternative drinks are associated with changes in consumption behaviour. Substituting SSBs with water or diet drinks was equally as effective in reducing SSB consumption. Twitter: @mullanbarbara @caitlinliddelow @HPBMRG https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09906-4

24.01.2022 We are currently looking for participants aged 18 years or over to test a free, self-help CBT guide to improve mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide provides ideas from international experts to improve mental health and wellbeing in children, teenagers, adults and older adults. Participants need not have mental health problems to join in, as the guide provides strategies to improve general wellbeing. To participate, visit our website at https://covidcbt.org/ The project is funded by the State Government of Western Australia. Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) has approved this study (HREC number HRE2020-0424).

24.01.2022 Check out new publication by Associate Professor Lynne Roberts titled Juror and community views of the guilty plea sentencing discount: Findings from a national Australian study. Impact statement: A plea of guilty is a mitigating factor in sentencing in Australia. This research found there was only minority public support for guilty plea discounts, particularly in sex offence cases. Public dissatisfaction with the discount could be seized upon as reason for abolishing it as a ‘tough on crime’ or ‘truth in sentencing’ measure. Care is needed when increases in the magnitude of the discount are being considered, as sizable discounts could lead to a decline in public confidence in the criminal justice system and a punitive backlash.

23.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Professor Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani titled Untapping the Health Enhancing Potential of Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA): Rationale, Scoping Review, and a 4-Pillar Research Framework. Impact statement: We propose a research framework to further understanding of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA). This framework comprises four pillars aimed at the development of: (a) an empirical definition of VILPA, (b) methods to reliably and accurately measure VILPA, (c) approaches to examine the short and long-term doseresponse effects of VILPA, and (d) scalable and acceptable behavioural VILPA-promoting interventions. #VILPA #physicalactivity #health

20.01.2022 Check out a new publication by John Curtin Distinguished Professor Nikos Ntoumanis, Dr Eleanor Quested and Research Fellow Brendan Smith titled An intervention to optimize coach-created motivational climates and reduce athlete willingness to dope (coachMADE): A three-country cluster randomised controlled trial. Impact statement: Future antidoping education programmes should consider training coaches in need supportive communication style, as such training (with potential booster sessions) could be beneficial to coaches and their athletes. Twitter: @anti_doping @wada_ama

20.01.2022 Great news on the recent round of promotions to associate professor. A very big congratulations to: Associate Professor Sarah Egan Associate Professor Eleanor Quested Associate Professor Mark Boyes ... Incredibly well deserved

20.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Professor Penelope Hasking titled Developing a policy to address and respond to NSSI in schools. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ipp0000143 In this policy brief, we outline how schools can most appropriately address and respond to NSSI

17.01.2022 Check out a new publication Dr Sarah Egan titled Reconsidering perfect: A qualitative study of the experiences of Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism. Impact Statement: A qualitative study of the feedback from participants in two guided internet delivered CBT for perfectionism trials, indicating participants found treatment useful and liked internet delivered treatment. #perfectionism #qualitative #cognitivebehaviourtherapy

17.01.2022 Check out this new publication by Psychology Head of School Professor Adrian North titled Music-related activities on Facebook. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735618816165 Musicians regularly engage with their fans via social media, using these to build their fan base and to promote their music. We found that use of music listening apps and creation/consumption of music on Facebook was associated with concepts that have been used extensively to explain other aspects of consumer behaviour, namely a propensity to lead the opinions of others, embracing innovation, and confidence in one’s knowledge.

17.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD candidate Danyelle Greene, Professor Penelope Hasking, Dr Mark Boyes, and David Preece titled Measurement invariance of two measures of alexithymia in students who do and do not engage in non-suicidal self-injury and risky drinking. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-020-09806-7 Impact statement: tested whether measures of alexithymia are responded to differently by people who do and do not engage in NSSI or risky drinking. Our results suggest that measures can be used confidently to discern differences in alexithymia in the context of NSSI and risky drinking

16.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Kate Tonta, Professor Penelope Hasking, Dr Mark Boyes, Dr Joel Howell, Professor Peter McEvoy and PhD student Glenn Kiekens titled Measurement Invariance of Three Brief Measures of Rumination in Young Adults with and Without a History of Self-Injury. Impact statement: The current findings suggest that observed differences using two popular measures of rumination reflect genuine differences in rumination between people with and without a history of self-injury, while researchers using the Ruminative Response Scale are advised to account for differential item functioning

16.01.2022 Check out a new publication by John Curtin Distinguished Professor Nikos Ntoumanis titled Barriers and facilitators of physical activity participation in adults living with type 1 diabetes: A systematic scoping review. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-0461 This review provides a better understanding of the issues faced by people living with T1D in order to guide future research and interventions to support physical activity in the T1D population.... #diabetes #type1diabetes #physicalactivity See more

15.01.2022 It was fantastic to see so many in the School out in force to farewell a year we are unlikely to forget any time soon. Congratulations to all those who received awards on the day.

14.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Dr Mark Boyes and Dr Elizabeth Newnham titled Prospective associations between bullying victimisation, internalised stigma, and mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.101 #Bullying victimisation and internalised #stigma are prospectively associated with symptoms of #depression, #anxiety, and #PTSD among adolescents living with #HIV. ... @me_boyo @accelerate_hub @MzantsiWakho @psy_resilience

14.01.2022 Check out this new publication by Dr Elizabeth Newnham titled Informal home care providers: The forgotten health care workers during COVID-19. Home care has become a pillar of the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. A large proportion of the general population have had to take on informal home care responsibilities, associated with reports of increased psychological stress. Urgent research is needed to inform disease-specific and contextualised home care policy a...nd advice. Twitter: @psy_resilience #covid-19 #homecare https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31254-X

13.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Research Assitant Enrique Mergelsberg and Professor Barbara Mullan titled An intervention designed to investigate habit formation in a novel health behaviour. This research furthers our understanding of how to help people form healthy habits. It was found that any intervention seems to be effective in forming a habit and changing behaviour. Moreover, intention, habit and behaviour were the most important predictors of behaviour change and habit... formation maintenance. Twitter Handles: @mullanbarbara https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1779272

13.01.2022 More great PhD news. Dr Luke Green's PhD thesis (An Investigation of Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Backward Evaluative Conditioning) was recently passed by the Curtin Graduate Studies Committee. Massive congratulations to Luke and his supervisors - Prof Ottmar Lipp and Dr Camilla Luck

13.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD candidate Jessica Dawkins, Professor Penelope Hasking and Dr Mark Boyes titled Knowledge of parental nonsuicidal self-injury in young people who self-injure: The mediating role of outcome expectancies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2019.1633385 One of the few papers to test a relationship between a parent’s history of NSSI and the engagement in the behaviour by their children. Knowing a parent self-injured conferred a 3-fold increase in the risk of NSSI.

13.01.2022 Check out a new publication by John Curtin Distinguished Professor Nikos Ntoumanis titled The effects of the iPlayClean education programme on doping attitudes and susceptibility to use banned substances among high-level adolescent athletes from the UK: A cluster-randomised controlled trial. Our findings suggest that online anti-doping education is a cost-effective way of exposing many athletes to fair and clean competition values without using banned substances Twitter: @uk...ada @asada @iocmedia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102820

12.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Emily Jones, Dr Sarah Egan, Dr Joel Howell and Dr Trevor Mazzucchelli titled An examination of the transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioural model of eating disorders in adolescents. Impact Statement: This study found through a modelling approach that there was some support for Fairburn et al's (2003) transdiagnostic model of eating disorders in a clinical sample of adolescents with eating disorders. #adolescents #eating disorders #transdiagnostic #model

11.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Marlene Kritz, John Curtin Distinguished Professor Nikos Ntoumanis, A/Prof Barbara Mullan & Professor Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani titled Volunteer Motivation and Retention of Older Peer Walk Leaders: A 4-Month Long Investigation. Impact statement: The findings have implications for how older walk leaders may be selected, trained, and supported by organisations and volunteer managers to facilitate volunteer retention. #peerleaders #olderadults #volunteering #walking #retention

11.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Jessica Sipes, A/Professor Barbara Mullan and A/Professor Lynne Roberts titled Ethical considerations when using online research methods to study sensitive topics. Impact statement: This commentary offers an introduction to the ethical considerations researchers should make when designing online research into sensitive topics with specific suggestions for both passive and active data collection methods.

09.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Professor Penelope Hasking titled The influence of alcohol craving on alexithymia and health-related quality of life in alcohol-dependent outpatients. Impact Statement: The current study provides important new information about impaired self-reported health status and well-being among male alcohol-dependent treatment seekers with alexithymia. We demonstrated an indirect effect of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors involving alcohol craving on the relationship between alexithymia, quality of and psychological well-being and health status.

09.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Elizaveta Novoradovskaya, Professor Barbara Mullan and Professor Penelope Hasking titled Choose to reuse: Predictors of using a reusable hot drink cup. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.1834 Paper coffee cups cannot be properly recycled, thus contributing to plastic pollution. Predictors of using a reusable cup were explored, highlighting the importance of values towards the environment and intention in predicting reusable cup use. It was ...also found that for those who cannot withstand uncertainty, stronger habits were associated with greater use of the cup. Twitter: @mint_motion1, @MullanBarbara & @HPBMRG

08.01.2022 Big congratulations to Dr Leon Booth. The Curtin University Graduate Studies Committee recently passed Leon’s PhD Thesis: The Measurement and Nature of Impulsivity in Parkinson's Disease. Well done to Leon and his supervisory team - Prof Natalie Gasson and A/Prof Andrea Loftus

08.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Masters Student Alice Goddard, Professor Penelope Hasking and Professor Peter McEvoy titled Big Five personality clusters in relation to nonsuicidal self-injury. Archives of Suicide Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2019.1691099 Identified clusters of individuals who self-injure based on their personality profiles.

07.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Dr Joel Howell, Dr Rebecca Anderson, Dr Sarah Egan and Professor Peter McEvoy titled One Factor? Two Factor? Bi-factor? A psychometric evaluation of the Frost Multidimensional Scale and the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire. Impact Statement: A factor analytic study indicating a general total score on the Clinical Perfectionism Scale may be useful for examining change in treatment of perfectionism. #clinicalperfectionism #measurement #factoranalysis

07.01.2022 More great PhD news. The University Graduate Studies Committee recently passed Martyna Bendlin's PhD Thesis: Stalking Among Domestically Violent Offenders: An Analysis of Police Records. Congratulations to Martyna and supervisors, A/Prof Lorraine Sheridan and Dr Natalie Pyszora

06.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Associate Professor Dr Lorraine Sheridan titled Coping with stalking and harassment victimization: Exploring the coping approaches of young male and female adults in Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12168 Experiences of stalking or harassment were not uncommon among the sample and the type of victim coping approach was in part influenced by victim demographics and by stalking dynamics.

06.01.2022 Check out a new publication by PhD student Hamsini Sivaramakrishnan and John Curtin Distinguished Professor Nikos Ntoumanis titled Relationships between changes in self-reported physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in France and Switzerland Impact statement: this study suggests that ensuring sufficient level of physical activity and reducing sedentary time can play a vital role in helping people to cope with a major stressful event, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The disruption of daily routines resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could be seen as an opportunity to implement new habits that, in the longterm, may foster the development of a more active lifestyle. #covid #coronavirus #physicalactivity

04.01.2022 Consumer Perspectives on Palliative Care in WA Patients and Carers have your say now! Associate Professor Lauren Breen has teamed with researchers at the Perron Institute and La Trobe University to investigate consumer perspectives of palliative care in WA, funded by the Department of Health WA. Are you:... Living with a life-limiting illness? A family member /friend carer of a person with a life-limiting illness? A family member/friend carer of a person with a life-limiting illness who has died in the last five years (2015-2020)? If yes to any of the above, please consider completing the relevant questionnaire available at https://perroninstitute.org/consumer-perspectives-of-palli/ The survey closes on 26 July. #perroninstitute #pallcare #itsmorethanyouthink #haveyoursay

04.01.2022 Check out this new publication by Former Honours Student Angela Moran and Professor Barbara Mullan titled Exploring temporal self-regulation theory to predict sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is a high-risk dietary behaviour and represents a pressing public health concern. Consumption behaviour is influenced by both reflective and automatic processes. Intention to consume SSBs, habit strength, and environmental cues may be suit...able intervention targets to reduce consumption. Twitter: @mullanbarbara @HPBMRG https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1774055

02.01.2022 Check out this new publication by John Curtin Distinguished Professor Nikos Ntoumanis titled Setting performance and learning goals is useful for active and inactive individuals, if goals are personalised and flexible: Commentary on Swann et al. We offer a number of suggestions to improve theoretical and applied work on goal striving in the physical activity domain #physicalactivity #goals ... Twitter: @NikosNtoumanis https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1762107

02.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Professor Penelope Hasking titled Developing a policy, and professional development for school staff, to address and respond to nonsuicidal self-injury in schools. Impact statement: Based on the current evidence, we argue that schools need to develop a policy for NSSI and implement professional training for staff, which includes professional development and training, protocols for appropriate referrals of students, strategies for responding effectively to NSSI disclosures, safely discussing NSSI with students to minimize socialization effects, and a protocol for family and parent/caregiver engagement. We call on all schools, and school boards, to develop their own local policy, based on the guidelines we present in this policy brief.

01.01.2022 Check out a new publication by Dr Trevor Mazzucchelli titled School-based intervention to address self-regulation and executive functioning in children attending primary schools in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234895 Children prenatally exposed to alcohol or early life trauma are at greater risk for impairment in self-regulation which may adversely impact outcomes across the life course. This study evaluated an adapted v...ersion of the Alert Program for use in remote Australian Aboriginal community schools to enhance students’ self-regulatory capacity where access to self-regulation interventions is limited. Twitter: @DrMazzucchelli @_BreeWagner @telethonkids