The School of Psychology and Counselling has strong research links with prominent international agencies, with ongoing collaboration with institutions in the United States, Singapore and Canada. Examples include collaborative work in substance abuse with the University of California, Los Angeles and collaborative research in psycholinguistics with the University of Arizona.
QUT’s own Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) conducts groundbreaking research in the area of road safety, working in collaboration with such agencies as the Queensland Police Service and the New South Wales State Transit Authority.
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Snapshot: Recent Research Projects
“Promoting Positive Psycho-Social Development in Adolescents by Enhancing School Connectedness”
A/Prof Ian Shochet was recently awarded an ARC linkage grant (in conjunction with Prof Ross Homel) of over $300,000 entitled “Promoting Positive Psycho-Social Development in Adolescents by Enhancing School Connectedness”. This project contributes to a research priority area of preventing mental health problems in adolescence.
School connectedness, where students feel included and valued by the school, is now known to be a vital protective factor for adolescent well-being. This project implemented and evaluated a program called the Resourceful Adolescent Program for Teachers (RAP-T). The intervention aims to resource teachers to reduce their own stress and increase their capacity to promote school connectedness in teenagers.
“Promoting adult resilience in the workforce: Synthesizing mental health promotion and work-life balance approaches.”
Another grant of $37,000 for QUT Psychology and Counselling was received from the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF) for a project entitled “Promoting adult resilience in the workforce: Synthesizing mental health promotion and work-life balance approaches.”
Chief Investigators included Associate Professor Ian Shochet, Dr Poppy Liossis, Dr Herbert Biggs and Dr Maria Donald.(Prue Millear is a Ph.D student on the project.) This project contributes to a newly recognised research priority area which supports the workplace as a setting to promote positive mental health among adults. The aim of this project is to evaluate a workplace resilience building program. We developed an innovative program called “Promoting Adult Resilience (PAR)”, aimed at promoting positive mental health in the workplace through increasing adult coping resources, as well as by affecting changes in work place stress management and work-life balance.
"Construction Safety Competency Framework Implementation"
Dr Herbert Biggs has recently been awarded a $95,000 grant from the Board of the CRC - Construction Innovation for a Project entitled "Construction Safety Competency Framework Implementation". The project will run from April to December 2007, and will involve the development and trial of four differing sets of training and educational material based directly on competencies derived from a previous national investigation on construction site safety culture in which Dr Biggs was a Chief Investigator. The projected project outcome will provide all levels of managers in the construction sector with clear expectations of their roles and responsibilites in worksite safety and positively aid behavoural and attitudinal change.
"Longer-term Relationship Outcomes of Preterm Birth"
As an early career researcher, Dr Zoe Pearce was recently awarded an IHBI Early Career Research Grant for $15,000 to work with Adjunct Professor Heather Mohay in a project designed to investigate the longer-term relationship outcomes of preterm birth. Clinical evidence suggests that infants born very preterm (<32 weeks) are at risk for establishing insecure attachments and for experiencing attachment problems across their lifespan. However, little research evidence exists to support these observations. Dr Pearce and Professor Mohay's project aims to determine if preterm birth poses an increased risk for the development of long-term attachment insecurities in Australian adults. It is expected that the results of this study will inform the direction of programs and initiatives designed to address the short-term and long-term needs of individuals born preterm."