Overview
Background
Dr Karyn L Healy is a registered psychologist with expertise in addressing bullying and conflict. She has extensive practical experience working with schools, parents and children to prevent and address bullying, and resolve conflict. Karyn has a Masters of Organisational Psychology, specialising in change management, process consultancy, training and facilitation, and conflict management. Her PhD investigated intervening with families of children bullied by peers at school, which is a promising new approach to complement school anti-bullying programs. Karyn is co-author of Resilience Triple P program, a family program to address school bullying. She has published papers in Tier 1 peer-reviewed journals, as well as several book chapters about school bullying. She is author of several widely read pieces in The Conversation about school bullying. She was a featured presenter at the National Centre Against Bullying Conference in Melbourne in 2016. In 2018, she was engaged by Australia’s Safe and Supportive School Communities committee to develop a professional development resource for staff on how to manage parental reports of bullying; this has now been made available to all Australian schools. Karyn is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Child and Family Studies and served as a member of the Queensland Anti-Cyberbullying Committee.
Availability
- Dr Karyn Healy is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
Research interests
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How to address school bullying
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What parents can do to prevent and address school bullying
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School bullying and the impact on children's mental health
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Children's peer relationships
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Parenting and family interventions
Research impacts
Karyn is an experienced practitioner who has specialised in addressing school bullying and conflict. She was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake a PhD from 2008. She co-authored a successful ARC Grant application with Professor Matt Sanders for trial of the Resilience Triple P program as part of her PhD. Since completing her PhD in 2014 she has published regularly in peer reviewed journals. Her paper published in Behavior Therapy in July 2014, documented the first controlled trial of a family program for children bullied at school and was cited in a U.S.A policy document “Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice” in 2016 (Altmetric, February 2018). Karyn has written five articles for The Conversation since 2015, which have attracted more than 413 000 readers. Her article “Is your child less likely to be bullied at a private school?” was selected for the prestigious Conversation Yearbook for 2015. Karyn presents regularly at conferences on the topic of school bullying and was a featured presenter at National Coalition Against Bullying Conference in Melbourne 2016. She was invited to be a critical friend to Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority for the development of syllabus for Psychology as a Senior School Subject and undertook this honorary role in 2016-2017. Karyn was a member of the Queensland Anti Cyber Bullying Committee 2019-2021.
Works
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Featured
2019
Journal Article
Attributions for improvement in children bullied at school
Healy, Karyn L., Grzazek, Olivia Y. and Sanders, Matthew R. (2019). Attributions for improvement in children bullied at school. Journal of School Violence, 19 (2), 219-233. doi: 10.1080/15388220.2019.1653313
Featured
2018
Journal Article
Mechanisms Through Which Supportive Relationships with Parents and Peers Mitigate Victimization, Depression and Internalizing Problems in Children Bullied by Peers
Healy, K L and Sanders, M R (2018). Mechanisms Through Which Supportive Relationships with Parents and Peers Mitigate Victimization, Depression and Internalizing Problems in Children Bullied by Peers. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 49 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10578-018-0793-9
Featured
2014
Journal Article
Randomized controlled trial of a family intervention for children bullied by peers
Healy, Karyn L. and Sanders, Matthew R. (2014). Randomized controlled trial of a family intervention for children bullied by peers. Behavior Therapy, 45 (6), 760-777. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.06.001
Featured
2013
Journal Article
Parenting practices, children's peer relationships and being bullied at school
Healy, Karyn L., Sanders, Matthew R. and Iyer, Aarti (2013). Parenting practices, children's peer relationships and being bullied at school. Journal of Child and Family Studies, Online First (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10826-013-9820-4
2024
Journal Article
Extended Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES): inclusion of the peer relationship problems subscale and updated psychometric properties
Ma, Tianyi, Sanders, Matthew R., Hodges, Julie, Boyle, Christopher, Healy, Karyn L. and Morawska, Alina (2024). Extended Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES): inclusion of the peer relationship problems subscale and updated psychometric properties. Australian Psychologist, 59 (6), 533-540. doi: 10.1080/00050067.2024.2411354
2024
Journal Article
The protective role of supportive relationships in mitigating bullying victimization and psychological distress in adolescents
Healy, Karyn L., Scott, James G. and Thomas, Hannah J. (2024). The protective role of supportive relationships in mitigating bullying victimization and psychological distress in adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33 (10), 3211-3228. doi: 10.1007/s10826-024-02891-2
2024
Journal Article
The effectiveness of brief workplace compassion-focussed training in improving wellbeing of stressed school employees
Healy, Karyn L., Payne, Kirsty and Kirby, James N. (2024). The effectiveness of brief workplace compassion-focussed training in improving wellbeing of stressed school employees. Australian Journal of Management. doi: 10.1177/03128962241270860
2023
Journal Article
The thriving kids and parents schools project: protocol of an incomplete stepped wedged cluster randomised trial evaluating the effectiveness of a Triple P seminar series
Boyle, Christopher, Sanders, Matthew R., Ma, Tianyi, Hodges, Julie, Allen, Kelly-Ann, Cobham, Vanessa E., Darmawan, Igusti, Dittman, Cassandra K., Healy, Karyn L., Hepburn, Stevie-Jae, MacLeod, Lynda M., Teng, Jiachen and Trompf, Madilyn (2023). The thriving kids and parents schools project: protocol of an incomplete stepped wedged cluster randomised trial evaluating the effectiveness of a Triple P seminar series. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 2021. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16962-4
2022
Journal Article
Empirical and theoretical foundations of family interventions to reduce the incidence and mental health impacts of school bullying victimization
Healy, Karyn L., Thomas, Hannah J., Sanders, Matthew R. and Scott, James G. (2022). Empirical and theoretical foundations of family interventions to reduce the incidence and mental health impacts of school bullying victimization. International Review of Psychiatry, 34 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2022.2045260
2022
Journal Article
Using the Stay Strong app for the well-being of Indigenous Australian prisoners: feasibility study
Perdacher, Elke, Kavanagh, David, Sheffield, Jeanie, Healy, Karyn, Dale, Penny and Heffernan, Edward (2022). Using the Stay Strong app for the well-being of Indigenous Australian prisoners: feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research, 6 (4) e32157, 1-17. doi: 10.2196/32157
2021
Journal Article
Delivering evidence-based parenting support in educational settings
Sanders, Matthew R., Healy, Karyn L., Hodges, Julie and Kirby, Grace (2021). Delivering evidence-based parenting support in educational settings. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 31 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/jgc.2021.21
2021
Journal Article
Outcomes of assertive community treatment for adolescents with complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage
Daubney, Michael F. X., Raeburn, Narelle, Blackman, Kerry, Jeffries, Holly and Healy, Karyn L. (2021). Outcomes of assertive community treatment for adolescents with complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30 (2), 502-516. doi: 10.1007/s10826-020-01882-3
2020
Journal Article
Hypotheses for possible iatrogenic impacts of school bullying prevention programs
Healy, Karyn L. (2020). Hypotheses for possible iatrogenic impacts of school bullying prevention programs. Child Development Perspectives, 14 (4) cdep.12385, 221-228. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12385
2019
Journal Article
How are pain and traumatic stress symptoms related in acute whiplash-associated disorders? An investigation of the role of pain-related fear in a daily diary study
Eather, Adele, Kenardy, Justin, Healy, Karyn L., Haynes, Michele and Sterling, Michele (2019). How are pain and traumatic stress symptoms related in acute whiplash-associated disorders? An investigation of the role of pain-related fear in a daily diary study. Pain, 160 (9), 1954-1966. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001581
2019
Journal Article
Trauma-informed care in practice: observed use of psychosocial care practices with children and families in a large pediatric hospital
Moss, Katrina M., Healy, Karyn L., Ziviani, Jenny, Newcombe, Peter, Cobham, Vanessa E., McCutcheon, Helen, Montague, Gillian and Kenardy, Justin (2019). Trauma-informed care in practice: observed use of psychosocial care practices with children and families in a large pediatric hospital. Psychological Services, 16 (1), 16-28. doi: 10.1037/ser0000270
2019
Book Chapter
The influence of parenting on school bullying: does child gender matter?
Healy, Karyn L. (2019). The influence of parenting on school bullying: does child gender matter?. Bullying in schools: prevention, gender differences and perspectives. (pp. 67-98) edited by Christopher Boone. New York, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
2018
Journal Article
Effectiveness of a questionnaire measure of executive function in predicting treatment outcomes for anxiety and depression following CBT
Healy, Karyn L., Oei, Tian P. and Shaw, Simone (2018). Effectiveness of a questionnaire measure of executive function in predicting treatment outcomes for anxiety and depression following CBT. Scientific Journal of Depression and Anxiety, 2 (1), 1-9.
2018
Book Chapter
Peer and sibling relationships
Healy, Karyn L. (2018). Peer and sibling relationships. Handbook of parenting and child development across the lifespan. (pp. 241-262) edited by Matthew R. Sanders and Alina Morawska. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94598-9_11
2017
Book Chapter
Parenting Support and the School System
Hodges, Julie and Healy, Karyn L. (2017). Parenting Support and the School System. The Power of Positive Parenting. (pp. 252-261) edited by Sanders, Matthew R. and Mazzucchelli, Trevor G.. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med-psych/9780190629069.003.0022
2017
Book Chapter
Children with Peer Relationship Difficulties
Healy, Karyn L. (2017). Children with Peer Relationship Difficulties. The Power of Positive Parenting. (pp. 97-106) edited by Sanders, Matthew R. and Mazzucchelli, Trevor G.. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med-psych/9780190629069.003.0007
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