
Overview
Background
Annemaree Carroll is Professor of Educational Psychology within the School of Education at The University of Queensland. Her research activities focus on the social emotional learning of children and adolescents, and the importance of social connectedness, (dis)engagement, and social inclusion to their behavioural and educational outcomes. Student, teacher, and community voices and agency are key considerations in her research methodologies. She is known nationally and internationally for the development of innovative emotion regulation interventions for children and youth to bring about positive change in their lives. She has conceptualised and coordinated the development of the Mindfields Suite of Programs (www.mindfields.com.au), which encompasses a strengths-based approach to student well-being that targets school-wide practices to help young people take control of their lives. She has also led a team of researchers to develop the KooLKIDS Resources (www.kool-kids.com.au), an emotion resilience program to empower children to live well with themselves and others by learning social, emotional, and cognitive skills that promote self-regulation and well-being. Her research has now extended to teacher emotion regulation strategies, demonstrating that improved teacher well-being has downstream benefits to students' well-being and the teacher-student relationship.
Professor Carroll has extensive experience managing large-scale, school-based projects across classroom settings and clinic-based research, in which she has excellent skills in test administration with children and adolescents. She has also been concerned with children with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., ADHD, speech-language disorders, Tourette Syndrome) to examine information-processing tasks that may demand intact executive functioning and that require dual-task performance and control of impulsive reactions.
From 2014 to 2020, Professor Carroll was Co-ordinator of Translational Outcomes within the Australian Research Council Science of Learning Research Centre. Building on this work, she is the co-founder and Head of the UQ Learning Lab, where multi-disciplinary researchers work in partnership with educational and industry professionals to identify and address important learning and training priorities. The Learning Lab’s primary objective is to transform education and learning across schooling and beyond, through partnered innovations and research translation initiatives.
Professor Carroll is a registered teacher and psychologist. She has experience teaching in primary and special education in Queensland and has engaged in research and higher education teaching at The University of Queensland and The University of Western Australia, where she was granted a Master of Education (1991) and PhD in Educational Psychology (1995). She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2018.
Availability
- Professor Annemaree Carroll is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma, Griffith University
- Bachelor of Education, Queensland University of Technology
- Masters (Coursework) of Education, University of Western Australia
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Western Australia
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Southern Queensland
Research interests
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Social emotional learning and well-being of teachers and students
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Attention and emotion regulation of children and adolescents
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Self-regulatory prevention and intervention approaches
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Student engagement and student attendance
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Reputation enhancement and social and self-identity
Research impacts
Professor Carroll's research has partnered with Queensland State High Schools to examine how embedding social and emotional well-being into school-wide policies, classroom practices, and self and social strategies of students enhances learning, behavioural, and social outcomes. A new model for embedding social and emotional learning into whole of schools approaches has emanated from the program of research. A new social and emotional learning program for senior secondary students (Mindfields Senior High school Program) which has adopted gamification principles has been developed. This research emanated from a previous three year research partnership with the same Queensland state schools which focused on the implementation of a model of social connectedness to improve the social well-being and the emotional self-regulatory capacities of high schools students. A new social and emotional learning program for junior secondary students (Mindfields Junior High school Program) was developed as part of this project.
Her ARC-funded research has also been concerned with the development of the KooLKIDS Whole of Class social and emotional learning program for 8 to 11-year-olds to develop the skills in children to live well with themselves and others. Other Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation (Healthway) funded research has concentrated on promoting positive mental health through the development of i-Connect (www.i-connect.uwa.edu.au), an interactive multimedia program for early adolescents designed to alleviate aloneness and develop self-awareness and empathy.
Research within the UQ Learning Lab have examined the nature of attention and self-regulation in the classroom and the role of feedback in the learning of children and adolescents with typical and atypical developmental trajectories. An ARC Linkage Project (2018-2020) scaled up a student-centered model of feedback coaching intervention for teachers to provide timely feedback to students. New technologies in the form of real time emotion apps for teachers and students have been developed to gather data on emotional states of teachers and students in classrooms.
Works
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2019
Other Outputs
Private Speech Task Relevant Regulatory Content Coding Scheme Adapted from Zimmerman’s (2000; 2009) Cyclical SRL model
Mulvihill, Aisling, Matthews, Natasha, Dux, Paul E. and Carroll, Annemaree (2019). Private Speech Task Relevant Regulatory Content Coding Scheme Adapted from Zimmerman’s (2000; 2009) Cyclical SRL model. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.672
2018
Journal Article
Science teachers’ practices: Teaching for self-regulated learning in relation to Pintrich and Zusho’s (2007) model
Jayawardena, Prabha Ransi, van Kraayenoord, Christina E. and Carroll, Annemaree (2018). Science teachers’ practices: Teaching for self-regulated learning in relation to Pintrich and Zusho’s (2007) model. International Journal of Educational Research, 94, 100-112. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2018.09.022
2018
Journal Article
Reactive and proactive aggression as meaningful distinctions at the variable and person level in primary school-aged children
Carroll, Annemaree, McCarthy, Molly, Houghton, Stephen, Sanders O'Connor, Emma and Zadow, Corinne (2018). Reactive and proactive aggression as meaningful distinctions at the variable and person level in primary school-aged children. Aggressive Behavior, 44 (5), 431-441. doi: 10.1002/ab.21763
2018
Other Outputs
Making every day count: effective strategies to improve student attendance in Queensland state schools
Mills, Martin, Howell, Angelique, Kubler, Matthias, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Lynch, Deborah, Phillips, Louise, Carroll, Annemaree, Dungan, John, Hellens, Andrea and Sheppard, Karen (2018). Making every day count: effective strategies to improve student attendance in Queensland state schools. Brisbane, Queensland: The University of Queensland.
2018
Other Outputs
What gives some Principals the edge on parent-school-community engagement? Principal leadership for engaging parents and community in disadvantaged schools: four case studies
Willis, Linda-Dianne, Povey, Jenny, Hodges, Julie, Carroll, Annemaree, Pedde, Charley and Campbell, Alice (2018). What gives some Principals the edge on parent-school-community engagement? Principal leadership for engaging parents and community in disadvantaged schools: four case studies. Brisbane, Queensland: The University of Queensland.
2018
Other Outputs
The Higher Education Learning Framework: an evidence-informed model for university learning
Carroll, Annemaree, Lodge, Jason M., Bagraith, Rupert, Nugent, Annita, Matthews, Kelly and Sah, Pankaj (2018). The Higher Education Learning Framework: an evidence-informed model for university learning. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2018
Book
Higher education learning framework: an evidence informed model for university learning
Nugent, Annita, Lodge, Jason, Carroll, Annemaree, Bagraith, Rupert, MacMahon, Stephanie, Matthews, Kelly E. and Sah, Pankaj (2018). Higher education learning framework: an evidence informed model for university learning. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/348c85f
2017
Other Outputs
Research to practice – classroom educators engaging with researchers
MacMahon, Stephanie, Nugent, Annita and Carroll, Annemaree (2017, 12 01). Research to practice – classroom educators engaging with researchers Teacher
2017
Journal Article
Capturing real-time emotional states and triggers for teachers through the teacher wellbeing web-based application t*: a pilot study
Bower, Julie M. and Carroll, Annemaree (2017). Capturing real-time emotional states and triggers for teachers through the teacher wellbeing web-based application t*: a pilot study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 65, 183-191. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.03.015
2017
Journal Article
Treating children with early-onset conduct problems and callous–unemotional traits: an empirical evaluation of KooLKIDS
Houghton, Stephen, Carroll, Annemaree, Zadow, Corinne, Sanders O’Connor, Emma , Hattie, John and Lynn, Sasha (2017). Treating children with early-onset conduct problems and callous–unemotional traits: an empirical evaluation of KooLKIDS. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 22 (4), 350-364. doi: 10.1080/13632752.2017.1301646
2017
Journal Article
Promoting self-regulated learning in science: a case study of a Sri Lankan secondary school science teacher
Jayawardena, K. P. R., van Kraayenoord, C.E. and Carroll, A. (2017). Promoting self-regulated learning in science: a case study of a Sri Lankan secondary school science teacher. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 7 (3), 195-198. doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2017.7.3.865
2017
Journal Article
The conceptualization and construction of the self in a social context—social connectedness scale: a multidimensional scale for high school students
Carroll, Annemaree, Bower, Julie M. and Muspratt, Sandy (2017). The conceptualization and construction of the self in a social context—social connectedness scale: a multidimensional scale for high school students. International Journal of Educational Research, 81, 97-107. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2016.12.001
2017
Book Chapter
Early secondary high school: a Mindfield® for social and emotional learning
Carroll, Annemaree, Bower, Julie M., Ashman, Adrian F. and Lynn, Sasha (2017). Early secondary high school: a Mindfield® for social and emotional learning. Social and emotional learning in Australia and the Asia-Pacific: perspectives, programs and approaches. (pp. 335-352) edited by Erica Frydenberg, Andrew J. Martin and Rebecca J. Collie. Gateway East, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-3394-0_18
2017
Conference Publication
Innovative parent engagement leadership practices across diverse school contexts
Willis, Linda-Dianne, Povey, Jenny, Hodges, Julie, Campbell, Alice and Carroll, Annemaree (2017). Innovative parent engagement leadership practices across diverse school contexts. Parent Engagement Conference Australia with The Smith Family, Maximising every child’s potential, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 6-8 June 2017.
2017
Journal Article
Peer drug use and adolescent polysubstance use: do parenting and school factors moderate this association?
Chan, Gary C. K., Kelly, Adrian B., Carroll, Annemaree and Williams, Joanne W. (2017). Peer drug use and adolescent polysubstance use: do parenting and school factors moderate this association?. Addictive Behaviors, 64, 78-81. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.004
2017
Book
Lifespan development in an educational context: edited book
J-F., Pullen, Darren, Swabey, Karen, Carroll, Annemaree, Lombard, Samantha, Heath, Anne, Israel-Cohen, Yael, O'Grady, Patricia, Pilar Garate, Maria and Brown, Andy eds. (2017). Lifespan development in an educational context: edited book. Sydney: Wiley-Blackwell.
2016
Journal Article
A preliminary empirical evaluation of KooLKIDS: a school-based program to reduce early onset antisocial behavior in children
Carroll, Annemaree, Sanders O'Connor, Emma, Houghton, Stephen J., Hattie, John A., Donovan, Caroline and Lynn, Sasha (2016). A preliminary empirical evaluation of KooLKIDS: a school-based program to reduce early onset antisocial behavior in children. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 42 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2016.1190004
2016
Journal Article
It hurts to be lonely! Loneliness and positive mental wellbeing in Australian rural and urban adolescents
Houghton, Stephen, Hattie, John, Carroll, Annemaree, Wood, Lisa and Baffour, Bernard (2016). It hurts to be lonely! Loneliness and positive mental wellbeing in Australian rural and urban adolescents. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 26 (1), 52-67. doi: 10.1017/jgc.2016.1
2016
Journal Article
A comparison of goal setting and reputational orientations of African adolescents from refugee backgrounds in intensive English centers and mainstream secondary school classrooms
Gunasekera, Sashya, Houghton, Stephen, Glasgow, Ken, Carroll, Annemaree and Hunter, Simon C. (2016). A comparison of goal setting and reputational orientations of African adolescents from refugee backgrounds in intensive English centers and mainstream secondary school classrooms. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47 (3), 355-375. doi: 10.1177/0022022115624016
2016
Book Chapter
A contemporary review of childhood antisocial behaviour in school settings
Sanders O'Connor, Emma, Carroll, Annemaree, Houghton, Stephen and Donovan, Caroline (2016). A contemporary review of childhood antisocial behaviour in school settings. Crime and violence prevention: moving beyond hot-stove policing and perpetrator rehabilitation. (pp. 197-214) edited by Myra F. Taylor, Umneea Khan and Julie Ann Pooley. New York, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers.
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Supervision
Availability
- Professor Annemaree Carroll is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Trauma- An exploration into beginning teachers and their perceptions of preparedness in working with children living with complex trauma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephanie Macmahon
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Doctor Philosophy
Why Go To School: Why students disengaged from learning continue to attend school past compulsory school age.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marnee Shay
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Doctor Philosophy
Student and Teacher Perceptions of Feedback in Year 7 and Year 9 Writing: A Peer Feedback Intervention
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Why Go To School: Why students disengaged from learning continue to attend school past compulsory school age.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marnee Shay
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Doctor Philosophy
Family-School-Community Conceptualisation of School Absenteeism
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Debby Lynch, Associate Professor Elizabeth Edwards
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Doctor Philosophy
Why Go To School: Why Students Disengaged From Learning Continue To Attend School Past Compulsory School Age
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marnee Shay
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Doctor Philosophy
Reimagining feedback in secondary school English: An examination of the relationship between learner agency, feedback, and teacher professional learning
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Anxiety and cognitive control as predictors of primary-school student achievement in mathematics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emily Ross, Associate Professor Elizabeth Edwards
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Doctor Philosophy
The Development of Meta-Cognition in Adolescence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Dux, Dr Stephanie Macmahon, Dr Natasha Matthews
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Doctor Philosophy
Characterising Cognitive and Brain Changes Throughout Adolescence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Mattingley
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Why Go To School: Why students disengaged from learning continue to attend school past compulsory school age.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marnee Shay
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Can Teacher Spatial Practices and Cognitions be Conceptualised to Realise the Impact of the Built Environment on Teachers¿ Professional Activities?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephanie Macmahon
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Linking learners and learning: Building teacher and school leader capacity in effective feedback to improve student outcomes.
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Conditions for Learning: Maximising Engagement for Student Learning and Wellbeing in Schools
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Julie Majella Bower
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Navigating the Mindfield of Social Emotional Learning in High School:Using Gamification to Enhance Learning and Well-being Outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Antrobus, Professor Karen Nankervis
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Self-Directed Speech and Self-Regulation in Typically Developing and Developmentally At-Risk Children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Dux, Dr Natasha Matthews
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Emotions in the classroom: The role of student-teacher relationships and academic self-perceptions for disadvantaged adolescents
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Julie Majella Bower
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Capturing the 'Vibe' in the Classroom: The role of social synchrony in developing connectedness
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Cooperative Learning and Student Engagement: A Collective Case Study in Six High School Classrooms
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies, Dr Julie Majella Bower
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Feedback for learning: A mixed methods study in the upper primary classroom
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2015
Master Philosophy
Meaning in Life in Young Australian Adults: The Role of Volunteerism
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Adrian Ashman
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Risk, Offending Behaviour and Young People in the Cook Islands: A Study of Cultural Resilience
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Reputational Orientations, Masculinity and Student Motivation of Adolescent Males in an All Boys' School Context
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Martin Mills
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The Influence of Parental Power on the Development of Shame in Young Children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monica Cuskelly
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Development and Validation of the Contextualised Assessment Tool for Risk and Protection Management (CAT-RPM)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Adrian Ashman
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Development of Executive Function and Self-Regulated Learning in Adolescent Males.
Principal Advisor
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2010
Master Philosophy
Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Case Studies of the Academic, Behavioural, and Social Differences Over Time of Five Young People in a Flexible Learning Centre
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mary McMahon
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
SOCIAL SKILLS AND THEORY OF MIND: THE EFFECTS OF PROGRAMMING ON DEFICITS IN STUDENTS WITH AN AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS IN THE HOME/SCHOOL/CLINIC
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Characterising Cognitive and Brain Changes Throughout Adolescence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Mattingley
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Cognitive Acceleration and the Science of Learning: In Search of the Plasticity of Intelligence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The Strategies and Practices of Resilience: What Everyone Can Learn from Resilient Undergraduate Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Learning from Memory Retrieval Attempts and Corrective Feedback
Associate Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Communication disorders in primary school students with school refusal behaviour
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Following writing around: Encountering ethical responsibilities in pre-service teachers' reflective journals in Indigenous education
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Julie Majella Bower
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Developing Social and Emotional Learning Competencies in Classrooms Implementing the Schoolwide Positive Behaviour Support Program: Three Case Studies.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2016
Master Philosophy
Evaluating disability service managers' beliefs about performance improvement strategies: An exploratory study using Gilbert's Behavior Engineering Model
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monica Cuskelly
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Sri Lankan Senior Secondary School Teachers' Practices that Foster Students' Science Achievement: Towards Developing Self-Regulated Learning
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the out-of-field teaching experience
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Experiences of Family Carers of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Demands, Stressors and Satisfactions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monica Cuskelly
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Male ex-inmates living crime-free: A phenomenological study.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN'S PERCEPTIONS OF CONNECTEDNESS TO THEIR FAMILIES, SCHOOL, AND PEERS ON THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monica Cuskelly
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME: THE CONFOUNDING EFFECTS OF COMORBID ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Associate Advisor
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