Prof Marie Caltabiano ~ Adjunct Professor

Associate Professor Marie Caltabiano has 30 years of teaching experience in clinical health psychology and is a recipient of both an Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citation (ALTC) and a James Cook University Faculty Teaching Citation 2010 for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Marie was awarded the 2014 APS Health College Award of Distinction for her research, teaching and service to the profession.

She is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), a Fellow of the APS College of Health Psychologists, a Member of the American Psychological Association, a Member of the International Association of Applied Psychologists, and of the Public Health Association of Australia. She was the Deputy Chair of the APS College of Health Psychologists in 2013.

Marie is a Registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency with Health Psychology as the Area of practice endorsement.

Her principal areas of research are obesity and bariatric surgery, body image and disordered eating, psychosocial aspects of health, stress and coping; health promotion and disease prevention; women’s health in particular the climateric; Type 2 diabetes and self-regulation; adult attachment and health processes; social self-efficacy within the doctor-patient relationship; caregiving in dementia, and resilient ageing.

Marie is co-author of Health psychology: Biopsychosocial interactions now in its 2nd Australasian edition, and co-editor of Applied topics in health psychology.  

She has published 7 books in total and close to 80 research papers/Abstracts in refereed conference proceedings and journals, both national and international.

Marie is a Member of the International Academy for Body Image, Eating Problems and Health. The Academy is comprised of researchers from Australia, Canada, Italy, Sweden, India, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Members of the Academy conduct research on model building and testing of theory, development of measurement techniques as well as interventions, including randomised controlled trials. The focus of this reserch is on multiple aspects of body image, eating problems among males and females across the lifespan who are underweight, normal weight and overweight/obese.

Marie is part of the HART-BEAT research group (Health practitioners And Researchers Together-Blood, Endothelium And Tissue)  - an alliance between laboratory based researchers and clinicians within the Division of Tropical Health  & Medicine, health practitioners and their patients.

Interests

Research

• emotion regulation
• self-regulation in chronic illness management
• obesity and diabetes research
• health promotion
• psychosocial aspects of stress and coping

Teaching

• scenario-based learning

Experience

• 2011 to present - Associate Professor, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 2000 to 2010 - Senior Lecturer in Psychology, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 1992 to 1999 - Lecturer in Psychology, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 1989 to 1991 - Full-time Tutor in Psychology, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 1985 to 1988 - Part-time Tutor in Psychology, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 1983 to 1985 - Research Assistant, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Clinical and health psychology (5203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Specific population health (2005)

Awards

• 2010 - ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
• 2010 - Faculty of Arts, Education & Social Sciences Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Memberships

• 2013 - Deputy Chair of the APS College of Health Psychologists
• 2009 to 2012 - Secretary on National Executive of the Australian Psychological Society College of Health Psychologists

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Markey C, Strodl E, Aime A, McCabe M, Rodgers R, Sicilia A, Lo Coco G, Dion J, Mellor D, Pietrabissa G, Gullo S, Granero-Gallegos A, Probst M, Maiano C, Begin C, Alcaraz-Ibanez M, Blackburn M, Caltabiano M, Manzoni G, Castelnuovo G, Hayami-Chisuwa N, He Q and Fuller-tyszkiewicz M (2023) A survey of eating styles in eight countries: Examining restrained, emotional, intuitive eating and their correlates. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28 (1). pp. 136-155
• McCabe M, Alcaraz-Ibanez M, Markey C, Sicilia A, Rodgers R, Aimé A, Dion J, Pietrabissa G, Lo Coco G, Caltabiano M, Strodl E, Bégin C, Blackburn M, Castelnuovo G, Granero-Gallegos A, Gullo S, Hayami-Chisuwa N, He Q, Maïano C, Manzoni G, Mellor D, Probst M and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M (2023) A longitudinal evaluation of a biopsychosocial model predicting BMI and disordered eating among young adults. Australian Psychologist, 58 (2). pp. 57-79
• McGuffog R, Rubin M, Boyes M, Caltabiano M, Collison J, Lovell G, Muldoon O and Paolini S (2023) Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students. British Journal of Psychology, 114 (3). pp. 710-730
• Menges J, Caltabiano M and Clough A (2023) What Works for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men? A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 4 (2).
• Caltabiano M (2022) Personality, weight loss and obesity related well-being post bariatric surgery. Eating and Weight Disorders, 27. pp. 199-206
• Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Rodgers R, Maïano C, Mellor D, Sicilia A, Markey C, Aimé A, Dion J, Pietrabissa G, Lo Coco G, Caltabiano M, Strodl E, Alcaraz-Ibánez M, Bégin C, Blackburn M, Castelnuovo G, Granero-Gallegos A, Gullo S, Hayami-Chisuwa N, He Q, Manzonie G, Probst M and McCabe M (2022) Testing of a model for risk factors for eating disorders and higher weight among emerging adults: Baseline evaluation. Body Image, 40. pp. 322-339
• Heshmati R, Jafari E, Salimi Kandeh T and Caltabiano M (2021) Associations of spiritual well-being and hope with health anxiety severity in patients with Advanced Coronary Artery Disease. Medicina, 57 (10).
• Heshmati R, Azmoodeh S and Caltabiano M (2021) Pathway linking different types of childhood trauma to somatic symptoms in a subclinical sample of female college students: the mediating role of experiential avoidance. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 209 (7). pp. 497-504
• Aimé A, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Dion J, Markey C, Strodl E, McCabe M, Mellor D, Granero Gallegose A, Pietrabissa G, Alcaraz-Ibáneze M, Bégin C, Blackburn M, Caltabiano M, Castelnuovo G, Gullo S, Hayami-Chisuwa N, He Q, Lo Coco G, Manzonie G, Probst M, Rodgers R, Sicilia A and Maïano C (2020) Assessing positive body image, body satisfaction, weight bias, and appearance comparison in emerging adults: a cross-validation study across eight countries. Body Image, 35. pp. 320-332
• Caltabiano M (2020) Translational aspects of body image research for obesity-related quality of life and weight loss maintenance post-bariatric surgery. Annals of Translational Medicine, 8 (Suppl 1).
• Heshmati R and Caltabiano M (2020) Pathway linking dispositional mindfulness to fatigue in oncology female nurses: exploring the mediating role of emotional suppression. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 48.

Book Chapters

• Denahy E and Caltabiano M (2023) Autobjetivación, alteración de la imagen corporal, y alimentación desordenada en mujeres / Self-objectification, body image disturbance and disordered eating in women. In: Imagen corporal, Salud y Education. Dykinson S. L., Madrid, Spain, pp. 85-100

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 131+ research outputs authored by Prof Marie Caltabiano from 1989 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• The Perception of Damaged Structure in Lower Back Pain as a Primary Contributor to Maladaptive Responding and Chronic (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Warriors Helping Warriors (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Participation in a community-level health intervention (2020, Masters , Secondary Advisor)

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