Nerina Caltabiano is a social psychologist with research interests incorporating multidisciplinary perspectives from pathology, health, development and educational psychology.  She embraces both quantitative and qualitative methodologies in her research.

Her Honours thesis investigated symbolic hand gestures in children from different cultures which extended knowledge of non-verbal communication in 3-6 year-old children, and employed an innovative stroboscopic photographic technique to depict the gestures. Her PhD thesis combined aspects of pathology and social psychology in examining community reactions to compulsive casino gamblers who differed in terms of gender and ethnicity. More recently her focus has turned to understanding and preventing aggressive behaviours which undermine psychological wellbeing, including youth suicide, bullying and cyberbullying.

Nerina has teaching responsibilities at both the Cairns and Singapore campuses and is the Cairns Campus Fourth-Year Coordinator. She is also a member of both the Australian and the American Psychological Societies.

Teaching

• PY3101: Psychological Research Methods and Interpretation (Level 3; CNS)
• PY3102: Social Psychology in Everyday Life (Level 3; CNS, SIN & TSV)
• PY4106: Group Project Part 1 of 2 (Level 4; CNS)
• PY4107: Group Project Part 2 of 2 (Level 4; CNS)
• PY4115: Psychology: Now and the Future (Level 4; CNS)

Interests

Research

• •Social psychology (e.g. social cognition, attitudes, empathy and well-being) •Developmental social psychology (e.g. socio-emotional development, and ageing research)

Teaching

• Social Psychology Research design and analysis

Research Disciplines

• Clinical and health psychology (5203)
• Specialist studies in education (3904)

Awards

• 2009 - Docemus Volunteer Supporter Award

Memberships

• 2012 to 2013 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology
• 2011 to 2013 - Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - General Registration
• 2010 to 2013 - International Association of Applied Psychology
• 2010 to 2013 - International Association for Suicide Prevention
• 1995 to 2013 - Society of Australasian Social Psychologists
• 1994 to 2013 - The Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• 1990 to 2013 - American Psychological Society
• 1980 to 2013 - Australian Federation of University Women
• 1979 to 2013 - Australian Psychological Society
• 1980 to 2010 - Registered Psychologist in Queensland

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Journal Articles

• Peel R and Caltabiano N (in press) Why do we sabotage love? A thematic analysis of lived experiences of relationship breakdown and maintenance. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, , DOI:10.1080/15332691.2020.1795039.
• Bornschlegl M, Meldrum K and Caltabiano N (2020) Variables related to academic help-seeking behaviour in higher education - findings from a multidisciplinary perspective. Review of Education, 8 (2), pp. 486-522, DOI:10.1002/rev3.3196.
• Foley T, Dinan-Thompson M and Caltabiano N (2020) Interreligious learning and teaching: unfolding layers of meaning in lived experience to inform possibilities for students in Catholic schools. Journal of Religious Education, 68, pp. 141-160, DOI:10.1007/s40839-020-00099-2.
• Haring U, Sorin R and Caltabiano N (2020) Exploring the transformative effects of flow on children's liminality and trauma. Art Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal, 5 (1), pp. 16-46, DOI:10.18432/ari29492.
• Krivan S, Caltabiano N, Cottrell D and Thomas N (2020) I'll cry instead: mu suppression responses to tearful facial expressions. Neuropsychologia, 143, Article: 107490, DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107490.
• Chatzisarantis N, Ada E, Ahmadi M, Caltabiano N, Wang D, Thogersen-Ntoumani C and Hagger M (2019) Differential effects of perceptions of equal, favourable and unfavourable autonomy support on educational and well-being outcomes. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, pp. 33-43, DOI:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.02.002.
• Haring U, Sorin R and Caltabiano N (2019) Reflecting on childhood and child agency in history. Palgrave Communications, 5, Article: 52, DOI:10.1057/s41599-019-0259-0.
• Park J, Caltabiano N and Hajhashemi K (2019) The role of user demographics, self-efficacy and interpersonal competence on communication style preferences of rural university students. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 29 (2), pp. 41-52.
• Peel R, Caltabiano N, Buckby B and McBain K (2019) Defining romantic self-sabotage: a thematic analysis of interviews with practising psychologists. Journal of Relationships Research, 10, Article: e16, DOI:10.1017/jrr.2019.7.
• Townshend K and Caltabiano N (2019) Self-compassion and mindfulness: modeling change processes associated with the reduction of perinatal depression. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28 (7), pp. 1790-1802.
• Townshend K and Caltabiano N (2019) The extended nervous system: affect regulation, somatic and social change processes associated with mindful parenting. BMC Psychology, 7, Article: 41, DOI:10.1186/s40359-019-0313-0.

Book Chapters

• Townshend K and Caltabiano N (2019) A conceptual and methodological exploration of the cognitive processes associated with mindful parenting: reflections on translating theory to practice. In: Transitions into Parenthood: examining the complexities of childrearing. Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, 15. Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, UK, pp. 123-148

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 105+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Nerina Caltabiano from 1982 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

• Application of Terror Management Theory in a Pandemic (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• The psychological determinants of high-profile persons in recontructing lives post-public disclosure of egregious acts : A Case Study Approach;;;; (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Fathers' perinatal mental health and the associated risk and protective factors: A multiple method study. (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• A Study on Helicopter Parenting in Singapore (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Determinants of an Effective Preventive Drug Education in the Local Context (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Validating the use of the Test of Memory Malingering in a Singapore Population with intellectual disability (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Measuring Emotional Dysregulation In Early Childhood (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• The Perception of Damaged Structure in Lower Back Pain as a Primary Contributor to Maladaptive Responding and Chronic (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Promoting adolescents' well-being through a gratitude intervention (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The impact of personality on academic help seeking in tertiary education and its long-term effects on student retention. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Exploring perceptions of interreligious learning and religious identity: interplay of learning and teaching. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Realist evaluation for programs designed to reduce demand and harms of substance misuse at the community level in Australian remote Indigenous community settings (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Drawing Through Disaster; Young Children's Artwork Responses to Crises. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Home from School Early: Preparatory Year School Suspensions in Queensland (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

Completed

• I'll cry instead: the neural correlates of empathy (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Relationship sabotage: an attachment and goal-orientation perspective on seeking love yet failing to maintain romantic relationships (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Acquisition and extinction across multiple virtual reality contexts: implications for specific phobias and current treatment methods (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• How can we use realist evaluation to better inform research into alcohol-related assaults in night-time economies? A case study using CCTV (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Future challenges for older adults residing in ageing coastal hamlets on Queensland's cyclone-prone coastline (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Indonesian professional psychology education curricula: a mixed-methods study (2018, PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• The development of a novel positive health framework to improve the understanding of recovery after chronic subdural haematoma (2019, PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Risk and protective factors for violent behaviour and incarceration for Indigenous and non-Indigenous men in North Queensland (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Multiple intelligences and network affordances: can videos enhance students' perceptions of their learning experience, learning outcomes and subject engagement? (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• Brack, K. (2014) Cyberbullying and Self-Esteem. James Cook University
• Caltabiano, N. (2013) Drink Spiking. James Cook University
• Caltabiano, N. (2013) Key Factors Influencing Student Satisfaction. James Cook University

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