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, SIN & TSV)
• PY3102: Social Psychology in Everyday Life (Level 3; CNS, SIN & TSV)
• 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

• Psychology (1701)
• Specialist Studies in Education (1303)
• Education Systems (1301)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Learner and Learning (9301)
• Public Health (9204)
• Teaching and Instruction (9302)

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

• Caltabiano N and Mogorovich G (2018) Therapeutic alliance and anorexia nervosa treatment outcomes: experiences of young people and their families. Community Mental Health Journal, 54 (8). pp. 1259-1265
• Hajhashemi K, Caltabiano N and Anderson N (2018) Lecturers’ perceptions and experience of integrating online videos in higher education. Australian Educational Computing, 33 (1).
• Hajhashemi K, Caltabiano N, Anderson N and Tabibzadeh S (2018) Students' multiple intelligences in video-assisted learning environments. Journal of Computers in Education, 5 (3). pp. 329-348
• Hajhashemi K, Caltabiano N, Anderson N and Tabibzadeh S (2018) Multiple intelligences, motivations and learning experience regarding video-assisted subjects in a rural university. International Journal of Instruction, 11 (1). pp. 167-182
• Peel R, Caltabiano N, Buckby B and McBain K (2018) Mental health diagnoses and relationship breakdown: which is the chicken and which the egg? International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 4 (3). pp. 98-116
• Townshend K, Caltabiano N, Powrie R and O’Grady H (2018) A preliminary study investigating the effectiveness of the Caring for Body and Mind in Pregnancy (CBMP) in reducing perinatal depression, anxiety and stress. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27 (5). pp. 1556-1566
• Hajhashemi K, Anderson N, Jackson C and Caltabiano N (2017) Online learning: increasing learning opportunities. IJAEDU - International E-Journal of Advances in Education, 3 (7). pp. 184-189
• Hajhashemi K, Caltabiano N and Anderson N (2017) Net-Geners' perceptions of engagement through online videos. Journal of Computers in Education, 4 (3). pp. 321-337
• Haring U, Sorin R and Caltabiano N (2017) Living in the liminal space of dream and reality: children's drawings of the holocaust. The International Journal of Arts Theory and History, 13 (1).
• Haring U, Sorin R and Caltabiano N (2017) To teach and how to teach the Holocaust: that is the question. International Journal of Humanities Education, 15 (1). pp. 19-28
• Li W and Caltabiano N (2017) Prevalence of substance abuse and socio-economic differences in substance abuse in an Australian community-dwelling elderly sample. Health Psychology Open, 4 (1). pp. 1-7

Conference Papers

• Hajhashemi K and Caltabiano N (2018) Blended learning: uncovering challenges in implementing online videos in higher education. 12-13 November 2016, Subang Jaya, Malaysia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 88+ 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

• Etiology of Phobias: Acquisition Across Multiple Contexts Using Virtual Reality Technology (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Relationship Sabotage: An Attachment and Goal Orientation Perspective on Seeking Love but Failing to Maintain Intimate Relationships (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• The Perception of Damaged Structure in Lower Back Pain as a Primary Contributor to Maladaptive Responding and Chronic (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Fathers' perinatal mental health and the associated risk and protective factors: A multiple method study. (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Determinants of an Effective Preventive Drug Education in the Local Context (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• The Development of a Novel Positive Health Framework to Improve the Understanding of Recovery after Chronic Subdural Haematoma (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• I'll cry instead; The neural correlates of empathy (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Home from School Early: Preparatory Year School Suspensions in Queensland (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Successful Ageing of Australian Baby Boom Career Women: the Psychosocial Processes in Constructing Quality of Life Judgements (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Drawing Through Disaster; Young Children's Artwork Responses to Crises. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Promoting adolescents' well-being through a gratitude intervention (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Reducing Assaults in the Cairns Night Time Economy Using Realist Evaluation: A Focus on Closed Circut Television (CCTV). (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• The impact of personality on academic help seeking in tertiary education and its long-term effects on student retention. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Measuring Emotional Dysregulation In Early Childhood (PhD , Advisor Mentor)

Completed

• Future challenges for older adults residing in ageing coastal hamlets on Queensland's cyclone-prone coastline (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Multiple Intelligences and Network Affordances: Can Videos Enhance Students’ Perceptions of Their Learning Experience, Learning Outcomes, and Subject Engagement? (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Indonesian professional psychology education curricula: a mixed-methods study (2018, 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)
• Landowners' management of riparian forest in far North Queensland, Australia: a social psychological perspective (2014, PhD , Primary 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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