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About

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 & 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

Honours

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

Publications

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Journal Articles

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
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
Shakarami A, Hajhashemi K and Caltabiano N (2017) Compensation still matters: language learning strategies in the third millennium ESL learners. Online Learning Journal, 21 (3). pp. 235-250
Hajhashemi K, Caltabiano N and Anderson N (2016) Integrating digital technologies in the classroom: lecturers’ views on flipped classroom approach. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 26 (3). pp. 18-29
Hajhashemi K, Caltabiano N and Anderson N (2016) Students' perceptions and experiences towards the educational value of online videos. Australian Educational Computing, 31 (2). pp. 1-17

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

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 84+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Nerina Caltabiano from 1982 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

North Queensland Primary Health Network - Contract Research

Research Support for Suicide Prevention Planning and Implementation

Indicative Funding: $150,000
Summary: This project requires support for community coalitions in north Queensland to develop capacities to prepare a suicide prevention plan for the region from Mackay to the Cape and Torres district in four Hospital and Health Service (HHS) areas: Mackay, Townsville, Cairns and Hinterland and the Torres and Cape HHSs.
Investigators: Alan Clough, Nerina Caltabiano and Caryn West (College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences and College of Healthcare Sciences)
Keywords: Evaluation; Suicide; Prevention; Capacity building

Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation - Research Award

Stress in Indigenous pregnant women: Health workers' perceptions and interventions.

Indicative Funding: $3,000
Summary: Indigenous pregnant women from Cape York Communities are required to transfer to Cairns at 36 weeks gestation to receive intrapartum care. By assessing health workers' perception of perceived distress in Indigenous women and types of interventions used to reduce such stress will highlight possible discrepancies between perceived and actual stress (as reported in previous literature), and used interventions. The results of this research will add to the knowledge base in this area and may provide information that can assist health worker practices in providing services that better meet the needs of Indigenous pregnant women and their families regarding antenatal transfer.
Investigators: Johanna Bayer and Nerina Caltabiano (College of Healthcare Sciences)
Keywords: Health Worker's Perceptions; Indigenous pregnant women; Transfer to regional hospitals; Interventions; Stress

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

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)
Development of a positive health framework to improve the understanding of recovery after chronic subdural haematoma: A prospective study. (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
Measuring Emotional Dysregulation In Early Childhood (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
Perinatal Depression in Fathers: A Mixed Method Perspective (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
Determinants of an Effective Preventive Drug Education in the Local Context (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)
Risk and Protective Factors for Violent Behaviour and Incarceration for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Men in North Queensland (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Drawing Through Disaster; Young Children's Artwork Responses to Crises. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Successful Ageing of Australian Baby Boom Career Women: the Psychosocial Processes in Constructing Quality of Life Judgements (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 role of contentment, adult attachment and perceived parental emotional expressivity on adaptive emotional regulation in youth at risk who dysregulate in school (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)

Completed

Indonesian professional psychology education curricula: A mixed-methods study (2018, PhD , Advisor Mentor)
Landowners' management of riparian forest in far North Queensland, Australia: a social psychological perspective (2014, PhD , Primary Advisor)
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)
Aiming for sustainability: how do feelings of collective guilt impact ecological friendliness? (2013, PhD , Primary Advisor)

Data

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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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