Dr Sam Teague ~ Lecturer, Psychology

Dr Sam Teague is a Lecturer at James Cook University's Department of Psychology. Sam's research aims to explore the role of technology in family's lives, and how those technologies can be used to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and parents. Her program of research includes monitoring mental health via social media, mobile app-based interventions for depression and anxiety, examining children and adolescents' use of digital media, and exploring emerging intelligent technologies for mental health support. Sam completed her PhD at Monash University's Centre for Developmental Psychology & Psychiatry in 2019, and held a Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship at Deakin University from 2020-2022.

Teaching

• PY4106: Group Project Part 1 of 2 (Level 4; TSV)
• PY4107: Group Project Part 2 of 2 (Level 4; TSV)
• PY4113: Design and Analysis for Research (Level 4; TSV)
• PY4114: Operationalising the Scientific Practitioner Model (Level 4; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Detecting parents at risk of postpartum depression via passive social media monitoring
• Creating and trialling app-based mental health interventions for parents
• Examining the role of digital media (social media, streaming services, video games, etc) in children's development
• Progressing digital mental health research methods

Teaching

• Research methods, including observational and intervention designs, systematic review, machine learning and big data methods and applications for psychology
• Child development

Experience

• 2020 to 2022 - Dean's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2016 to 2019 - Research Assistant/Fellow, Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2014 to 2016 - Research Scientist, Defence Science & Technology Group (Contract) (Melbourne, Australia)
• 2013 to 2014 - Sessional Academic, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)

Research Disciplines

• Applied and developmental psychology (5201)
• Clinical and health psychology (5203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Specific population health (2005)

Awards

• 2020 - Deakin University's Marjory Dunlop Award for outstanding ECR applicant for Deakin Health Research Capacity Building Grant Scheme (HAtCH)
• 2018 - Best Student Poster at the Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium (Awarded $200 prize)
• 2018 - Competitively selected to represent the Department of Psychiatry (Monash University) at the PhD Symposium Showcase (Awarded $100 prize)
• 2017 - Three Minute Thesis Winner – Monash Health Psychiatry (Awarded $500 prize)

Fellowships

• 2020 to 2022 - Executive Dean Health Research Fellowship, Deakin University. Project: Harnessing social media and m-health to predict, monitor, and intelligently intervene in paternal postpartum depression.

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

• Westrupp E, Bennett C, Berkowitz T, Youssef G, Toumbourou J, Tucker R, Andrews F, Evans S, Teague S, Karantzas G, Melvin G, Olsson C, Macdonald J, Greenwood C, Mikocka-Walus A, Hutchinson D, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Stokes M, Olive L, Wood A, McGillivray J and Sciberras E (2023) Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32. pp. 317-330
• Jarman H, McLean S, Griffiths S, Teague S, Rodgers R, Paxton S, Austen E, Harris E, Steward T, Shatte A, Khanh-Dao Le L, Anwar T, Mihalopoulos C, Parker A, Yager Z and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M (2022) Critical measurement issues in the assessment of social media influence on body image. Body Image, 40. pp. 225-236
• Law H, Jackson B, Tan X, Teague S, Krause A, Putter K, Du'cane M, Gibson L, Bulles K, Barkin J and Dimmock J (2022) Strengthening Peer Mentoring Relationships for New Mothers: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11.
• Linardon J, Westrupp E, Macdonald J, Mikocka-Walus A, Stokes M, Greenwood C, Youssef G, Teague S, Hutchinson D, Sciberras E and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M (2022) Monitoring Australian parents’ shifting receptiveness to digital mental health interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (11). pp. 1503-1514
• Lowrie N, Le Bas G, Youssef G, Macdonald J, Teague S, Rogers A, Sunderland M, Mattick R, Elliott E, Allsop S, Burns L, Najman J, Jacons S, Olsson C and Hutchinson D (2022) Association of adolescent and young adult depression and anxiety with perinatal mental health in fathers: Findings from an Australian longitudinal study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 156. pp. 206-213
• Olive L, Sciberras E, Berkowitz T, Hoare E, Telford R, O'Neil A, Mikocka-Walus A, Evans S, Hutchinson D, McGillivray J, Berk M, Teague S, Wood A, Olsson C and Westrupp E (2022) Child and Parent Physical Activity, Sleep, and Screen Time During COVID-19 and Associations With Mental Health: Implications for Future Psycho-Cardiological Disease? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.
• Smith I, Youssef G, Shatte A, Teague S, Knight T and Macdonald J (2022) “You are not alone”: A big data and qualitative analysis of men's unintended fatherhood. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2.
• Teague S, Shatte A, Weller E, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M and Hutchinson D (2022) Methods and Applications of Social Media Monitoring of Mental Health During Disasters: Scoping Review. JMIR Mental Health, 9 (2).
• Westrupp E, Greenwood C, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Olsson C, Sciberras E, Mikocka-Walus A, Melvin G, Evans S, Stokes M, Wood A, Karantzas G, Macdonald J, Toumbourou J, Teague S, Fernando J, Berkowitz T, Ling M and Youssef G (2022) Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (11). pp. 1373-1524
• Everitt N, Broadbent J, Richardson B, Smyth J, Heron K, Teague S and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M (2021) Exploring the features of an app-based just-in-time intervention for depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 291. pp. 279-287
• Le Bas G, Youssef G, Macdonald J, Mattick R, Teague S, Honan I, McIntosh J, Khor S, Rossen L, Elliott E, Allsop S, Burns L, Olsson C and Hutchinson D (2021) Maternal bonding, negative affect, and infant social-emotional development: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 281. pp. 926-934

Book Chapters

• Hutchinson D, Di Manno L, Fransquet P and Teague S (2021) Alcohol in human milk. In: Human Milk: sampling and measurement of energy-yielding nutrients and other macromolecules. Academic Press, London, United Kingdom, pp. 145-174

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 32+ research outputs authored by Dr Sam Teague from 2017 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 impact that Character Strengths have on the Longevity and Job Satisfaction of Australian Teachers (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Exploring workplace gratitude through the lens of Self-Determination Theory (Masters , Secondary Advisor)

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