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Relationship Matters 93 “Avoidant and defensive: Adult attachment and quality of apologies”

Relationship Matters 92 “A problem shared is not a family halved - does sharing the same concerns help prevent divorce?”

Dr Ellen Stephenson (University of British Columbia, Canada) discusses her article ‘A 20 prospective study of marital separation and divorce in step families: Appraisals of family stress as predictors’. Posted March 2019. Read the associated article here.

Perinatal psychiatry: landing safely without a parachute

In the April 2019 Australasian Psychiatry podcast Professor Phillip Boyce, Professor of Psychiatry at Sydney University speaks about the unique opportunities involved in the practice of perinatal psychiatry, as well as the barriers to research. The interview covers articles in the April issue which: advocate for increased numbers of Australian mother-baby units; demonstrate that pregnant women do not receive enough information about psychotropic medications; and reveal that as many as 50% ...

Autism Matters Podcast Number 27

Robyn Steward interviews Dr Sarah Cassidy from The University of Nottingham about her study ‘‘People like me don’t get support’: Autistic adults’ experiences of support and treatment for mental health difficulties, self-injury and suicidality’.  Posted March 2019. Read the associated article here

Relationship Matters 91 “Do smartphones disconnect parents from connecting with their children?”

Kostadin Kushlev (University of Virginia, USA) discusses his research which investigated whether spending time on smartphones distracts parents from connecting with their children. Posted March 2019. Read the associated article here.

Slow crisis in the emergency department: bed block and human rights

The February 2019 podcast is an interview with Professor Tarun Bastiampillai, Professor of Psychiatry at the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University in Adelaide. Professor Bastiampillai is co-author of the Australasian Psychiatry article “Widespread emergency department access block: a human rights issue in Australia?”, which analyses the factors underlying the different standards applied to emergency psychiatric and emergency health care in emergency departments. The ar...

Relationship Matters 90 “Does Michelangelo care about age?”

Janina Larissa Bühler (University of Basel, Switzerland) explains the Michelangelo Phenomenon and her research which explores how this framework is effected by age, looking at it across the adult life-span. Posted Feb 2019. Read the associated article here.

JCA Podcast with David Blustein

In this inaugural episode of the Journal of Career Assessment podcast series, JCA Editor Ryan Duffy interviews David Blustein (Boston College) about his own career path and the seminal work he's done in counseling and vocational psychology.

Relationship Matters 89 “Parenting Goals”

Bonnie M. Le (University of Toronto, Canada) discusses her research which found links between the pursuit of different parenting goals and relationship quality and the child’s emotional well-being and responsiveness . Posted Jan 2019. Read the associated article here.

Autism Matters Podcast Number 26

Robyn Steward interviews Liz Pellicano and Damian Milton about participatory research methods and how they can shape the approaches and outcomes of research for the better.

Autism Matters Podcast Number 25

Robyn Steward discusses ‘The prevalence of autistic traits in a homeless population’ with one of the authors Alasdair Churchyard (UCL).

Relationship Matters 88 “Adolescents’ Conceptualizations of Kindness and its Links with Well-being”

Jessica Cotney (University of Sussex, UK) explains her research to understand the conceptualizations of kindness from six focus groups with 11-16 year olds. Posted Dec 2018. Read the associated article here.

The primacy of person-centred care for patients with intellectual disability

The movement to care for people with mental illness and intellectual disability in the general community rather than in large institutions shifted the priorities of care away from minimising risk towards increasing autonomy. It was equally unsurprising that most of those affected benefited from increased control over their lives, while some appeared to use their freedom unwisely. Notwithstanding difficulties with its implementation, the National Disability Insurance Scheme shows that there i...

"I Became a Lioness": Pathways to Feminist Identity Among Women's Movement Activists

In this episode of the Psychology of Women Quarterly podcast series, Editor Mary Brabeck interviews Jennifer Frederick on the published article "'I Became a Lioness': Pathways to Feminist Identity Among Women's Movement Activists." This podcast examines the various pathways to feminist identity and the research methodology she and her co-author, Abigail J. Stewart, employed.

Relationship Matters 86: “The narrative psychology of love lives”

Dr William L. Dunlop (University of California, Riverside) discusses narrative identities and his research on how love-life narratives can indicate personality traits and authenticity  in the romantic domain. Posted October 2018. Read the associated article here.

Knowledge gaps and ethical shortcomings of involuntary treatment of mental illness

Mental health legislation balances competing aims including patient care, safety, and autonomy, with public expectations of justice, humane treatment, and professional discretion. The difficulty of satisfying all is shown by the recent comment by the United Nations Committee for the Rights of People with Disabilities that all people have legal capacity at all times, leading to the conclusion that involuntary treatment and substitute decision-making are unethical. The October 2018 podcast i...

Relationship Matters 84 “When ‘we’ should be ‘me’”

Relationship Matters 84 “When ‘we’ should be ‘me’”: Dr Jessica Borelli (University of California, Irvine) discusses her recent study which sought to discover how good lay people are at perceiving other peoples attachment to previous partners after their breakup with a focus on linguistic cues

Neuropsychiatry: reclaiming organic illness for psychiatry

It has been said that when the organic basis of a mental disease is understood, it ceases to be psychiatry. Discovery of the spirochaete and penicillin emptied the asylums of the victims of tertiary syphilis; understanding the brain’s electrochemical networks delivered epilepsy to neurology; while advances in immunology promise to transform incurable schizophrenia into eminently curable autoimmune encephalitis.

Relationship Matters podcast 83 “How many hours does it take to make a friend”

Relationship Matters podcast 83 “How many hours does it take to make a friend”: Dr Jeffery Hall contextualises and explains his study on the amount of time it takes to increase closeness with people

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 82 “Through your partner’s eyes: Perspective taking tempers optimism in behaviour predictions”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 82 “Through your partner’s eyes: Perspective taking tempers optimism in behaviour predictions”: Dr Johanna Peetz answers questions about her recent research on how considering a partner’s perspective can affect the amount they expect their partner to do for their relationship and how this can improve relationship quality

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 81 “Nothing ventured, nothing gained: People anticipate more regret from missed romantic opportunities than from rejection”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 81 “Nothing ventured, nothing gained: People anticipate more regret from missed romantic opportunities than from rejection”: Dr Samantha Joel talks about her study on the conflict between the anticipated regret from rejection and the anticipated regret of missed opportunities when it comes to decision making for romantic opportunities

Forensic psychiatry and the autonomy trapdoor

The June 2018 podcast features Dr John Kasinathan, Clinical Director of Adolescent Mental Health at Justice, Health, and Forensic Mental Health Network in NSW. Dr Kasinathan suggests that the growing number of mentally ill and intellectually impaired offenders alongside a plateau of public mental health resources may mean that forensic psychiatry in Australasia is at a tipping point. The reasons why the otherwise admirable drive for autonomy underlying the NDIS may be making it more difficul...

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 80 “Partners’ attachment insecurity predicts greater physiological threat in anticipation of attachment-relevant interactions”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 80 “Partners’ attachment insecurity predicts greater physiological threat in anticipation of attachment-relevant interactions”: Dr Brett Peter discusses his study which sought to discover whether anticipating interacting with a partner higher in attachment insecurity predicted greater physiological threat in an emotion regulation context

PWQ: Sexual Object or Sexual Subject? Media Use, Self-Sexualization, and Sexual Agency Among Undergraduate Women

Psychology of Women Quarterly editor Mary Brabeck interviews Dr. Rita Seabrook on the published article "Sexual Object or Sexual Subject? Media Use, Self-Sexualization, and Sexual Agency Among Undergraduate Women." This podcast examines the connection between media use and self-objectification among undergraduate women and Dr. Seabrook explains the findings within her article by illustrating the research methodology she and her co-authors, L. Monique Ward, Petal Grower, Soraya Giaccardi, and...

Therapeutic nihilism and youth suicide

The April 2018 podcast features Professor Helen Christensen, Director and Chief Scientist at the Black Dog Institute, a prominent Australian Non-Government Organisation dedicated to the identification, prevention, and treatment of mental illness. Professor Christensen leads the Digital Dog team, which is developing youth-friendly methods for early detection and treatment of mental illness. In the podcast the Black Dog’s innovative approach to health care delivery and ambitious research lever...

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 79 “Realistic Love: Contemporary college women’s negotiations of princess culture and the “reality” of romantic relationships”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 79 “Realistic Love: Contemporary college women’s negotiations of princess culture and the “reality” of romantic relationships”: Dr Amanda Koontz answers questions about her recent study on the perception of princess culture amongst college-aged women and the possible impact it has on their constructions of romantic relationships

Addiction Psychiatry and Manufactured Epiphanies‬

The February 2018 podcast interviews Dr Mark Daglish, Director of Addiction Psychiatry at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Dr Daglish has been involved in research into the neurochemistry of craving, the role of craving in relapse, and brief interventions for young people presenting to emergency departments with alcohol related injuries. In the podcast the importance of integrated care of patients presenting with addiction across medical, social, legal, and other services, and the search...

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 78 “Depression, emotion regulation and the demand and withdraw pattern during intimate relationship conflict”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 78 “Depression, emotion regulation and the demand and withdraw pattern during intimate relationship conflict”: Dr Sarah Holley discusses her paper which investigates the relationship between depression and the demand/withdraw pattern common in conflict in romantic couples.

Podcast 77

Dr Angela Neal talks about how anger builds within a relationship as people project their own attraction towards other people onto their partners’ and how this projection alters their perceptions of their partner’s attraction to others; increasing the perceived threat to the relationship

Autism Matters 24 “Puzzle Piece"

Robyn Steward interviews Kabie Brook about the story behind and the reasons for the recent decision to update the Autism front cover imagery.

Mediating assertive care and paternalism in old age psychiatry – An interview with Gary Cheung

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 76 “Feeling bad when your partner is away”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 76 “Feeling bad when your partner is away”: Dr Nathalie Meuwly discusses her recent study which explores the correlation between attachment insecurity  and peoples negative cognitions and dysfunctional affect regulation when faced with potential relationship threats

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 75 “Responses to intimate partners to attempts to change”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 75 “Responses to intimate partners to attempts to change”: Dr Kieran Sullivan talks about her recent paper on her research on the effectiveness of intimate partners’ attempts to influence health behaviour through social control

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 74 “Relationship satisfaction and the subjective distance of past relational events”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 74 “Relationship satisfaction and the subjective distance of past relational events”: Professor Anne Wilson discusses her recent study on how current relationship satisfaction impacts on subjective temporal distance of memories

PWQ: "White Female Bystanders' Responses to a Black Woman at Risk for Incapacitated Sexual Assault"

Psychology of Women Quarterly editor Mary Brabeck interviews Psychology professor Dr. Jennifer Katz on the published article "White Female Bystanders' Responses to a Black Woman at Risk for Incapacitated Sexual Assault." This podcast examines the question "who intervenes to help women in distress?", and Dr. Katz explains the findings within her article by illustrating the experiments she and her co-authors, Christine Merrilees, Jill C. Hoxmeier, and Marisa Motisi,  ran for data.  

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 73 “Touch reduces romantic jealousy in the anxiously attached”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 73 “Touch reduces romantic jealousy in the anxiously attached”: Kaylyn Kim talks about her research on touch as a way to reduce romantic jealousy in anxiously attached partners. 

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 72 “Cognitive processes underlying the self-other perspective in women’s judgements of sexual victimisation risk”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 72 “Cognitive processes underlying the self-other perspective in women’s judgements of sexual victimisation risk”: Dr Jenny Rinehart discusses her study on how women perceive risk of sexual victimisation for themselves and for others and the cognitive processes involved

Autism Matters Podcast 23

Laura Crane interviews Dr Noah Sasson from University of Dallas, Texas where he is an Associate Professor. They discuss Dr Sasson’s article which looks at peoples first impressions of adults on the autism spectrum and how they are affected by the disclosure of diagnosis.

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 71 “What does it mean to feel loved?”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 71 “What does it mean to feel loved?”: Dr Saeideh Heshmati of Pennsylvania State University, explains the findings of her recent study on individual and shared opinions on what makes people feel loved using cultural consensus theory

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 70: “Marriage as a training ground”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 70: “Marriage as a training ground”: Dr Tila Pronk of Tilburg University, discusses her paper which looks at whether partners’ levels of self-control and forgiveness change in the first four years of marriage.

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 69 “Swiping me off my feet: Explicating relationship initiation on Tinder”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 69 “Swiping me off my feet: Explicating relationship initiation on Tinder”. Professor Leah E. LeFebvre of the University of Wyoming, talks about her paper which delves into how mobile dating apps like Tinder are changing how relationship initiating functions.

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 68 “Widening the Gap: Support gaps in same race versus different race female friendship dyads”

Relationship Matters Podcast Number 68 “Widening the Gap: Support gaps in same race versus different race female friendship dyads”: Professor Sharde Davis of the University of Connecticut, discusses her research on the differences in support in female friendships observed among friends from a similar racial background and those from differing racial backgrounds

An interview with Frances Dark on peer workers in the mental health setting

A driving force in the emergence of the Recovery movement has been the increasing sense of agency of people with mental illness in their own return to mental health. Peer worker programmes leverage individual experiences of successful recovery from mental illness to provide patients with exemplars to help them find their own paths back to health. The October podcast features Dr Frances Dark, Clinical Director of the Rehabilitation Academic Clinical Unit, Metro South Health, Brisbane, who tal...

Psychotherapy and Neurobiology – an interview with George Halasz

The revolutionary impact of Freud’s empirically derived and intuitively developed psychoanalysis generally obscures his early attempts to ground his invention in a secure neuroscientific framework. In the June issue of the Australasian Psychiatry podcast I speak with Dr George Halasz, child psychiatrist, about how rapid advances in neuroscientific understanding over the last thirty years is starting to change psychoanalytic theory and practice. Using his background in trauma therapy as an ex...

Thanks, But No Thanks: Women’s Avoidance of Help-Seeking in the Context of a Dependency-Related Stereotype

Juliet Wakefield talks to PWQ Editor Jan Yoder about her article, co-authored with Nick Hopkins and Ronni M. Greenwood, 'Thanks, But No Thanks: Women’s Avoidance of Help-Seeking in the Context of a Dependency-Related Stereotype.'

PWQ: Caring for Our Students in Courses With Potentially Threatening Content

Author Rose Barlow discusses her article, co-authored with Kathryn Becker-Blease, 'Caring for Our Students in Courses With Potentially Threatening Content'.

PWQ: Coping Strategies as Moderators of the Relation Between Individual Race-Related Stress and Mental Health Symptoms for African American Women

Author Tawanda Greer discusses her article with Thema Bryan-Davis, President of the Society for the Psychology of Women, and PWQ Editor Jan Yoder.

Autism Matters Podcast Number 22 – Global Autism Research

Laura Crane interviews guest editors Dr Li-Ching Lee and Dr Cathy Rice about the Special Issue on Global Autism Research. Date of posting: July 2017 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361317704603

An interview with Prof A McFarlane on PTSD

In the August podcast, I talk with Professor Sandy McFarlane, current director of the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies, about his work with the United Nations after the Iraq invasion of Kuwait recording and responding to the trauma of modern warfare with its systematised brutalisation of an entire population. Professor McFarlane identifies current gaps in treatment and support of patients with traumatic illness, with a growing awareness of the importance of trauma...

Autism Matters Podcast Number 21: Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum

Robyn Steward interviews guest editors, Will Mandy and Meng-Chuan Lai about their special issue on women and girls on the autism spectrum. Date of posting: July 2017