The University of Wollongong Faculty of Social Sciences was formed in 2013 following an organisational restructure. It was dissolved on 1 July 2020 and incorporated in the new Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. In 2013 it comprised an amalgamation of the former Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences. Related series: Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive); Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive).

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Papers from 2016

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Can Noisy Gardeners turn over a New Leaf? Evaluation of Landscapers and Gardeners on a University Campus, Laurent P. Maziere, Jane L. Whitelaw, and Linda A. Apthorpe

How useful are Primary Care Service Areas? Evaluating PCSAs as a tool for measuring Primary Care Practitioner access, Soumya Mazumdar, Danielle Butler, Nasser Bagheri, Paul Konings, Federico Girosi, Xiaoqi Feng, and Ian S. Mcrae

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Walking the tightrope: communicating overdiagnosis in modern healthcare, Kirsten McCaffery, Jesse Jansen, Laura D. Scherer, Hazel Thornton, Jolyn Hersch, Stacy M. Carter, Alexandra Barratt, Stacey Sheridan, Ray Moynihan, Jo Waller, John Brodersen, Kristen Pickles, and Adrian Edwards

A new intervention for people with borderline personality disorder who are also parents: A pilot study of clinician acceptability, Kye L. McCarthy, Kate L. Lewis, Marianne E. Bourke, and Brin F. S Grenyer

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What paves the way to conventional language? The predictive value of babble, pointing, and socioeconomic status, Michelle McGillion, Jane S. Herbert, Julian Pine, Marilyn Vihman, Rory DePaolis, Tamar Keren-Portnoy, and Danielle Matthews

A job demands-resources approach to presenteeism, Alisha McGregor, Christopher A. Magee, Peter Caputi, and Donald C. Iverson

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Configuring urban carbon governance: insights from Sydney, Australia, Pauline M. McGuirk, Harriet Bulkeley, and Robyn Dowling

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Assembling urban regeneration? Resourcing critical generative accounts of urban regeneration through assemblage, Pauline M. McGuirk, Kathy Mee, and Kristian J. Ruming

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Using questionnaires in qualitative human geography, Pauline M. McGuirk and Phillip O'Neill

Potential herbal anxiolytics, Erica Mcintyre, David A. Camfield, and Jerome Sarris

From pest to partner: rethinking the Australian White Ibis in the more-than-human city, Shaun McKiernan and Lesley Instone

Gay Men at the Movies: Cinema, memory and the history of a gay male community, Scott J. McKinnon

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Why are we still scared of seeing two men kissing?, Scott J. McKinnon

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Sexuality, Scott J. McKinnon and Andrew W. Gorman-Murray

'The greatest loss was a loss of our history': natural disasters, marginalised identities and sites of memory, Scott J. McKinnon, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray, and Dale Dominey-Howes

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Meeting Country and Self to Initiate an Embodiment of Knowledge: Embedding a Process for Aboriginal Perspectives, Anthony D. McKnight

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Preservice teachers' learning with Yuin Country: becoming respectful teachers in Aboriginal education, Anthony D. McKnight

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Confusions and conundrums during final practicum: A Study of preservice teachers' knowledge of challenging behaviour, Samantha McMahon and Valerie Harwood

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‘Students that just hate school wouldn’t go’: educationally disengaged and disadvantaged young people’s talk about university, Samantha McMahon, Valerie Harwood, and Anna Hickey-Moody

Challenging the myth that 'the parents don't care': Family teachings about education for 'educationally disengaged' young people, Samantha McMahon, Anna Hickey-Moody, and Valerie Harwood

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Pre-school benefits all, and influences the nation's well-being, Edward Melhuish

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Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) through a professional development programme for early childhood educators to improve professional practice and child outcomes in the year before formal schooling: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial, Edward Melhuish, Steven J. Howard, Iram Siraj, Cathrine Marguerite Neilsen-Hewett, Denise Kingston, Marc de Rosnay, Elisabeth Duursma, and Betty Luu

Maternal Responsive-didactic Caregiving in Play Interactions with 10 month old and Cognitive Development at 18 month olds, Roni Mermelshtine and Jacqueline Barnes

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Cognitive benefits of social dancing and walking in old age: the dancing mind randomized controlled trial, Dafna Merom, Anne Grunseit, Ranmalee Eramudugolla, Barbara Jefferis, Jade Mcneill, and Kaarin J. Anstey

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The clinical effectiveness of concise cognitive behavioral therapy with or without pharmacotherapy for depressive and anxiety disorders; a pragmatic randomized controlled equivalence trial in clinical practice, Denise Meuldijk, Ingrid V. Carlier, Irene M. Van Vliet, T Van Veen, R Wolterbeek, Albert M. van Hemert, and Frans G. Zitman

Reductions in craving and negative affect predict 3-month post-discharge alcohol use following residential treatment, Carol Mo and Frank P. Deane

Paradigms, paradoxes and a propitious niche: conservation and Indigenous social justice policy in Australia, Heather Moorcroft

Teacher cognition and action in the design and implementation of intercultural group assessment in higher education, Paul J. Moore and Greg Hampton

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Practicalities and Research Considerations for Conducting Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions with Families, Philip J. Morgan, Rachel A. Jones, Clare E. Collins, Kylie Hesketh, Myles D. Young, Tracy L. Burrows, Anthea Magarey, Helen L. Brown, Trina Hinkley, Rebecca A. Perry, Leah Brennan, Alison C. Spence, and Karen Campbell

Māori, family group conferencing and the mystifications of restorative justice, Paora Moyle and Juan M. Tauri

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World Social Work Day celebrations in Zimbabwe: An opportunity to promote social justice, Jacob Mugumbate

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Ethical justifications in alcohol-related health warning discourse, Emma Muhlack, Jaklin Eliott, D Carter, and Annette J. Braunack-Mayer

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Incorporating health literacy in education for socially disadvantaged adults: an Australian feasibility study, Danielle M. Muscat, Sian Smith, Haryana M. Dhillon, Suzanne Morony, Esther Davis, Karen Luxford, Heather L. Shepherd, Andrew Hayen, John Comings, Don Nutbeam, and Kirsten McCaffery

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Writing conversations: Metalinguistic talk about writing, Debra Myhill

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Relative visual oscillation can facilitate visually induced self-motion perception, Shinji Nakamura, Stephen Palmisano, and Juno Kim

The impact of the C-terminal domain on the gating properties of MscCG from Corynebacterium glutamicum, Yoshikazu Nakayama, Michael Becker, Haleh Ebrahimian, Tomoyuki Konishi, Hisashi Kawasaki, Reinhard Krämer, and Boris Martinac

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Metatalk: Enabling metalinguistic discussion about writing, Ruth Newman and Debra Myhill

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Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder: A systematic review of the perspectives of consumers, clinicians, family and carers, Fiona Y. Ng, Marianne E. Bourke, and Brin F. S Grenyer

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Identity formation of LBOTE preservice teachers during the practicum: a case study in Australia in an urban high school, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen and Lynn D. Sheridan

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The bioeffects resulting from prokaryotic cells and yeast being exposed to an 18 GHz electromagnetic field, The Hong Phong Nguyen, Vy T. Pham, Song H. Nguyen, Vladimir Baulin, Rodney J. Croft, Brian Phillips, Russell Crawford, and Elena Ivanova

Green Space and Physical Activity in Pregnant Women: Evidence From the Growing Up in New Zealand Study, Vikram Nichani, Kim Dirks, Bruce Burns, Amy L. Bird, Susan Morton, and Cameron Grant

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Opioid agonist treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependent people (Review), Suzanne Nielsen, Briony K. Larance, Louisa Degenhardt, Linda Gowing, Chyanne Kehler, and Nicholas Lintzeris

Promoting engagement in science education, Wendy S. Nielsen

Changing Use of Social Media Tools by Preservice Primary Teachers to Learn Science, Wendy S. Nielsen, Amir Hossein Rezaaee, and Rachel Moll

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The impact of marketing and advertising on food behaviours: Evaluating the evidence for a causal relationship, Jennifer A. Norman, Bridget Kelly, Emma J. Boyland, and Anne T. McMahon

Adolescent therapeutic community treatment - An Australian perspective, Jaimie C. Northam and Lynne E. Magor-Blatch

Developing a standard for youth modified therapeutic communities, Jaimie C. Northam and Lynne E. Magor-Blatch

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Visual Evidence from Above: Assessing the Value of Earth Observation Satellites for Supporting Human Rights, Tanya Notley and Camellia B. Webb-Gannon

Embodied subjectivities: Nine young women talking dance, Gabrielle H. O'Flynn, Zoe Pryor, and Tonia L. Gray

Sing … then think: Musical interventions and nondeliberative forms of practice in social work groups, Katarzyna J. Olcon and Mary Frances H. Beno

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Ability of measures of adiposity in identifying adverse levels of inflammatory and metabolic markers in adolescents, J Oliveira-Santos, Rute Santos, Carla Moreira, Sandra Abreu, Luis Lopes, C Agostinis-Sobrinho, and Jorge Mota

Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in Australia (2008-2014), Rhonda Oliver, Honglin Chen, and Stephen Moore

Reimagining health professional socialisation: an interactionist study of interprofessional education, Rebecca Olson, Nerida Klupp, and Thomas E. Astell-Burt

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Avoiding the manufacture of 'sameness': first-in-family students, cultural capital and the higher education environment, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea

First-in-family learners and higher education: Negotiating the 'silences' of university transition and participation, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea

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Navigating the knowledge sets of older learners: Exploring the capitals of first-infamily mature age students, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea

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Navigating the knowledge sets of older learners: Exploring the concept of experiential capital amongst first-in-family mature age students, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea

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Supporting and engaging students who are the first in their families to attend university: A practise paper, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea

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Evaluation Report 2015: Investigating the effectiveness of the In2Uni Year 12 University Preparation Program, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea, Valerie Harwood, Steven J. Howard, Ken Cliff, and Janine Delahunty

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Shifting the blame in higher education - social inclusion and deficit discourses, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea, Pauline Lysaght, Jen Roberts, and Valerie Harwood

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'We are history in the making and we are walking together to change things for the better': Exploring the flows and ripples of learning in a mentoring program for Indigenous young people, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea, Samantha McMahon, Amy Priestly, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, and Valerie Harwood

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Discourses of betterment and opportunity: Exploring the privileging of university attendance for first-in-family learners, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea, Cathy Stone, Janine Delahunty, and Josephine May

Compensatory effects of pointing and predictive cueing on age-related declines in visuospatial working memory, Kim Ouwehand, Tamara van Gog, and Fred Paas

Effects of pointing compared with naming and observing during encoding on item and source memory in young and older adults, Kim Ouwehand, Tamara van Gog, and Fred Paas

Physical activity and school engagement in youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Katherine B. Owen, Philip Parker, Brooke Van Zanden, Freya Macmillan, Thomas E. Astell-Burt, and Chris Lonsdale

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Testing a counselling intervention in antenatal care for women experiencing partner violence: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Johannesburg, South Africa, Christina Pallitto, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Heidi Stockl, Abigail M. Hatcher, Catherine L. Mac Phail, Keneoue Mokoatle, and Nataly Woollett

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Identifying objective EEG based markers of linear vection in depth, Stephen Palmisano, Robert J. Barry, Frances M. De Blasio, and Jack Fogarty

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The nature and timing of tele-pseudoscopic experiences, Stephen Palmisano, Harold C. Hill, and Robert S. Allison

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Stereoscopic advantages for vection induced by radial, circular, and spiral optic flows, Stephen Palmisano, Stephanie Summersby, Rodney G. Davies, and Juno Kim

Ethical and societal considerations in breast cancer screening, Lisa M. Parker and Stacy M. Carter

The role of socially embedded concepts in breast cancer screening: an empirical study with Australian experts, Lisa M. Parker and Stacy M. Carter

Does living closer to a university increase educational attainment? A longitudinal study of aspirations, university entry, and elite university enrolment of Australian youth, Philip Parker, John Jerrim, Jake Anders, and Thomas E. Astell-Burt

Prioritizing government funding of adolescent vaccinations: recommendations from young people on a citizens' jury, Adriana Parrella, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Joanne Collins, Michelle Clarke, Rebecca Tooher, Julie Ratclilffe, and Helen S. Marshall

PACE: A group randomised controlled trial to increase children's break-time playground physical activity, Anne-Maree Parrish, Anthony D. Okely, Marijka Batterham, Dylan P. Cliff, and Christopher A. Magee

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Obesity framing for health policy development in Australia, France and Switzerland, Annabelle D. Patchett, Heather Yeatman, and Keryn M. Johnson

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Same-day use of opioids and other central nervous system depressants amongst people who tamper with pharmaceutical opioids: A retrospective 7-day diary study, Amy Peacock, Raimondo Bruno, Briony K. Larance, Nicholas Lintzeris, Suzanne Nielsen, Robert Ali, Timothy Dobbins, and Louisa Degenhardt

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A Typology of Predictive Risk Factors for Non-Adherent Medication-Related Behaviors among Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Patients Prescribed Opioids: A Cohort Study, Amy Peacock, Louisa Degenhardt, Gabrielle Campbell, Briony K. Larance, Suzanne Nielsen, Wayne Hall, Richard P. Mattick, and Raimondo Bruno

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Geographic Variation in Health Service Use and Perceived Access Barriers for Australian Adults with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Receiving Opioid Therapy, Amy Peacock, Suzanne Nielsen, Raimondo Bruno, Gabrielle Campbell, Briony K. Larance, and Louisa Degenhardt

Adaptogens, Naomi Perry and David A. Camfield

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The effect of a conditional cash transfer on HIV incidence in young women in rural South Africa (HPTN 068): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial, Audrey Pettifor, Catherine L. Mac Phail, James Hughes, Amanda Selin, Jing Wang, F Gomez-Olive, Susan Eshleman, Ryan Wagner, Wonderful Mabuza, Nomhle Khoza, Chirayath Suchindran, Immitrude Mokoena, Rhian Twine, Philip C. Andrews, Ellen Townley, Oliver Laeyendecker, Yaw Agyei, Stephen Tollman, and Kathleen Kahn

HPTN 068: A randomized control trial of a conditional cash transfer to reduce HIV infection in young women in South Africa - study design and baseline results, Audrey Pettifor, Catherine L. Mac Phail, Amanda Selin, F Gomez-Olive, Molly Rosenberg, Ryan Wagner, Wonderful Mabuza, James Hughes, Chirayath Suchindran, and Estelle Piwowar-Manning

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Exploring engagement in tasks in the language classroom, Jenefer Philp and Susan Duchesne

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Mindfulness and emotional regulation as sequential mediators in the relationship between attachment security and depression, Judith A. Pickard, Peter Caputi, and Brin F. S Grenyer

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Doctors' perspectives on PSA testing illuminate established differences in prostate cancer screening rates between Australia and the UK: a qualitative study, Kristen Pickles, Stacy M. Carter, Lucie Rychetnik, and Vikki A. Entwistle

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General practitioners' experiences of, and responses to, uncertainty in prostate cancer screening: insights from a qualitative study, Kristen Pickles, Stacy M. Carter, Lucie Rychetnik, Kirsten McCaffery, and Vikki A. Entwistle

Does (Non-)Meaningful Sensori-Motor Engagement Promote Learning With Animated Physical Systems?, Wim T. J. L Pouw, Charly Eielts, Tamara Van Gog, R Zwaan, and Fred Paas

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Augmenting Instructional Animations with a Body Analogy to Help Children Learn about Physical Systems, Wim T. J. L Pouw, Tamara Van Gog, Rolf A. Zwaan, and Fred Paas

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Gesturing during mental problem solving reduces eye movements, especially for individuals with lower visual working memory capacity, Wim T. Pouw, Myrto F. Mavilidi, Tamara van Gog, and Fred Paas

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The spatiotemporal hemodynamic response function for depth-dependent functional imaging of human cortex, Alexander M. Puckett, K M. Aquino, Peter Robinson, Michael Breakspear, and Mark M. Schira

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Evaluation of a broadly-based control model of fascioliasis (liver fluke) in central Vietnam, T M. Quy and Heather Yeatman

Effects of performance feedback valence on perceptions of invested mental effort, Steven F. Raaijmakers, Martine Baars, Lydia Schaap, Fred Paas, and Tamara Van Gog

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Super-memorizers are not super-recognizers, Meike Ramon, Sebastien R. Miellet, Anna Dzieciol, Boris Konrad, Martin Dresler, and Roberto Caldara

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Transactional sex among young women in rural South Africa: prevalence, mediators and association with HIV infection, Meghna Ranganathan, Lori Heise, Audrey Pettifor, Richard J. Silverwood, Amanda Selin, Catherine L. Mac Phail, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Kathleen Kahn, F Gomez-Olive, James Hughes, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Oliver Laeyendecker, and Charlotte Watts

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Creating culturally relevant approaches to social work across Oceania, Jioji Ravulo

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Pacific Islands field education - promoting Pacific social work education & practice across Oceania, Jioji Ravulo

An Integrated Case Management Model to Assist Pacific Youth Offenders and Their Families in Australia, Jioji J. Ravulo

Pacific epistemologies in professional social work practice, policy and research, Jioji J. Ravulo

Pacific Youth Offending within an Australian Context, Jioji J. Ravulo

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Evaluation of a sexually transmissible infections education program: Lessons for general practice learning, Jenny Reath, Penny Abbott, Ann Dadich, Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Wendy Hu, Melissa Kang, Tim Usherwood, Carolyn Murray, and Chris Bourne

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Use of mobile and cordless phones and cognition in Australian primary school children: A prospective cohort study, Mary Redmayne, Catherine L. Smith, Geza Benke, Rodney J. Croft, Anna Dalecki, Christina Dimitriadis, Jordy Kaufman, Skye Macleod, Malcolm R. Sim, Rory Wolfe, and Michael J. Abramson