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 2015

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Understanding the active ingredients of SMART Recovery: perceptions of group members and group facilitators, Peter James Kelly, Amanda Baker, and Frank P. Deane

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Study protocol: A stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial of a healthy lifestyle intervention for people attending residential substance abuse treatment, Peter James Kelly, Amanda Baker, Frank P. Deane, Robin Callister, Clare E. Collins, Christopher Oldmeadow, John R. Attia, Camilla Townsend, Isabella Ingram, Gerard Byrne, and Carol Keane

Group cohesion and between session homework activities predict self-reported cognitive-behavioral skill use amongst participants of SMART Recovery groups, Peter James Kelly, Frank P. Deane, and Amanda Baker

Students writing with new technologies: The 2015 Donald Graves Address, Lisa K. Kervin

Drawing + Talk = Powerful insights for teachers of writing, Lisa K. Kervin and Jessica Mantei

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Collaborative onscreen and offscreen play: examining meaning-making complexities, Lisa K. Kervin, Irina Verenikina, and Maria Clara Rivera

Sexual and gender-based violence in the European asylum and reception sector: a perpetuum mobile?, Ines Keygnaert, Sonia F. Dias, Olivier Degomme, Walter Deville, Patricia Kennedy, Andras Kovats, Sara De Meyer, Nicole Vettenburg, Kristien Roelens, and Marleen Temmerman

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The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception, Juno Kim, Charles Y. Chung, Shinji Nakamura, Stephen Palmisano, and Sieu Khuu

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Participatory action research: The distress of (not) making a difference, Natascha Klocker

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Place stigma as boundary-making from the outside in: the case of Cronulla, Natascha Klocker

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Ethnically diverse transport behaviours: an Australian perspective, Natascha Klocker, Stephanie Toole, Alexander Tindale, and Sophie-May Kerr

Junior KICk-OFF - developing formal structured diabetes education within an informal learning environment for children aged 4-11 years, J Knowles, Jane S. Herbert, K Price, and T Hudson

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Pinhole viewing strengthens the hollow-face illusion, Trent Koessler and Harold C. Hill

Sleep after learning enhances flexibility of memory retrieval in 12-month-old infants, Carolin Konrad, Jane S. Herbert, Silvia Schneider, S Lorek, and Sabine Seehagen

Getting completely turned around: how disorientation impacts subjective straight ahead, Benjamin A. Kramer, John W. Philbeck, Stephen Dopkins, Darin Hoyer, Jesse Sargent, and Jennifer M. Perry

Chronotype, sport participation, and positive personality-trait-like individual differences, Sylvain Laborde, Felix Guillen, Fabrice Dosseville, and Mark S. Allen

The contribution of coping-related variables and heart rate variability to visual search performance under pressure, Sylvain Laborde, Franziska Lautenbach, and Mark S. Allen

iMap 4: An open source toolbox for the statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data with linear mixed modelling, Junpeng Lao, Sebastien R. Miellet, Nayla Sokhn, and Roberto Caldara

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Reforming the legal definition of rape in Victoria - what do stakeholders think?, Wendy Larcombe, Bianca Fileborn, Anastasia Powell, Nicola Henry, and Natalia K. Hanley

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Making good law: research and law reform, Wendy Larcombe, Natalia K. Hanley, Bianca Fileborn, Nicola Henry, and Anastasia Powell

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Correlates of total sedentary time and screen time in 9-11 year-old children around the world: The international study of childhood obesity, lifestyle and the environment, Allana G. LeBlanc, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Tiago Barreira, Stephanie Broyles, Jean-Phillipe Chaput, Timothy S. Church, Mikael Fogelholm, Deirdre Harrington, Gang Hu, Rebecca Kuriyan, Anura Kurpad, Estelle V. Lambert, Carol Maher, José Maia, Victor Matsudo, Timothy S. Olds, Vincent Onywera, Olga L. Sarmiento, Martyn Standage, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Pei Zhao, Mark S. Tremblay, and Rebecca M. Stanley

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Online gaming in the context of social anxiety, Bianca Lee and Peter R. Leeson

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"Teachers are not empty vessels": A reception study of Freeman and Johnson's (1998) reconceptualization of the knowledge base of second language teacher education, Joseph J. Lee, John Murphy, and Amanda Ann Baker

Measuring stages of recovery from psychosis, Serafín Lemos-Giraldez, Leticia Garcia-Alvarez, Mercedes Paino, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Oscar Vallina-Fernandez, Guillermo Vallejo-Seco, Purificacion Fernandez-Iglesias, Nuria Ordonez-Camblor, Jessica Solares-Vazquez, Laia Mas-Exposito, Ana Barajas, and Retta Andresen

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Cognitive load, cues, and task selection in learning probability calculus, Jimmie Leppink, Steven F. Raaijmakers, Fred Paas, Tamara Van Gog, Anique de Bruin, and Jeroen Van Merrienboer

A comparison of Chinese and Australian university academics' valence for teaching and cross-disciplinary research, Edward F. Li, John McCormick, and Kerry Barnett

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Art or craft: Interest or pinterest?, Gai M. Lindsay

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'But I'm not artistic': how teachers shape kids' creative development, Gai M. Lindsay

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Reflections in the mirror of Reggio Emilia's soul: John Dewey's foundational influence on pedagogy in the Italian educational project, Gai M. Lindsay

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Reggio Emilia as a metaphorical homeland: an account of professional 'becoming', Gai M. Lindsay

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Visual art education: The tangle of beliefs, Gai M. Lindsay

The fusion of story and technology, Kylie Lipscombe

Examining the writing process for digital literary text construction, Kylie Lipscombe, Lisa K. Kervin, and Jessica Mantei

Spatiotemporal variation and social determinants of suicide in China, 2006-2012: findings from a nationally representative mortality surveillance system, Shiwei Liu, Andrew Page, Peng Yin, Thomas Astell-Burt, Xiaoqi Feng, Yunning Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Lijun Wang, and Maigeng Zhou

Evidence valued and used by health promotion practitioners, Vincy Li, Stacy M. Carter, and Lucie Rychetnik

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Unintended outcomes of university-community partnerships: Building organizational capacity with PACE International partners, Kate Lloyd, Lindie Clark, Laura Ann Hammersley, Michaela Baker, Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei, and Emily D'Ath

Geographic contributions to institutional curriculum reform in Australia: the challenge of embedding field-based learning, Kate Lloyd, Richard Howitt, Rebecca H. Bilous, Lindie Clark, Robyn Dowling, Robert Fagan, Sara Fuller, Laura Ann Hammersley, Donna Houston, Andrew McGregor, Jessica McLean, Fiona Miller, Kristian J. Ruming, Anne-Louise Semple, and Sandie Suchet-Pearson

Wipeout? The Gold Coast and Tweed surfboard manufacturing cluster and local economic development, David Logue, Neil Argent, and Andrew T. Warren

Science and non-science based treatments for trauma related stress disorders, Jeffrey Lohr, Richard Gist, Brett J. Deacon, Grant Devilly, and Tracey Varker

Reward and punishment hyposensitivity in problem gamblers: A study of event-related potentials using a principal components analysis, Lisa Lole, Craig J. Gonsalvez, and Robert J. Barry

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Beyond the spectacle of suffering: Representations of rape in online anti-rape activism, Rachel E. Loney-Howes

Power relations and contrasting conceptions of evidence in patient-involvement processes used to inform health funding decisions in Australia, Edilene Lopes, Drew Carter, and Jacqueline M. Street

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Sensitivity and specificity of different measures of adiposity to distinguish between low/high motor coordination, Luis Lopes, Rute Santos, Carla Moreira, Beatriz Pereira, and Vítor Pires Lopes

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Gross morphological brain changes with chronic, heavy cannabis use, Valentina Lorenzetti, Nadia Solowij, Sarah Whittle, Alex Fornito, Daniel Lubman, Christos Pantelis, and Murat Yücel

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Banning under twos from screens has little basis in evidence, Sarah P. Loughran

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Can you be allergic to your Wi-Fi?, Sarah P. Loughran

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Why screen time before bed is bad for children, Sarah P. Loughran

Mandatory cancer risk warnings on alcoholic beverages: what are the ethical issues?, Jenny Louise, Jaklin Eliott, Ian Olver, and Annette J. Braunack-Mayer

Attitudes and beliefs of nonspecialist and specialist trainee health and physical education teachers toward obese children: evidence for "anti-fat" bias, Marita Lynagh, Kenneth P. Cliff, and Philip J. Morgan

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What should be taught by teachers, and what by parents?, Pauline Lysaght

Trials and intensity effects in single-trial ERP components and autonomic responses in a dishabituation paradigm with very long ISIs, Brett MacDonald, Robert J. Barry, and Rebecca Bonfield

Does a corporate worksite physical activity program reach those who are inactive? Findings from an evaluation of the Global Corporate Challenge, Rona Macniven, Lina Engelen, Mia J. Kacen, and Adrian E. Bauman

Unhealthy product sponsorship of Australian national and state sports organisations, Rona Macniven, Bridget P. Kelly, and Lesley King

Using Focus Group Discussion to investigate Perceptions of Sexual Risk Compensation following Posttrial HIV Vaccine Uptake Among Young South Africans, Catherine L. Mac Phail

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Technology, normalisation and male sex work, Catherine L. Mac Phail, John Scott, and Victor Minichiello

Distinct workplace bullying experiences and sleep quality: a person-centred approach, Christopher A. Magee, Ross Gordon, Laura Robinson, Samantha L. Reis, Peter Caputi, and Lindsay G. Oades

Youth with mental illness: Attitudes towards and therapeutic benefits of residential stepped care, Lynne E. Magor-Blatch and Laura Ingham

A web-based, social networking physical activity intervention for insufficiently active adults delivered via facebook app: Randomized controlled trial, Carol Maher, Monika Ferguson, Corneel Vandelanotte, Ronald Plotnikoff, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Samantha L. Thomas, Karen Nelson-Field, and Timothy Olds

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Examining the interpretations children share from their reading of an almost wordless picture book during independent reading time, Jessica Mantei and Lisa K. Kervin

Gay and Lesbian Tourism, Kevin Markwell and Gordon R. Waitt

Association between physical activity, sedentary time, and healthy fitness in youth, Adilson Marques, Rute Santos, Ulf Ekelund, and Luis B. Sardinha

Clients' experiences of intentional personality change coaching, Lesley S. Martin, Lindsay G. Oades, and Peter Caputi

Police officers' views of their encounters with people with personality disorder, Trish Martin and Stuart DM Thomas

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"We Are On Our Own": Challenges facing child headed households (CHH), a case of Seke Rural Area in Zimbabwe, Francis Maushe and Jacob Mugumbate

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Effects of integrated physical exercises and gestures on preschool children's foreign language vocabulary learning, Myrto F. Mavilidi, Anthony D. Okely, Paul A. Chandler, Dylan P. Cliff, and Fred Paas

Area-level disparities of public open space: A Geographic Information Systems analysis in metropolitan Melbourne, Suzanne Mavoa, Mohammad Koohsari, Hannah M. Badland, Melanie Davern, Xiaoqi Feng, Thomas Astell-Burt, and Billie Giles-Corti

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The importance of context when applying social cognitive theory in organizations, John McCormick, Seyyed B. Alavi, and Jose Hanham

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Flourishing, languishing and moderate mental health: prevalence and change in mental health during recovery from drug and alcohol problems, Breanna McGaffin, Frank P. Deane, Peter James Kelly, and Joseph Ciarrochi

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Urban carbon governance experiments: the role of Australian local governments, Pauline M. McGuirk, Robyn Dowling, Clare Brennan, and Harriet Bulkeley

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Effective practices for interagency data sharing: insights from collaborative research in a regional intervention, Pauline M. McGuirk, Phillip O'Neill, and Kathleen Mee

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Sticks and stones: How words and language impact upon social inclusion, Kathy McKay, Stuart Wark, Virginia Mapedzahama, Tinashe Dune, Saifur Rahman, and Catherine L. Mac Phail

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Life in the gayborhood: Safety, difference and change in the urban gay neighbourhood, Scott J. McKinnon

Watching Men Kissing Men: The Australian Reception of the Gay Male Kiss On-Screen, Scott J. McKinnon

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Mingadhuga Mingayung: Respecting Country through Mother Mountain's stories to share her cultural voice in Western academic structures, Anthony D. McKnight

Bringing it to the teachers: Refining an online learning environment for teachers in isolated settings, Fiona McLean, Irina Verenikina, and Roselyn M. Dixon

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Concept mapping: Is it a useful method when there is no 'correct' knowledge on the topic?, Samantha McMahon, Jan Wright, and Valerie Harwood

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Opinion: the case for free universal childcare in Australia, Edward Melhuish

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Neighborhood walkability, fear and risk of falling and response to walking promotion: The Easy Steps to Health 12-month randomized controlled trial, Dafna Merom, K Gebel, Paul P. Fahey, Thomas E. Astell-Burt, A Voukelatos, Chris Rissel, and Cathie Sherrington

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Economic evaluation of concise Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and/or pharmacotherapy for depressive and anxiety disorders, Denise Meuldijk, Ingrid V. Carlier, Irene M. Van Vliet, Albert M. van Hemert, Frans G. Zitman, and M E. van den Akker-van Marle

Completion problems can reduce the illusions of understanding in a computer-based learning environment on genetics, Loredana L. Mihalca, Christoph C. Mengelkamp, Wolfgang W. Schnotz, and Fred Paas

The OCD Project: Educational or sensational?, Lindsay Mae Miller, Brett J. Deacon, and David P. Valentiner

General practice ethics: Continuing medical education and the pharmaceutical industry, Yishai Mintzker, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, and Wendy Rogers

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How primary school students can self-manage cognitive load when presented with redundant information, Faisal Mirza, Shirley Agostinho, Sharon K. Tindall-Ford, and Fred Paas

Not so fast! Talker variability in serial recall at standard presentation rates, Claire Mogensen, Leonie M. Miller, and Steven J. Roodenrys

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Physics students' social media learning behaviors and connectedness, Rachel Moll, Wendy S. Nielsen, and Cedric Linder

Which nanny - the state or industry? Wowsers, teetotallers and the fun police in public health advocacy, Michael Moore, Heather Yeatman, and R Davey

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History of ESL pronunciation teaching, John Murphy and Amanda Ann Baker

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Conceptualizing metalinguistic understanding in writing | Conceptualización de la competencia metalingüística en la escritura, Debra Myhill and Susan M. Jones

From haystacks to hospitals: an evolving understanding of mental disorder and firesetting, Vindya Nanayakkara, James R. P Ogloff, and Stuart D.M Thomas

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The first day of school sets the tone for academic achievement, Cathrine Marguerite Neilsen-Hewett

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A collaborative initiative working towards closing the education and health gap in remote Aboriginal communities, Cathrine Marguerite Neilsen-Hewett and Marina Papic

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Reading the mind of children in response to food advertising: A cross-sectional study of Malaysian schoolchildren's attitudes towards food and beverages advertising on television, See Hoe Ng, Bridget P. Kelly, Chee Hee Se, Sharmela Sahathevan, Karuthan Chinna, Mohd Noor Ismail, and Tilakavati Karupaiah

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Identity formation of LBOTE pre-service teachers during the practicum, Hoa Nguyen and Lynn D. Sheridan

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Sexual partnership patterns among South African adolescent girls enrolled in STI preventions trial network 068: Measurement challenges and implications for HIV/STI transmission, Nadia Nguyen, Kimberly Powers, James Hughes, Catherine L. Mac Phail, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Eshan Patel, Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive, Kathleen Kahn, and Audrey Pettifor

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Benzodiazepine Use among Chronic Pain Patients Prescribed Opioids: Associations with Pain, Physical and Mental Health, and Health Service Utilization, Suzanne Nielsen, Nicholas Lintzeris, Raimondo Bruno, Gabrielle Campbell, Briony K. Larance, Wayne Hall, Bianca Hoban, Milton Cohen, and Louisa Degenhardt

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Designing a digital teaching resource to explain phases of the moon: a case study of preservice elementary teachers making a slowmation, Wendy S. Nielsen and Garry F. Hoban

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Science teachers' response to the Digital Education Revolution, Wendy S. Nielsen, K. Alex Miller, and Garry F. Hoban

MOOCs: free education for some, Adrian Norman, Lori Lockyer, and Sue Bennett

Food, obesity discourses and the subjugation of environmental knowledge, Gabrielle H. O'Flynn

A cross-cultural study of possible iatrogenic effects of gifted education programs: tenth graders' perceptions of academically high performing classmates, Hyerim Oh, Margaret Sutherland, Niamh Stack, Maria Del Mar Badia Martín, Sheyla Blumen, Quoc Anh-Thu Nguyen, Catherine M. Wormald, Julie Maakrun, and Albert Ziegler