The Z-lab: Research Fellows and PhD Candidates

We have a very active group of research fellows and PhD candidates in the Z-lab.

Current and past projects address parenting and its impact on child emotion regulation and youth development; coping with stress in close relationships; attachment and its measurement; attention, ADHD, and mindwandering; rejection in social groups; defending against bullying among children; pracitioner competence in children's disruptive behavior; screening for fetal alcohol syndrome, transgender development and health care, and sexuality. see below for more details.

Current Research Fellows and PhD CAndidates

CURRENT PHD CANDIDATES

Britnee Byron, PhD Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Erinn Hawkins, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck

Measuring parent-child attachment: A useful method for clinicians

Tia Campbell, PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Erinn Hawkins, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Professor Dianne Shanley

The digital Rapid Neurodevelopmental Assessment Australia: A validation and diagnostic power study

Charlie-Jean Seeto – PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Veya Seekis

Social comparison processes on social media

Tejasvi Singh - PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Veya Seekis, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck,

Dr. Rebecca Lawrence

Comparing the body satisfaction and appreciation effects of body positivity and body neutrality on social media

Rachmania Puspa Wardhani - PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Matthew McKenzie, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Professor Lara Farrell

Post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents and children: Investigating the role of parent emotional functioning and parenting following childhood medical events

Shantelle Wilson - PhD Psychology

Supervisors: Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Amanda Duffy, A/Professor Chris Pepping

First Time Sexual Minority Identification in Later Life: An Investigation of Psychosocial Correlates