Dr Catherine Ferguson

Post Doctoral Fellow

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5571  
Mobile: 0418936147  
Email: c.ferguson@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO18.207c  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD (Doctoral Degree), Edith Cowan University, 2009 .
  • Graduate Diploma in Education, Murdoch University, 2004 .
  • Bachelor of Arts, Edith Cowan University, 2000 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Staff Climate Survey 2010,  Department of Corrective Services WA,  Grant(**),  2010,  $5,741.
  • Department of Corrective Services Literature Review on Risk Assessment Tools,  Department of Corrective Services WA,  Grant,  2009,  $3,027.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Ferguson, C., Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., Guilfoyle, A., (2012), The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and speeding behaviour of young drivers. In Advances in Traffic Psychology, 149-156.

Journal Articles

  • Ferguson, C., Harms, C., Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., Tomlinson, S., (2012), Crime Prevention: The Role of Individual Resilience within the Family. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Oxon, UK, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2012.707971.
  • Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., Ferguson, C., Harms, C., (2011), Psychologists? understanding of resilience: implications for the discipline of psychology and psychology practice. The Australian Community Psychologist, 23(2), 7-22.
  • Cohen, L., Ferguson, C., Harms, C., Pooley, JA., Tomlinson, S., (2011), Family systems and mental health issues: A resilience approach. Journal of Social Work Practice, 25(1), 109-125, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2010.533754.

Conference Publications

  • Brooks, D., Corkill, J., Pooley, JA., Cohen, L., Ferguson, C., Harms, C., (2010), National security: A propositional study to develop resilience indicators as an aid to personnel vetting. Proceedings of the 3rd Australian Security and Intelligence Conference, 35-43, Perth.
  • Ferguson, C., Cohen, L., Pooley, JA., Guilfoyle, A., (2009), Elicitiing the beliefs of young drivers about driving risks: An analysis of two methodologies. Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference : Smarter, Safer Directions, 826-838, Sydney, New South Wales.