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Dr Elizabeth Kaczmarek

Dr Elizabeth Kaczmarek

Dr Elizabeth Kaczmarek

Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5193  
Email: e.kaczmarek@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO30.206  

 

Current Teaching

Elizabeth's current teaching areas include Abnormal Psychology and Psychological Assessment at postgraduate and undergraduate levels.

Background

Employed as a Lecturer at Edith Cowan University.

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Australian Animal Studies Group
  • Psychologists Board of Australia

Research Areas and Interests

  • Clinical, community and developmental Psychology
  • Coping with Children with disabilities;
  • The meaning and benefits of owning companion animals;
  • The impact of employment related absence on family resilience; and
  • Resilience and mental health.

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD, The University of Adelaide, 1993 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Kidd, T., Kaczmarek, E., (2010), The experiences of mothers home educating their children with autism spectrum disorder. Issues in Educational Research, 20(3), 257-275, Australia.
  • Carter, T., Kaczmarek, E., (2009), An exploration of Generation Y's experiences of offshore fly-in/fly-out employment. Australian Community Psychologist, 21(2 ), 52-66, Australia.
  • Kaczmarek, E., Sibbel, A., (2008), The psychosocial well-being of children from Australian military and fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) mining families. Community, Work and Family, 11(3), 297 - 312.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Living Fifo: The Experiences And Psychosocial Wellbeing Of Western Australian Fly-in/fly-out Mining Employees And Partners.
  • Doctor of Psychology,  The Prediction Of Antenatal And Postnatal Depression In Western Australian Women. .
  • Preventing Depressive Symptomatology In Children Aged Eight To Eleven Years: Application Of The Positive Thinking Program.

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  A Comparison Of Anxiety, Stress & Depression, Across The Perinatal Period, In Women Pregnant With Twins & Singletons..

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Individual Adaptation To Discontinuous Employment For Australian Workers: A Longitudinal Mixed Method Study.