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Associate Professor Justine Dandy

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5105
Facsimile: +61 8 6304 5834
Email: j.dandy@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO30.109  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3871-364X

Justine is an Associate Professor in Psychology within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current Teaching

  • PSY3217 Cultural Issues in Psychology
  • PSY2231 Developmental Psychology
  • PSY5188 Advanced Developmental and Professional Issues in Psychology

Background

Justine Dandy has worked in teaching and research positions at Flinders University (1996-2000) and the University of Western Australia (2000-2003). She moved to Perth in 2000 and commenced at ECU in October 2003.

Professional Memberships

  • The International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychologists (IACCP)
  • The International Academy for Intercultural Research
  • Society for Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)
  • The Australian Migration Research Network (WA branch)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Cross-cultural, cultural and social psychology
  • Attitudes to immigration, diversity and multiculturalism
  • Acculturation attitudes and strategies
  • Ethnic, cultural and national identity

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Adelaide, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Adelaide, 1993.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Dandy, J., Ng Tseung-Wong, C., George, AM., Zamboanga, BL., Palacios, V. (2024). Cultural Factors in Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Immigrant Youth in Western Australia: A Qualitative Investigation. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2024(Article in press), 10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000659.
  • Tills, K., Dandy, J. (2024). The Relationship between the Mental Health of Refugee Parents and Their Children: An Investigation of Australian Longitudinal Data. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2024(Article in press), 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-024-01657-8.
  • Besta, T., Jurek, P., Olech, M., Włodarczyk, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, JK., Bender, M., Vandello, J., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, CB., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Ariyanto, A., Aruta, JJ., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., Becker, M., Bertolli, C., Bërxulli, D., Best, D., Bi, C., Block, K., Boehnke, M., Bongiorno, R., Bosak, J., Casini, A., Chen, Q., Chi, P., Cubela Adoric, V., Daalmans, S., Dandy, J., De Lemus, S., Dhakal, S., Dvorianchikov, N., Egami, S., Etchezahar, E., Esteves, CS., Froehlich, L., Garcia-Sanchez, E., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gomez, ., Guizzo, F., Graf, S., Greijdanus, H., Grigoryan, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J., Guerch, K., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Hale, M., Hämer, H., Hirai, M., Hoang Duc, L., Hřebíčková, M., Hutchings, PB., Høj Jensen, D., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Karabati, S., Kelmendi, K., Kengyel, G., Khachatryan, N., Ghazzawi, R., Kinahan, M., Kirby, TA., Kovács, M., Kozlowski, D., Krivoshchekov, V., Kulich, C., Kurosawa, T., Lac An, NT., Labarthe, J., Latu, I., Lauri, MA., Mankowski, E., Musbau Lawal, A., Li, J., Lindner, J., Lindqvist, A., Makarova, E., Makashvili, A., Malayeri, S., Malik, S., Mancini, T., Manzi, C., Mari, S., Martiny, SE., Mayer, C., Mihić, V., Milošević Đorđević, J., Moreno-Bella, E., Moscatelli, S., Moynihan, AB., Muller, D., Narhetali, E., Neto, F., Noels, KA., Nyúl, B., O’connor, EC., Ochoa, DP., Ohno, S., Adebayo, SO., Osborne, R., Pacilli, MG., Palacio, J., Patnaik, S., Pavlopoulos, V., Pérez De León, P., Piterová, I., Porto, JB., Ferrara, AP., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Pérez, ER., Renström, E., Rousseaux, T., Ryan, MK., Safdar, S., Sainz, M., Salvati, M., Samekin, A., Schindler, S., Seydi, M., Shepherd, D., Schmader, T., Simão, C., Sobhie, R., Sobiecki, J., De Souza, L., Sarter, E., Sulejmanović, D., Sullivan, KE., Tatsumi, M., Tavitian-Elmadjian, L., Thakur, SJ., Chi, QT., Torre, B., Torres, A., Torres, CV., Türkoğlu, B., Ungaretti, J., Valshtein, T., Van Laar, C., Van Der Noll, J., Vasiutynskyi, V., Vauclair, C., Venäläinen, S., Vohra, N., Walentynowicz, M., Ward, C., Yang, Y., Yzerbyt, V., Zanello, V., Zapata-Calvente, AL., Zawisza, M., Žukauskienė, R., Żadkowska, M. (2024). Measuring collection action intention toward gender equality across cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2024(Article in press), 20 pages. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000857.

Journal Articles

  • Leviston, Z., Dandy, J., Horwitz, P., Drake, D. (2023). Anticipating Environmental Losses: Effects On Place Attachment And Intentions To Move. Journal Of Migration And Health, 7(2023), article number 100152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100152.
  • Dandy, J., Doidge, A., Lefringhausen, K., Kunst, J., Kenin, A. (2023). How do Australian majority-group members acculturate? A person-centred approach. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 97(TBD), article number 101876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101876.

Journal Articles

  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J., Bender, M., Dandy, J. (2022). Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2022(Article in Press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687.
  • Ng Tseung Wong, C., Dandy, J., Lane, M. (2022). Perceived diversity norms, cultural identity styles and bicultural identity consolidation in two bicultural groups in Australia. International Journal of Psychology, 57(3), 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12829.

Reports

  • Dandy, J., Ng Tseung Wong, C., George, AM., Palacios, V. (2022). Alcohol Use and Psychological Wellbeing among Migrant Youth in WA. Perth Western Australia. Edith Cowan University.

Journal Articles

  • Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Vandello, J., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Olech, M., Besta, T., Bender, M., Hoorens, V., Becker, M., Timur Sevincer, A., Best, D., Safdar, S., Włodarczyk, A., Zawisza, M., Żadkowska, M., Abuhamdeh, S., Badu Agyemang, C., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Ariyanto, A., Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, J., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., Bertolli, C., Bërxulli, D., Bi, C., Block, K., Boehnke, M., Bongiorno, R., Bosak, J., Casini, A., Chen, Q., Chi, P., Cubela Adoric, V., Daalmans, S., Dandy, J., De Lemus, S., Dhakal, S., Dvorianchikov, N., Egami, S., Etchezahar, E., Sofia Esteves, C., Felix, N., Froehlich, L., Garcia-Sanchez, E., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gomez, ., Guizzo, F., Graf, S., Greijdanus, H., Grigoryan, A., Grzymała-Moszczyńska, J., Guerch, K., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Hale, M., Hämer, H., Hirai, M., Hoang Duc, L., Hřebíčková, M., Hutchings, P., Høj Jensen, D., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Karabati, S., Kelmendi, K., Kengyel, G., Khachatryan, N., Ghazzawi, R., Kinahan, M., Kirby, T., Kovács, M., Kozlowski, D., Krivoshchekov, V., Kulich, C., Kurosawa, T., Thi Lac An, N., Labarthe, J., Latu, I., Anne Lauri, M., Mankowski, E., Musbau Lawal, A., Li, J., Lindner, J., Lindqvist, A., Maitner, A., Makarova, E., Makashvili, A., Malayeri, S., Malik, S., Mancini, T., Manzi, C., Mari, S., Martiny, S., Mayer, C., Mihić, V., Milošević Đorđević, J., Moreno-Bella, E., Moscatelli, S., Bryan Moynihan, A., Muller, D., Narhetali, E., Neto, F., Noels, K., Nyúl, B., O’connor, E., Ochoa, D., Ohno, S., Olanrewaju Adebayo, S., Osborne, R., Giuseppina Pacilli, M., Palacio, J., Patnaik, S., Pavlopoulos, V., Pérez De León, P., Piterová, I., Barreiros Porto, J., Puzio, A., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Rentería Pérez, E., Renström, E., Rousseaux, T., Ryan, M., Sainz, M., Salvati, M., Samekin, A., Schindler, S., Seydi, M., Shepherd, D., Sherbaji, S., Schmader, T., Simão, C., Sobhie, R., De Souza, L., Sarter, E., Sulejmanović, D., Sullivan, K., Tatsumi, M., Tavitian-Elmadjian, L., Jain Thakur, S., Thi Mong Chi, Q., Torre, B., Torres, A., Torres, C., Türkoğlu, B., Ungaretti, J., Valshtein, T., Van Laar, C., Van Der Noll, J., Vasiutynskyi, V., Vauclair, C., Venäläinen, S., Vohra, N., Walentynowicz, M., Ward, C., Yang, Y., Yzerbyt, V., Zanello, V., Zapata-Calvente, AL., Žukauskienė, R. (2021). Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(3), 231-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121997997.
  • Leviston, Z., Dandy, J., Jetten, J. (2021). ‘They're discriminated against, but so are we’: White Australian‐born perceptions of ingroup and immigrant discrimination over time are not zero sum. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(1), 146-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12384.

Journal Articles

  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Vandello, J., Best, D., Wlodarczyk, A., Safdar, S., Zawisza, M., Żadkowska, M., Sobiecki, J., Agyemang, C., Akbaş, G., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Aruta, J., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., Bi, C., Becker, M., Bender, M., Bërxulli, D., Bosak, J., Daalmans, S., Dandy, J., De Lemus, S., Dvorianchikov, N., Etchezahar, E., Froehlich, L., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gomez, ., Greijdanus, H., Grigoryan, A., Hale, M., Hämer, H., Hoorens, V., Hutchings, P., Jensen, D., Kelmendi, K., Khachatryan, N., Kinahan, M., Kozlowski, D., Lauri, M., Li, J., Maitner, A., Makashvili, A., Mancini, T., Martiny, S., Đorđević, J., Moreno-Bella, E., Moscatelli, S., Bryan Moynihan, A., Muller, D., Ochoa, D., Adebayo, S., Pacilli, M., Palacio, J., Patnaik, S., Pavlopoulos, V., Piterová, I., Puzio, A., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Rentería-Pérez, E., Rousseaux, T., Sainz, M., Salvati, M., Samekin, A., García-Sánchez, E., Schindler, S., Sherbaji, S., Sobhie, R., Sulejmanović, D., Sullivan, K., Torre, B., Torres, C., Ungaretti, J., Valshtein, T., Van Laar, C., Van Der Noll, J., Vasiutynskyi, V., Vohra, N., Zapata-Calvente, A., Žukauskienė, R. (2020). Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6), 1276-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696.
  • Leviston, Z., Dandy, J., Jetten, J., Walker, I. (2020). The role of relative deprivation in majority-culture support for multiculturalism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 50(4), 228-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12652.
  • Leviston, Z., Coenen, J., Dandy, J. (2020). Host-member misperceptions about what others expect of immigrants: The role of personal attitudes, voting behaviour, and right-wing authoritarianism. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 23(4), 397-406. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12418.
  • Leong, C., Komisarof, A., Dandy, J., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Safdar, S., Hanke, K., Teng, E. (2020). What does it take to become “one of us?” Redefining ethnic-civic citizenship using markers of everyday nationhood. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 78(September 2020), 10-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.04.006.

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Dandy, J., Horwitz, P., Campbell, R., Drake, D., Leviston, Z. (2019). Leaving home: Place attachment and decisions to move in the face of environmental change. Regional Environmental Change, 19(2), 615-620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01463-1.

Journal Articles

  • Preece, D., Becerra, R., Robinson, K., Dandy, J. (2018). Assessing Alexithymia: Psychometric properties and factorial invariance of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in nonclinical and psychiatric samples. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 40(2), 276–287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-017-9634-6.
  • Drake, D., Dandy, J., Loh, J., Preece, D. (2018). Should parents financially support their adult children? Normative views in Australia. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 39(2), 348–359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-017-9558-z.
  • Preece, D., Becerra, R., Robinson, K., Dandy, J., Allan, A. (2018). Measuring emotion regulation ability across negative and positive emotions: The Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI). Personality and Individual Differences, 135(1 December 2018), 229-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.07.025.
  • Preece, D., Becerra, R., Robinson, K., Dandy, J., Allan, A. (2018). The psychometric assessment of alexithymia: Development and validation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 132(1 October), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.011.
  • Forrest, J., Dandy, J. (2018). Proficiency in English, linguistic shift and ethnic capital: an intergenerational analysis of non-English speaking background immigrant groups in Sydney, Australia. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39(2), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2017.1315949.

Conference Publications

  • Dandy, J., Ziaian, T., Moylan, C. (2018). Team Australia? Understanding acculturation from multiple perspectives. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology (18 pp.). International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4985.

Book Chapters

  • Dandy, J., Dunn, K., Jetten, J., Paradies, Y., Robinson, L., Ziaian, T. (2017). Intercultural Relations in Australia. Mutual Intercultural Relations (333-352). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316875032.

Journal Articles

  • Preece, D., Becerra, R., Allan, A., Robinson, K., Dandy, J. (2017). Establishing the theoretical components of alexithymia via factor analysis: Introduction and validation of the attention-appraisal model of alexithymia. Personality and Individual Differences, 119(December 2017), 341-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.003.

Journal Articles

  • Owens, C., Dandy, J., Hancock, P. (2016). Perceptions of pregnancy experiences when using a community-based antenatal service: A qualitative study of refugee and migrant women in Perth, Western Australia. Women and Birth, 29(2), 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.09.003.

Journal Articles

  • Dandy, J., Pe-Pua, R. (2015). The refugee experience of social cohesion in Australia: Exploring the roles of racism, intercultural contact, and the media. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 13(4), 339-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2014.974794.
  • Dandy, J., Durkin, K., Barber, BL., Houghton, S. (2015). Academic expectations of Australian students from Aboriginal, Asian and Anglo backgrounds: Perspectives of teachers, trainee-teachers and students. International journal of disability, development and education, 62(1), 60-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2014.984591.
  • Rauchelle, K., Dandy, J. (2015). How 'mutual' is acculturation?: Majority Australians' acculturation attitudes toward refugees. Australian Community Psychologist, 27(2), 5-18.

Journal Articles

  • Dandy, J., Pe-Pua, R. (2013). Beyond mutual acculturation. Intergroup relations among immigrants, Anglo-Australians, and Indigenous Australians. Zeitschrift fuer Psychologie (Journal of Psychology), 221(4), 232-241. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000153.

Reports

  • Dandy, J., Pe-Pua, R. (2013). Research into the Current and Emerging Drivers for Social Cohesion, Social Division and Conflict in Multicultural Australia. Perth, W.A.. Edith Cowan University.

Journal Articles

  • Runions, K., Priest, N., Dandy, J. (2011). Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment Amongst Australian Children from Middle-Eastern and Asian backgrounds. Australian Community Psychologist, 23(1), 23-33.

Book Chapters

  • Dandy, J. (2010). Managing cultural diversity: Competing discourses in Australian multiculturalism. Cultural diversity: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives (113-130). Nova Publishers.

Journal Articles

  • Sala, E., Dandy, J., Rapley, M. (2010). Real Italians and Wogs: The discursive construction of Italian identity among first generation Italian immigrants in Western Australia. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 20(2), 110-124.
  • Dandy, J., Pe-Pua, R. (2010). Attitudes to multiculturalism, immigration and cultural diversity: Comparison of dominant and non-dominant groups in three Australian states. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 34(1), 34-46.

Journal Articles

  • Fawcett, L., Garton, A., Dandy, J. (2009). Role of motivation, self-efficacy and parent support in adolescent structured leisure activity participation. Australian Journal of Psychology, 61(3), 175-182.
  • Dandy, J. (2009). Refugee and migrant integration: Examining the discourse of the dominant. Tamara Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 8(8.2), 225-233.

Journal Articles

  • Fawcett, L., Garton, A., Dandy, J. (2008). Influences of parents and peers in adolescent leisure activities. The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 25(1), 32-47.
  • Dandy, J., Durkin, K., McEvoy, P., Barber, BL., Houghton, S. (2008). Psychometric properties of multigroup ethnic identity measure (MEIM) scores with Australian adolescents from diverse ethnocultural groups. Journal of Adolescence, 31(3), 323-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.06.003.

Journal Articles

  • Stritzke, WG., Dandy, J., Durkin, K., Houghton, S. (2005). Use of interactive voice response (IVR) technology in health research with children. Behavior Research Methods, 37(1), 119-126.

Research Projects

  • Responding to Natural Disaster Risk: Evaluating Vulnerability, Awareness and Liveability (REVAL) , Department of Fire and Emergency Services, National Disaster Risk Reduction Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $127,000.
  • Alcohol use and psychological wellbeing among migrant youth in WA, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Health Promotion Research - Exploratory Research Grants, 2020 ‑ 2022, $74,632.
  • Negotiating multicultural identities using Hybrid Identity Styles and Alternating Identity Styles as strategies: Antecedents and Outcomes, Edith Cowan University, ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme – 2017 Round 2, 2018 ‑ 2019, $7,769.
  • Enhancing parental relationships, resilience, and wellbeing in children; prenatal to 12 months, Edith Cowan University, School of Arts and Humanities Research Grant Scheme 2016, 2016 ‑ 2017, $20,000.
  • Families and Money: Norms and behaviours between and within cultures, Edith Cowan University, School of Arts and Humanities Research Grant Scheme 2016, 2016, $17,086.
  • Research into the current and emerging drivers for social cohesion, social division and conflict in multicultural Australia, Department of Home Affairs, Grant, 2011 ‑ 2012, $119,377.
  • Formative study of discrimination and mental health of CALD Australian children, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Healthway - Grant, 2005 ‑ 2007, $21,487.
  • Reliability and validity of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure with Australian ethno-cultural minorities, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher - Grant, 2004 ‑ 2005, $12,000.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Values and Acculturation Experiences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use, and Mental Health of African-Australian Youth.

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Mothers' experiences of their adult child's interethnic relationship
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The development of social-emotional skills in pre-primary children: A comparison of parent, teacher and combined coaching programs
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Consumer’s payment preference at Point-of-Sale (POS) in Australia, China and Sri Lanka
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Effects of parenting styles, academic self-efficacy, and achievement motivation on the academic achievement of university astudents in ethiopia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The construction of identity through the dimensions of race, ethnicity and gender: The experience of 'coloured' South African women in Western Australia.

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The role of culture in theory of mind

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, School's out: Adolescent 'leisure' activities, influences and consequences.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Police engagement with African communities in Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Measuring emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation as clinically relevant emotional constructs: Theoretical considerations and the development of new psychometric measures
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