School of Arts and Humanities

Associate Professor

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, United States of America, 1997.
• Master of Arts, United States of America, 1991.
• Bachelor of Science with 1st Class Honours, The University of Western Australia, 1985.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• The Cone of Deafness: An interactive demonstration of the difficulties in communication between people when they have simulated hearing loss and tinnitus,  Department of Health,  Grant,  2009 - 2013,  $90,535.
• Using Auditory Simulations to Enable Prevention of Noise Exposure in School Age Children and Young Adults,  Department of Health,  Grant,  2008 - 2010,  $214,085.
• UV Photos Enhance Parent's Commitment to Protect Their Children From The Sun,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Healthway - Grant,  2004 - 2007,  $81,778.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Hollett, R., Gignac, G., Milligan, S., Chang, P., (2020), Explaining lecture attendance behavior via structural equation modeling: Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior. Learning and Individual Differences: journal of psychology and education, 81(in press), in press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2020.101907.
• Eastabrook, S., Chang, P., Taylor, M., (2018), Melanoma risk: Adolescent females' perspectives on skin protection pre/post viewing an ultraviolet photoaged photograph of their own facial sun damage. Global Health Promotion, 25(1), 23-32, Sage, DOI: 10.1177/1757975916639871.
• Thorup, B., Crookes, K., Chang, P., Burton, N., Pond, S., Li, TK., Hsiao, J., Rhodes, G., (2018), Perceptual experience shapes our ability to categorize faces by national origin: A new other-race effect. British Journal of Psychology, 109(3), 583–603, England, Wiley-Blackwell, DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12289.
• Carastathis, G., Cohen, L., Kaczmarek, E., Chang, P., (2017), Rejected by family for being gay or lesbian: Portrayals perceptions, and resilience. Journal of Homosexuality, 64(3), 289-320, Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2016.1179035.
• Taylor, M., Westbrook, D., Chang, P., (2016), Using UV photoaged photography to better understand Western Australian teenagers' attitudes towards adopting sun-protective behaviours. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 28(1), 45-53, DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2014-0071.
• Welch, M., Chang, P., Taylor, M., (2016), Photoaging photography: Mothers' attitudes toward adopting skin-protective measures pre- and post-viewing photoaged images of their and their child's facial sun damage. Sage Open, 6(4), 1-11, Sage, DOI: 10.1177/2158244016672906.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  A mixed methods obesity prevention intervention for Australian children aged 6-12 years: Influence of parent misperceptions about food and exercise on the efficacy of educational obesity simulations.

Co-principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Rejected by the family for being lesbian and gay: Exploring and testing factors that contribute to resilience.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Gender and nursing in a developing country: Workplace violence, career progression, job satisfaction and emigration intentions among ghanaian nurses.

Associate Supervisor

• Master of Education,  Issues in academic educational research: The impact of current issues on research activity.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Living fifo: The experiences and psychosocial wellbeing of Western Australian fly-in/fly-out mining employees and partners
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Individual adaptation to discontinuous employment for Australian workers: A longitudinal mixed method study