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Dr Elizabeth Kaczmarek

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5193
Email: e.kaczmarek@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO30.206  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-8428

Elizabeth is a Lecturer in Psychology within the School of Arts and Humanities.

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.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Adelaide, 1993.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Harwood, C., Kaczmarek, E., Drake, D. (2019). Parental Perceptions of the Nature of the Relationship Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Share with Their Canine Companion. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(1), 248-259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3759-7.

Journal Articles

  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2016.1179035.

Book Chapters

  • Sibbel, A., Kaczmarek, E., Drake, D. (2016). Fly-In/Fly-Out Accommodation: Workers' Perspectives. Labour Force Mobility in the Australian Resources Industry (137-156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2018-6_8.

Journal Articles

  • Cormie, P., Turner, B., Kaczmarek, E., Drake, D., Chambers, S. (2015). A qualitative exploration of the experience of men with prostate cancer involved in supervised exercise programs. Oncology Nursing Forum, 42(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1188/15.ONF.24-32.

Journal Articles

  • Merema, M., Speelman, C., Foster, J., Kaczmarek, E. (2013). Neuroticism (Not Depressive Symptoms) Predicts Memory Complaints in Some Community-Dwelling Older Adults.. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(8), 729-736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.059.

Journal Articles

  • Merema, M., Speelman, C., Kaczmarek, E., Foster, J. (2012). Age and premorbid intelligence suppress complaint-performance congruency in raw score measures of memory. International Psychogeriatrics, 24(3), 397-405. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610211001918.

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.

Journal Articles

  • 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.

Journal Articles

  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668800801890129.

Research Projects

  • New Directions in FIFO living: An exploration of community and village life by Compass Group and ECU, Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd, Grant, 2012 ‑ 2013, $58,979.

Research Student Supervision

No data available

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Living with autism: The experience of developmentally healthy adolescents and youths who have a sibling diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding the Influence of Psychosocial Risk Factors and Mother's Help-Seeking Behaviour on the Experience of Depressive Symptoms
  • Doctor of Philosophy: Preventing depressive symptomatology in children aged eight to eleven years: Application of the positive thinking program
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Living FIFO: The experiences and psychosocial wellbeing of Western Australian fly-in/fly-out mining employees and partners
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Survival after violence: The post-separation journey of women who have experienced intimate partner violence
  • Doctor of Psychology, The prediction of antenatal and postnatal depression in Western Australian women.

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, A comparison of anxiety, stress & depression, across the perinatal period, in women pregnant with twins & singletons.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Rejected by the family for being lesbian and gay: Exploring and testing factors that contribute to resilience.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Individual adaptation to discontinuous employment for Australian workers: A longitudinal mixed method study
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The distinct contributions of affective distress and personality to memory complaints made in older adulthood
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