Saturday 30 June 2018

Mental health: What's love got to do with it?

JCU Psychology researchers want to hear about your romantic relationship(s) so they can work out how love affects your mental health.

PhD candidate Raquel Peel interviewed 15 psychologists as part of her research and says they revealed that while relationship difficulties are one of the main reasons clients seek counselling, that is not the issue they report in the first session.

“So, the issue a client brings through the door is often not the issue counsellors and psychologists ultimately end up working on. The most common issues presented by clients are anxiety, depression, substance abuse, adjustment disorder, and personality disorder. But relationship break-ups are in fact often at the core of why many people seek counselling.”

Ms Peel said despite that, a major gap in the literature exists regarding the effect of romantic relationship break-ups on the mental health of individuals.

“We do know that one of the main obstacles in maintaining relationships is risk regulation and balance between relationship stressors and conflicting goals. So it’s possible that divergent life and relationship goals may be leading to mental health difficulties for some people.”

She said a big part of the role of counsellors and psychologists is to explore the core issues a client might be experiencing underneath their initial presentation and work with them to find a balance between work and love.

Ms Peel said results from the survey can ultimately help mental health professionals to better treat relationship issues by asking questions about people’s romantic relationships and how they approach them.

The survey is conducted online and takes about 30 minutes to complete. The researcher cannot identify you and the data collected is strictly confidential and anonymous.

The Survey Link is: https://jcuchs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qvOCWX8W2dBrmd

Reproduced from https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2018/june/mental-health-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it

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Publication: Promoting young children's interpersonal safety knowledge, intentions, confidence, and protective behavior skills: outcomes of a randomized controlled trial


White, Codi, Shanley, Dianne C., Zimmer-gembeck, Melanie J., Walsh, Kerryann, Hawkins, Russell, Lines, Katrina, and Webb, Haley (2018) Promoting young children's interpersonal safety knowledge, intentions, confidence, and protective behavior skills: outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse and Neglect, 82. pp. 144-155.

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/54039/

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Mount Isa Show featuring JCU Nursing students and lecturers

Mt Isa Mayor Joyce McCulloch getting her blood pressure tested by our wonderful JCU nursing students Brooke and Kirra at the Mount Isa Show.



Mount Isa Show featuring JCU MICRRH Nursing students and lecturers - step right up folks!




Reproduced from https://twitter.com/MICRRH_JCU/status/1010011654094925826

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Cheating in nursing and why students might fall into the trap

Nurses are among the most respected professions, so it’s challenging to think that students might cheat in their studies. Recent JCU research suggests that cheating can happen in nursing education. Discover more here about what form cheating in nursing education takes, and the drivers for this behaviour.

https://online.jcu.edu.au/blog/do-nursing-students-cheat-and-why

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Publication: Students' multiple intelligences in video-assisted learning environments


Hajhashemi, Karim, Caltabiano, Nerina, Anderson, Neil, and Tabibzadeh, Seyed Asadollah (2018) Students' multiple intelligences in video-assisted learning environments. Journal of Computers in Education. (In Press)

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/54107/

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JCU Sport and Exercise Science students making news in Port Moresby

Thanks to assistance from New Colombo Plan and a warm welcome from PNG's High Performance Sports Foundation, our Sport and Exercise Science students are gaining valuable experience and making the news in Port Moresby.


Reproduced from https://www.facebook.com/JCUdiscover/posts/1682943471759516

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JCU researchers uncover the psychology behind problem gambling

Dr Beryl Buckby is a James Cook University lecturer and clinical psychologist. Along with colleague Dr Mal Flack from Charles Darwin University, they tested nearly 500 people for the trait of impulsivity - as well as asking them about their gambling behavior and beliefs about the emotional rewards they got from gambling.

“We know that greater impulsivity in children and adolescents is associated with subsequent alcohol and drug abuse and many other studies have shown it to have a very clear link with problem gambling too,” said Dr Buckby.

But exactly how impulsivity shapes gambling behaviour is less well understood.

“We wanted to find out if feelings of escapism and excitement played a part in the relationship between impulsivity and problem gambling. One current theory is that if you have an impulsive nature, then you are more likely to focus on the escapism and/or excitement aspects of gambling and are at increased risk of having problems with gambling,” she said.

The results were a little different than expected.

“We didn’t find a significant relationship between impulsivity, a feeling of excitement and problem gambling. But we found the relationship between impulsivity and problem gambling strengthened when the escapism ‘payoff’ was higher.

When impulsive people didn’t think of gambling as an escape, that link was no longer there.”

The researchers said the findings pointed to a clear strategy to fight problem gambling. “For people who are impulsive, it might be useful to attack the idea that gambling is an effective and cost-free form of escapism – a way to manage or avoid unpleasant emotions. It might also be helpful to teach them to manage those unpleasant emotions in a more positive way,” said Dr Buckby.

Reproduced from https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2018/june/researchers-take-aim-at-problem-gambling

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Monday 18 June 2018

Publication: In vivo arthroscopic temperatures: a comparison between 2 types of radiofrequency ablation systems in arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction—a randomized controlled trial



Matthews, Brent, Wilkinson, Matthew, McEwen, Peter, Hazratwala, Kaushik, Doma, Kenji, Manoharan, Varaguna, Bahho, Zaid, and McEwen, Shannon (2017) In vivo arthroscopic temperatures: a comparison between 2 types of radiofrequency ablation systems in arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction—a randomized controlled trial. Arthroscopy, 33 (1). pp. 165-172.

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/54087/

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Friday 8 June 2018

New Health Science books added to JCU Library collection – May 2018


This is a list of new Health Science books which have recently been added to the JCU Library collection. Books may be borrowed from the displays in the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library and the Cairns Campus Library, unless they are in non-borrowable collections such as Reference. Click on the title links to see more details in Tropicat and to access eBooks online.

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300.2855369 PAL 2016
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616.855 GOA
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616.8914 ELK
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