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Publications
Cross, D. S., H. Monks, M. R. Hall, T. Shaw, Y. C. Pintabona, E. L.
Erceg, G. J. Hamilton, C. M. Roberts, S. K. Waters, and L. Lester.
(2011). Three-year results of the Friendly Schools whole-ofschool
intervention on children’s bullying behaviour. British
Educational Research Journal, 37, 105-129.
Carter, O. B., L. Patterson, R. J. Donovan, M. T. Ewing, and
C. M. Roberts. (2011). Children’s understanding of the
selling versus persuasive intent of junk food advertising:
Implications for regulation. Social Science and Medicine,
72, 962-968.
Roberts, C., Williams, R., Kane, R., Pintabona, Y., Cross,
D., Zubrick, S., & Silburn, S. (2011). Impact of a mental
health promotion program on substance use in young
adolescents. Advances in Mental Health, 10, 72 – 82.
Roberts, C. M., Pintabona, Y., Kane, R., Ronstant, K., Cross,
D. (2011). Dissemination of a school-based mental health
promotion program. The Aussie Optimism program. CHIRI
Conference, Curtin University.
LYNNE ROBERTS
Senior Lecturer
BSc (Hons), PhD, GradCert
Teaching
Overview
Dr Roberts is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology
and Speech Pathology at Curtin University. She is the
fourth year and Honours coordinator in psychology.
Teaching
Teaching Areas - Undergraduate; Quality Assurance in
Psychological Research 441; Honours Dissertation 491 &
492; Supervision of Honours and PhD students.
Research Interests
Public attitudes to crime and justice; Online social
interaction; Online research methods; Cybercrime and
cybervictimisation; Techno ethics; Research ethics;
Teaching in Higher Education.
Publications
Roberts, L., Spiranovic, C. & Indermaur, D. (2011) A country
not divided: A comparison of public punitiveness and
confidence in sentencing across Australia. Australian and
New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 44, 370-386. doi:
10.1177/0004865811419059.
Spiranovic, C. A., Roberts, L. D. & Indermaur, D. (available
online as iFirst article 11 Jul 2011). What predicts
punitiveness? An examination of predictors of punitive
attitudes towards offenders in Australia. Psychiatry,
Psychology and Law. doi:10.1080/13218719.2011.561766.
Spiranovic, C. A., Roberts, L. D., Indermaur, D., Warner, K.,
& Gelb, K. (available online as iFirst article 26/12/2011).
Public preferences for sentencing purposes: What
difference does offender age, criminal history and
offence type make? Criminology and Criminal Justice.
doi:0.1177/1748895811431847.
ROSANNA ROONEY
Senior Lecturer
BSc (Hons), MPsych (Clinical),
PhD (UWA)
Brief Summary
Dr Rooney is a senior lecturer at the School of Psychology
and Speech Pathology at Curtin University. She teaches
Professional Practice and Social and Behavioural Health in
the Clinical Masters Program.
Overview
She has worked as a Clinical Psychologist (and registrar)
in a variety of settings including King Edward memorial
Hospital, Osborne Park Clinic and have been in private
practice for ten years. Her clinical interests include anxiety
and depression in adults and children and couples work.
Teaching
Professional Practice and Social and Behavioural Health;
Cross-Cultural and Indigenous; Psychology.
Research Interests
Her research interests include depression, postnatal
depression across cultures, mental health across cultures,
health psychology, anxiety and depression in children and
couples. She is the principal investigator of the Aussie
Optimism Program: Positive Thinking Skills and they have
been awarded a $340,000 Healthway grant for 2010 to
2012. She is also currently investigating the prevention
and treatment of postnatal depression across cultures
after being awarded several grants from WA Perinatal
mental health.
Publications
Rooney, R. (2011). Post-natal depression across cultures:
A case study. e-medici, www.emedici.com.
Rooney, R., Kane, R., Steed, L., Nesdale, D., Hattie, J. and
Goonewardene, R. (2011). Development of a universal
measure of ethnic identity. Australian Psychologist.