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Professor Susan Moore

BSc(Hons), MEd (Melb) PhD (Florida State)

Professor

Tel: +61 3 9214 5694

Office: ATC926

Email: smoore@swin.edu.au

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Biography

Dr Moore has over 30 years teaching and research experience in universities, in psychology and education; experience as a school psychologist

Teaching

  • Health and developmental psychology
  • Research Interests

  • Adolescent development, sexuality, coping with illness
  • Publications Include

  • Moore, S. & Rosenthal, D. Sexuality in adolescence: Current trends. London, UK: Taylor and Francis.
  • Moore, S. (2005). All in the mind? Psychological approaches to sexuality. In S. Gifford & M. Temple-Smith (eds.) Sexual Health: An Australian Perspective (chapter 2). Hawthorn, Vic, Australia: IP Communications.
  • Moore, S., Gullone, E., & McArthur, C. (2004) Risk-taking and HIV/AIDS among young people in Cameroon: Prediction of vulnerability using the Adolescent Risk-taking Questionnaire. Social Behavior and Personality, 32, 207-220.
  • Donchi, L. & Moore, S. (2004). It’s a boy thing: The role of the Internet in young people’s psychological well-being. Behaviour Change: Special Issue on Psychology of the Internet, 21(2), 76-89.
  • Mazalin, D. & Moore, S. (2004). Identity development, Internet use, and social anxiety among young adults. Behaviour Change: Special Issue on Psychology of the Internet, 21 (2), 90-102.
  • Professional Association Memberships

  • Fellow of Australian Psychological Society
  • Awards and Grants

  • 2005 Parkinson’s Victoria & Swinburne Alumni: Psychosocial factors in Parkinson’s disease
  • Linkage grant (APAI): “Resilience and vulnerability in children with
  • 2003 Swinburne Collaborative Research Grant: “Forced sexual activity in the City of Boroondara” with City of Boroondara
  • 2002-2003 Smart Internet Technology CRC Grant (with Barr and Knowles) “Taking Users up the value chain”
  • 2002-2004 ARC Linkage grant (APAI): “Enhancing psychosocial adaptation after temporal lobectomy for control of epilepsy seizures” with Epilepsy Victoria.
  • Other Projects

  • Supervised to completion the research projects of 8 DPsychs, 5 PhDs, 2 MA(Research), 16 coursework Masters, and 19 post-graduate diploma/Honours students.
  • Currently supervising 3 PhDs and 2 Dpsychs in areas related to counselling psychology health psychology and sexuality.
  • Consultant Activities

  • Consultant to Victorian Government (Department of Human Services) to evaluate pre-diabetes intervention (with team of other Swinburne psychologists) , 2005-2007

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