Faculty of Health 4

Doctor of Philosophy

BENRACHOU, Djamel Eddine

Thesis Title

Use of Social Interaction in Manoeuvre Prediction to Improve Automated Vehicle Safety

Supervisors

• Dr Mohammed Elhenawy  (Associate Supervisor)
• Professor Sebastien Glaser  (Associate Supervisor)
• Professor Andry Rakotonirainy  (Principal Supervisor)

Citation

Next-generation mobility, particularly automated vehicles (AVs), has made significant progress towards public road integration, promising safer and more effective transportation. However, current prototypes must integrate intentions and social interactions within the motion prediction (MP) framework. This thesis addresses these challenges through three key studies: Study 1 establishes a comprehensive methodological framework for MP with a novel categorisation of MP methods; Study 2 develops a deep learning algorithms for vehicle behaviour prediction; Study 3 proposes a graph-based trajectory prediction. These contributions enhance the understanding of social interaction and intention forecasting, optimising AV technology for safer and sustainable transportation.

CARPENDALE, Emma Jane

Thesis Title

Measuring and Fostering Social-Emotional Competencies in Middle Childhood: An Australian Population Cohort Study

Supervisors

• Adjunct Professor  Melissa Green  (External Supervisor)
• Professor Kristin Robyn Laurens  (Principal Supervisor)
• Associate Professor Sonia Louise Jane White  (Associate Supervisor)
• Adjunct Associate Professor Kate Elizabeth Williams  (External Supervisor)

Citation

This thesis contributes evidence to inform the provision of social-emotional learning programs within Australian schools. This research program developed a self-report measure of social-emotional competencies in middle childhood (age 11-12 years); evidenced the association between students’ social-emotional competencies and their academic achievement; and, found that delivery of evidence-based social-emotional learning programs was associated with enhanced social-emotional skills among students. Using data from the longitudinal, population-level New South Wales Child Development Study, this research endorses the formal teaching of social-emotional competencies in Australian schools and delivers timely policy-relevant evidence to optimise the provision of whole-school social-emotional learning.

GHORBANI, Fatemeh

Thesis Title

The Effect of Familiarity, Emotion, Repetition on Neural Activity During Visual Face Perception

Supervisors

• Dr Mohammed Elhenawy  (Associate Supervisor)
• Professor Andry Rakotonirainy  (Principal Supervisor)

Citation

This study investigates how familiarity, emotion, and repetition influence neural activity during face perception, employing EEG data analysis. It reveals the temporal dynamics of brain responses, highlighting emotional modulation of marker of N170, and the significance of the N250 component in recognising familiar faces. Additionally, it suggests that neutral facial expressions aid in face categorisation and shows that repetition enhances the amplitude of P100, N170, and N250 in the occipitotemporal brain region.

HAYIXIBAYI, Alimila

Thesis Title

A Social Systems Approach to Understanding Problematic Internet Use Amongst Adolescents in China

Supervisors

• Weiqing Chen  (External Supervisor)
• Associate Professor Adrian Bruce Kelly  (Associate Supervisor)
• Associate Professor Esben Stig Strodl  (Principal Supervisor)

Citation

This PhD explored a range of psychosocial risk factors for adolescent problematic internet use (PIU). A survey was conducted among 6552 adolescents (aged 10-19 years) in Guangdong, China. The findings suggest that adolescents experiencing less warmth, and more conflict from parents, teachers and peers are more likely to experience PIU, with these associations mediated by mental health concerns including conduct problems and school anxiety. Therefore, this PhD highlights that to reduce PIU, improving the quality of family and school relationships can be an important pathway, as well as adolescents’ mental health, with targeted school and familybased prevention and intervention programs.

KOMANDUR, Priyanka

Thesis Title

Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy for Bipolar Mood Disorders: A Pilot Study

Supervisors

• Adjunct Associate Professor Kate Elizabeth Murray  (Associate Supervisor)
• Adjunct Professor Robert Schweitzer  (Principal Supervisor)

Citation

People with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder suffer greatly, even with existing treatment. This research was the first to trial and evaluate a preliminary adaptation of Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy (or MERIT-BD) developed to address deficits in metacognitive capacities, as defined by Lysaker and Klion (2017), experienced by people with a bipolar disorder. Preliminary support was found for MERIT-BD primarily enhancing capacity for Self-reflectivity for people with a bipolar disorder. The findings also highlight the potential importance of addressing experiences of impaired insight, and stigma, as uniquely experienced by people with bipolar disorders, during the therapeutic process.

MALLELA, Sarah Suvidha

Thesis Title

Travel Demand Analytics of Shared E-Scooter Using Econometric Models

Supervisors

• Professor MD. Mazharul Haque  (Mentoring Supervisor)
• Dr Shamsunnahar Yasmin  (Principal Supervisor)

Citation

The adoption of Shared E-Scooters presents multifaceted challenges, impacting diverse stakeholders across a wide cross-disciplinary network. Despite its potential, full-scale integration in global cities remains uncertain due to various factors. This thesis focuses on analysing and understanding the travel demand component of Shared E-Scooters within three main objectives: (i) spatial demand, (ii) temporal demand, and (iii) trip duration mechanism. Employing econometric modelling at both aggregate and individual levels, the study utilises a data utilisation algorithm to capture accurate trip information. The findings yield demand-specific insights, highlighting key attributes and extending recommendations to stakeholders involved in Shared E-Scooter research.

O'DONOHUE, Matthew Paul

Thesis Title

Effects of Musical Training on Audiovisual Integration in the Temporal and Spatial Domains

Supervisors

• Associate Professor Philippe Frederic Lacherez  (Principal Supervisor)
• Dr Naohide Yamamoto  (Associate Supervisor)

Citation

This project assessed how musicians and non-musicians perform on various auditory-visual perception tasks to assess whether long-term training can improve general perceptual abilities. Findings suggest that individuals with 6 or more years of experience playing an instrument perform better on certain perceptual tasks that require the integration and segregation of basic sensory stimuli. Specifically, relative to non-musicians, musicians were better at detecting asynchrony between flashes and tones, were less susceptible to a spatial illusion (ventriloquism), and their reaction times benefitted more from bimodal (i.e., audiovisual) stimulation.

PARDO GAYTAN, Jorge Luis

Thesis Title

Driving the Intention Cue Motorway: Merging Ethnographic Enquiries and Machine Learning Techniques for Decoding Context-Dependent Intention Awareness in Driving

Supervisors

• Professor Sebastien Glaser  (Associate Supervisor)
• Professor Andry Rakotonirainy  (Associate Supervisor)
• Professor Ronald Schroeter  (Principal Supervisor)

Citation

This research explored how passengers perceive drivers' intentions in naturalistic driving, aiming to improve human interaction with automated vehicles. It identified key non-verbal cues that convey driving intentions by combining human-centric methods and AI techniques. The project created a unique dataset of intention cues and developed a machine learning model to study passengers' intention awareness. This model was enhanced with explainable AI to highlight influential factors. This pioneering work demonstrates how AI can extract meaningful patterns from sensor data and ethnographic observations in real-world driving scenarios. The findings may inform future automated vehicle interface design, potentially improving predictability and trust.

PRETORIUS, Estelle

Thesis Title

Cannabis and Driving in Australia and Canada: Exploring Stakeholders' Perspectives to Help Inform Education Initiatives

Supervisors

• Professor Ioni Maree Lewis  (Principal Supervisor)
• Adjunct Professor Mary Christina Sheehan  (Associate Supervisor)
• Dr Tanya Leanne Smyth  (External Supervisor)
• Professor Evelyn Vingilis  (External Supervisor)

Citation

This research project explored the perspectives of stakeholders in Australia and Canada on cannabis use and driving to help inform the development of educational initiatives. The prevalence of cannabis use and driving after cannabis use is rising world-wide. Harm reduction-based education with the aim of encouraging safer driving behaviours in cannabis users is becoming more important. In this research project, individual interviews and online surveys provided insight into the current attitudes of different groups of stakeholders to inform the development of effective educational initiatives.

Undergraduate awards

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)

• AGNES, Demetrius Caesar Chua
• APRUZZESE, Madeline Grace
• AQUILIZAN, Jacob Alexander
• ARENDSE, Dominique
• AZIZ, Aaliyah Sajida
• BAVEAS, Anastasia
• BLASL, Sabrina Rose
• BRITTINGHAM, Kyra
• BROCKHURST, Edward Douglas
• BRYANT, William Henry
• BURMEISTER, Joel Nathan
• CALDWELL, Trinity Leigh
• CASEY, Bryce
• CHAMPION, Whitney Lee
• CHAPEL, Laura Jade
• CHISTIAKOFF, Anastasia Maree
• CHULU, Pankhu Mutale
• CLARK, Joshua
• CORTEZ, Charmi Lae Patricia
• CREMIN, James
• DAVIS, Kelton Peter
• DE LA CRUZ, Issiah Jillian
• DI VIRGILIO, Daniela Maria
• DONELEY, Mirra Kate
• D'SOUZA, Karishma Abigail
• EDWARDS, Benjamin Gordon
• ELMER, Jacob Thomas
• FAGBEMIRO, Sunday Oluwabukunmi
• FAJARDO, Gerimie Loraine
• FITZGERALD, Emily Ann
• FITZGERALD, Gus Kerry
• FORDHAM, Daniel Thomas
• FOSTER, Aidan James
• FREER, Hamish William
• GARCIA, Daniel
• GAVIN, Emma Thi
• GILL, Ganeev Kaur
• GOSLING, Sarah-Jean Anne
• HENLEY, Ciara Irene
• HUGHES, Sahra Ada
• JARVELA, Joshua James
• JENKINS, Joshua-ethan Ralph
• JENSEN, Emily Rose
• JOHNSTON, Gemma
• JORDAAN, Anneliese
• JOYE, Miranda Yanica
• KELLEHER, Rebecca Kate
• MASSEY, Annabella Loran
• MCCOY, Alicia Emily
• MONTGOMERY, Tilly Mae
• MOOR, Georgia
• MORRIS-GIBSON, James Andrew
• NAGL, Emma Louise
• NGUYEN, Ho Thuy Oanh
• NGUYEN, Michelle
• NOLAN, Tamika Rose
• NORRIS, Alliahn Sharon
• O'BRIEN, Lucy Alexandra
• PALETHORPE, Aishah
• PATIL, Sanchi Ravindra Nirjaraa
• PEDWELL, Kristen Rachel Doyle
• POLLARD, Isabelle Amy
• POPPLEWELL, Ciara Louise
• PROSSER, Kahlan Peter
• PRZYBYLSKI, Andre Benjamin
• RACKHAM, James Ashley
• RAI, Ragina
• RAMASWAMY, Devdan Jarut
• RAYMOND, Chloe Davoren
• ROBERTS, Isabella Ruth
• RONNFELDT, Joshua Luke
• ROWLANDS, Hayley Paige
• SCHOLL, Mia Christa-Anne
• SEFO, Olivia Renee
• SHAW, Kerryn Louise
• SIMPSON, Sienna Rose
• SINGH, Shania Tanita
• TRAN, Nikki Ngoc Bao
• TRIUMPHO AVELLAR, Ana Paula
• TUITUPOU, Isabel Rhiannon
• VAN DER WIEL, Lydia Ainsley
• VAN WYK, Xander
• VENERIS, Zoe Jan
• VENTAYEN, Elijah Mae Dela Cruz
• WAN, Audrie Jody
• WEATHERALL, Melissa Jane
• WELLS-PERIS, Elana Jade
• WHITEHILL, Sebastian Nicholas
• WILLIAMS, Maddison Clare
• WISEMAN, Mitchell
• WRIGHT, Aurora Estella
• YEE, Fiona Pui Tung

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) – with Distinction

• ABRAHAM, Ellen Rachael
• ABRAHAMSE, Kellen Francis
• ARNOLD, Jackson Alexander
• BAHNSON-WRIGHT, Heiki Mia
• BEH, Olivia Jane
• BLANDFORD, Isabella Rose
• BURKE, Caitlin Grace
• CAIN, Gabrielle Anita
• CARMAN, Kathleen Ida
• CARR, Amba Jane
• CARROLL, Laila Louise
• CARTER, Ashleigh Grace
• CHADBURN, Jessica Louise
• CHONG, Oliver Manwai
• CLARK, Emily Kay
• COLLYER, Brooke Isobel
• COPAS, Mary Elizabeth
• CREELMAN, Ashley Paige
• DALY, Malea Patricia
• DE KONING, Sophia Paige
• DIRIE, Alexandra Claire
• DWYER, Laura Ann
• DYMOCK, Lucia Hope
• ENGELBERT, Manon
• FAIRBAIRN, Nathan John Frederick
• FATIHA, Zahra Rizqi Putri
• FITTON, Thomas Mark
• FLEMING, Stewart John
• FOLLAND, Olivia Grace
• FULLINFAW, Priyanka Ann
• GALAMAGA, Lisa Ginnene
• GALINA, Laura Julie Ann
• GALVIN, Sarah Ellen
• GRAVE, Haydon Jean
• HALL, Zoe Maree
• HARRISON, Bianca
• HOLT, Isis May
• HSU, Han-Min
• HYNES, Renee
• JAMRIK, Danielle Louise
• JARAMILLO, Masielle
• JEBB, Bella Grace
• JENKINSON, Laura Mae
• JOHNSON, Kristy Caitlin
• JONES, Blake
• KAYE, Alyssa
• KHANSA, Sakina Thifal
• KING, Guy Declan
• LANGFORD, Sian Asha
• LEE, Natalia
• LEYSHON, Alexandra Kirsty
• LUND, Michael Joseph
• MASON, Ryan James
• MCGOWAN, Matthew Hugh
• MCNIVEN, Ella Kathryn
• MELDRUM, Catalina Gabriella
• MOROZOFF, Mark
• MORRISON, Logan Riley
• MULLEY, Caitlyn Jane
• NEALE, Liam Julius Vincent
• NGUYEN, Ngoc Anh Thu
• NGUYEN, Uyen H N H
• PARMAR, Daveena Rajesh
• PARZATKA, Daniel
• PILGRIM, Alissa
• PIMM, Sarah Mary
• RABLIN, Salina
• ROBERTS, Kaitlin Elizabeth
• ROBINSON, Shannon Ann
• RUMLER, Cassandra Louise
• RUMREICH, Zoe Amanda
• SAMARAKOON, Sachini Purnima
• SCHIAVO, Rosie Caterina
• SMITH, Natalie Jane
• SSI YAN KAI, Nathalie Evelyne
• STANLEY, Emma Grace
• STEPHENS, Thomas Ian Leslie
• THOMPSON, Jun Kawasaki
• TOPP, Hamish
• VRAZOFSKI, Ruby Marion Spark
• WANG, Daniel
• WHITE, Ella Grace
• WILSON, Simon Peter
• WINTELL, Lumilia

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours Psychology) – Second Class Honours – Division B

• PECKHAM, Royce Adam
• REID, Keira Ann

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours Psychology) – Second Class Honours – Division A

• ASNICAR, Isabella Mia
• BETHUNE, Jessie Margaret
• CAO, Kimberly
• CHRISTOFIS, Zoe Angelique
• ELLIS, Tahlia Elizabeth
• EYLES, Louis Marvin
• HERRIMAN, Jack Stuart
• HILL, Krystle Corrine
• HUSSEY, Genevieve
• HUTCHINGS, Chelsea Matisse
• KOTZEE, Jeanette
• MAH, Lara Zoe
• MOHAMMAD MOHANY, Mohammad Danial Irfan bin
• MOLLOY, Amanda Louise
• MOOR, Kasey-London
• OLLETT, Ashlea Jade
• PRENTICE, Sarah Wade
• RICHARDS, Julia
• SELLENTHIN, Rhiannon Frija
• SHARMA, Yashica
• SHIPTON, Aron Blake
• WIGNALL, Amber Patchouli
• WILSON, Jolene Catherine

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours Psychology) – First Class Honours

• BONASIA, Jessica Louise
• BORCHERS, Dana Ashton
• BULLEN, Olivia Claire
• COWIE, Amber Marie
• DEE, Abigail Rose
• FELLMANN, Maddison Kim
• HANLIN, Kate Rose Johnson
• HILEY, Jaime
• HOLT, David Patrick
• JAGGS, Natalie Ann
• JARVIS, Madeline Anne
• KING, Lc Mary Dernise
• KING, Zoe Jade
• KLEINSCHMIDT, Tom George
• KNOTT, Hannah Rose
• KRSMANOVIC, Marko
• LAPPIN, Keeley Rose
• LEHANE, Sabine Marie
• MAILLI, Isabelle
• MCCLELLAND, Grace Christina
• MCCONNELL, Elle Grace
• MCHUGH, Kathryn Nicole
• MCLEAN, Kate Elizabeth
• MENGEM, Alysha Lee
• MURPHY, Ciara Jessica
• NAGEL, Harrison
• NEALON, Taylor Jade
• NUTTER, Amy Barbara
• PRICE, Jasmine Isabella Taylor
• PRITCHARD, James Barry
• SMITH, Melanie Nicole
• SMITH-MIRLAND, Valerie Marie
• SPINOSA, Julia
• TOOHEY, Ruby Hannah
• TYSON, Lilyan
• VASARHELYI, Adam
• WANDENELIS, Siri

Postgraduate awards

Master of Clinical Psychology – with Distinction

• ANDERSON, Linda Jane
• ELLIS, Kloe Jade
• ETRI, Tyson Peter
• GRASBY, Katrina Lyn
• KITCHIN, Louisa Iriaka
• LEE, Katherine Tian
• LIEW, Jin Hua
• LOPEZ, Victoria Jaime
• MCNEILL, Justin
• MENZIE, Kaitlin Emily

Master of Counselling

• CHANG, Po-Hsiang
• DEMA, Tenzin
• GILROY, Julian Myo
• MOY, Olivia Yun-Ping
• RAYNOR, Alfie
• WILDE, Emily Kate

Master of Counselling – with Distinction

• CALLOW, Jayden Lee
• KIPPEN, Belinda Jane
• LOUGHLIN, Aneta
• MARTIN, Natalee Anya
• MILLER, Jillian Melita
• MOGFORD, Emmalee Victoria
• MOK, Katherine
• POTAPOVSKA, Natalia
• SCHOFIELD, Madilyn Teresa
• SKERMAN, Erica Jane
• WONG TIEN EN, Audrey

Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental)

• ELLIOTT, Kirstie Suzanne
• WILSON, Erin Keely

Master of Philosophy

• ROSCOE, Michael John

Master of Philosophy (Psychology)

• GUTTERIDGE, Tiffany Patricia