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Relationships and Psychological Health Lab at ANU  (RAPH LAB)

Welcome to the Relationships And Psychological Health Laboratory (RAPH Lab) in the Research School of Psychology at the Australian National University.

 

Purpose

The objective of RAPH lab is to promote and facilitate, through fundamental and applied psychological research, the understanding of how personal relationships and relationship processes impact on psychological health, well-being, and adjustment. Using attachment theory as a primary but not exclusive theoretical base, research conducted at RAPH Lab cuts across the traditional sub-disciplines of psychology. Social, clinical, developmental, cognitive, and personality psychology perspectives are all used to enhance our understanding of relationships and their impacts.

 

Research

Research conducted at RAPH LAB examines relationships from adolescence through to old age and focusses on a range of different issues. A central focus of our research is major life tranisitons and how our relationships change and help us adapt and cope with the new challenges that such changes bring about. Past and current RAPH Lab research projects have looked at:

• attachment relationships in adolescence and how they are implicated in psychological health and adjustment
• the connection between attachment and adjustment to new parenthood
• the networks of close relationships in old age and how they are connected to psychological health
• cultural differences in attachment relationships in young adults and adolescents from western (Australian) and asian (Singaporean and Malaysian) backgrounds
• the connection between attachment and 'positive' psychology constructs such as optimism, gratiitude, appreciation, mindfulness, and pro-social behaviour.

 

People

Convenor

Dr Ross Wilkinson PhD (Clinical Psychology), MAPS

Lab Members

Jodie Burchell

Elliott Christian

Danielle Clout

Zhen Hui Chin

Tram Dinh

Daphne Goh
Hong Hui Lin
Masori Rippon
Sheereen Zulkefly

Yingying Song

Amy Delzoppo

Jessy Jichuan Hao

Alumni

Dr Angelique Jerga

Mr Ieng Fun Ng

Ms Claire Ding Rui Zhen

Ms Jeanie Chu

Dr Nicole Clement
Dr Tamara Coupe

Ms Melissa Denman

Ms Tara DePaoli

Ms Anne Goyne

Dr Elizabeth Layard

Ms Erin McGuire
Dr Rhiannon Mulcahy
Ms Joanna Quek

Ms Brianna Sage

Mr Joshua Sebbens
Mr Andrew Staniforth
Ms Anna Stevens
Dr Jessica Wilson

Collaborators

Dr Gery Karantzas – Deakin University
Assoc. Prof. Judy Feeney - University of Queensland
Prof. Phil Shaver – UCLA Davis
Dr Terry Bowles – Melbourne University
Dr Rebecca Reay – beyondblue and ANU Medical School
Ms Anna Huber – Marymead Child and Family Counselling Service

Dr Jameson Hirsch - East Tennessee State University

Publications and Presentations

Publications Page

Presentations Page

Events

APS Psychology of Relationships Interest Group Conference 2012

Australian Psychological Society Conference 2012

International Association for Relationship Research Conference 2012

 

Resources

Click here to see a list of downloadable resources.

 

Links

Click here to see a list of links to attachment and relationship research sites.

 

Contact RAPH LAB

Email : Ross.Wilkinson@anu.edu.au

Telephone: +61 (0)2 6125 2814

Mail :  RAPH LAB

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