Dr Bernd HEUBECK

PhD

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Research and Supervision Interests
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Research Students
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Broadly speaking I am interested in clinical child and family psychology as well as school psychology, psychological therapy, parent training, psychological assessment and program evaluation. Also

• children's self-concept,
• dimensions and taxonomy of child psychopathology,
• conduct and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents,
• parenting and parent training,
• learning with ADHD, teaching children with ADHD,
• adolescent drinking,
• media use,
• coupling and couple education
• children, mothers and fathers in and after divorce

• coordinator PSYC3025 (Abnormal Psychology Across the Lifespan) with Dr. Richard O'Kearney

Postgraduate Clinical Program

• coordinator Clinical Child Psychology (Assessment and Treatment of Child Behaviour Problems)
• coordinator Principles and Practices of Psychological Therapy

• Prathiba Nagabhushan (PhD) - Thesis : Stress and resilience through the college years.
• Stephanie Plenty (PhD) - Thesis : Changes in mathematics motivation.
• Jeanine Willson (PhD) - Thesis : Parenting preschoolers.
• Kristie Thorneywork (PhD) - Thesis: Understanding of emotional conflicts in children
• Alice Heikkonen (PhD.) - Thesis : Anxiety and relationships
• Nandini Sethi (D.Psych (Clinical)) - Thesis : Teaching children with ADHD.
• Lisa Gomes (D.Psych, Clinical) - Thesis: Teaching children with ADHD.
• Alex Ness (M. Phil) - Thesis: Psychological profiles in compensation cases
• Georgina Gillingham, (D.Psych. Clinical) - Thesis : Teaching students with ADHD.
• Caroline Bentley (D.Psych, Clinical) - Self-concept change in therapy
• Alyssia Rossetto (Hon) - Thesis: Religion and relationships

Well over thirty of my past research students have successfully submitted their theses before these current students. Their topics included, amongst others,

• responsibility judgements in a case of incest,
• recidivism of sexual offenders in England,
• parenting experiences of mothers and fathers,
• the effect of Outward Bound high school programs,
• social support from parents and close friends,
• young children's memory and suggestibility,
• self-concepts in young children,
• bullying and victimisation,
• responses to unemployment amongst young people,
• school stress and engagement, and
• drinking motives.

• Dipl. Psych. (Kiel), PhD (ANU)
• Trained in child play therapy, client-centered therapy, behaviour therapy, problem-solving therapy, and various family therapy approaches
• Member of the BdP (German Professional Psychologists Association), no longer current
• Member of the APS (Australian Psychological Association, Clinical College)
• Registered Psychologist in the ACT

Main Appointments

• 1978 : Child and Family Therapist, Institute of Child Psychotherapy and Parent Training, Kiel
• 1980 : Psychologist, Liverpool Area Health Centre
• 1982 : Clinical Psychologist, Liverpool Area Health Centre
• 1988 : Senior Clinical Psychologist, South West Sydney Area Health Service
• 1990 : Area Adviser for Psychology Services, South West Sydney Area Health Board
• 1991-1997 : Director Clinical Psychology Program and Clinical Placement Coordinator, ANU
• 1995-1998 : Member of the ACT Mental Health Tribunal
• 1998-present : Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the Australian National University
• 2003-2005 : Member of the ANU Human Research Ethics Committee

Lauth, G., Otte, T., & Heubeck, B.G. (2009). Effectiveness of a competence training for parents of socially disruptive children. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 14, 117-126.

Heubeck, B.G. & Lauth, G. (2008). Oppositionelles Trotzverhalten (Oppositional defiant disorder). In G. Lauth, F. Linderkamp, S.Schneider, & U. Brack (Eds.). Verhaltenstherapie mit Kindern und Jugendlichen (Behaviour therapy with children and adolescents, 2nd ed). Belz, Psychologie Verlags Union.

Heubeck, B.G. & Spiess, R. (2007). Diagnostische Screeningverfahren. In Linderkamp, F. & Grünke, M. Lern- und Verhaltensstörungen – Genese, Diagnostik & Intervention. Weinheim: Beltz, Psychologie Verlags Union

Lauth, G.W. & Heubeck, B.G. (2006). Kompetenztraining fuer Eltern sozial auffaelliger Kinder (Competency training for parents of children with externalising problems). Goettingen: Hogrefe Verlag.

Lauth, G.W., Heubeck, B.G., & Mackoviak, K. (2006). Observation of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) problems in three natural classrooom contexts. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76, 2, 385-404.

Marsh, M.W., Ellis, L., Parada, R.H., Richards, G., & Heubeck, B.G. (2005). A new short form of the Self Description Questionnaire II: Operationalizing criteria for short form development with new applications of confirmatory factor analyses. Psychological Assessment, 17, 1, 81-102.

Aloisi, B., McKone, E., & Heubeck, B. (2004). Implicit and explicit memory performance in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 275-292.

Ozgul, S., Heubeck, B., Ward, J., & Wilkinson, R. (2003). Self-discrepancies: Measurement and relation to various negative affective states. The Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, 56-62.

Heubeck, B., & Latimer, S. (2002). Ability and achievement characteristics of Australian university students with self-referred specific learning disabilities. Higher Education Research and Development, 21, 273-287.

Barrett, S., & Heubeck, B. (2000). Relationships between school hassles and uplifts and anxiety and conduct problems in grade 3 and 4. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 21, 537-554.

Heubeck, B. (2000). Cross-cultural generalizability of CBCL syndromes across three continents: From the USA and Holland to Australia. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 28, 439-451.

Heubeck, B., & Neill, J. (2000). Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability of the Mental Health Inventory for Australian adolescents. Psychological Reports, 87, 431-440.

Fry, S. & Heubeck, B. (1998). The effects of personality and situational variables on mood states during Outward Bound wilderness courses. Personality and Individual Differences, 24, 649-659.

Heubeck, B., & O'Sullivan, C. (1998). An exploration into the nature, frequency, and effects of school hassles in the middle school years. Australian Psychologist, 33, 130-137.

Heubeck, B., Wilkinson, R., & Cologon, J. (1998). A second look at Carver and White's (1994) BIS/BAS scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 25, 785-800.

Heubeck, B., Tausch, B., & Mayer, B. (1995). Models of responsibility and depression in unemployed young males and females. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 5, 291-309.

Heubeck, B., Detmering, J., & Russell, G. (1986). Father involvement and responsibility in family therapy. In M.E.Lamb (Ed). The Father's role. Applied Perspectives (pp. 191-226). New York: Wiley. ( reviewed in Contemporary Psychology, 1987, Vol.32, No.10, p.885 )

Heubeck, B. & Connor, S. (2008). Parents and children in custody disputes. Poster presented at the XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Heubeck, B, Clapham, L., & McKone, E. (2008). Explicit and implicit memory in ADHD. Poster presented at the XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Heubeck, B., Conner, S. & Bryson, H. (2007). PAI Assessments for the Family Court. Paper presented at the 3rd International Congress on Psychology and Law, Adelaide, 3-9 July 2007.

Heubeck, B. & Conner, S. (2006). Mothers’ and Fathers’ Mental Health in Contested Custody/Residency Cases. Poster presented at the 1st International Conference on Children and Divorce, University of East Anglia, July 2006.