- Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Educational Methods and Impacts
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Media Influence and Health
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Military, Security, and Education Studies
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Flinders University
2019-2025
The University of Adelaide
2025
Abstract Background and aims Mobile phone bans in secondary schools are claimed to reduce student distraction promote learning face-to-face socializing. Currently, the evidence on is limited. The aim of this preregistered study was evaluate South Australian mobile ban's effects students' problematic use, academic engagement, school belonging, bullying. also sought identify variables that predict ban compliance. Methods As phased over 2023, a 2 (phone ban: yes/no) × (time: baseline, 1-month...
Abstract Faced with collective guilt, perpetrator groups may seek collective‐self forgiveness. However, does this diminish their support for political repair? Advancing the concept of forgiveness, we distinguish between end‐state forgiveness as restored moral identity and two processes: pseudo defensive downplaying genuine ‘working through’ ingroup's guilt. In three studies, non‐Indigenous Australians ( N = 369, 800 785) were surveyed about currently debated constitutional changes...
Victims of crime often want the truth about what happened. Yet, how exactly is valuable? Commonly, thought to be instrumentally valuable by providing useful knowledge. Truth would beneficial for victims because specific information may afford re-appraisals or greater understanding. The present research shows that have inherent value independent from content knowing, a subjective sense having complete account, which facilitates closure. In Study 1 (n = 200) and 2 195), participants imagined...
Abstract Many relationships within which interpersonal transgressions transpire often involve histories of reciprocal wrongdoing, where each party has occupied both the role victim and offender. We investigate whether past incidents being wronged by a present transgression may dampen offenders’ conciliatory sentiments for their wrongdoing. Across four studies (combined N = 1037), we find evidence that victimization experiences context an relationship can blur construal as offender elicit...
We conducted three preregistered studies to examine whether victims of crime are more receptive apologies in victim-offender mediation if they feel know the "whole" truth about a crime.