Dr Janice Allen - Researcher Profile

Biography

Janice works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Lecturer.

I was a clinical psychologist in the adult public mental health system in Victoria. This variety of clinic settings has given me a broad range of experience with adult clients, disorder types, treatment modalities, and assessment contexts. 

Since I joined Monash University I am involved with the training of clinical psychologists, as well as expanding earlier research interests.

Related Links:

• Psych: Research Themes

Research & Supervision Interests

Evolutionary perspective of attachment, reproductive behaviour, and psychopathology -- How do sexual and romantic choices reflect underlying mating strategies, life experience, and psychological concerns?

Borderline personality disorder - How does the experience of BPD symptoms influence perceptions of the environment differently as compared to others not experiencing such symptoms.

Keywords

Adolescent, Anxiety, Depression, Personality disorder , Psychopathology

Qualifications

PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University

Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Journal Articles

De Lisle, S.M., Dowling, N., Allen, J.S., 2012, Mindfulness and problem gambling: a review of the literature, Journal Of Gambling Studies [P], vol 28, issue 4, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 719-739.

Lawrence, K.A., Allen, J., Chanen, A., 2010, A study of maladaptive schemas and borderline personality disorder in young people, Cognitive Therapy And Research [P], vol 35, issue 1, Springer, USA, pp. 30-39.

Scott, R., Hides, L., Allen, J., Burke, R., Lubman, D., 2010, Depressive and anxiety symptomatology in ecstasy users: The relative contribution of genes, trauma, life stress and drug use, Psychopharmacology [P], vol 209, issue 1, Springer, Germany, pp. 25-36.

Lawrence, K.A., Allen, J., Chanen, A., 2010, Impulsivity in borderline personality disorder: Reward-based decision-making and its relationship to emotional distress, Journal of Personality Disorders [P], vol 24, issue 6, Guilford Publications, Inc., USA, pp. 785-799.

MacDermott, S.T., Gullone, E., Allen, J.S., King, N.J., Tonge, B.J., 2010, The emotion regulation index for children and adolescents (ERICA): A psychometric investigation, Journal Of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assess..., vol 32, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 301-314.

Betts, J.K., Gullone, E., Allen, J.S., 2009, An examination of emotion regulation, temperament, and parenting style as potential predictors of adolescent depression risk status: A correlational study, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, vol 27, The British Psychological Society, UK, pp. 473-485.

Tempelhof, T.C., Allen, J.S., 2008, Partner-specific investment strategies: Similarities and differences in couples and associations with sociosexual orientation and attachment dimensions, Personality and Individual Differences [P], vol 45, issue 1, Pergamon, UK, pp. 41-48.

Allen, J.S., Bailey, K.G., 2007, Are mating strategies and mating tactics independent constructs?, Journal of Sex Research, vol 44, issue 3, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, UK, pp. 225-232.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Acceptance and commitment therapy for decreasing emotional eating and enhancing weigh-loss maintenance.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Joint), Bearsley-Smith, C (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Brain structure and function in neurodegenerative disorders, a psychological perspective.

Supervisors:

Hughes, E (Main), Allen, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Client Perspectives of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main), Duff, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Implementing trauma-focussed psychotherapy for young people with first episode psychosis..

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigating Transitions between Bulima and Binge Eating.

Supervisors:

Hughes, E (Main), Allen, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigating the efficacy of Mindfulness integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (MiCBT).

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Multiple Origins for Auditory Hallucinations.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Joint), Newman, L (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Parenting with feeling - A randomized controlled study evaluating an attachment-based parenting intervention for mothers with borderline personality symptomatology.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Joint), Newman, L (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Romantic Partner Attachment, Reproductive Strategies and the Association with Eating Disorder Symptomatology..

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Joint-co), Hughes, E (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The psychological health of australian university students: prevalence of psychological issues, and the characteristics that predict wellbeing or distress in the thertiary student population.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Joint), Hasking, P (Joint-co).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Betts, J.

Program of Study:

Emotion regulation: a risk mechanism for the relationship between parenting, temperament and depression in adolescence. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Gullone, E (Main), Allen, J (Associate).

Student:

Borg, C.

Program of Study:

The role of dispositional self-focused attention in adolescent depressive symptomatology: a social/environmental-cognitive perspective. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Gullone, E (Main), Allen, J (Associate).

Student:

De Lisle, S.

Program of Study:

The role of mindfulness in problem gambling and implications for treatment. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main).

Student:

Gideoni Cohen, S.

Program of Study:

Attachment theory as a conceptual framework for risk pathways in non-suicidal self-injury. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Joint), Hasking, P (Joint-Co).

Student:

Lawrence, K.

Program of Study:

Impulsivity, emotional responding and maladaptive schemas in the early phase of borderline personality disorder. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main).

Student:

Macdermott, S.

Program of Study:

The development and psychometric evaluation of two measures of emotion regulation for use with older children and adolescents. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main), Gullone, E (Associate).

Student:

Scott, R.

Program of Study:

Ecstasy users: risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptomatology. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main), Lubman, D (External).

Student:

Swedosh, D.

Program of Study:

An investigation of gender differences and personal context variables related to the sexual self-schemata of women and men. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main).

Student:

Tempelhof, T.

Program of Study:

Adult romantic relationships: the nature of the associations among depression, adult attachment, sociosexuality and investment. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main), Crouch, W (Associate).

Student:

Thompson, H.

Program of Study:

Self-injurious behaviours in youth. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Hasking, P (Main), Allen, J (Associate).

Student:

Tisher, R.

Program of Study:

A study of obsessive-compulsive phenomena: self-ambivalence, perfectionism and romantic attachment. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Crouch, W (Main), Allen, J (Associate).

Student:

Tsiaras, L.

Program of Study:

Cross-sex friendships: an exploration of their evolutionary mating functions and attachment quality. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Allen, J (Main), Crouch, W (Associate).