Professor Joseph Ciarrochi

Biography

I am an active researcher with numerous national competitive grants. I study how positive traits develop and change, and how they can be best promoted. Examples of positive traits include emotional intelligence, social intelligence, intellectual ability, will-power, and stress management skill. I have over 80 international journal articles, books, and book chapters . My work on emotional intelligence is amongst the most highly cited in the EI area. I currently have over 1 million dollars in competitive funding to investigate the causes of well-being and interpersonal effectiveness

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotional Intelligence, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology

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Grants / Current Projects

2011: An individually randomized group treatment controlled trial of truce: An ACT based psychological intervention for young people who have a parent with cancer Australian Rotary Health Grant $75430 Patterson, P., Ciarrochi, J., White, K., Wakefield, C., Tracey, D.

2011-2014: A longitudinal study into the development of personal vulnerabilities and well-being in adolescence Australian Research Council Grant (FT100100656) $743416 Ciarrochi, J.


2011-2013: A longitudinal study into the development of personal vulnerabilities and well-being in adolescence Australian Research Council Grant (DP110100989) $263099 Ciarrochi, J., Heaven, P., Jackson, C., Johnson, S. Leeson, P., Caltabiano, N.


2009-2012:Facilitating the transfer of training through values clarification Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP09907808) $390,000 Deane, F. P., Ciarrochi, J., Oades, L.G., Crowe, T. P.

2007-2012: Identifying, attracting and retaining successful foster parents Australian Research Council linkage Grant (LP0776569) $480,000 Dolnicar, S., Rossiter, J., Ciarrochi, J.

2008-2010: Predicting health, well being, and educational success in emerging adults: An 8 year longitudinal study Australian Research Council (DP0878925) $236,000 Heaven, P. C., Ciarrochi, J.; Vialle, W. J., Skinner, T. C.

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Awards and Recognition

Australian Research Council Future Fellow

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Selected Publications

Books


Kashdan, T.B. & Ciarrochi, J (in press, 2012). Mindfulness, acceptance, and positive psychology: Principles and practices for cultivating well-being. New Harbinger Publications: Oakland, CA

Bailey, A, Ciarrochi, J., and Harris, R. (under contract). The Weight Escape. Penguin Publishers, Australia.

Ciarrochi, J., Hayes, L, Bailey, A. (in press). Get out of your mind and into your life teens. New harbinger Publications, Inc: Oakland, CA.

Ciarrochi, J. & Bailey, A. (2008). A CBT-Practitioner's Guide to ACT: How to Bridge the Gap Between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. New Harbinger Publications, Inc.: Oakland, CA. 

Journals

Heaven, P.C.L. and Ciarrochi, J. (in press) When IQ is not everything: Intelligence, personality and academic performance at school. Personality and Individual Differences

Randle M, Miller L, Dolnicar S and Ciarrochi J. (in press) The Science of Attracting New Foster Carers. Child and Family Social Work (ranked A on the 2010 ERA list).

Ciarrochi, J., Heaven, P.C.L., and Skinner, C. (In press). Cognitive ability and health-related behaviours during adolescence: A prospective study across five years.

Williams, K., Ciarrochi, J., & Heaven, P. (in press). Inflexible Parents, Inflexible Kids: a Six-Year Longitudinal Study of Parenting Style and the Development of Psychological Flexibility in Adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Landstra, J., Ciarrochi, J., Deane, F., Botes, LP., Hillman, RJ. (in press). The psychological impact of anal cancer screening on HIV-infected men. Psycho-oncology.

Leeson, P, Heaven, P.C.L., Ciarrochi, J. (in press). Revisiting the link between low verbal intelligence and ideology. Intelligence.

Feros, D., Lane, L., Ciarrochi, J., Blackledge, J.T. (in press). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for improving the lives of cancer patients: A preliminary study. Psycho-oncology.

Crowe, T. Oades, L. Deane, F.P., Ciarrochi, J., & Williams , V.C. (in press). Parallel processes in clinical supervision: Implications for coaching mental health practitioners. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring.

Solowij, N., Jones, K., Rozman, M., Davis, S., Ciarrochi, J., Heaven, P., Pesa, N., Lubman, D. Yücel, M. (2012). Reflection impulsivity in adolescent cannabis users: A comparison with alcohol-using and non-substance-using adolescents. Psychopharmacology, 219, 575-586.

Ciarrochi, J., Randle, M., Miller, L., and Dolnicar, S. (2012). Hope for the future: Identifying the individual difference characteristics of people who are interested in and intend to foster care. British Journal of Social Work, 42,7-25.

Randle, M.,Miller, L., Dolnicar, S. & Ciarrochi, J. (2011). Heterogeneity among potential foster carers: An investigation of reasons for not foster caring. Australian Social Work, 1-19.

Veage, S., Ciarrochi, J., & Heaven, P.C.L. (2011). Importance, Pressure, and Success: Dimensions of Values and their Links to Personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 1180-1185.

Solowij, N, Jones, K., Rozman, M. Davis, S., Ciarrochi, J. Heaven, P., Lubman, D., Yücel, M. (2011). Verbal learning and memory in adolescent cannabis users, alcohol users and non-users. Psychopharmacology, 216, 575-586.

Ciarrochi, J., Kashdan, T., Leeson, P., Heaven, P.C.L., Jordon, C. (2011). On being aware and accepting: A one-year longitudinal study into adolescent well-being. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 695-703.

Ciarrochi, J., Fischer, D., & Lane, L. (2011). The link between value motives and distress amongst people diagnosed with cancer. Psycho-oncology, 20, 1184-1192.

Heaven, P.C.L., Ciarrochi, J., & Leeson, P. (2011). Cognitive ability, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation: A five-year longitudinal study amongst adolescents. Intelligence, 39, 15-21.

Heaven, P., Ciarrochi, J., and Hurrell, K. (2010). The distinctiveness and utility of a brief measure of alexithymia for adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 222-227.

Ferssizidis, P., Adams, L., Kashdan, T. B., Plummer, C., Mishra, A., & Ciarrochi, J. (2010). Motivation for and commitment to social values: The roles of age and gender. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 354-362.

Williams, V., Ciarrochi, J., and Deane, F. (2010).On being mindful, emotionally aware, and more resilient: A longitudinal pilot study of police recruits. Australian Psychologist, 45, 274-282.

Heaven, P. C. L., Ciarrochi, J., & Leeson, P. (2010). Parental styles and religious values among teenagers: A 3-year prospective analysis. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171, 93-99.

Heaven, P., Leeson, P., Ciarrochi, J. (2009). Personality development at school: Assessing a reciprocal influence model of teachers' evaluations and students' personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 815-821.

Ciarrochi, J., Leeson, P., and Heaven, P. L.C. (2009). A longitudinal study into the interplay between problem orientation and adolescent well-being. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56, 441-449.

Ciarrochi, J., & Heaven, P.L.C. (2009). A longitudinal study into the link between adolescent personality and peer-rated likeability and adjustment: Evidence of gender differences. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 978-986.

Heaven, P., Ciarrochi, J., and Leeson, P. (2009). The longitudinal links between shame and increasing hostility during adolescence. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 841-844.

Lindsay, J. & Ciarrochi, J. (2009). Substance abusers report being more alexithymic than others but do not show emotional processing deficits on a performance measure of alexithymia, Addiction Research and Theory, 17, 315-321.

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Memberships and Engagement

Australian Psychological Society
Association of Contextual Behavioral Science

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