Dr Eugene Aidman
Human Systems Integration, LOD |
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Area of Research
Personality & Individual Differences
Psychometrics
Sport and performance psychology
Human Factors
Senior Appointments and Memberships
Senior Research Scientist (Human Systems Integration) Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Adelaide
Member of the Executive, APS College of Sport Psychologists
Editorial Board Member, Journal of the American Board of Sport Psychology
Member, Sports Medicine Australia
Psychology Research Interests
Personality and occupational success in work/sport/military contexts
Investigation of implicit social cognition: attitudes and self-esteem
Performance-based assessment of personality in synthetic environments
Modeling of human performance and goal-directed action
Recent Key Publications
Petróczi, A., & Aidman, E.V. (2008). Psychological drivers in doping: the life-cycle model of performance enhancement. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/ 3:7.
Ivancievic, V., & Aidman, E.V. (2007). Life-Space Foam: a Medium for Motivational and Cognitive Dynamics. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics And Its Application, 382, 616-630.
Aidman, E. (2006). Measuring Aggression in a Computer Game Simulation . In: J.P.Morgan (Ed.) Perspectives on the Psychology of Aggression , ( pp. 91-109). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers .
Meagher, B.E., & Aidman, E. (2004) Individual Differences in Implicit and Declared Self-Esteem as Predictors of Response to Negative Performance Evaluation: Validating Implicit Association Test as a Measure of Self-Attitudes . International Journal of Testing , 4 (1), 19-42.
Aidman, E.V., & Schofield, G. (2004). Personality and Individual Differences in Sport. In T. Morris & J. Summers (Eds.), Sport Psychology: Theory, Applications and Issues (2nd Ed.) (pp.22-47). Milton: Wiley.

