Professor Helen Winefield

Room 718, Hughes Building Phone +61 (08) 8303 3172 (Monday & Tuesday only) Phone +61 (08) 8222 5141 (Wednesday & Friday only) Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770 helen.winefield@adelaide.edu.au Personal Page

Program Coordinator Master of Psychology (Health)

 

Area of Research

Health, Disability and Lifespan Development

 

Senior Appointments and Memberships

Centre for Intergenerational Health Scientific Advisory Committee

Director, Health, Disability and Lifespan Development Research Centre

Member of the APS College of Health Psychologists.

 

 

Psychology Research Interests

psychological development in early , middle and late adulthood, including work-life balance and the effects of on working parents of child care access

the role of psychosocial support (lay and professional) in chronic condition self-management;

family care-giving in illness & disability;

management and prevention of work stress in human service professionals

 

 

Recent Key Publications

Winefield, H.R., Saebel, J. & Winefield, A.H. (2010). Employee perceptions of fairness as predictors of workers’ compensation claims for psychological injury: An Australian case-control study. Stress and Health, 26, 3-12.

Tully PJ, Baker RA, Turnbull D, Winefield H. (2008). The role of depression and anxiety symptoms in hospital readmissions after cardiac surgery. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 31, 281-290.

Winefield HR, Black A, Chur-Hansen A. (2008). Health effects of ownership of and attachment to companion animals, in an older population. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 15, 303-310.

Sanders C, Kettler L, Best N, Winefield H, Robinson M. (2007). The devil is in the detail: Clinicians, academics and researchers resolving the problems of clinical research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 28, 185-190.

Gooden RJ, Winefield HR. (2007). Breast and prostate cancer online discussion boards: A thematic analysis of gender differences and similarities. Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 103-114.