Greta Bradman

Room 228, Hughes Building Phone +61 (08) 8303 4392 Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770 greta.bradman@adelaide.edu.au

Area of Research

Human cognitive abilities and health.

Memberships

Member, Healthy Ageing Research Cluster (HARC)
Member, Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS)
Associate member, Australian Psychological Society
Associate member, College of Clinical Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society
Member, Cystic Fibrosis South Australia

Awards

Australian Postgraduate Award
Australian Psychological Society Honours Prize 2004
European Union Prize 2003
Member of Golden Key International Honour Society
Adelaide Choral Society Prize 2001, 2002

Psychology Research Interests

My research interest is in exploring the associations between general intelligence and psychological stress, mood, social support, and personality, in the context of investigating predictors of behavioural and biological health risk factors for chronic disease (e.g., physical inactivity; diet high in saturated fat; alcohol intake; cigarette smoking; abdominal and generalised obesity and overweight; high blood pressure; high blood cholesterol; and impaired glucose tolerance).

In my research, I’m particularly interested in (i) assessing the strength of relationships between general intelligence and behavioural and biological health risk factors for chronic disease; (ii) examining the associations between psychological stress and the prevalence of behavioural and biological health risk factors; (iii) exploring the associations between general intelligence and psychological stress; and (iv) modelling the associations between psychological stress, general intelligence, and health risk factors for chronic disease.