(MENAFN- The Conversation) Honorary Principal Research Fellow in Psychology, The University of Queensland Profile Articles Activity

Karyn Healy is a psychologist with many years experience working with schools and families to address bullying and conflict and to improve social and communication skills of children, teachers and parents. Karyn has a PhD in intervening with families of children who have been bullied by peers, and a Masters in Organisational Psychology. Karyn is co-author of a family intervention for children bullied by peers. She is an Associate Editor with the Journal of Child and Family Studies and was a member of the Queensland Anti-Cyberbullying Committee. Karyn is a researcher with the Parenting and Family Support Centre of The University of Queensland.

Experience

• 2021–present Honorary Principal Research Officer, The University of Queensland
• 2020–2022 Research Officer, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Education

• 2014 The University of Queensland, PhD
• 1995 The University of Queensland, Masters of Organisational Psychology
• 1986 The University of Queensland, Bachelor of Science with Honours (1st class) in Psychology

Publications

• 2024 The Effectiveness of Brief Workplace Compassionate Focused Training in Improving Wellbeing of Stressed School Employees, Australian Journal of Management
• 2024 The Protective Role of Supportive Relationships in Mitigating Bullying Victimization and Psychological Distress in Adolescents, Journal of Child and Family Studies
• 2022 Empirical and theoretical foundations of family interventions to reduce the incidence and mental health impacts of school bullying victimization. , International Review of Psychiatry
• 2020 Attributions for improvement in children bullied at school, Journal of School Violence
• 2020 Hypotheses for possible iatrogenic impacts of school bullying prevention programs, Child Development Perspectives
• 2018 Mechanisms through which supportive relationships with parents and peers mitigate victimization, depression and internalizing problems in children bullied by peers, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
• 2016 Antecedents of treatment resistant depression in children victimized by peers. , Child Psychiatry & Human Development
• 2015 Parenting practices, children's peer relationships and being bullied at school. , Journal of Child and Family Studies
• 2015 Facilitative parenting and children's social, emotional and behavioral adjustment, Journal of Child and Family Studies
• 2014 Randomized controlled trial of a family intervention for children bullied by peers, Behavior Therapy

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