I have worked in both the clinical and academic fields of clinical psychology, in Australia and the UK, before joining UQ in 2012. My research investigates the cognitive and social consequences of trauma and disease in neurological populations, and also on identity-cognition relationships in aging. In this work I have addressed questions about the integrity of cogntiive ability, notably memory, and its rehabilitation, but also the impact that impairment of these abilities have on personal andsocial identity.
Journal Article: Social group membership before treatment for substance dependence predicts early identification and engagement with treatment communities
Haslam, Catherine, Best, David, A. Dingle, Genevieve, Staiger, Petra K., Savic, Michael, Bathish, Ramez, Mackenzie, Jock, Beckwith, Melinda, Kelly, Ashleigh J. and Lubman, Dan I. (2019) Social group membership before treatment for substance dependence predicts early identification and engagement with treatment communities. Addiction Research & Theory, 1-10. doi:10.1080/16066359.2018.1537393
Journal Article: Neighbourhood identification and mental health: How social identification moderates the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and health
Fong, Polly, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine and Haslam, S. Alexander (2019) Neighbourhood identification and mental health: How social identification moderates the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and health. Journal of Environmental Psychology, . doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.12.006
Journal Article: Adjusting to life in retirement: the protective role of new group memberships and identification as a retiree
Haslam, Catherine, Lam, Ben C. P., Branscombe, Nyla R., Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan, Fong, Polly and Ball, Thomas C. (2018) Adjusting to life in retirement: the protective role of new group memberships and identification as a retiree. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, . doi:10.1080/1359432X.2018.1538127
Stereotype threat, disengagement, and wellbeing among older employees
(2019–2021) ARC Discovery Projects
(2018–2019) Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
Ageing well in a foreign land: Identity, social connectedness, well-being
(2016–2019) ARC Linkage Projects
Harnessing the potential of community groups to prevent loneliness in older people
Doctor Philosophy
Adjustment to retirement as a process of social identity change
Doctor Philosophy
A Social Identity Approach to Neighbourhood Health and Well-being.
Doctor Philosophy
Adjustment to retirement as a process of social identity change
Retirement is an inevitable part of aging for most people, but successful adjustment is far from straightforward. About 30 percent of people find the transition highly stressful and experience a marked reduction in well-being and this is despite engaging in financial planning. As these data, suggest successful transition into retirement is about much more than having enough money. Recent research has begun to focus on the role of social factors given the upheaval that this significant life change imposes on our social networks. Supporting this development are emerging data showing that people who maintain and extend their social ties, especially those with social groups (e.g., work/ professional, friendship, community groups), live longer and have a better quality of life after retirement. So what is it about these social group networks that promotes health and well-being in the retirement transition? This is the key question that this project will address.
This project will draw on recent data from UK, US and Australian populations to examine the extent to which changes in our social group relationships as we retire affects adjustment. It aims to improve understanding of the nature and size of that influence to more effectively manage that social change with a view to optimising adjustment, health, and well-being as we age into retirement. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC) provides a framework to investigate these issues as it specifies mechanisms that can buffer the effects of social group change in life transitions. It has yet to be fully interrogated in the retirement context and this will provide the theoretical focus for the project.
Errorless learning in neuropsychological rehabilitation: Mechanisms, efficacy and application
Haslam, Catherine and Kessels, Roy P.C. Errorless learning in neuropsychological rehabilitation: Mechanisms, efficacy and application. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis, 2018. doi:10.4324/9781315660738
The new psychology of health: unlocking the social cure
Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Cruwys, Tegan, Dingle, Genevieve and Haslam, S. Alexander The new psychology of health: unlocking the social cure. London: Routledge, 2018.
The social cure: Identity, health and well-being
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine and Alexander Haslam, S. The social cure: Identity, health and well-being. Taylor and Francis, 2012. doi:10.4324/9780203813195
The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being
The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being. Edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam New York, United States: Psychology Press, 2012.
Application of errorless learning in child rehabilitation
Haslam, Catherine (2018). Application of errorless learning in child rehabilitation. In Errorless Learning in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Mechanisms, Efficacy and Application (pp. 43-57) London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315660738
Haslam, Catherine (2018). The tyranny of choice: Deciding between principles of errorless learning, spaced retrieval and vanishing cues. In Errorless Learning in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Mechanisms, Efficacy and Application (pp. 180-192) London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315660738
Haslam, Catherine and Kessels, Roy P.C. (2018). Working with error in rehabilitation practice: Making the most of errorless and error-based approaches. In Errorless Learning in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Mechanisms, Efficacy and Application (pp. 195-201) London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315660738
“Make no mistake”: Errorless learning and its application in rehabilitation
Haslam, Catherine and Kessels, Roy P.C. (2018). “Make no mistake”: Errorless learning and its application in rehabilitation. In Errorless Learning in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Mechanisms, Efficacy and Application (pp. 3-10) London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315660738
Applying the social identity approach in clinical and health domains: key principles and insights
Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda, Dingle, Genevieve A. and Greenaway, Katharine H. (2017). Applying the social identity approach in clinical and health domains: key principles and insights. In Sarah A. Buckingham and David Best (Ed.), Addiction, behavioral change and social identity: the path to resilience and recovery (pp. 14-33) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315678207
Rehabilitation of memory disorders in adults and children
Parker, Giverny, Haslam, Catherine, Fleming, Jennifer and Shum, David (2017). Rehabilitation of memory disorders in adults and children. In Barbara A. Wilson, Jill Winegardner, Caroline M. van Heugten and Tamara Ownsworth (Ed.), International handbook of neuropsychological rehabilitation (pp. 196-206) Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315629537
Social identity mapping: Measuring social identity change in recovery from addiction
Haslam, Catherine, Dingle, Genevieve A., Best, David, Mackenzie, Jock and Beckwith, Melinda (2016). Social identity mapping: Measuring social identity change in recovery from addiction. In Addiction, Behavioral Change and Social Identity: The Path to Resilience and Recovery (pp. 155-171) : Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315678207
Social connectedness and health
Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, S. Alexander and Jetten, Jolanda (2015). Social connectedness and health. In Encyclopedia of geropsychology (pp. 1-10) Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_46-2
Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander and Jetten, Jolanda (2015). Social determinants of cognitive change: Identity processes as the source of both enhancement and decline. In Katherine J. Reynolds and Nyla R. Branscombe (Ed.), Psychology of change: life contexts, experiences, and identities (pp. 133-150) New York, NY United States: Psychology Press.
Advancing the social cure: Implications for theory, practise and policy
Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). Advancing the social cure: Implications for theory, practise and policy. In Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam (Ed.), The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being (pp. 319-343) Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press.
The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being
Jetten, Jolanda, Alexander Haslam, S. and Haslam, Catherine (2012). The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being. In Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam (Ed.), The social cure: identity, health and well-being (pp. 3-20) New York, NY, United States: Psychology Press. doi:10.4324/9780203813195
The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine and Haslam, S. Alexander (2012). The case for a social identity analysis of health and well-being. In Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam (Ed.), The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being (pp. 3-19) Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press.
Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Alexander Haslam, S. and Knight, Craig P. (2012). The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care. In The Social Cure: Identity, Health and Well-Being (pp. 297-316) : Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9780203813195
Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander and Knight, Craig P. (2012). The importance of remembering and deciding together: Enhancing the health and well-being of older adults in care. In Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam (Ed.), The social cure: Identity, health, and well-being (pp. 297-315) Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Psychology Press.
Turning to others in times of change: Social identity and coping with stress
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, Iyer, Aarti and Haslam, Catherine (2010). Turning to others in times of change: Social identity and coping with stress. In Stefan Stürmer and Mark Snyder (Ed.), The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior: Group processes, intergroup relations, and helping (pp. 139-156) Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell.
Assessing learning in a PBL curriculum for healthcare training
Curle, Christine, Wood, Jim, Haslam, Catherine and Stedmon, Jacqui (2006). Assessing learning in a PBL curriculum for healthcare training. In Cordelia Bryan and Karen Clegg (Ed.), Innovative assessment in higher education (pp. 180-190) London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Haslam, Catherine, Best, David, A. Dingle, Genevieve, Staiger, Petra K., Savic, Michael, Bathish, Ramez, Mackenzie, Jock, Beckwith, Melinda, Kelly, Ashleigh J. and Lubman, Dan I. (2019) Social group membership before treatment for substance dependence predicts early identification and engagement with treatment communities. Addiction Research & Theory, 1-10. doi:10.1080/16066359.2018.1537393
Fong, Polly, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine and Haslam, S. Alexander (2019) Neighbourhood identification and mental health: How social identification moderates the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and health. Journal of Environmental Psychology, . doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.12.006
Haslam, Catherine, Lam, Ben C. P., Branscombe, Nyla R., Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan, Fong, Polly and Ball, Thomas C. (2018) Adjusting to life in retirement: the protective role of new group memberships and identification as a retiree. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, . doi:10.1080/1359432X.2018.1538127
Ageing well in a foreign land as a process of successful social identity change
Jetten, Jolanda, Dane, Sharon, Williams, Elyse, Liu, Shuang, Haslam, Catherine, Gallois, Cindy and McDonald, Vivienne (2018) Ageing well in a foreign land as a process of successful social identity change. International Journal of Qualitative Studies On Health and Well-Being, 13 1: 1508198. doi:10.1080/17482631.2018.1508198
Richards, Georgia C., Lluka, Lesley J., Smith, Maree T., Haslam, Catherine, Moore, Brendan, OʼCallaghan, James and Strong, Jenny (2018) Effects of long-term opioid analgesics on cognitive performance and plasma cytokine concentrations in patients with chronic low back pain : a cross-sectional pilot study. PAIN Reports, 3 4: e669. doi:10.1097/pr9.0000000000000669
Multiple social groups support adjustment to retirement across cultures
Lam, Ben C. P., Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K., Cruwys, Tegan, Jetten, Jolanda and Yang, Jie (2018) Multiple social groups support adjustment to retirement across cultures. Social Science & Medicine, 208 200-208. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.049
Scaffolding a stronger society
Haslam, Catherine (2018) Scaffolding a stronger society. The Psychologist, 31 5: 44-47.
Ng, Nikole W. K., Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine and Cruwys, Tegan (2018) "How can you make friends if you don't know who you are?" A qualitative examination of international students' experience informed by the Social Identity Model of Identity Change. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 28 3: 169-187. doi:10.1002/casp.2349
Haslam, S. Alexander, McMahon, Charlotte, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Steffens, Niklas K. (2018) Social cure, what social cure? The propensity to underestimate the importance of social factors for health. Social Science & Medicine, 198 14-21. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.020
Haslam, Catherine, Steffens, Niklas K., Branscombe, Nyla R., Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan, Lam, Ben C. P., Pachana, Nancy A. and Yang, Jie (2018) The importance of social groups for retirement adjustment: evidence, application, and policy implications of the social identity model of identity change. Social Issues and Policy Review, 1-32. doi:10.1111/sipr.12049
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, Cruwys, Tegan, Greenaway, Katharine H., Haslam, Catherine and Steffens, Niklas K. (2017) Advancing the social identity approach to health and well-being: progressing the social cure research agenda. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47 7: 789-802. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2333
Cultural identity and the expression of depression: a social identity perspective
Chang, Melissa Xue-Ling, Jetten, Jolanda, Cruwys, Tegan and Haslam, Catherine (2017) Cultural identity and the expression of depression: a social identity perspective. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 27 1: 16-34. doi:10.1002/casp.2291
Steffens, Niklas K., Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan and Haslam, S. Alexander (2016) Multiple social identities enhance health post-retirement because they are a basis for giving social support. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 OCT: 1519. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01519
Morton, Thomas A., Wilson, Neil, Haslam, Catherine, Birney, Megan, Kingston, Rosemary and McCloskey, Lauren-Grace (2016) Activating and Guiding the Engagement of Seniors With Online Social Networking: Experimental Findings From the AGES 2.0 Project. Journal of Aging and Health, 30 1: 27-51. doi:10.1177/0898264316664440
The more (social group memberships), the merrier: is this the case for Asians?
Chang, Melissa X.-L., Jetten, Jolanda, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine and Praharso, Nurul (2016) The more (social group memberships), the merrier: is this the case for Asians?. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 1001: 1-17. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01001
Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, S. Alexander, Dingle, Genevieve and Chang, Melissa Xue-Ling (2016) GROUPS 4 HEALTH: Evidence that a social-identity intervention that builds and strengthens social group membership improves mental health. Journal of Affective Disorders, 194 188-195. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.01.010
Group ties protect cognitive health by promoting social identification and social support
Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Milne, Matilda, Kan, Chi-Hsin and Haslam, S. Alexander (2016) Group ties protect cognitive health by promoting social identification and social support. Journal of Aging and Health, 28 2: 244-266. doi:10.1177/0898264315589578
Steffens, Niklas K, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Haslam, S Alexander (2016) Social group memberships in retirement are associated with reduced risk of premature death: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, 6 2: . doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010164
Cruwys, Tegan, Steffens, Niklas K., Haslam, Stephen Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda and Dingle, Genevieve A. (2016) Social Identity Mapping: a procedure for visual representation and assessment of subjective multiple group memberships. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55 4: 613-642. doi:10.1111/bjso.12155
Best, David William, Haslam, Catherine, Staiger, Petra, Dingle, Genevieve, Savic, Michael, Bathish, Ramez, Mackenzie, Jock, Beckwith, Melinda and Lubman, Dan I. (2016) Social networks and recovery (SONAR): characteristics of a longitudinal outcome study in five therapeutic communities in Australia. Therapeutic Communities, 37 3: 131-139. doi:10.1108/TC-04-2016-0012
Best, David, Beckwith, Melinda, Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda, Mawson, Emily and Lubman, Dan I. (2015) Overcoming alcohol and other drug addiction as a process of social identity transition: the social identity model of recovery (SIMOR). Addiction Research and Theory, 24 2: 111-123. doi:10.3109/16066359.2015.1075980
Haslam, Catherine, Wagner, Joseph, Wegener, Signy and Malouf, Tania (2015) Elaborative encoding through self-generation enhances outcomes with errorless learning: findings from the Skypekids memory study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27 1: 1-20. doi:10.1080/09602011.2015.1053947
Jetten, Jolanda, Branscombe, Nyla R., Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Jones, Janelle M., Cui, Lijuan, Dingle, Genevieve, Liu, James, Murphy, Sean C., Thai, Anh, Walter, Zoe and Zhang, Airong (2015) Correction: Having a lot of a good thing: multiple important group memberships as a source of self-esteem. PLoS One, 10 6: e0131035. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131035
Having a lot of a good thing: multiple group memberships as a source of self-esteem
Jetten, Jolanda, Branscombe, Nyla R., Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Jones, Janelle M., Cui, Lijuan, Dingle, Genevieve, Liu, James, Murphy, Sean, Thai, Anh, Walter, Zoe and Zhang, Airong (2015) Having a lot of a good thing: multiple group memberships as a source of self-esteem. PLoS One, 10 5: e0124609.1-e0124609.29. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124609
Adjusting to living with multiple sclerosis: the role of social groups
Tabuteau-Harrison, Sophie L., Haslam, Catherine and Mewse, Avril J. (2014) Adjusting to living with multiple sclerosis: the role of social groups. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 26 1: 36-59. doi:10.1080/09602011.2014.993403
Ownsworth, Tamara and Haslam, Catherine (2014) Impact of rehabilitation on self-concept following traumatic brain injury: an exploratory systematic review of intervention methodology and efficacy. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 26 1: 1-35. doi:10.1080/09602011.2014.977924
Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan and Haslam, S. Alexander (2014) “The we's have it”: Evidence for the distinctive benefits of group engagement in enhancing cognitive health in aging. Social Science and Medicine, 120 57-66. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.037
Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Ysseldyk, Renate, McCloskey, Lauren-Grace, Pfisterer, Kaylen and Brown, Susan G. (2014) Social identification moderates cognitive health and well-being following story- and song-based reminiscence. Aging and Mental Health, 18 4: 425-434. doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.845871
Depression and social identity: an integrative review
Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, S. Alexander, Dingle, Genevieve A., Haslam, Catherine and Jetten, Jolanda (2014) Depression and social identity: an integrative review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 18 3: 1-24. doi:10.1177/1088868314523839
Gleibs, Ilka H., Sonnenberg, Stefanie J. and Haslam, Catherine (2014) "We Get to Decide": the role of collective engagement in counteracting feelings of confinement and lack of autonomy in residential care. Activities, Adaptation and Aging, 38 4: 259-280. doi:10.1080/01924788.2014.966542
How groups affect our health and well-being: the path from theory to policy
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Dingle, Genevieve and Jones, Janelle M. (2014) How groups affect our health and well-being: the path from theory to policy. Social Issues and Policy Review, 8 1: 103-130. doi:10.1111/sipr.12003
Best, David, Lubman, Dan I., Savic, Michael, Wilson, Ann, Dingle, Genevieve, Haslam, S. Alexander, Haslam, Catherine and Jetten, Jolanda (2014) Social and transitional identity: exploring social networks and their significance in a therapeutic community setting. Therapeutic Communities, 35 1: 10-20. doi:10.1108/TC-04-2013-0007
Cruwys, Tegan, Dingle, Genevieve, A, Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda and Morton, Thomas A. (2013) Social group memberships protect against future depression, alleviate depression symptoms and prevent depression relapse. Social Science and Medicine, 98 179-186. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.09.013
Ysseldyk, Renate, Haslam, S. Alexander and Haslam, Catherine (2013) Abide with me: religious group identification among older adults promotes health and well-being by maintaining multiple group memberships. Aging and Mental Health, 17 7: 869-879. doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.799120
Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Knight, Craig, Gleibs, Ilka, Ysseldyk, Renate and McCloskey, Lauren-Grace (2012) We can work it out: group decision-making builds social identity and enhances the cognitive performance of care residents. British Journal of Psychology, 105 1: 1-18. doi:10.1111/bjop.12012
Haslam, Catherine, Morton, Thomas A., Haslam, S. Alexander, Varnes, Laura, Graham, Rosanna and Gamaz, Leila (2012) “When the age is in, the wit is out”: age-related self-categorization and deficit expectations reduce performance on clinical tests used in dementia assessment. Psychology and Aging, 27 3: 778-784. doi:10.1037/a0027754
Haslam, Catherine, Bazen-Peters, Claire and Wright, Ingram (2012) Errorless learning improves memory performance in children with acquired brain injury: a controlled comparison of standard and self-generation techniques. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 22 5: 697-715. doi:10.1080/09602011.2012.686820
Haslam, Catherine and Sabah, Mazen (2012) Preservation of person-specific knowledge in semantic memory disorder: a longitudinal investigation in two cases of dementia. Journal of Neuropsychology, 7 1: 132-138. doi:10.1111/j.1748-6653.2012.02030.x
McDonald, A., Haslam, C., Yates, P., Gurr, B., Leeder, G. and Sayers, A. (2011) Google Calendar: a new memory aid to compensate for prospective memory deficits following acquired brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21 6: 784-807. doi:10.1080/09602011.2011.598405
Water clubs in residential care: is it the water or the club that enhances health and well-being?
Gleibs, Ilka H., Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander and Jones, Janelle M. (2011) Water clubs in residential care: is it the water or the club that enhances health and well-being?. Psychology and Health, 26 10: 1361-1377. doi:10.1080/08870446.2010.529140
Haslam, Catherine, Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, S. Alexander, Pugliese, Cara E. and Tonks, James (2011) 'I remember therefore I am, and I am therefore I remember': Exploring the contributions of episodic and semantic self-knowledge to strength of identity. British Journal of Psychology, 102 2: 184-203. doi:10.1348/000712610X508091
Gliebs, Ilka H., Haslam, Catherine, Jones, Janelle M., Haslam, S. Alexander, McNeill, Jade and Connolly, Helen (2011) No country for old men? The role of a 'gentlemen’s club' in promoting social engagement and psychological well-being in residential care. Aging and Mental Health, 15 4: 456-466. doi:10.1080/13607863.2010.536137
Haslam, Catherine, Hodder, Kathryn I. and Yates, Philip J. (2011) Errorless learning and spaced retrieval: How do these methods fare in healthy and clinical populations?. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33 4: 432-447. doi:10.1080/13803395.2010.533155
Knight, Craig, Haslam, S. Alexander and Haslam, Catherine (2010) In home or at home? How collective decision making in a new care facility enhances social interaction and wellbeing amongst older adults. Ageing and Society, 30 8: 1393-1418. doi:10.1017/S0144686X10000656
Crabtree, Jason W., Haslam, S. Alexander, Postmes, Tom and Haslam, Catherine (2010) Mental health support groups, stigma, and self-esteem: positive and negative implications of group identification. Journal of Social Issues, 66 3: 553-569. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01662.x
Eighteen years on: what next for the PALPA?
Bate, Sarah, Kay, Janice, Code, Chris, Haslam, Catherine and Hallowell, Brooke (2010) Eighteen years on: what next for the PALPA?. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12 3: 190-202. doi:10.3109/17549500903548825
Haslam, Catherine, Moss, Zoe and Hodder, Kathryn (2010) Are two methods better than one? Evaluating the effectiveness of combining errorless learning with vanishing cues. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32 9: 973-985. doi:10.1080/13803391003662686
Declining autobiographical memory and the loss of identity: Effects on well-being
Jetten, Jolanda, Haslam, Catherine, Pugliese, Cara, Tonks, James and Haslam, S. Alexander (2010) Declining autobiographical memory and the loss of identity: Effects on well-being. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32 4: 408-416. doi:10.1080/13803390903140603
The social treatment: the benefits of group interventions in residential care settings
Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda, Bevins, Adam, Ravenscroft, Sophie and Tonks, James (2010) The social treatment: the benefits of group interventions in residential care settings. Psychology and Aging, 25 1: 157-167. doi:10.1037/a0018256
Positive and negative emotion enhances the processing of famous faces in a semantic judgment task
Bate, Sarah, Haslam, Catherine, Hodgson, Timothy L., Jansari, Ashok, Gregory, Nicola and Kay, Janice (2010) Positive and negative emotion enhances the processing of famous faces in a semantic judgment task. Neuropsychology, 24 1: 84-89. doi:10.1037/a0017202
Socio-emotional functioning and face recognition ability in the normal population
Bate, Sarah, Parris, Benjamin, Haslam, Catherine and Kay, Janice (2010) Socio-emotional functioning and face recognition ability in the normal population. Personality and Individual Differences, 48 2: 239-242. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.10.005
Covert face recognition relies on affective valence in congenital prosopagnosia
Bate, Sarah, Haslam, Catherine, Jansari, Ashok and Hodgson, Timothy L. (2009) Covert face recognition relies on affective valence in congenital prosopagnosia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 26 4: 391-411. doi:10.1080/02643290903175004
Dysgraphia in dementia: a systematic investigation of graphemic buffer features in a case series
Haslam, Catherine, Kay, Janice, Tree, Jeremy and Baron, Rachel (2009) Dysgraphia in dementia: a systematic investigation of graphemic buffer features in a case series. Neurocase, 15 4: 338-351. doi:10.1080/13554790902842011
Social identity, health and well-being: An emerging agenda for applied psychology
Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda, Postmes, Tom and Haslam, Catherine (2009) Social identity, health and well-being: An emerging agenda for applied psychology. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 58 1: 1-23. doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00379.x
Maintaining group memberships: Social identity continuity predicts well-being after stroke
Haslam, Catherine, Holme, Abigail, Haslam, Alexander, Iyer, Aarti, Jetten, Jolanda and Williams, W. Huw (2008) Maintaining group memberships: Social identity continuity predicts well-being after stroke. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 18 5-6: 671-691. doi:10.1080/09602010701643449
Angry faces are special too: evidence from the eye-movement based memory effect
Bate, Sarah, Haslam, Catherine and Hodgson, Timothy L. (2008) Angry faces are special too: evidence from the eye-movement based memory effect. Neuropsychology, 23 5: 658-667. doi:10.1037/a0014518
Evidence of an eye-movement based memory effect in congenital prosopagnosia
Bate, Sarah, Haslam, Catherine, Tree, Jeremy J. and Hodgson, Timothy L. (2008) Evidence of an eye-movement based memory effect in congenital prosopagnosia. Cortex, 44 7: 806-819. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2007.02.004
Overgeneral memory for public and autobiographical events in depression and schizophrenia
Warren, Z. and Haslam, C. (2007) Overgeneral memory for public and autobiographical events in depression and schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 12 4: 301-321. doi:10.1080/13546800601066142
Haslam, Catherine, Wills, A. J., Haslam, Alexander, Kay, Janice, Baron, Rachel and McNab, Fiona (2007) Does maintenance of colour categories rely on language? Evidence to the contrary from a case of semantic dementia. Brain and Language, 103 3: 251-263. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2007.08.007
Neuropsychological and psychiatric profiles in acute encephalitis in adults
Pewter, Stephen M., Williams, W. Huw, Haslam, Catherine and Kay, Janice M. (2007) Neuropsychological and psychiatric profiles in acute encephalitis in adults. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 17 4-6: 478-505. doi:10.1080/09602010701202238
Haslam, Catherine, Gilroy, Donna, Black, Sarah and Beesley, Thomas (2006) How successful is errorless learning in supporting memory for high and low-level knowledge in dementia?. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 16 5: 505-536. doi:10.1080/09602010500231867
Patterns of memory dysfunction in current and 2-year abstinent MDMA users
Ward, J, Hall, K and Haslam, C (2006) Patterns of memory dysfunction in current and 2-year abstinent MDMA users. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 28 3: 306-324. doi:10.1080/13803390490918174
Lyons, Frances, Kay, Janice, Hanley, J. Richard and Haslam, Catherine (2006) Selective preservation of memory for people in the context of semantic memory disorder: Patterns of association and dissociation. Neuropsychologia, 44 14: 2887-2898. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.06.005
Biographical knowledge: Modality-specific or modality-neutral?
Haslam, C, Kay, J, Hanley, JR and Lyons, F (2004) Biographical knowledge: Modality-specific or modality-neutral?. Cortex, 40 3: 451-466. doi:10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70139-4
Tailby, R and Haslam, C (2003) An investigation of errorless learning in memory-impaired patients: improving the technique and clarifying theory. Neuropsychologia, 41 9: 1230-1240. doi:10.1016/S0028-3932(03)00036-8
Selective loss and preservation of biographical knowledge: Implications for representation
Haslam, Catherine, Kay, Janice and Hanley, J. Richard (2002) Selective loss and preservation of biographical knowledge: Implications for representation. Neurocase, 8 3: 169-193.
Striking a chord with amnesic patients: Evidence that song facilitates memory
Haslam, C and Cook, M (2002) Striking a chord with amnesic patients: Evidence that song facilitates memory. Neurocase, 8 6: 453-465. doi:10.1093/neucas/8.6.453
Haslam, C, Cook, M and Coltheart, M (2001) 'I know your name but not your face': Explaining modality-based differences in access to biographical knowledge in a patient with retrograde amnesia. Neurocase, 7 3: 189-199.
Memory for generalities: Access to higher-level categorical relationships in amnesia
Haslam, C, Cook, ML and McKone, E (1998) Memory for generalities: Access to higher-level categorical relationships in amnesia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 15 5: 401-437. doi:10.1080/026432998381096
Preserved category learning in amnesia
Haslam, C, Coltheart, M and Cook, M (1997) Preserved category learning in amnesia. Neurocase, 3 5: 337-347. doi:10.1080/13554799708411973
Haslam, Catherine, Batchelor, Jennifer, Fearnside, Michael R., Haslam, S. Alexander and Hawkins, Simon (1995) Further Examination of Posttraumatic Amnesia and Post-Coma Disturbance as Nonlinear Predictors of Outcome After Head-Injury. Neuropsychology, 9 4: 599-605. doi:10.1037//0894-4105.9.4.599
Haslam, C., Batchelor, J., Fearnside, M. R., Haslam, S. A., Hawkins, S. and Kenway, E. (1994) Post-Coma Disturbance and Posttraumatic Amnesia as Nonlinear Predictors of Cognitive Outcome Following Severe Closed-Head Injury - Findings From the Westmead-Head-Injury-Project. Brain Injury, 8 6: 519-528. doi:10.3109/02699059409151004
Dingle, Genevieve, Haslam, Catherine, Best, David, Chan, Gary C. K., Staiger, Petra K., Savic, Michael, Beckwith, Melinda, Mackenzie, Jock, Bathish, Ramez and Lubman, Dan I. (2017). Social factors predict addiction treatment commitment and retention better than substance related and other individual factors. In: APSAD 2017 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, (29-29). 12–15 November 2017.
Bathish, Ramez, Savic, Michael, Best, David, Haslam, Catherine, Dingle, Genevieve, Staiger, Petra K., Mackenzie, Jock, Beckwith, Melinda and Lubman, Dan I. (2017). Social identity mapping and the effect of social group membership on wellbeing outcomes following residential treatment for alcohol and other drug problems. In: APSAD 2017 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, (21-21). 12-15 November 2017.
Bathish, Ramez, Mackenzie, Jock, Dingle, Genevieve, Savic, Michael, Best, David, Haslam, Catherine, Staiger, Petra, Beckwith, Melinda and Lubman, Dan I. (2016). Characteristics of individuals entering residential treatment at therapeutic communities for methamphetamine problems versus other drug and alcohol problems. In: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2016, Sydney, Australia, (25-25). 30 October-2 November 2016.
The social treatment: Benefits of group interventions in residential care settings
Haslam, C., Jetten, J., Haslam, A., Bevins, A., Ravenscroft, S. and Tonks, J. (2009). The social treatment: Benefits of group interventions in residential care settings. In: , , (65-65). .
Using a social intervention to counteract dehydration in residential care
Gleibs, I, Haslam, C. and Haslam, A. (2009). Using a social intervention to counteract dehydration in residential care. In: Psychology & Health. unknown, unknown, (66-66). unknown.
Does colour categorization depend on language? Evidence to the contrary from semantic dementia.
Haslam, C, Kay, J and Baron, R (2005). Does colour categorization depend on language? Evidence to the contrary from semantic dementia.. In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12th Annnual Meeting of the Cognitive-Neuroscience-Society, New York Ny, (125-125). Apr 09-12, 2005.
Language and memory impairments in a case study of semantic dementia
Tree, JJ, Kay, JM, Baron, R, Haslam, C and Williams, C (2004). Language and memory impairments in a case study of semantic dementia. In: Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Annual Meeting of the British-Neuropsychiatry-Association, London England, (944-944). Feb 26-27, 2004.
Chang, Xue Ling, Cruwys, Tegan and Haslam, Catherine (2017) Enhancing social connectedness through meaningful social activity: evaluation of Church Urban Fund supported activities Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Psychology, University of Queensland
Stereotype threat, disengagement, and wellbeing among older employees
(2019–2021) ARC Discovery Projects
(2018–2019) Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
Ageing well in a foreign land: Identity, social connectedness, well-being
(2016–2019) ARC Linkage Projects
Adjustment to retirement through social identity change
(2016–2018) ARC Discovery Projects
(2016) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Social Identity Research Project
(2015–2017) Church Urban Fund
Social networks, identity and recovery (ARC Discovery Project administered by Monash University)
(2014–2016) Monash University
Harnessing the potential of community groups to prevent loneliness in older people
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Adjustment to retirement as a process of social identity change
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
A Social Identity Approach to Neighbourhood Health and Well-being.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The role of social identities in the mental health, well-being and academic performance of international students: An application of the Social Identity Model of Identity Change
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding Depression across Cultures: A Social Identity Perspective
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Adjustment to retirement as a process of social identity change
Retirement is an inevitable part of aging for most people, but successful adjustment is far from straightforward. About 30 percent of people find the transition highly stressful and experience a marked reduction in well-being and this is despite engaging in financial planning. As these data, suggest successful transition into retirement is about much more than having enough money. Recent research has begun to focus on the role of social factors given the upheaval that this significant life change imposes on our social networks. Supporting this development are emerging data showing that people who maintain and extend their social ties, especially those with social groups (e.g., work/ professional, friendship, community groups), live longer and have a better quality of life after retirement. So what is it about these social group networks that promotes health and well-being in the retirement transition? This is the key question that this project will address.
This project will draw on recent data from UK, US and Australian populations to examine the extent to which changes in our social group relationships as we retire affects adjustment. It aims to improve understanding of the nature and size of that influence to more effectively manage that social change with a view to optimising adjustment, health, and well-being as we age into retirement. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC) provides a framework to investigate these issues as it specifies mechanisms that can buffer the effects of social group change in life transitions. It has yet to be fully interrogated in the retirement context and this will provide the theoretical focus for the project.