Dr Rachel Elphinston is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at Recover Injury Research Centre at The University of Queensland. Her research interests focus on the psychological risk factors for pain and disability following injury and comorbid substance misuse. She has designed and implemented research projects examining factors associated with perceived injustice following road traffic crashes, psychosocial factors associated with prescription opioid use in individuals with chronic pain, and the effectiveness of QuikFix, a brief psychological risk-targeted telehealth intervention for young people with alcohol or other drug-related injury or illness. Dr Elphinston has a current appointment with Addiction and Mental Health Services in Metro South Health and has experience in working in multidisciplinary clinical and research teams to translate research into practice and design and implement new models of care. She also has experience in delivering education and training to a wide range of health professionals and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Journal Article: The effectiveness of residential treatment services for individuals with substance use disorders: a systematic review
de Andrade, Dominique, Elphinston, Rachel A., Quinn, Catherine, Allan, Julaine and Hides, Leanne (2019) The effectiveness of residential treatment services for individuals with substance use disorders: a systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 201 227-235. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.031
Journal Article: Cross-sectional and prospective correlates of recovery expectancies in the rehabilitation of whiplash injury
Elphinston, Rachel A., Thibault, Pascal, Carriere, Junie S., Rainville, Pierre and Sullivan, Michael J. (2018) Cross-sectional and prospective correlates of recovery expectancies in the rehabilitation of whiplash injury. Clinical Journal of Pain, 34 4: 306-312. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000542
Journal Article: Time to face it! Facebook intrusion and the implications for romantic jealousy and relation
Elphinston, Rachel A. and Noller, Patricia (2011) Time to face it! Facebook intrusion and the implications for romantic jealousy and relation. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14 11: 631-635. doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0318
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Elphinston, Rachel A., Thibault, Pascal, Carriere, Junie S., Rainville, Pierre and Sullivan, Michael J. (2018) Cross-sectional and prospective correlates of recovery expectancies in the rehabilitation of whiplash injury. Clinical Journal of Pain, 34 4: 306-312. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000542
Time to face it! Facebook intrusion and the implications for romantic jealousy and relation
Elphinston, Rachel A. and Noller, Patricia (2011) Time to face it! Facebook intrusion and the implications for romantic jealousy and relation. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14 11: 631-635. doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0318
de Andrade, Dominique, Elphinston, Rachel A., Quinn, Catherine, Allan, Julaine and Hides, Leanne (2019) The effectiveness of residential treatment services for individuals with substance use disorders: a systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 201 227-235. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.031
O'Donovan, Julie, Russell, Karen, Kuipers, Pim, Siskind, Dan and Elphinston, Rachel A. (2019) A place to call home: hearing the perspectives of people living with homelessness and mental illness through service evaluation. Community Mental Health Journal, . doi:10.1007/s10597-019-00406-8
Validation of an index of Sensitivity to Movement-Evoked Pain in patients with whiplash injuries
Wan, Alan K., Rainville, Pierre, O'Leary, Shaun, Elphinston, Rachel A., Sterling, Michele, Larivière, Christian and Sullivan, Michael J. L. (2018) Validation of an index of Sensitivity to Movement-Evoked Pain in patients with whiplash injuries. Pain Reports, 3 4: e661. doi:10.1097/PR9.0000000000000661
Elphinston, Rachel A., Thibault, Pascal, Carriere, Junie S., Rainville, Pierre and Sullivan, Michael J. (2018) Cross-sectional and prospective correlates of recovery expectancies in the rehabilitation of whiplash injury. Clinical Journal of Pain, 34 4: 306-312. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000542
Ward, Elizabeth C., Elphinston, Rachel A., Wall, Laurelie R., Schwarz, Maria and Gordon, Gail E. (2018) Research engagement and activity in an allied health workforce insights into departmental and organisational strategies. Journal of Allied Health, 47 4: 265-271.
Untapped potential: psychologists leading research in clinical practice
Elphinston, Rachel A. and Pager, Susan (2015) Untapped potential: psychologists leading research in clinical practice. Australian Psychologist, 50 2: 115-121. doi:10.1111/ap.12102
Romantic jealousy and relationship satisfaction: the costs of rumination
Elphinston, Rachel A., Feeney, Judith A., Noller, Patricia, Connor, Jason P. and Fitzgerald, Jennifer (2013) Romantic jealousy and relationship satisfaction: the costs of rumination. Western Journal of Communication, 77 3: 293-304. doi:10.1080/10570314.2013.770161
Measuring romantic jealousy: Validation of the Multidimensional Jealousy Scale in Australian samples
Elphinston, Rachel A., Feeney, Judith A. and Noller, Patricia (2011) Measuring romantic jealousy: Validation of the Multidimensional Jealousy Scale in Australian samples. Australian Journal of Psychology, 63 4: 243-251. doi:10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00026.x
Time to face it! Facebook intrusion and the implications for romantic jealousy and relation
Elphinston, Rachel A. and Noller, Patricia (2011) Time to face it! Facebook intrusion and the implications for romantic jealousy and relation. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14 11: 631-635. doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0318
Quinn, Catherine, Hides, Leanne, De Andrade, Dominique, Elphinston, Rachel, Wilson, Megan and Kavanagh, David (2018). Impact of brief psychoeducational interventions for reducing alcohol use and related harm in school leavers. In: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD), Auckland, New Zealand, (). 4-7 November, 2018. doi:10.1111/dar.12862
De Andrade, Dominique, Hides, Leanne, Quinn, Catherine, Elphinston, Rachel and Allan, Julaine (2018). The effectiveness of residential treatment services for individuals with substance use disorders: A review of recent evidence. In: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD), Auckland, New Zealand, (). 4-7 November 2018. doi:10.1111/dar.12862
Hides, Leanne, Elphinston, Rachel and Quinn, Catherine (2018). Workshop: QuikFix: A new risk-targeted brief intervention for young people at risk of substance-related harm. In: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD), Auckland, New Zealand, (). 4-7 November, 2018. doi:10.1111/dar.12862
Robinson, A. and Elphinston, R. A. (2015). The customer’s always right: first insights into recruitment and selection practices across allied health. In: APS 11th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (). 2-7 July 2015.
Elphinston, R. A. and Feeney, J. A. (2006). An attachment perspective on romantic jealousy: examining person and situational determinants and their interactive effects.. In: Conference of the Interpersonal Association for Relationships, Crete, Greece, (). 6-10 July 2006.
Elphinston, R. A. and Feeney, J. A. (2005). The dark side of romantic relationships: The role of person and situational variable in the experience and expression of jealousy. In: M. Katskikitis, Australian Journal of Psychology: The Abstracts of the 40th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society. the 40th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria, (203-203). 28 September - 2 October 2005.
Rachel Elphinston (2010). UNDERSTANDING JEALOUSY IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: LINKS TO ATTACHMENT, FACEBOOK INVOLVEMENT, AND RELATIONAL OUTCOMES PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.
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