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Dr Einar Thorsteinsson

Senior Lecturer, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences

Qualifications

B.A. The University of Iceland; G.C.H.E. University of New England; Ph.D. La Trobe University, Melbourne

Contact

Email:
Room: Psychology (S6) Room 41
Phone: 02 6773 2587 (or +61 2 6773 2587 overseas)
Fax: 02 6773 3820

Online: blog | twitter | YouTube

Areas of Teaching

PSYC 202 Research Methods and Statistics (Coordinator & Presenter)
PSYC 401H Reading course: Health Psychology (Coordinator & Presenter)

Research interests

My primary research interests are in the area of health psychology. I have mainly focused on adolescent coping, social support, fatigue, depression, cardiovascular reactivity, stress, and addiction.

Recent Publications

Wells, L., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Brown, R. F. (in press). Control cognitions, coping and fatigue in a community sample. Journal of Social Psychology, Accepted 6 May 2011. [Equal contribution from each author. Authors are listed in reverse alphabetical order.]

Marks, A. D. G., Hine, D. W., Manton, G., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (in press). Can outcome expectancies help explain sex differences in direct and indirect aggression? Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Bate, K. S., Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. T., & Bhullar, N. (2011). The efficacy of habit reversal therapy for tics, habit disorders, and stuttering: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 865-871. [First three authors contributed equally to this publication]

Mutkins, E., Brown, R. F., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2011). Stress, depression, workplace and social support and burnout in intellectual disability support staff. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55, 500-510. doi: doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01406.x

Valpiani, E. M., Brown, R. F., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Hine, D. W. (2011). Poor sleep quality mediates between affective symptoms and fatigue in a university student sample. Psychology and Education, 48, 59-71.

Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Schutte, N. S., Bhullar, N., & Rooke, S. E. (2010). The Five-factor model of personality and relationship satisfaction of intimate partners: A meta-analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 124-127.

Phillips, W. J., Hine, D. W., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2010). Implicit cognition and depression: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 691-709.

Rooke, S. E., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Karpin, A., Copeland, J., & Allsop, D. (2010). Computer-delivered interventions for alcohol and tobacco use: A meta-analysis. Addiction, Publised online 2010.

Schutte, N. S., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Donald W Hine, Foster, R., Cauchi, A., & Binns, C. (2010). Experiential and rational processing styles, emotional intelligence and well-being. Australian Journal of Psychology, 62, 14-19.

Brown, R. F. & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2009). Stressful life-events and fatigue in a non-clinical sample. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(9), 707-710.

Malouff, J., Thorsteinsson, E., Schutte, N., & Rooke, S. (2009). Effects of vicarious punishment: A meta-analysis. Journal of General Psychology, 136, 271-286.

Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Brown, R. F. (2009). Mediators and moderators of the stressor - fatigue relationship in non-clinical samples. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 66, 21-29.

Myall, B., Hine, D. W., Marks, A. D. G., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Brechman-Toussaint, M., & Samuels, C. A. (2009). Assessing individual differences in perceived vulnerability in older adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 8-13.

Coventry, W. L., Medland, S. E., Wray, N. R., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Heath, A. C., & Byrne, B. (2009). Phenotypic and discordant-monozygotic analyses of stress and perceived social support as antecedents to or sequelae of risk for depression. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12(5), 469-488.

Sveinbjornsdottir, S., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2008). Adolescent coping scales: A critical psychometric review. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49, 533-548.

Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Rooke, S. E., Bhullar, N., & Schutte, N. S. (2008). Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 736–745.

Rooke, S. E., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2008). Examining the temporal relationship between depression and obesity: Two meta-analyses of prospective research. Health Psychology Review, 2, 94-109.

Rooke, S. E., Hine, D. W., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2008). Implicit cognition and substance Use: A meta-analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1314-1328. (33%)

Lyall, H. C., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2007). Attitudes to the Iraq war and mandatory detention of asylum seekers: Associations with authoritarianism, social dominance, and mortality salience. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59, 70-77.

Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Rooke, S. E., & Schutte, N. S. (2007). Alcohol Involvement and the Five-Factor Model of Personality: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Drug Education, 37, 277-294.

Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Schutte, N. S. (2007). The efficacy of problem solving therapy in reducing mental and physical health problems: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 27, 46-57.

Schutte, N. S., Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Bhullar, N., & Rooke, S. E. (2007). A meta-analytic investigation of the relationship between emotional intelligence and health. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 921-933.

Kaur, I., Schutte, N. S., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2006). Gambling Control Self-efficacy as a Mediator of the Effects of Low Emotional Intelligence on Problem Gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 22, 405-411.

Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). The Five-Factor Model of personality and smoking: A meta-analysis. Journal of Drug Education, 36, 47-58.

Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Schutte, N. S. (2005). The Relationship Between the Five-Factor Model of Personality and Symptoms of Clinical Disorders: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 27, 101-114.

Clancy, J. M., Elliott, G. C., Ley, T., Omodei, M. M., Wearing, A. J., McLennan, J., et al. (2003). Command style and team performance in dynamic decision-making tasks. Schneider, Sandra L.

Gregg, M. E., James, J. E., Matyas, T. A., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (1999). Hemodynamic profile of stress-induced anticipation and recovery. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 34, 147-162.

Thorsteinsson, E. B., & James, J. E. (1999). A meta-analysis of the effects of experimental manipulations of social support during laboratory stress. Psychology & Health, 14, 869-886.

Thorsteinsson, E. B., James, J. E., & Gregg, M. E. (1998). Effects of video-relayed social support on hemodynamic reactivity and salivary cortisol during laboratory-based behavioral challenge. Health Psychology, 17, 436-444.

Supervision Areas

Health psychology (e.g., social support, adolescent coping, stress, fatigue, depression, cardiovascular reactivity).