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: | ethorste@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Psychology (S6) Room 41 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2587 (or +61 2 6773 2587 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3820 |
Online: blog | Google Scholar | YouTube
Areas of Teaching
PSYC 304 Healthy Psychology
PSYC 4th Year Reading Course: Health Psychology
Research interests
Dr Thorsteinsson's primary research interests are in the area of health psychology. He has mainly focused on adolescent coping, social support, fatigue, depression, cardiovascular reactivity, stress, and addiction.
Supervision Areas
Health psychology (e.g., social support, adolescent coping, stress, fatigue, depression, cardiovascular reactivity).
Representative Publications
For the latest check my Google Scholar profile
Liffman, S., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Brown, R. F., & Hine, D. W. (in press). Mediators and moderators of stress - fatigue and psychological distress - fatigue relationships in a non-clinical sample. Psychology and Education.
Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Nicola S. Schutte. (in press). Trait emotional intelligence and romantic relationship satisfaction: A meta-analytic review. The American Journal of Family Therapy.
Pinniger, R., Brown, R. F., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & McKinley, P. (2013). Tango program for individuals with age-related macular degeneration. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 31(1), 47-59. doi: 10.1177/0264619612470651
Pinniger, R., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Brown, R. F., & McKinley, P. (2013). Intensive tango dance program for people with self-referred affective symptoms. Music and Medicine, 5(1), 15-22. doi: 10.1177/1943862112470143
Pinniger, R., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Brown, R. F., & McKinley, P. (2013). Tango dance can reduce distress and insomnia in people with self-referred affective symptoms. American Journal of Dance Therapy. doi: 10.1007/s10465-012-9141-y
Thorsteinsson, E. B., Ryan, S., & Sveinbjornsdottir, S. (2013). The mediating effects of social support and coping on the stress-depression relationship in rural and urban adolescents. Open Journal of Depression, 2(1), 1-6. doi: 10.4236/ojd.2013.21001
Sveinbjornsdottir, S., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Bjarnason, T. (2012). Upplifun unglinga á almennri líkamlegri og andlegri heilsu með hliðsjón af kynhneigð. Sálfræðiritið, 17 (Fylgirit 1), 20-22.
Pinniger, R., Brown, R. F., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & McKinley, P. (2012). Argentine tango dance compared to mindfulness meditation and a waiting-list control: A randomised trial for treating depression. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 20, 377-384.
Wells, L., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Brown, R. F. (2012). Control cognitions, coping and fatigue in a community sample. Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 185-198.
Marks, A. D. G., Hine, D. W., Manton, G., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2012). Can outcome expectancies help explain sex differences in direct and indirect aggression? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 151-169.
Thorsteinsson, E. B., James, J. E., Douglas, M. E., & Omodei, M. M. (2011). Effects of social support on cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity during passive and active behavioural challenge. Journal of Psychiatry, Psychology and Mental Health, 3, 1-12. Full text copy.
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, 105, 1381-1390. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02975.x
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.