Dr Einar Thorsteinsson
Lecturer, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
Ph.D. La Trobe University, Melbourne; G.C.H.E. University of New England; B.A. The University of Iceland
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 |
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.
Representative Publications
Brown, R. F., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (in press). Stressful life-events and fatigue in a non-clinical sample. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Malouff, J. M., Thorsteinsson, E. B., Schutte, N. S., & Rooke, S. E. (in press). Effects of Vicarious Punishment: A Meta-Analysis. The Journal of General Psychology.
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.
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.
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., Hine, D. W., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2008). Implicit cognition and substance Use: A meta-analysis. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1314-1328.
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.
Sveinbjornsdottir, S., & Thorsteinsson, E. B. (2008). Adolescent coping scales: A critical psychometric review. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49, 533-548.
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
Complex decision making (e.g., employing computer simulations).
Social support and cardiovascular reactivity.