Current Projects & Grants

Joseph Ciarrochi

Current (Supervised) Projects

• Longitudinal factors in the development of social and emotional well-being (with Dr. Patrick Heaven)
• Adjusting to cancer, Committing to your values, Taking action now: The development and preliminary evaluation of the ACT now intervention for mixed groups of cancer patients (Danielle Feros and Lisbeth Lane)
• Mindfulness-Based Emotional Intelligence Intervention in the Police Force (Linda Bilich)
• An evaluation of ACT-related process measures (Claire Godsell)

Current Grants

• Australian Research Council Linkage Grant to study the long-term predictors of academic performance and emotional well-being amongst adolescents (Co-investigators: Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi and Wilma Vialle). Amount: $84,000.
• Australian Research Council Linkage Grant to evaluate a Mindfulness-Based Emotional Intelligence Intervention in the Police Force (Co-investigators: Joseph Ciarrochi and Frank Deane). Grant number: LP0455109. Amount: $100,668.
• URC linkage grant with the NSW Cancer Council. Adjusting to cancer, Committing to your values, Taking action now: The development and preliminary evaluation of the ACT now intervention for mixed groups of cancer patients (Co-investigators: Joseph Ciarrochi and John T. Blackledge). Amount: $23,000
• Grant from the Cancer Institute NSW, to support a Psycho-oncology clinical fellowship and to evaluate an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention amongst cancer patients (Co-investigators: Joseph Ciarrochi, John T. Blackledge and Lisbeth Lane). Amount: $86,570.

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Current (Supervised) Projects

• "Investigating the effects of an observer perspective technique on thought believability and associated distress".  Dana Bassett
• "Investigating the effects of a description-evaluation technique on thought believability and associated distress".  Jenny Abraham
• "Initial validation of the Experiential Avoidance Task".  Aleks Sribinoski (assessment program developed by Kristen Laughlin & John Forsyth).
• "Development and validation of a Depression-specific Acceptance and Action Questionnaire".  Liz Cooper
• "Validation of the Personal Values Questionnaire in a normal adult sample".  Rebecca Spencer (with Joseph Ciarrochi).
• "Validation of the Personal Values Questionnaire in a clinical adult sample".  Gavin Prowse (with Joseph Ciarrochi).
• "Validation of the Social Values Survey with an adolescent sample".  With Joseph Ciarrochi.
• "Initial development and evaluation of ACT-enhanced Parent Management Training".  Susan Lozenkovski.
• "Assessment of group ACT vs. group CBT with anxiety disorders".  Natalie Glaser.
• "Development and validation of a school-based ACT primary prevention program with adolescents".  Yvette Vignado (co-supervised by Joseph Ciarrochi).

Current Grants

• URC New Partnership Grant, University of Wollongong. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Cancer Patients (with Dr. Joseph Ciarrochi). Awarded 26 July 2005.Amount: $21,834
• Development and evaluation of an early intervention program for children and adolescents with affect regulation disorders in the Illawarra (with Brin Grenyer). Awarded: 7 December 2005. Amount: $22,227. Source: CAMHS-NET
• Using Acceptance and Commitment Training to Enhance Psychological Wellbeing in Young Adolescents. Awarded: 30 May 2005. Amount: $3000.  Source:  University of Wollongong Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences (early researcher grant).
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Psycho-oncology Fellowship (with Joseph Ciarrochi). Awarded: March 31, 2006. Amount: $86,570.  Source: Cancer Institute New South Wales.  
• Validation of a group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy program with cancer patients (with Joseph Ciarrochi). Awarded: April 7, 2006.  Amount:  $70,890. Source:  New South Wales Cancer Council.