By Dr Philippa Rose Specker

Journal articles

Specker P; Liddell BJ; O’Donnell M; Bryant RA; Mau V; McMahon T; Byrow Y; Nickerson A, 2024, 'The Longitudinal Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Emotion Dysregulation, and Postmigration Stressors Among Refugees', Clinical Psychological Science, 12, pp. 37 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21677026231164393

Nickerson A; Byrow Y; O’Donnell M; Bryant RA; Mau V; McMahon T; Hoffman J; Mastrogiovanni N; Specker P; Liddell BJ, 2023, 'The mental health effects of changing from insecure to secure visas for refugees', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 1486 - 1495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231177950

Tissue A; Specker P; Hoffman J; Uppal S; Cloitre M; Neuner F; O’Donnell M; Nickerson A, 2023, 'Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation for Refugees Integrated With Narrative Exposure Therapy: A Case Study on the Treatment of PTSD and Emotion Dysregulation for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers', Clinical Case Studies, 22, pp. 285 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15346501221133315

Specker P; Sheppes G; Nickerson A, 2023, 'Does Emotion Regulation Flexibility Work? Investigating the Effectiveness of Regulatory Selection Flexibility in Managing Negative Affect', Social Psychological and Personality Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506231189002

Specker P; Nickerson A, 2023, 'Investigating the effectiveness of instructing emotion regulation flexibility to individuals with low and high anxiety', Anxiety, Stress and Coping, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2205641

Jobson L; Willoughby C; Specker P; Wong J; Draganidis A; Lau W; Liddell B, 2022, 'Investigating the associations between cognitive appraisals, emotion regulation and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among Asian American and European American trauma survivors', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22995-3

Specker P; Nickerson A, 2022, 'An Experimental Investigation of Spontaneous Emotion Regulation Variability, Negative Affect, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Traumatized Refugees', Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001217

Byrow Y; Pajak R; Specker P; Nickerson A, 2020, 'Perceptions of mental health and perceived barriers to mental health help-seeking amongst refugees: A systematic review', Clinical Psychology Review, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2019.101812

Specker P; Nickerson A, 2019, 'Investigating the relationship between distinctive patterns of emotion regulation, trauma exposure and psychopathology among refugees resettled in Australia: a latent class analysis', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1661814

Specker P; Liddell BJ; Byrow Y; Bryant RA; Nickerson A, 2018, 'A factor analytic investigation of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in a culturally diverse sample of refugees resettled in Australia', Conflict and Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-018-0155-z

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