Wally Karnilowicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 196335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wally Karnilowicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wally |
| FAMILY NAME | Karnilowicz |
| SIGNATURE | KARNILOWICZ W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9611-0217 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“I Will Not Be Defined by This. I’m Not Going to Live Like a Victim; It Is Not Going to Define My Life”
A life-threatening disease such as breast cancer with its pervasive nature of uncertainty can lead to feelings of disempowerment. Nonetheless, survivors may reconstruct their identity within optimism and a celebration of a new self. In this qualitative constructionist study, we explored survivors' experiences, meaning-making, and identity transformation. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 11 women who identified as breast cancer surv…
You cannot forgive and you cannot forget”
Currently, there is limited research on the settlement experiences of refugees from the Balkan regions and in particular Serbia. There is also a need to provide a contextual understanding of the refugee settlement experience. The current study explored the refugee experience of 12 male Serbian refugees (aged 30 to 65), who migrated to Australia following the Yugoslav Civil War (1991–2001). A qualitative, phenomenological methodology explored the …
In Our Country it's Just Poor People who Ride a Bike’
This study investigates relationships and characteristics of participation in cycling in Melbourne, Australia, as an expression of place and displacement among persons from culturally and linguistically diverse origins including Asia (i.e. Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Japan) and Arab Africa (i.e. Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Sudan). Using a mixed‐method approach, results indicated that despite a significant number of migrants to Australia with origins in …
Community research within a social constructionist epistemology
Evaluation research continues to be dominated by the positivist paradigm and a commitment to factual and value free research. Policy makers and associated evaluators, in particular, consistently approach program evaluation from a positivist perspective in which methodological rigor is assessed through their interpretation of valid and generalizable results. More recently, mixed-method approaches have been adopted with qualitative methods used in …
A Comparison of Self-Assessment and Tutor Assessment of Undergraduate Psychology Students
The capacity for self-assessment amongst undergraduate psychology students ( N = 64) was investigated in comparison to tutor assessments. Students were able to assess their own performance reasonably and accurately. However, higher achieving students underestimated their performance, while the opposite was found for lower achieving students. These results reflect the characteristics of self-enhancement and self-diminishment bias
An Ecological Perspective
This qualitative study explores the life-worlds of therapists working in public settings with children who have experienced abuse and trauma. The study sought to investigate and understand factors which intruded upon and or supported the capacity for therapists in a community clinic to cognitively process and understand supportive and constraining aspects of the professional context. An important focus was the organisational context of therapists…
Romantic Relationships, Relationship Styles, Coping Strategies, and Psychological Distress among Chinese and Australian Young Adults
This study examined the association between relationship styles, coping strategies, and psychological distress among 144 Anglo‐Australian and 250 Hong Kong Chinese undergraduate students. The results indicated that relationship styles (secure, clingy, and fickle) influenced psychological distress through their association with coping strategies (avoidance and self‐punishment). Society of residence was a moderating factor for the association betwe…
Characteristics and Predictors of Romantic Relationships in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood in Hong Kong and Australia
The aim of this study was to examine occurrence of romantic relationships and relationship break‐ups among young adults in Hong Kong and Australia and to explore associations between relationship style, identity status, negative affect, cultural group, and relationship experiences. Data were collected from Chinese tertiary students in Hong Kong (n = 279) and Anglo‐Australian tertiary students in Melbourne, Australia (n = 204). Participants comple…
Psychological adaptation and autonomy among adolescents in Australia
The Incidence and Belief Structures Associated With Breast Self-Examination
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of breast self-examination (BSE) and components underlying compliance or non-compliance using the Health Belief Model (HBM) adapted by Champion (1993). Purposive sampling was used to obtain participants from community groups and the general population within the Northern Suburbs of Victoria, Australia. The 87 participants were women aged between 18 and 64, with a mean age of 34 years. The res…
Measurement of Definitions of Success among Chinese and Australian Girls
This predominately methodological article reports the development of an approach to measure definitions of success. The method is designed to determine definitions of success as a cross-cultural phenomenon. The present approach overcomes the problems of imposing cultural constructs on other groups and response sets as encountered in cross-cultural research. Participants were 65 Australian and 113 Chinese immigrant girls living in Australia. Parti…
Patient attitude as a function of disease state in Multiple Sclerosis
A Comparison of Suicide-Dip Effects of Major Sport Events and Civil Holidays
Recent research has shown that there are “death dips” for suicide around major ceremonial occasions, and for certain public holidays in particular. This research suggests that the suicide-dip phenomenon is caused by increased social integration associated with such occasions. Elsewhere in the literature, sociological interpretations of major sport events indicate that they, too, serve as ceremonial occasions and play an integrative role in societ…
Community research within a social constructionist epistemology
Evaluation research continues to be dominated by the positivist paradigm and a commitment to factual and value free research. Policy makers and associated evaluators, in particular, consistently approach program evaluation from a positivist perspective in which methodological rigor is assessed through their interpretation of valid and generalizable results. More recently, mixed-method approaches have been adopted with qualitative methods used in …
In Our Country it's Just Poor People who Ride a Bike’
This study investigates relationships and characteristics of participation in cycling in Melbourne, Australia, as an expression of place and displacement among persons from culturally and linguistically diverse origins including Asia (i.e. Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Japan) and Arab Africa (i.e. Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Sudan). Using a mixed‐method approach, results indicated that despite a significant number of migrants to Australia with origins in …
Psychological adaptation and autonomy among adolescents in Australia
You cannot forgive and you cannot forget”
Currently, there is limited research on the settlement experiences of refugees from the Balkan regions and in particular Serbia. There is also a need to provide a contextual understanding of the refugee settlement experience. The current study explored the refugee experience of 12 male Serbian refugees (aged 30 to 65), who migrated to Australia following the Yugoslav Civil War (1991–2001). A qualitative, phenomenological methodology explored the …
An Ecological Perspective
This qualitative study explores the life-worlds of therapists working in public settings with children who have experienced abuse and trauma. The study sought to investigate and understand factors which intruded upon and or supported the capacity for therapists in a community clinic to cognitively process and understand supportive and constraining aspects of the professional context. An important focus was the organisational context of therapists…
Characteristics and Predictors of Romantic Relationships in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood in Hong Kong and Australia
The aim of this study was to examine occurrence of romantic relationships and relationship break‐ups among young adults in Hong Kong and Australia and to explore associations between relationship style, identity status, negative affect, cultural group, and relationship experiences. Data were collected from Chinese tertiary students in Hong Kong (n = 279) and Anglo‐Australian tertiary students in Melbourne, Australia (n = 204). Participants comple…
Measurement of Definitions of Success among Chinese and Australian Girls
This predominately methodological article reports the development of an approach to measure definitions of success. The method is designed to determine definitions of success as a cross-cultural phenomenon. The present approach overcomes the problems of imposing cultural constructs on other groups and response sets as encountered in cross-cultural research. Participants were 65 Australian and 113 Chinese immigrant girls living in Australia. Parti…
A Comparison of Suicide-Dip Effects of Major Sport Events and Civil Holidays
Recent research has shown that there are “death dips” for suicide around major ceremonial occasions, and for certain public holidays in particular. This research suggests that the suicide-dip phenomenon is caused by increased social integration associated with such occasions. Elsewhere in the literature, sociological interpretations of major sport events indicate that they, too, serve as ceremonial occasions and play an integrative role in societ…
Patient attitude as a function of disease state in Multiple Sclerosis
Measurement of Definitions of Success among Chinese and Australian Girls
This predominately methodological article reports the development of an approach to measure definitions of success. The method is designed to determine definitions of success as a cross-cultural phenomenon. The present approach overcomes the problems of imposing cultural constructs on other groups and response sets as encountered in cross-cultural research. Participants were 65 Australian and 113 Chinese immigrant girls living in Australia. Parti…
The Incidence and Belief Structures Associated With Breast Self-Examination
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of breast self-examination (BSE) and components underlying compliance or non-compliance using the Health Belief Model (HBM) adapted by Champion (1993). Purposive sampling was used to obtain participants from community groups and the general population within the Northern Suburbs of Victoria, Australia. The 87 participants were women aged between 18 and 64, with a mean age of 34 years. The res…
Psychological adaptation and autonomy among adolescents in Australia
Romantic Relationships, Relationship Styles, Coping Strategies, and Psychological Distress among Chinese and Australian Young Adults
This study examined the association between relationship styles, coping strategies, and psychological distress among 144 Anglo‐Australian and 250 Hong Kong Chinese undergraduate students. The results indicated that relationship styles (secure, clingy, and fickle) influenced psychological distress through their association with coping strategies (avoidance and self‐punishment). Society of residence was a moderating factor for the association betwe…
Characteristics and Predictors of Romantic Relationships in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood in Hong Kong and Australia
The aim of this study was to examine occurrence of romantic relationships and relationship break‐ups among young adults in Hong Kong and Australia and to explore associations between relationship style, identity status, negative affect, cultural group, and relationship experiences. Data were collected from Chinese tertiary students in Hong Kong (n = 279) and Anglo‐Australian tertiary students in Melbourne, Australia (n = 204). Participants comple…
A Comparison of Self-Assessment and Tutor Assessment of Undergraduate Psychology Students
The capacity for self-assessment amongst undergraduate psychology students ( N = 64) was investigated in comparison to tutor assessments. Students were able to assess their own performance reasonably and accurately. However, higher achieving students underestimated their performance, while the opposite was found for lower achieving students. These results reflect the characteristics of self-enhancement and self-diminishment bias
An Ecological Perspective
This qualitative study explores the life-worlds of therapists working in public settings with children who have experienced abuse and trauma. The study sought to investigate and understand factors which intruded upon and or supported the capacity for therapists in a community clinic to cognitively process and understand supportive and constraining aspects of the professional context. An important focus was the organisational context of therapists…
In Our Country it's Just Poor People who Ride a Bike’
This study investigates relationships and characteristics of participation in cycling in Melbourne, Australia, as an expression of place and displacement among persons from culturally and linguistically diverse origins including Asia (i.e. Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Japan) and Arab Africa (i.e. Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Sudan). Using a mixed‐method approach, results indicated that despite a significant number of migrants to Australia with origins in …
Community research within a social constructionist epistemology
Evaluation research continues to be dominated by the positivist paradigm and a commitment to factual and value free research. Policy makers and associated evaluators, in particular, consistently approach program evaluation from a positivist perspective in which methodological rigor is assessed through their interpretation of valid and generalizable results. More recently, mixed-method approaches have been adopted with qualitative methods used in …
You cannot forgive and you cannot forget”
Currently, there is limited research on the settlement experiences of refugees from the Balkan regions and in particular Serbia. There is also a need to provide a contextual understanding of the refugee settlement experience. The current study explored the refugee experience of 12 male Serbian refugees (aged 30 to 65), who migrated to Australia following the Yugoslav Civil War (1991–2001). A qualitative, phenomenological methodology explored the …
“I Will Not Be Defined by This. I’m Not Going to Live Like a Victim; It Is Not Going to Define My Life”
A life-threatening disease such as breast cancer with its pervasive nature of uncertainty can lead to feelings of disempowerment. Nonetheless, survivors may reconstruct their identity within optimism and a celebration of a new self. In this qualitative constructionist study, we explored survivors' experiences, meaning-making, and identity transformation. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 11 women who identified as breast cancer surv…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works)