Nerina Jane Caltabiano
Biographic Data
| ID | 5420588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nerina Jane Caltabiano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nerina Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Caltabiano |
| SIGNATURE | CALTABIANO N J |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Cook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3625-8236 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evaluating the impact of Outward Bound Singapore on youth resilience
Resilience is critical in youth development, yet research on resilience-building programs lacks clarity on long-term outcomes and family factors. This study examined the effectiveness of the Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) program in fostering state resilience among youths and explored how trait resilience relates to helicopter parenting (HP) and psychological needs fulfilment. An online survey of 116 Singaporean students (Mage = 18.84, SDage = 1.9…
A case study of parent perspectives on interreligious learning and teaching in a diverse Catholic school context
In the pluralised contexts of many contemporary Australian Catholic schools, cultural and religious diversity is a reality that could be ignored or potentially utilised to enhance learning. This case study probes the perceptions of parents regarding their children’s engagement in Religious Education in a Catholic school and in particular, engagement in interreligious learning and teaching. The small qualitative study utilised interviews with pare…
Being a good citizen in pandemics – compliance to social distancing and prosociality following death reminders
A case study of primary students’ perspectives of engagement in interreligious learning and teaching
This case study explores the perceptions of students regarding their engagement in interreligious learning and teaching in one Australian Catholic Primary School. The study probes the learners’ understandings of what interreligious learning and teaching looks like in their context and how it might relate to their understandings of their evolving religious identity. The students were interviewed in groups and qualitative content analysis was used …
Do Pandemics Trigger Death Thoughts
The current article aims to investigate the effects of pandemics of varying severity on death-thought accessibility in two studies while controlling for health anxiety. Study 1 ( n = 203) examined the effect of standard mortality salience (MS), severe pandemic, mild pandemic, and dental conditions on death-thought accessibility as assessed by the death word fragment task (DWFT). Study 1 did not find significant effects of MS and delay on death-th…
Teacher bullying
In 1993, the first few cases of teacher bullying, when teachers used their power to punish, manipulate or disparage a student beyond what would be a reasonable disciplinary procedure, began to catch the mainstream media’s attention. Since then, few studies have focused on teacher bullying globally and even lesser in Asia, where such a phenomenon carries a stigma attached to it. Considering the stark differences between Western and Asian cultures,…
Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Identify Variables Related to Academic Help Seeking in Higher Education
Universities admit and enrol increasingly diverse student cohorts with varying academic entry standards. To increase student success, universities offer academic support to students, however, often students do not engage in or access this academic support. Building on the Theory of Planned Behavior and a comprehensive literature review, this study aims to identify personality variables, background variables and variables related to the Theory of …
The relationship sabotage scale
The RSS is a brief scale that provides conclusive information about individual patterns in relationships. Findings using this scale can offer explanations regarding the reasons that individuals engage in destructive behaviours from one relationship to the next. Investigations should continue to test a model for sabotage in romantic relationships using the developed scale and other factors such as relationship diferences and insecure attachment. M…
Exploring the Transformative Effects of Flow on Children’s Liminality and Trauma
The process of creating art seems to be a healing as much as an expressive practice for children. Not only are art activities recognized as a necessity for children’s cognitive development, but also as a voice to express the trauma of their distressing experiences. The following article is based on art making as an effective trauma intervention therapy, adding to previous knowledge of childhood trauma and liminality for teachers and health commun…
Therapeutic Alliance and Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Outcomes
From trauma to incarceration
BACKGROUND: There were approximately 34,000 prisoners incarcerated in Australian correctional centres as of 2014. The most common offence type for these prisoners was 'acts intended to cause injury', comprising 18 % of the total offences. Of the various risk factors for violent offending and incarceration identified in international research, trauma - either single events or ongoing; and substance abuse - which is commonly associated with violent…
Is Belief in God Related to Differences in Adolescents' Psychological Functioning
Many studies have documented links between positive psychological functioning and religiousness during the adolescent years, but very few have contrasted religious and nonreligious youth. The purpose of the present study was to examine differences in psychological functioning among adolescent atheists, agnostics, and believers using a profile analysis approach. The authors conducted a survey of Grade 8 students (N = 1,925) enrolled in Catholic sc…
Cyberbullying and self-esteem in Australian adults
Cyberbullying research is currently focused on identifying personal factors which increase the risk of an individual being involved in the behaviour. Recent findings indicate that within the web of cyberbullying culture a large group of individuals are both cyberbullies and victims. This group of cyberbully/victims has been shown to differ from pure cyberbullies or victims on various factors during adolescence; particularly self-esteem. However, …
Far North Queensland
Landowners (100 males and 21 females) within the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon located between the Barron and the South Johnstone Rivers responded to a postal survey assessing attitudes towards their streamside forests. 121 useable questionnaires were used to identify the underlying components within landowner's attitudes. Factor analysis revealed two components, namely, awareness of human impact on local streamside forest, and appre…
The Effectiveness of a Community Group Intervention Program on Adjustment to Separation and Divorce
This study explores adjustment to separation and divorce and the effects of participating in a small regional community agency group intervention program. Prior to participation in group intervention, participants were interviewed for suitability and invited to complete the pre-intervention questionnaires comprising demographics, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Social Support Appraisal Scale and the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale. Of the fo…
In Defence of the Dingo
At dusk on the 17th August 1980, a Sunday, in the heart of the Australian continent at Ayers Rock, Lindy Chamberlain cried out “My God! My God! The dingo’s got my baby!” Lindy, wife of Michael Chamberlain, a Seventh Day Adventist minister, and mother of two sons Aidan and Regan, was referring to her third child, daughter Azaria, who was just nine weeks old. The ensuing inquests, court cases and media furore, in which culpability for the disappear…
Cultural Symbolism in an Italo-Australian Religious Festa
A religious festival of Sicilian origin is celebrated each year by the community of Silkwood in the tropical far north of Australia. The following account is based on the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the festival, held in 2000
Psychiatric Comorbidity in Tropical Far North Queensland
Psychiatric comorbidity can be defined as the occurrence of at least one mental disorder plus one substance abuse disorder in the same person. Much research has been conducted on how to identify psychiatric comorbidity, and the barriers that mental health professionals have towards individuals with psychiatric comorbidity. The objective of this study is to provide baseline data that is required for researching such issues as prevalence rates, dem…
Relationship between Exhaustion and Postnatal Depression
The period after the birth of a child may be characterized by occasions of physical exhaustion. Mothers who self-reported having experienced postnatal depression in the past year and physical exhaustion were examined
Assessing Environmentally Responsible Behaviour
While many individuals seem to have a genuine concern about minimising the global environmental crisis, little documentation of what environmentally responsible behaviour is being practised has appeared. University students ( N = 247) answered a self-report questionnaire on environmental practices. Analysis showed that responsible behaviour has three dimensions, the three factors being Reusing/Recycling, Conserving, and Replacing products with fr…
Perceived Differences in Ethnic Behavior
The purpose of this study was to identify the dimensions of ethnic identity among a group of Italo-Australians living in the Australian Capital Territory. The data from 68 of 3532 persons sampled from electoral rolls, explored by factor analysis suggests that socio-cultural activities, family, ingroup, and conservative-traditional factors are salient dimensions of Italian-Australian identity
Is Belief in God Related to Differences in Adolescents' Psychological Functioning
Many studies have documented links between positive psychological functioning and religiousness during the adolescent years, but very few have contrasted religious and nonreligious youth. The purpose of the present study was to examine differences in psychological functioning among adolescent atheists, agnostics, and believers using a profile analysis approach. The authors conducted a survey of Grade 8 students (N = 1,925) enrolled in Catholic sc…
Do Pandemics Trigger Death Thoughts
The current article aims to investigate the effects of pandemics of varying severity on death-thought accessibility in two studies while controlling for health anxiety. Study 1 ( n = 203) examined the effect of standard mortality salience (MS), severe pandemic, mild pandemic, and dental conditions on death-thought accessibility as assessed by the death word fragment task (DWFT). Study 1 did not find significant effects of MS and delay on death-th…
Perceived Differences in Ethnic Behavior
The purpose of this study was to identify the dimensions of ethnic identity among a group of Italo-Australians living in the Australian Capital Territory. The data from 68 of 3532 persons sampled from electoral rolls, explored by factor analysis suggests that socio-cultural activities, family, ingroup, and conservative-traditional factors are salient dimensions of Italian-Australian identity
Assessing Environmentally Responsible Behaviour
While many individuals seem to have a genuine concern about minimising the global environmental crisis, little documentation of what environmentally responsible behaviour is being practised has appeared. University students ( N = 247) answered a self-report questionnaire on environmental practices. Analysis showed that responsible behaviour has three dimensions, the three factors being Reusing/Recycling, Conserving, and Replacing products with fr…
Relationship between Exhaustion and Postnatal Depression
The period after the birth of a child may be characterized by occasions of physical exhaustion. Mothers who self-reported having experienced postnatal depression in the past year and physical exhaustion were examined
Cultural Symbolism in an Italo-Australian Religious Festa
A religious festival of Sicilian origin is celebrated each year by the community of Silkwood in the tropical far north of Australia. The following account is based on the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the festival, held in 2000
Psychiatric Comorbidity in Tropical Far North Queensland
Psychiatric comorbidity can be defined as the occurrence of at least one mental disorder plus one substance abuse disorder in the same person. Much research has been conducted on how to identify psychiatric comorbidity, and the barriers that mental health professionals have towards individuals with psychiatric comorbidity. The objective of this study is to provide baseline data that is required for researching such issues as prevalence rates, dem…
In Defence of the Dingo
At dusk on the 17th August 1980, a Sunday, in the heart of the Australian continent at Ayers Rock, Lindy Chamberlain cried out “My God! My God! The dingo’s got my baby!” Lindy, wife of Michael Chamberlain, a Seventh Day Adventist minister, and mother of two sons Aidan and Regan, was referring to her third child, daughter Azaria, who was just nine weeks old. The ensuing inquests, court cases and media furore, in which culpability for the disappear…
The Effectiveness of a Community Group Intervention Program on Adjustment to Separation and Divorce
This study explores adjustment to separation and divorce and the effects of participating in a small regional community agency group intervention program. Prior to participation in group intervention, participants were interviewed for suitability and invited to complete the pre-intervention questionnaires comprising demographics, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Social Support Appraisal Scale and the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale. Of the fo…
Far North Queensland
Landowners (100 males and 21 females) within the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon located between the Barron and the South Johnstone Rivers responded to a postal survey assessing attitudes towards their streamside forests. 121 useable questionnaires were used to identify the underlying components within landowner's attitudes. Factor analysis revealed two components, namely, awareness of human impact on local streamside forest, and appre…
Cyberbullying and self-esteem in Australian adults
Cyberbullying research is currently focused on identifying personal factors which increase the risk of an individual being involved in the behaviour. Recent findings indicate that within the web of cyberbullying culture a large group of individuals are both cyberbullies and victims. This group of cyberbully/victims has been shown to differ from pure cyberbullies or victims on various factors during adolescence; particularly self-esteem. However, …
From trauma to incarceration
BACKGROUND: There were approximately 34,000 prisoners incarcerated in Australian correctional centres as of 2014. The most common offence type for these prisoners was 'acts intended to cause injury', comprising 18 % of the total offences. Of the various risk factors for violent offending and incarceration identified in international research, trauma - either single events or ongoing; and substance abuse - which is commonly associated with violent…
Is Belief in God Related to Differences in Adolescents' Psychological Functioning
Many studies have documented links between positive psychological functioning and religiousness during the adolescent years, but very few have contrasted religious and nonreligious youth. The purpose of the present study was to examine differences in psychological functioning among adolescent atheists, agnostics, and believers using a profile analysis approach. The authors conducted a survey of Grade 8 students (N = 1,925) enrolled in Catholic sc…
Therapeutic Alliance and Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Outcomes
Exploring the Transformative Effects of Flow on Children’s Liminality and Trauma
The process of creating art seems to be a healing as much as an expressive practice for children. Not only are art activities recognized as a necessity for children’s cognitive development, but also as a voice to express the trauma of their distressing experiences. The following article is based on art making as an effective trauma intervention therapy, adding to previous knowledge of childhood trauma and liminality for teachers and health commun…
Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Identify Variables Related to Academic Help Seeking in Higher Education
Universities admit and enrol increasingly diverse student cohorts with varying academic entry standards. To increase student success, universities offer academic support to students, however, often students do not engage in or access this academic support. Building on the Theory of Planned Behavior and a comprehensive literature review, this study aims to identify personality variables, background variables and variables related to the Theory of …
The relationship sabotage scale
The RSS is a brief scale that provides conclusive information about individual patterns in relationships. Findings using this scale can offer explanations regarding the reasons that individuals engage in destructive behaviours from one relationship to the next. Investigations should continue to test a model for sabotage in romantic relationships using the developed scale and other factors such as relationship diferences and insecure attachment. M…
Teacher bullying
In 1993, the first few cases of teacher bullying, when teachers used their power to punish, manipulate or disparage a student beyond what would be a reasonable disciplinary procedure, began to catch the mainstream media’s attention. Since then, few studies have focused on teacher bullying globally and even lesser in Asia, where such a phenomenon carries a stigma attached to it. Considering the stark differences between Western and Asian cultures,…
Being a good citizen in pandemics – compliance to social distancing and prosociality following death reminders
A case study of primary students’ perspectives of engagement in interreligious learning and teaching
This case study explores the perceptions of students regarding their engagement in interreligious learning and teaching in one Australian Catholic Primary School. The study probes the learners’ understandings of what interreligious learning and teaching looks like in their context and how it might relate to their understandings of their evolving religious identity. The students were interviewed in groups and qualitative content analysis was used …
Do Pandemics Trigger Death Thoughts
The current article aims to investigate the effects of pandemics of varying severity on death-thought accessibility in two studies while controlling for health anxiety. Study 1 ( n = 203) examined the effect of standard mortality salience (MS), severe pandemic, mild pandemic, and dental conditions on death-thought accessibility as assessed by the death word fragment task (DWFT). Study 1 did not find significant effects of MS and delay on death-th…
A case study of parent perspectives on interreligious learning and teaching in a diverse Catholic school context
In the pluralised contexts of many contemporary Australian Catholic schools, cultural and religious diversity is a reality that could be ignored or potentially utilised to enhance learning. This case study probes the perceptions of parents regarding their children’s engagement in Religious Education in a Catholic school and in particular, engagement in interreligious learning and teaching. The small qualitative study utilised interviews with pare…
Evaluating the impact of Outward Bound Singapore on youth resilience
Resilience is critical in youth development, yet research on resilience-building programs lacks clarity on long-term outcomes and family factors. This study examined the effectiveness of the Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) program in fostering state resilience among youths and explored how trait resilience relates to helicopter parenting (HP) and psychological needs fulfilment. An online survey of 116 Singaporean students (Mage = 18.84, SDage = 1.9…
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)