John O’Gorman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5855444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John O’Gorman |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Gorman |
| SIGNATURE | O’GORMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1435-127X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Role of Impulsivity and Self-Control in Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt
Two studies are reported examining the relation of self-control, as measured by self-report inventories, to indices of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. In the first study ( n = 113), self-control related significantly ( p r = -0.37 and r = -0.26), and, in a hierarchical regression analysis, added significantly to the variance in the suicidal ideation index accounted for by a measure of impulsivity. The second study ( n = 223) replicated th…
The Personal Suicide Stigma Questionnaire (PSSQ)
Two studies are reported that extend the evidence base for use of the Personal Stigma of Suicide Questionnaire (PSSQ). In the first study (N = 117), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the WHO-5 measure of well-being, as well as measures of suicidality were examined in relation to the PSSQ. A self-selected sub-sample (N = 30) completed the PSSQ after an interval of two months. In line with the stigma internalization model, when demographic variables…
Timelines for difficult times
The stories of people who attempt suicide are insufficiently reflected in suicide research in psychology. This article outlines a method using a visual timeline during the interviews to explore the narratives of suicide attempts. The method was successfully employed in two studies to collect data on the suicidal process from people with prior experience of suicide attempts. The advantages of the method in collecting comprehensive data, building r…
How do clinicians and suicide attempters understand suicide attempt impulsivity? A qualitative study
Inconsistencies in the definition of impulsive suicide attempts hamper research integration. To expand the currently limited data on how this construct is used in clinical practice, researchers interviewed eight suicide attempters to create timelines of their suicide process, then had seven experienced clinicians review these timelines. Thematic analysis of the patient and clinician data revealed three themes: "thinking out," build-up, and unclea…
Personal Stigma in Suicide Attempters
The aim of this study was to explore suicide attempters' experiences of personal stigma. This qualitative study included a focus group of 7 experienced clinicians and semi-structured interviews with 8 suicide attempters. Thematic analysis of the data yielded four main themes: seriousness, care, "badness," and avoidance. Experiences of stigma pervaded all contexts, but were most emotionally upsetting to the participants in interpersonal relationsh…
Suicide around Anniversary Times
The anniversary of the loss of a loved one is known to induce negative emotions, which for some can be significant. The present study examined the incidence of suicide around the time of such anniversaries using data from the Queensland Suicide Register for the years 1998 to 2008. There were statistically significant increases in suicide events immediately after the loss of a loved one and around the anniversary of the loss. Limitations of the st…
World Trends in Psychological Research Output and Impact
Research output and impact are important indices of the health of individual fields of science. The present study analyzed publications and citations in psychology recorded in Web of Science for the years 1996 to 2010 for 73 countries, and the association of output with indices of national development. Authors with affiliations to institutions in the United States or Western Europe were the major contributors over the period, with output and impa…
The Australian Remote Memory Battery, 10 Years on
The article reviews research conducted with the Australian Remote Memory Test (ARMB) since its development first reported in 2001. Data from case studies and experimental investigations that have used the ARMB are summarised, and the use made of these data in reviews of the literature is noted. The ARMB has been found sensitive to disease processes such as herpes simplex, stroke, and epilepsy and lesion effects such as temporal lobectomy. The pat…
The relationship between mentee‐mentor gender combination and the provision of distinct mentoring functions
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between specific gender combinations of mentor‐mentee and distinct mentoring functions. Design/methodology/approach Of the 500 participants, 272 were mentees and 228 were mentors from public‐ and private‐sector organisations, representing all four gender combinations of mentor‐mentee. Participants completed a 36‐item measure of mentoring functions. Findings Hierarchical regress…
The psychology of work and unemployment in Australia today
This paper reviews recent literature on psychological aspects of work, unemployment, and underemployment in Australia at the beginning of the 21st century. It examines different notions of “work”, including paid employment and unpaid work (e.g., emotional work, volunteer work). It draws attention to the fact that, in our society, most of the important emotional work is carried out by women (caring for children, disabled relatives, and elderly dep…
Construct Validity of the Revised Collett-Lester Fear of Death and Dying Scale
The construct validity of the Revised Collett-Lester Fear of Death and Dying Scale was examined in three separate studies. Study 1 ( N=106) found substantial relationships between the Collett-Lester subscales and the subscales of the Multidimensional Fear of Death and Dying Scale. High test-retest reliabilities of the subscales over a six-week period were also observed. Study 2 ( N=268) examined the sensitivity of the subscales to an intervention…
The scientist-practitioner model and its critics
The scientist-practitioner model has been a major influence in professional training in psychology in English-speaking countries since its formulation almost half a century ago. The model aims to integrate science and practice to provide a uniquely qualified professional to work in a range of health, human service, organisational, and educational settings. The model, although widely accepted, has been criticised on the grounds (a) that the philos…
Ethical issues in research on adolescent depression and suicidal behaviour
The codes of ethical conduct of the Australian Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association imply that researchers of adolescent depression and suicidal behaviour must plan to intervene to assess risk where a participant in a study indicates an intention to commit suicide. Participants in research of this kind need to be advised of this possibility in advance. The obligation to intervene, and to advise of the possibility of in…
A commentary on the observations of nixon, of sheehan, and of gillam on practices and needs in psychological training
The commentary takes up the following issues raised in the contributions by Nixon, Sheehan, and Gillam (this issue): the balance between psychological science and applied skills in the training of psychologists; the content of a core curriculum; the relative influence of psychological scientists and practitioners in Australian affairs, and the implications of this for the training of psychologists, particularly with respect to the scientist-pract…
Undergraduate education in psychology
Currently, skills training in psychology in Australian universities is restricted to the postgraduate level. The present paper argues that there is a set of skills forming part of the core of professional psychology that could be taught at the undergraduate level to provide a more balanced implementation of the scientist-practitioner model. The skills proposed involve interpersonal processes, testing and assessment, applied research and evaluatio…
Forgetting of word associates as a function of recall interval
A series of experiments is reported which sought to replicate the observations of Parkin et al. (1982) that recall of self‐generated associates of emotional words is poorer than recall of associates of neutral words on immediate testing, but that the reverse is true when testing is delayed. In the first experiment independent groups of subjects were tested for recall immediately after administration of the word association test used by Parkin et …
Factorial Validity of the Vocational Interest Scales of the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory for Australian High School Students
The purpose of the present report was to identify the structure of the six vocational interests measured by the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory. Two independent samples of Australian high school students were used—101 males in the first study and 99 subjects (44 males and 55 females) in the second study. Principal components analysis with rotation to the varimax criterion was carried out on the 6 by 6 interscale correlation matrices. Comp…
Further Observations on the Incremental Stimulus Intensity Effect and Habituation of the Human Electrodermal Response
Two studies are reported which examined the relative effectiveness of an incremental series of stimulus intensities for reducing electrodermal responsiveness to a test stimulus. In the first study, employing five pairs of male undergraduates matched on electrodermal responsiveness, habituation to a 100 db (re 20muN/m2) noise burst was compared following two training procedures. In one, stimulation began at 64 db and increased by 4 db up to 96 db …
Suicidal behaviour in the australian army
(1975). Suicidal behaviour in the australian army: Precipitating factors and correlates of attempted suicide. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 6-12
A comment on Koriat, Averill, and Malmstrom's “individual differences in habituation”
The role of disinihibition in the aetiology, maintenance, and relapse of phobias
(1973). The role of disinihibition in the aetiology, maintenance, and relapse of phobias: Implications for behaviour therapy. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 203-212
The scientist-practitioner model and its critics
The scientist-practitioner model has been a major influence in professional training in psychology in English-speaking countries since its formulation almost half a century ago. The model aims to integrate science and practice to provide a uniquely qualified professional to work in a range of health, human service, organisational, and educational settings. The model, although widely accepted, has been criticised on the grounds (a) that the philos…
Personal Stigma in Suicide Attempters
The aim of this study was to explore suicide attempters' experiences of personal stigma. This qualitative study included a focus group of 7 experienced clinicians and semi-structured interviews with 8 suicide attempters. Thematic analysis of the data yielded four main themes: seriousness, care, "badness," and avoidance. Experiences of stigma pervaded all contexts, but were most emotionally upsetting to the participants in interpersonal relationsh…
The psychology of work and unemployment in Australia today
This paper reviews recent literature on psychological aspects of work, unemployment, and underemployment in Australia at the beginning of the 21st century. It examines different notions of “work”, including paid employment and unpaid work (e.g., emotional work, volunteer work). It draws attention to the fact that, in our society, most of the important emotional work is carried out by women (caring for children, disabled relatives, and elderly dep…
Timelines for difficult times
The stories of people who attempt suicide are insufficiently reflected in suicide research in psychology. This article outlines a method using a visual timeline during the interviews to explore the narratives of suicide attempts. The method was successfully employed in two studies to collect data on the suicidal process from people with prior experience of suicide attempts. The advantages of the method in collecting comprehensive data, building r…
How do clinicians and suicide attempters understand suicide attempt impulsivity? A qualitative study
Inconsistencies in the definition of impulsive suicide attempts hamper research integration. To expand the currently limited data on how this construct is used in clinical practice, researchers interviewed eight suicide attempters to create timelines of their suicide process, then had seven experienced clinicians review these timelines. Thematic analysis of the patient and clinician data revealed three themes: "thinking out," build-up, and unclea…
Ethical issues in research on adolescent depression and suicidal behaviour
The codes of ethical conduct of the Australian Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association imply that researchers of adolescent depression and suicidal behaviour must plan to intervene to assess risk where a participant in a study indicates an intention to commit suicide. Participants in research of this kind need to be advised of this possibility in advance. The obligation to intervene, and to advise of the possibility of in…
A commentary on the observations of nixon, of sheehan, and of gillam on practices and needs in psychological training
The commentary takes up the following issues raised in the contributions by Nixon, Sheehan, and Gillam (this issue): the balance between psychological science and applied skills in the training of psychologists; the content of a core curriculum; the relative influence of psychological scientists and practitioners in Australian affairs, and the implications of this for the training of psychologists, particularly with respect to the scientist-pract…
Undergraduate education in psychology
Currently, skills training in psychology in Australian universities is restricted to the postgraduate level. The present paper argues that there is a set of skills forming part of the core of professional psychology that could be taught at the undergraduate level to provide a more balanced implementation of the scientist-practitioner model. The skills proposed involve interpersonal processes, testing and assessment, applied research and evaluatio…
The role of disinihibition in the aetiology, maintenance, and relapse of phobias
(1973). The role of disinihibition in the aetiology, maintenance, and relapse of phobias: Implications for behaviour therapy. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 203-212
A comment on Koriat, Averill, and Malmstrom's “individual differences in habituation”
Suicidal behaviour in the australian army
(1975). Suicidal behaviour in the australian army: Precipitating factors and correlates of attempted suicide. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 6-12
Further Observations on the Incremental Stimulus Intensity Effect and Habituation of the Human Electrodermal Response
Two studies are reported which examined the relative effectiveness of an incremental series of stimulus intensities for reducing electrodermal responsiveness to a test stimulus. In the first study, employing five pairs of male undergraduates matched on electrodermal responsiveness, habituation to a 100 db (re 20muN/m2) noise burst was compared following two training procedures. In one, stimulation began at 64 db and increased by 4 db up to 96 db …
Factorial Validity of the Vocational Interest Scales of the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory for Australian High School Students
The purpose of the present report was to identify the structure of the six vocational interests measured by the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory. Two independent samples of Australian high school students were used—101 males in the first study and 99 subjects (44 males and 55 females) in the second study. Principal components analysis with rotation to the varimax criterion was carried out on the 6 by 6 interscale correlation matrices. Comp…
Forgetting of word associates as a function of recall interval
A series of experiments is reported which sought to replicate the observations of Parkin et al. (1982) that recall of self‐generated associates of emotional words is poorer than recall of associates of neutral words on immediate testing, but that the reverse is true when testing is delayed. In the first experiment independent groups of subjects were tested for recall immediately after administration of the word association test used by Parkin et …
Undergraduate education in psychology
Currently, skills training in psychology in Australian universities is restricted to the postgraduate level. The present paper argues that there is a set of skills forming part of the core of professional psychology that could be taught at the undergraduate level to provide a more balanced implementation of the scientist-practitioner model. The skills proposed involve interpersonal processes, testing and assessment, applied research and evaluatio…
A commentary on the observations of nixon, of sheehan, and of gillam on practices and needs in psychological training
The commentary takes up the following issues raised in the contributions by Nixon, Sheehan, and Gillam (this issue): the balance between psychological science and applied skills in the training of psychologists; the content of a core curriculum; the relative influence of psychological scientists and practitioners in Australian affairs, and the implications of this for the training of psychologists, particularly with respect to the scientist-pract…
Ethical issues in research on adolescent depression and suicidal behaviour
The codes of ethical conduct of the Australian Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association imply that researchers of adolescent depression and suicidal behaviour must plan to intervene to assess risk where a participant in a study indicates an intention to commit suicide. Participants in research of this kind need to be advised of this possibility in advance. The obligation to intervene, and to advise of the possibility of in…
Construct Validity of the Revised Collett-Lester Fear of Death and Dying Scale
The construct validity of the Revised Collett-Lester Fear of Death and Dying Scale was examined in three separate studies. Study 1 ( N=106) found substantial relationships between the Collett-Lester subscales and the subscales of the Multidimensional Fear of Death and Dying Scale. High test-retest reliabilities of the subscales over a six-week period were also observed. Study 2 ( N=268) examined the sensitivity of the subscales to an intervention…
The scientist-practitioner model and its critics
The scientist-practitioner model has been a major influence in professional training in psychology in English-speaking countries since its formulation almost half a century ago. The model aims to integrate science and practice to provide a uniquely qualified professional to work in a range of health, human service, organisational, and educational settings. The model, although widely accepted, has been criticised on the grounds (a) that the philos…
The psychology of work and unemployment in Australia today
This paper reviews recent literature on psychological aspects of work, unemployment, and underemployment in Australia at the beginning of the 21st century. It examines different notions of “work”, including paid employment and unpaid work (e.g., emotional work, volunteer work). It draws attention to the fact that, in our society, most of the important emotional work is carried out by women (caring for children, disabled relatives, and elderly dep…
The relationship between mentee‐mentor gender combination and the provision of distinct mentoring functions
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between specific gender combinations of mentor‐mentee and distinct mentoring functions. Design/methodology/approach Of the 500 participants, 272 were mentees and 228 were mentors from public‐ and private‐sector organisations, representing all four gender combinations of mentor‐mentee. Participants completed a 36‐item measure of mentoring functions. Findings Hierarchical regress…
World Trends in Psychological Research Output and Impact
Research output and impact are important indices of the health of individual fields of science. The present study analyzed publications and citations in psychology recorded in Web of Science for the years 1996 to 2010 for 73 countries, and the association of output with indices of national development. Authors with affiliations to institutions in the United States or Western Europe were the major contributors over the period, with output and impa…
The Australian Remote Memory Battery, 10 Years on
The article reviews research conducted with the Australian Remote Memory Test (ARMB) since its development first reported in 2001. Data from case studies and experimental investigations that have used the ARMB are summarised, and the use made of these data in reviews of the literature is noted. The ARMB has been found sensitive to disease processes such as herpes simplex, stroke, and epilepsy and lesion effects such as temporal lobectomy. The pat…
Suicide around Anniversary Times
The anniversary of the loss of a loved one is known to induce negative emotions, which for some can be significant. The present study examined the incidence of suicide around the time of such anniversaries using data from the Queensland Suicide Register for the years 1998 to 2008. There were statistically significant increases in suicide events immediately after the loss of a loved one and around the anniversary of the loss. Limitations of the st…
How do clinicians and suicide attempters understand suicide attempt impulsivity? A qualitative study
Inconsistencies in the definition of impulsive suicide attempts hamper research integration. To expand the currently limited data on how this construct is used in clinical practice, researchers interviewed eight suicide attempters to create timelines of their suicide process, then had seven experienced clinicians review these timelines. Thematic analysis of the patient and clinician data revealed three themes: "thinking out," build-up, and unclea…
Personal Stigma in Suicide Attempters
The aim of this study was to explore suicide attempters' experiences of personal stigma. This qualitative study included a focus group of 7 experienced clinicians and semi-structured interviews with 8 suicide attempters. Thematic analysis of the data yielded four main themes: seriousness, care, "badness," and avoidance. Experiences of stigma pervaded all contexts, but were most emotionally upsetting to the participants in interpersonal relationsh…
Timelines for difficult times
The stories of people who attempt suicide are insufficiently reflected in suicide research in psychology. This article outlines a method using a visual timeline during the interviews to explore the narratives of suicide attempts. The method was successfully employed in two studies to collect data on the suicidal process from people with prior experience of suicide attempts. The advantages of the method in collecting comprehensive data, building r…
The Role of Impulsivity and Self-Control in Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt
Two studies are reported examining the relation of self-control, as measured by self-report inventories, to indices of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. In the first study ( n = 113), self-control related significantly ( p r = -0.37 and r = -0.26), and, in a hierarchical regression analysis, added significantly to the variance in the suicidal ideation index accounted for by a measure of impulsivity. The second study ( n = 223) replicated th…
The Personal Suicide Stigma Questionnaire (PSSQ)
Two studies are reported that extend the evidence base for use of the Personal Stigma of Suicide Questionnaire (PSSQ). In the first study (N = 117), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the WHO-5 measure of well-being, as well as measures of suicidality were examined in relation to the PSSQ. A self-selected sub-sample (N = 30) completed the PSSQ after an interval of two months. In line with the stigma internalization model, when demographic variables…
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Poison control (7 works) · Suicide prevention (7 works) · Medical emergency (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)