The Abstracts of the 39th Conference of The Australian Psychological Society

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We are pleased to present the abstracts from the 39th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society. This year's abstracts provide information about individual presentations, symposia, professional forums, workshops and posters, so as to promote the widest possible range of content for practitioners, educators and researchers in accordance with the conference theme — Psychological Science in Action. All submissions were subject to blind peer review. The abstracts are listed in alphabetical order of the first author's family name. This year's keynote and invited speakers come from Britain, the USA and Australia. Professor Martin Conway from the University of Durham is internationally recognised for his research on autobiographical memory and its role in determining our sense of self. Professor Sue Gathercole, also from the University of Durham, is a cognitive psychologist who studies the basic properties of working memory as well as applications to education and training. Professor Michelle Craske is an eminent clinical researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has carried out extensive research on anxiety disorders and their treatment in both adults and children. Professor Christina Lee has joint appointments in the Schools of Psychology and of Population Health at the University of Queensland, and her research interests focus on the interactions between public health and psychology. Professor Joseph Forgas, University of New South Wales, this year's APS Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award winner, has an international reputation in social psychology, in particular the role of mood in social cognition. There are also invited addresses from Professor Paul Martin, President of APS, and Professor Judith Black, Chair of the Research Committee of NHMRC. APS research award winners and Pearson and APS early career teaching award winners are also represented. In addition to helping you choose which sessions to attend during the conference, we are confident that this set of abstracts will be a valuable reference source in the future, providing a snapshot of current research and practice in Australian psychology. The APS National Conference showcases the vibrant mix of themes and activities that make up contemporary psychology in Australia.