DR. HELEN WINEFIELD

 

Associate Professor,

School of Psychology and Discipline of Psychiatry (joint appointment),

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide.

 

How to contact:

School of Psychology (Room 506, Hughes Building, North Terrace Campus),

University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005.

phone (08) 8303-3172; fax: (08) 8303- 3770

 

Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine (room 4-50, Eleanor Harrald Building); phone (08) 8222-5141.

 

e-mail: helen.winefield@adelaide.edu.au

 

Qualifications

B.A. Hons., Ph.D.

Registered Psychologist (South Australian Psychological Board)

Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society;

Member of the APS Colleges of Clinical, Health, and Organisational Psychologists

 

So IÕm basically a health psychologist who believes that mental health/psychological wellbeing is an integral part of ÒhealthÓ, and who also believes that work is such an important part of our lives that we need to examine how it may influence our health.

 

Current teaching and service:

Master of Psychology (Clinical) and Combined Masters in Clinical Psychology/PhD: course co-ordinator for Health Psychology

Postgraduate Coordinator, Discipline of Psychiatry

Supervision of research theses in Honours Psychology and postgraduate (Masters and Doctoral) levels: mainly topics in clinical, health and organisational psychology (see below)

Undergraduate lectures in Stress and in Health Psychology

Professional Development for Psychologists and General Practitioners

Director, Health, Disability and Lifespan Development research unit **

Preventive Health Care Research Cluster**, Management Committee

Cancer Research Advisory Committee, Cancer Council of South Australia.

 


Current research interests and recent sample publications:

 

  1. Successful ageing and the potential roles of both pets and internet access, in contributing to physical and emotional well-being in older people.

 

Black, A. & Winefield, H. The Owner-Pet Relationship scale: Reliability and validity of a measure of attachment to companion animals in an older population. (in preparation: ms available in January 2007).

Chur-Hansen, A. & Winefield, H.R. (2005) The relationships between pet ownership and physical and psychological health: Unanswered questions. Australian Psychological Society conference, Melbourne, September.

Denson, L. A, & Winefield, H. R. (2005). Values and long-term-care decision-making for elderly people with dementia. College of Clinical Neuropsychologists conference, Melbourne, November.

Winefield, HR, Coventry, B.J. and Lambert, V. (2004). Setting up a health education website: Practical advice for health professionals. Patient Education and Counseling, 53, 175-182.

 

 

 

 

  1. Management of high prevalence psychological disorders including in general practice settings; the role of clinical psychologists in primary health care

 

Winefield, H.R., Sanders, C.M., Kettler, L.J., Freney, R.  (2006). Process and outcomes in Systemic Family Therapy: The role of the clientsÕ request. International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens July 2006.

Davies, M., Winefield, H.R., Johnston, B. (2005) The Development and validation of a cognitive-behavioural measure of psychological mindedness. Australian Association for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy conference Melbourne, April.

Winefield, H.R., Turnbull, D.A. & Taplin, J.E. (2005). Frequency and course of psychological distress in patients attending an integrated primary care service. Clinical Psychologist, 9, 2-9.

Winefield HR, Turnbull, DA, Seiboth C, Taplin JE & Travers E. Early results of an integrated primary mental health care initiative in Australia. 8th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Mainz Germany, August 2004.

Winefield, H.R. (2004). Developing and evaluating training and teaching. In S. Michie and C. Abraham (Eds.) Health Psychology in Practice. London, Blackwell. Pp. 317-336.

Winefield, H.R. & Chur-Hansen, A. (2004) Integrating psychologists into primary mental health care in Australia. Families, Systems and Health, 22, 294-305.

Winefield, H., Marley, J., Taplin, J., Beilby, J., Turnbull, D., Wilson, I. & Williams, B. (2003). Primary Health Care Responses To Onsite Psychologist Support Australian eJournal for the Advancement of Mental Health, vol2iss1

Simmons, T.A. and Winefield, H.R. (2002) Predictors of patient enablement: the role of doctors' helpgiving style, patient and visit characteristics. Australian Journal of Primary Health , 8, 39-46.

Winefield, H.R. & Chur-Hansen, A. (2000). Evaluating the outcome of communication skill teaching for entry-level medical students: Does knowledge of empathy increase? Medical Education , 34, 90-94.

Winefield, H.R. (1996) Counselling work in normal general practice: An analysis of Australian consultations. Journal of Health Psychology, 1, 223-234.

Winefield, H.R., Murrell, T.G.C., Clifford, J. V. & Farmer, E. (1996) The search for reliable and valid measures of patient-centredness. Psychology and Health, 11, 811-824.

 

 

 

  1. Work stress especially for health professionals: its effects on their psychological well-being and their work performance, and its management/prevention.

 

Pisaniello, S., Winefield, H.  & Delfabbro, P. (2006). The effect of emotion on the health of public and private metropolitan hospital nurses: An exploratory study. 28th International Congress on Occupational Health, Milan, June 2006.

Mujumdar, S. & Winefield, H. (2006). Work-family balance in Indian-born women in Australia. 27th International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR), Crete, July 2006.

Winefield, H. (2003) Work stress and its effects in general practitioners. In Dollard, M., Winefield, A.H. and Winefield, H.R. (Eds) Occupational stress in the service professions. London: Taylor & Francis (pp. 187-207)

Winefield HR & Veale BW (2002). Work stress and quality of work performance in Australian General Practitioners. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 8, 59-65.

Dollard, M., Winefield, H.R. & Winefield, A.H. (2001). Occupational strain and efficacy in human service workers: When the rescuer becomes the victim. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic.

Dollard, M.F., Winefield, H.R. and Winefield, A.H. (1999). Predicting work stress compensation claims and return to work in welfare workers. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 4, 279-287.

Winefield, H., Farmer, E. & Denson, L. (1998). Work stress management for women general practitioners: An evaluation. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 3, 163-170.

Winefield, H.R. (1997) Sources and prevention of occupational stress in medical professionals. Australian Journal of Social Research, 3, 95-108.

 

 

 

  1. Coping with chronic illness, and the psychosocial supports needed by both the sufferers and their family caregivers.

 

Gooden, R.J & Winefield, H.R.  (In Press). Breast and prostate cancer online discussion boards: A thematic analysis of gender differences and similarities. Journal of Health Psychology

Winefield, H.R. (2006) Support provision and emotional work in an internet support group for cancer patients. Patient Education and Counseling, 62, 193-7.

Winefield, HR, Coventry, B.J. and Lambert, V. (2004). Setting up a health education website: Practical advice for health professionals. Patient Education and Counseling, 53, 175-182.

Winefield, H.R., Coventry, B.J., Lewis, M.A. & Harvey, E.J. (2003) Attitudes of breast cancer patients to support groups. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 21, 39-54

Winefield H.R., Coventry B.J., Pradhan M., Harvey, E. and Lambert, V. (2003). A comparison of women with breast cancer who do and do not seek support from the internet. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, 30-34.

Kettler, L.J., Sawyer, S.M., Winefield, H.R. and Greville, H.W. (2002). Determinants of adult adherence to treatment in cystic fibrosis. Thorax, 57, 459-464.

Winefield, H. R. (2000). Stress reduction for family caregivers in chronic mental illness: Implications of a work stress management perspective. International Journal of Stress Management, 7, 193-207.

Winefield, H.R., Barlow, J.A. & Harvey, E.J. (1998). Responses to discussion groups for family caregivers in schizophrenia: Who benefits from what? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 7, 103-110.

Winefield, H.R. & Burnett, P.L. (1996). Barriers to an alliance between family and professional caregivers in chronic schizophrenia. Journal of Mental Health, 5, 223-232.

 

 

Note: My social support measure the Multi-Dimensional Support Scale (MDSS) is available for use by other researchers with the proviso that they send me a summary of their results relevant to its reliability (e.g. alpha coefficient) and validity (e.g. correlations with measures of psychological distress and well-being). Details of its form and scoring are available from the link above.