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DR SOPHIE HAVIGHURST



Contact Details

Organization: Behavioural Science, Psychiatry
Position: Honorary (Fellow), SENIOR LECTURER
Email:
Work: 03 9496-4118
Fax: 03 9499-9120
Building: No Building
Campus: Repatriation Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Prevention of emotional and behavioural problems in children using emotion-focussed (emotion coaching) parenting interventions. Prevention, Early Intervention, Parenting, Behaviour Problems, Emotional Competence, Emotion Coaching, Emotional Intelligence Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (honours) University of Canterbury 31-Dec-1994
Diploma in Clinical Psychology University of Canterbury 31-Dec-1997
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2003

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member The Australian Psychological Society Full Member 01-Oct-1999 30-Jun-2007

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
BUILDING PRESCHOOLER'S EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE: EVALUATING AN EARLY INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS Chief Investigator AUST ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND Mental Illness Research Grant 01/01/2006
BUILDING PRESCHOOLER'S EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE: EVALUATING AN EARLY INTERVENTION FOR PREVENTING BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS Chief Investigator FINANCIAL MARKETS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN Research Grant 01/07/2006
BUILDING PRESCHOOLERS' EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE: EVALUATING AN EARLY INTERVENTION FOR PREVENTING BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS William Buckland Foundation 15/09/2006
SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH CONFERENCE - "TUNING IN TO KIDS" Chief Investigator THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION Travel and Conference Grants 01/01/2007
TUNING IN TO KIDS: EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT PARENTING PROGRAM Chief Investigator HELEN MACPHERSON SMITH TRUST Research Grants 04/07/2007
TUNING IN TO KIDS A COMMUNITY TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS TRIAL OF AN EARLY INTERVENTION PARENTING PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN Chief Investigator FINANCIAL MARKETS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN Research Grant 08/05/2008
Preventing conduct disorders: The Austin CASEA evaluation of an early intervention service for children with behaviour problems Chief Investigator AUST ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND Mental Health Research Grants 01/01/2009
BUILDING EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE: AN INTERVENTION FOR PRESCHOOLER'S WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS - MELBOURNE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER 2006 Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2006

Creative Works

  • When Lester Lost His Cool
    Year: 2006
    Book/Anthology/Journal/Catalogue Title: When Lester Lost His Cool
    Edition: 1
    ISBN: 0-9775518-0-6
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors/Performers:

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Building preschool children's emotional competence: a parenting program
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Early Education and Development
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 421-447
    Publisher: Wide Range
    Author(s):
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Improving children's emotional competence: parenting interventions
    Year: 2003
    Book: Social and emotional prevention and intervention programming for preschoolers
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(New York)
    Authors(s):
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