Dr Nicky Jacobs

Job title:	Lecturer
Qualifications:	PhD, MPsych (Counselling), Grad Dip Child & Adol Psych, Grad Dip Special Education, BEd, DipT, MAPS
Location:	Clayton, building 5, room 105
Phone:	+61 3 990 51648
Email:	Nicky.Jacobs@Education.monash.edu.au Nicky.Jacobs@Education.monash.edu.au
Fax:	N/A

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Teaching commitment

• EDF6540
  
• EDF6541
  

Research Interests

GROUP PROJECT:

Factors that impact on Childhood aggression including self-control; attitudes; self- esteem; self efficacy; and social skills etc.

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS:

Attitudes and expectations

Motivation, Locus of Control

Academic achievement

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Criitical Incident Management (debriefing, PTSD etc)

Mediation and Counselling

Professional Associations

• Registered Psychologist with the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria
• Registered Supervisor with the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria
• Member of the APS College of Counselling Psychologists
• Member of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists

Supervision

EXAMPLES OF THESIS TOPICS OF COMPLETED MASTERS IN PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS:

The relationship between student school satisfaction, parental school involvement and perceived academic performance.

The impact of stage of change on anorexic symptomology.

Factors Promoting Resilience in Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.

The Effect of a New Mediation and Therapy Model on Psychological Wellbeing Reports of High Conflict Couples.

Aggressive Behaviour in Children: Exploring the Moderating Role of Self-Control on the Relationship Between Aggression and Pro-Social Values.

The influence of coping styles and support on the psychological adjustment of the hidden migrant to Australia.

A Group Intervention for Child Witnesses of Intense Parental Conflict: An Australian Pilot Study of the Kids Club Program.

Investigating Readiness to Change and Treatment Effectiveness in Reducing Bulimic Symptomology.

Ethnic Identity, Acculturative Stress and Coping Behaviours Among Seikh Adolescents.

Publications

Jacobs, N. & Harvey, D. (in press). The extent to which teacher attitudes and expectations predict academic achievement of final year students. Educational Studies.

Jacobs, N & Jaffe, R. (in press). Investigating the efficacy of CoMeT, a new mediation model for high conflict separating parents. American Journal of Family Therapy.

Jacobs, N. & Harvey, D. (2005). Do parents make a difference to children's academic achievement? Differences between parents of higher and lower achieving students. Educational Studies, 31, 4, 431-448.

Sharpley, C. F. & Jacobs, N. (1998). An investigation of the generalisability of Atchley's model of psychological adjustment to retirement with Australian males and females. Journal of Applied Social Behaviour, 4(1), 28-36

Sharpley, C. F. & Jacobs, N. (1998). Results of a survey of adjustment to retirement. Published report in the Monash University Centre for Stress Management and Research

Jacobs, N (2007). Resilience factors that enhance school success: The Impact of expectations and attitudes on high academic achievement. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Division of Educational and Child Psychology Annual Conference 2007 on Psychological Well-being, Resilience and Mental Health.

Jacobs, N. (2004). What makes some schools academically superior? Factors that distinguish high achieving schools educationally. Paper presented at the 4th Biennial Australian Jewish Educators Conference, Melbourne, Australia.