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Teaching commitmentResearch InterestsGroup 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
PublicationsJacobs, 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 Atchleys 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. (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.
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.
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