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Adjunct Professor
Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Biography
Completed PhD Supervision- Relationship dynamics across time in refugee couples from Iran. Sara Parsafer (2020)
- Foster care and adoption – Carer’s perspectives. Leith Harding (2020)
- Parenting a child with an intellectual disability: Rewards and challenges. Stephen Young (2018)
- Longitudinal examination of adjustment in refugees from Burma. Ashley Heiner (2015)
- Plus 14 others
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Keywords
posttraumatic growth, coping, resilience, stress, trauma, emergency services
Research field
Other psychology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress (ASTSS) - Immediate Past President
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
- American Psychological Association (APA) – Internationale Affiliate - Trauma division (56)
- Editorial Board - Traumatology: The International Journal
- Editorial Board - Journal of Loss and Trauma
Teaching
- Introduction to the psychology of trauma
- Indigenous methods
Publications
- Shakespeare-Finch, J. & Beck, J. (2014). A meta-analytic clarification of the relationship between posttraumatic growth and symptoms of posttraumatic distress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28(2), 223–229. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63943
- Shakespeare-Finch, J. & Barrington, A. (2012). Behavioural changes add validity to the construct of posttraumatic growth. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25(4), 433–439. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52893
- Shakespeare-Finch, J. & Obst, P. (2011). The development of the 2-way social support scale: A measure of giving and receiving emotional and instrumental support. Journal of Personality Assessment, 93(5), 483–490. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52181
- Shakespeare-Finch, J. & Morris, B. (2010). Posttraumatic growth in Australian populations. In T. Weiss & R. Berger (Eds.), Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice : Lessons Learned from Around the Globe (pp. 157–172). John Wiley & Sons. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/31656
- Shakespeare-Finch, J. & Copping, A. (2006). A grounded theory approach to understanding cultural differences in posttraumatic growth. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 11(5), 355–371. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/6427
- Morris, B., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Rieck, M. & Newbery, J. (2005). Multidimensional Nature of Posttraumatic Growth in an Australian Population. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18(5), 575–585. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/6861
- Terracciano, A., Abdel-Khalek, A., A da m, N., Shakespeare-Finch, J. & other, a. (2005). National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures. Science, 310(5745), 96–100. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7714
- McCrae, R., Terracciano, A. & Shakespeare-Finch, J. (2005). Personality profiles of cultures: Aggregate personality traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(3), 407–425. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7021
- McCrae, R., Terracciano, A. & Shakespeare-Finch, J. (2005). Universal Features Of Personality Traits From The Observer's Perspective: Data From 50 Cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88(3), 547–561. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8461
- Shakespeare-Finch, J., Smith, S. & Obst, P. (2002). Trauma, Coping Resources, and Family Functioning in Emergency Services Personnel: A Comparative Study. Work & Stress, 16(3), 275–282. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/6991
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Awards
- Type
- Editorial Role
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Editorial board for The International Journal Traumatology and The Journal of Loss and Trauma
- Type
- Membership of Committee or Reference Group
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Queensland Ambulance Service| Chair of the QAS Employee Assistance Program Review Committee
- Type
- International Collaborations
- Reference year
- 2003
- Details
- I was also the only Australian contributor to an international collaborative research project in (2003) examining the universality of the Five Factor Model of personality across 50 cultures. The collaboration was headed by Prof. Robert R. McCrae (NIH, USA). It resulted in 3 publications one of which was in Science. I have just completed data for a second collaboration examining personality and age with 35 countries form this original group.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Promoting Resilience In Employees Working In High-Stress Occupations.
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0883444
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Occupational Stress; Mental Health Promotion; Resilience
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Understanding the Lived Experience of Social Workers from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Working with Traumatised Clients: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Michelle Newcomb, Adjunct Professor Renata Meuter
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Longitudinal Biopsychosocial Markers of Posttraumatic Outcomes in a Population of Emergency Responders (2026)
- Understanding the Lived Experiences of Individuals Unintentionally Responsible for Road Trauma: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2026)
- "I Feel Your Pain": Exploring the Embodied Impacts of Complex Trauma Therapy on the Life of the Therapist (2025)
- A Retrospective Evaluation of the Outcomes of State-Wide Disaster Mental Health Programs Established and Delivered Following the Cyclones and Floods of 2010-2011 (2025)
- An Investigation of How Leadership Factors Impact the Mental Health of Emergency Service Workers (2025)
- Enhancing posttraumatic growth using neurofeedback (2024)
- Lived experiences of music therapy: Journeying with practitioners and adolescents in the context of stress and trauma (2024)
- The forgotten frontline service: A mixed method exploration of correctional officer wellbeing (2024)
- How do adults experience a wellbeing-through-writing program? (2023)
- Perspectives of life experiences held by parents of young adults with intellectual disability who share the family home: Enduring strength from a labour of love (2023)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.