Associate Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck

Associate Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck

BA (Mathematics), PhD

Associate Professor, School of Psychology

Contact details for A/Prof Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck

Research expertise

  • Published over 60 monographs / books, research articles and edited books
  • Directs the Family Interaction Research Program, which has intervention programs that build family supports for children aged 1 to 7
  • Research on parent-infant attachment, stress and other important family issues
  • Adolescent development as associated with couple (dating), peer and family relationships
  • Adolescent sexual behaviour and sexuality
  • The development of emotional, cognitive and behavioural regulation (e.g. emotional regulation, stress and coping)
  • The development, evaluation and dissemination of innovative programs for children, adolescent and families
  • Parenting
  • Attachment, emotion regulation, coping and stress reactivity
  • Interpersonal rejection and sensitivity to rejection

Current teaching areas

  • A/Prof Zimmer-Gembeck teaches in the areas of developmental psychology and research methods/statistics
  • She has convened Life-span Developmental Psychology, Adolescent Development, Research Workshop, Applied Social Psychology and Contemporary Issues in Life-span Development
  • Contributes to first year introductory courses.

Publications

  • Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J, and Helfand, M. (2007). Ten years of longitudinal research on U.S. adolescent sexual behavior: The evidence for multiple pathways to sexual intercourse, and the importance of age, gender and ethnic background, Developmental Review.
  • Thomas, R., and Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). Behavioral outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Triple P - Positive Parenting Program: A review and meta-analysis, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 475-495.
  • Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Hunter, T. A., and Pronk, R. (2007). A model of behaviors, peer relations and depression: Perceived social acceptance as a mediator and the divergence of perceptions, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 273-283.
  • Siebenbruner, J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., and Egeland, B. (2007). Sexual partners and contraceptive use: A 16-year prospective study predicting abstinence and risk behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 179-206.
  • Skinner, E. A., and Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). The development of coping, Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 119-144.

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