Flinders University
Dr Paul Williamson
Dr
Paul
Williamson
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/paul.williamson
| Position/s: | Academic Staff School of Psychology |
| Phone: | +61 8 82013644 |
| Email: | paul.williamson@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Social Sciences North (371) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. App. Stat., Ph.D. (Flinders)
Research and consultancy
Research interests
My main research interest is in how individuals make uncertainty and confidence judgments. Projects include judgments of confidence by eyewitnesses who guess and confidence effects on memory conformity among multiple eyewitnesses following discussion. In addition, I have an interest in mood and emotions (including emotional intelligence) and uncertainty orientation in decision-processes.
Postgraduate research supervision
Alyssa Sawyer
Project title: Investigating strategies of emotion recognition in individuals with autism
Potential PhD Projects:
(1) grain-size reports in memory conformity involving memory blends
(2) the effects of delays in recall and/or exposure to misleading post-event information on misinformation reports
(3) the role of metacognitive monitoring of emotion recognition ability in social skills in those with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Freeman, T.A., Roche, A.M., Williamson, P.J., & Pidd, K.J., 2012. What factors need to be addressed to support dental hygienists to assist their patients to quit smoking?. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Sawyer, A., Williamson, P.J., & Young, R.L., 2012. Can gaze avoidance explain why individuals with Asperger's Syndrome can't recognise emotions from facial expressions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (606).
Freeman, T.A., Roche, A.M., Williamson, P.J., & Pidd, K.J., 2011. Hazardous alcohol use interventions with emergency patients: Self-reported practices of nurses, and predictors of behaviour. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23(4), 479-489.
Ellis, A.A., Nixon, R.D., & Williamson, P.J., 2009. The effects of social support and negative appraisals on acute stress symptoms and depression in children and adolescents. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48(4), 347-361.
Tlauka, M., Williams, J.A., & Williamson, P.J., 2008. Spatial ability in secondary school students: intra-sex differences based on self-selection for physical education. British Journal of Psychology, 99(3), 427-440.
Clifford, S., Young, R.L., & Williamson, P.J., 2007. Assessing the early characteristics of autistic disorder using video analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(2), 301-313.
Young, R.L., Williamson, P.J., Brewer, N., Ettridge, K., & Goren, T., 2006. La Deteccion Precoz de las Caracteristicas Autistas Preverbales. Psicologia Iberoamericana, 14(1), 11-20.
Howells, K., Day, A., Williamson, P.J., Bubner, S., Jauncey, S., Parker, A., & Heseltine, K., 2005. Brief anger management programs with offenders: outcomes and predictors of change. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 16(2), 296-311.
Gardiner, M.L., Lovell, G.A., & Williamson, P.J., 2004. Physician you can heal yourself! Cognitive behavioural training reduces stress in GPs. Family Practice, 21(5), 545-551.
Williamson, P.J., Day, A., Howells, K., Bubner, S., & Jauncey, S., 2003. Assessing offender readiness to change problems with anger. Psychology Crime and Law, 9(4), 295-307.
Refereed journal articles
Sawyer, A., Williamson, P.J., & Young, R.L., 2012. Can gaze avoidance explain why individuals with Asperger's Syndrome can't recognise emotions from facial expressions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (606).
Freeman, T.A., Roche, A.M., Williamson, P.J., & Pidd, K.J., 2012. What factors need to be addressed to support dental hygienists to assist their patients to quit smoking?. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Freeman, T.A., Roche, A.M., Williamson, P.J., & Pidd, K.J., 2011. Hazardous alcohol use interventions with emergency patients: Self-reported practices of nurses, and predictors of behaviour. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 23(4), 479-489.
Ellis, A.A., Nixon, R.D., & Williamson, P.J., 2009. The effects of social support and negative appraisals on acute stress symptoms and depression in children and adolescents. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48(4), 347-361.
Tlauka, M., Williams, J.A., & Williamson, P.J., 2008. Spatial ability in secondary school students: intra-sex differences based on self-selection for physical education. British Journal of Psychology, 99(3), 427-440.
Clifford, S., Young, R.L., & Williamson, P.J., 2007. Assessing the early characteristics of autistic disorder using video analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(2), 301-313.
Young, R.L., Williamson, P.J., Brewer, N., Ettridge, K., & Goren, T., 2006. La Deteccion Precoz de las Caracteristicas Autistas Preverbales. Psicologia Iberoamericana, 14(1), 11-20.
Howells, K., Day, A., Williamson, P.J., Bubner, S., Jauncey, S., Parker, A., & Heseltine, K., 2005. Brief anger management programs with offenders: outcomes and predictors of change. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 16(2), 296-311.
Gardiner, M.L., Lovell, G.A., & Williamson, P.J., 2004. Physician you can heal yourself! Cognitive behavioural training reduces stress in GPs. Family Practice, 21(5), 545-551.
Williamson, P.J., Day, A., Howells, K., Bubner, S., & Jauncey, S., 2003. Assessing offender readiness to change problems with anger. Psychology Crime and Law, 9(4), 295-307.
Shute, R.H., De Blasio, T., & Williamson, P.J., 2002. Social support satisfaction of Australian children. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 26(4), 318-326.
Tuckey, M.R., Brewer, N., & Williamson, P.J., 2002. The influence of motives and goal orientation on feedback seeking. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 75(2), 195-216.
Book chapters
Ellis, A.A., Nixon, R.D., & Williamson, P.J., 2007. Cognitive and social support factors in the development of acute trauma response in children. In Innovations and Advances in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Bowen Hills, QLD: Australian Academic Press, pp. 247-256.
Refereed conference papers
Freeman, T.A., Roche, A.M., Williamson, P.J., & Pidd, K.J., 2007. Can the Theory of Planned Behaviour Improve Our Understanding of the Influence of Organisational Factors on Workers' Behaviour?. Conference Proceedings: 7th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP) / 1st Asia Pacific Congress on Work and Organisational Psychology (APCWOP), 81-85.
Young, R.L., Williamson, P.J., Brewer, N., & Partington, C.A., 2006. The early detection of pre-verbal autistic characteristics using autism detection in early childhood (ADEC). Autism Safari: 2nd World Autism Congress & Exhibition: Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Conference publications
Heinrich, S., Marshall, P.B., Williamson, P.J., & Fabel, H., 2012. Cognitive and developmental outcomes of very preterm and very low birth weight children at school age. Combined 17th Congress of the Federation of Asian and Oceania Perinatal Societies and the 16th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia.
Sawyer, A., Williamson, P.J., & Young, R.L., 2011. Meta-cognitive processes in emotion recognition. Are they different for adults with Asperger's Syndrome?. Asia Pacific Autism Conference, Perth, Australia.
Sawyer, A., Williamson, P.J., Young, R.L., & Sawyer, M.G., 2010. Can gaze avoidance explain why young people with Asperger's Syndrome have difficulty recognising emotions from faces?. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Williamson, P.J. & Young, R.L., 2010. An evaluation of the Early Intervention Research Program (EIRP) for children with autistic disorder at Flinders University, South Australia. 15th International Conference of the Association of Psychology & Psychiatry for Adults and Children.
Young, R.L., Williamson, P.J., & Brewer, N., 2010. Detecting autism in children under three years. 3rd Congress of the Asean Regional Union of Psychological Societies.
Young, R.L., Williamson, P.J., Brewer, N., & Bradshaw, G.E., 2009. When does typical development become atypical?. Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2009.
Young, R.L., Williamson, P.J., Brewer, N., & Bradshaw, G.E., 2009. Early detection of autism in pre-verbal children. 8th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research.
Williamson, P.J., Dinning, K.J., Chadunow, C., Gabbert, F., & Hope, L., 2009. Confidence and response order effects on eyewitness conformity. 8th biennial meeting of the society for applied research in memory and cognition program.
Sawyer, A., Young, R.L., & Williamson, P.J., 2009. Understanding the eyes : face processing and emotion recognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Asian Pacific Autism Conference.
Kasauskas, J.T., Young, R.L., & Williamson, P.J., 2009. The link between autistic behaviours and feeding and eating problems. Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2009.
Ellis, A.A., Nixon, R.D., & Williamson, P.J., 2008. Cognitive and social support factors in PTSD and depression in children and adolescents following single-incident trauma. AACBT National Conference.
Young, R.L., Williamson, P.J., & Hedley, D., 2007. Autism Detection in Early Childhood. Autism 2007 - Third AWARES International Online Autism Conference.
Williamson, P.J. & Weber, N., 2007. Exploring confidence judgments when guessing. The 7th Biannual Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Weber, N., Williamson, P.J., & Woodard, L., 2007. The confidence-accuracy relationship in face recognition: Inclusion and elimination strategies. EPC 2007: Program and Abstracts of the 34th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, 59(Suppl. 1), 65-65.
Weber, N., Williamson, P.J., & Woodard, L., 2007. Inclusion and elimination strategies and the confidence-accuracy relationship in face recognition. SARMAC VII: The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Freeman, T.A., Roche, A.M., Williamson, P.J., & Pidd, K.J., 2007. Can the theory of planned behaviour improve our understanding of the influence of organisational factors on workers' behaviour?. Journal of Australian Psychology: Combined Abstracts of 2007 Australian Psychology Conferences, 59(Supp 1), 94-94.
Williamson, P.J., Gabbert, F., Memon, A., & Robertson, T., 2006. Confidence and expertise as influences on eyewitness conformity. 4th International Conference on Memory.
Weber, N., Hogan, A.G., & Williamson, P.J., 2006. The confidence-accuracy relationship for positive and negative decisions. 4th International Conference on Memory.
Tlauka, M., Williams, J., & Williamson, P.J., 2006. Inter- and intra-gender differences in spatial ability. 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.
Ellis, A.A., Nixon, R.D., & Williamson, P.J., 2006. Cognitive factors in the development and maintenance of PTSD in children. Joint Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.
Ellis, A.A., Nixon, R.D., & Williamson, P.J., 2006. Cognitive and family factors in the etiology and maintenance of PTSD in children following single incident trauma. 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Ellis, A.A., Nixon, R.D., & Williamson, P.J., 2006. Cognitive factors in the development and maintenance of PTSD in children. 29th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.
Williamson, P.J. & Mattiske, J.K., 2003. Cognitive appraisals as mediators of the self-efficacy relationship with anxiety and achievement. 32nd annual meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists in Australian Journal of Psychology, 55(Supp. 2003), 69-69.
Williamson, P.J., Peay, E.R., & Mattiske, J.K., 2001. Does Confidence in Statistics Make a Difference? The Differential Role of Self-Efficiancy in Predicting Anxiety and Acheivement in Behavioural Statistics. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53.
