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JAMES CONIGRAVE
Researcher — Motivation, substance use and public health
I am a Research Fellow (4.9 years since conferral). I am interested in understanding the motivational underpinnings of risk taking behaviour. I am passionate about reproducible research, and enjoy writing software packages to help researchers clearly and efficiently communicate their findings.
Research Experience
Research Fellow
La Trobe University
Melbourne, VIC
Present - 2024
Academic Lead, Academic Workforce (Secondment)
Office of the Provost, Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, NSW
2024 - 2023
Research Fellow
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, NSW
2024 - 2023
Research Fellow
Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Health + Alcohol,
The University of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW
2022 - 2018
Research Assistant
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education,
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, NSW
2017 - 2015
Professional Experience
Health Promotion Officer
Sydney North Shore and Beaches Medicare Local
North Sydney, NSW
2014
Mental Health Coordinator
Sydney North Shore and Beaches Medicare Local
Frenchs Forest, NSW
2014 - 2013
Education
PhD, Psychology
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education,
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, NSW
2019 - 2015
Masters of Public Health
The University of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW
2012 - 2011
BA Psychology & B Health
Macquarie University
Macquarie, NSW
2010 - 2007
Supervision
Teagan Weatherall
PhD Student
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Present - 2019
— Auxillary Supervisor
Committee membership
Australasian Professional Society of Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD)
Early-Mid Career Researchers Subcommittee
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2022 - 2019
— Elected Chair in 2020
R packages
JH Conigrave (2019). corx: Create and Format Correlation Matrices. CRAN. https://conigrave.com/corx
— 26,493 downloads
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2019
JH Conigrave (2017). Conigrave: Flexible Tools for Multiple Imputation. CRAN. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Conigrave
— 37,955 downloads
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2017
Publications
EL Bradshaw, J Duineveld, JH Conigrave, BA Steward, K Ferber, M Joussemet, PD Parker, RM Ryan (2024). Disentangling autonomy-supportive and psychologically controlling parenting: A meta-analysis of self-determination theory’s dual process model across cultures. . https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/maf3e
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2024
T Sanders, M Noetel, P Parker, BDP Cruz, S Biddle, R Ronto, R Hulteen, R Parker, G Thomas, KD Cocker, J Salmon, K Hesketh, N Weeks, H Arnott, E Devine, R Vasconcellos, R Pagano, J Sherson, JH Conigrave, C Lonsdale (2024). An umbrella review of the benefits and risks associated with youths’ interactions with electronic screens. Nature Human Behaviour, 8 (1), 82-99. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01712-8
— 2 citations, 358 tweets, 52 mainstream media outlets
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2024
C Adams, N Perry, JH Conigrave, T Hurzeler, J Stevens, KPY Dunbar, A Sweeney, K Lee, G Sutherland, P Haber, KC Morley (2023). Central markers of neuroinflammation in alcohol use disorder: A meta‐analysis of neuroimaging, cerebral spinal fluid, and postmortem studies. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47 (2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14992
— 3 citations, 10 tweets
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2023
MS Chambers, A Shakeshaft, L Mills, A Clifford-Motopi, JH Conigrave, D James, AD Tran (2023). Trajectories of psychological distress of men treated at Aboriginal residential rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug misuse. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01217-5
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2023
JH Conigrave, EK Devine, KSK Lee, T Dobbins, J Vnuk, N Hayman, K Conigrave (2023). Unintended consequences: Alcohol screening at urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services was suppressed during COVID‐19 lockdowns. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (7), 1633-1638. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13761
— 7 tweets
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2023
C-Ét Lavoie, EL Bradshaw, RM Ryan, JH Conigrave (2023). Linking alcohol consumption and dependence to the extent that drinking satisfies basic psychological needs. OSF. https://doi.org/
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2023
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, S Wilson, J Perry, N Hayman, T Chikritzhs, R Room, TJ Weatherall, C Zheng, KM Conigrave (2023). Deeper understandings of patterns of drinking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: Informing policy and practice. Health promotion journal of Australia, 34 (4), 883. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.696
— 5 tweets
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2023
KSK Lee, S Wilson, AE Stearne, N Hayman, JH Conigrave, M Doyle, L Bullen, TJ Weatherall, D James, T Reynolds, J Perry, KM Conigrave, Members, Investigators, IAGasotCoREiIHa Alcohol (2023). Walking side‐by‐side: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to lead the way in alcohol research. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (2), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13523
— 2 citations, 14 tweets
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2023
KSK Lee, S Wilson, J Perry, JH Conigrave, C Zheng, L Dale, M Dzidowska, R Ali, N Ezard, KM Conigrave (2023). Tailored brief interventions and flexible content management systems: To enable the Grog App to be adapted across language and context. DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 42, S6-S6. https://doi.org/
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2023
KSK Lee, S Wilson, R Ali, MWR Stevens, L Hides, J Ward, R Reilly, J Ramp, N Hayman, JH Conigrave, J Perry, KM Conigrave (2023). Symposium: Digital innovation in alcohol and other drug use research and practice. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, S5-S6. https://doi.org/
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2023
G Purcell‐Khodr, JH Conigrave, KSK Lee, J Vnuk, KM Conigrave (2023). Low rates of prescribing alcohol relapse prevention medicines in Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (7), 1606-1616. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13708
— 1 citation, 8 tweets
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2023
JH Conigrave, KSK Lee, PS Haber, J Vnuk, MF Doyle, KM Conigrave (2022). More than three times as many Indigenous Australian clients at risk from drinking could be supported if clinicians used AUDIT-C instead of unstructured assessments. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17 (1), 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00306-5
— 3 citations
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2022
JH Conigrave, S Wilson, KM Conigrave, T Chikritzhs, N Hayman, A Dawson, R Ali, J Perry, MS Fitts, L Degenhardt, M Doyle, S Egert, T Slade, N Ezard, M Dzidowska, KSK Lee (2022). ‘The Drug Survey App’: a protocol for developing and validating an interactive population survey tool for drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17 (1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00298-2
— 1 citation
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2022
N Hayman, JH Conigrave, M Doyle, L Bullen, TJ Weatherall, D James, T Reynolds, J Perry, KM Conigrave (2022). Walking side-by-side: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to lead the way in alcohol research. . https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13523
— 14 tweets
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2022
C Zheng, JH Conigrave, KM Conigrave, S Wilson, J Perry, TN Chikritzhs, MS Fitts, KSK Lee (2022). Patterns of drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as self‐reported on the Grog Survey App: a representative urban and remote sample. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41 (1), 114-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13333
— 14 citations, 14 tweets
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2022
JH Conigrave, EL Bradshaw, KM Conigrave, RM Ryan, S Wilson, J Perry, MF Doyle, KSK Lee (2021). Alcohol consumption and dependence is linked to the extent that people experience need satisfaction while drinking alcohol in two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00231-z
— 9 citations, 6 tweets, 1 mainstream media outlet
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2021
JH Conigrave, KH Harrison, KSK Lee, TA Dobbins, B Hummerston, N Hayman, J Perry, R Ivers, PS Haber, S Wilson, D Johnson, KM Conigrave (2021). Support can increase use of the AUDIT-C in Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: a cluster randomised trial. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15428
— 14 citations, 12 tweets
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2021
JH Conigrave, KM Conigrave, S Wilson, KSK Lee (2021). Indigenous Australian drinking risk: Comparing risk categorisations based on recall of recent drinking occasions to AUDIT‐C screening in a representative sample. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/
— 1 citation
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2021
E Dale, KSK Lee, KM Conigrave, JH Conigrave, R Ivers, K Clapham, PJ Kelly (2021). A multi-methods yarn about SMART Recovery: First insights from Australian Aboriginal facilitators and group members. Drug and alcohol review. https://doi.org/
— 14 citations
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2021
M Dzidowska, KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, TA Dobbins, B Hummerston, S Wilson, PS Haber, D Gray, KM Conigrave (2021). Support for Aboriginal health services in reducing harms from alcohol: 2-year service provision outcomes in a cluster randomized trial. Addiction (Abingdon, England). https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15712
— 8 citations, 8 tweets
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2021
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, MA Ansari, S Wilson, J Perry, C Zheng, B Freeburn, R Room, S Callinan, N Hayman, T Chikritzhs, T Slade, D Gray, KM Conigrave (2021). Acceptability and feasibility of a computer-based application to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians describe their alcohol consumption. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2019.1579144
— 25 citations
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2021
TJ Weatherall, JH Conigrave, KM Conigrave, J Perry, S Wilson, R Room, T Chikritzhs, KSK Lee (2021). Alcohol dependence in a community sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: harms, getting help and awareness of local treatments. Addiction science & clinical practice, 16, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00274-2
— 3 citations
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2021
TJ Weatherall, JH Conigrave, KM Conigrave, J Perry, S Wilson, R Room, MS Fitts, N Hayman, KSK Lee (2021). Prevalence and correlates of alcohol dependence in an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative sample: Using the Grog Survey App. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13292
— 14 citations, 13 tweets
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2021
DT Winter, B Geiger, K Morley, JH Conigrave, PS Haber, BC Riordan (2021). Are bottle shops using Twitter to increase advertising or encourage drinking during COVID‐19? Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 45 (4), 391-393. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13118
— 1 citation, 13 tweets, 1 mainstream media outlet
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2021
C Adams, JH Conigrave, J Lewohl, P Haber, KC Morley (2020). Alcohol use disorder and circulating cytokines: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 89, 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.08.002
— 60 citations, 10 tweets
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2020
JH Conigrave, KSK Lee, C Zheng, S Wilson, J Perry, T Chikritzhs, T Slade, K Morley, R Room, S Callinan, N Hayman, KM Conigrave (2020). Drinking risk varies within and between Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander samples: a meta‐analysis to identify sources of heterogeneity. Addiction, 115 (10), 1817-1830. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15015
— 27 citations, 19 tweets
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2020
M Dzidowska, KSK Lee, C Wylie, J Bailie, N Percival, JH Conigrave, N Hayman, KM Conigrave (2020). A systematic review of approaches to improve practice, detection and treatment of unhealthy alcohol use in primary health care: a role for continuous quality improvement. BMC family practice, 21, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-1101-x
— 26 citations, 4 tweets
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2020
KSK Lee, MS Fitts, JH Conigrave, C Zheng, J Perry, S Wilson, DA Chee, S Bond, K Weetra, TN Chikritzhs, T Slade, KM Conigrave (2020). Recruiting a representative sample of urban South Australian Aboriginal adults for a survey on alcohol consumption. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01067-y
— 20 citations, 2 tweets
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2020
GC Purcell-Khodr, KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, E Webster, KM Conigrave (2020). What can primary care services do to help First Nations people with unhealthy alcohol use? A systematic review: Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 15, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-020-00204-8
— 17 citations, 12 tweets
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2020
SA Rombouts, JH Conigrave, R Saitz, E Louie, P Haber, KC Morley (2020). Evidence based models of care for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in primary health care settings: a systematic review. BMC Family Practice, 21, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01288-6
— 12 citations, 2 tweets
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2020
SA Rombouts, JH Conigrave, R Saitz, E Louie, P Haber, KC Morley (2020). Evidence based models of care for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in primary health care settings: a systematic. . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01288-6
— 2 tweets
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2020
TJ Weatherall, KM Conigrave, JH Conigrave, KSK Lee (2020). What is the prevalence of current alcohol dependence and how is it measured for Indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America? A …. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 15, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-020-00205-7
— 23 citations, 14 tweets
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2020
JH Conigrave, BK Sahdra, BV Zanden, J Ciarrochi (2019). The Benefits of Believing You Can Change: Incremental Theories Weaken the Links Between Low Self-esteem and Negative Outcomes. PsyArXiv. July, 30. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/emdb9
— 2 tweets
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2019
E Dale, PJ Kelly, KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, R Ivers, K Clapham (2019). Systematic review of addiction recovery mutual support groups and Indigenous people of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States of America and Hawaii. Addictive Behaviors, 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106038
— 33 citations, 4 tweets
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2019
KH Harrison, KSK Lee, T Dobbins, S Wilson, N Hayman, R Ivers, PS Haber, JH Conigrave, D Johnson, B Hummerston, D Gray, K Conigrave (2019). Supporting Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services to deliver alcohol care: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 9 (11). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030909
— 16 citations, 1 tweet
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2019
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, S Callinan, S Wilson, R Room, J Perry, T Slade, TN Chikritzhs, N Hayman, T Weatherall, G Leggat, D Gray, KM Conigrave (2019). Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 14 (1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-019-0148-2
— 33 citations, 2 tweets
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2019
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, S Wilson, J Perry, N Hayman, C Zheng, MA Ansari, M Doyle, R Room, S Callinan, T Chikritzhs, T Slade, KM Conigrave (2019). Patterns of drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as self-reported on the Grog Survey App: a stratified sample. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 19 (1), 180. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-019-0879-8
— 13 citations, 13 tweets
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2019
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, S Wilson, J Perry, S Callinan, R Room, TN Chikritzhs, T Slade, N Hayman, G Leggat, KM Conigrave (2019). Short screening tools for risky drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: modified AUDIT-C and a new approach. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 14 (1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-019-0152-6
— 17 citations, 1 tweet
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2019
HW Marsh, BV Zanden, PD Parker, J Guo, JH Conigrave, M Seaton (2019). Young women face disadvantage to enrollment in university STEM coursework regardless of prior achievement and attitudes. American Educational Research Journal, 56 (5), 1629-1680. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218824111
— 42 citations, 2 tweets, 2 mainstream media outlets
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2019
SA Rombouts, JH Conigrave, E Louie, P Haber, KC Morley (2019). Evidence-based models of care for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in primary health care settings: protocol for systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 8 (1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1157-7
— 4 citations
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2019
BK Sahdra, PD Parker, RG Craven, R Brockman, EK Devine, JH Conigrave, DF Chang (2018). Discrimination as a frame-of-reference effect in overlapping friendship communities of ethnically diverse youth. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26 (1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000247
— 13 citations, 3 tweets
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2018
J Ciarrochi, PD Parker, BK Sahdra, TB Kashdan, N Kiuru, JH Conigrave (2017). When empathy matters: The role of sex and empathy in close friendships. Journal of Personality, 85 (4), 494-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12255
— 69 citations, 25 tweets, 24 mainstream media outlets
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2017
Commentaries on work
C Puljevic, HM Haydon, CL Snoswell (2020). Commentary on Conigrave et al. (2020): Meta-analysis of drinking patterns in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations highlights policy and research opportunities. Addiction.
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2020
Pre-prints
M Noetel, J Ciarrochi, JH Conigrave, C Lonsdale (2020). Can a Brief Mindfulness Intervention Improve Sports Performance? A Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8bk7m
— 1 citation, 9 tweets
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2020
JH Conigrave, EL Bradshaw, E Devine, J Ciarrochi, BK Sahdra (2019). The Link Between Self-esteem and Implicit Malleability Theories: a Meta-analysis. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nakqj
— 3 citations, 2 tweets
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2019
W Ryan, JH Conigrave, G Basarkod, J Ciarrochi, BK Sahdra (2019). When is it good to use wristband devices to measure HRV?: Introducing a new method for evaluating the quality of data from photophlethysmography-based HRV devices. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/t3gdz
— 9 citations
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2019
Recent peer review
Addiction
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2022
Drug and Alcohol Review
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2022
Scientific Reports
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2021
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
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2021
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
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2021
Conference contributions
JH Conigrave (2022). People might use alcohol to compensate for basic psychological need frustration. Research Society on Alcoholism
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Florida, USA
2022
JN Donald, H Nguyen, JH Conigrave, KB Lowe, AM Johnson, I Adarves-Yorno, S Rupprecht, E Devine, GFB Tamm, R Ryan (2021). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Mindfulness Among Leaders. Academy of Management
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Virtual
2021
B Riordan, JH Conigrave, W Logge, KC Morley, PS Haber, D Scarf (2020). “I WON’T DRINK WITH YOU TODAY!” Analysing content from an online support group for those aiming to /r/Stopdrinking. EHealth Sydney
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Sydney, Australia
2020
JH Conigrave, KSK Lee, K Harrison, T Dobbins, N Hayman, S Wilson, R Ivers, PS Haber, B Hummerston, D Johnson, D Gray, KM Conigrave (2019). Supporting Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services to reduce the harms from alcohol. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
KSK Lee, S Wilson, JH Conigrave, J Perry, S Callinan, N Hayman, R Room, T Chikritzhs, D Gray, T Slade, KM Conigrave (2019). Re-thinking how we ask Indigenous Australia to describe their drinking. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
S Rombouts, K Morley, JH Conigrave, E Louie, PS Haber (2019). Evidence based models of care for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in primary health care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
M Dzidowska, KSK Lee, C Wylie, J Bailie, N Hayman, JH Conigrave, N Percival, KM Conigrave (2019). Approaches for improving practice in detection and treatment of unhealthy alcohol use in primary health care: Where are the gaps? The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
JH Conigrave, BK Sahdra, J Ciarrochi (2017). The benefits of believing you can change: Growth mindset weakens the links between self-esteem and negative outcomes. Contextual Behavioral Science Conference
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Seville, Spain
2017
JH Conigrave, BK Sahdra, J Ciarrochi (2017). The benefits of believing you can change: Incremental theories weaken the links between self-esteem and negative outcomes. Self Conference
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Melbourne, Australia
2017
Grants
K Lee, JH Conigrave, S Wilson, N Hayman, K Conigrave, N Percival, T Chikritzhs, A Dawson, M Tracy, K Morley, M Doyle, M Fitts, T Weatherall (2024). Making it easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services to screen for risky drinking and provide tailored feedback: adapting the Grog Survey App. Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Primary Health Care Digital Innovations
— $3,466,749
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2024
K Morley, W Logge, K Chitty, JH Conigrave, B Riordan, P Haber, A Dawson (2020). Harnessing novel technologies to examine mediators of suicidal ideation in AUD patients following admission for self-harm. Translational Research Centre for Alcohol Drugs & Toxicology
— $25,000
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2020
KSK Lee, S Wilson, K Conigrave, T Chikritzhs, N Hayman, A Dawson, R Ali, JH Conigrave (CIH), M Fitts (2019). Better data on methamphetamines and other drugs among Indigenous Australians to inform policy and practice. National Health and Medical Research Council
— $2,630,000
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2019
S Farnbach, KSK Lee, A Eades, C Foley, JH Conigrave (CIE), S Wilson, K Conigrave, S Shakeshaft (2019). Early intervention for unhealthy alcohol use among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: using the Grog Survey App. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
— $40,000
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2019