Gery Karantzas
Role and profile
Gery Karantzas is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Health and Risk Behaviours and Mental Wellbeing (CHARM). He teaches across undergraduate and 4th year programs and supervises higher degree students. His research interests centre around close personal relationships (family and romantic) and personal and social development.
Research interests
Dr Karantzas essentially takes a social/life-developmental psychology approach to the study of three areas of interest: (1) Close interpersonal relationships (romantic and filial) and family caregiving, (2) psychosocial development across the life-span and the impact of life transitions on psychological adjustment, and (3) the impact of maladaptive personal development and quality of athlete-coach relationship on athletic performance.
Conferences
Karantzas, G.C. (2005, November). Family Cohesion across Generations: Predictors of Intergenerational Solidarity. Australian Psychological Society Relationships Conference, Melbourne, Australia.Karantzas, G.C., Foddy, M., & Evans, L. (2003, April). Obligation and discretionary motives of intergenerational caregiving. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists. Sydney, Australia. Karantzas, G.C., Foddy, M., & Evans, L. (2002, October). Intergenerational caregiving amongst adult children and older parents: The Impact of Attachment Bonds. International Federation of Ageing 6th Global Conference, Perth, Australia. Karantzas, G.C. (2002, October). The negative stereotype associated with older adults: A status construction theory approach. International Federation of Ageing 6th Global Conference, Perth, Australia. Karantzas, G.C., Lawrence, J.A., & Ryan, J. (2001, July). The value of contributions to family caregiving: A resource theory approach. 30th Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists. Melbourne, Australia. |
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