A/Prof. Alexander Mussap

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Associate Professor

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Psychology

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

Publications

No publications found

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Promoting fit bodies, healthy eating and physical activity among Indigenous Australian men

Prof Lina Ricciardelli, Prof David Mellor, Prof Marita Mc Cabe, A/Prof Alexander Mussap

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2012: $80,754
  • 2011: $77,762
  • 2010: $84,722

Shaping the future of psychology through developing and assessing graduate attributes using collaborative learning

Prof Gery Karantzas, Ms Susie Macfarlane, Prof Gregory Tooley, A/Prof Alexander Mussap, Dr Zoe Hazelwood, Prof Julie Fitness

OLT Innovation and Development Grants - Office for Learning and Teaching

  • 2012: $139,630
  • 2011: $79,270

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2023

Brenton John Russell

Thesis entitled: Cognitive Bases of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth in Military Personnel

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

2018

Felicity Ho

Thesis entitled: Social Anxiety in Trans and Gender Diverse People

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

2016

Helen Mary Donovan

Thesis entitled: The Motivation and Maintenance of Physical Activity in Women

Doctor of Psychology (Health), School of Psychology

2015

Jennifer Lee Geary

Thesis entitled: Older Prisoners: A Human Rights Perspective

Master of Arts (Psychology), School of Psychology

2014

Thomas Perkins

Thesis entitled: Function and Structure of the Mirror Neuron System in Autism

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2013

Romana Calder

Thesis entitled: Factors Influencing Women's Choice of Weight-Loss Diet

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

Miki Brockhoff

Thesis entitled: Body image and acculturation in Japanese adolescents

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

Emily Ruth Manger

Thesis entitled: Weight-Control Effort and Responsibility for Weight in Obesity Stereotyping

Master of Science (Psychology), School of Psychology

2012

Jon-Paul Cacioli

Thesis entitled: Body Image in Real and Virtual Environments

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

2010

Leah Brooke

Thesis entitled: On the Relationship between Child Abuse and Eating Pathology

Doctor of Psychology (Forensic), School of Psychology

2009

Megan de Souza

Thesis entitled: The Relationship between Primary and Secondary Control and Eating Behaviour

Doctor of Psychology (Health), School of Psychology

2008

Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz

Thesis entitled: An Investigation into the Role of Dissociation in Disordered Eating

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2007

Merrilyn Hooley

Thesis entitled: The Behaviour of Infants/Toddlers at `Falling-Off' Places: An Ecological Analysis

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2003

Dino Cevolatti

Thesis entitled: Orientation-Specific Attentional Set Effects

Master of Science (Psychology), School of Psychology

Associate Supervisor
2022

Jodie Mechielsen

Thesis entitled: Development of a Stress-Reduction Intervention for Binge Eating

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

2016

Kate Louise Argentino

Thesis entitled: Analysis of Perception and Production Deficits of Affect in Schizophrenia

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

2014

Belinda Clare Davey

Thesis entitled: Examining problem gambling from a dual-process and incentive-sensitisation theory perspective

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2013

Samantha Tabak

Thesis entitled: Attitudes towards younger and older victims of child sexual assault

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

Mark Brown

Thesis entitled: Spontaneous judgements of Health Related-Risk

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

Tiffany Lewis

Thesis entitled: Medical and Behavioural Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

Doctor of Psychology (Forensic), School of Psychology

2011

Kerri Coomber

Thesis entitled: Caring for Individuals with an Eating Disorder

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2010

Dion Nowoweiski

Thesis entitled: Family Dynamics and the Risks for Child Maltreatment of Stepchildren

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

2009

Archana Kaur

Thesis entitled: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Social and Sexual Behaviour in High Functioning Autism and Down Syndrome

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology

2008

Geoffrey Eberle

Thesis entitled: Auditory Localisation Reversals amd the Role of Torso-Related Cues

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2007

Arlene Walker

Thesis entitled: The Application of the Psychological Contract to Occupational Safety

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2006

Simon Hosking

Thesis entitled: Determinants of Time-To-contact Judgements: Optic Expansion Rate versus Object Familiarity

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2002

Helen Aucote

Thesis entitled: Predictors of Mammography Screening for Italian and English Speaking Women

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

2001

Shaaron Griffiths

Thesis entitled: Spatial and Temporal Disparities in Aurally Aided Visual Search

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology

Christopher Best

Thesis entitled: The Role of Object-Image Relative Motion and Static Depth Information in the Perception of Heading

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology