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Dr. Cassy Dittman

PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Senior Lecturer/Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology)
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Bundaberg
8 - G.40
About Me

Dr Cassy Dittman is the Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology) and a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences. She is a Research Fellow with the Manna Institute, and holds an Honorary Research Fellowship at the Parenting and Family Support Centre at The University of Queensland. Dr Dittman is also a member of the Cluster for Resilience and Wellbeing within the Appleton Institute.

Dr Dittman is a registered psychologist researching in the field of child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing. Her research focuses on the impact of parenting and parent-child relationships on children and adolescents. She has particular expertise in the field of evidence-based parenting programs and their capacity to promote mental health and wellbeing in children and parents. Dr Dittman’s research has had real-world impact in its evaluation of innovative ways to improve the reach and accessibility of evidence-based parenting programs by investigating the benefits of online programs and brief, targeted parenting support, as well as applying parenting programs in different contexts, such as junior sport and early childhood education.

Dr Dittman has co-developed two blended modality programs, the Positive Early Childhood Education (PECE) program and Play Well Triple P, which are now disseminated to parents and professionals through Triple P International. Her recent research includes positive parenting in junior sport (in partnership with the NRL), the influence of parent-adolescent relationships in the mental health of adolescents and emerging adults, and the development of adolescent-specific measures of adjustment, parenting, and the parent-adolescent relationship.

General
Background

Dr Cassy Dittman received her PhD (Clinical Psychology) from The University of Queensland, where she also completed postgraduate training in clinical psychology. Her PhD research focused on the role of attention and phonological processing in early literacy development. After completing her PhD, Dr Dittman completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at The University of Auckland investigating the efficacy of alternative delivery modalities for the delivery of parenting support, including online parenting programs (2009-2012). Dr Dittman moved to CQUniversity after 8 years as the Head of Curriculum Development at the Parenting and Family Support Centre (PFSC) at The University of Queensland (2012-2019). The PFSC is the home of the internationally-recognised Triple P - Positive Parenting Program, which is disseminated in 30 countries. Her role was to develop the parallel professional training curricula for practitioners delivering Triple P to families. 

Universities Studied At

The University of Queensland
  • PhD (Clinical Psychology)
  • B Psychological Science (Hons I)

Universities Worked At

The University of Auckland (2009-2012)
The University of Queensland (2012-2019)

Professional Memberships

  • Registered Psychologist with AHPRA
  • Accredited Triple P-Positive Parenting Program Trainer and Practitioner
  • Secretary of the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA)
  • Member of the Parenting and Family Research Alliance (PAFRA)

Recent Research Projects
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Research Supervision
Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology

At the level of Principal Supervisor


Current Capacity
I am currently available to supervise more research candidates
Current Supervision
Master of Research
Influencing Australian consumers’ attitudes to meat consumption: Use of an educational intervention about land clearing and biodiversity loss.
Associate Supervisor
Research Interests
Psychology And Cognitive Sciences

Psychology - Developmental Psychology and Ageing

Psychology And Cognitive Sciences

Psychology - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology

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