Education and research

September 2023

​Research suggests that more than 70% of the population will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. Along with the wide-ranging symptoms of posttraumatic stress, people also report converting their traumatic experience into constructive meaningful changes known as posttraumatic growth...

September 2023

Social support and problem-focused coping skills can protect Asian international students against the effects of stressful life events on suicide ideation. Suicide is known to be a significant public health issue among young people, especially university students. In Australia, suicide is...

March 2023 | New research

Anxiety disorders can be successfully treated in older adults using psychological interventions, with the strongest evidence for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).One of the core CBT skills for treating all anxiety disorders, graded exposure, involves gradually facing feared situations or...

March 2023 | New research

Digital mental health services (DMHS) are a routine part of the contemporary mental health ecosystem in Australia and internationally. DMHS deliver treatment, assessment and psychoeducation via mobile phones and other internet-connected devices, and address many of the barriers to accessing...

August 2022 | Assoc. Professor Simon Rice

Australian Psychologist (AP) is the flagship journal of the Australian Psychological Society for practising professional psychologists. We aim to publish material on a wide range of issues pertinent to mental health and wellbeing. We encourage submissions that are cross-cultural and...

May 2022 | Professor Justin Kenardy FAPS

At the beginning of this year the Australian Journal of Psychology, flagship journal of the Australian Psychological Society, embraced the principles of Open Science and became fully Open Access. The decision to go down this route was not taken lightly as it was a fundamentally different...

May 2022

We are pleased to announce that the Australian Journal of Psychology, Australian Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist and Educational and Developmental Psychologist all now feature Open Science Badges and Registered Reports. These exciting new offerings increase the transparency and...

August 2021

The APS is championing open access (OA) for AJP to increase the discoverability, use and impact of members’ research in psychological science. To date, APS journals have supported optional OA in our journals, and we are pleased to take this next step in embracing OA options for our authors...

August 2021

Adversity in childhood is known to have long-lasting negative effects on wellbeing across the life span. While this relationship is well-established, evidence on the potential mitigating role of parenting is scarce.This study aimed to address this gap, with a focus on emerging adults&rsquo...