RESEARCH
Kirstin has a keen interest in research and has conducted research with over 2000 school students. Her research on bullying and peer aggression in high schools involved 1200 Australian high school students. This research has been presented at Child Development conferences internationally and has been published in peer reviewed journals. Kirstin has also been involved in research projects investigating causes of adolescent delinquent behaviour, children’s understanding of promises, lying, and truth telling, and effective interviewing strategies with children. She is currently involved with evaluating the effectiveness of an innovative university run program that seeks to build resilience in adolescents in Sydney who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Kirstin is able to help your school, community organisation or workplace to conduct scientific research that answers questions relevant to your organisation. She is also able to provide reports and consultation regarding the current evidence and research to date on topics of interest to your organisation. She is able to provide the following services related to research:
Research design and evaluation
Questionnaire design
Statistical analysis
Data collection
Advice on ethical matters related to research
Report writing
Consultation on understanding and designing research projects, and sourcing and evaluating existing research findings
Providing reports on existing evidence in a particular area of interest
Publications.
Barchia, K., & Bussey, K. (2011). Predictors of student defenders of peer aggression victims: Empathy and social cognitive factors. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 35 (4).
Barchia, K., & Bussey, K. (2010). Individual and collective social cognitive influences on peer aggression: Exploring the contribution of aggression efficacy, moral disengagement and collective efficacy. Aggressive Behavior, 37(2), 107-120.
Barchia, K., & Bussey, K. (2010). The psychological impact of peer victimization: Exploring social-cognitive mediators of depression. Journal of Adolescence, 33(5), 615-623.
Barchia, K., & Bussey, K (March 2007). Predictors of propensity to intervene in bullying. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, USA.
Barchia, K., & Bussey, K (March 2007). The role of moral disengagement in bullying and intervention: Development of a moral disengagement for bullying scale. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, USA.
Barchia, K., & Bussey, K (November 2006). Determinants of efficacy to disclose bullying
Implications for intervention programs in schools. Poster presented at the AACBT conference,
Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Barchia, K & Bussey, K. (July 2006). Effect of the seriousness and visibility of the effects of
bullying on disclosure of bullying. Poster presented at the 19th biennial meeting for the
International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Bussey, K., Lavis, T & Sayers, K. (April, 2003). Children’s lying and truth telling: Legal
Implications. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa,
Florida, USA.
Bussey, K., Sayers, K., Muller,N. (April, 2003). The efficacy of different question types on the
amount and accuracy of children’s report. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child
Development, Tampa, Florida, USA.