Dr Conal Monaghan
Biography
Conal was conferred his PhD (Clinical Psychology) from the ANU in 2019. He also graduated with a degree in marketing with a major in international business - but we don’t speak of the “dark” years. Currently, Conal works as a clinical psychologist at headspace Canberra, with PARSA’s PhD bootcamps, and as a lecturer and researcher at the ANU Research School of Psychology. Conal is lecturing on clinical assessment and statistics in the Master of Professional Practice program, and on psychometrics in the clinical psychology program. He is passionate about clinical research and assessment, dimensional models of personality disorder, clinician well-being, and working to improve youth / adolescent mental health. While writing his PhD thesis, Conal lived and researched in Trondheim, Norway and Phom Penh, Cambodia, received the NTNU promising young researcher award and Steven Klimidis award for clinical psychology, and presented his research at a range of national and international conferences.
Researcher's projects
- Two-Dimensional Machiavellianism - Conceptualisation and measurement
- Clinican well-being, vicarious trauma, and burnout
- Dimensional models of clinical personality disorder
- Increasing psychometric rigour, replicability, and open science in psychology
Publications
- Rieger, E, Lee, Y, Monaghan, C et al. 2021, 'Measuring social processes regarding eating, physical activity, and weight in higher-weight people: the weight-related interactions scale (WRIS)', Eating and Weight Disorders, vol. 27, pp. 737-749.
- Sorokowska, A, Saluja, S, Sorokowski, P et al. 2021, 'Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
- Walter, K, Conroy-Beam, D, Buss, D et al. 2020, 'Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication', Psychological Science, vol. 31, no. 4.
- Monaghan, C, Bizumic, B, Williams, T et al 2020, 'Two-Dimensional Machiavellianism: Conceptualization, Theory, and Measurement of the Views and Tactics Dimensions', Psychological Assessment, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 277-293.
- Monaghan, C, Bizumic, B & Van Rooy, D 2020, 'An analysis of public attitudes in Australia towards applications of biotechnology to humans: Kinds, causes, and effects', Technology in Society, vol. 63, no. -, pp. -.
- Kowal, M, Sorokowski, P, Sorokowska, A et al. 2020, 'Reasons for Facebook Usage: Data From 46 Countries', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, no. 711, pp. 1-7.
- Bizumic, B & Monaghan, C 2020, 'The HEXACO Model: Clinical Extensions and Universality', European Journal of Personality, vol. 34, pp. 511-590.
- Conroy-Beam, D, Buss, D, Asao, K et al 2019, 'Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 16885, pp. 1-13.
- Conroy-Beam, D, Roney, J, Lukaszewski, A et al 2019, 'Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation', Evolution and Human Behavior, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 479-491.
- Monaghan, C, Bizumic, B & Sellbom, M 2018, 'Nomological network of two-dimensional Machiavellianism', Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 130, pp. 161-173.
- Monaghan, C & Bizumic, B 2017, 'Performance in small student groups: Group personality, identity, and norms', in Mavor, K., Platow, M., Bizumic, B. (ed.), Self and Social Identity in Educational Contexts, Routledge, London, pp. 240-256.
- Monaghan, C, Bizumic, B & Sellbom, M 2016, 'The role of Machiavellian views and tactics in psychopathology', Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 94, pp. 72-81.
- Monaghan, C, Bizumic, B, Reynolds, K et al (2014). Performance of student software development teams: the influence of personality and identifying as team members', European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 52-67.
