Dr Joanne Dickson BEd, BTh, BA (Hons), PhD

Motivation and goal regulation processes are fundamental to human experience and underpin many psychological therapies. My main research interests are in the area of personal goal motivation, affect and future-directed thinking processes and how these psychological processes underpin adult and adolescent mental health (e.g., anxiety, depression, well-being, addiction). My studies have examined a range of explicit and implicit goal processes and goal-related cognitions such as expectancies, plans, motives, attributions, rumination and ambivalence in mental health.

Another research interest is the study of autobiographical memories and personal future events / goals in relation to depression, dysphoria, anxiety, defensiveness and well-being.

I have extensive experience in supervising postgraduate research, using quantitative and qualitative research methods. I am interested in supervising PhD research, particularly in the area of goal-motivation and/or autobiographical memories in adolescent or adult mental health (e.g., anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, health and well-being).