Skip to main content
  • UQ Home
  • Contacts
  • Study
  • Maps
  • News
  • Events
  • Library
  • my.UQ
The University of Queensland

Centre for Youth Substance Abuse ResearchCentre for Youth Substance Abuse Research

Site search
Homepage Site menu
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Events
  • Community
    • Resources
    • Service Providers
  • Research
    • Annual Reports
    • Recent Publications
    • Technical Reports and Monographs
  • Our People
    • Advisory Board
    • Academic Staff
    • Adjunct and Honorary
    • Associate
    • Students
  • Contact Us

Dr Kiri Patton, PhD

Former CYSAR PhD Student
Email: 
k.patton@uq.edu.au
UPDATE- PhD AWARDED
 
24 September 2018
 
Dear colleagues,
 
 
 
On Friday we received the good news that Kiri's and Jason's PhDs were officially conferred. Please join me in congratulating Dr Patton and Dr Coates!
 
 
Dr Patton's thesis, entitled Smells like teen spirits: Investigating impulsivity and alcohol-related cognition as modifiable risk factors for adolescent alcohol use intervention, encompassed 4 studies. Three of these have already been published in Addictive Behaviors (x2) and Drug and Alcohol Review. Her final study, a school-based RCT, has just received a second Revise and Resubmit [under embargo]. Dr Patton's advisory team included Dr Matthew Gullo (primary), Professor Jason Connor, Dr Jeanie Sheffield, and Dr Andrew Wood.
 
 
Dr Coates' thesis, entitled Personalised treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Identification and intervention of target mechanisms, encompassed 4 studies. Three of these have already been published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Addictive Behaviors, and Frontiers in Psychiatry. His fourth study, exploring linkages between impulsivity and craving, will be submitted in the coming weeks. Dr Coates also published a book chapter based on his literature review of craving measurement. Dr Coates' advisory team included Professor Jason Connor (primary), Dr Matthew Gullo, and Dr Genevieve Dingle.
 
 
In addition to receiving impressive examiner reports, both Kiri and Jason concurrently completed the Clinical Psychology Masters training during their PhDs. No small feat!
 
Congratulations Dr Patton and Dr Coates!
 
 
Kind regards,
Matt
 
__________________________________________
Matthew J. Gullo PhD(Clin Psych) MAPS FCCLP
Acting Director
Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research
The University of Queensland
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

Kiri Patton is undertaking a concurrent Masters of Clinical Psychology and PhD program at the University of Queensland. She began her PhD at CYSAR in September 2014 under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Gullo and Professor Jason Connor. Her PhD furthers previous work by the centre on the impact of impulsivity and alcohol-related cognitions in youth on their current and future alcohol use. As a component of her PhD, Kiri will develop and implement a school-based intervention targeting these factors and evaluate potential effects on adolescent alcohol misuse. Kiri hopes that the combination of her clinical and research skills will help her PhD project to facilitate positive real-world outcomes for teenagers by reducing possible alcohol-related harm.

CYSAR Advisors: Dr Matthew Gullo, Professor Jason Connor

 

Publications

Journal Articles 5

Journal Article

Patton, Kiri A., Connor, Jason P., Sheffield, Jeanie, Wood, Andrew and Gullo, Matthew J. (2019) Additive effectiveness of mindfulness meditation to a school-based brief cognitive-behavioral alcohol intervention for adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, . doi:10.1037/ccp0000382
Patton, Kiri A., Gullo, Matthew J., Connor, Jason P., Chan, Gary C. K., Kelly, Adrian B., Catalano, Richard F. and Toumbourou, John W. (2018) Social cognitive mediators of the relationship between impulsivity traits and adolescent alcohol use: identifying unique targets for prevention. Addictive Behaviors, 84 79-85. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.03.031
Patton, Kiri, Connor, Jason P., Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn, Dietrich, Timo, Young, Ross McD and Gullo, Matthew J. (2018) Measuring adolescent drinking-refusal self-efficacy: development and validation of the Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Shortened Adolescent version (DRSEQ-SRA). Addictive Behaviors, 81 70-77. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.007
Patton, Kiri, Connor, Jason P., Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn, Dietrich, Timo, Young, Ross McD and Matthew Gullo (2017) Validation of the Adolescent Drinking Expectancy Questionnaire and development of a short form. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 3: 396-405. doi:10.1111/dar.12567
Patton, Kiri, Ware, Robert S., McPherson, Lyn, Emerson, Eric and Lennox, Nicholas G. (2016) Parent-related stress of male and female carers of adolescents with intellectual disabilities and carers of children within the general population: a cross-sectional comparison. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31 1: 51-61. doi:10.1111/jar.12292
© The University of Queensland
Enquiries: +61 7 3365 1111   |   Contact directory
ABN: 63 942 912 684   |   CRICOS Provider No: 00025B
Emergency
Phone: 3365 3333
Privacy & Terms of use   |   Feedback   |   Updated: 28 Oct 2018
Login