Professor Kenneth Pakenham
Professor
School of Psychology
+61 7 336 56677
McElwain Building (24A)
Level 3, Room 326
Level 3, Room 326
Researcher biography
Kenneth Pakenham, PhD, is a Professor of clinical and health psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research and clinical practice in psychology spans 30 years. Inspired by the resilience of some people with serious illnesses, he has committed much of his career to investigating the processes that foster personal growth in the context of health adversities, and to translating his findings into interventions that help people live fully with illness. This passion has driven his empirical, theoretical and translational research, curriculum development, and clinical training and supervision. Importantly, his work has included not only the person with chronic illness, but also his or her network, particularly the carer. Through his 150+ publications, over 70 conference presentations, 3 research awards, and more than 3 million dollars of competitive grant funding, he has become a leader in the application of positive health frameworks to several chronic illnesses, and to caregiving in these contexts. His research has helped to inform government policies, particularly those related to carers, and establish interventions and assessment protocols within government and community services. The "living fully with illness" theme integrates his early research in stress/coping theory, his mid-career shift to incorporate the rise of positive psychology, and his current and future focus on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Using ACT to extend his research on living fully with illness has also invigorated his teaching. He developed the first ACT university course in Australia. This course integrates training in therapist competencies and self-care skills and shows published empirical evidence of fostering competent and resilient clinicians. Through peer reviewed publications, conference and keynote presentations, and three teaching awards, he has become a leader in integrating training in therapist and self-care competencies into clinical psychology curricula using an ACT framework. He has six teaching awards including two national teaching awards. He has supervised the postgraduate research of 53 students. He has served in many influential professional roles including: Chair of the Registration Committee of the Psychologists Board of Queensland for over 10 years, Director of The University of Queensland Psychology Clinic for 7 years, Honours Convenor for 3 years, and member of the editorial boards for six international journals.
Publications
Book Chapters
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2016). Coping with illness and disability. Psychosocial Dimensions of Medicine. (pp. 59-72) edited by G. Byrne and J. Fitzgerald. Melbourne, VIC Australia: IP Communications.
Pakenham, Kenneth (2016). Parental multiple sclerosis. Children and Young People’s Response to Parental Illness: A Handbook of Assessment and Practice. (pp. 5-22) edited by David Morley, Xiaoming Li and Crispin Jenkinson. London, United Kingdom: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315380735
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Finlayson, Marcia (2013). Caregiving. Multiple sclerosis rehabilitation: from impairment to participation. (pp. 497-526) edited by Marcia Finlayson. Boca Raton Florida, United States: CRC Press.
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2013). Coping. Multiple sclerosis rehabilitation: from impairment to participation. (pp. 449-475) edited by Marcia Finlayson. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2013). Too small for your boots! Understanding the experience of children when family members acquire a neurological condition. Health and healing after traumatic brain injury: understanding the power of family, friends, community and other support systems. (pp. 87-100) edited by Heidi Muenchberger, Elizabeth Kendall and John Wright. Santa Barbara, United States: Praeger.
Pakenham, K. I. (2012). Multiple Sclerosis. The Oxford handbook of rehabilitation psychology. (pp. 211-234) edited by Paul Kennedy. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2011). Benefit-finding and sense-making in chronic illness. Oxford Handbook on Stress, Coping, and Health. (pp. 242-268) edited by Susan Folkman and Peter E. Nathan. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195375343.013.0013
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2009). Children Who Care for Their Parents: The Impact of Parental Disability on Young Lives. Disabilities: Insights from across Fields and around the World. (pp. 39-60) edited by Catherine A. Marshall, Elizabeth Kendall, Martha E. Banks and Reva Mariah S. Gover. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
Journal Articles
Landi, Giulia, Pakenham, Kenneth I., Boccolini, Giada, Grandi, Silvana and Tossani, Eliana (2020). Health anxiety and mental health outcome during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: the mediating and moderating roles of psychological flexibility. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 2195, 2195. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02195
Samaan, Mareike, Diefenbacher, Albert, Schade, Christoph, Dambacher, Claudia, Pontow, Inga-Marlen, Pakenham, Kenneth and Fydrich, Thomas (2020). A clinical effectiveness trial comparing ACT and CBT for inpatients with depressive and mixed mental disorders. Psychotherapy Research, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2020.1802080
Pakenham, Kenneth I., Landi, Giulia, Boccolini, Giada, Furlani, Annalisa, Grandi, Silvana and Tossani, Eliana (2020). The moderating roles of psychological flexibility and inflexibility on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Italy. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 17, 109-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.07.003
Landi, Giulia, Boccolini, Giada, Giovagnoli, Sara, Pakenham, Kenneth I., Grandi, Silvana and Tossani, Eliana (2020). Validation of the Italian Young Carer of Parents Inventory-Revised (YCOPI-R). Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1780478
Viskovich, Shelley and Pakenham, Kenneth Ian (2020) Randomized controlled trial of a web‐based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) program to promote mental health in university students. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 76 6: 929-951. doi:10.1002/jclp.22848
Giovannetti, Ambra Mara, Quintas, Rui, Tramacere, Irene, Giordano, Andrea, Confalonieri, Paolo, Messmer Uccelli, Michele, Solari, Alessandra and Pakenham, Kenneth Ian (2020). A resilience group training program for people with multiple sclerosis: results of a pilot single-blind randomized controlled trial and nested qualitative study. PLOS ONE, 15 (4) e0231380, e0231380. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231380
Landi, G., Andreozzi, M. S., Pakenham, K. I., Grandi, S. and Tossani, E. (2020). Psychosocial adjustment of young offspring in the context of parental type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review. Diabetic Medicine, 37 (7) dme.14271, 1103-1113. doi: 10.1111/dme.14271
Ryan, Alyssa K., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Burton, Nicola W. (2019) A pilot evaluation of a group acceptance and commitment therapy‐informed resilience training program for people with diabetes. Australian Psychologist, 55 3: 196-207. doi:10.1111/ap.12429
Bazley, Renée and Pakenham, Kenneth (2019). Perspectives on suicide and suicide prevention among members of Christian faith-based organizations. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 6 (1), 5-14. doi: 10.1037/scp0000179
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Viskovich, Shelley (2019). Pilot evaluation of the impacts of a personal practice informed undergraduate psychotherapy curriculum on student learning and wellbeing. Australian Psychologist, 54 (1), 55-67. doi: 10.1111/ap.12366
Bazley, Renée, Pakenham, Kenneth and Watson, Bernadette (2019). Perspectives on suicide prevention amongst members of Christian faith-based organizations. Community Mental Health Journal, 55 (5), 831-839. doi: 10.1007/s10597-018-0355-4
Bazley, Renée and Pakenham, Kenneth (2019). Suicide prevention training for Christian faith-based organizations using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: a pilot controlled trial of The HOLLY Program. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 11, 6-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.11.002
Bazley, Renée and Pakenham, Kenneth (2018). Feasibility evaluation of the HOLLY program: an ACT-based suicide prevention program for Christian faith-based organisations. Advances in Mental Health, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/18387357.2018.1557015
Young, Tarli K. H., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Norwood, Michael F. (2018). Thematic analysis of aid workers’ stressors and coping strategies: work, psychological, lifestyle and social dimensions. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 3 (19) 19 doi: 10.1186/s41018-018-0046-3
Viskovich, Shelley and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2018) Pilot evaluation of a web-based acceptance and commitment therapy program to promote mental health skills in university students. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74 12: 2047-2069. doi:10.1002/jclp.22656
Pakenham, Kenneth Ian and Cox, Stephen (2018). Effects of benefit finding, social support and caregiving on youth adjustment in a parental illness context. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27 (8), 2491-2506. doi: 10.1007/s10826-018-1088-2
Pakenham, Kenneth I., Mawdsley, Matthew, Brown, Felicity L. and Burton, Nicola W. (2018). Pilot evaluation of a resilience training program for people with multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology, 63 (1), 29-42. doi: 10.1037/rep0000167
Pakenham, Kenneth I., Scott, Theresa and Uccelli, Michele Messmer (2018). Evaluation of acceptance and commitment therapy training for psychologists working with people with multiple sclerosis. International Journal of MS Care, 20 (1), 44-48. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2016-080
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2017). Training in acceptance and commitment therapy fosters self-care in clinical psychology trainees. Clinical Psychologist, 21 (3), 186-194. doi: 10.1111/cp.12062
Spitzer, Elizabeth and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2016). Evaluation of a brief community-based mindfulness intervention for people with multiple sclerosis: a pilot study. Clinical Psychologist, 22 (2), 182-191. doi: 10.1111/cp.12108
Bergin, Adela J. and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2016). The stress-buffering role of mindfulness in the relationship between perceived stress and psychological adjustment. Mindfulness, 7 (4), 928-939. doi: 10.1007/s12671-016-0532-x
Niu, Lu, Qiu, Yangyang, Luo, Dan, Chen, Xi, Wang, Min, Pakenham, Kenneth I., Zhang, Xixing, Huang, Zhulin and Xiao, Shuiyuan (2016). Cross-culture validation of the HIV/AIDS stress scale: The development of a revised Chinese version. PLoS ONE, 11 (4) e0152990, e0152990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152990
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2015). Comment on "The Self-Care of Psychologists and Mental Health Professionals" (Dattilio, 2015). Australian Psychologist, 50 (6), 405-408. doi: 10.1111/ap.12145
Madan, Sindia and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2015). The stress-buffering effects of hope on changes in adjustment to caregiving in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Health Psychology, 20 (9), 1207-1221. doi: 10.1177/1359105313509868
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Cox, Stephen (2015). The effects of parental illness and other ill family members on youth caregiving experiences. Psychology and Health, 30 (7), 857-878. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2014.1001390
Samios, Christina, Pakenham, Kenneth I. and O'Brien, Jill (2015). A dyadic and longitudinal investigation of adjustment in couples coping with multiple sclerosis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49 (1), 74-83. doi: 10.1007/s12160-014-9633-8
Gardiner, Robert A., Yaxley, John, Pakenham, Kenneth I., Green, Heather, Mactaggart, Peter, Watson, Roger, Swanson, Cheryl and Nicol, David L. (2015). Patients who receive androgen deprivation therapy risk adverse cognitive changes. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 27 (9), 1-2. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.63.5698
Pakenham, K.I. and Cox, S. (2014). The effects of parental illness and other ill family members on the adjustment of children. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 48 (3), 424-437. doi: 10.1007/s12160-014-9622-y
Hawkes, Anna L., Pakenham, Kenneth I., Chambers, Suzanne K., Patrao, Tania A. and Courneya, Kerry S. (2014). Effects of a multiple health behavior change intervention for colorectal cancer survivors on psychosocial outcomes and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 48 (3), 359-370. doi: 10.1007/s12160-014-9610-2
Pakenham, Kenneth Ian (2014). Investigation of the utility of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework for fostering self-care in clinical psychology trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 9 (2), 1-9. doi: 10.1037/tep0000074
Cox, Stephen D. and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2014). Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Invariance Testing of the Young Carer of Parents Inventory (YCOPI). Rehabilitation Psychology, 59 (4), 439-452. doi: 10.1037/a0035860
Bergin, Adele and Pakenham, Kenneth (2014). Law student stress: relationships between academic demands, social isolation, career pressure, study/life imbalance and adjustment outcomes in law students. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 22 (3), 388-406. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2014.960026
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2014). Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training on clinical psychology trainee stress, therapist skills and attributes, and ACT processes. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 22 (6), 647-655. doi: 10.1002/cpp.1924
Madan, Sindia and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2014). The stress-buffering effects of hope on adjustment to multiple sclerosis. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 21 (6), 877-890. doi: 10.1007/s12529-013-9384-0
Pakenham, K. I. and Cox, S. (2014). Comparisons between youth of a parent with MS and a control group on adjustment, caregiving, attachment and family functioning. Psychology and Health, 29 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2013.813944
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Samios, Christina (2013). Couples coping with multiple sclerosis: a dyadic perspective on the roles of mindfulness and acceptance. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 36 (4), 389-400. doi: 10.1007/s10865-012-9434-0
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Stafford-Brown, Johanna (2013). Postgraduate clinical psychology students' perceptions of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy stress management intervention and clinical training. Clinical Psychologist, 17 (2), 56-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-9552.2012.00050.x
Hawkes, Anna L., Chambers, Suzanne K., Pakenham, Kenneth I., Patrao, Tania A., Baade, Peter D., Lynch, Brigid M., Aitken, Joanne F., Meng, Xingqiong and Courneya, Kerry S. (2013). Effects of a telephone-delivered multiple health behavior change intervention (CanChange) on health and behavioral outcomes in survivors of colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 31 (18), 2313-2321. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.5873
Pakenham, K. I. and Cox, Stephen (2012). Test of a model of the effects of parental illness on youth and family functioning. Health Psychology, 31 (5), 580-590. doi: 10.1037/a0026530
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Stafford-Brown, Jeanie (2012). Stress in Clinical Psychology Trainees: Current Research Status and Future Directions. Australian Psychologist, 47 (3), 147-155. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2012.00070.x
Mackay, Christiana and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2012). A stress and coping model of adjustment to caring for an adult with mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 48 (4), 450-462. doi: 10.1007/s10597-011-9435-4
Stafford-Brown, Johanna and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2012). The effectiveness of an ACT informed intervention for managing stress and improving therapist qualities in clinical psychology trainees. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 68 (6), 592-613. doi: 10.1002/jclp.21844
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2012). Caregiving tasks in caring for an adult with mental illness and associations with adjustment outcomes. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 19 (2), 186-198. doi: 10.1007/s12529-011-9155-8
Samios, Christina M., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Sofronoff, Kate (2012). Sense making and benefit finding in couples who have a child with Asperger syndrome: An application of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Autism, 16 (3), 275-292. doi: 10.1177/1362361311418691
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Cox, Stephen (2012). The nature of caregiving in children of a parent with multiple sclerosis from multiple sources and the associations between caregiving activities and youth adjustment overtime. Psychology and Health, 27 (3), 324-346. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2011.563853
Rinaldis, Machelle, Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Lynch, Brigid M. (2012). A structural model of the relationships among stress, coping, benefit finding and quality of life in persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Psychology and Health, 27 (2), 159-177. doi: 10.1080/08870441003768047
Pakenham, Kenneth I., Tilling, Julia and Cretchley, Julia (2012). Parenting difficulties and resources: The perspectives of parents with multiple sclerosis and their partners. Rehabilitation Psychology, 57 (1), 52-60. doi: 10.1037/a0026995
Costa, Rachel V. and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2012). Associations between benefit finding and adjustment outcomes in thyroid cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 21 (7), 737-744. doi: 10.1002/pon.1960
Mackay, Christina and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2011). Identification of stress and coping risk and protective factors associated with changes in adjustment to caring for an adult with mental illness. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67 (10), 1064-1079. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20829
Pakenham, Kenneth Ian and Fleming, Megan (2011). Relations between acceptance of multiple sclerosis and positive and negative adjustment. Psychology and Health, 26 (10), 1292-1309. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2010.517838
Ireland, MJ and Pakenham, KI (2010). Youth adjustment to parental illness or disability: The role of illness characteristics, caregiving, and attachment. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 15 (6), 632-645. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2010.498891
Burton, Nicola W., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Brown, Wendy J. (2010). Are psychologists willing and able to promote physical activity as part of psychological treatment?. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17 (4), 287-297. doi: 10.1007/s12529-010-9087-8
Cox, Stephen, Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Cole, Sally (2010). A test of the job demands-resources model with HIV/AIDS volunteers. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 9 (4), 332-355. doi: 10.1080/15381501.2010.525461
Fitzell, A and Pakenham, KI (2010). Application of a stress and coping model to positive and negative adjustment outcomes in colorectal cancer caregiving. Psycho-Oncology, 19 (11), 1171-1178. doi: 10.1002/pon.1666
Jardim, Claudia and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2010). Carers’ views on respite care for adults with mental disorders. Advances in Mental Health, 9 (1), 84-97. doi: 10.5172/jamh.9.1.84
Ireland, MJ and Pakenham, KI (2010). The nature of youth care tasks in families experiencing chronic illness/disability: Development of the Youth Activities of Caregiving Scale (YACS). Psychology and Health, 25 (6), 713-731. doi: 10.1080/08870440902893724
Rinaldis, Machelle, Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Lynch, Brigid M. (2010). Relationships between quality of life and finding benefits in a diagnosis of colorectal cancer. British Journal of Psychology, 101 (2), 259-275. doi: 10.1348/000712609X448676
Burton, Nicola W., Pakenham, Ken I. and Brown, Wendy J. (2010). Feasibility and effectiveness of psychosocial resilience training: A pilot study of the READY program. Psychology Health and Medicine, 15 (3), 266-277. doi: 10.1080/13548501003758710
Jardim, C and Pakenham, K (2010). Carers of adults with mental illness: Comparison of respite care users and non-users. Australian Psychologist, 45 (1), 50-58. doi: 10.1080/00050060903286717
Shelley, Michael, Pakenham, Kenneth Ian and Frazer, Ian (2009). Cortisol changes interact with the effects of a cognitive behavioural psychological preparation for surgery on 12-month outcomes for surgical heart patients. Psychology & Health, 24 (10), 1139-1152. doi: 10.1080/08870440802126704
Burton, Nicola W., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Brown, Wendy J. (2009). Evaluating the effectiveness of psychosocial resilience training for heart health, and the added value of promoting physical activity: A cluster randomized trial of the READY program. BMC Public Health, 9 (427) 427, xx-xx. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-427
Jardim, Claudia and Pakenham, Kenneth, I. (2009). Pilot investigation of the effectiveness of respite care for carers of an adult with mental illness. Clinical Psychologist, 13 (3), 87-93. doi: 10.1080/13284200903353064
Fraser, Eliza and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2009). Resilience in children of parents with mental illness: Relations between mental health literacy, social connectedness and coping, and both adjustment and caregiving. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 14 (5), 573-584. doi: 10.1080/13548500903193820
Hawkes, Anna L., Pakenham, Kenneth I., Courneya, Kerry S., Gollschewski, Sara, Baade, Peter, Gordon, Louisa G., Lynch, Brigid M., Aitken, Joanne F. and Chambers, Suzanne K. (2009). A randomised controlled trial of a tele-based lifestyle intervention for colorectal cancer survivors ('CanChange'): study protocol. BMC Cancer, 9 (1) 286, 286-293. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-286
Rinaldis, Machelle, Pakenham, Kenneth I., Lynch, Brigid M. and Aitken, Joanne F. (2009). Development, confirmation, and validation of a measure of coping with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal investigation. Psycho-Oncology, 18 (6), 624-633. doi: 10.1002/pon.1436
Samios, Christina, Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Sofronoff, Kate (2009). The nature of benefit finding in parents of a child with Asperger syndrome. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3 (2), 358-374. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.08.003
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Cox, Stephen (2009). The dimensional structure of benefit finding in multiple sclerosis and relations with positive and negative adjustment: A longitudinal study. Psychology and Health, 24 (4), 373-393. doi: 10.1080/08870440701832592
Fraser, Eliza and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2008). Evaulation of a resilience-based intervention for children of parents with mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42 (12), 1041-1050. doi: 10.1080/00048670802512065
Cohn, Andrew and Pakenham, Ken (2008). Efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral program to improve psychological adjustment among soldiers in recruit training. Military Medicine, 173 (12), 1151-1157. doi: 10.7205/MILMED.173.12.1151
Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Cox, Stephen (2008). Development of the benefit finding in multiple sclerosis (MS) caregiving scale: A longitudinal study of relations between benefit finding and adjustment. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13 (4), 583-602. doi: 10.1348/135910707X250848
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2008). Making sense of caregiving for persons with multiple sclerosis (MS): The dimensional structure of sense making and relations with positive and negative adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15 (3), 241-252. doi: 10.1080/10705500802222345
Lynch Brigid M., Youlden, Danny, Fritschi, Lin, Newman, Beth, Pakenham, Kenneth I., Leggett, Barbara, Owen, Neville and Aitken, Joanne F. (2008). Self-reported information on the diagnosis of colorectal cancer was reliable but not necessarily valid. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61 (5), 498-504. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.018
Lowry, Timothy J. and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2008). Health-related quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome: Predictors of physical functioning and psychological distress. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 13 (2), 222-238. doi: 10.1080/13548500701335698
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2008). Making sense of illness or disability: The nature of sense making in multiple sclerosis (MS). Journal of Health Psychology, 13 (1), 93-105. doi: 10.1177/1359105307084315
Samios, Christina M., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Sofronoff, Kate V. (2008). The nature of sense making in parenting a child with Asperger Syndrome. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2 (3), 516-532. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.10.003
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2008). The nature of sense making in caregiving for persons with multiple sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30 (17), 1263-1273. doi: 10.1080/09638280701610320
Lynch, Brigid M, Steginga, Suzanne K, Hawkes, Anna L, Pakenham, Ken I and Dunn, Jeff (2008). Describing and Predicting Psychological Distress After Colorectal Cancer. Cancer, 112 (6), 1363-1370. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23300
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2007). The nature of caregiving in multiple sclerosis: development of the caregiving tasks in multiple sclerosis scale. Multiple Sclerosis, 13 (7), 929-938. doi: 10.1177/1352458507076973
Coles, Angela R., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Leech, Christine (2007). Evaluation of an intensive psychosocial intervention for children of parents with multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology, 52 (2), 133-142. doi: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.2.133
Shelley, M. R. and Pakenham, K. I. (2007). The effects of preoperative preparation on postoperative outcomes: The moderating role of control appraisals. Health Psychology, 26 (2), 183-191. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.2.183
Pakenham, K. I., Smith, A. and Rattan, S. (2007). Application of a stress and coping model to antenatal depressive symptomatology. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 12 (3), 266-277. doi: 10.1080/13548500600871702
Lynch, B. M., Baade, P., Fritschi, L., Leggett, B., Owen, N., Pakenham, K., Newman, B. and Aitken, J. F. (2007). Modes of presentation and pathways to diagnosis of colorectal cancer in Queensland. Medical Journal of Australia, 186 (6), 288-291. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00902.x
Pakenham, Kenneth I., Chiu, Jessica H. J., Bursnall, S. and Cannon, T. (2007). Relations between social support, appraisal and coping and both positive and negative outcomes in young carers. Journal of Health Psychology, 12 (1), 89-102. doi: 10.1177/1359105307071743
Pakenham, K. I. (2007). Making sense of multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Psychology, 52 (4), 380-389. doi: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.4.380
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2007). The nature of benefit finding in multiple sclerosis (MS). Psychology, Health & Medicine, 12 (2), 190-196. doi: 10.1080/13548500500465878
Gardiner, Robert A., Nicol, David L., Green, Heather J. and Pakenham, Ken I. (2006). Side-effects of treatments for locally advanced prostate cancer. BJU International, 98 (1), 229-231. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06357_3.x
Mann, B and Pakenham, KI (2006). Development of a measure to assess coping for auditory hallucinations. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58 (2), 93-100. doi: 10.1080/00049530600730450
Pakenham, KI and Bursnall, S (2006). Relations between social support, appraisal and coping and both positive and negative outcomes for children of a parent with multiple sclerosis and comparisons with children of healthy parents. Clinical Rehabilitation, 20 (8), 709-723. doi: 10.1191/0269215506cre976oa
Lynch, Brigid M., Owen, Neville, Newman, Beth, Pakenham, Ken, Leggett, Barbara, Dunn, Jeff and Aitken, Joanne F. (2006). Reliability of a measure of prediagnosis physical activity for cancer survivors. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 38 (4), 715-719. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000210196.94952.8b
Haslam, D. M., Pakenham, K. I. and Smith, A. (2006). Social support and postpartum depressive symptomatology: The mediating role of maternal self-efficacy. Infant Mental Health Journal, 27 (3), 276-291. doi: 10.1002/imhj.20092
Pakenham, KI (2006). Investigation of the coping antecedents to positive outcomes and distress in multiple sclerosis (MS). Psychology & Health, 21 (5), 633-649. doi: 10.1080/14768320500422618
Dunn, J., Lynch, B., Rinaldis, M., Pakenham, K., McPherson, L., Owen, N., Leggett, B., Newman, B. and Aitken, J. (2006). Dimensions of quality of life and psychosocial variables most salient to colorectal cancer patients. Psycho-oncology, 15 (1), 20-30. doi: 10.1002/pon.919
Pakenham, KI, Bursnall, S, Chiu, J, Cannon, T and Okochi, M (2006). The psychosocial impact of caregiving on young people who have a parent with an illness or disability: Comparisons between young caregivers and noncaregivers. Rehabilitation Psychology, 51 (2), 113-126. doi: 10.1037/0090-5550.51.2.113
Green, Heather J., Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Gardiner, Robert A. (2005). Cognitive deficits associated with cancer: A model of subjective and objective outcomes. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 10 (2), 145-160. doi: 10.1080/13548500500093308
Pakenham, KI (2005). Relations between coping and positive and negative outcomes in carers of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Journal of Clinical Psychology In Medical Settings, 12 (1), 25-38. doi: 10.1007/s10880-005-0910-3
Pakenham, K. I. (2005). The positive impact of multiple sclerosis (MS) on carers: Associations between carer benefit finding and positive and negative adjustment domains. Disability and Rehabilitation, 27 (17), 985-997. doi: 10.1890/03-5400
Pakenham, K. I., Samios, C. and Sofronoff, K. (2005). Adjustment in mothers of children with Asperger syndrome: An application of the double ABCX model of family adjustment. Autism, 9 (2), 191-212. doi: 10.1177/1362361305049033
Pakenham, K . I. (2005). Benefit finding in multiple sclerosis, and associations with positive and negative outcomes. Health Psychology, 24 (2), 123-132. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.1.123
Green, H. J., Pakenham, K. I., Headley, B. C., Yaxley, J., Nicol, D. L., Mactaggart, P. N., Swanson, C. E., Watson, R. B. and Gardiner, R. A. (2004). Quality of life compared during pharmacological treatments and clinical monitoring for non-localized prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial. BJU International, 93 (7), 975-979. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04763.x
Pakenham, K. I., Goodwin, V. A. and Macmillan, J. C. (2004). Adaptation to being at-risk for Huntington's disease and the availability of genetic testing: Application of a stress and coping model. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 9 (3), 380-396. doi: 10.1080/13548500410001721936
Shelley, M and Pakenham, KI (2004). External health locus of control and general self-efficacy: Moderators of emotional distress among university students. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56 (3), 191-199. doi: 10.1080/00049530412331283336
Brown, W. and Pakenham, K. I. (2004). Mammography screening distress and pain: Changes over time and relations with breast symptoms, implants and cancer detection concerns. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 9 (4), 403-410. doi: 10.1080/1354850042000267067
Gardiner, R. A., Nicol, D. L., Green, H. J., Yaxley, J., Watson, R.., Mactaggart, P., Headley, B. C., Swanson, C. and Pakenham, K. I. (2004). Re: The effects of combined androgen blockade on cognitive function during the first cycle of intermittent androgen suppression in patients with prostate cancer M. M. Cherrier, A. L. Rose and C. Higano - J Urol, 170 : 1808-1811, 2003. Journal of Urology, 172 (2), 774-774. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000132508.20023.08
Pakenham, KI, Sofronoff, K and Samios, C (2004). Finding meaning in parenting a child with Asperger syndrome: correlates of sense making and benefit finding. Research In Developmental Disabilities, 25 (3), 245-264. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.06.003
Dunn, Jeff, Lynch, Brigid, Aitken, Joanne, Leggett, Barbara, Pakenham, Kenneth and Newman, Beth (2003). Quality of Life and Colorectal Cancer: a Review. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 27 (1), 41-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00378.x
McCausland, J. and Pakenham, K. I. (2003). Investigation of the benefits of HIV/AIDS caregiving and relations among caregiving adjustment, benefit finding, and stress and coping variables. Aids Care-psychological And Socio-medical Aspects of Aids/hiv, 15 (6), 853-869. doi: 10.1080/09540120310001618694
Green, H. J., Pakenham, K. I., Headley, B. C., Yaxley, J., Nicol, D. L., Mactaggart, P. N., Swanson, C., Watson, R. B. and Gardiner, R. A. (2002). Altered Cognitive Function in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer with LHRH Analogues and Cyproterone Acetate: A Randomised Controlled Trial. British Journal of Urology BJU: International, 90 (4), 427-432. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02917.x
Green, Heather J., Pakenham, Kenneth I., Headley, Betty C. and Gardiner, Robert A. (2002). Coping and Health-Related Quality of Life in Men With Prostate Cancer Randomly Assigned to Hormonal Medication or Close Monitoring. Psycho-Oncology, 11 (5), 401-414. doi: 10.1002/pon.599
Pakenham, K. I., Dadds, M. R. and Lennon, H. V. (2002). The efficacy of a psychosocial intervention for HIV/AIDS caregiving dyads and individual caregivers: a controlled treatment outcome study. Aids Care-psychological And Socio-medical Aspects of Aids/hiv, 14 (6), 731-750. doi: 10.1080/0954012021000081313
Dalton, MM and Pakenham, KI (2002). Adjustment of homeless adolescents to a crisis shelter: Application of a stress and coping model. Journal of Youth And Adolescence, 31 (1) 364608, 79-89. doi: 10.1023/A:1014041201490
Pakenham, KI and Rinaldis, M (2002). Development of the HIV/AIDS stress scale. Psychology & Health, 17 (2), 203-219. doi: 10.1080/08870440290013680
Pakenham, KI (2002). Development of a measure of coping with multiple sclerosis caregiving. Psychology & Health, 17 (1), 97-118. doi: 10.1080/08870440290001557
Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2001). Coping with multiple sclerosis: Development of a measure. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 6 (4), 410-428.
Stebbins, P and Pakenham, KI (2001). Irrational schematic beliefs and psychological distress in caregivers of people with traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 46 (2), 178-194. doi: 10.1037/0090-5550.46.2.178
Pakenham, KI and Rinaldis, M (2001). The role of illness, resources, appraisal, and coping strategies in adjustment to HIV/AIDS: The direct and buffering effects. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 24 (3), 259-279. doi: 10.1023/A:1010718823753
Pakenham, K. I. (2001). Coping with multiple sclerosis: Development of a measure. Psychology Health and Medicine, 6 (4), 411-428.
Pakenham, K. I. (2001). Application of a stress and coping model to caregiving in multiple sclerosis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 6 (1), 13-27. doi: 10.1080/13548500125141
Green, H. J., Pakenham, K. I. and Gardiner, R. A. (2000). Effects of Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone Analogs on Cognition in Women and Men: A Review. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 5 (4), 407-418. doi: 10.1080/713690212
McKeering, Helen and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (2000). Gender and generativity issues in parenting: Do fathers benefit more than mothers from involvement in child care activities?. Sex Roles, 43 (7-8), 459-480. doi: 10.1023/A:1007115415819
Stebbins, Peter, Pakenham, Kenneth I. and Leung, Paul (2000). Predictors of Traumatic Brain Injury Caregiver Adjustment and the Role of Irrational Beliefs: Towards a Cognitive Model. The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, 6 (1), 33-44. doi: 10.1017/S1323892200001009
Pakenham, K. I., Pruss, M. and Clutton, S (2000). The utility of socio-demographics, knowledge and health belief model variables in predicting reattendance for mammography screening: A brief report. Psychology and Health, 15 (5), 585-591. doi: 10.1080/08870440008405472
Sestini, A. and Pakenham, K. I. (2000). Cancer of the prostate: A biopsychological review. Journal of Psychological Oncology, 18 (1), 17-38. doi: 10.1300/J077v18n01_02
Hamernik, Elizabeth and Pakenham, Kenneth I. (1999). Assertive Community Treatment for persons with severe mental disorders: A controlled treatment outcome study. Behaviour Change, 16 (4), 259-268. doi: 10.1375/bech.16.4.259
Pakenham, K. I. and Hamernik, E. (1999). Assertive community treatment for persons with severe mental disorders: A controlled treatment outcome study. Behaviour Change, 16 (4), 1-10.
Pakenham, K. I., Clutton, S. J. and Buckley, B. M. (1999). Predictors of emotional well-being following a 'false positive' breast cancer screening result. Psychology and Health, 14 (2), 263-275. doi: 10.1080/08870449908407327
Pakenham, K. I. (1999). Adjustment to multiple sclerosis: Application of a stress and coping model. Health Psychology, 18 (4), 383-392. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.18.4.383
Pakenham, KI (1998). Couple coping and adjustment to multiple sclerosis in care receiver carer dyads. Family Relations, 47 (3), 269-277. doi: 10.2307/584977
Pakenham K.I. (1998). Specification of social support behaviours and network dimensions along the HIV continuum for gay men. Patient Education and Counseling, 34 (2), 147-157. doi: 10.1016/S0738-3991(97)00104-3
Pakenham, K. I., Stewart, C. A. and Rogers, A. (1997). The role of coping in adjustment to multiple sclerosis-related adaptive demands. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 2 (3), 197-211. doi: 10.1080/13548509708400578
Pakenham, KI, Dadds, MR and Terry, DJ (1996). Adaptive demands along the HIV disease continuum. Social Science & Medicine, 42 (2), 245-256. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00099-2
Pakenham K.I., Dadds M.R. and Terry D.J. (1995). Psychosocial adjustment along the hiv disease continuum. Psychology & Health, 10 (6), 523-536. doi: 10.1080/08870449508401969
Pakenham K.I., Dadds M.R. and Terry D.J. (1995). Carers’ burden and adjustment to HIV. AIDS Care, 7 (2), 189-204. doi: 10.1080/09540129550126704
Pakenham K.I., Dadds M.R. and Terry D.J. (1994). Relationships Between Adjustment to HIV and Both Social Support and Coping. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62 (6), 1194-1203. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.62.6.1194
Pakenham K.I. and Dadds M.R. (1987). Family care and schizophrenia: The effects of a supportive educational program on relatives’ personal and social adjustment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 21 (4), 580-590. doi: 10.3109/00048678709158927
Dadds, Mark, Dooley, Roger and Pakenham, Ken (1985). Behavioural family interventions in the management of schizophrenia: A review. Behaviour Change, 2 (2), 102-110. doi: 10.1017/S0813483900008913
Conference Papers
Giovannetti, Ambra Mara, Quintas, Rui, Tramacere, Irene, Giordano, Andrea, Confalonieri, Paolo, Uccelli, Michele Messmer, Solari, Alessandra and Pakenham, Kenneth (2019). Single-blinded, mixed methods, pilot randomized controlled trial of a resilience training program for people with MS. Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS) - Crossing the Interface to Explore New Possibilities, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 20-22 June 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications . doi: 10.1177/1352458519844447
Giovannetti, Ambra Mara, Quintas, Rui, Mattarozzi, Katia, Giordano, Andrea, Pakenham, Kenneth and Solari, Alessandra (2018). Individualized quality of life in people with MS: advantages of using the SEIQOL-DW. 23rd Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS), Amsterdam Netherlands, May 31-June 2 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Giovannetti, Ambra Mara, Quintas, Rui, Giordano, Andrea, Uccelli, Michele Messmer, Solari, Alessandra and Pakenham, Kenneth (2018). READY for MS, a group intervention to promote resilience in people with multiple sclerosis: a single blind RCT with a nested qualitative study. 23rd Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS), Amsterdam Netherlands, May 31-June 2 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Pakenham, Kenneth (2011). Investigation of the psychosocial impact of caregiving on youth in the context of parental illness. 25th European Health Psychology Conference, Crete, Greece, September 2011. Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2011.617186
Pakenham, Kenneth (2009). Young carers: investigation of the psychosocial impact of caregiving on youth who have a parent with an illness or disability. 44 th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Darwin, Australia, 30 September – 4 October 2009.
Burton, N., Pakenham, K. and Brown, W. (2009). Incorporating physical activity advice and counseling with psychosocial resilience training. 2009 Annual Conference of the ISBNPA, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-29 June, 2009. Portugal: International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
Burton, N., Pakenham, K. and Brown, W. (2009). Psychologists providing physical activity advice and counselling as part of psychological treatment. 2009 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport - be active '09, Brisbane, 14-17 October, 2009. Mitchell, ACT: Sports Medicine Australia.
Burton, N. W., Pakenham, K. I. and Brown, W. J. (2008). Are psychologists ready, willing and able to provide physical activity advice and counselling as part of psychological treatment?. 2008 Annual Meeting of The International Society For Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, AB, Canada, 21-24 May 2008.
Green, H. J., Pakenham, K., I and Gardiner, R. A. (2006). Adjustment and quality of life of men and their partners during treatment for non-localised prostate cancer. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Pakenham, K. I. (2004). Benefit finding in multiple sclerosis and associations with positive and negative outcomes. 2nd Asian Congress of Health Psychology, Seoul, Korea, 16-18 August 2004.
Pakenham, K. I. (2002). Application of a stress/coping model to burnout in volunteers caring for persons with HIV. Seventh International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Helsinki, 28-31 August 2002. UK: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Pakenham, K. I., Dadds, M. R. and Lennon, H. (2002). The efficacy of a psychosocial intervention for HIV/AIDS caregiving dyads and individual caregivers: A controlled treatment outcome study. 25th National Conference of the Australian Association for Coy, Brisbane, 29 June-3 July 2002. Australia: AACBT.
Johnston, T., Pakenham, K. I. and Gallois, C. (2000). An investigation of the relationship between the theory of planned behaviour and a stage of change model in the context of understanding and modifying HIV-risk behaviour. 6th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Brisbane, 15 - 18 November 2000. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Hamernik, E., Mackie, A. and Pakenham, K. I. (2000). Do coping, temperament and character predict medication compliance in HIV-positive gay men?. 6th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Brisbane, 15 - 18 November 2000. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Green, H., Pakenham, K. I. and Gardiner, R. A. (2000). Use of hormonal medication by men with metastatic prostate cancer is associated with cognitive impairment. 6th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Brisbane, 15 - 18 November 2000. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Stebbins, P. J. and Pakenham, K. I. (2000). Investigation of the relationship between irrational schematic belief and psychological distress in caregivers of people with traumatic brain injury. 6th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Brisbane, 15 - 18 November 2000. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Pakenham, K. I. and Rinaldis, M. (2000). The role of illness, resouces, appraisal and coping strategies in adjustment to HIV/AIDS. 6th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Brisbane, 15 - 18 November 2000. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Pakenham, K. I. (2000). Coping with multiple sclerosis: Development of a measure. 6th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Brisbane, 15 - 18 November 2000. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Research Report
Pakenham, K. I., Stebbins, P., Cannon, T. and Samios, C. (2005). Carers in contemporary Australia: relations among carer illness/disability groups, biographics, caring context, coping and distress. Brisbane, Australia: PsyHealth Media.
Conference Item
Pakenham, K. I., Bursnall, S., Chiu, J., Cannon, D. and Okochi, M. (2005). The psychosocial impact of early caregiving comparisons between young carers and non-carers. The 40th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria, 28 September - 2 October 2005. Melbourne: The Australian Psychological Society. doi: 10.1080/00049530600940010