Publications
Book
Rapee, R. M., Spence, S. H., Cobham, V. E. and Wignall, A. M. (2000). Helping Your Anxious Child. Oaklands, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Book Chapters
Donovan, C. and Spence, S. H. (2005). Children's interpersonal problems. Cognitive-behaviour therapy for children and families. (pp. 402-425) edited by Philip Graham. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Spence, S. H. and Reinecke, M. (2003). Cognitive approaches to understanding, preventing, and treating child and adolescent depression. Cognitive Therapy Across the Lifespan. (pp. 358-395) edited by M.A. Reinecke and D.A. Clark. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139087094.016
Spence, S. H. (2001). Prevention of depression among adolescents. Health and Medical Research: Contribution of the Social and Behavioural Sciences. (pp. 65-68) edited by P. R. Martin, M. Prior and J. Milgrom. Australia: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Psychological Society.
Spence, S. H. (2001). Prevention strategies. The Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety. (pp. 325-351) edited by M. W. Vasey and M. R. Dadds. USA: Oxford University Press, Inc..
Spence, S. H. and De Matos, M. G. (2000). Intervencoes preventivas com criacas e adolescentes. Desenvolvimento de Competencias de Vida na Prevencao do Desajustamento Social. (pp. 17-33) edited by M. G. de Matos, C. Simoes and S. F. Carvahosa. Lisbon: Instituto de Reinsercao Social.
Journal Articles
Murray, Belinda L., Kenardy, Justin A. and Spence, Susan H. (2008). Brief Report: Children's responses to trauma- and nontrauma-related hospital admission: A comparison study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33 (4), 435-440. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm078
Olsson, Katherine A., Le Brocque, Robyne M., Kenardy, Justin A., Anderson, Vicki and Spence, Susan H. (2008). The influence of pre-injury behaviour on children's type of accident, type of injury and severity of injury. Brain Injury, 22 (7-8), 595-602. doi: 10.1080/02699050802132453
De Young, Alexandra, Kenardy, Justin A. and Spence, Susan H. (2007). Elevated heart rate as a predictor of PTSD six months following accidental pediatric injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20 (5), 751-756. doi: 10.1002/jts.20235
Masih, Sandra, Spence, S. H. and Oei, Tian P.S. (2007). Sociotropic and autonomous personality and stressful life events as predictors of depressive symptoms in the postpartum period. Cognitive Therapy And Research, 31 (4), 483-502. doi: 10.1007/s10608-006-9071-4
Kenardy, Justin A., Andrea Michelle Smith, Spence, Susan H., Peta-Rochelle Lilley, Newcombe, Peter A., Rian Dob and Susan Robinson (2007). Dissociation in children's trauma narratives: An exploratory investigation. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21 (3), 456-466. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.05.007
Kenardy, Justin A., Spence, Susan H. and Macleod, Alexandra C. (2006). Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder in children after accidental injury. Pediatrics, 118 (3), 1002-1009. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-0406
Rapee, Ronald M., Wignall, Ann, Sheffield, Jeanie, Kowalenko, Nick, Davis, Anna, McLoone, Jordana and Spence, Susan H. (2006). Adolescents' reactions to universal and indicated prevention programs for depression: Perceived stigma and consumer satisfaction. Prevention Science, 7 (2), 167-177. doi: 10.1007/s11121-006-0035-4
Spence, S. H., Lipp, O. V., Liberman, L. and March, S. (2006). Examination of emotional priming among children and young adolescents: Developmental issues and its association with anxiety. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58 (2), 101-110. doi: 10.1080/00049530600730468
Liberman, LC, Lipp, O. V., Spence, S. H. and March, S. (2006). Evidence for retarded extinction of aversive learning in anxious children. Behaviour Research And Therapy, 44 (10), 1491-1502. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.11.004
Spence, S. H., Holmes, J. M., March, S. and Lipp, O. V. (2006). The feasibility and outcome of clinic plus Internet delivery of cognitive-behavior therapy for childhood anxiety. Journal of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 74 (3), 614-621. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.3.614
Sheffield, J. K., Holland-Thomson, K. J., Davis, A. L., Anderson, R. E., Spence, S. H., Kennedy, L., Krelle, A., Kay, D., Boucher, S., Burns, J., Hodges, C., Glover, S., Patton, G., Graetz, B. and Sawyer, M. (2005). The beyondblue classroom program. Professional Educator, 4 (1), 30-34.
Waters, A. M., Lipp, O. V. and Spence, S. H. (2005). The effects of affective picture stimuli on blink modulation in adults and children. Biological Psychology, 68 (3), 257-281. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.05.002
Spence, Susan H., Sheffield, Jeanie K. and Donovan, Caroline L. (2005). Long-term outcome of a school-based, universal approach to prevention of depression in adolescents. Journal of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 73 (1), 160-167. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.1.160
Spence, S. H., Burns, J., Boucher, S, Glover, S, Graetz, B, Kay, D, Patton, G and Sawyer, M (2005). The beyondblue Schools Research Initiative: Conceptual framework and intervention. Australasian Psychiatry: Bulletin of the Royal Australian and New Zealand Colelge of Psychiatrists, 13 (2), 159-164. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2005.02180.x
Waters, A. M., Lipp, O. V. and Spence, S. H. (2004). Attentional bias toward fear-related stimuli: An investigation with nonselected children and adults and children with anxiety disorders. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 89 (4), 320-337. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.06.003
Nauta, M. H., Scholing, A., Rapee, R. M., Abbott, M., Spence, S. H. and Waters, A. (2004). A parent-report measure of children's anxiety: psychometric properties and comparison with child-report in a clinic and normal sample. Behaviour Research And Therapy, 42 (7), 813-839. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00200-6
Rapee, R. M. and Spence, S. H. (2004). The etiology of social phobia: Empirical evidence and an initial model. Clinical Psychology Review, 24 (7), 737-767. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2004.06.004
Kavanagh, David J., Spence, Susan H., Strong, Jenny, Wilson, Jill, Sturk, Heidi and Crow, Natasha (2003). Supervision practices in allied mental health: Relationships of supervision characteristics to perceived impact and job satisfaction. Mental Health Services Research, 5 (4), 187-195. doi: 10.1023/A:1026223517172
Bishop, G., Spence, S. H. and McDonald, C. (2003). Can parents and teachers provide a reliable and valid report of behavioral inhibition?. Child Development, 74 (6), 1899-1917. doi: 10.1046/j.1467-8624.2003.00645.x
Strong, Jenny, Kavanagh, David, Wilson, Jill, Spence, Susan H., Worrall, Linda and Crow, Natash (2003). Supervision Practice for Allied Health Professionals Within a Large Mental Health Service: Exploring the Phenomenon. The Clinical Supervisor - the journal of supervision in psychotherapy & mental health, 22 (1), 191-210. doi: 10.1300/J001v22n01_13
Spence, Susan H., Sheffield, Jeanie K. and Donovan, Caroline L. (2003). Preventing adolescent depression: An evaluation of the problem solving for life program. Journal of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 71 (1), 3-13. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.71.1.3
Ingles, C. J., Mendez, F. X., Hidalgo, M. D. and Spence, S. H. (2003). The List of Social Situation Problems: Reliability and validity in an adolescent Spanish-speaking sample. Journal of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assessment, 25 (1), 65-74. doi: 10.1023/A:1022256121105
Spence, S. H. (2003). Social skills training with children and young people: Theory, evidence and practice. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 8 (2), 84-96.
Spence, S. H., Barrett, P. M. and Turner, C. M. (2003). Psychometric properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale with young adolescents. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 17 (6), 605-625. doi: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00236-0
Spence, Susan H. (2003). Social Skills Training with Children and Young People: Theory, Evidence and Practice. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 8 (2), 84-96.
Greaves, A., King, R., Yellowlees, P. M., Spence, S. H. and Lloyd, C.A. (2002). The competence of mental health occupational therapists. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65 (8), 381-386.
King, Robert, Yellowlees, Peter, Nurcombe, Barry, Spooner, Darren, Sturk, Heidi, Spence, Sue and Le Bas, James (2002). Psychologists as mental health case managers. Australian Psychologist, 37 (2), 118-122. doi: 10.1080/00050060210001706756
McCathie, H. C. F., Spence, S. H. and Tate, R. L. (2002). Adjustment to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the importance of psychological factors. European Respiratory Journal, 19 (1), 47-53. doi: 10.1183/09031936.02.00240702
Kavanagh, D. J., Spence, S. H., Wilson, J. and Crow, N. (2002). Achieving effective supervision. Drug and Alcohol Review, 21 (3), 247-252. doi: 10.1080/0959523021000002705
Spence, Susan H., Sheffield, Jeanie and Donovan, Caroline (2002). Problem-Solving Orientation and Attributional Style: Moderators of the Impact of Negative Life Events on the Development of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence?. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 31 (2), 219-229. doi: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3102_07
Price, C. S., Spence, S. H., Sheffield, J. and Donovan, C. (2002). The development and psychometric properties of a measure of social and adaptive functioning for children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child And Adolescent Psychology, 31 (1), 111-122. doi: 10.1207/153744202753441729
Spence, S. H., Najman, J. M., Bor, W., O'Callaghan, M. J. and Williams, G. M. (2002). Maternal Anxiety and Depression, Poverty and Marital Relationship Factors During Early Childhood as Predictors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 43 (4), 457-469. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00037
Spence, Susan H., Rapee, Ronald, McDonald, Casey and Ingram, Michelle (2001). The structure of anxiety symptoms among preschoolers. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39 (11), 1293-1316. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(00)00098-X
Spence, Susan H., Wilson, Jill, Kavanagh, David, Strong, Jenny and Worrall, Linda (2001). Clinical supervision in four mental health professions: A review of the evidence. Behaviour Change, 18 (3), 135-155. doi: 10.1375/bech.18.3.135
Campbell, M., Rapee, R. M. and Spence, S. H. (2001). The nature of feared outcome representations in anxious and non-anxious children. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 11 (1), 85-99.
Spence, S. H., Sharpe, L., Newton-John, T. and Champion, D. (2001). An investigation of symptom-specific muscle hyperreactivity in upper extremity cumulative trauma disorder. Clinical Journal of Pain, 17 (2), 119-128. doi: 10.1097/00002508-200106000-00004
Najman, J. M., Williams, G. M., Nikles, J., Spence, S., Bor, W., O'Callaghan, M., Le Brocque, R., Andersen, M. J. and Shuttlewood, G. J. (2001). Bias Influencing Maternal Reports of Child Behaviour and Emotional State. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36 (4), 186-194. doi: 10.1007/s001270170062
Spence, S. H., Brechman-Toussaint, M. L. and Donovan, C. (2000). The treatment of childhood social phobia: The effectiveness of a social skill training-based cognitive-behavioural intervention, with and without parental involvement. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41 (6), 713-726. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00659
Donovan, C. and Spence, S. H. (2000). Prevention of childhood anxiety disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 20 (4), 509-531. doi: 10.1016/S0272-7358(99)00040-9
Najman, J. M., Williams, G. M., Nikles, J., Spence, S. H., Bor, W., O'Callaghan, M., Le Brocque, R. M. and Andersen, M.J. (2000). Mothers' mental illness and child behavior problems: Cause-effect association or observation bias. Journal of The American Academy of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, 39 (5), 592-602. doi: 10.1097/00004583-200005000-00013
Spence, S. H. and Sheffield, J. K. (2000). The problem solving for life program: Preventing depression in Australian youth. Reaching Today's Youth, 4, 67-72.
Cobham, V. E., Dadds, M. R. and Spence, S. H. (1999). Anxious children and their parents: What do they expect?. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28 (2), 220-231. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2802_9
Devilly, G. and Spence, S. H. (1999). The relative efficacy and treatment distress of EMDR and a cognitive-behaviour trauma treatment protocol in the amelioration of post traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 13 (1-2), 131-157. doi: 10.1016/s0887-6185(98)00044-9
Wyver, Shirley R. and Spence, Susan H. (1999). Play and divergent problem solving: Evidence supporting a reciprocal relationship. Early Education and Development, 10 (4), 419-444. doi: 10.1207/s15566935eed1004_1
Dadds, Mark R., Holland, Denise E., Laurens, Kristin R., Mullins, Miranda J., Barrett, Paula M. and Spence, Susan H. (1999). Early intervention and prevention of anxiety disorders in children: Results at two year follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67 (1), 145-150. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.67.1.145
Spence, S. H., Donovan, C. and Brechman-Toussaint, M. L. (1999). Social skills, social outcomes and cognitive features of childhood social phobia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 108 (2), 211-221. doi: 10.1037//0021-843X.108.2.211
Spence, Susan H. (1998). A Measure of Anxiety Symptoms Among Children. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36 (5), 545-566. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00034-5
Spence, Susan H. (1997). Structure of Anxiety Symptoms Among Children: A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106 (2), 280-297. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.2.280
SHARPE, LOUISE, TARRIER, NICHOLAS, SCHOTTE, DAVID and SPENCE, SUSAN H. (1995). The role of autonomic arousal in problem gambling. Addiction, 90 (11), 1529-1540. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1995.9011152911.x
Conference Papers
Lipp, Ottmar V., Spence, Susan H., Liberman, Lisa C. and March, Sonja (2005). Evidence for retarded extinction of fear learning in anxious children. Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Universidade Luso´ fona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal, 21 - 24 September 2005. Society for Psychophysiological Research. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00342.x
Spence, S. H. and Donovan, C. (2002). Preventing depression in adolescence: Short term results from the problem solving for life program. Second International Conference on Child and Adolescent Mentalh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2000. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science.
Spence, S. H. (1999). Rotary and science in Australia: Evidence, action and partnership in mental health. Seventh International Symposium Rotary and Science in Australia, Canberra, Australia, 5-7 May, 1999. Parramatta, NSW: Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.
Research Reports
Spence, Susan H., Donald, Maria, Dower, Jo, Woodward, Rose and Lacherez, Phillippe (2002). Outcomes and indicators, measurement tools, and databases for the National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health 2000. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth Dept of Health and Aging.
Kavanagh, D. J., Worrall, L. E., Spence, S. H., Strong, J., Wilson, J. E., Sturk, H. and Crow, N. (2001). Report 3. Survey of Allied Health Staff of Mental Health Services in Queensland: Charting the Territory. A Research Evaluation of Professional Supervision and Mentoring of Allied Health Professionals in the Mental Health Service. Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland Health.
Strong, J., Kavanagh, D. J., Wilson, J. E., Spence, S. H., Worrall, L.E. and Crow, N. (2001). Report 2. Supervision Practice within a Large Allied Mental Health Workforce: Exploring the Phenomenon. A Research Evaluation of Professional Supervision and Mentoring of Allied Health Professionals in the Mental Health Service.. Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland Health.
Kavanagh, D. J., Spence, S. H., Sturk, H., Strong, J., Wilson, J. E., Worrall, L. E., Crow, N. and Skerrett, R. (2001). Report 7. Three-Month Outcomes of Training in Supervision: A Randomised Controlled Trial. A Research Evaluation of Professional Supervision and Mentoring of Allied Health Professionals in the Mental Health Service. Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland Health.
Spence, S. H., Kavanagh, D. J., Worrall, L.E., Strong, J., Wilson, J. E. and Krasny, J. (2001). Report 1 Supervision Practices in the Allied Mental Health Professions: How much do we know? A Research Evaluation of Professional Supervision and Mentoring of Allied Health Professionals in the Mental Health Service.. Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland Health.