Dr Fiona Maccallum
Senior Lecturer (Clinical Psych)
School of Psychology
+61 7 336 56257
Researcher biography
Fiona is a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology with research interests in grief & loss, trauma and anxiety. She undertakes experimental and clinical investigations of autobiographical memory, self-identity and future thinking, attachment, emotion regulation, and motivation. She has contributed to several randomised controlled trials for prolonged grief and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. She is also focused on understanding resilence and psychopathology more broadly including cognitive processes, social influences on mental health, and applying statistical modelling to understand heterogeneity in symptom onset, maintenance, and recovery/treatment response.
Fiona came to UQ in 2018. Prior to this she held an NHMRC Early Career Research Fellowship which was undertaken at Teachers College, Columbia University and the University of New South Wales. Fiona has worked for over a decade as a clinical psychologist in research, public, and private practice settings.
Book Chapters
Maccallum, Fiona (2021). Normal and pathological mourning: attachment processes in the development of prolonged grief. Attachment: the fundamental questions. (pp. 289-295) edited by Ross A. Thompson, Jeffry A. Simpson and Lisa J. Berlin. New York, NY USA: The Guilford Press.
Dawson, Katie S, Maccallum, Fiona, Kenny, Lucy and Bryant, Richard A. (2016). Adapting CBT for posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief disorder for complex populations and settings. Innovations and future directions in the behavioural and cognitive therapies. (pp. 97-101) edited by Ross G. Menzies, Michael Kyrios and Nikolaos Kazantzis. Samford, QLD, Australia: Australian Academic Press.
Journal Articles
Barlow, Melanie, Watson, Bernadette, Jones, Elizabeth, Maccallum, Fiona and Morse, Kate J. (2023). The influence of professional identity on how the receiver receives and responds to a speaking up message: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nursing, 22 (1) 26. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01178-z
Lenferink, Lonneke I. M., Sveen, Josefin and Maccallum, Fiona (2023). Editorial: Consequences and aftercare of a traumatic loss of a loved one. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 1111000. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1111000
Bryant, Richard A, Dawson, Katie S, Azevedo, Suzanna, Yadav, Srishti, Cahill, Catherine, Kenny, Lucy, Maccallum, Fiona, Tran, Jenny, Rawson, Natasha, Tockar, Julia, Garber, Benjamin and Keyan, Dharani (2023). Augmenting trauma-focused psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder with brief aerobic exercise in Australia: a randomised clinical trial. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10 (1), 21-29. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00368-6
Maccallum, Fiona (2022). Self-identity processing and grief: The role of avoidance and flexibility. Personality and Individual Differences, 189 111478, 111478. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111478
Malgaroli, Matteo, Maccallum, Fiona and Bonanno, George A. (2022). Machine yearning: how advances in computational methods lead to new insights about reactions to loss. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 13-17. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.05.003
Maccallum, Fiona and Bonanno, George A. (2022). Social trust and the discounting of gains and losses in prolonged grief. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 147, 148-153. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.01.002
Maccallum, F., Lundorff, M., Johannsen, M., Farver-Vestergaard, I. and O'Connor, M. (2021). An exploration of gender and prolonged grief symptoms using network analysis. Psychological Medicine, 1-8. doi: 10.1017/s0033291721003391
Li, Jie, Sun, Yihua, Maccallum, Fiona and Chow, Amy Y. M. (2021). Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic growth among bereaved adults: a latent class analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 575311, 575311. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575311
O'Connor, Maja, Larsen, Lene, Joensen, Biretha V., Boelen, Paul A., Maccallum, Fiona, Komischke-Konnerup, Katrine and Bryant, Richard A. (2020). Valid ICD-11 PGD scales and structured clinical interviews needed. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 1120, 1120. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01120
Maccallum, Fiona, Tran, Sophia and Bonanno, George A. (2020). Expressive flexibility and anxiety. Journal of Affective Disorders, 281, 935-940. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.028
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2019). An investigation of approach behaviour in prolonged grief. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 119 103405, 103405. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2019.05.002
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2019). A network approach to understanding quality of life impairments in prolonged grief disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33 (1) jts.22383, 106-115. doi: 10.1002/jts.22383
Bonanno, George A., Maccallum, Fiona, Malgaroli, Matteo and Hou, Wai Kai (2018). The Context Sensitivity Index (CSI): measuring the ability to identify the presence and absence of stressor context cues. Assessment, 27 (2), 261-273. doi: 10.1177/1073191118820131
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2018). Prolonged grief and attachment security: a latent class analysis. Psychiatry Research, 268, 297-302. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.07.038
Malgaroli, Matteo, Maccallum, Fiona and Bonanno, George A. (2018). Symptoms of persistent complex bereavement disorder, depression, and PTSD in a conjugally bereaved sample: a network analysis. Psychological Medicine, 48 (14), 1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718001769
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2018). Symptoms of prolonged grief and posttraumatic stress following loss: a latent class analysis. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53 (1), 000486741876842-67. doi: 10.1177/0004867418768429
Bryant, Richard, Kenny, Lucy, Joscelyne, Amy, Rawson, Natasha, Maccallum, Fiona, Cahill, Catherine, Hopwood, Sally and Nickerson, Angela (2018). Erratum: Correction. Treating Prolonged Grief Disorder: A 2-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial (The Journal of clinical psychiatry (2017) 78 9 (1363-1368) PII: 18lcx12157). The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 79 (1) doi: 10.4088/JCP.18lcx12157
Bryant, Richard A., Kenny, Lucy, Joscelyne, Amy, Rawson, Natasha, Maccallum, Fiona, Cahill, Catherine and Hopwood, Sally (2017). Predictors of treatment response for cognitive behaviour therapy for prolonged grief disorder. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 8 (sup6) 1556551, 1556551. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1556551
Bryant, Richard A., Kenny, Lucy, Joscelyne, Amy, Rawson, Natasha, Maccallum, Fiona, Cahill, Catherine, Hopwood, Sally and Nickerson, Angela (2017). Treating prolonged grief disorder: a 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 78 (9), 1363-1368. doi: 10.4088/JCP.16m10729
Morin, Ruth T., Galatzer-Levy, Isaac R., Maccallum, Fiona and Bonanno, George A. (2017). Do Multiple Health Events Reduce Resilience When Compared With Single Events?. Health Psychology, 36 (8), 721-728. doi: 10.1037/hea0000481
Maccallum, Fiona, Malgaroli, Matteo and Bonanno, George A. (2017). Networks of Loss: Relationships Among Symptoms of Prolonged Grief Following Spousal and Parental Loss. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126 (5), 652-662. doi: 10.1037/abn0000287
Maccallum, Fiona and Bonanno, George A. (2016). The economics of losing a loved one: delayed reward discounting in prolonged grief. Clinical Psychological Science, 4 (4), 683-690. doi: 10.1177/2167702615605827
Maccallum, Fiona, Galatzer-Levy, Isaac R. and Bonanno, George A. (2015). Trajectories of depression following spousal and child bereavement: a comparison of the heterogeneity in outcomes. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 69, 72-79. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.07.017
Maccallum, Fiona, Sawday, Simon, Rinck, Mike and Bryant, Richard A. (2015). The push and pull of grief: approach and avoidance in bereavement. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 48, 105-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.02.010
Bryant, Richard A., Kenny, Lucy, Joscelyne, Amy, Rawson, Natasha, Maccallum, Fiona, Cahill, Catherine, Hopwood, Sally, Aderka, Idan and Nickerson, Angela (2014). Treating prolonged grief disorder: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 71 (12), 1332-1339. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1600
Nickerson, Angela, Liddell, Belinda J., Maccallum, Fiona, Steel, Zachary, Silove, Derrick and Bryant, Richard A. (2014). Posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief in refugees exposed to trauma and loss. BMC Psychiatry, 14 (1) 106. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-106
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2013). A Cognitive Attachment Model of prolonged grief: integrating attachments, memory, and identity. Clinical Psychology Review, 33 (6), 713-727. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.05.001
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2011). Imagining the future in Complicated Grief. Depression and Anxiety, 28 (8), 658-665. doi: 10.1002/da.20866
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2011). Autobiographical memory following cognitive behaviour therapy for complicated grief. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42 (1), 26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.08.006
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2010). Social problem solving in complicated grief. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 49 (4), 577-590. doi: 10.1348/014466510X487040
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2010). Attentional bias in complicated grief. Journal of Affective Disorders, 125 (1-3), 316-322. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.01.070
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2010). Impaired autobiographical memory in complicated grief. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48 (4), 328-334. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.12.006
Maccallum, Fiona and Bryant, Richard A. (2008). Self-defining memories in complicated grief. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46 (12), 1311-1315. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.09.003
Maccallum, Fiona, Blaszczynski, Alex, Ladouceur, Robert and Nower, Lia (2007). Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity in pathological gambling. Personality and Individual Differences, 43 (7), 1829-1838. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.06.002
Joukhador, Jackie, Blaszczynski, Alex and Maccallum, Fiona (2004). Superstitious beliefs in gambling among problem and non-problem gamblers: preliminary data. Journal of Gambling Studies, 20 (2), 171-180. doi: 10.1023/B:JOGS.0000022308.27774.2b
Joukhador, Jackie, Maccallum, Fiona and Blaszczynski, Alex (2003). Differences in cognitive distortions between problem and social gamblers. Psychological Reports, 92 (3), 1203-1214. doi: 10.2466/PR0.92.4.1203-1214
Maccallum, Fiona and Blaszczynski, Alex (2003). Pathological gambling and suicidality: an analysis of severity and lethality. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 33 (1), 88-98. doi: 10.1521/suli.33.1.88.22781
Maccallum, Fiona and Blaszczynski, Alex (2002). Pathological gambling and comorbid substance use. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36 (3), 411-415. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.01005.x
Blaszczynski, Alexander and Maccallum, Fiona (2001). Gambling-induced analgesia: a single case report. Journal of Gambling Issues (4) doi: 10.4309/jgi.2001.4.3
Maccallum, Fiona, McConkey, Kevin M., Bryant, Richard A. and Barnier, Aamanda J. (2000). Specific autobiographical memory following hypnotically induced mood state. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 48 (4), 361-373. doi: 10.1080/00207140008410366
McConkey, Kevin M., Barnier, Amanda J., Maccallum, Fiona L. and Bishop, Karen (1996). A normative and structural analysis of the HGSHS: a with a large Australian sample. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 24 (1), 1-11.
Conference Paper
Barnier, Amanda J., Bryant, Richard A., Campbell, Leah, Cox, Rochelle, Harris, Celia, Hung, Lynette, Maccallum, Fiona and Sharman, Stefanie J. (2005). Memory on the beach: an Australian memory (and hypnosis) laboratory. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s10339-005-0013-y