Rachel Grieve
Lecturer
Department of health
University of Tasmania
Australia
Biography
Rachel commenced at the Division of Psychology of the University of Tasmania as a Lecturer in 2013. Previously, she has worked as a Lecturer and undergraduate Degree Coordinator at the Australian Catholic University, and as a sessional academic at the University of Southern Queensland and Queensland University of Technology.
Research Interest
Rachel's research aligns with one of the University's key research themes of Better Health. Rachel's primary research interests are broadly within the fields of assessment, emotion, and cognition. She is interested in faking and malingering in psychological testing, as well as scale development and validation. Rachel also conducts a program of research investigating the 'dark' elements of individual differences, such as emotional manipulation and psychopathy, and cognitive processing as it relates to these darker aspects (for example, semantic and affective priming). Recently, she has also commenced a research program exploring the psychological processes involved in online social networking.
Publications
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Grieve R, Mahar D. The emotional manipulation–psychopathy nexus: Relationships with emotional intelligence, alexithymia and ethical position. Personality and Individual Differences. 2010 Jun 30;48(8):945-50.
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Indian M, Grieve R. When Facebook is easier than face-to-face: Social support derived from Facebook in socially anxious individuals. Personality and Individual Differences. 2014 Mar 31;59:102-6.
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Grieve R, Indian M, Witteveen K, Tolan GA, Marrington J. Face-to-face or Facebook: Can social connectedness be derived online?. Computers in Human Behavior. 2013 May 31;29(3):604-9.
