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Kellie Bennett

Assoc/Prof Kellie Bennett

Associate Professor

Contact details

Address Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
The University of Western Australia (M521)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia
Phone 9346 2251
Fax 9346 3828

Key research

  • Communication in health
  • Statistical analysis
  • Research methods
  • Developmental psychology

Major research interests

  • Child development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Spirituality and health
  • Behavioural genetics

Qualifications

DipEd MPsych W.Aust., PhD Curtin

Publications

Bennett, K.S., Levy, F., & Hay, D. (2007). Behaviour genetic approaches to the study of ADHD. In M. Fitzgerald, M. Bellgrove & M. Gill (Eds.), Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. John Wiley and Sons.

Piek, J.P., Rigoli, D., Pearsall-Jones, J., Martin, N., Hay, D., Bennett, K. (2007). Depressive Symptomatology in Child and Adolescent Twins with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Developmental Coordination Disorder. Twin Research and Human Genetics.

Hay, D., Bennett, K.S., Levy, F., Sergeant, J., & Swanson, J., (2007). A twin study of ADHD dimensions rated by the Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD symptoms and Normal behaviors (SWAN) scale. Biological Psychiatry, 61(5), 700-705.

Bennett, K.S., Hay, D., Piek, J., Pearsall-Jones, J., Levy, F., & Martin, N. (2006). The Australian Twin ADHD Project: Current status and future directions. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9(6), 718-727.

Levy, F., Bennett, K.S., Hartman, C., Hay, D., & Sergeant, J. (2006). A Twin Study of Conduct Disorder and ADHD: Is extreme Conduct Disorder different. In, Oades R. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) and the Hyperkinetic Syndrome (HKS): Current Ideas and Ways Forward. Nova.

Levy, F., Hay, D.A. & Bennett, K.S. (2006). Genetics of ADHD: A current review and future prospects. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 53(1), 5-20.

McDougall, M.R., Hay, D.A., Bennett, K.S. (2006). Having a Cotwin with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9, 148-154.

Dent, J., Hay, D., Bennett, K., Martin, N., Piek, J., Levy, F. (2005). Genetic and neuropsychological bases of proactive and reactive aggression. Behavior Genetics, 35(6), 798-799.

Levy, F., Hay, D.A., Bennett, K.S., McStephen, M. (2005). Gender differences in ADHD subtype comorbidity. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 368-376.

Hay, D.A., Bennett, K.S., McStephen, M., Rooney, R., Levy, F. (2004). Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Twins: A Developmental Genetic Analysis. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56(2), 99-107.

Page, A. C., Bennett, KS, Carter, O., Smith, J., & Woodmore, K. (1997). The blood-injection symptom scale (BISS): Assessing a structure of phobic symptoms elicited by blood and injections. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 457-464.


Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Behavioural genetic analysis

Previous positions

Lecturer, Curtin University of Technology

Research profile