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.
Journal Article: The COVID-19 pandemic: Bereavement outcomes between hospital and home deaths in palliative care
Lobb, Elizabeth, Maccallum, Fiona, Phillips, Jane L., Agar, Meera, Hosie, Annmarie, Breen, Lauren J., Tieman, Jennifer, DiGiacomo, Michelle, Luckett, Tim, Philip, Jennifer, Ivynian, Serra, Chang, Sungwon, Dadich, Ann, Harlum, Janeane, Gilmore, Imelda, Kinchin, Irina, Grossman, Christopher and Glasgow, Nicholas (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic: Bereavement outcomes between hospital and home deaths in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.10.025
Journal Article: React, reframe and engage. Establishing a receiver mindset for more effective safety negotiations
Barlow, Melanie, Watson, Bernadette, Morse, Kate, Jones, Elizabeth and Maccallum, Fiona (2023). React, reframe and engage. Establishing a receiver mindset for more effective safety negotiations. Journal of Health, Organization and Management, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/jhom-06-2023-0171
Journal Article: The application of communication accommodation theory to understand receiver reactions in healthcare speaking up interactions
Barlow, Melanie, Watson, Bernadette, Jones, Elizabeth, Morse, Catherine and Maccallum, Fiona (2023). The application of communication accommodation theory to understand receiver reactions in healthcare speaking up interactions. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2023.2249939
(2020–2022) University of Technology Sydney
Occupational moral injury in healthcare: key predictors of ongoing distress and psychological, social, and behavioural outcomes
Doctor Philosophy
A mixed methods study of receiver behaviour in speaking up healthcare communication.
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviour among first year university students
Doctor Philosophy
Normal and pathological mourning: attachment processes in the development of prolonged grief
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.
The COVID-19 pandemic: Bereavement outcomes between hospital and home deaths in palliative care
Lobb, Elizabeth, Maccallum, Fiona, Phillips, Jane L., Agar, Meera, Hosie, Annmarie, Breen, Lauren J., Tieman, Jennifer, DiGiacomo, Michelle, Luckett, Tim, Philip, Jennifer, Ivynian, Serra, Chang, Sungwon, Dadich, Ann, Harlum, Janeane, Gilmore, Imelda, Kinchin, Irina, Grossman, Christopher and Glasgow, Nicholas (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic: Bereavement outcomes between hospital and home deaths in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.10.025
React, reframe and engage. Establishing a receiver mindset for more effective safety negotiations
Barlow, Melanie, Watson, Bernadette, Morse, Kate, Jones, Elizabeth and Maccallum, Fiona (2023). React, reframe and engage. Establishing a receiver mindset for more effective safety negotiations. Journal of Health, Organization and Management, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/jhom-06-2023-0171
Barlow, Melanie, Watson, Bernadette, Jones, Elizabeth, Morse, Catherine and Maccallum, Fiona (2023). The application of communication accommodation theory to understand receiver reactions in healthcare speaking up interactions. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2023.2249939
Building a Workplace-Based Learning Culture: The “Receiver's” Perspective on Speaking Up
Barlow, Melanie, Watson, Bernadette, Jones, Elizabeth, Morse, Kate J., Maccallum, Fiona and Rudolph, Jenny (2023). Building a Workplace-Based Learning Culture: The “Receiver's” Perspective on Speaking Up. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. doi: 10.1177/00218863231190951
Barlow, Melanie, Morse, Kate J., Watson, Bernadette and Maccallum, Fiona (2023). Identification of the barriers and enablers for receiving a speaking up message: a content analysis approach. Advances in Simulation, 8 (1) 17. doi: 10.1186/s41077-023-00256-1
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, 26. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01178-z
Editorial: Consequences and aftercare of a traumatic loss of a loved one
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
Self-identity processing and grief: The role of avoidance and flexibility
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
Machine yearning: how advances in computational methods lead to new insights about reactions to loss
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
Social trust and the discounting of gains and losses in prolonged grief
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
An exploration of gender and prolonged grief symptoms using network analysis
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, 53 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1017/s0033291721003391
Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic growth among bereaved adults: a latent class analysis
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
Valid ICD-11 PGD scales and structured clinical interviews needed
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
Expressive flexibility and anxiety
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
An investigation of approach behaviour in prolonged grief
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
A network approach to understanding quality of life impairments in prolonged grief disorder
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
Prolonged grief and attachment security: a latent class analysis
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
Symptoms of prolonged grief and posttraumatic stress following loss: a latent class analysis
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
Predictors of treatment response for cognitive behaviour therapy for prolonged grief disorder
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
Treating prolonged grief disorder: a 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial
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
Do Multiple Health Events Reduce Resilience When Compared With Single Events?
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
The economics of losing a loved one: delayed reward discounting in prolonged grief
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
The push and pull of grief: approach and avoidance in bereavement
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
Treating prolonged grief disorder: a randomized clinical trial
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
Posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief in refugees exposed to trauma and loss
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
A Cognitive Attachment Model of prolonged grief: integrating attachments, memory, and identity
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
Imagining the future in Complicated Grief
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
Autobiographical memory following cognitive behaviour therapy for complicated grief
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
Social problem solving in complicated grief
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
Attentional bias in complicated grief
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
Impaired autobiographical memory in complicated grief
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
Self-defining memories in complicated grief
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
Functional and dysfunctional impulsivity in pathological gambling
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
Superstitious beliefs in gambling among problem and non-problem gamblers: preliminary data
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
Differences in cognitive distortions between problem and social gamblers
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
Pathological gambling and suicidality: an analysis of severity and lethality
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
Pathological gambling and comorbid substance use
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
Gambling-induced analgesia: a single case report
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
Specific autobiographical memory following hypnotically induced mood state
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
A normative and structural analysis of the HGSHS: a with a large Australian sample
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.
Memory on the beach: an Australian memory (and hypnosis) laboratory
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
Dingle, G., Williams, E., Alhadad, S. S. J., Beckman, E., Bentley, S., Fooken, J., Gomersall, S. R., Hides, L., Ludlow, T., Maccallum, F., McKimmie, B.M., Rossa, K., Smith, S. S., Walter, Z.C and Wright, O. (2023). Sharper Minds 2022 Report.
Sharper Minds 2021 Pilot Report
Dingle, G.A., Hodges, J., Hides, L., McKimmie, B., Gomersall, S., Beckman, E., Birch, S., Smith, S., Zurynski, Y., Maccallum, F., Bentley, S., Wright, O., Walter, Z. and Alhadad, S. (2021). Sharper Minds 2021 Pilot Report.
Occupational moral injury in healthcare: key predictors of ongoing distress and psychological, social, and behavioural outcomes
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviour among first year university students
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Final ACT - Quality of Life for Palliative Patients and their Families, the role of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
A mixed methods study of receiver behaviour in speaking up healthcare communication.
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: