STAFF PROFILE
Professor Trang Thomas
Position:
Emeritus Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
Email:
trang.thomas@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
- Exploring the experience of security in the Australian Vietnamese community: practical implications for policing. Administered by Swinburne University.. Funded by: ARC Linkage Projects via other University pre-2014 from (2007 to 2012)
- Cultural & mental health predictors for positive ageing of older Filipinos in urban & rural communities in Australia.. Funded by: NHRMC Public Health Postgrad Scholarship from (2004 to 2006)
- Cultural & mental health predictors for positive ageing of older Filipinos in urban & rural communities in Australia.. Funded by: VicHealth - Competitive from (2004 to 2005)
- Brides and Grandmothers: Challenges for Older Filipinos in Australia. Funded by: ARC Linkage Projects 2004 Round 1 from (2003 to 2007)
- Racial tolerance towards Asian & Indigenous people by young Australians. Funded by: ARC SPIRT Grant 2001 from (2001 to 2002)
1 PhD Completions
Cross-cultural research, migrant settlement issues, health, women issues, stress and coping, gambling issues, topics related to people of non-English speaking backgrounds.
- Dowling, N.,Smith, D.,Thomas, T. (2009). The family functioning of female pathological gamblers In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 7, 29 - 44
- Dowling, N.,Smith, D.,Thomas, T. (2009). A preliminary investigation of abstinence and controlled gambling as self-selected goals of treatment for female pathological gambling In: Journal of Gambling Studies, 25, 201 - 214
- Fox, A.,Thomas, T. (2008). Impact of religious affiliation and religiosity on forgiveness In: Australian Psychologist, 43, 175 - 185
- Thomas, T. (2008). Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about stroke and stroke preventions among the Greek and Vietnamese older people In: Psychology Leading Change: Proceedings of the 43rd APS Annual Conference, Hobart, 23 - 27 September 2008
- Thomas, T. (2007). Migration and aging: Australian perspectives and research In: Lessons on Aging from Three Nations - Vol 1 The Art of Aging Well, Baywood Pubs. Co. Inc, New York, USA
- Dowling, N.,Smith, D.,Thomas, T. (2007). A comparison of individual and group cognitive-behavioural treatment for female pathological gambling In: Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2192 - 2202
- Hettiarachchi, M.,Thomas, T. (2007). Multidimensional Aspects Of Acculturation And Psychological Adjustment of Sinhala Immigrants In Australia In: Psychology Making An Impact, ,
- Murphy, K.,Thomas, T. (2007). Generation X: Can They Have It All? In: Psychology Making An Impact, ,
- Heath, L.,Thomas, T. (2006). An inter-generational examination of male gender role conflict and psychological distress In: Psychology Bridging the Tasman: Science, Culture and Practice, ,
- Smith, D.,Thomas, T.,Dowling, N. (2006). Treatment of female pathological gambling: The efficacy of a cognitive-behavioural approach In: Journal of Gambling Studies, 22, 355 - 372