Staff profile

Dr Kent Patrick

Research Fellow

Faculty of Health Sciences

Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society

Melbourne (City)

 

Qualifications

BAppSc(Chiro), GradDipPsychStud, BAppSc(Hons), PhD

Research interests

Sexuality and Relationships

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Recent Publications

Articles in refereed journals

Heywood, W., Patrick, K. J., Smith, A. M. A., Simpson, J. M., Pitts, M. K., Richters, J., & Shelley, J. M. (2012). Who gets tattoos? Demographic and behavioral correlates of ever being tattooed in a representative sample of men and women. Annals of Epidemiology, 22(1), 51-56.

Smith, A. M. A., Patrick, K. J., Heywood, W., Pitts, M. K., Richters, J., Shelley, J. M., Simpson, J., & Ryall, R. (2012). Body Mass Index, Sexual Difficulties and Sexual Satisfaction among people in regular heterosexual relationships: a population-based study. Internal Medicine Journal, 42(6), 641-651.

Smith, A. M. A., Lyons, A., Ferris, J., Richters, J., Pitts, M. K., Shelley, J., Simpson, J., Heywood, W., & Patrick, K. J. (2012). Incidence and persistence/recurrence of women's sexual difficulties: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 38(4), 378-393.

Smith, A. M. A., Heywood, W., Ryall, R., Shelley, J. M., Pitts, M. K., Richters, J., Simpson, J. M., & Patrick, K. J. (2011). Association between sexual behaviour and cervical cancer screening. Journal of Women's Health, 20(7), 1091-1096.

Maybery, D. J., Reupert, A. E., Patrick, K. J., Goodyear, M., & Crase, L. (2009). Prevalence of parental mental illness in Australian families. Psychiatric Bulletin, 33, 22-26.

Reupert, A., Maybery, D., Patrick, K. J., & Chittleborough, P. (2009). The Importance of Being Human: Instructors' Personal Presence in Distance Programs. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 21(1), 47-56.

Strelan, P., Acton, C., & Patrick, K. J. (2009). Disappointment with God and wellbeing: The mediating influence of relationship quality and dispositional forgiveness. Counseling and Values, 53, 202-213.

International conferences

Smith, A. M. A., Heywood, W., Ryall, R., Shelley, J. M., Pitts, M. K., Richters, J., Simpson, J. M., & Patrick, K. J. (2011). Sexual behaviour differences between Australian women who have and have not had a recent pap test. Presentation at Australasian Sexual Health Conference. Canberra, 30 September.