Senior Lecturer

Qualifications: BA Cant, BSocSc(Hons), PhD Waikato

About Cate

My current research is broadly in the area of women's wellbeing; specific projects include female self-harming behaviour in general and social psychological factors implicated both in engaging in self-harm and in recovery as well as the construction of  notions of 'risk' and 'resilience'.

I teach in the social psychology programme.

Research Interests

My research interests are centred around psycho-social factors in the wellbeing of young people, especially young women. These interests include

• initiation and cessation of deliberate self-harm, especially in young women, including help-seeking.
• anti-social behaviour
• resilience amongst young 'at risk' women.

I have also published on public perceptions of the forensic use of DNA, and research methods.

Please note that some of the publications listed are in my previous name, Wilson

Recent Publications

• Mourad, S. M., Curtis, C., Gudex, G., Merrilees, M., Peek, J., & Sadler, L. (2018). Measuring patient-centredness in publicly funded fertility care: A New Zealand validation and international comparison of the Patient-Centred Questionnaire-Infertility. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. doi:10.1111/ajo.12869

• Curtis, C. (2018). Giving voice versus gate-keeping: Ethics and complexities in qualitative research collaborations. Sage Research Methods Cases, 1-11. doi:10.4135/9781526429230

• Duffy, J. M. N., Bhattacharya, S., Curtis, C., Evers, J. L. H., Farquharson, R. G., Franik, S., . . . Farquhar, C. M. (2018). A protocol developing, disseminating and implementing a core outcome set for infertility. Human Reproduction Open, 2018(3), 1-6. doi:10.1093/hropen/hoy007

• Curtis, C. (2018). Female deliberate self-harm: The women’s perspectives. Women's Studies, -online, 1-23. doi:10.1080/00497878.2018.1524762

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