Rate My Professor A Warburton

Wayne A. Warburton is a Professor of Developmental Psychology in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University, where he is also a registered psychologist. He earned his PhD in Psychology from Macquarie University, receiving the Australian Psychological Society Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology in 2007, the Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Excellent PhD Thesis, and the Higher Degree Research Excellence Award from the Macquarie University Division of Linguistics and Psychology in 2006. His undergraduate achievements include the University Medal for Psychology, the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence, and the Australian Psychological Society Prize for Honours in Psychology, all awarded in 2002, along with 18 earlier awards for academic excellence. Prior to his academic career, Warburton worked extensively with vulnerable and low-income clients, particularly those facing financial stress, gambling problems, and homelessness, serving as a consumer advocate. His research focuses on aggressive behaviour, the impacts of mass media and screens on children and young adults, child-to-parent aggression, problematic and disordered screen use, violent and prosocial video games and music, body-disaffirming media, social media use and depression, and attention deficits. He investigates mechanisms linking screen use to executive dysfunction and aggression, and develops interventions such as the RES@T-A and Reboot-Sandbox programs for youth with screen disorders.