Rate My Professor Liz Temple

Dr. Liz Temple is an Associate Professor in Psychology in the School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of New England. She obtained her BA with a psychology major from the University of New England, MSc (Hons) in psychophysiology from the University of Western Sydney, and PhD from the University of New England with research focused on cannabis use. Temple has developed a robust academic career at UNE, contributing significantly to psychological research, supervision, and education.

Her research interests span psychosocial wellbeing; psychological stress, distress, and trauma; drug and alcohol use and addiction; health and health-promoting behaviours; personality, the self, and identity development; gender equality; and psychological testing, assessment, psychometrics, and research methodology. She supervises Honours and PhD students in these areas and coordinates the Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced), PSYC371/471 Individual Differences and Assessment, while teaching in PSYC363 Psychopathology. Key publications include the edited book Clearing the Smokescreen: The Current Evidence on Cannabis Use (2015); 'A theoretical approach to resolving the psychometric problems associated with the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory' (2016, European Journal of Psychological Assessment); 'Cannabis use and anxiety: Is stress the missing piece of the puzzle?' (2014, Frontiers in Psychiatry); 'Physical and mental health perspectives of first year undergraduate rural university students' (2013, BMC Public Health); 'The 'Grass Ceiling': Limitations in the literature hinder our understanding of cannabis use and its consequences' (2011, Addiction); and early works such as 'Taste development: Differential growth rates of tongue' (2002, Developmental Brain Research). Temple's scholarship investigates interrelationships between psychological functioning, social and emotional wellbeing, physical health, and societal factors.