School of Psychology
The University of Queensland
St Lucia, Qld 4072

BA PhD FAPS

Head, School of Psychology

Director, Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies

Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Public health psychology

Gender, psychology and health

Books

Lee, C., & Owens, R.G. (2002). The psychology of men’s health. London: Open University Press.

Lee, C. (Ed). (2001). Women’s Health Australia: What do we know? What do we need to know? Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.

Lee, C. (1998). Alternatives to cognition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lee, C. (1998). Women’s Health: Psychological and social perspectives. London: Sage Publications.

Some Recent Articles

Lee, C., Ford, J., & Gramotnev. H. (in press). The Life Control Scale: Validation with a population cohort of middle-aged Australian women  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Beatty, L., Lee, C., & Wade, T. (in press). A prospective examination of perceived stress as a mediator of the relationship between life events and quality of life following breast cancer. British Journal of Health Psychology. 

Johnstone, M., & Lee, C. (in press). Young Australian women’s aspirations for work and family: Individual and sociocultural differences. Sex Roles.

Rowlands, I., & Lee, C.  (2009). Correlates of miscarriage among young women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 27(1), 40-53.

Johnstone, M., & Lee, C. (2009). Young Australian women’s aspirations for work and family. Family Matters, 81, 5-14.

Bell, S., & Lee, C. (2008). Transitions in emerging adulthood and stress among young Australian women. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15, 280-288.  

Arthur, N., & Lee, C. (2008). Young Australian women’s aspirations for work, marriage and family: “I guess I am just another person who wants it all.” Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 589-596.

Lucke, J., Russell, A., Tooth, L., Lee, C., Watson, M., Byrne, G., Wilson, A., & Dobson, A. (2008). Few urban-rural differences in older carers’ access to community services. Australian Health Review, 32, 684-690.

Tooth, L., Russell, A., Lucke, J., Byrne, G., Lee, C, Wilson, A., & Dobson, A. (2008). Impact of cognitive and physical impairment on carer burden and quality of life. Quality of Life Research, 17, 267-273.

Lee, C., & Gramotnev, H. (2007). Life transitions and mental health in a national cohort of young Australian women. Developmental Psychology, 43, 877-888.

Watson, L.F., Taft, A.J., & Lee, C. (2007). Age at menarche, first intercourse and first birth: Associations with experiences of violence among a national population sample of young Australian women. Women's Health Issues, 17, 281-289.

Lee, C., & Gramotnev, H. (2007). Transitions into and out of caregiving: Health and social characteristics of mid-age Australian women. Psychology and Health, 22, 193-209.

Lee, C., & Gramotnev, H. (2006). Predictors and outcomes of early motherhood in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 11, 29-47.

Rowlands, I., & Lee, C. (2006). Choosing children or choosing childfree: Australian students' attitudes towards the decisions of heterosexual and lesbian women. Australian Psychologist, 41, 55-59.

Miller-Lewis, L., Wade, T., & Lee, C. (2006). Psychosocial risk factors for pregnancy risk-taking in young women in emerging adulthood: Evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, 17-30.

Cwikel, J., Gramotnev, H., & Lee, C. (2006). Never-married childless women: Health and social circumstances in older age. Social Science & Medicine, 62, 1991-2001.

Lee, C., & Gramotnev, H. (2006). Motherhood plans among young Australian women: Who wants children these days? Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 15-20.
Lee, C. (2006). Critical health psychology: Who benefits? Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 355-359.

Lee, C., & Gramotnev, H. (2006). Predictors and correlates of coping well with early motherhood in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Psychology Health & Medicine, 11, 411-424.

Bell, S., & Lee, C. (2006). Does timing and sequencing of transitions to adulthood make a difference? Stress, smoking and physical activity among young Australian women. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13, 265-274.

Lee, C., Dobson, A.J., Brown, W.J., Bryson, L., Byles, J., Warner-Smith, P., & Young, A.F. (2005). Cohort Profile: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. International Journal of Epidemiology, 34, 1093-1098.

Wade, T.D., & Lee, C. (2005). The impact of breast cancer on the lives of middle-aged women: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health. Health Psychology, 24, 246-251.