Staff Profile
Robin Parker
Senior Research Officer
BA (Chisholm), GradDipAppliedPsych (Monash), MSc(Psychology) (Monash)
Biography
Robyn Parker completed a Master of Science (Psychology) degree at Monash University in 2004 in the area of adult attachment and marital adjustment.
Prior to her appointment as Research Officer at AIFS in 1998, Robyn lectured in research design and statistics, personality and social psychology at Monash. She is a member of the Marriage and Relationship Educators’ Association of Australia.
Robyn's research activities concentrate on the marital relationship, with a special focus on the trajectory of relationships across the life span, and the evaluation of premarriage programs. She currently works on the Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse (AFRC), writing for and collating the Clearinghouse newsletter, Family Relationships Quarterly. Robyn also works on the Communities and Families Clearinghouse, managing the Promising Practice Profiles process.
Selected recent publications
- Caruana, C. & Parker, R. (2009). Embedding research in practice: Research within Family Relationship Centres in Australia. (AFRC Briefing No. 14). Melbourne, Vic: Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies.
- Parker, R. (2007). Recent progress in marriage and relationship education in Australia. (AFRC Briefing 3). Melbourne, Vic: Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies.
- Parker, R. (2006). Researching married and cohabiting couples: A step in the right direction. Family Matters, 74, 52-55.
- Parker, R. (2005). Perspectives on the future of marriage. Family Matters, 72, 78-82.
- Parker, R. (2005). Research and evaluation in marriage and relationship education. Family Matters, 71, 32-35.