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Email

sshavi@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne

University of Canterbury
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Canterbury
ORCID

0000-0002-7931-1025

Prof Sophie Havighurst

Professor
Department of Psychiatry

102 Scholarly works
13 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2027

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Improving Parent and Child Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood to Reduce Population Rates of Child Mental Illness
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Tuning in to Kids in Schools: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Teacher Emotion Socialization Intervention in Norwegian Elementary Schools
    DOI: 10.12973/ejper.9.1.1
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Catalyzing collective action in evidence-based parenting support: A model for effective research alliances
    DOI: 10.1111/fare.70078
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Examining the Tuning in to Kids Parenting Programme With Turkish Military Fathers and Their Partners of 4- to 6-Year-Old Children
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.70018
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Dads Tuning in to Kids: Acceptability and appropriateness in a real-world dissemination trial
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108732
  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Dads Tuning in to Kids: Helping Fathers Develop Skills With Emotions for Themselves and in Their Parenting Process: Scaling What Works - Community and Workplace Grants
  • 2021

    Research Contracts

    Development of a Parent Resource to Enable Parents to Be School Transition Allies by Developing Their Child’s Emotional Intelligence
Sophie Havighurst

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Tuning in to Kids in Schools: a protocol for evaluating an emotion socialization intervention for teachers in Norwegian elementary schools.
    DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1618238
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Patterns of Emotional Availability in a Community Sample of Australian Mother-Toddler Dyads: Associations with Emotion Socialization Behaviors
    DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2025.2519280
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Improving emotional availability in Australian mother-toddler dyads via the Tuning in to Toddlers parenting program
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-80827-y
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Protocol for a randomized and a non-randomized controlled trial testing Daily Growth: a personalised ‘ecological momentary intervention’ parenting app for parents and carers of children aged 2–5 years
    DOI: 10.1186/s40359-025-03018-y
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Brain Changes After a Parenting Intervention in Adolescent Girls With Internalizing Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.3845
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Comparison of group versus one-to-one delivery of an emotion socialization intervention
    DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101888

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2015

    Research Grant

    Tuning in to Toddlers (Tots): A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Program for Parents of Toddlers
  • 2014

    Research Grant

    Tuning in to Teens: The Prevention of Mental Health Difficulties in Adolescents Using an Emotion- Focussed Parenting Program

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