Professor Bernard Guerin

Professor UniSA Justice & Society

Magill Campus (H1-21)
tel +61 8 830 24435

email Bernard.Guerin@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment
Research Degree Supervisor

Research

Highlights

Community research, practice and intervention, especially working alongside indigenous, refugee and migrant communities. How communities function and what we need to do to understand this
Discrimination and prejudice in their social context and interventions to reduce their use in everyday life
Adding the social context when studying the everyday strategies of social life
The role of language in "doing" our social strategies, including the role of stories, rumours, jokes, etc.
Music in its social context

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2016	Guerin, B 2016, How to rethink psychology: new metaphors for understanding people and their behavior, Routledge, New York.
2010	Guerin, B 2010, 'A Framework for Decolonization Interventions: Broadening the Focus for Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Communities', Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 61-83.

Books

Year	Output
2024	Guerin, B, Tait, M, Kraehe, S & Bailey, N 2024, Contextualising eating disorders: the hidden contexts of unusual eating, Routledge, UK.
2024	Guerin, B, Thain, E, Stevens, K, Richards, AC & Leugi, GB 2024, Conducting contextual research: how to find out about yourself and other people, Routledge, UK.
2023	Guerin, B 2023, Reimagining therapy through social contextual analyses: finding new ways to support people in distress, Routledge, UK. 3 1
2021	guerin, b 2021, Cómo repensar la psicología: Nuevas metáforas para entender a las personas y su conducta, Ediciones Psara, Spain.
2020	Guerin, B 2020, Turning mental health into social action, Routledge, UK.
2020	Guerin, B 2020, Turning psychology into a social science, Routledge, UK.
2020	Guerin, B 2020, Turning psychology into social contextual analysis, Routledge, UK. 1
2017	Guerin, B 2017, Como repensar la salud mental: Lost contextos humanos que hay tras las eiiquetas, Ediciones Psara, Spain.
2017	Guerin, B 2017, How to rethink mental illness: the human contexts behind the labels, Routledge, UK. 16 3
2016	Guerin, B 2016, How to rethink human behavior: a practical guide to social contextual analysis, Routledge, UK. 2
2016	Guerin, B 2016, How to rethink psychology: new metaphors for understanding people and their behavior, Routledge, New York.

Chapters

Year	Output
2023	Guerin, B 2023, Como repensar o comportamento humano, Hogrefe, Brazil.
2009	Guerin, P & Guerin, B 2009, 'Lifespan: middle and later years (adulthood to ageing)', in P Barkway (ed.), Psychology for health professionals, Elsevier, Australia, ch. 3, pp. 42-64.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Barry, D & Guerin, B 2024, 'Conceptualising Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara mental health beliefs', Australian Psychologist, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 212-227. Open access 19
2024	McLinton, SS, Menz, SN, Guerin, B & McInnes, E 2024, 'Evidence-based guidelines for low-risk ethics applicants: a qualitative analysis of the most frequent feedback made by human research ethics proposal reviewers', Journal of Academic Ethics, vol. 22, pp. 735-758. Open access 3
2023	Guerin, B 2023, 'Delusions as storytelling gone wrong in bad life situations: exploring a discursive contextual analysis of delusions with clinical implications', The Psychological Record: A Quarterly Journal in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology, online, pp. 1-14. Open access 1 11
2020	Guerin, B 2020, 'From 'what is philosophy' to 'the behavior of philosophers'', Behavior and Philosophy, vol. 48, pp. 69-81. Open access
2019	Guerin, B 2019, 'Contextualizing music to enhance music therapy', Revista Perspectivas em Analise do Comportamento, vol.10, no. 2, pp. 222-242. Open access
2019	Guerin, B 2019, 'The other eighteen hours of the day: what do we know about Indigenous boarding education?', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 21, no. 1-2, pp. 120-133.
2019	Guerin, B 2019, 'What does poetry do to readers and listeners, and how does it do this? Language use as social activity and its clinical relevance', Brazilian Journal of Behavior Analysis, vol. 15, pp. 100-114. Open access
2019	Guerin, b 2019, 'What do therapists and clients talk about when they cannot explain behaviours? How Carl Jung avoided analysing a client's environments by inventing theories', Revista Perspectivas em Analise do Comportamento, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 76-97. Open access
2019	Ryan, J, Thompson Guerin, PB, Elmi, FH & Guerin, B 2019, 'What can Somali community talk about mental health tell us about our own? Contextualizing the symptoms of mental health', International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 133-149. Open access 2 2 2
2018	Guerin, B & Seymour, S 2018, 'Social relationships for some students at a residential college: what the staff say', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 21, no. 1-2, pp. 97-119.
2018	Guerin, B 2018, 'The use of participatory and non-experimental research methods in behavior analysis', Revista Perspectivas em Analise do Comportamento, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 248-264. Open access
2018	Guerin, B, Bergo Leugi, G & Thain, A 2018, 'Attempting to overcome problems shared by both qualitative and quantitative methodologies: two hybrid procedures to encourage diverse research', Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 74-90. Open access 3
2018	Pertl, J & Guerin, B 2018, 'The boarding school experiences of some Indigenous male secondary students: what the students say', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 21, no. 1-2, pp. 80-96. Open access
2018	Rowe, P & Guerin, B 2018, 'Contextualizing the mental health of metal youth: a community for social protection, identity, and musical empowerment', Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 429-441. Open access 13 11 60
2018	Thompson Guerin, PB & Guerin, B 2018, 'Mobility and the sustainability of remote Australian Indigenous communities: a review and a call for context-based policies', Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 23-37. Open access 1
2017	English, S & Guerin, B 2017, 'Boarding for Indigenous Australian secondary students: A contextual analysis of four options and their best features', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 31-53.
2017	English, S & Guerin, B 2017, 'What some female Indigenous secondary students say is important at an Indigenous residential college', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 71-89.
2017	Guerin, B & Wood, E 2017, 'Why do adolescents lie in the sun when they know it is risky? Contextualizing the 'attitude-behavior' gap and the 'optimistic bias' as verbal behaviour', Educere Et Educare, vol. 12, no. 25, pp. 1-15. Open access
2017	Guerin, B & de Oliveira, OM 2017, 'Analyzing domestic violence behaviors in their contexts: violence as a continuation of social strategies by other means', Behavior and Social Issues, vol. 26, pp. 5-26. Open access 10 3
2017	Guerin, B 2017, 'Deconstructing psychological therapies as activities in context: what are the goals and what do therapists actually do?', Revista Perspectivas em Analise do Comportamento, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 97-119. Open access 1
2017	Ngo, PN & Guerin, B 2017, 'Historical and social contexts for confronting racism: contextualising racism experiences across two generations of Vietnamese- Australians', Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 36-55. Open access
2017	Pertl, J & Guerin, B 2017, 'The boarding school experiences of some Indigenous male secondary students: How the staff talk about the students', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 54-70.
2016	Bergo Leugi, G & Guerin, B 2016, 'To spark a social revolution behavior analysts must embrace community-based knowledge', Revista Brasileira De Terapia Comportamental E Cognitiva, vol. 18, special issue, pp. 73-83. Open access
2016	Guerin, B 2016, 'Arthur F. Bentley's early writings: his relevance to behavior analysis, contemporary psychology and the social sciences', Revista Perspectivas em Analise do Comportamento, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-35. Open access
2015	Rerden, W & Guerin, B 2015, 'The employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in local government: issues, benefits, and ways forward', Australasian Journal of Organisational Psychology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1-16. Open access 4
2014	Fromene, R & Guerin, B 2014, 'Talking with Australian Indigenous clients with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis: finding the context behind the label', The Psychological Record: A Quarterly Journal in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 569-579. 13 12
2014	Fromene, R, Guerin, B & Krieg, AS 2014, 'Australian Indigenous clients with a Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis: A contextual review of the literature', The Psychological Record: A Quarterly Journal in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology, vol. 64, pp. 559-567. 9 11
2014	Guerin, B & Guerin, P 2014, ''Mental illness' symptoms as extensions of strategic social behaviour: the case of multicultural mental health', Rivista di Psicologia Clinica, vol. 1, pp. 67-81. Open access
2014	Trzepacz, D, Guerin, B & Thomas, J 2014, 'Indigenous country as a context for mental and physical health: yarning with the Nukunu Community', Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 37-53. Open access
2013	Guerin, P, Guerin, B & Elmi, F 2013, 'How do you acculturate when neighbors are throwing rocks in your window? Preserving the contexts of Somali refugee housing issues in policy', International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 41-49. Open access
2012	Guerin, B & Guerin, P 2012, 'Re-thinking mental health for Indigenous Australian communities: communities as context for mental health', Community Development Journal, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 555-570. 16 15
2011	Guerin, P, Guerin, B, Tedmanson, DJ & Clark, Y 2011, 'How can country, spirituality, music and arts contribute to Indigenous mental health and wellbeing?', Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. S38-S41. 25 20
2011	Pedersen, A, Walker, I, Paradies, Y & Guerin, B 2011, 'How to cook rice: a review of ingredients for teaching anti-prejudice', Australian Psychologist, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 55-63. Open access 74 72
2010	Guerin, B & Guerin, P 2010, 'Sustainability of remote communities: Population size and youth dynamics', Journal of Economic and Social Policy, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 35-54. Open access
2010	Guerin, B 2010, 'A Framework for Decolonization Interventions: Broadening the Focus for Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Communities', Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 61-83.
2009	Guerin, P & Guerin, B 2009, 'Social Effects of Fly-in-Fly-out and Drive-in-Drive-out Services for Remote Indigenous Communities', Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 8-23.
2009	Guerin, P, Guerin, B, Tedmanson, DJ & Clark, Y 2009, 'How Do We Think about Indigenous Mental Health in Rural and Remote Communities', STATEing Women's Health, pp. 8-13.
2009	Staniford, AK, Dollard, MF & Guerin, B 2009, 'Stress and help-seeking for drought-stricken citrus growers in the Riverland of South Australia', Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol. 17, pp. 147-154. 57 52
2008	Guerin, B, Nikora, L & Lani, T 2008, 'Place attachment of Ngai Te Ahi to Hairini Marae', MAI Review, vol. 1, pp. 1-19. Open access
2008	Guerin, P & Guerin, B 2008, 'Relationships in Remote Communities: Implications for Living in Remote Australia', Australian Community Psychologist, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 74-86. Open access
2008	McCaughey, J, Nikora, L, Te Awekotuku, N, Guerin, B & Rua, M 2008, 'Social consequences of Tuhoe migration: Voices from home in Te Urewera', MAI Review, vol. 2, pp. 1-19. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2011	Guerin, B, Guerin, P & Seemann, K 2011, Seeds of sustainability : growing your desert community, Ninti One, Australia.
2010	Nelson, J, Dunn, K, Paradies, Y, Pederson, A, Sharpe, S, Hynes, M & Guerin, B 2010, Review of bystander approaches in support of preventing race-based discrimination, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Australia. Open access

Other outputs

My blog on: https://holisticelephants.wordpress.com

How to rethink psychology: New metaphors for understanding people and their behavior. Routledge. (2016)

How to rethink human behavior: A practical guide to social contextual analysis. Routledge. (2016)

How to rethink mental illness: The human contexts behind the labels. Routledge. (2017)

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro	BRAZIL
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Government of New Zealand	NEW ZEALAND
Logan Central Family Clinic	AUSTRALIA
Murdoch University	AUSTRALIA
Northern Mental Health	AUSTRALIA
Pennsylvania State University	UNITED STATES
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
State University of Londrina	BRAZIL
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Waikato	NEW ZEALAND
Waikato Somali Friendship Society	NEW ZEALAND
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

My main interest is in producing an interdisciplinary curriculum for teaching about social behaviour in its context. This includes the prominent role of language in our social strategies, and the diverse forms of relationships from strangers to close communities.

I also promote a nexus of community research, teaching and thinking. This is not just what is found in community psychology but inclusive of the other social sciences.

I also teach about interventions and how they function in social context by integrating interdisciplinary approaches.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
An investigation of the factors affecting the integraton of Middle Eastern refugee youth in Australia	Current
Social contextual analysis of psychosis behaviours and modern alternative treatments	Current
African men's experiences in Australia: resettlement processes and the impact of service provision	Completed
Becoming and being a Metalhead: exploring the significance of heavy metal music and culture for youth identities and aspiration biographies	Completed
Contextualising social policy: Australia¿s cashless debit card in the lives of recipients and their communities in Ceduna, South Australia	Completed
Health and mental health support for Indigenous peoples of Mexico: service use access and barriers	Completed
Indigenous peoples' livelihoods and emerging bush produce industries - recent experiences from Australia's arid zone	Completed
Is cognitive-behaviour therapy effective in the real world, private practice treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia?	Completed
Language reclamation as resistance: social and cultural contexts enabled by the use of reclaimed Kaurna language	Completed
Rethinking poverty: a qualitative study of becoming resource and relationship constrained in South Australia	Completed
Young African refugees' experiences of violence and non-violence in South Australia	Completed

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