Dr Jason Coates
Honorary Research Fellow
National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research
Dr Coates is an Honorary Research Fellow with the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research. He also holds clinical psychology appointments at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Alcohol and Drug Assessment Unit (ADAU) and in private practice. His research interests lie at the intersection of psychological research and practice. Dr Coates completed a combined Masters (Clinical Psychology) and PhD at the University of Queensland supported by NCYSUR (formerly CYSAR) in 2018. His thesis was titled ‘Personalised treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Identification and intervention of target mechanisms’.
Research Interests:
- Personalised psychological interventions;
- Substance Use Disorders;
- Psychological models of addiction;
- Craving;
- Alcohol-related Liver Disease;
- Youth substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Book Chapter
Coates, Jason M., Feeney, Gerald F. X., Gullo, Matthew J., Kavanagh, David J., Young, Ross M. D., May, Jon, Andrade, Jackie and Connor, Jason P. (2019). Craving measurement and application of the alcohol craving experience questionnaire. Neuroscience of Alcohol: Mechanisms and Treatment. (pp. 603-610) London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813125-1.00062-3
Journal Articles
Baranoff, John A., Clubb, Bryce, Coates, Jason M., Elphinston, Rachel A., Loveday, William and Connor, Jason P. (2023). The contribution of pain catastrophizing, depression and anxiety symptoms among patients with persistent pain and opioid misuse behaviours. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 47 (2), 342-347. doi: 10.1007/s10865-023-00452-4
Cheng, Brandon, Lim, Carmen C. W., Rutherford, Brienna N., Huang, Sandy, Ashley, Daniel P., Johnson, Ben, Chung, Jack, Chan, Gary C. K., Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J. and Connor, Jason P. (2023). A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the relationship between youth drinking, self‐posting of alcohol use and other social media engagement (2012–21). Addiction, 119 (1), 28-46. doi: 10.1111/add.16304
Cheng, Brandon, Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J., Chan, Gary, Kavanagh, David J., Feeney, Gerald F. X., Young, Ross Mc D., Clark, Paul J. and Connor, Jason P. (2022). Development of the Motivational Thought Frequency Scale for alcohol abstinence (MTF‐A). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46 (11), 2077-2088. doi: 10.1111/acer.14938
Cheng, Brandon, Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J., Feeney, Gerald F.X., Kavanagh, D.J., Young, Ross McD. and Connor, Jason P. (2021). Relationship between alcohol craving dimensions and features of comorbid mental health in an alcohol dependent sample. Addictive Behaviors, 124 107106, 107106. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107106
Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J., Feeney, Gerald F. X., McD. Young, Ross, Dingle, Genevieve A., Clark, Paul J. and Connor, Jason P. (2020). Craving mediates the effect of impulsivity on lapse-risk during alcohol use disorder treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 105 106286, 106286. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106286
Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J., Feeney, Gerald F. X., Young, Ross M. and Connor, Jason P. (2018). A randomized trial of personalized cognitive-behavior therapy for alcohol use disorder in a public health clinic. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9 (JUL) 297, 297. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00297
Thomas, Hannah J., Scott, James G., Coates, Jason M. and Connor, Jason P. (2018). Development and validation of the Bullying and Cyberbullying Scale for Adolescents: a multi-dimensional measurement model. The British Journal of Educational Psychology, 89 (1), 75-94. doi: 10.1111/bjep.12223
Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J., Feeney, Gerald F. X., Young, Ross McD, Dingle, Genevieve A. and Connor, Jason P. (2018). Alcohol expectancies pre-and post-alcohol use disorder treatment: Clinical implications. Addictive Behaviors, 80, 142-149. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.029
Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J., Feeney, Gerald F. X., Kavanagh, David J., Young, Ross McD., Dingle, Genevieve A., May, Jon, Andrade, Jackie, Statham, Dixie and Connor, Jason P. (2017). The Mini Alcohol Craving Experience Questionnaire: development and clinical application. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41 (1), 156-164. doi: 10.1111/acer.13278
Conference Papers
Cheng, Brandon, Lim, Carmen C. W., Rutherford, Brienna N., Huang, Sandy, Ashley, Daniel P., Chung, Jack, Chan, Gary C. K., Coates, Jason M., Gullo, Matthew J. and Connor, Jason P. (2022). A systematic review of the relationship between alcohol-related media on social networking sites and alcohol use. APSAD 2022 Conference, Darwin, NT Australia, 9–12 October 2022. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Connor, Jason, Coates, Jason, Gullo, Matthew, Young, Ross and Feeney, Gerald (2018). A randomised trial of personalised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for alcohol use disorder in a public health clinic. 2018 APS Congress Psychology advancing into a new age, Sydney, Australia, 27-30 September 2018. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.
Young, Freya C., Connor, Jason P., Coates, Jason M., Feeney, Gerald F. X., Young, Ross McD. and Gullo, Matthew J. (2017). Social cognitive predictors of treatment outcome: A prospective study on patients with alcohol use disorder. APSAD 2017 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 12–15 November 2017. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.
Thesis
Coates, Jason (2018). Personalised treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Identification and intervention of target mechanisms. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.715