Adjunct Associate Professor
Kerry Armstrong
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Drink Driving and Drug Driving, Rural and Remote Road Safety, Rural Isolation and Drink Driving, Fatigue and Sleepiness, Post-Partum Fatigue, Women Alcohol Use and Culture, Alcohol and Culture, Road Safety Strategy and Policy, Capacity Building and Management
Research field
Psychology, Criminology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Social Science (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- 2004 - current: Registered Psychologist (Queensland).
- 2009 - current: Australian College of Road Safety (ACRS)
Publications
- Armstrong, K., Watling, C. & Davey, J. (2018). Deterrence of drug driving: The impact of the ACT drug driving legislation and detection techniques. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 54, 138–147. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115800
- Watling, H. & Armstrong, K. (2017). Predicting self-reported drink driving among middle-aged women. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 101, 154–159. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103987
- Watling, H., Watson, A., Davey, J. & Armstrong, K. (2017). Profile of urban vs rural drivers detected drink driving via Roadside Breath Testing (RBT) in Queensland, Australia, between 2000 and 2011. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 47, 114–121. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/106979
- Filtness, A., Armstrong, K., Watson, A. & Smith, S. (2017). Sleep-related crash characteristics: Implications for applying a fatigue definition to crash reports. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 99, 440–444. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91161
- Filtness, A., Armstrong, K., Watson, A. & Smith, S. (2017). Sleep-related vehicle crashes on low speed roads. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 99, 279–286. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102743
- Watling, C., Armstrong, K., Smith, S. & Obst, P. (2016). Crash risk perception of sleepy driving and its comparisons with drink driving and speeding: which behavior is perceived as the riskiest? Traffic Injury Prevention, 17(4), 400–405. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90201
- Armstrong, K., Mackenzie, J. & Smith, S. (2015). Postpartum sleepiness and sleepy driving in Australian mothers. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 53(2), 76–86. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/76559
- Watling, C., Armstrong, K., Obst, P. & Smith, S. (2014). Continuing to drive while sleepy: The influence of sleepiness countermeasures, motivation for driving sleepy, and risk perception. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 73, 262–268. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/76272
- Armstrong, K., Watling, H., Watson, A. & Davey, J. (2014). Profile of women detected drink driving via Roadside Breath Testing (RBT) in Queensland, Australia, between 2000 and 2011. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 67, 67–74. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/68428
- Davey, J., Armstrong, K. & Martin, P. (2014). Results of the Queensland 2007-2012 roadside drug testing program: The prevalence of three illicit drugs. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 65, 11–17. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/65578
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Kerry, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Developing Female Specific Intervention Strategies to Reduce the Alarming Levels of Risky Alcohol Consumption by Young Women
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- G1661/D2170
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Alcohol; Culture; Women
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Heavy Vehicle Safety in Oman: A Situational Analysis (2017)
- Mothers' Sleepiness and Driving in the Postpartum Period (2016)
- Policing Road Safety in Oman: Perceptions of Deterrence and Organisational Alignment (2016)
- The Sleep and Wake Drives: Exploring the Genetic and Psychophysiological Aspects of Sleepiness, Motivation, and Performance (2016)
- Exploring Cultural, Social and Psychosocial Influences on Women's Drinking across Age Cohorts (2015)
- Safety Culture and the Australian Heavy Vehicle Industry: A Concept in Chaos - An Industry in Need (2014)
- Illegal street racing and associated (hooning) behaviours (2010)