Research
Our publications
“A massive burden off my shoulders”: participant experiences of a novel cyberscam psychosocial recovery intervention for people with acquired brain injury
Chew, K. A., Ponsford, J. L., & Gould, K. R. (2026). Disability and Rehabilitation. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2605158
Evaluating the feasibility of a co-designed psychosocial recovery intervention for cyberscam survivors with acquired brain injury (ABI): a single-case experimental design
Chew, K. A., Cazanis, C., Hymus, S., Grant, S., Ponsford, J. L., & Gould, K. R. (2026). Disability and Rehabilitation. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2605172
The ‘magic touch of lived experience’: consumer-led co-design with people with acquired brain injury illustrated through a peer group on relationships Open Access
Chew, K. A., Fraser, E., Chau, T., Brokenshire, C., Persson, P., Cazanis, C., Jao-Yue, C., Bain, M., Davidson, J., West, D., Ponsford, J. L., & Gould, K. R. (2025). Brain Impairment. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/IB24143
Development and validation of The CyberAbility Scale: a screening tool of cyberscam risk for people with and without acquired brain injury.
Carminati, J. Y., Wiley, J. F., Ponsford, J. L., & Gould, K. R. (2025). Disability and Rehabilitation, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2520994
“Falling into a Black Hole”: A Qualitative Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Cyberscam Victim-Survivors and Their Social Support Networks.
Cazanis, A., Carminati, J. Y., Chew, K., Cross, C., Ponsford, J., & Gould, K. R. (2025). Victims & Offenders, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2025.2481267
“This is a lifesaver”: co-designing a novel cyberscam psychosocial recovery intervention framework for people with acquired brain injury
Chew, K. A., Ponsford, J. L., & Gould, K. R. (2025). Disability and Rehabilitation. 2025. Published online 2025 Jan 31. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2457511
The Perfect Storm of Cyberscam Risk: Examining Personal, Injury, and Psychosocial Risk Factors for People With and Without Acquired Brain Injury
Carminati, J.-Y., Wiley, J. F., Ponsford, J., & Gould, K. R. (2025). Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Published online 12 Feb 2025. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.0435
“I desperately need to know what to do”: A qualitative exploration of clinicians and service providers perspectives on addressing cyberscams and acquired brain injury (ABI).
Chew, K. A., Ponsford, J. L., & Gould, K. R. (2024). Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2024; 26: e51245. Published online 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.2196/51245
Co-Developing ‘The CyberAbility Scale’ to assess vulnerability to cyberscams for people with acquired brain injury: Delphi and cognitive interviews with clinicians and living experts.
Carminati, J.-Y., Ponsford, J. L. & Gould, K. R. (2023). Brain Impairment, 25, IB23065
Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers
Gould, K., Carolan, M. & Ponsford, J. L., (2023). Brain Impairment, 24(2):229-244. doi:10.1017/BrImp.2022.13
“They just say how stupid I was for being conned”. Cyberscams and acquired brain injury: A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of survivors and close others
Gould, K. R., Carminati, J. Y. J. & Ponsford, J. L., (2023). Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 33(2), 325-345, DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.2016447
“This group… I felt like I was medicating myself from this cyberscam illness that was living with me.” A qualitative evaluation of co-designing cybersafety training resources with and for people with acquired brain injury, Disability and Rehabilitation
Jao-Yue J. Carminati, Jennie L. Ponsford & Kate Rachel Gould (2023). Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(22), ;3719-3729, DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2139418