Dr. Daniel Zarate
Lecturer
Details
College: School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
Department: Health and Biomedical Sciences
Campus: Bundoora West Australia
daniel.zarate@rmit.edu.au
About
I am a psychologist, researcher and lecturer interested in behavioural addictions and using social media to predict mental health conditions. I have been teaching and doing research since 2020, with over AUD$350K awarded in external research grants.
Research fields
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 5205 Social and personality psychology
- 4206 Public health
- 4608 Human-centred computing
UN sustainable development goals
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
Academic positions
- Deputy program manager - Bachelor of Psychology (BP154)
- RMIT University
- Psychology
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
- Academic professional
- La Trobe University
- Psychology
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 May 2022 – 31 Dec 2024
- Sessional lecturer
- Victoria University
- Psychology
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2023
Supervisor projects
- Contemporary, Trauma-Responsive HR Leadership as a determining factor in Psychological Safe workplaces
- 25 Jun 2026
- Designing Games for Mental Health Literacy: A Practice‑Based Research
- 11 Jun 2026
- Digital Worlds and Altered Sense of Reality: Associations with Mental Health Across Media, Gaming, and Avatars
- 20 Feb 2026
- Excessive Social Media Usage and its association with Neurobiological changes
- 20 Feb 2026
- : Social Media Cyber-Phenotyping: A Text Mining Approach
- 20 Feb 2026
- Decoding the Longitudinal Links Between Conduct Disorder Symptoms and Gaming Involvement: Evidence from the ABCD Study
- 13 Feb 2026
- The interplay of the User-Avatar Bond (UAB), Proteus Effect (PE), and Personality in Digital Contexts
- 9 Feb 2026
- Psychometric Asessment of a New Measurement of Belongingness
- 1 Jan 2026
- Digital Immersion and Disordered Gaming
- 17 Dec 2025
- Digital Phenotype implications: Decoding the digital footprint of behaviors that indicate problematic gaming behaviors
- 1 Jun 2025
- School Attendance Problems: Definitions, Patterns, & System-Level Implications
- 13 Mar 2025
- Gaming, Identity, and Health: The Role of the User-Avatar Bond and Proteus Effect in Shaping Physical and Mental Health Behaviours
- 11 Feb 2025
- Digital Phenotyping
- 29 Jan 2025
- Emotional Intelligence Training of People with ASD
- 1 Jan 2025
- Unveiling Health Insights: Exploring the Link Between Virtual Engagement and Real-World Well-being
- 10 Sep 2024
- Digital Media and Behavioural Addiction: Where does use become Problematic?
- 10 Sep 2024
- Online Flow: Individual Differences Regarding One's Absorbance by their Gaming Activity and their Translation to Real Life Information
- 10 Sep 2024
Teaching interests
I have taught in different areas of psychology, including personality, social psychology, counselling, research, and statistics.
Research interests
- Cyberpsychology
- Behavioural addictions (gaming addiction, social media addiction, etc.)
- Psychometrics
- ADHD
- Virtual reality platforms to practice social skills with Autistic children
- School absenteeism
- Men's mental health and experiences of domestic violence
