Research Publications

Research Publications

2019

Vella-Brodrick D, Chin T. UAE Positive Education Pilot Study Report UAE Positive Education Pilot Study Report. 2019. Melbourne, Australia. 54 pages (Report)

Chopik WJ, Newton NJ, Ryan LH, Kashdan TB, Jarden AJ. Gratitude across the life span: Age differences and links to subjective well-being, Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(3):292-302 04, May 2019

Bartholomaeus JD, Van Agteren JEM, Iasiello MP, Jarden A, Kelly D. Positive Aging: The Impact of a Community Wellbeing and Resilience Program, Clinical Gerontologist, 42(4):377-386, 08 Aug 2019

Halliday AJ, Kern ML, Turnbull DA. Can physical activity help explain the gender gap in adolescent mental health? A cross-sectional exploration, Mental Health and Physical Activity, 16:8-18, 01 Mar 2019

Halliday AJ, Kern ML, Garrett DK, Turnbull DA. The student voice in well-being: a case study of participatory action research in positive education, Educational Action Research, 27(2):173-196, 15 Mar 2019

Cahill H, Kern ML, Dadvand B, Cruickshank EW, Midford R, Smith C, Farrelly A, Oades L. An Integrative Approach to Evaluating the Implementation of Social and Emotional Learning and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Education, International Journal of Emotional Education, 11(1):135-152, 01 Apr 2019

Slemp GR, Jach HK, Chia A, Loton DJ, Kern ML. , Stress Health, 30 Jan 2019

Kern M, Buia A, Tonus C, Weigel TF, Dittmar R, Hanisch E, Zapf D. Psychological stressors, resources and well-being of surgeons in Germany: A cross-sectional study Chirurg, 01 Jan 2019

Camacho-Morles J, Slemp GR, Oades LG, Pekrun R, Morrish L. Relative incidence and origins of achievement emotions in computer-based collaborative problem-solving: A control-value approach, Computers in human behavior, 98:41-49, 01 Sep 2019

Schachler V, Epple SD, Clauss E, Hoppe A, Slemp GR, Ziegler M. Measuring Job Crafting Across Cultures: Lessons Learned From Comparing a German and an Australian Sample, Frontiers in Psychology, 10:13 pages Article number ARTN 991, 07 May 2019

Camacho-Morles J, Slemp GR, Oades LG, Morrish L, Scoular C. The role of achievement emotions in the collaborative problem-solving performance of adolescents, Learning and individual differences, 70:169-181, 01 Feb 2019

Waters L. The hope circuit: a psychologist's journey from helplessness to optimism, Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(1):125-125, 02 Jan 2019

Waters LE, Loton D, Jach HK. Does Strength-Based Parenting Predict Academic Achievement? The Mediating Effects of Perseverance and Engagement, Journal of Happiness Studies, 20(4):1121-1140, 15 Apr 2019

Brunzell T, Stokes H, Waters L. Shifting Teacher Practice in Trauma-Affected Classrooms: Practice Pedagogy Strategies Within a Trauma-Informed Positive Education Model, School Mental Health, 01 Jan 2019

Honorary Fellows:

Forgas JP, Baumeister RF. The social psychology of gullibility: Conspiracy theories, fake news and irrational beliefs 1-335, 26 Apr 2019

Baumeister RF. Stalking the True Self Through the Jungles of Authenticity: Problems, Contradictions, Inconsistencies, Disturbing Findings-and a Possible Way Forward, Review of General Psychology, 23(1):143-154, 01 Mar 2019

Clark CJ, Winegard BM, Baumeister RF. Forget the Folk: Moral Responsibility Preservation Motives and Other Conditions for Compatibilism Frontiers in Psychology, 10:23 pages Article number ARTN 215, 07 Feb 2019

Alquist JL, Baumeister RF. Foraging extends beyond food: Hoarding of mental energy and information seeking in response to uncertainty.Behav Brain Sci 42:e38, Jan 2019

Sjåstad H, Baumeister RF. Moral self-judgment is stronger for future than past actions Motivation and Emotion, 01 Jan 2019

MacKenzie MJ, Baumeister RF. Motivated gratitude and the need to belong: Social exclusion increases gratitude for people low in trait entitlement, Motivation and Emotion, 43(3):412-433, 01 Jun 2019

Lobbestael J, van Teffelen M, Baumeister RF. Psychopathy subfactors distinctively predispose to dispositional and state-level of sadistic pleasure, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 01 Jan 2019

Baumeister RF, Wright BRE, Carreon D. Self-control “in the wild”: Experience sampling study of trait and state self-regulation, Self and Identity, 1-35, 20 Jun 2018

Baur C, Soucek R, Kühnen U, Baumeister RF. Unable to Resist the Temptation to Tell the Truth or to Lie for the Organization? Identification Makes the Difference, Journal of Business Ethics, 01 Jan 2019

Sharif Nia H, Shafipour V, Allen K-A, Heidari MR, Yazdani-Charati J, Zareiyan A. A Second-Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Moral Distress Scale-Revised for Nurses, Nursing Ethics, 26(4):1199-1210, 01 Jun 2019

Almazan JU, Albougami AS, Alamri MS, Colet PC, Adolfo CS, Allen K, Gravoso R, Boyle C. Disaster-related resiliency theory among older adults who survived Typhoon Haiyan, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 35:7 pages Article number ARTN 101070, 01 Apr 2019

Sinnayah P, Rathner JA, Loton D, Klein R, Hartley P. A combination of active learning strategies improves student academic outcomes in first-year paramedic bioscience. Adv Physiol Educ, 43(2):233-240, 01 Jun 2019

Shin JY, Steger MF, Shin DW, Kim SY, Yang H-K, Cho J, Jeong A, Park K, Kweon SS, Park J-H. Patient-family communication mediates the relation between family hardiness and caregiver positivity: Exploring the moderating role of caregiver depression and anxiety, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 16 pages, 16 May 2019

Lysova EI, Allan BA, Dik BJ, Duffy RD, Steger MF. Fostering meaningful work in organizations: A multi-level review and integration, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110:374-389, 01 Feb 2019

Bauer JJ, King LA, Steger MF. Meaning making, self-determination theory, and the question of wisdom in personality, Journal of Personality, 87(1):82-101, 01 Feb 2019

Sanders CA, Schueller SM, Parks AC, Howell RT. Understanding Long-Term Trajectories in Web-Based Happiness Interventions: Secondary Analysis From Two Web-Based Randomized Trials, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(6):16 pages Article number ARTN e13253, 12 Jun 2019

van Nieuwerburgh C. On the development of coaching: where are we now? , Coaching 12(1):1-2, 02 Jan 2019

2018

Publication

  • Nazari, R., Pahlevan Sharif, S., Allen, K. A., Sharif Nia, H., Yee, B. -L., & Yaghoobzadeh, A. (2018). Behavioral Pain Indicators in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit.. J Caring Sci, 7(4), 197-203. doi:10.15171/jcs.2018.030
  • Allen, K. -A., Kern, M. L., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Waters, L. (2018). Understanding the Priorities of Australian Secondary Schools Through an Analysis of Their Mission and Vision Statements. Educational Administration Quarterly, 54(2), 249-274. doi:10.1177/0013161X18758655
  • Allen, K., Kern, M. L., Vella-Brodrick, D., Hattie, J., & Waters, L. (2018). What Schools Need to Know About Fostering School Belonging: a Meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 30(1), 1-34. doi:10.1007/s10648-016-9389-8
  • Allen, K., & Boyle, C. (2018). The varied pathways to belonging: An introduction to school belonging. In K. Allen, & C. Boyle (Eds.), Pathways to Belonging Contemporary Research in School Belonging (1 ed., pp. 1-4). The Netherlands: Brill - Sense. doi:10.1163/9789004386969_001
  • Allen, K., & Boyle, C. (2018). The path least followed: Moving into the future of school belonging research and towards clearer interventions. In C. Boyle, & K. Allen (Eds.), Pathways to Belonging Contemporary Research in School Belonging (1 ed., pp. 219-224). The Netherlands: Brill - Sense. doi:10.1163/9789004386969_012
  • Wilson, T., & Allen, K. (2018). Specific Learning Disorder with Impairment in Reading and Written Expression. In The Elements of Psychological Case Report Writing in Australia (1 ed.). Australia: Routledge.
  • Allen, K., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Waters, L. (2018). Rethinking school belonging - A socio-ecological framework. In K. Allen, & C. Boyle (Eds.), Pathways to Belonging Contemporary Research in School Belonging (1 ed., pp. 119-218). The Netherlands: Brill - Sense. doi:10.1163/9789004386969_011
  • Wilson, T., & Allen, K. (2018). Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia). In The Elements of Psychological Case Report Writing in Australia (1 ed.). Australia: Routledge.
  • Allen, K. -A., & Boyle, C. (2018). Pathways to Belonging Contemporary Perspectives of School Belonging (1 ed.). K. A. Allen, & C. Boyle (Eds.), The Netherlands: Brill - Sense.
  • Yaghoobzadeh, A., Gorgulu, O., Yee, B. L., Wibisono, A. H., Sharif, S. P., Nia, H. S., & Allen, K. A. (2018). A model of aging perception in iranian elders with effects of hope, life satisfaction, and socioeconomic status: A path analysis. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 24(6), 522-530. doi:10.1177/1078390317753676
  • Slaten, C., Allen, K., Fergusan, J., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Waters, L. (2018). A historical account of school belonging - Understanding the Past and Providing Direction for the Future. In K. Allen, & C. Boyle (Eds.), Pathways to Belonging Contemporary Research in School Belonging (1 ed., pp. 7-23). The Netherlands: Brill - Sense. doi:10.1163/9780004386969_002
  • Yaghoobzadeh, A., Soleimani, M. A., Allen, K. A., Chan, Y. H., & Herth, K. A. (2018). Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Hope in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH, 57(3), 938-950. doi:10.1007/s10943-017-0467-0
  • Core, T. J., Price, M. M., Alquist, J. L., Baumeister, R. F., & Tice, D. M. (2018). Life is uncertain, eat dessert first: Uncertainty causes controlled and unemotional eaters to consume more sweets. APPETITE, 131, 68-72. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2018.09.006
  • Baumeister, R. F., Lau, S., Maranges, H. M., & Clark, C. J. (2018). On the Necessity of Consciousness for Sophisticated Human Action. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 9, 6 pages. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01925
  • Baumeister, R. F. Consciousness of the future as a matrix of maybe: Pragmatic prospection and the simulation of alternative possibilities (2018). Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and Practice, 5(3), 223-238. doi:10.1037/cns0000154
  • Reynolds, T., Baumeister, R. F., & Maner, J. K. (2018). Competitive reputation manipulation: Women strategically transmit social information about romantic rivals. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 78, 195-209. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2018.03.011
  • Clark, C. J., Shniderman, A., Luguri, J. B., Baumeister, R. F., & Ditto, P. H. (2018). Are morally good actions ever free?. Consciousness and Cognition, 63, 161-182. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2018.05.006
  • Monroe, A. E., Dillon, K. D., Guglielmo, S., & Baumeister, R. F. (2018). It's not what you do, but what everyone else does: On the role of descriptive norms and subjectivism in moral judgment. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 77, 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2018.03.010
  • Vonasch, A. J., Reynolds, T., Winegard, B. M., & Baumeister, R. F. (2018). Death Before Dishonor: Incurring Costs to Protect Moral Reputation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(5), 604-613. doi:10.1177/1948550617720271
  • Baumeister, R. F. Self-control “in the wild”: Experience sampling study of trait and state self-regulation (2018). Self and Identity, 1-35. doi:10.1080/15298868.2018.1478324
  • Verhagen, M., Lodder, G. M. A., & Baumeister, R. F. (2018). Unmet belongingness needs but not high belongingness needs alone predict adverse well-being: A response surface modeling approach. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, 86(3), 498-507. doi:10.1111/jopy.12331
  • Wiese, C. W., Tay, L., Duckworth, A. L., D'Mello, S., Kuykendall, L., Hofmann, W., . . . Vohs, K. D., Baumeister, R. F. (2018). Too much of a good thing? Exploring the inverted-U relationship between self-control and happiness. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, 86(3), 380-396. doi:10.1111/jopy.12322
  • Sjastad, H., & Baumeister, R. F. (2018). The Future and the Will: Planning requires self-control, and ego depletion leads to planning aversion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 127-141. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2018.01.005
  • Mead, N. L., Baumeister, R. F., Stuppy, A., & Vohs, K. D. (2018). Power Increases the Socially Toxic Component of Narcissism Among Individuals With High Baseline Testosterone. Journal of Experimental Psychology-General, 147(4), 591-596. doi:10.1037/xge0000427
  • Vonasch, A. J., Baumeister, R. F., & Mele, A. R. (2018). Ordinary people think free will is a lack of constraint, not the presence of a soul. Consciousness and Cognition, 60, 133-151. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2018.03.002
  • Baumeister, R. F., Tice, D. M., & Vohs, K. D. (2018). The Strength Model of Self-Regulation: Conclusions From the Second Decade of Willpower Research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 141-145. doi:10.1177/1745691617716946
  • Baumeister, R. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2018). Revisiting Our Reappraisal of the (Surprisingly Few) Benefits of High Self-Esteem. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 137-140. doi:10.1177/1745691617701185
  • Baumeister, R. F., Maranges, H. M., & Vohs, K. D. (2018). Human Self as Information Agent: Functioning in a Social Environment Based on Shared Meanings. Review of General Psychology, 22(1), 36-47. doi:10.1037/gpr0000114
  • Baumeister, R. F., & Landau, M. J. (2018). Finding the Meaning of Meaning: Emerging Insights on Four Grand Questions. Review of General Psychology, 22(1), 1-10. doi:10.1037/gpr0000145
  • Baumeister, R. F. Longitudinal study of procrastination, performance, stress, and health: The costs and benefits of dawdling (2018). In Self-Regulation and Self-Control: Selected Works of Roy F. Baumeister (pp. 299-309). doi:10.4324/9781315175775
  • Alquist, J. L., Baumeister, R. F., McGregor, I., Core, T. J., Benjamin, I., & Tice, D. M. (2018). Personal conflict impairs performance on an unrelated self-control task: Lingering costs of uncertainty and conflict. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 157-160. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2017.09.010
  • Forgas, J. P., Baumeister, R. F. The social psychology of living well: Historical, social and cultural perspectives (2018). In The Social Psychology of Living Well (pp. 1-17). doi:10.4324/9781351189712
  • Baumeister, R. F. Happiness and meaningfulness as two different and not entirely compatible versions of the good life (2018). In The Social Psychology of Living Well (pp. 21-33). doi:10.4324/9781351189712
  • Chin, T. -C., Coutinho, E., Scherer, K. R., & Rickard, N. S. (2018). Musebaq: A modular tool for music research to assess musicianship, musical capacity, music preferences, and motivations for music use. Music Perception, 35(3), 376-399. doi:10.1525/MP.2018.35.3.376
  • Jach, H. K., Sun, J., Loton, D., Chin, T. -C., & Waters, L. E. (2018). Strengths and Subjective Wellbeing in Adolescence: Strength-Based Parenting and the Moderating Effect of Mindset. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(2), 567-586. doi:10.1007/s10902-016-9841-y
  • Iasiello, M., Bartholomaeus, J., Jarden, A., & Van Agteren, J. (2018). Maximising the opportunity for healthy ageing: Online mental health measurement and targeted interventions. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 246 (pp. 111-123). doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-845-7-111
  • Kropáčová, S., Slezáčková, A., & Jarden, A. (2018). Grit Scale: Psychometric analysis of the Czech adaptation for adult population (ŠKÁLA VYTRVALOSTI: ANALÝZA PSYCHOMETRICKÝCH VLASTNOSTÍ ČESKÉ VERZE PRO DOSPĚLÉ ). E-psychologie : Elektronický Časopis ČMPS, 12(2), 27-40.
  • Iasiello, M., Raymond, I., Jarden, A., & Kelly D. (2018). Resilient Futures: An individual and system-level approach to improve the wellbeing and resilience of disadvantaged young Australians. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 4(3), 228-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tps0000169
  • Kulkarni, V., Kern, M. L., Stillwell, D., Kosinski, M., Matz, S., Ungar, L., . . . Schwartz, H. A. (2018). Latent human traits in the language of social media: An open-vocabulary approach. Plos One, 13(11), 18 pages. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201703
  • Carpenter, J., Preotiuc-Pietro, D., Clark, J., Flekova, L., Smith, L., Kern, M. L., . . . Seligman, M. (2018). The impact of actively open-minded thinking on social media communication. Judgment and Decision Making, 13(6), 562-574. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000451838100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=d4d813f4571fa7d6246bdc0dfeca3a1c
  • Tay, L., Ng, V., Malik, A., Zhang, J., Chae, J., Ebert, D. S., . . . Kern, M. (2018). Big Data Visualizations in Organizational Science. Organizational Research Methods, 21(3), 660-688. doi:10.1177/1094428117720014
  • Seabrook, E. M., Kern, M. L., Fulcher, B. D., & Rickard, N. S. (2018). Predicting Depression From Language-Based Emotion Dynamics: Longitudinal Analysis of Facebook and Twitter Status Updates. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(5), 17 pages. doi:10.2196/jmir.9267
  • Yaden, D. B., Eichstaedt, J. C., Kern, M. L., Smith, L. K., Buffone, A., Stillwell, D. J., . . . Schwartz, H. A. (2018). The Language of Religious Affiliation: Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Differences. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(4), 444-452. doi:10.1177/1948550617711228
  • Halliday, A. J., Kern, M. L., Garrett, D. K., & Turnbull, D. A. (2018). The student voice in well-being: a case study of participatory action research in positive education. Educational Action Research, 1-24. doi:10.1080/09650792.2018.1436079
  • Watanabe, K., Kawakami, N., Shiotani, T., Adachi, H., Matsumoto, K., Imamura, K., . . . Kern, M. L. (2018). The Japanese Workplace PERMA-Profiler: A validation study among Japanese workers. Journal of Occupational Health, 60(5), 383-393. doi:10.1539/joh.2018-0050-OA
  • Kern, M. L., Zeng, G., Hou, H., & Peng, K. (2018). The Chinese Version of the EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being: Testing Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. doi:10.1177/0734282918789561
  • Kern, M., & White, M. A. (2018). Positive Education: Learning and Teaching for Wellbeing and Academic Mastery. International Journal of Wellbeing, 8(1), 1-17. doi:10.5502/ijw.v8i1.588
  • Slemp, G. R., Kern, M. L., Patrick, K. J., & Ryan, R. M. (2018). Leader autonomy support in the workplace: A meta-analytic review. Motivation and Emotion, 42(5), 706-724. doi:10.1007/s11031-018-9698-y
  • Kahler, C. W., Surace, A., Gordon, R. E. F., Cioe, P. A., Spillane, N. S., Parks, A., . . . Brown, R. A. (2018). Positive psychotherapy for smoking cessation enhanced with text messaging: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 71, 146-153. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2018.06.013
  • Hausmann, L. R. M., & Parks, A. C. (2018). Translating Positive Activities Interventions for Use with Military Veterans with Knee of Osteoarthritis. In Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Vol. 52 (pp. S522). OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000431185201464&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=d4d813f4571fa7d6246bdc0dfeca3a1c
  • Hausmann, L. R. M., Ibrahim, S. A., Kwoh, C. K., Youk, A., Obrosky, D. S., Weiner, D. K., . . . Parks, A. (2018). Rationale and design of the Staying Positive with Arthritis (SPA) Study: A randomized controlled trial testing the impact of a positive psychology intervention on racial disparities in pain. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 64, 243-253. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2017.09.001
  • Chang, E. C., Chang, O. D., Martos, T., Sallay, V., Zettler, I., Steca, P., Tarragona, M., ... & Slemp, G. R. (2018). The positive role of hope on the relationship between loneliness and unhappy conditions in Hungarian young adults: How pathways thinking matters!. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-10. doi:10.1080/17439760.2018.1545042
  • Lawn, R. B., Slemp, G. R., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2018). Quiet Flourishing: The Authenticity and Well-Being of Trait Introverts Living in the West Depends on Extraversion-Deficit Beliefs. Journal of Happiness Studies. doi:10.1007/s10902-018-0037-5
  • Salsman, J. M., Park, C. L., Hahn, E. A., Snyder, M. A., George, L. S., Steger, M. F., . . . Cella, D. (2018). Refining and supplementing candidate measures of psychological well-being for the NIH PROMIS (R): qualitative results from a mixed cancer sample. Quality of Life Research, 27(9), 2471-2476. doi:10.1007/s11136-018-1896-2
  • Martela, F., Ryan, R. M., & Steger, M. F. (2018). Meaningfulness as Satisfaction of Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Beneficence: Comparing the Four Satisfactions and Positive Affect as Predictors of Meaning in Life. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(5), 1261-1282. doi:10.1007/s10902-017-9869-7
  • Choi, E., Ospina, J., Steger, M. F., & Orsi, R. (2018). Understanding work enjoyment among older workers: The significance of flexible work options and age discrimination in the workplace. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61(8), 867-886. doi:10.1080/01634372.2018.1515140
  • Steger, M. F. Meaning making, self-determination theory, and the question of wisdom in personality (2018). Journal of Personality. doi:10.1111/jopy.12381
  • Steger, M. F. (2018). Fostering meaningful work in organizations: A multi-level review and integration. Journal of Vocational Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.07.004
  • Quinlan, D., Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Gray, A., & Swain, N. (2018). Teachers Matter: Student Outcomes Following a Strengths Intervention are Mediated by Teacher Strengths Spotting. Journal of Happiness Studies. doi:10.1007/s10902-018-0051-7
  • Rusk, R. D., Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & Waters, L. (2018). A complex dynamic systems approach to lasting positive change: The Synergistic Change Model. Journal of Positive Psychology, 13(4), 406-418. doi:10.1080/17439760.2017.1291853
  • Brunzell, T., Stokes, H., & Waters, L. (2018). Why Do You Work with Struggling Students? Teacher Perceptions of Meaningful Work in Trauma-Impacted Classrooms.Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 43(2), 116-142.
  • Rosewarne, L., Simson, C., & Waters, L. (2018). Shaping positive education research to influence public policy. In N. Brown, T. Lomas, & F. Eiroa-Orosa (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Positive Psychology (1 ed., pp. 503-522). United Kingdom & USA: Routledge - Taylor & Francis.
  • Waters, L. E., Loton, D., & Jach, H. K. (2018). Does Strength-Based Parenting Predict Academic Achievement? The Mediating Effects of Perseverance and Engagement. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-20. doi:10.1007/s10902-018-9983-1
  • Waters, L (2018). Research Snapshot: Finding the strength: Strength-based Parenting is good for kids and parents- Win-Win! InPsych, 40(6), 57.
  • Waters, L (2018). Visible Wellbeing: A critical resource for leadership and learning in schools. Horizon, 8, 4-10.
  • Waters, L (2018). Helping Families Thrive, InPsych, 40(2), 46-48.
  • Waters, L (2018). Balancing the Curriculum: Teaching Gratitude, Hope and Resilience. The Queensland Principal: Journal of Queensland Association of State School Principals, 45 (1), 36-37.

2017

Publications

  • Beswick, D. G. (2017) Cognitive Motivation: From Curiosity to Identity, Purpose and Meaning.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Chin, T. C. (2017). Keeping up with the times: A considered approach to measuring youth well-being. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 47-51). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_9
  • Morrish, L., Rickard, N., Chin, T. C., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2017). Emotion Regulation in Adolescent Well-Being and Positive Education. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-22. doi:10.1007/s10902-017-9881-y
  • Jach, H. K., Sun, J., Loton, D., Chin, T. C., & Waters, L. E. (2017). Strengths and Subjective Wellbeing in Adolescence: Strength-Based Parenting and the Moderating Effect of Mindset. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-20. doi:10.1007/s10902-016-9841-y
  • Slemp, G. R., Chin, T. C., Kern, M. L., Siokou, C., Loton, D., Oades, L. G., . . . Waters, L. (2017). Positive education in Australia: Practice, measurement, and future directions. In Social and Emotional Learning in Australia and the Asia-Pacific: Perspectives, Programs and Approaches (pp. 101-122). doi:10.1007/978-981-10-3394-0_6
  • Guntuku, S. C., Yaden, D. B., Kern, M. L., Ungar, L. H., & Eichstaedt, J. C. (2017). Detecting depression and mental illness on social media: an integrative review. CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 18, 43-49. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.005
  • Yaden, D. B., Le Nguyen, K. D., Kern, M. L., Belser, A. B., Eichstaedt, J. C., Iwry, J., . . . Newberg, A. B. (2017). Of Roots and Fruits: A Comparison of Psychedelic and Nonpsychedelic Mystical Experiences. JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY, 57(4), 338-353. doi:10.1177/0022167816674625
  • Kern, M. L. (2017). Perseverance, achievement, and positive education. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 75-79). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_14
  • Allen, K. -A., Kern, M. L., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Waters, L. (2017). School Values: A Comparison of Academic Motivation, Mental Health Promotion, and School Belonging With Student Achievement. EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST, 34(1), 31-47. doi:10.1017/edp.2017.5
  • Carpenter, J., Preotiuc-Pietro, D., Flekova, L., Giorgi, S., Hagan, C., Kern, M. L., . . . Seligman, M. E. P. (2017). Real Men Don't Say "Cute": Using Automatic Language Analysis to Isolate Inaccurate Aspects of Stereotypes. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE, 8(3), 310-322. doi:10.1177/1948550616671998
  • Williams, P., Kern, M. L., & Waters, L. (2017). The Role and Reprocessing of Attitudes in Fostering Employee Work Happiness: An Intervention Study. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8, 12 pages. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00028
  • Park, G., Schwartz, H. A., Sap, M., Kern, M. L., Weingarten, E., Eichstaedt, J. C., . . . Ungar, L. H. (2017). Living in the Past, Present, and Future: Measuring Temporal Orientation With Language. JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, 85(2), 270-280. doi:10.1111/jopy.12239
  • Kern, M. L., & Friedman, H. S. (2017). Health Psychology. In T. Widiger (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Five Factor Model (1st ed., pp. 403-422). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199352487.001.0001
  • Allen, K. -A., Kern, M.L. (2017) School Belonging in Adolescents. Springer Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-10-5996-4
  • McQuaid. M.,& Kern, M. L., (2017). Your Wellbeing Blueprint: Feeling Good & Doing Well At Work, Michelle McQuaid Pty Ltd
  • Williams, P., Kern, M. L., & Waters, L. (2017). Exploring Selective Exposure and Confirmation Bias as Processes Underlying Employee Work Happiness: An Intervention Study (vol 7, pg 878, 2016). FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8, 2 pages. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00182
  • Loton, D. J., & Waters, L. E. (2017). The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy in the Connections between Strength-Based Parenting, Happiness and Psychological Distress in Teens.. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8, 13 pages. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01707
  • White, M., Loton, D., Slemp, G., & Murray, S. (2017). Positive Education Overview. In M. White, G. Slemp, & S. Murray (Eds.), Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy (1st ed., pp. 1-5). Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8
  • Oades, L. G. (2017). Wellbeing literacy: The missing link in positive education. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 169-173). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_29
  • Slade, M., Oades, L., & Jarden, A. (2017). Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health. Cambridge University Press.
  • Oades, L. G. Steger, M. F., Delle-Fave, A., & Passmore, J. (Eds.) (2017). The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work. London: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Oades, L. G., & MOSSMAN, L. (2017). The Science of Wellbeing and Positive Psychology. In M. Slade, L. G. Oades, & A. Jarden (Eds.), Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health (First ed., pp. 7-23). UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Magee, C., Gordon, R., Robinson, L., Caputi, P., & Oades, L. (2017). Workplace bullying and absenteeism: The mediating roles of poor health and work engagement. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, 27(3), 319-334. doi:10.1111/1748-8583.12156
  • Oades, L.G. & Johnston, A.L (2017). Wellbeing Literacy: A necessary ingredient for positive education. Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal, 3(5), DOI: 10.19080/PBSIJ.2017.03.
  • Badcock, P. B., Patrick, K., Smith, A. M. A., Simpson, J. M., Pennay, D., Rissel, C. E., . . . Richters, J. (2017). Differences Between Landline and Mobile Phone Users in Sexual Behavior Research. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, 46(6), 1711-1721. Doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0859-3
  • Rusk, R. D., Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & Waters, L. (2017). A complex dynamic systems approach to lasting positive change: The Synergistic Change Model. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-13. doi:10.1080/17439760.2017.1291853
  • Waters, L. (2017) Progressing Positive Education and creating Visible Wellbeing. In S. Donaldson & M. Rao (Eds.). Scientific Advances in Positive Psychology. (Chapter 9; pp 229-256). Praeger Publishing.
  • White, M. A., Slemp, G. R., & Murray, A. S. (2017). Future directions in well-being: Education, organizations and policy. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8
  • White, M. A., & Buchanan, A. (2017). Why We Need Positive Education 2.0. In M. A. White, G. Slemp, & A. S. Murray (Eds.), Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy (1st ed., pp. 219-224). Cham ,Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8
  • White, M. (2017). Impact of Activity: Future Directions of Positive Education. In M. A. White, G. Slemp, & A. S. Murray (Eds.), Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy (1st ed., pp. 27-34). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8
  • Slemp, G. R. (2017). University settings: A new frontier for positive education. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 141-145). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_25
  • White, M., Slemp, G., & Murray, S. (2017). Positive Policy Overview. In M. White, G. Slemp, & S. Murray (Eds.), Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy (1st ed., pp. 159-161). Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-
  • White, M., Slemp, G., & Murray, S. (2017). Positive Organizations Overview. In M. White, G. Slemp, & S. Murray (Eds.), Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy (1st ed., pp. 103-105). Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2017). It's about time for positive psychology to get more involved in time use research. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 213-217). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_37
  • Allen, K., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Waters, L. (2017). School belonging and the role of social and emotional competencies in fostering an adolescent’s sense of connectedness to their school. In Social and Emotional Learning in Australia and the Asia-Pacific: Perspectives, Programs and Approaches (pp. 83-99). doi:10.1007/978-981-10-3394-0_5
  • Loton, D. J., & Waters, L. E. (2017). The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy in the Connections between Strength-Based Parenting, Happiness and Psychological Distress in Teens.. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 8, 13 pages. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01707
  • Rosewarne, L., Simson, C., & Waters, L. (2017). Shaping positive education research to influence public policy. In The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Positive Psychology (1 ed., pp. 503-522). Abingdon Oxon UK; New York USA: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315659794.ch33
  • Waters, L. (2017). The Strength Switch How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish. Avery.
  • Waters, L. E. (2017). Strength based parenting: A new avenue of practise and research in positive psychology. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 93-96). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_17
  • Hefferon, K., Ashfield, A., Waters, L., & Synard, J. (2017). Understanding optimal human functioning - The 'call for qual' in exploring human flourishing and well-being. JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 12(3), 211-219. doi:10.1080/17439760.2016.1225120
  • Waters, L., Sun, J., Rusk, R., Aarch, A., & Cotton, A. (2017). Positive Education: Visible wellbeing and the five domains of positive functioning. In M Slade., L Oades., & A Jarden (Eds). Wellbeing, recovery and mental health. (Chapter 20; pp 245-264). Cambridge University Press.
  • White, M. A., & Buchanan, A. (2017). Why we need positive education 2.0. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 219-223). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_38
  • White, M. (2017). Impact of Activity: Future Directions of Positive Education. In M. A. White, G. Slemp, & A. S. Murray (Eds.), Future Directions in Well-Being Education, Organizations and Policy (1st ed., pp. 27-34). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8
  • White, M. A. (2017). Impact of activity: Future directions of positive education. In Future Directions in Well-Being: Education, Organizations and Policy (pp. 27-33). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56889-8_5
  • White, M. (2017). Welfare to Wellbeing: Australian education’s greatest challenge. Australian Educational Leader, 39(1), 18-22.
  • White, M. (2017). Mary-Theotókos: Fulfillment of God’s Grace and Embodiment of Virtues—A Strengths-Based Reading. In G. Ambler, M. Anstey, T. McCall, & M. White (Eds.), Flourishing in Faith : Theology Encountering Positive Psychology (1st ed., pp. 81-99). United States of America: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Ambler, G., Anstey, M., McCall, T., & White, M. (2017). Introduction. In G. Ambler, M. Anstey, T. McCall, & M. White (Eds.), Flourishing in faith : theology encountering positive psychology (1st ed., pp. xix-1). United States of America: Wipf and Stock.
  • Ambler, G., Anstey, M., McCall, T. D., & White, M. A. (2017). Flourishing in Faith Theology Encountering Positive Psychology (1st ed.). G. Ambler, M. Anstey, T. D. McCall, & M. White (Eds.), Eugene, Oregon, United States: Wipf and Stock.
  • White, M. (2017). An introduction positive psychology, positive education and wellbeing. In G. Ambler, M. Anstey, T. McCall, & M. White (Eds.), Flourishing in Faith: Theology and Positive Psychology (1st ed., pp. 34-54). Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers.

2016

Publications

Book chapters

  • Waters, L. (2016). Where is the education in positive education? In Stewart Donaldson and Meghana Rao (Eds.). Scientific Advances in Positive Psychology. Praeger Publishing.
  • Jan 2016, Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman, The Oxford Handbook of the Five Factor Model of Personality. Subject: Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Health Psychology

Book manuscripts

  • Waters L (2016) “The Strong Child: Building Optimism and Resilience”

2015

Publications

  • Waters, L. (2015). Strength-Based Parenting and Life Satisfaction in Teenagers, Advances in Social Sciences, 2, 158-173.
  • Waters, L. & Stokes, H. (2015). Positive Education for school Leaders: Exploring the Effects of Emotion-Gratitude and Action-Gratitude. Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist.
  • Waters, L., Barsky, A., Ridd, A. & Allen, K. (2015). Contemplative Education: A Systematic, Evidence-Based Review of the effect of Meditation Interventions in Schools. Educational Psychology Review, 27(1), 103-134.
  • Rusk, R., & Waters, L. (August, 2015). Tracing the size, reach, impact and breadth of positive psychology. In Tim Lomas and Kate Hefferon (Eds). Positive Psychology. SAGE Publications. 978-1-4739-0771-3
  • Williams, V., Deane, F.P., Oades, L.G, Crowe, T.P., Ciarrochi, J. & Andresen. R. (2015). A cluster-randomised controlled trial of values-based training to promote autonomously held recovery values in mental health workers
    Implementation Science, 11: 13.  Published online 2016 Feb 2. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0363-5
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Rickard, N. S., Hattie, J., Cross, D., & Chin, T-C. (November 2015). An Evaluation of Year 10 Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School: Findings from 2014. The University Of Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  • P Williams, ML Kern, L Waters (2015). Psychology of Well-Being, A Longitudinal Examination of the Association Between Psychological Capital, Perception of Organizational Virtues and Work Happiness in School Staff. Background Developing employee wellbeing has recently been recognized as an important way to improve organizational performance. Sloan's (1987) dual-intervention approach suggests that employee wellbeing can be developed bottom-up, by improving employee ...
  • Le Boutillier C, Slade M, Lawrence V, Bird V, Chandler R, Farkas M, Harding C, Larsen J, Oades L, Roberts G, Shepherd G, Thornicroft G, Williams J, Leamy M (2015) Competing priorities: staff perspectives on supporting recovery, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 42, 429-438
  • Rusk, R., & Waters, L. (2015). Exploring the underlying components of positive psychology interventions: Five domains of positive function. Journal of Positive Psychology, 10 (2), 141-152
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  • Kern, M., Waters, L., Adler, A., & White, M. (2015). A multifaceted approach to measuring wellbeing in students: Application of the PERMA framework. Journal of Positive Psychology, 10, 262-271.
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  • Rusk, R., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Waters, L. (2015). Theoretical components of appreciative functioning and how they relate to existing measurement scales. Psychology of Wellbeing: Theory, Research and Practise, 5(1)
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  • Heled, E., Somech, A., & Waters, L., (2015). Psychological capital as a team phenomenon: Mediating the relationship between learning climate and outcomes at the individual and team levels. Journal of Positive Psychology
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  • BOOK: White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer Press. Springer Press, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5 (Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Building a Positive Institution. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell.., pp. 1-26. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_1 (Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • McCall, T., Waters., L., & White, M. (2015). A Comparison Between Theological Christian Approaches to Wisdom and Peterson and Seligman's Classification of Character Strengths and Virtues. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell., pp. 27-41. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_2 (Lea Waters, Positive Psychology Centre; Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • Waters, L., White, M., Wang, L., & Murray, S. (2015). Leading whole-school change. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell., pp. 43-63. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_3 (Lea Waters, Positive Psychology Centre; (Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • Kern, M., Waters., L., Adler., A., & White, M., (2015). Measuring Whole School Well-being in Students and Staff. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell., pp. 65-91. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_4 (Margaret Kern, Positive Psychology Centre; Lea Waters, Positive Psychology Centre; Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • Alford, Z., & White, M. (2015). Positive Schools Psychology. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer Press. Springer, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell., pp. 93-109. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_5 (Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • Waters, L., & White, M. (2015). Strengths-based approach in the classroom and staffroom. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell., pp. 111-133. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_6 (Lea Waters; Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • White, M., Vrodos, J., & McNeil, T. (2015). Student Leadership, Well-Being and Service: Integrating Appreciative Inquiry, Strengths and Leadership. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell., pp. 151-165. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_8 (Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • White, M., & Murray, S. (2015). Future Directions in Well-being. In White, M. & Murray, S. (2015). Evidence-based Approaches to Positive Education in Schools: Implementing a Strategic Framework for Well-being in Schools. Springer. Springer Press, Netherlands. Series Editor Ilona Boniwell., pp. 167-175. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9667-5_9 (Mathew White, Honorary Senior Fellow, Positive Psychology Centre)
  • Waters, L. (2015). The relationship between strength-based parenting with children's stress levels and strength-based coping approaches, Psychology, 6(6), 689-699.
  • Waters, L., Hall, D., & Briscoe, J. (2015). Protean careers: Existing and emerging evidence. In Ronald J. Burke., Cary L. Cooper & Kathryn M. Page (Eds.), Flourishing in life, work, and careers: Individual wellbeing and career experiences. (pp. 235-260). Edward Elgar Publishing. (Lea Waters, Centre for Positive Psychology)
  • Waters, L. & Stokes, H. (2015). Positive education for school leaders: Exploring the effects of emotion-gratitude and action-gratitude. Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist.
    (Lea Waters, Centre for Positive Psychology and Helen Stokes, Youth Research Centre)
  • Waters, L., & White, M. (2015). Case study of a school wellbeing initiative: Using appreciative inquiry to support positive change. International Journal of Wellbeing, 5(1), 19-32. doi:10.5502/ijw.v5i1.2
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  • Eichstaedt, J.C., Schwartz, H.A., Kern, M.L., Park, G., Labarthe, D.R., Merchant, R.M., Jha, S., Agrawal, M., Dziurzynski, L.A., Sap, M., Weeg, C., Larson, E.E., Ungar, L.H., & Seligman, M.E.P., (2015), Psychological Language on Twitter Predicts County-Level Heart Disease Mortality, Psychological Science 1-11, doi:10.1177/0956797614557867. PDF available for Download.

2014

Publications

  • Quinlan, D., Swain, N., Cameron, C. & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2015). How 'other people matter' in a classroom-based strengths intervention: Exploring interpersonal strategies and classroom outcomes. The Journal of Positive Psychology: Dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice, 10(1): 77-89.
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  • Allen, K., Ryan, T., Waters, L., Gray, D. L. & McInerney , D. M., (2014). Social Media Use and Social Connectedness in Adolescents: The Positives and the Potential Pitfalls. The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 31(1): 18-31.
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  • Wang, L., Hall, D. T., & Waters, L. (2014). Finding Meaning during the Retirement Process: Identity Development in Later Career Years. In Oxford Handbooks Online. New York: Oxford University Press.
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  • Randall, W., Vella-Brodrick, D.A., & Rickard, N.S. (2014). Emotional outcomes of regulation strategies used during personal music listening: A mobile experience sampling study. Musicae Scientiae, 18: 275-291.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. (2014). Review of The human quest for meaning: Theories, research, and applications. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 24(1): 193-195.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2014) Dovetailing Ethical Practice and Positive Psychology to Promote Integrity, Industriousness, Innovation, and Impact. In: Acacia C. Parks and Stephen Schueller (Eds), The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Positive Psychological Interventions. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
  • O'Connor, M., Sanson, A.V., Toumbourou, J.W., Hawkins, M.T., Letcher, P., Williams, P., & Olsson, C., (2014), Positive Development and Resilience in Emerging Adulthood, Oxford Handbooks Online, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795574.013.19
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  • Slemp, G. R., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A., (2013). Optimising Employee Mental Health: The Relationship Between Intrinsic Need Satisfaction, Job Crafting, and Employee Well-Being
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  • Kern, M. L., Water, L. E., Adler, A. & White, M. A. (2014): A multidimensional approach to measuring well-being in students: Application of the PERMA framework, The Journal of Positive Psychology: Dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice, DOI:10.1080/17439760.2014.936962
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  • White, M. (2014). An evidence-based whole-school strategy to positive education. In H. Street and Porter, N. (Eds.), Better than Ok: Helping young people to flourish at school and beyond (1st ed., pp. 194-198). Fremantle: Fremantle Press.
  • White, M. (2013). Education and Culture: An Australian Coeducational Boarding School as a Crucible for a Culturally Diverse Life as Seen Through the Eyes of the Students Themselves. A Humanistic Sociological Study. In S. Alagumalai, S. Burley & J. P. Keeves (Eds.), Excellence in Scholarship: Transcending Transdisciplinary in Teacher Education. Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 235-266.
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  • White, M., & Waters, L. (2014). The Good School: A case study of the use of Christopher Peterson's work to adopt a strengths-based approach in the classroom, chapel and sporting fields. Journal of Positive Psychology, 10 (1), 69-76
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  • Kern, M. L., Waters, L., Adler, A and White, M. (2014). Assessing Employee Wellbeing in Schools Using a Multifaceted Approach: Associations with Physical Health, Life Satisfaction, and Professional Thriving. Psychology, 5, 500-513. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2014.56060
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  • Waters, L. (2014). Balancing the Curriculum: Teaching Gratitude, Hope and Resilience. In H. Sykes (Ed.) A love of Ideas. pp. 117-124. Future Leaders Press.
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  • Waters, L., Briscoe, J., Hall, D., Wang, L. (2014). A dynamic longitudinal approach to understanding the impact of protean career attitude during unemployment and reemployment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 84(2), 405-419
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  • Waters L., Barsky A., Ridd A., Allen K. (2014), Contemplative education: A systematic, evidence-based review of the effect of meditation interventions in schools, Educational Psychology Review. 26(1),
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  • Hall., D., & Waters, L., Briscoe, J. & Wang, L.(forthcoming). Protean Careers: Existing and Emerging Evidence. In Ronald J. Burke., Cary L. Cooper & Kathryn M Page (Eds.). Flourishing in Life, Work, and Careers.
  • Rusk, R., & Waters, L. (forthcoming). Exploring the underlying components of positive psychology interventions: Five domains of positive function. Journal of Positive Psychology
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  • Wang, L., Hall., D., & Waters, L. (forthcoming). Work in Retirement. Oxford handbook Series.
  • Waters, L. (forthcoming). Positive Psychology and Parenting. In Rosina McAlpine (Ed.) Inspired Children II: How the leading minds of today raise their children. Darlington Press.

2013

Publications

  • Waters, L. (2013). Using positive psychology to foster character strengths and wellbeing in students. Forward Thinking: Emerging Answers to Education's Big Questions. Australian College of Educators, 28-36.
  • Norrish, J. M., Williams, P., O'Connor, M., & Robinson, J. (2013). An applied framework for positive education. International Journal of Wellbeing, 3(2), 147-161. doi:10.5502/ijw.v3i2.2
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  • Slemp, G. R., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A., (2013). The job crafting questionnaire: A new scale to measure the extent to which employees engage in job crafting. International Journal of Wellbeing, 3(2), 126-146.
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  • Cooperrider, D.L. & McQuaid, M.L. (2013) The Positive Arc of Systemic Strengths: How Appreciative Inquiry and Sustainable Designing Can Bring Out The Best In Human Systems. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 46, 71–102.
  • Delle Fave, A., Brdar, I., Wissing, M. P., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (in press). Sources and Motives for Personal Meaning in Adulthood. Journal of Positive Psychology.
  • Delle Fave, A., Wissing, M., Brdar, I., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Freire, T. (2013). Perceived Meaning and Goals in Adulthood: Their Roots and Relation with Happiness. In A. Waterman (Ed.). The Best Within Us. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. http://bib.irb.hr/prikazi-rad?lang=en&rad=537724
  • Monshat, K., Khong, B., Hassed, C., Vella-Brodrick, D., Norrish, J., Burns, J., & Herrman, H. (in press). A conscious control over life and my emotions: Mindfulness practice and healthy young people. A qualitative study. Journal of Adolescent Health.
  • Odou, N. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2013). The Efficacy of Positive Psychology Interventions to Increase Well-Being and the Role of Mental Imagery Ability. Social Indicators Research, 110, 111-129.
  • Page, K. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (in press). The Working for Wellness Program: Examining an Employee Well-being Intervention using RCT. Journal of Happiness Studies.
  • Read, P. A., Stanley, J. R., Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & Griggs, D. J. (in press). Towards a contraction and convergence target based on population life expectancies since 1960. Environment, Development and Sustainability.
  • Reed, J., Muller, J., & Waters, L. (2013). Importance of latent benefits and meaningful leisure activity in predicting quality of life in Australian retirees. Australian Journal of Career Development, 22,63-71
  • Rickard, N. S. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (in press). Changes in Well-Being: Complementing a Psychosocial Approach with Neurobiological Insights. Social Indicators Research.
  • Rusk, R., & Waters, L. (2013). Tracing the size, reach, impact and breadth of positive psychology. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(3), 207-221.
  • Seear, K. H. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (in press) Efficacy of Positive Psychology Interventions to Increase Well-Being: Examining the Role of Dispositional Mindfulness. Social Indicators Research.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2013). Positive Psychology interventions – Research evidence, practical utility and future steps. In C. Keyes (Ed.). Mental Well-Being: International Contributions to the Study of Positive Mental Health. Netherlands: Springer publishers.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (in press). Integrity, Industriousness, Innovation and Impact: Guiding principles for the practice of positive psychology. (Chapter to appear in A.Parks-Sheiner, The Handbook of Positive Psychological Interventions. Wiley-Blackwell publishers). http://dx.doi.org/
  • Waters, L., Briscoe, J., & Hall, D. (2013). Using protean career attitude to facilitate a positive approach to unemployment. In Melinda Coetez (Ed.) Psycho-social career meta-capacities: Dynamics of contemporary career development. Springer International Press.
  • Yim, L & Waters, L. (2013). The role of interpersonal comfort, attributional confidence, and communication quality in academic mentoring relationships. Education Research and Perspectives: An International Journal, 40, 58-85.
    Available online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Yim-Waters-_2013_The Role of Interpersonal Comfort, Attributional Confidence.pdf

2012

Publications

  • Toner, E., Haslam, N., Robinson, J., & Williams, P., Character strengths and wellbeing in adolescence: Structure and correlates of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Children, Personality and Individual Differences (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.12.014
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  • McCall, T., Waters, L., & White, M. (2012). Sin & Transcendence: Finding similarities and points of connection between Positive Psychology and Christianity. Dialogue Australasia: Values, Philosophy and Religious Studies, 27, 17-21.
    Available online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Sin & Transcendence - Finding similarities and points of connection between Positive Psychology and Christianity.pdf
  • Monshat, K., Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Herman, H., & Burns, J. (2012). Mental health promotion in the Internet age: A consultation with Australian young people to inform the design of an online mindfulness training program. Health Promotion International, 27, 177-186.
    Available on-line at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Monshat, Vella-Brodrick, 2012, Mental health promotion in the Internet age.pdf
  • Muller, J., & Waters, L. (2012). A review of the Latent and Manifest Bests (LAMB) Scale. Australian Journal of Career Development, 56(1), 32-38.
    Available on-line at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Muller Waters - LAMB Scale.pdf
  • Page, K. M. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2012). From non-malfeasance to beneficence: Key criteria, approaches and ethical issues relating to positive employee health and well-being. In N. P. Reilly, M. J. Sirgy, and C. A. Gorman (Eds.). Handbook of Quality-of-Life Programs: Enhancing Ethics and Improving Quality of Life at Work. Netherlands: Springer Publishers.
  • Quinlan, D., Swain, N. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2012). Character Strengths Interventions: Building on what we know for improved outcomes. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 1145-1163.
  • Serlachius, A., Northam, L., Frydenberg, E. & Cameron, F. (2012). Adapting a generic coping skills program for adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A qualitative study. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(3), 313-323.
  • Toner, E., Haslam, N., Robinson, J., & Williams, P. (2012). Character strengths and wellbeing in adolescence: Structure and correlates of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Children. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 637-642.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. (2012). From Nonmalfeasance to Beneficence: Key Criteria, Approaches, and Ethical Issues Relating to Positive Employee Health and Well-Being. Work and Quality of Life: Ethical Practices in Organizations. Springer Science+Business Media. 463-489.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. (2012). Mental health promotion in the Internet age: a consultation with Australian young people to inform the design of an online mindfulness training programme. Health Promotion International, 27, 177-186.
  • Waters, L. (2012). Predicting Job Satisfaction: Contributions of individual gratitude and institutionalized gratitude. Psychology, 3(12a), 1174-1176. (Open Access)
    Available online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Predicting Job Satisfaction- Contributions of individual gratitude and institutionalized gratitude.pdf
  • Waters, L., White, M. & Murray, S. (2012). Toward the creation of a positive institution. The International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry, 14(2), 60-66.
    Available online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Toward the Creation of a Positive Institution St Peter's College, Adelaide,...pdf

2011

  • Williams, P., (2011) Pathways to Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School - Integrating Positive Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, AI Practitioner, International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry Vol 13, No 2.

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  • Delle Fave, A., Brdar, I., Freire, T., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Wissing, M. P. (2011). The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Components of Happiness: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings. Social Indicators Research, 100, 185–207.
  • Giannopoulos, V. L. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2011). Effects of positive interventions and orientations to happiness on subjective well-being. Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 95-105.
  • McQuaid, M.L. (2011) What Would You Like To Change And Grow: PricewaterhouseCoopers Explores Positive Conversational Habits. International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry, 13(2), 14–18.
  • O'Connor, M., Sanson, A., Hawkins, M. Toumbourou, J., Letcher, P., & Frydenberg, E. (2011). Differentiating three conceptualisations of the relationship between positive development and psychopathology during the transition to adulthood. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 475-484.
  • Stanley, J., Hensher, D. A., Stanley, J., Currie, G., Greene, W. H. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2011). Social Exclusion and the Value of Mobility. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 45, 197-222. Availability online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Social Exclusion and the Value of Mobility.pdf
  • Stanley, J., K., Hensher, D. A., Stanley, J. R., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2011). Mobility, social exclusion and well-being: Exploring the links. Transportation Research Part A, 45, 789–801.
  • Stanley, J. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2011). What Leads to Social Inclusion? An Examination of Trips, Social Capital and Well-being. In G. Currie. New Perspective and Methods in Transport and Social Exclusion Research. Emerald: UK.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2011). Contemporary Perspectives on Well-being. In G. Currie. New Perspective and Methods in Transport and Social Exclusion Research. Emerald: UK.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2011). The moral of the story: The importance of applying an ethics lens to the teaching of positive psychology. Journ al of Positive Psychology, 6, 320-325.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. & Delbosc, A. (2011). Measuring Well-being. In G. Currie. New Perspective and Methods in Transport and Social Exclusion Research. Emerald: UK.
  • Waters, L. (2011). A review of school-based positive psychology interventions. The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 28(2), 75-90.

    Available online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Waters 2011 PP review of school-based.pdf
  • Williams, P., (2011). Pathways to Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School: Integrating Positive Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry. The International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry, 13(2),8-13.

2010

Publications

  • Currie, G., Richardson, T., Smyth, P. Vella-Brodrick, D., Hine, J, Lucas K., Stanley, J. Morris, J. Kinnear, R., & Stanley, J. (2010). Investigating links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in Melbourne: Updated results. Research in Transportation Economics, 29, 287-295.
  • Deans, J., Frydenberg, E., Tsurutani, H. (2010). Operationalising Social and Emotional Coping Competencies in Kindergarten Children 2010. New Zealand Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 13, 113-124.
  • Firth, N., Frydenberg, E., Greaves, D. (2010). Coping styles and strategies: a comparison of adolescent students with and without learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 43(1) 77-85.
  • Joslin, F., Waters, L., & Dudgeon, P. (2010). Perceived acceptance and work standards as predictors of work attitudes and behavior and employee psychological distress following an internal business merger. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 25(1), 22–43

    Available on-line at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Joslin, F., Waters, L., & Dudgeon, P. (2010). Perceived acceptance and work standards as predictors of work attitudes.pdf
  • Mitchell, J., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Klein, B. (2010).Positive Psychology and the Internet: A Mental Health Opportunity . E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 6, 30-41.

    Available online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Positive psychology and the internet_ A mental health opportunity.pdf
  • Stanley, J. Stanley, J., Vella-Brodrick, D., Currie, G. (2010). The place of transport in facilitating social inclusion via the mediating influence of social capital. Research in Transportation Economics 29, 280-286.

2009

Publications

  • Currie, G., Richardson, T., Smyth, P. Vella-Brodrick, D., Hine, J., Lucas, K., Stanley, J., Morris, J., Kinnear, R., & Stanley, J. (2009). Investigating links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion and well-being in Melbourne - Preliminary results. Transport Policy, 16, 97-105.
  • Frydenberg, E., & Lewis, R. (2009). The relationship between wellbeing, negative avoidant coping, and active coping in a large sample of Australians adolescents. Psychological Reports, 745-758.
  • Frydenberg, E. & Lewis, R. (2009). The relationship between problem-solving efficacy and coping amongst Australian adolescents. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 37, 51-64.
  • Haslam, N., Whelan, J., & Bastian, B. (2009). Big Five traits mediate associations between values and subjective well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 40-42.
  • Mitchell, J., Stanimirovic, R., Klein, B. & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2009). A randomised controlled trial of a self-guided internet intervention promoting well-being. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 749-760.
  • Norrish, J. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2009). Positive psychology and adolescents: Where are we now? Where to from here? Australian Psychologist, 44, 270-278.
  • Page, K. M. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2009). The 'what', 'why' and 'how' of employee well-being: A new model. Social Indicators Research, 90, 441-458.
  • Stanley, J. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2009). The usefulness of social exclusion to inform social policy in transport. Transport Policy, 16, 90-96.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A., & Page, K. M. (2009). Positive leadership: Accentuating and cultivating human resources. In J. C. Sarros (Ed.) Contemporary perspectives on leadership: Focus and meaning for ambiguous times. Prahran, Vic.: Tilde University Press. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/173698
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Park, N. & Peterson, C. (2009). Three ways to be happy: Pleasure, engagement, and meaning: Findings from Australian and US samples. Social Indicators Research, 90, 165-179.

2008

Publications

  • Firth, N., Frydenberg, E., & Greaves, D. (2008). Perceived control and adaptive coping: Programs for adolescent students who have learning disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 31, 151-165.
  • Frydenberg, E., Eacott, C., & Clark, N. (2008). Teaching Coping Skills: From Distress to Success. Prevention Researcher, 8-12.
  • Gallagher, E. N. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008). Social support and emotional intelligence as predictors of subjective well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1551-1561.
  • Norrish, J. & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008). Is the study of happiness a worthy scientific pursuit? Social Indicators Research, 87, 393-407.
  • Waters, L. (2008). From unemployment to re-employment: A literature review and conceptual model of the proposed role of protean career attitude in facilitating psychological health, job search intensity, re-employment quality and job growth (pp. 328-351). In K. Näswall., J, Hellgren., & M, Sverke. (Eds.) The Individual in the Changing Working Life. Cambridge University Press.
  • Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2008). Clues for attaining a life filled with purpose and personal growth. Proceeding of the 9th Australian Conference on Quality of Life. Melbourne, November 22, 2007.
  • Waters, L. (2008). Using human brain dynamics to enhance workplace team dynamics: Evidence from two applied case studies. Neuroleadership Journal, 1, 61-66.
    Available online at http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/assets/pospsych/Using Human brain dynamics to enhance workplace team dynamics.pdf