2023

Refereed Journal Articles:

Colla, R., Williams, P., Oades, L. G., & Camacho-Morles, J. (2022). “A new hope” for positive psychology: a dynamic systems reconceptualization of hope theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 809053. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.809053

Colla, R. H., & Mossman, L. H. (2023). Wellbeing integrated learning design framework: a multi-layered approach to facilitating wellbeing education through learning design and educational practice. http://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1216658

Arbe Montoya, A. I., Matthew, S. M., Jarden, A., Hazel, S. J., & McArthur, M. L. (2023). The moral deliberation pathway in veterinary practice: a qualitative study. Veterinary Record, 193(8), no-no. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.3173

Jarden A, Roache A. (2023). What Is Wellbeing?  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), 5006. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065006

Jarden, R. J., Jarden, A. J., Weiland, T. J., Taylor, G., Brockenshire, N., Rutherford, M., ... & Gerdtz, M. (2023). Nurses' well‐being during the coronavirus (2019) pandemic: A longitudinal mixed‐methods study. Nursing Open, 10(1), 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1275

Donaldson, S. I., Donaldson, S. I., McQuaid, M., & Kern, M. L. (2023). The PERMA+ 4 Short Scale: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Validation Using Item Response Theory. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-023-00110-9

McCarthy, P. X., Gong, X., Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Rizoiu, M. A., & Kern, M. L. (2023). The impact of founder personalities on startup success. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 17200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41980-y

Lancaster, K., Bhopti, A., Kern, M. L., Taylor, R., Janson, A., & Harding, K. (2022). Effectiveness of peer support programmes for improving well‐being and quality of life in parents/carers of children with disability or chronic illness: A systematic review. Child: Care, Health and Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13063

McCarthy, P. X., Gong, X., Stephany, F., Braesemann, F., Rizoiu, M. A., & Kern, M. L. (2023). The Science of Startups: The Impact of Founder Personalities on Company Success. arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.07968. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41980-y

Yaden, D. B., Giorgi, S., Kern, M. L., Adler, A., Ungar, L. H., Seligman, M. E., & Eichstaedt, J. C. (2023). Beyond beliefs: Multidimensional aspects of religion and spirituality in language. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 15(2), 272. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000408

Chia, A., Doyle, K., & Kern, M. L. (2023). Community construals of CSR for happiness: a mixed-method study using natural language. Society and Business Review, 18(2), 296-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-05-2022-0149

Oraison, H. M., Loton, D., & Kennedy, G. A. (2023). The roles of depression, life control and affective distress on treatment attendance and perceived disability in chronic back pain sufferers throughout the duration of the condition. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(19), 6844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20196844

Cleary, K., Samarawickrema, G., Ambler, T., Loton, D., Krcho, T., & McCluskey, T. (2023). Transitioning to emergency remote teaching in a block model curriculu: A case study of academics’ experiences in an Australian University. British Journal of Educational Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2023.2248289

Williamson, P. E., Hope, J., Dixon, C., & Oades, L. G. (2023). Impact of Cofacilitated, Collaborative, Recovery-Oriented Practice Training on Clinical Mental Health Workforce Competencies. Psychiatric Services, 74(10), 1052-1058. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100619

Wong, D. F. K., Cheung, Y. C. H., Zhuang, X., Ng, Y. N. P., Oades, L. G., & Ye, S. S. (2023). Towards an integrative hope-dysfunctional beliefs perspective to personal recovery in schizophrenia: a path analysis. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 651. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05135-7

Khazaei, Morteza, Oades, L. G, et al. "Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) in Iranian adolescents." Current Psychology 42.21 (2023): 17995-18009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02970-x

Wong, D. F. K., Cheung, Y. C. H., Oades, L. G., Ye, S. S., & Ng, Y. N. P. (2023). Strength-based cognitive-behavioural therapy and peer-to-peer support in the recovery process for people with schizophrenia: A randomised control trial. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 00207640231212096. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231212096

Zarowsky, Z., & Rashid, T. (2023). Resilience and Wellbeing Strategies for Pandemic Fatigue in Times of Covid-19. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 8(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-022-00078-y

Rickard, N. S., Chin, T. C., Cross, D., Hattie, J., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2023). Effects of a positive education programme on secondary school students’ mental health and wellbeing; challenges of the school context. Oxford Review of Education, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2023.2211254

Forner, V. W., Holtrop, D., Boezeman, E. J., Slemp, G. R., Kotek, M., Kragt, D., ... & Johnson, A. (2023). Predictors of turnover amongst volunteers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior.  https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2729

Dickinson, H., Smith, C., Yates, S., & Tani, M. (2023). The importance of social supports in education: survey findings from students with disability and their families during COVID-19. Disability & Society, 38(8), 1304-1326. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2021.1994371

Smith, C., Tani, M., Yates, S., & Dickinson, H. (2023). Successful school interventions for students with disability during COVID-19: empirical evidence from Australia. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 32(3), 367-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-022-00659-0

van Holstein, E., Dulfer, N., Smith, C., & Garner, A. (2023). The alternate infrastructures that support digital counter publics: Digital inequality in an Australian public housing estate. Cities, 137, 104328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104328

Dickinson, H., & Smith, C. (2023). What roles might automation play in the future of public administration journal peer review processes?. Australian Journal of Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12611

West, M., Rice, S., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2023). Adolescent social media use: cultivating and constraining competence. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 18(1), 2277623. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2277623

West, M., Rice, S., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2023). Mid-Adolescents’ Social Media Use: Supporting and Suppressing Autonomy. Journal of Adolescent Research, 07435584231168402. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584231168402

West, M., Rice, S., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2021). Exploring the “social” in social media: Adolescent relatedness—thwarted and supported. Journal of Adolescent Research, 07435584211062158. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584211062158

Vella-Brodrick, D., Joshanloo, M., & Slemp, G. R. (2023). Longitudinal relationships between social connection, agency, and emotional well-being: a 13-year study. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 18(6), 883-893. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2131609

Vella-Brodrick, D., Patrick, K., Rickard, N., Jacques-Hamilton, R., Ng, A., Chin, T. C., O’Connor, M., ... & Hattie, J. (2023). Youth experiences of co-designing a well-being intervention: reflections, learnings and recommendations. Oxford Review of Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2023.2194621

Allen, K. A., Gallo Cordoba, B., Ryan, T., Arslan, G., Slaten, C. D., Ferguson, J. K., ... & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2023). Examining predictors of school belonging using a socio-ecological perspective. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32(9), 2804-2819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02305-1

Schutte, L., Brdar, I., Wissing, M. P., Tončić, M., Araujo, U., Carlquist, E., Vella-Brodrick, D, ... & Delle Fave, A. (2023). Measurement Invariance of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire Across 17 Countries. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10150-7

Marinkovic Chavez, K., Quinn, P., Gibbs, L., Block, K., Leppold, C., Stanley, J., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2023). Growing up in Victoria, Australia, in the midst of the climate emergency. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 01650254231205239. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231205239

Trask-Kerr, K., Chin, T. C., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2023). Positive education, Aristotelian eudaimonia, and adolescent notions of the ‘good’life. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-023-00674-0

Book Chapters :

Colla, R., Gowing, A., Molloy Murphy, A., & Ryan, T. (2023). Designing Education for Wellbeing and Connection in a COVID Impacted World. In The Educational Turn: Rethinking the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp. 43-57). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8951-3_4

Kern, M. L. & Armstrong, P. (2023). Exercise, physical activity, and mental health. In Encyclopedia of Mental Health (Third Edition). (pp.849-856). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91497-0.00237-X

Allen, K. A., Boyle, C., Kern, M. L., Wong, D., & McCahey, A. (2023). Helping those that don’t fit: Impacts, causes, and solutions for students who don’t feel like they belong at school. In A. J. Holliman & K. Sheehy (Eds.), Overcoming adversity in education (pp. 114–125). Routledge.

Roache, A., Jarden, A., Rashid, T., & Lomas, T. (2023). Positive ethical practice for coaching excellence and wellbeing. In The Ethical Coaches’ Handbook: A Guide to Developing Ethical Maturity in Practice. (pp.251-266). Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277729-16

Oades, L. G. (2023). Coping with COVID-19: Policy Responses and Citizens’ Well-Being in Australia. In Social Fairness in a Post-Pandemic World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 169-176). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Rashid, T., Summers, R. F., & Seligman, M. E. (2023). Positive Psychology Model of Mental Function and Behavior. In Tasman’s Psychiatry (pp. 1-24). Cham: Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_28-1

Rashid, T. (2023). Positive psychotherapy. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. (pp.5326-5333). Springer Nature. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_3378

Rashid,T. & Niemiec, R. M. (2023). Character Strengths. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp723-730). Springer Nature. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_309

Van den Broeck, A., & Slemp, G. R. (2023). Leadership: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective. In The Oxford Handbook of Self-Determination Theory Richard M. Ryan (ed.). (pp.920-938).Oxford Academic. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197600047.013.47

Dickinson, H., & Smith, C. (2023). Leadership that promotes access to services for marginalised people: championing better health and care for people with disability. In Research Handbook on Leadership in Healthcare (pp. 402-416). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800886254.00031

Dickinson, H., Smith, C., Marks, A., & Mitchell, J. (2023). Post-school transition process in a pandemic: how can young people with disability be better supported?. In Research Handbook on Disability Policy (pp. 706-720). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800373655.00070

Smith, C., Selkrig, M., Dulfer, N., Harrison, M., Cochrane, T., McKernan, A., ... & Rasche, J. (2023). Traversing Learning and Leading Collaboration: Stepping Towards New Power Values During Turbulent and In-Between Times. In The Educational Turn: Rethinking the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp. 59-74). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8951-3_5

Toscano, M., Galatis, A., & Smith, C. (2023). Reaching for Reconciliation in Digital Spaces. In The Educational Turn: Rethinking the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp. 113-128). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8951-3_8

Vella-Brodrick, D., & Gill, A. (2023). Flourishing from head to toe: An interdisciplinary approach. In Routledge International Handbook of Positive Health Sciences (pp. 65-77). Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003378426-6

Conference Proceedings

Hill, J. L., Kern, M. L., Seah, W. T., & van Driel, J. (2023). Comparing student values and wellbeing across mathematics and science education. In Proceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 3, pp. 59-66).

Reports

Selkrig, M., Dulfer, N., Harrison, M., Smith, C., Cochrane, T. and McKernan, A. (2023). ‘Keeping it human: Learning design in the digital age’, in MGSE Industry Report #6 (RFQ08525). The University of Melbourne Faculty of Education, Melbourne, Australia.

Dickinson, H., Smith, C., Yates, S., Faulkner, A. (2022) Taking the first step in an inclusive life – experiences of Australian early childhood education and care. Report prepared for Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), Melbourne.

Smith, C., Dickinson, H., Faulkner, A. (2023) “I think the teachers need more help” Voices of experience from students with disability in Australia. CYDA Youth Education Survey 2022. Report prepared for Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), Melbourne.

Dickinson, H., Smith, C., Yates, S., Faulkner, A. (2023) How deep does it go? Australian students with disability and their experience of entrenched inequity in education. CYDA School Education Survey 2022, Report prepared for Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), Melbourne.

Marella M, Smith F, Kiefel-Johnson F, Smith C, Harrison M, Devine A and Gibbs L (2023).

The impact of remote learning on students with disability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. Melbourne Disability Institute, Melbourne.

Online Articles:

Baker, L. M. (2023, October 12). Children’s wellbeing and literacy – how they go hand in hand [The Spoke, Early Childhood Australia Blog].Retrieved from https://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/childrens-wellbeing-and-literacy-how-they-go-hand-in-hand/

Francis, J. (2023). Love letter from the front. Future Campus. Retrieved from https://futurecampus.com.au/2023/12/13/love-letter-from-the-front/

Braesemann, F., McCarthy. P. X. & Kern, P. (Ocotober 18, 2023). Elon Musk is an ‚engineer’ but Bill Gates is a ‘leader’ – new research shows founder personality can dictate startup success. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-is-an-engineer-but-bill-gates-is-a-leader-new-research-shows-founder-personality-can-dictate-startup-success-215242

Smith, C., Selkrig, M., Harrison, M. and Dulfer, N. (September 2023). Digital learning: How to mangae a very tricky balance. AARE Blog. Retrieved from https://blog.aare.edu.au/digital-learning-how-to-manage-a-very-tricky-balance/

Smith, C. & Dickinson, Helen. (September 18, 2023). 70% of Australian students with a disability are excluded at school – the next round of education reforms can fix this. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/70-of-australian-students-with-a-disability-are-excluded-at-school-the-next-round-of-education-reforms-can-fix-this-213369