2024
Refereed Journal Articles
- Beresford, K., Kern, M. L., & Jarden, A. (2025). The creative-being model: The role of negative emotion in creative flourishing and the impact on positive education. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 20(1), 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2024.2322467
- Trask-Kerr, K., Chin, T. C., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2024). Positive education, Aristotelian eudaimonia, and adolescent notions of the ‘good’ life. The Australian Educational Researcher, 51(5), 1961–1977.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-023-00674-0
- Colla, R. H., & Kurtz, C. F. (2024). Storying research: Exploring the benefits of participatory narrative inquiry as a methodology for wellbeing research. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9(3), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-024-00147-4
- Lemon, N., Francis, J., & Baker, L. M. (2024). Wellbeing literacy in the academic landscape: Trioethnographic inquiry into scholarly writing. Brock Education Journal, 33(1), 27–48. https://doi.org/10.26522/brocked.v33I1.1120
- Easton, R. J., Jarden, A., Huppert, R., & Roschanzamir, N. (2024). The life and impact of Professor Felicia Huppert. A eulogy, reflections, and a celebration of a life well lived. International Journal of Wellbeing, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v14i3.4617
- Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Bujalka, H., Weiland, T., Brockenshire, N., Taylor, G., & Gerdtz, M. (2025). Community‐based health programme for nurses and midwives: A mixed methods evaluation. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81(1), 475–498. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16336
- Hill, J. L., & Hunter, J. (2024). Diverse students’ mathematical wellbeing. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 59(1), 211–234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40841-024-00318-6
- Hill, J. L., van Driel, J., Seah, W. T., & Kern, M. L. (2024). Students’ values in science education: A scoping review. Studies in Science Education, 1–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057267.2024.2412456
- Donaldson, S. I., Donaldson, S. I., McQuaid, M., & Kern, M. L. (2024a). Systems-informed PERMA+ 4 and psychological safety: Predicting work-related wellbeing and performance across an international sample. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 20(3), 538–543. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2024.2387341
- Donaldson, S. I., Donaldson, S. I., McQuaid, M., & Kern, M. L. (2024b). Systems-informed PERMA+ 4: Measuring wellbeing and performance at the employee, team, and supervisor levels. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9(2), 1153–1166. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41042-024-00177-y
- Giorgi, S., Jones, J. J., Buffone, A., Eichstaedt, J. C., Crutchley, P., Yaden, D. B., Kern, M. L,... & Schwartz, H. A. (2024). Quantifying generalized trust in individuals and counties using language. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 2, 1384262. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2024.1384262
- Hall, J. R., Deery, B., Kern, M. L., Clinton, J., & Quach, J. (2024). An adaptation of the KidCOPE: the KidCOPE-parent (KidCOPE-P)–a parent-report measure of child coping strategies. Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 41(2), 155–162.
- Hall, J. R., Deery, B., Sciberras, E., Kern, M. L., & Quach, J. (2024). How are we measuring resilience in children? A systematic review. Mental Health & Prevention, 200351.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200351
- Ignjatovic, C., Kern, M. L., Allen, M. K., & Delle Fave, A. (2024). Does positive climate moderate the relationship of strengths use and knowledge with flow at work? A three year study. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1–10.
- Kern, M. L., Arguís-Rey, R., Chaves, C., White, M. A., & Zhao, M. Y. (2025). Developing guidelines for program design, practice, and research toward a positive and wellbeing education practice. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 20(2), 219–229.
- Kozlowski, D., Provost, S. C., & Kern, M. L. (2024). “The very process made me happier!” Is pleasure research an affective intervention? The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2024.2394441
- Lancaster, K., Kern, M. L., Harding, K., Bayasgalan, M., Janson, A., Mahmic, S., & Bhopti, A. (2024). Exploring long‐term outcomes of a peer support programme for parents* of children with disability in Australia. Child: Care, Health and Development, 50(2), e13236. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13236
- McCarthy, P. X., Gong, X., Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Rizoiu, M.-A., & Kern, M. L. (2024). The impact of founder personalities on startup success. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 17200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61082-7
- Syed, U. G., Dixit, S., & Kern, M. L. (2024). Psychometric properties of the English and Hindi versions of the Brief Inventory of Thriving for use among Indian adolescents. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 31814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83078-z
- Napier, A. D., Slemp, G. R., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2024). Crafting one’s life and its relationship with psychological needs: A scoping review. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19(4), 2063–2101.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-024-10322-z
- Napier, A. D., Slemp, G. R., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2024). Life crafting and Self-Determination: An intervention to help emerging adults create an authentic and meaningful life. Emerging Adulthood, 12(4), 629–647. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968241252196
- Curren, R., Boniwell, I., Ryan, R. M., Oades, L., Brighouse, H., Unterhalter, E., ... & White, M. (2024). Finding consensus on wellbeing in education. Theory and Research in Education, 22(2), 117–157. https://doi.org/10.1177/14778785241259852
- Wong, D. F. K., Cheung, Y. C. H., Oades, L. G., Ye, S. S., & Ng, Y. P. (2024). 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, 70(2), 364–377. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231212096
- Phillips, E., Jarden, A., & Bowles, T. (2024). A study of virtual reality and the empathetic experience in Australian secondary students. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1–25.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00708-1
- Rickard, N. S., Chin, T. C., Cross, D., Hattie, J., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2024). Effects of a positive education programme on secondary school students’ mental health and wellbeing; challenges of the school context. Oxford Review of Education, 50(3), 309–331.https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2023.2211254
- Silapurem, L., Slemp, G. R., & Jarden, A. (2024). Longitudinal job crafting research: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9(2), 899–933. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-024-00159-0
- Gundlach, H. A., Slemp, G. R., & Hattie, J. (2024). A meta-analysis of the antecedents of teacher turnover and retention. Educational Research Review, 100606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2024.100606
- Howard, J. L., Slemp, G. R., & Wang, X. (2024). Need support and need thwarting: A meta-analysis of autonomy, competence, and relatedness supportive and thwarting behaviors in student populations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231225364.
- Slemp, G. R., Field, J. G., Ryan, R. M., Forner, V. W., Van den Broeck, A., & Lewis, K. J. (2024). Interpersonal supports for basic psychological needs and their relations with motivation, wellbeing, and performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 127(5), 1012–1037. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000459
- Deuchar, A., Fu, J., Gowing, A., & Smith, C. (2024). Enacted spaces of peer learning: Tracing practices of relationality among international students in higher education. Critical Studies in Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2024.2350479
- Dickinson, H., & Smith, C. (2024). What roles might automation play in the future of public administration journal peer review processes?. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 83(1), 123–133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12611
- Humphries, A., Smith, C., & Choi, J. (2024). Beyond language barriers: One educator’s tale of nurturing critical literacy for academic success in refugee-background adult learners. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 64(3), 467–482.
- Selkrig, M., Dulfer, N., & Smith, C. (2024). Capturing the shifting work of teaching in higher education through postcards of practice. Higher Education Research & Development, 43(3), 591–605. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2293192
- Ly, V., & Vella‐Brodrick, D. A. (2024). Effects of school-led greenspace interventions on mental, physical and social wellbeing in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Educational Psychology Review, 36(4), 133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09963-1
- Marinkovic Chavez, K., Quinn, P., Gibbs, L., Block, K., Leppold, C., Stanley, J., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2024). Growing up in Victoria, Australia, in the midst of the climate emergency. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 48(2), 125–131. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231205239
- Vella-Brodrick, D. A., Lewis, K. J., & Gilowska, K. (2024). Exploring the nature-creativity connection across different settings: A scoping review. Educational Psychology Review, 36(4), 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09964-0
- West, M., Rice, S., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2024). Adolescent social media use through a self-determination theory lens: A systematic scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(7), 862. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070862
- Zhou, S., Slemp, G. R., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2024). Factors associated with teacher wellbeing: A meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 36(2), 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09886-x
Book Chapters
- Allen, K. A., Kern, M. L., Slaten, C., D’Argenio, E., Arslan, G., & Reardon, J. (2024). Student belonging in focus: Bridging research, theory, and practice with contextual relevance to enhance wellbeing and academic outcomes. In Handbook of Positive School Psychology: Evidence-Based Strategies for Youth WellBeing (pp. 55–71). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54295-4_5
- Allen, K.A., Kern, M. L., Crawford, J., Cowling, M., Vo, D., & Waters, L. (2024). The SEARCH for AI-informed wellbeing education: A conceptual framework. In Applications of Generative AI (pp. 277–291). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46238-2_14
- Allen, K.A., Kern, M. L., Reardon, J., Crawford, J., Slaten, C. D., Heffernan, T., Ma, L., Grove, C., & Roberts, S. (2024). Creating a sense of belonging in academia: Challenges, facilitators, and implications for university leaders, staff and graduate students. In Research Handbook of Academic Mental Health (pp. 436–458). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925080.00035
- Chia, A., Mossman, L., & Johnston, A. L. (2024). Academic precarity and mental health: Reviewing the domains of precarity “of”,“at”, and “from” work. In Research Handbook of Academic Mental Health (pp. 168–180). Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Hill, J. L., Kern, M. L., Seah, W. T., & van Driel, J. (2024). To what extent are students fulfilling their values and thriving in mathematics education?—The case for Victoria, Australia. In Values and Valuing in Mathematics Education: Moving Forward into Practice (pp. 259–283). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9454-0_13
- Jarden, A., Downie, A., Finter, K., & Jarden, R. (2024). Next level flourishing in education: A case study of ‘wholebeing’. In Handbook of Positive School Psychology: Evidence-Based Strategies for Youth WellBeing (pp. 123–144). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54295-4_9
- Jarden, A., Roche, A., & Jarden, R. (2024). Measuring wellbeing in coaching. In J. Passmore, B. Bajaj, & L. Oades (Eds.), The Health & Wellbeing Coaches Handbook: A Practitioner's Guide for Clinicians, Coaches and Health Professionals, Chapter 20, pp. 200-217, Abingdon, Routledge.
- Oades, L. G. (2024). The wellbeing coach: Dimensions, concepts, and language-use of wellbeing. In The Health and Wellbeing Coaches’ Handbook (pp. 10–19). Routledge.
- Dickinson, H., & Smith, C. (2024). The rise of robots in the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for public management. In Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19 (pp. 286–298). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802205954.00031
- Dickinson, H., Smith, C., Yates, S., & O’Flynn, J. (2024). Introduction to the research handbook on public management and COVID-19. In Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19 (pp. 1–17). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802205954.00007
- Yates, S., O’Flynn, J., Dickinson, H., & Smith, C. (2024). The future of public management as we emerge from the acute phase of COVID-19: Key themes and future trajectories. In Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19 (pp. 354–368). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Books
- Dickinson, H., Yates, S., O’Flynn, J., & Smith, C. (2023). Research handbook on public management and COVID-19. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Passmore, J., Bajaj, B., & Oades, L. G. (2024). The health and wellbeing coaches’ handbook: A practitioner’s guide for clinicians, coaches and health professionals. Taylor & Francis.
Report
Iasiello, M., van Agteren, J., Jarden, A., and 11 others. (2024). A taxonomy and item pool of Positive Mental Health: A report for the Department of Health Victoria.
Online Articles:
- Slemp, G. R., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Francis, J. (2024, March 8). Our research shows how ‘job crafting’ can help teachers manage and enjoy their stressful work. The Conversation.https://theconversation.com/our-research-shows-how-job-crafting-can-help-teachers-manage-and-enjoy-their-stressful-work-200087
- Smith, C. (2024, May 4). Here are six ways to make Australian education more inclusive. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/australia-disability-education-schools-support-inclusion
- Smith, C. (2024, May 14). How to talk to your kids about misogyny in school. Pursuit. https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/q-amp-a-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-misogyny-in-school