Applications are accepted throughout the year from students wishing to do their HDR with the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education.
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Applications are accepted throughout the year from students wishing to do their HDR with the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education.
When you study at IPPE you have access to;
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There are 3 programs in IPPE: Indigenous Thriving, Positive Psychology, and Motivation and Behaviour.
The following list shows our current research projects and topics in each program. Anyone who is interested in pursuing a PhD in any of these topics is welcome to approach the respective researcher or contact ippe@acu.edu.au
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Research Project |
Researcher |
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Exploring gender differences in the effect of social capital on university aspirations |
Prof Philip Parker |
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Using archival data to explore social class effects in educational attainment across Australian history (1960 to Today). |
Prof Philip Parker |
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Comparing the effect of gender on psychological skills and academic achievement of urban, farming-Rural, and non-farming-rural children |
Prof Philip Parker |
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Measurement of mindfulness related constructs |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Testing the efficacy of mindfulness related interventions |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Machine learning methods in psychometrics |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Impact of contexts (e.g., classrooms, friendship networks) on individuals |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Computational methods for analysing qualitative data |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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How can we utilise mindfulness and values based interventions to best promote well-being, online and off? |
Prof Joseph Ciarrochi |
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What promotes positive youth development? |
Prof Joseph Ciarrochi |
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What is the role of social networks in the promotion of youth well-being? |
Prof Joseph Ciarrochi |
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Academic motivational factors (e.g., task value, self-concept) and gender differences in educational and career choices particularly in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) |
Dr Jiesi Guo |
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How multiple ecological systems on the cultural, social, and behavioural development of youth shape their major and career choices in STEM |
Dr Jiesi Guo |
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Experimental studies looking into how to promote students’ learning motivation (e.g., value, self-concept, mindset) and alter subsequent decision-making in coursework and major selections |
Dr Jiesi Guo |
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Use of students' evaluations of teachers to evaluate teaching effectiveness |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Use of publication citation analysis to evaluate research productivity |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Use of secondary data to evaluate antecedents and consequences of academic self-concept |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Use of archival data to evaluate bully perpetrators and victims |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Research Project |
Researcher |
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Capitalising on character strengths: A cross-cultural study on Indigenous populations |
Prof Alexander Yeung |
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Parent-delivered language intervention: Indigenous preschool children |
Prof Janet Mooney |
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Indigenous Youth Conceptions of Wellbeing and Success Investigating Indigenous wellbeing via building young Indigenous leaders. |
Prof Janet Mooney |
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Indigenous Community Voice: Envisioning Success for Remote Communities. Northern Territory |
Dr Anthony Dillon |
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Psychological Thriving: Nature and Drivers of Indigenous Youth Wellbeing |
Prof Rhonda Craven |
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Teaching the Teachers Indigenous Studies |
Prof Rhonda Craven |
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Police Wellbeing and Relations with Indigenous Peoples |
Prof Rhonda Craven |
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Triple P: Positive parenting in Indigenous communities |
Dr Anthony Dillon |
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Indigenous Community Wellbeing |
Dr Robert Brockman |
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Improving the Engagement of Indigenous Students through the implementation of an Autonomy-Supportive Intervention Program for Teachers |
Prof Johnmarshall Reeve & Dr Anthony Dillon |
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Providing a nudge towards success: Evaluating an innovative text messaging intervention to increase educational attainment and academic achievement in high school |
Prof Joseph Ciarrochi |
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Deadly Start: Enabling preschool children’s self-concept, literacy, and numeracy |
Prof Rhonda Craven |
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Research Project |
Researcher |
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The influence of different types of electronic screen exposure on children and adolescents’ physical and mental health. |
Prof Chris Lonsdale |
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Developing an intervention to help parents promote healthy electronic screen use in children and adolescents. |
Prof Chris Lonsdale |
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Developing an intervention to help teachers effectively manage students’ electronic screen use during school hours. |
Prof Chris Lonsdale |
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A school-based intervention to promote physical activity in children with intellectual disabilities. |
Prof Chris Lonsdale |
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What is inside the “black box” of integrated motivation? Experiment/s to examine the psychological and physiological markers of dis-integrated values |
Prof Chris Lonsdale |
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The origins of other-orientation: Examination of demographic, psychological, and contextual factors, and/or life experiences that promote and undermine concern for others |
Prof Chris Lonsdale |
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Experimental studies of how messaging in news stories or other (i.e. social) media influence people’s perceptions of society as just and fair |
Prof Chris Lonsdale |
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Health outcomes of the dynamics of sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity in healthy and special populations |
Dr Borja del Pozo Cruz |
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Interventions targeting the 24-hour activity cycle in healthy and special populations
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Dr Borja del Pozo Cruz |
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