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Prof

Dianne Vella-Brodrick

Director, Centre For Wellbeing Science
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
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Dianne Vella-Brodrick

 
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education
 
Primary Interest
health promotion
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Projects

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Research Collaboration between Knox Grammar School, NSW and the University of Melbourne (Centre for Wellbeing Science)

2021 - 2022
Completed
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Effects of Positive Education during the critical post-school transition.

Effects of Positive Education during the critical post-school transition. This project will examine if school-based positive education helps..

2016 - 2022
Completed
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The development of a research project (survey) around the APS theme of “mental health in workplaces”

2021 - 2021
Completed
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Effects of Positive Education during the critical post-school transition.

This project will examine if school-based positive education helps young people during their post-school transition, using a mixed method, l..

2016 - 2021
Completed
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Healthy City for Adolescents Program Monitoring & Evaluation Framework Development

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Healthy City for Adolescents Program Monitoring & Evaluation Framework Development

2019 - 2019
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Healthy City for Adolescents Program Monitoring & Evaluation Framework Development

2019 - 2019
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AFL Academy Wellbeing Project

2017 - 2019
Completed
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Research Collaboration between Brighton Grammar School and the University of Melbourne (Centre for Positive Psychology)

2018 - 2019
Completed
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EVALUATION OF THE POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM - UAE SCHOOLS PROGRAM

2017 - 2019
Completed

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Project Types

12

Research Contracts

4

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 128 for Dianne Vella-Brodrick.

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Longitudinal Relationships Between Social Connection, Agency, and Emotional Well-Being: A 13-Year Study

Dianne Vella-Brodrick, Mohsen Joshanloo, Gavin R Slemp

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Social connection and agency are typically conceptualized as antecedents of well-being, yet the relative contributions of each for..

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Examining predictors of school belonging using a socio-ecological perspective

Kelly-Ann Allen, Beatriz Gallo Cordoba, Tracii Ryan, Gokmen Arslan, Christopher D Slaten, Jonathan K Ferguson, Bahadir Bozoglan, Abbas Abdollahi, Dianne Vella-Brodrick

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES

Between the years of 2003–2015, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has identified a global trend signalling..

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Effects of Nature (Greenspace) on Cognitive Functioning in School Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review

Dianne A Vella-Brodrick, Krystyna Gilowska

Journal article  |  2022  |  EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

The majority of epigenetic epidemiology studies to date have generated genome-wide profiles from bulk tissues (e.g., whole blood) ..

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Seeing Is Believing: Making Wellbeing More Tangible

Dianne A Vella-Brodrick, Anneliese Gill, Kent Patrick

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Positive Psychology has been instrumental in promoting wellbeing science in the modern era. However, there are still ways in which..

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"SMART" technology has an important role to play in making learning about wellbeing in schools engaging and real for students

M West, K Patrick, D Vella-Brodrick

Book Chapter  |  2022

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A selected introduction to the science and practice of positive psychology in schools

ES Huebner, MJ Furlong, KA Allen, D Vella-Brodrick, SM Suldo, R Gilman

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Handbook of positive psychology in schools: Supporting process and practice

KA Allen, MJ Furlong, D Vella-Brodrick, SM Suldo

Book  |  2022

The Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools offers the most current and comprehensive insights into how positive psychology pri..

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Using theory of change for fostering well-being and engagement in learning communities

TC Chin, E Ricci, A Cooper, A Downie, D Vella-Brodrick

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Tracking the effects of positive education around the world

D Vella-Brodrick, J Frisina, TC Chin, M Joshanloo

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Using experience sampling methods to understand how various life and school experiences affect student well-being

R Jacques-Hamilton, TC Chin, D Vella-Brodrick

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Applied and Developmental Psychology
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Specialist Studies in Education
Social and Personality Psychology
Expanding Knowledge
Learner and Learning
Health Services and Systems
Clinical and Health Psychology
Other Education and Training
Sociology

News

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Nurturing nature in schools for enhanced learning

Dianne Vella-Brodrick, Krystyna Gilowska, Story Producer: Nerissa Hannink

The fast pace of modern urban living can be mentally and physically draining. Add the strains of a pandemic, and these challenges can multi..

May 2, 2022
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Crafting your work to increase job satisfaction

Dianne Vella-Brodrick, Gavin R. Slemp, Kelsey Lewis

Not everyone enjoys their job. It might be because of the nature of the tasks involved, issues with co-workers or a negative attitude towar..

April 4, 2022
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Taking positive psychology into the classroom

Lindsay Oades, Dianne Vella-Brodrick, Tan-Chyuan Chin

It’s early morning at Heathmont College, a government high school in Melbourne’s sprawling eastern suburbs. Students are not in their indi..

July 8, 2019
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How technology is boosting our young people’s wellbeing

Dianne Vella-Brodrick

Young people’s stress and anxiety is often tied up in their school life. Sometimes this stress is beneficial – when it provides the drive t..

January 31, 2019
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Why don’t Australian school kids feel a sense of belonging?

Kelly-Ann Allen, Peggy Kern, Lea Waters, Dianne Vella-Brodrick

The sense of belonging Australian students feel at school has fallen since 2003 and recent data reported from the Australian Council for Ed..

July 10, 2018
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

Fellow, International Positive Psychology Association
2019

Excellence in Research Supervision Award

Melbourne Graduate School of Education
2018

Higher Education Advanced Leadership Program

NEELI
2017

Excellence in Research Partnership Award (MGSE)

MGSE
2017

“Extraordinary Professorship” in the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR)

North-West University, South Africa

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Director, Centre For Wellbeing Science

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

The Gerry Higgins Chair In Positive Psychology

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Member

International Association for Youth Mental Health

Endorsed In Health Psychology

AHPRA - Endorsed in Health Psychology

Education

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Monash University

Doctor of Philosophy

Monash University

PhD

Monash University

Master of Arts

Monash University

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