Lea Waters

Stress-Related Growth in Adolescents Returning to School After COVID-19 School Closure

Lea Waters, Kelly-Ann Allen, Gokmen Arslan

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

The move to remote learning during COVID-19 has impacted billions of students. While research shows that school closure, and the p..

School belonging policy

KA Allen, DLL Gray, G Arslan, K Riley, D Vella-Brodrick, L Waters

Book Chapter  |  2021

Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Lea Waters, Sara B Algoe, Jane Dutton, Robert Emmons, Barbara L Fredrickson, Emily Heaphy, Judith T Moskowitz, Kristin Neff, Ryan Niemiec, Cynthia Pury, Michael Steger

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across the world, calls have been made to address the associated mental..

Third wave positive psychology: broadening towards complexity

Tim Lomas, Lea Waters, Paige Williams, Lindsay G Oades, Margaret L Kern

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

The development of academic fields is often described through the metaphor of ‘waves.’ Following the instantiation of positive psy..

Using positive psychology interventions to strengthen family happiness: A family systems approach

Lea Waters

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

A randomized wait-list control study examined the effects of two positive psychology interventions (PPIs) on 300 families across s..

What does positive psychology tell us about early intervention and prevention with children and adolescents? A review of positive psychological interventions with young people

Rhea L Owens, Lea Waters

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

This paper reviews school-based (n = 212) and clinically-based (n = 68) positive psychological interventions (PPIs) for children a..

Coming Out as LGBTQ plus : The Role Strength-Based Parenting on Posttraumatic Stress and Posttraumatic Growth

Claudia Zavala, Lea Waters

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES

For LGBTQ + individuals, coming out can be an experience of marked adversity. Indeed, research has shown that the experience can t..

Does team psychological capital predict team outcomes at work?

Lea Waters, Gabriel STRAUSS, Anit Somech, Nicholas Haslam, Denise Dussert

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Wellbeing

This study is situated in the paradigms of positive organizational scholarship (POS) and positive organizational behaviour (POB). ..

Observing Change Over Time in Strength-Based Parenting and Subjective Wellbeing for Pre-teens and Teens

Lea Waters, Daniel Loton, Dawson Grace, Rowan Jacques-Hamilton, Michael Zyphur

Book Chapter  |  2020

The focus of this study was on adolescent mental health. More specifically, the relationship between strength-based parenting (SBP..

Observing Change Over Time in Strength-Based Parenting and Subjective Wellbeing for Pre-teens and Teens

Lea Waters, Daniel J Loton, Dawson Grace, Rowan Jacques-Hamilton, Michael J Zyphur

Journal article  |  2019  |  Frontiers in Psychology

The focus of this study was on adolescent mental health. More specifically, the relationship between strength-based parenting (SBP..