Journal articles

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Creating the conditions for self-fulfilment for aged care residents (with Sonya Brownie), Nursing Ethics (2012)

In 1991 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Principles for Older Persons as a...

 

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A scaffolded approach to Discussion Board use for formative assessment of academic writing skills (with Sonya Brownie), Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (2011)

Mastery of academic writing skills remains one of the greatest challenges for university students, especially...

 

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The management of loneliness in aged care residents: an important therapeutic target for gerontological nursing (with Sonya Brownie), Geriatric Nursing (2011)

Social engagement and meaningful relationships are critical determinants of the quality of life of older...

 

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Environmental correlates of wellbeing among final-year high school students (with Renee Punch and Peter A. Creed), Australian Journal of Psychology (2008)

In Australia there is widespread community concern about the wellbeing of adolescents, particularly at the...

 

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Deaf people communicating via SMS, TTY, relay service, fax, and computers in Australia (with Mary R. Power and Des Power), Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education (2007)

Despite the expansion of Deaf people's use of communication technology little is published about how...

 

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Future time orientation predicts academic engagement among first-year university students (with Craig Zimitat), British Journal of Educational Psychology (2007)

Background. Enhancing student engagement is considered an important strategy for improving retention. Students' Time Perspective...

 

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Mobile means for maximizing student/tutor interactions, Journal of Communications Network (2007)
 

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Mobile phones, SMS, and relationships: issues of access, control and privacy (with Mary R. Power), Australian Journal of Communication (2005)

Text messaging, or SMS (Short-Message-Service), allows users to send and receive short messages from handheld...

 

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Training for the role of workplace health and safety officers in Queensland (with Emma Hassall, Stacy Hassall, Cherie O'Connor, and Ian Glendon), Journal of occupational health and safety, Australia and New Zealand (2002)

This article reports findings from a study of the effectiveness of workplace health and safety...

 

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A review of breastfeeding practices in Hong Kong (with Y O. Chee), Breastfeeding Review (1996)
 

Editorials, book reviews, commentaries, repsonses etc.

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Response to Petersen on ‘staying or going?’ Australian early career researchers’ narratives (with William E. Boyd), Australian Universities' Review (2013)

A response to Eva Bendix Petersen’s commentary on ‘Australian early career researchers’ narratives of academic...

 

Conference publications

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A matter of time: temporal influences on engagement of first year university students (with Craig Zimitat), Engaging Students: 9th Pacific Rim Conference First Year in Higher Education (2006)

This paper confirms the influence of temporal orientation on student engagement as investigated in a...

 

Gender differences in style and usage in SMS as discussed in an on-line chat forum (with Mary R. Power), Empowerment, creativity and innovation: challenging media and communication in the 21st century: Australian & New Zealand Communication Association International Conference (2006)

This paper summarises data on attitudes and use of SMS from an on-line interactive group...

 

Deaf people's use of SMS and other text-based communication: a brave new world (with Des Power and Mary R. Power), Communication at work: showcasing communication scholarship: Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association (2005)
 

Maintaining connection with those you know in a virtual world (with Mary R. Power), Communication at work: showcasing communication scholarship: Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association (2005)
 

How SMS makes a difference to communication (with Mary R. Power), Making a difference: Annual meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association (2004)
 

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Time for persistence (with Craig Zimitat), Dealing with diversity: Inauguarla Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference (2004)

The search for answers to the first year departure puzzle continues unabated. Despite decades of...

 

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Using SMS as a way of providing connection and community for first year students, Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference (2004)

Technology provides one means of meeting the challenge of providing for frequent and meaningful interaction...

 

YYSSW (Yeah, yeah, sure sure whatever) (with Mary R. Power), 90th National Communications Association Annual Convention (2004)
 

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Elaboration of the students self and persistence in higher education (with Craig Zimitat), Proceedings of Association for Active Eductional Researchers (AARE) Conference (2003)

Higher education institutions around the world have invested decades of research and employed countless interventions...

 

Postgraduate peer support programme: enhancing community (with L Conrad), Learning for an unknown future : proceedings of the 2003 annual international conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) (2003)
 

The impact of extracurricular roles on retention: a social exchange theory perspective (with Craig Zimitat), Enhancing transition to higher education: strategies and policies that work: The seventh Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference (2003)

The first year experiences of full-time students not in paid employment (Group 1, n=576), full-time...

 

A cross-cultural study of affect states and construction of possible selves (with Prasuna Reddy), Self-concept research : driving international research agendas : collected papers of the Second Biennial Self-concept Enhancement and Learning Facilitation (SELF) Research Centre International Conference (2002)
 

What's it like for you? Well-being among final year high school students in rural Australia, Seventh annual meeting fo the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (2001)
 

Applying learning principles to workplace health and safety office training (with S Hassall, E Hassall, C O'Connor, and A I. Glendon), Visions 2000: 8th annual Occupational Health and Safety Conference (2000)
 

The WHSO experiment: measuring the impact of workplace health and safety officer training upon levels of risk in Queensland workplaces (with S Hassall), Annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Occupational Health and Safety Educators (2000)
 

Homesickness: do personality and cultural differences play a part? (with Prasuna Reddy), Latest contributions to cross-cultural psychology: selected papers from the Thirteenth International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (1999)
 

Nature, nurture and culture: breastfeeding in Hong Kong (with Y O. Chee), International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress (1996)
 

Homesickness among overseas personnel and student sojourners in Australia (with Prasuna Reddy), Progress in Asian Social Psychology: Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (1995)